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Henri Honnecourt wins 1586 Ceribian Tour
By Richard W. Wallace
Published: Nueva 25, 1586


Henri Honnecourt during stage 18th.


Etora, Ceribia - Henri Honnecourt (Télecon Team) won the 1586 Ceribian Tour, entering in the short list of riders who won both the Tour de Valland and the Ceribian Tour at least once. The 33-year Vallish climber, after a disappointing Tour de Valland where the defending winner could only be 18th in the general classification, won the Ceribian Tour after improving Amaury Servan time in more than a minute in the last individual time-trial stage.

Amaury Servan (Rolareux-Vançotte) ended second, thirty-one seconds after Honnecourt, becoming the first Eskkyan rider to reach the podium in the Ceribian Tour. Servan also won the Youth classification, becoming of the most promising Eskkyan riders after finishing 7th in the Tour de Valland this season as well.

Adwestene Eden Grace Weatherhead (Tyrus-Empire), finished third, three minutes and twenty-three seconds after Honnecourt. Weatherhead, who won the Youth classification in the 1586 Tour de Vallad after ending runner-up only twenty-four seconds behid the winner, Mordvanian Slavoj Savincek, becomes the first Adwestene rider to reach the podium of both grand tours in the same season.

Fourth, only eigh seconds from the podium after a great time-trial was Eskkyan Pierre Bonchamps (BataVelo). Bonchamps already ended 4th in the Tour de Valland, in his best season as professional. This may incite a debate about who should be the team leader next season after Lomarren Alessio Gagliardi -who ended second in the 1585 Ceribian Tour- had a rather disappointing season this year.

It was one the least competitive Ceribian Tour in recent years, with up to twelve teams ending with no individual stage win, and no Ceribian rider was able to win a stage (although Nentsian Maksim Chubais gave on stage 5th the only victory for his Ceribian team, Bagdati Cycling). On the other hand, Lentar-RIFF won six individual stages, with three riders winning two stages each - an all-time record. Richard Malone continued to break records in Ceribian Tour winning four stages, although Vallish sprinter Yves Mirabeau (NDM Cycling) was more competitive along the tour and won the Points classification despite only winning one stage.