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1596 Tour de Valland
Stage 1 - Teenfjord to Siljean | Flat stage - 213 km
The first stage of the 1596 Tour de Valland ended with a predictable result: a mass sprint. Ostlander Johannes Rapp (Scholden-Gulcron) defeated Vallish sprinter Antoine Duchesnay (NDM Cycling) and Mordvanian Miroslav Gradishar (Iskra) to win the stage and become the first leader of the Tour de Valland.
Stage 2 - Siljean to Baardsen | Hilly - 156 km
While the third shortest stage in this Tour de Valland -excluding the three time-trial stages-, the second stage was impossible control, with Nenergo, BataVelo, Abbott, and MTS-Biassoni as the most active teams.
The peloton was reduced in the last kilometres to a main group of 28 riders. Following an attack by Vasili Sokolov (MTS-Biassoni) and Zdenek Hrovat (Nenergo) in the last hill, the group was reduce to eigh riders. Only Mandevine rider Max Rémy (Abbot Cycling) was able to follow the last attack, merely 800 metres before the finish, by Ceribian Zurab Dvali (Bagdati). Rémy defeated the Ceribian rider in the final metres to win the stage and become the new leader of the general classification.
Stage 3 - Maço | TTT - 25 km
The 1596 Tour de Valland entered in Vallish soil with a 25-km team time-trial. The stage was won by Mordvelo team, which defeated KyrzAir and Dido-GDC teams by four and six seconds, respectively. The losers of the day were teams such as Abbott Cycling, United Strathae, Magram, or Télecon teams, which lost more than forty seconds. Certainly not a decisive loss with still all the mountain stages and two individual time-trial stages to come, but important regarding the general classification.
Ceribia Zurab Dvali was the new leader of the general classification, with Svarnan Hira Sabanis (Baagh Cycling) coming second only one second behind.
Stage 4 - Romilly to Bourreau | Flat stage - 229 km
The fourth stage, the longest stage this Tour, was expected to be a stage ideal for ending in a mass sprint. However, the lack of cooperation between the main involved teams, or at least their failure to do so effectively earlier, helped the final breakaway to make it.
The large breakaway, which was reduced to 14 riders in the last kilometres, was not decided until the last kilometres. Max Pappenheim (Dido-GDC) attacked and only Matthias Moreng (Luft Wurberg) was able to follow his wheel. Moreng would soon left behind the Gehenna rider to win his first individual stage (the first cycling elite victory for the 27-year old rider). Johannes Rapp (Scholden-Gulcron) finished third, coming along a group of other six riders, and therefore consolidating his lead in the points classification.
Hira Sabanis (Baagh Cycling) was the new leader of the general classification, fifteen seconds ahead of Max Pappenheim.
Stage 1 - Teenfjord to Siljean | Flat stage - 213 km
The first stage of the 1596 Tour de Valland ended with a predictable result: a mass sprint. Ostlander Johannes Rapp (Scholden-Gulcron) defeated Vallish sprinter Antoine Duchesnay (NDM Cycling) and Mordvanian Miroslav Gradishar (Iskra) to win the stage and become the first leader of the Tour de Valland.
Stage 2 - Siljean to Baardsen | Hilly - 156 km
While the third shortest stage in this Tour de Valland -excluding the three time-trial stages-, the second stage was impossible control, with Nenergo, BataVelo, Abbott, and MTS-Biassoni as the most active teams.
The peloton was reduced in the last kilometres to a main group of 28 riders. Following an attack by Vasili Sokolov (MTS-Biassoni) and Zdenek Hrovat (Nenergo) in the last hill, the group was reduce to eigh riders. Only Mandevine rider Max Rémy (Abbot Cycling) was able to follow the last attack, merely 800 metres before the finish, by Ceribian Zurab Dvali (Bagdati). Rémy defeated the Ceribian rider in the final metres to win the stage and become the new leader of the general classification.
Stage 3 - Maço | TTT - 25 km
The 1596 Tour de Valland entered in Vallish soil with a 25-km team time-trial. The stage was won by Mordvelo team, which defeated KyrzAir and Dido-GDC teams by four and six seconds, respectively. The losers of the day were teams such as Abbott Cycling, United Strathae, Magram, or Télecon teams, which lost more than forty seconds. Certainly not a decisive loss with still all the mountain stages and two individual time-trial stages to come, but important regarding the general classification.
Ceribia Zurab Dvali was the new leader of the general classification, with Svarnan Hira Sabanis (Baagh Cycling) coming second only one second behind.
Stage 4 - Romilly to Bourreau | Flat stage - 229 km
The fourth stage, the longest stage this Tour, was expected to be a stage ideal for ending in a mass sprint. However, the lack of cooperation between the main involved teams, or at least their failure to do so effectively earlier, helped the final breakaway to make it.
The large breakaway, which was reduced to 14 riders in the last kilometres, was not decided until the last kilometres. Max Pappenheim (Dido-GDC) attacked and only Matthias Moreng (Luft Wurberg) was able to follow his wheel. Moreng would soon left behind the Gehenna rider to win his first individual stage (the first cycling elite victory for the 27-year old rider). Johannes Rapp (Scholden-Gulcron) finished third, coming along a group of other six riders, and therefore consolidating his lead in the points classification.
Hira Sabanis (Baagh Cycling) was the new leader of the general classification, fifteen seconds ahead of Max Pappenheim.