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Stage 13 | Mountain stage - 177 km
Frisch proved to be a candidate to the title as he was able to respond the main attacks. He main group in the last kilometres was reduced to six riders: Kyrzbekistani Almas Cingur (KyrzAir), Adwestene champion Eden Grace Weatherhead (Scholden-Gulcron), Jevgenijs Kalnins (Magram), Gehennan Max Pappenheim (Dido-GDC), Goldecian Jack Marshall (Ogo) and the Batavian rider.
Weatherhead defeated Marshall and Frisch to win the stage.
As several of his main rivals lost more than one minute, Frisch's lead on the general classification consolidated, with Bhattacharya now down one minute and twenty-four seconds. Marshall climbed to the third place, although at three minutes and twelve seconds.
Stage 14 | Flat stage - 222 km
The peloton took a pause for the next day, in which Michael Ahlgren (Anzcell) could not stop Antoine Duchesnay to win his 8th stage to sentence mathematically the Points classification.
Stage 15 | Mountain stage - 238 km
After the final rest day, the high mountain returned with the longest mountain stage this Tour de Valland.
There were not much action in the main group, reduced to ten riders in the final kilometres, that day, however, until the final metres of Mount Le Peguy. Jaap Frisch (BataVelo) showed that his performance so far was not a coincidence leaving behind his rivals and winning his third mountain stage this Tour.
Although there were not changes in the top four in the general classification, Frisch increased his lead twenty-three seconds to Bhattacharya, and twenty-eight to Weatherhead, and Marshall, who came shortly in a group of six reders behind Frisch and another four riders.
Stage 16 | Mountain stage - 125 km
The stage 16th was a calmer stage for BataVelo team, that allowed to form a large breakway. Frisch limited to answer Bhattachary and Marshall attacks, even allowing other favourites who did not seem an immediate threat to the red jersey -such as Kyrzbekistani Almas Cingur (KyrzAir), Dyrheimer Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon), or Mordvanian Zeljko Bratansek (Mordvelo)- to attack and join the breakaway.
Bhattacharya, Marshall, and Frisch came together in the main group, so there were not differences this time for the top three riders at the general classification. However, Weatherhead's chances to a place in the podium seemed to complicate, as he lost two minutes to the main group.
Svarnan Amrit Mallaya (Abbott Cycling) won the stage, completing an unexpectedly impressive season for the Svarnan riders in the return to the elite, with two stage wins and climber Rahul Bhattacharay fighting for the general classification, to complete an already successful season, in which Chanda Barigai also won the Badenberg Classic and Bhattacharya the Tour of Eskkya, a few months ago.
Mordvanian Zeljko Bratansek, Kyrzbekistani Enver Dushku (KyrzAir) -who consolidated his lead in the Youth classification, and Oslanburgan Kjeld Povlsen (Luft Wurberg) could not follow the Svarnan climber in the final metres, crossing the finish six seconds later.