2013 Baltic Chain Tour

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 BKCP–Powerplus.^[1]

2013 Baltic Chain Tour

2013 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	19—25 August 2013
Stages	6
Distance	1,019.3 km (633.4 mi)
Winning time	22h 29' 29"
Results
Winner  Philipp Walsleben (GER) (BKCP–Powerplus)   Second  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) (National Team Russia)   Third  Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU) (National Team Lithuania) Mountains  Sergiy Grechyn (UKR) (Torku Şekerspor) Youth  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) (National Team Russia) Sprints  Maximilian Beyer (GER) (National Team Germany)   Team National Team Lithuania
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Schedule

Stage 3, Viljandi-Otepää

Stage	Start	Finish	Distance	Date	Winner	Time
1	Lahti	Lahti	168.8 km	19 August	Philipp Walsleben (GER)	3h 42' 24"
2	Tallinn	Viljandi	193.9 km	20 August	Marcel Meisen (GER)	4h 22' 40"
3	Viljandi	Otepää	171.1 km	21 August	Andrey Sazanov (RUS)	3h 53' 12"
4	Smiltene	Sigulda	179.0 km	22 August	Patrik Tybor (SVK)	3h 52' 24"
5	Panevėžys	Utena	154.1 km	24 August	Mihkel Räim (EST)	3h 23' 18"
6	Utena	Vilnius	152.4 km	25 August	Andris Smirnovs (LAT)	3h 15' 10"

Teams

UCI Continental Teams Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com BDC–Marcpol Team BKCP–Powerplus Frøy-Bianchi ISD Continental Team Itera–Katusha Kolss Cycling Team Rietumu–Delfin Synergy Baku Torku Şekerspor

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, 168.8 km (104.9 mi)

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 3h 42' 36" 2  Lucas Liss (GER) National Team Germany 2" 3  Alo Jakin (EST) Peloton s.t. 4  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) National Team Russia s.t. 5  Marcus Faglum-Karlsson (SWE) National Team Sweden s.t. 6  Martynas Maniušis (LTU) National Team Lithuania s.t. 7  Damian Walczak (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team s.t. 8  Paavo Paajanen (FIN) TWD – Länken s.t. 9  Andriy Vasylyuk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team s.t. 10  Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 5"

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 3h 42' 36" 2  Alo Jakin (EST) Peloton 10" 3  Martynas Maniušis (LTU) National Team Lithuania 13" 4  Andriy Vasylyuk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team s.t. 5  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) National Team Russia 14" 6  Marcus Faglum-Karlsson (SWE) National Team Sweden s.t. 7  Damian Walczak (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team s.t. 8  Paavo Paajanen (FIN) TWD – Länken s.t. 9  Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 17" 10  Vitaliy Popkov (UKR) ISD Continental Team s.t.

Stage 2

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

Stage 2 Result Rider Team Time 1  Marcel Meisen (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 4h 22' 40" 2  David Van Der Poel (NED) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 3  Christian Bertilsson (SWE) National Team Sweden s.t. 4  Marcus Faglum-Karlsson (SWE) National Team Sweden s.t. 5  Mateusz Komar (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team s.t. 6  Paavo Paajanen (FIN) TWD – Länken s.t. 7  Marius Bernatonis (LTU) National Team Lithuania 3" 8  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com s.t. 9  Christoph Schweizer (GER) Synergy Baku s.t. 10  Martynas Maniušis (LTU) National Team Lithuania s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Marcus Faglum-Karlsson (SWE) National Team Sweden 8h 05' 16" 2  Paavo Paajanen (FIN) TWD – Länken s.t. 3  Mateusz Komar (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team s.t. 4  Martynas Maniušis (LTU) National Team Lithuania 2" 5  Alo Jakin (EST) Peloton 3" 6  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 7  Marcel Meisen (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 5" 8  David Van Der Poel (NED) BKCP–Powerplus 9" 9  Christian Bertilsson (SWE) National Team Sweden 11" 10  Martin Laas (EST) SJK Viiking 13"

Stage 3

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

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1  Andrey Sazanov (RUS) National Team Russia 3h 53' 12" 2  Marcel Meisen (GER) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 3  Martin Laas (EST) SJK Viiking s.t. 4  Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com s.t. 5  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 6  Siarhei Papok (BLR) National Team Belarus s.t. 7  Oleksandr Martynenko (UKR) ISD Continental Team s.t. 8  Jens Adams (BEL) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 9  Maksym Vasyliev (UKR) ISD Continental Team s.t. 10  Christian Bertilsson (SWE) National Team Sweden s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Marcel Meisen (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 11h 58' 27" 2  Mateusz Komar (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team 1" 3  Paavo Paajanen (FIN) TWD – Länken s.t. 4  Marcus Faglum-Karlsson (SWE) National Team Sweden s.t. 5  Martynas Maniušis (LTU) National Team Lithuania 3" 6  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 4" 7  Alo Jakin (EST) Peloton s.t. 8  David Van Der Poel (NED) BKCP–Powerplus 10" 9  Martin Laas (EST) SJK Viiking s.t. 10  Christian Bertilsson (SWE) National Team Sweden 12"

Stage 4

22 August 2013 – Smiltene to Sigulda, 179.0 km (111.2 mi)

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1  Patrik Tybor (SVK) National Team Slovakia 3h 52' 24" 2  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) National Team Russia 5" 3  Paavo Paajanen (FIN) TWD – Länken 10" 4  Rene Mandri (EST) Peloton s.t. 5  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 6  Anatoliy Pakhtusov (UKR) ISD Continental Team s.t. 7  Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Torku Şekerspor s.t. 8  Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU) National Team Lithuania s.t. 9  Sergiy Grechyn (UKR) Torku Şekerspor 19" 10  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com 23"

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Paavo Paajanen (FIN) TWD – Länken 15h 50' 56" 2  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 9" 3  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) National Team Russia 10" 4  Patrik Tybor (SVK) National Team Slovakia 26" 5  Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 32" 6  Sergiy Grechyn (UKR) Torku Şekerspor 33" 7  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com 37" 8  Rene Mandri (EST) Peloton 44" 9  Anatoliy Pakhtusov (UKR) ISD Continental Team 47" 10  Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Torku Şekerspor s.t.

Stage 5

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

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1  Mihkel Räim (EST) SJK Viiking 3h 23' 18" 2  Siarhei Papok (BLR) National Team Belarus s.t. 3  Maxim Pokidov (RUS) Itera–Katusha s.t. 4  Rene Mandri (EST) Peloton s.t. 5  Mateusz Komar (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team s.t. 6  Yuriy Metlushenko (UKR) Torku Şekerspor s.t. 7  Andriy Kulyk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team s.t. 8  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com s.t. 9  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus s.t. 10  Maksym Vasyliev (UKR) ISD Continental Team s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 19h 14' 22" 2  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) National Team Russia 2" 3  Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 22" 4  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com 29" 5  Rene Mandri (EST) Peloton 36" 6  Anatoliy Pakhtusov (UKR) ISD Continental Team 39" 7  Mateusz Komar (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team 45" 8  Andriy Kulyk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 58" 9  Branislau Samoilau (BLR) National Team Belarus 1'01" 10  Andriy Vasylyuk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 1'10"

Stage 6

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

Stage 6 Result Rider Team Time 1  Andris Smirnovs (LAT) Rietumu–Delfin 3h 15' 10" 2  Emīls Liepiņš (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com s.t. 3  Yuriy Metlushenko (UKR) Torku Şekerspor s.t. 4  Alo Jakin (EST) Peloton s.t. 5  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) National Team Lithuania s.t. 6  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) National Team Russia s.t. 7  Andriy Kulyk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team s.t. 8  Erik Baška (SVK) National Team Slovakia s.t. 9  Maksym Vasyliev (UKR) ISD Continental Team s.t. 10  Christoph Schweizer (GER) Synergy Baku s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6 Rider Team Time 1  Philipp Walsleben (GER) BKCP–Powerplus 22h 29' 29" 2  Ivan Savitckii (RUS) National Team Russia 2" 3  Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU) National Team Lithuania 25" 4  Indulis Bekmanis (LAT) Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com 32" 5  Rene Mandri (EST) Peloton 39" 6  Anatoliy Pakhtusov (UKR) ISD Continental Team 42" 7  Mateusz Komar (POL) BDC–Marcpol Team 48" 8  Andriy Kulyk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 1'01" 9  Branislau Samoilau (BLR) National Team Belarus 1'04" 10  Andriy Vasylyuk (UKR) Kolss Cycling Team 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	BDC–Marcpol Team
2	Marcel Meisen	Marcus Faglum-Karlsson	Martin Laas		Marcus Faglum-Karlsson	BKCP–Powerplus
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

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Philipp Walsleben (GER)	BKCP–Powerplus	22h 29' 29"
2	Ivan Savitckii (RUS)	National Team Russia	2"
3	Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	25"
4	Indulis Bekmanis (LAT)	Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com	32"
5	Rene Mandri (EST)	Peloton	39"
6	Anatoliy Pakhtusov (UKR)	ISD Continental Team	42"
7	Mateusz Komar (POL)	BDC–Marcpol Team	48"
8	Andriy Kulyk (UKR)	Kolss Cycling Team	1'01"
9	Branislau Samoilau (BLR)	National Team Belarus	1'04"
10	Andriy Vasylyuk (UKR)	Kolss Cycling Team	1'13"

Sprint classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Maximilian Beyer (GER)	National Team Germany	11
2	Martin Laas (EST)	SJK Viiking	7
3	Philipp Walsleben (GER)	BKCP–Powerplus	6
4	Darijus Dzervus (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	6
5	Marcel Meisen (GER)	BKCP–Powerplus	3
6	Andris Smirnovs (LAT)	Rietumu–Delfin	3
7	Ivan Savitckii (RUS)	National Team Russia	3
8	Rene Mandri (EST)	Peloton	3
9	Maksym Vasyliev (UKR)	ISD Continental Team	3
10	Alexey Kurbatov (RUS)	National Team Russia	3

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Sergiy Grechyn (UKR)	Torku Şekerspor	9
2	Vitaliy Popkov (UKR)	ISD Continental Team	8
3	Damian Walczak (POL)	BDC–Marcpol Team	5
4	Yuriy Metlushenko (UKR)	Torku Şekerspor	4
5	Philipp Walsleben (GER)	BKCP–Powerplus	2
6	Rene Mandri (EST)	Peloton	2
7	Mykhaylo Radionov (UKR)	Kolss Cycling Team	2
8	Mihkel Räim (EST)	SJK Viiking	2
9	Alo Jakin (EST)	Peloton	2
10	Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	1

Young riders classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ivan Savitckii (RUS)	National Team Russia	22h 29' 31"
2	Žydrūnas Savickas (LTU)	National Team Lithuania	23"
3	Adrian Banaszek (POL)	BDC–Marcpol Team	2'18"
4	Kirill Egorov (RUS)	Itera–Katusha	2'54"
5	Alexey Kurbatov (RUS)	National Team Russia	5'35"
6	Raman Ramanau (BLR)	Bulbash	5'50"
7	Mihkel Räim (EST)	SJK Viiking	6'04"
8	Aleksander Grigorev (RUS)	National Team Russia	7'43"
9	David Van Der Poel (NED)	BKCP–Powerplus	11'46"
10	Andris Vosekalns (LAT)	Rietumu–Delfin	11'49"

Team classification

	Team	Points
1	National Team Lithuania	67h 31' 21"
2	Kolss Cycling Team	27"
3	ISD Continental Team	55"
4	BDC–Marcpol Team	4'23"
5	National Team Russia	5'10"
6	Itera–Katusha	10'09"
7	BKCP–Powerplus	21'10"
8	Torku Şekerspor	21'27"
9	Alpha Baltic–Unitymarathons.com	22'07"
10	Peloton	23'07"