Eternity RPC Board
12-30-2019, 06:42 PM
Stage 5 | Hilly stage - 176 km
The fifth stage was expected to be a transition stage, but including a number of hills -although none of them qualified as high mountain, many teams saw on the stage a chance for either the fight of the general classification or the individual stage - or even both. Soon, the peloton was unable to control the stage from the earlier kms.
1599 Tour de Valland winner Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon) was one of the most active riders in the final kms, but it was Yamaguchi Shoyo (MTS-Biassoni) who broke the main group in the final kilometres with a sustained attack. Soyabarian Bering Vandenstroom (Luxomatic) won easily in the final metres after defeating Radak Ilsatur (KyrzAir) and Oskar Spann (Yetech-Druzhberg) in a 5-rider group. The third place helped the Vienlander rider to become the new red jersey.
Stage 6 | Flat stage - 230 km
Antoine Duchesnay (NDM) won his second stage this Tour after defeating Mordvanian Miroslav Gradishar (Iskra) and Osvald Jokumsen (Luft Wurberg) in a close sprint. The stage ended without incidences and changes in the general classification.
Stage 7 | Hilly stage - 200 km
Sequoian Martin de Gasparette (Yetech-Druzhberg) won the the following stage, in a chaotic mass sprint, defeating Christophe Villiers (Anzcell) and Simone di Muzio (Nenergo). It was a bittersweet win for his team, however, as Spann suffered a crash and lost the red jersey. Kyrzbekistani Radak Ilsatur (KyrzAir) was the new leader of the general classification.
Stage 8 | Hilly stage - 171 km
In the final hill of the stage, Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon) was again one of the most active riders in the peloton, following a long attack by Ceribian Irakli Maisuradze (Magram). Oslanburgan Osvald Jakumsen (Luft Wurberg) defeated Nentsian Vyacheslav Bohdanovich (MTS-Biassoni) and Goldecian Spencer Grant (Ogo-Abbott) in the final metres to win the stage.
Roman Herzogenrath took the red jersey, with a thirty-five seconds lead over Saratovian Péťa Vacek (Soyuz-Kuprin).