2013 Baltic Chain Tour Explained

2013 Baltic Chain Tour
Series:	2013 UCI Europe Tour
Date:	19—25 August 2013
Stages:	6
Distance:	1019.3
Unit:	km
First:	Philipp Walsleben
First Nat:	GER
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Ivan Savitckii
Second Nat:	RUS
Second Team:	National Team Russia
Third:	Žydrūnas Savickas
Third Nat:	LTU
Third Team:	National Team Lithuania
Sprints:	Maximilian Beyer
Sprints Nat:	GER
Sprints Team:	National Team Germany
Sprints Color:	green
Mountains:	Sergiy Grechyn
Mountains Nat:	UKR
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Youth:	Ivan Savitckii
Youth Nat:	RUS
Youth Team:	National Team Russia
Youth Color:	white
Team:	National Team Lithuania
Previous:	2012
Next:	2014

The 2013 Baltic Chain Tour was the third edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of six days between 19 and 25 May 2013. The race was a part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. General classification was won by German cyclist Philipp Walsleben of .^[1]

Schedule

Stage	Start	Finish	Distance	Date
1	Lahti	Lahti	168.8 km	19 August
2	Tallinn	Viljandi	193.9 km	20 August
3	Viljandi	Otepää	171.1 km	21 August
4	Smiltene	Sigulda	179.0 km	22 August
5	Panevėžys	Utena	154.1 km	24 August
6	Utena	Vilnius	152.4 km	25 August

Teams

UCI Continental Teams

Frøy-Bianchi

National Teams

National Team Belarus
National Team Estonia
National Team Germany
National Team Lithuania
National Team Russia
National Team Slovakia
National Team Sweden

Elite Teams

Bulbash
Peloton
SJK Viiking
TWD – Länken

Stages

Stage 1

19 August 2013 – Lahti, 168.8km (104.9miles)

Stage 1 Result

	Team	Time
1
2	National Team Germany	2"
3	Peloton	s.t.
4	National Team Russia	s.t.
5	National Team Sweden	s.t.
6	National Team Lithuania	s.t.
7		s.t.
8	TWD – Länken	s.t.
9		s.t.
10	National Team Lithuania	5"

General Classification after Stage 1

	Team	Time
1
2	Peloton	10"
3	National Team Lithuania	13"
4		s.t.
5	National Team Russia	14"
6	National Team Sweden	s.t.
7		s.t.
8	TWD – Länken	s.t.
9	National Team Lithuania	17"
10		s.t.

Stage 2

20 August 2013 – Tallinn to Viljandi, 193.9km (120.5miles)

Stage 2 Result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3	National Team Sweden	s.t.
4	National Team Sweden	s.t.
5		s.t.
6	TWD – Länken	s.t.
7	National Team Lithuania	3"
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	National Team Lithuania	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Team	Time
1	National Team Sweden
2	TWD – Länken	s.t.
3		s.t.
4	National Team Lithuania	2"
5	Peloton	3"
6		s.t.
7		5"
8		9"
9	National Team Sweden	11"
10	SJK Viiking	13"

Stage 3

21 August 2013 – Viljandi to Otepää, 171.1km (106.3miles)

Stage 3 Result

	Team	Time
1	National Team Russia
2		s.t.
3	SJK Viiking	s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6	National Team Belarus	s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	National Team Sweden	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Team	Time
1
2		1"
3	TWD – Länken	s.t.
4	National Team Sweden	s.t.
5	National Team Lithuania	3"
6		4"
7	Peloton	s.t.
8		10"
9	SJK Viiking	s.t.
10	National Team Sweden	12"

Stage 4

22 August 2013 – Smiltene to Sigulda, 179km (111miles)

Stage 4 Result

	Team	Time
1	National Team Slovakia
2	National Team Russia	5"
3	TWD – Länken	10"
4	Peloton	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	National Team Lithuania	s.t.
9		19"
10		23"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Team	Time
1	TWD – Länken
2		9"
3	National Team Russia	10"
4	National Team Slovakia	26"
5	National Team Lithuania	32"
6		33"
7		37"
8	Peloton	44"
9		47"
10		s.t.

Stage 5

24 August 2013 – Panevėžys to Utena, 154.1km (95.8miles)

Stage 5 Result

	Team	Time
1	SJK Viiking
2	National Team Belarus	s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Peloton	s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Team	Time
1
2	National Team Russia	2"
3	National Team Lithuania	22"
4		29"
5	Peloton	36"
6		39"
7		45"
8		58"
9	National Team Belarus	1'01"
10		1'10"

Stage 6

25 August 2013 – Utena to Vilnius, 152.4km (94.7miles)

Stage 6 Result

	Team	Time
1
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4	Peloton	s.t.
5	National Team Lithuania	s.t.
6	National Team Russia	s.t.
7		s.t.
8	National Team Slovakia	s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6

	Team	Time
1
2	National Team Russia	2"
3	National Team Lithuania	25"
4		32"
5	Peloton	39"
6		42"
7		48"
8		1'01"
9	National Team Belarus	1'04"
10		1'13"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Stage winner	General Classification	Sprint	King of the Mountains	Young riders classification (U26)	Team classification
1	Philipp Walsleben	Philipp Walsleben	Lucas Liss	Damian Walczak	Ivan Savitckii
2	Marcel Meisen	Marcus Faglum-Karlsson	Martin Laas	Marcus Faglum-Karlsson
3	Andrey Sazanov	Marcel Meisen	Maximilian Beyer
4	Patrik Tybor	Paavo Paajanen	Sergiy Grechyn	Ivan Savitckii
5	Mihkel Räim	Philipp Walsleben	National Team Lithuania
6	Andris Smirnovs
Final		Philipp Walsleben	Maximilian Beyer	Sergiy Grechyn	Ivan Savitckii	National Team Lithuania

Final standings

General classification

	Team	Time
1
2	National Team Russia	2"
3	National Team Lithuania	25"
4		32"
5	Peloton	39"
6		42"
7		48"
8		1'01"
9	National Team Belarus	1'04"
10		1'13"

Sprint classification

	Team	Points
1	National Team Germany	11
2	SJK Viiking	7
3		6
4	National Team Lithuania	6
5		3
6		3
7	National Team Russia	3
8	Peloton	3
9		3
10	National Team Russia	3

Mountains classification

	Team	Points
1		9
2		8
3		5
4		4
5		2
6	Peloton	2
7		2
8	SJK Viiking	2
9	Peloton	2
10	National Team Lithuania	1

Young riders classification

	Team	Time
1	National Team Russia
2	National Team Lithuania	23"
3		2'18"
4		2'54"
5	National Team Russia	5'35"
6	Bulbash	5'50"
7	SJK Viiking	6'04"
8	National Team Russia	7'43"
9		11'46"
10		11'49"

Team classification

	Team	Points
1	National Team Lithuania
2		27"
3		55"
4		4'23"
5	National Team Russia	5'10"
6		10'09"
7		21'10"
8		21'27"
9		22'07"
10	Peloton	23'07"

Notes and References

http://balticchaintour.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Stage6.pdf Official results