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Stavros Michelakakis wins his third Tour de Valland
By Richard W. Wallace
Published: Zeychyr 24, 1581


Stavros Michelakakis on stage 7


Lauren, Valland Mestran climber Stavros Michelakakis (MTS Team) won his third Tour de Valland, becoming the fifth rider to achieve that record.

Michelakakis, who had already won the 1576 and 1578 Tour de Valland, and he had to be content with a third position overall in 1579 and 1580, had not rival this season, winning two high mountain stages and the Mountain classification as well. The second overall, the veteran climber Nylander Robbie Bristow (AHN-KozMetal) ended five minutes and five seconds behind Michelakakis.

Another Nylander climber, Antonio Andersson (Dagslag-NVB) ended third, keeping the podium by only twenty-six seconds ahead of his teammate Vallish climber Jean-Claude Lefebvre. Andersson ended almost seven minutes behid Michelakakis in the

Florinthian Richard Malone (Dido-Dreher) had no rival in the final metres of the flat stages either, and won yesterday his fifth stage this Tour de Valland, winning as well the Point classification for third time and second in a row.

The Team classification was won by United Strathae, their third time since 1577, while Gehennan all-rounder Jan Daxenberger (Scholden-Gulcron) won the Young classification.