1601 Tour de Valland

[Hadash]

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Stage 5 | Hilly stage - 205 km

Florinthian Quentin Symonds (Dido-GDC) won his second stage this Tour after defeating Vallish sprinters Antoine Duchesnay (NDM) and Richard Deiss (Vançotte).

The Young Vallish rider Philippe Jaeggy continued as leader of the general classification another day.

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Stage 6 | Hilly stage - 181 km

The sixth stage, which finished in the northwestern town of Mântres, brought some changes in the general classification, as the peloton ended divided in several groups. In a main group with a very reduced number of sprinters, Ostlander Johannes Rapp (Scholden-Gulcron) won easily his second individual stage this Tour. Karjelinnian Frans Järvinen (Mordvelo) was second, followed by Pierre Dubreuilh (Vançotte), but several metres behind Rapp.

Johannes Rapp became the next leader of the general classification, as well as consolidating his lead in the Points classification. Ceribian Malkhaz Lomidze (Bagdati) was second now, thirty-one seconds behind the Ostlander sprinter.

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Stage 7 | Flat stage - 231 km

The peloton had a calmer day the next day, which was decided in a mass sprint. Sequoian Dieudonné Saint-Blanc (NDM) defeated Vienlander Johann Dor (Dido-GDC) and Kyrzbekistani Ilsat Alimur (Vançotte) to win the stage.

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Stage 8 | Flat stage - 181 km

Teams such as NDM, Iskra Team, and Yetech-Druzhberg worked hard to avoid any successful breakaway, so the stage was decided in another mass sprint.

Derryl Benjaminson gave the third stage to Dido-GDC, after easily defeating Ferdinando Farso-Carino (NDM) and Martin de Gasparette (Yetech-Druzhberg), in a chaotic finish as several sprinters were affected in a minor crash in the last kilometre.

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