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Jan Daxenberger wins 1588 Tour de Valland
By Richard W. Wallace
Published: Zechyr 23, 1588


Jan Daxenberger during stage 17th.


Lauren, Valland - Jan Daxenberger (NDM Cycling) won the the 1588 Tour de Valland, becoming the fourth Gehennan rider to win the Tour de Valland.

The last 20th stage was calm but with an exciting and accidental finish. The stage was won by Batavian sprinter Frederik de Jong (Lentar-RIFF), who beated Galeaen Bo Moodysson (Helahuvudet Vingard) and Vienlander Ander Vitecz (Druzhberg Cyclig), winning his fifth individual stage this Tour.

Frederik de Jong also won the Points classification, becoming the second Batavian sprinter to do so, after his own teammate Immanuel Botha, who won it in 1580. After a first week in which Frederik de Jong dominated the final sprint, winning the first three stages, the Points classification had been led since stage 15th by veteran Florinthian sprinter Richard Malone. Malone only needed to finish third to win the Points classification for sixth time. However, a crash in the final metres -in which was also involved Nylander Mikael Eriksson- impeded to do so. Malone, who won three stags this Tour, could finish the race without problems though.

Jan Daxenberger took the lead on the general classification already on the second high mountain stage, on stage 9th, and thankful to a steady performance on high mountain and increasing differences in the two individual time-trial stages, he could keep a relatively safe distance from his main rivals, Florinthian Stephen Newgreaves and the 1586 Tour de Valland champion, East Tambossan Mutara Gasana. In the last high mountain stages, Daxenberger just limited to control Gasana, in a more defensive approach which didn't impede him to win the Mountain classification along the General classification.

Mutara Gasana (Anzcell Cycling) was second, three minutes and twenty-nine seconds behind Daxenberger, while Jose Cardoso (MTS-Biassoni) ended third after a great performance in the last two high mountain stages. Goldecian Inderjeet Sessions (Ogo Cycling) was not able to keep the third place on the podium, after losing five minutes to Cardoso. However, Sessions was able to win the Youth classification for first and only time.