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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 16-04-2026 10:22
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Report by Imladrik
| | | | | | | | | | Stage 1 |  | Tallinn ITT | 3,0 KM | | | | | | | Stage 2 |  | St. Petersburg > St. Petersburg | 162,4 KM | | | | | | | Stage 3 | | Hanko | 201,4 KM | | | | | | | Stage 4 | | Stockholm > Stockholm | 193,8 KM | | | | | | | Stage 5 | | Vilnius GP | 190,1 KM | | | | | |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | 2024 | EWAN Caleb | COQUARD Bryan | HOLST ENGER Sondre | | | | | | | 2023 | DAINESE Alberto | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | HALLER Marco | | | | | | | 2022 | HALLER Marco | JAKOBSEN Fabio | SABER Lahcen | | | | | | | 2021 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | SABER Lahcen | HOWARD Leigh | | | | | | | 2020 | GAVIRIA Fernando | SABER Lahcen | MANNINEN Matti | | | | | | | 2019 | BOECKMANS Kris | HOLLOWAY Dan | DEGENKOLB John | | | | | | | 2018 | DEGENKOLB John | CAVENDISH Mark | DRAPAC Damion | | | | | | | 2017 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz | CAVENDISH Mark | | | | | | | 2016 | LO CICERO Ivano | AHLSTRAND Jonas | VAN ASBROECK Tom | | | | | | | 2015 | AHLSTRAND Jonas | CIOLEK Gerald | KEUKELEIRE Jens | | | | | | | 2014 | VANTOMME Maxime | VAN STAYEN Michael | VENTOSO Francisco | | | | | | | 2013 | AVELINO Oscar | NAPOLITANO Danilo | CAVENDISH Mark | | | | | |
| 1 | Caleb Ewan | ISA - Hexacta | 16h31'40 | | | | | | | 2 | Bryan Coquard | Manada Coyote | 7" | | | | | | | 3 | Sondre Holst Enger | Tafjord Kraft | 21" | | | | | | | 4 | Dylan Kennett | Glanbia | 24" | | | | | | | 5 | Elias Afewerki | Benetton Bimex Cycling | 30" | | | | | | | 6 | Stylianos Farantakis | ELCO - ABEA | 33" | | | | | | | 7 | Jiankun Liu | Lotto-Caloi | s.t. | | | | | | | 8 | Xhuliano Kamberaj | Llapi-Vita | 42" | | | | | | | 9 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | | | | | | | 10 | Alexandr Kulikovskiy | Sony - Force India | 44" | | | | | |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | RC | SP | AC | PR |  Ewan | Caleb | AUS | 31 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 73 |  Coquard | Bryan | FRA | 33 | 72 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 78 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | RC | SP | AC | PR |  Dainese | Alberto | ITA | 27 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 63 |  Jakobsen | Fabio | NED | 29 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 69 |  Liu | Jiankun | CHN | 30 | 74 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 67 |  Bol | Cees | NED | 30 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 69 |  Zabel | Rick | GER | 32 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 55 |  Kennett | Dylan | NZL | 31 | 75 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 78 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | RC | SP | AC | PR |  Boudat | Thomas | FRA | 31 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 78 |  Rajovic | Dusan | SER | 28 | 72 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 62 |  Walls | Matthew | GBR | 27 | 74 | 73 | 80 | 78 | 71 |  Kamberaj | Xhuliano | ALB | 31 | 75 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 70 | | Van Poppel | Danny | NED | 32 | 72 | 78 | 81 | 78 | 72 |  Adomaitis | Rojus | LTU | 27 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 75 |  Zariff | Nur Aiman | MAS | 28 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 72 |  Einhorn | Itamar | ISR | 28 | 74 | 74 | 80 | 78 | 64 |  Manninen | Matti | FIN | 33 | 73 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 75 |
Other leaders
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | FL | RC | SP | AC | PR |  El Sabbahi | Houcaine | MOR | 28 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 72 |  Nommela | Aksel | EST | 31 | 72 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 65 |  Silva | Nihal | SRI | 31 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 62 |  Thomas | Benjamin | FRA | 30 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 79 | 79 |  Major | Jay | BAH | 30 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 78 | 64 |  Liepins | Emils | LAT | 33 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 59 |  Kuroeda | Shiki | JPN | 33 | 71 | 80 | 75 | 71 | 62 |  Welten | Bram | NED | 28 | 76 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 59 |
Prologue specialists
| Last name | | | | PR | | | | | | Kopfauf | Markus | AUT | 29 | 81 | | | | | | Christodoulos | Michael | CYP | 28 | 79 | | | | | | Van Aert | Wout | BEL | 31 | 79 | | | | | | Jiang | Zhihui | CHN | 31 | 79 | | | | | | Thomas | Benjamin | FRA | 30 | 79 | | | | | | Howson | Damien | AUS | 33 | 79 | | | | | | Milan | Jonathan | ITA | 25 | 79 | | | | |
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Edited by redordead on 16-04-2026 10:30
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| Heine |
Posted on 16-04-2026 10:27
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We are here for the first 3 km, then it is just race and hope as few sprinters as possible get bonus seconds 
Thanks for the preview!
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Posted on 18-04-2026 08:32
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 16-04-2026 10:32
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Thanks for the preview, Laurens (and especially for putting Rajovic high enough to at least give me a glimpse of hope)!
With not even an opportunity for some random KoM points it's all about avoiding a zero-pointer here. Some breakaway appearances would be nice ...
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 16-04-2026 20:22
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Four stages we're interested in  Need at least 50% good result rate from Kamberaj hee
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| quadsas |
Posted on 16-04-2026 20:24
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lets get something baybe. maybe some Varga shenanigans once again
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| jph27 |
Posted on 16-04-2026 21:28
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Debated sending Peak here and thought the field would be quite strong, so opted for Denmark instead. That turned out to be a bit of a disaster, so hopefully Zariff can pick up a few solid results to help make up for it, in a weaker field than I expected.
Curious to see how the prologue plays out, thought it might suit Pithie and Evangelos but expect it will be quite random. |
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 17-04-2026 08:55
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Very important race and one Dainese has done well in, in the past. Stage 1 will be about limiting losses, then hope we can make a mark one the sprint stages.
Thanks for the preview!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 17-04-2026 09:51
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Looking for a good result from Einhorn here as we're deep in a survival battle
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 17-04-2026 20:00
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Feels good to have a good result for once after a rough few weeks both IRL and in MG.
Thanks for the report!
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| jph27 |
Posted on 17-04-2026 20:03
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From a promotion perspective, basically the worst possible result for us on stage 1 here. But more than happy to put that aside to celebrate a win for WJ!
Zariff managed to limit his losses to the other sprinters, and the gaps aren't too huge throughout the field so hopefully he can fight for a top 10 on GC. Would be great if we could get one of the Pithie/Mihkels/Evangelos trio into the break to get some bonus seconds as well, though not expecting it. |
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 17-04-2026 20:23
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Great start from WVA!  Congrats wj with the win!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 17-04-2026 20:30
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Jiang with a decent effort. Not expected given the cobbles. Kamberaj with a decent start, but he has to deliver now
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| Heine |
Posted on 17-04-2026 21:24
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Not my part of the season this… had hoped for a stage win from Kopfauf
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 17-04-2026 21:40
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Congratulations, wj! It's clearly a well deserved win after the last weeks. Totally missed out (or forgot) about the cobbles here, but bringing our better flat riders aka the cobbles squad clearly fluked us some points here, not only for the stage (and maybe even the GC) but also in the team classification. It won't amount to much in the end without some breakaway miracle, but we'll take it.
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| Heine |
Posted on 17-04-2026 22:02
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Forgot the cobbles…
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 17-04-2026 22:10
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I understand why you put the financial responsibility in rhe hands of your riders instead of yours 
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 17-04-2026 22:47
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Not expecting much, but Adomaitis could use his Jurmala form for another good home result.
Kuroeda in the top15 is a nice start. Adomaitis not far off too
Congrats on the win WJ!
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 18-04-2026 02:01
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Not a bad start. I wasn't really expecting anymore then that because of the cobbles.
Coquard not too far away which is good so we will see how he goes in the 4 flat stages. Hopefully he can go 1 spot better on GC this season!
Congrats WJ on the win and thanks for the report!
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| Heine |
Posted on 18-04-2026 06:26
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kandesbunzler26 wrote:
I understand why you put the financial responsibility in rhe hands of your riders instead of yours
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[C1] Baltic Chain Tour 
