Stankevicius and Ragazinskiene fastest at the Hawaii Express 42. Tartu Rattaralli Gran Fondo 

The 42nd edition of the Tartu Rattaralli was again a big success with 3,000 riders from 23 different countries

Riders chose from three distances he 27, 60 or 128km distance, the 128km distance as qualifier for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships.

The race started with an elite category in front, followed by three start waves for age groups with riders below 40, between 40 and 50 and over 50 starting with small intervals.

In the elite race, it was Norman Vahtra (EST) winning with a small margin from a big peloton, in the elite women's category, Matilda Frantzich (SWE) was fastest.

In the age groups qualifying for the world championships, Evaldas Stankevicius (LTU) outsprinted Johan Nordlund (FIN) in a sprint with 2 to score the fastest time of the day in fastest M40-44 category. Martynas Jocys (LTU) got overall third in the same age group.

The win in the age groups was for Daiva Ragazinskiene (LTU) who had a 5 min margin to a group with Birgit Tito (EST) taking second spot before her compatriot Carol Kuuskman (EST).

The event allows competitors finishing in the top 25% of their age/gender category to qualify for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships taking place next August in Scotland.

Link to 2023 Tartu Rattaralli Gran Fondo results https://championchip.ee/results/2359