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Ulrick Vandenhof wins 1600 Tour de Valland
By Pia Chamberlain
Published: Zechyr, 1600


Vandenhof gave the third Tour de Valland to Vallish team Télecon.


Lauren, Valland - Soyabarian climber Ulrick Vandenhof (Télecon Team) won the 1600 Tour de Valland.

Télecon Team becomes the first team to win the Tour de Valland twice in a row with two different riders, following Roman Herzogenrath win in 1599.

Vandenhof won his first Grand Tour, after being second in both the Tour of West Brigidna and the Tour de Valland in 1598. In 1599, he was 34th in the Tour de Valland, serving as a domestique for Roman Herzogenrath.

Vandenhof also won a stage and the Mountain classification, completing a great season in Valland in which he also won the Roune Classic and the Leroux Classic, two prestigious one-day races.

Ceribian climber Pharnavaz Undiladze (Bagdati) was second at three minutes and fifty-six seconds, his third podium in the Tour de Valland after finishing second in 1596 and winning the 1598 Tour de Valland. Therefore, it will be the second time that Undiladze and Vandenhof share the podium in Lauren, although this time in an opposite order.

Svarnan climber Amrit Mallaya (Abbott Cycling), who lost the second place to Undiladze by only three seconds in the final individual time-trial stage, finished third at three minutes and fifty-nine seconds.

Nerysian Jarik Nytar (BataVelo) was fourth at four minutes and fifty-nine seconds, while the 1600 Tour of West Brigidna winner, Keszarian Adam Sandor (Velomax) finished fifth at five minutes and forty-nine seconds. Sandor showed a great performance and was close several times to win a stage, but probably paid the effort in the Tour of West Brigidna in the last days.

Dyrheimer climber Roman Herzogenrath (Télecon  Team) lost too much time in the first week and the first ITT which would leave him out of the fight even for the podium. Still, he won a high mountain stage and helped Vandenhof to consolidate his lead in the final high mountain stage.

Ceribian Irakli Maisuradze (Magram) won the Youth classification.

Vallish sprinter Antoine Duchesnay (NDM) won four stages and the Points classification for second time. He found his main rival in the mass sprint in Mordvanian Miroslav Gradishar (Iskra) who won three stages.