Only about 29 of the 179 riders raced to the finish, although the rest received the same time.
The thirty riders raced against each other in matches of two.
Horses and riders raced from one town's steeple to the next.
Of the four riders racing for Veselov, one had fallen and another was hit.
Desgrange wanted to stop riders racing casually for all but the last hour.
Starting in reverse order of standings, 157 riders raced the stage.
More than 3,000 riders have raced for Kona since the inception of the program.
In the time trial, the 85 remaining riders raced one by one against the clock.
Not allowed to compete, he waited until the riders had left, raced after them and passed them all.
Then the riders were kicking up tremendous clouds of dust again, and racing across the plain.