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2017 Tour de Langkawi (HC), Malaysia

22nd edition: February 22 - March 1, 2017

Complete results

Tour de Langkawi podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8

2017 Tour de Langkawi race map

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Wednesday, March 1: 8th and Final Stage, Setiawangsa - Putrajaya, 121 km (75.24 miles)

Travis McCabe wins the Langkawi Tour final stage. ltdl photo

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

WorldTour squad Dimension Data became the first team to win Le Tour de Langkawi on three consecutive editions with three different African riders as neo-pro Ryan Gibbons, 22, followed the path of Algeria’s Youcef Reguigui and his compatriot Reinardt Janse van Rensburg from South Africa.

He finished fourth of the conclusive stage in Putrajaya won by Travis McCabe who made it two for Unitedhealthcare after he took stage 2 and regained the points competition as well, throughout the intermediate sprints as he won all three of them.

“We wanted to race hard again today”, McCabe declared. “Typically when the race is hard and there are a few climbs, we can get rid of some heavy sprinters. The sprint came down to the last corner and I had Greg Henderson putting me in perfect position and I jumped at about 300 metres to go. Coming from doing the same job in the WorldTour, he makes my life so much easier! Pretty much all I have to do is to put my hands up. All the guys allowed me to get this win. We had a double goal as we really wanted [Daniel] Jaramillo to take the time bonuses to jump on the podium. He’s got a good kick. So I was not looking at the sprint jersey, I was more looking at the stage win.”

“This was my first time here. I’ll remember the beautiful landscapes of Malaysia. The people were fantastic. That was awesome to see so many people out there cheering us on. I couldn’t ask for a better race to start off the season. I’m really happy that I came and we’ll be back next year.”

“Before coming to Malaysia, I didn’t think I’d be sitting here with the yellow jersey at the end”, said Gibbons who learned “jesi kuning” in bahasa Malaysia during his six days in the lead of LTdL. “The team had a lot of faith in me but to have responsibility to lead in the second race of my first year as a pro, but I couldn’t have imagined the dream coming true this week. It’s been stressful, even having the yellow jersey, being on good form and believing in myself.”

“On the second climb, IsoWhey attacked. But I had Jacques [Janse van Rensburg], our road captain, with me the whole time. He told me to relax and not too worry although I could have gone harder for the intermediate sprints. A group of sixteen riders got fifteen seconds ahead of us in the main climb but we caught them very quickly. After that I knew we should have the jersey for good but this is cycling, anything can happen, a crash or a mechanical. Even going into the last sprint, I touched wheel with my team-mates in a corner.”

“It was a goal to win the last stage as well. I’m disappointed not to have made it but in the last curve I was maybe where I shouldn’t. I was following Pippo [Pozzato] and [Alberto] Cecchin. When I came out, it was way too late. There were five riders up the road. I was able to catch two of them but I was glad to stay up and win yellow and teal.”

Gibbons was the second South African to win the points competition after his mentor Robert Hunter fifteen years ago. “He was the first South African to win a stage in all three Grand Tours”, he continued.

“He’s definitely a role model. I see myself as a very similar rider to him. He was a sprinter but also someone who could go well in small climbs and do all right in time trial. He’s the one who put cycling on the map in South Africa. I do look up to him. He inspired many South Africans.”

“It’s really special to follow his footsteps, also here in Malaysia. If I do half of what he achieved, it would be a successful career for me. He’s been talking to me every day during Le Tour de Langkawi. He has a lot of faith in me as well. Since 2004, he’s believed that I can do a lot. He’s been motivating me this week, which is great. From day 3, he believed I could win the Tour. His support really helped.”

“I’m really ambitious and I’m very hungry”, Gibbons concluded. “I’d be a liar if I’d say I don’t want to win more. It’s been a perfect start. I have to keep on learning. I don’t want to set myself goals that I can’t achieve. Hopefully this is just the beginning. It was my first time in this position. “

“I’ve learned that with winning come the press, the media, the fans… I had never experienced a team work like that. I also learned a lot about sprinting. I’ve only won a stage, I’ve been second, third, fourth and fifth. I don’t look at those as seven losses. I look at them as seven learning experiences. I know what not to do now. I’m grateful for the lesson I can take from my Malaysian experience. It was my first time here. I’ve not enjoyed just the winning but the support from the people, the different cultures, the different foods, the weather that is similar to some parts of South Africa on the coast so I can handle it. It’s been so welcoming, I’d like to come back.”

Complete Results:

121 kilometers (75.24 miles) raced at an average speed of 45.66 km/hr (28.39 mph)

1	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	2hr 39min 0sec
2	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
3	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
4	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
5	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
6	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
10	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
12	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
13	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
14	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
15	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
16	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
17	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
18	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
19	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
20	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
21	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
22	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
23	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
25	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
26	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
27	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
28	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
29	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
30	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
31	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
32	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
33	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
34	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	@ 5sec
36	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
37	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	@ 9sec
38	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
39	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	@ 19sec
40	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	38
41	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	39
42	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	+2:03
43	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13:48
44	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
45	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
46	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
47	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
48	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
49	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
50	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
51	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
52	Hang SHI	Giant	s.t.
53	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
54	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
55	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
56	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
57	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
58	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
59	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
61	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
62	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
63	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
64	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
65	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
66	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
67	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
68	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
69	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	s.t.
70	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
71	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
72	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
73	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
74	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	s.t.
75	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
76	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
77	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
78	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
79	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
80	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
81	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
82	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
83	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
84	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
85	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
86	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
87	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
88	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	s.t.
89	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
90	Tianhao GU	Giant	s.t.
91	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
92	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
93	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
94	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
95	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
96	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
97	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	s.t.

Final GC after stage 8:

• Final GC leader: Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data)
• Sprints classification winner: Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data)
• Mountains classification winner: John Kronborg Ebsen (Infinite AIS)
• Asian rider classification winner: Hideto Nakane (Nippo-Vini Fantini)
• Malaysian rider classification winner: Mohd Sharul Mat Amin (Terengganu Cycling)
• Team classification winner: Isowhey Sports-Swisswellness
• Asian team classification winner: Vino Astana Motors

1,220.2 kilometers (760.03 miles) raced at an average speed of 42.01 km/hr (26.12 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	29hr 4min 57sec
2	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	@ 33sec
3	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	35
4	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	37
5	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	41
6	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	43
7	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
8	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
10	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	50
11	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	+1:07
12	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:16
13	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	+1:20
14	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	+1:25
15	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	+1:29
16	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	+1:32
17	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	+2:07
18	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+2:15
19	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	+2:31
20	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	+2:38
21	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
22	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+4:35
23	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	+4:37
24	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+5:40
25	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	+6:05
26	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+6:09
27	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	+7:26
28	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+7:44
29	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+8:02
30	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	+10:51
31	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:27
32	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+15:00
33	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	+15:55
34	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	+16:43
35	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	+16:46
36	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	+17:19
37	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	+19:27
38	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+19:49
39	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+20:37
40	Penghai DENG	Giant	+21:27
41	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	+22:13
42	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	+22:32
43	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	+23:10
44	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	+23:33
45	Hang SHI	Giant	s.t.
46	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	+23:35
47	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	+25:21
48	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	+27:16
49	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+27:22
50	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	+27:32
51	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+27:45
52	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+27:52
53	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	+28:05
54	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	+28:47
55	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	+29:32
56	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+31:08
57	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+34:15
58	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	+34:30
59	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+34:31
60	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+38:01
61	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+39:14
62	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+39:15
63	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+39:19
64	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	+39:57
65	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	+42:12
66	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+42:55
67	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+43:26
68	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+47:25
69	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	+48:35
70	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	+49:26
71	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+50:27
72	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	+51:15
73	Tianhao GU	Giant	+52:05
74	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	+52:13
75	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+55:13
76	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	+55:25
77	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	+56:15
78	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+56:45
79	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+56:56
80	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	+57:20
81	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	+57:27
82	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	+57:45
83	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	+57:48
84	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	+57:48
85	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+58:22
86	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+58:34
87	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	+58:40
88	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+1:00:21
89	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	+1:00:54
90	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+1:01:03
91	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1:01:33
92	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	+1:01:58
93	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+1:02:06
94	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+1:02:17
95	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+1:04:37
96	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:04:39
97	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+1:05:14

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Tuesday, February 28: Stage 7, Melaka - Rembau, 148.1 km (92.1 miles)

Jakub Mareczjo gets his second Langkawi Tour stage win of 2017. ltdl photo

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Tipped as one of the hot favourites for the bunch sprint finishes this year, Italy’s Jakub Mareczko of Wilier Triestina became the first rider to win two stages at this year’s Le Tour de Langkawi as claimed stage 7 to Rembau after he opened his season’s account in Pantai Remis on day 3.

He’s unbeaten in Rembau where he took his first ever Malaysian success one year ago and therefore announced himself for filling the shoes of Andrea Guardini who holds the record of stage victories with 22. Also a diminutive sprinter, Mareczko moved into the lead of the points competition while Ryan Gibbons, fifth on the line, retained the yellow jersey.

“I put my team at the front in the final kilometers with [Filippo] Pozzato, [Alberto] Cecchin and [Rafael] Andriato to lead me out”, Mareczko explained. “There was a curve with 400 metres to go.

Cecchin took it in first position. After Andriato’s last pull, I opened my sprint. It feels very good to get a second stage win. I’m very happy today. After winning a stage, my goal this year was to get the points jersey. Now I have it and I hope to defend it tomorrow by trying to get another first place. I’m hoping for a sunny day to conclude Le Tour de Langkawi after the pouring rain we’ve had today.”

“My priority was to retain the yellow jersey”, echoed Gibbons. “It was nice to have the teal as well but Mareczko is a top quality rider. He’s fast! I’m not too disappointed. I’m happy for him but I hope I’ll get it back tomorrow. I was feeling very good today, also under the rain. I was cautious on the wet. It was easy to go down. Just stay upright and out of trouble, that was my concern. Tomorrow’s stage is short.

It’s going to be very aggressive. But we’re ready for it. I’m so thankful for the help I got from my team-mates. There’s one more day. I’m strongly hoping that I’ll be in yellow in Putrajaya as well.”

Veteran WorldTour rider Greg Henderson of Unitedhealthcare was awarded the combativity prize of the day after being the driving force behind the main breakaway of the day with Jacopo Mosca (Wilier Triestina), Huang En (Keyi Look), Dominic Perez (7/11) and escape artist Loh Sea Keong (Thailand Continental Team).

The conclusive stage of the 22nd Le Tour de Langkawi will be 121km long from Setiawangsa (Kuala Lumpur) to Putrajaya.

Complete results:

148.1 kilometers (92.1 miles) raced at an average speed of 43.61 km/hr (27.12 mph)

1	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	3:23:45
2	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
3	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
4	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
5	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
6	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
10	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
11	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
12	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
13	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
14	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
15	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
16	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
17	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
18	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
19	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
20	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
21	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	s.t.
22	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
23	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
24	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
25	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
26	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
27	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
28	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
29	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
30	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
31	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
32	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
33	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
34	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
35	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
36	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
37	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
38	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
39	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
40	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
41	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
42	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
43	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
44	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
45	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
46	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
47	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
48	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
49	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
50	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
51	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
52	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
53	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
54	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
55	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
56	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	16
57	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
58	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	26
59	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	33
60	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
61	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	43
62	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	45
63	Penghai DENG	Giant	47
64	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
65	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	+1:07
66	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+1:09
67	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	+1:14
68	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	+1:15
69	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
70	Tianhao GU	Giant	+1:16
71	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
72	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
73	Siyu YANG	Kayi Look	s.t.
74	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
75	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
76	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
77	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
78	Hang SHI	Giant	+1:28
79	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+1:38
80	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
81	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Kayi Look	s.t.
82	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
83	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
84	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
85	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
86	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
87	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
88	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
89	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
90	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	+2:03
91	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	+2:09
92	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+2:50
93	Xin WANG	Kayi Look	+3:20
94	Shijin ZHANG	Kayi Look	s.t.
95	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+3:57
96	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	+5:44
97	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+8:18

GC after Stage 7:

1,101.2 kilometers (684.78 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 41.65 km/hr (25.9 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	26:26:06
2	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	@ 24sec
3	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	28
4	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	33
5	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	34
6	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
7	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
8	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
10	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	41
11	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	58
12	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1:03
13	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:07
14	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	+1:11
15	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
16	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
17	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	+1:23
18	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	+1:58
19	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
20	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+2:06
21	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	+2:17
22	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	+2:29
23	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
24	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	+2:46
25	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+4:26
26	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	+4:28
27	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	+5:17
28	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	+5:30
29	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+5:31
30	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+6:00
31	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+7:16
32	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	+7:27
33	Penghai DENG	Giant	+7:30
34	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+7:53
35	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	+8:16
36	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	+8:35
37	Hang SHI	Giant	+9:36
38	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	+9:38
39	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	+10:42
40	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	+11:24
41	Siyu YANG	Kayi Look	+13:19
42	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13:25
43	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+13:48
44	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+13:55
45	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	+14:08
46	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:22
47	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	+14:34
48	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	+14:50
49	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	+17:10
50	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+17:11
51	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+19:02
52	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+20:18
53	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+20:19
54	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	+20:33
55	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+20:34
56	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	+23:01
57	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	+23:24
58	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+25:17
59	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Kayi Look	+25:18
60	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+25:22
61	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	+26:00
62	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	+27:29
63	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	+28:15
64	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+28:58
65	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	+29:23
66	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+29:29
67	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	+34:38
68	Xin WANG	Kayi Look	+35:29
69	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	+37:18
70	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+37:52
71	Tianhao GU	Giant	+38:08
72	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	+38:16
73	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+41:16
74	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	+41:28
75	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	+42:18
76	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+42:48
77	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+42:59
78	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	+43:23
79	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	+43:30
80	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	+43:48
81	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	+43:51
82	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	+43:51
83	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+44:25
84	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+44:37
85	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	+44:43
86	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+46:24
87	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	+46:57
88	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+47:06
89	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+47:16
90	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+47:36
91	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	+48:01
92	Shijin ZHANG	Kayi Look	+48:09
93	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+48:20
94	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+50:18
95	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+50:40
96	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+50:42
97	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+51:17

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Monday, February 27: Stage 6, Senawang - Muar, 176.3 kilometers

Enrico Barbin smiles as he gets his first professional race win as well as gaining the first win of the 2017 season for his Bardiani-CSF team. ltdl photo

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Just like Mekseb Debesay and Ryan Gibbons in the two previous stages, Italy’s Enrico Barbin opened his professional account at the 2017 Le Tour de Langkawi as he claimed his first victory at the age of 26 in Muar. He outsprinted Australia’s Anthony Giacoppo of IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness and his compatriot Filippo Pozzato from Wilier Triestina to deliver Bardiani CSF’s first win of the year and their first stage victory at LTdL since Marco Canola won solo in Kuantan in 2012.

The Italian squad managed by the Reverberis, father and son, is the oldest participant to LTdL, having made their first appearance as Scrigno in 1998 with five stage wins that year including the first ever as a pro for Alessandro Petacchi. Their organization is also the most successful in terms of stage victories in the history of the Malaysian premier stage race as Barbin bagged their 35th while Gianni Savio’s team now called Androni is second on the tally with 24, followed by the currently named Wilier Triestina outfit with 16.

“It’s an honour for me to become part of this history”, Barbin declared. “I was feeling well and my whole team too [his team-mate Lorenzo Rota was up the road for most of the stage along with Colombia’s Wilmar Paredes and Hong Kong’s Ronald Yeung who was awarded the daily prize of most combative rider]. I’m not fast enough to beat the fastest sprinters here but I took advantage of them. Through the radio, we had perfect explanation of the finale and where the wind was blowing from so it was a question of getting the best position over the bridge and anticipate the sprint with 300 metres to go.”

“We were working for [stage 3 winner Jakub] Mareczko”, Pozzato explained. “But Unitedhealthcare attacked in the wind after the bridge. Kuba followed them but it was a bit far away from the line. Barbin has been smart accelerating from behind. I went after him but I got blocked for a little while and when I resumed my sprint with no speed it was too difficult and too late.”

As much as Pozzato replaced Mareczko due to sprinting circumstances, Giacoppo found himself as a substitute for Scott Sunderland. “We were going for Scott”, the Western Australian said, “but he got caught out of position in the last corner so I went myself. When we caught Mareczko, I hesitated a bit. Maybe I should have kept going.”

“Safety first was at the back of my mind but I definitely wanted to be in the sprint”, commented Gibbons who retained the yellow jersey.

“Going over the bridge when we turned right, we were behind Unitedhealthcare but we lost the wheels and four of their riders and Mareczko got away. I spent all my energy trying to close the gap because I didn’t want to lose any time on the UHC rider who is high on GC [Daniel Jaramillo]. I brought the peloton with me but when the proper sprint started I already made my effort so I just focused on not crashing.”

“Today was the first day in the Tour that I wasn’t at 100%. Normally I feel good racing in the rain but I only found my legs in the third hour. Maybe the rain was a little factor. There was no real stress though. I see two more sprint opportunities. It would be really good to bring the yellow jersey home.” He concluded.

Stage 7 from the historical city of Melaka to Rembau will be 148km long with three climbs in the finale.

Complete Results:

176.3 kilometers (109.63 miles) raced at an average speed of 42.44 km/hr (26.39 mph)

1	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	4hr 9min 16sec
2	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
3	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
4	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
5	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
6	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
8	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
10	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
11	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
12	Mohamad Izzat ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
13	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
14	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
15	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
16	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
17	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
18	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
19	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
20	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
21	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
22	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
23	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
24	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	s.t.
25	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
26	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
27	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
28	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
29	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
30	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
32	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
33	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
34	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
35	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
36	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
37	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
38	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
39	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
40	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
41	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
42	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
43	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	s.t.
44	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
45	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
46	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
47	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
48	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
49	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
50	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
51	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
52	Muhammad Ameer KAMAL	Malaysia	@ 12sec
53	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	@ 15sec
54	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
55	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ MUÑOZ	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
56	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
57	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
58	Muhamad Nur MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
59	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
60	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
61	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
62	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
63	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
64	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
65	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
66	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
67	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
69	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
70	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	19
71	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
72	Hang SHI	Giant	21
73	Tianhao GU	Giant	s.t.
74	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
75	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
76	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	23
77	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
78	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
79	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
80	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	30
81	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
82	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	35
83	Muhammad Ameen KAMAL	Malaysia	37
84	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	43
85	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	55
86	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
87	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	57
88	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
89	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	+1:00
90	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+1:04
91	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+1:08
92	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1:10
93	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
94	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	+1:16
96	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+1:41
97	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
98	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
99	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	+1:50
100	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+2:37

GC after Stage 6:

953.10 kilometers (592.69 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 41.36 km/hr (25.72 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	23hr 2min 22sec
2	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	@ 23sec
3	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	27
4	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	32
5	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	33
6	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
7	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
8	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
9	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
10	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	40
11	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	59
12	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1:02
13	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:06
14	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	+1:10
15	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
16	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
17	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	+1:22
18	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	+1:57
19	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
20	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+2:05
21	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	+2:16
22	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	+2:28
23	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
24	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	+2:45
25	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	+3:11
26	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	+3:38
27	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+3:52
28	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+4:09
29	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	+5:29
30	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+5:37
31	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:59
32	Penghai DENG	Giant	+6:42
33	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	+7:20
34	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	+7:32
35	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+7:52
36	Hang SHI	Giant	+8:07
37	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	+8:15
38	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	+9:37
39	Muhamad Nur MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	+10:09
40	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	+10:15
41	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	+12:02
42	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	+13:11
43	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13:24
44	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+13:47
45	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+13:54
46	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	+14:00
47	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	+14:07
48	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:21
49	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+16:37
50	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	+16:56
51	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+17:10
52	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+17:23
53	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+19:01
54	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	+19:25
55	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+19:31
56	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	+23:00
57	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	+23:23
58	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+23:39
59	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+24:05
60	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+25:16
61	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	+25:59
62	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	+26:59
63	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	+27:28
64	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+28:57
65	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	+29:22
66	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+29:28
67	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	+32:08
68	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	+32:59
69	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	+36:12
70	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	+36:44
71	Tianhao GU	Giant	+36:51
72	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	+37:04
73	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	+37:12
74	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+37:51
75	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	+38:09
76	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+38:57
77	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	+39:49
78	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+41:09
79	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+41:28
80	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+41:34
81	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	+41:44
82	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+41:49
83	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	+42:17
84	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+43:20
85	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	+43:29
86	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	+43:47
87	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	+43:50
88	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	+44:42
89	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	+44:47
90	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+44:48
91	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+45:38
92	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+45:49
93	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+46:52
94	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	+48:00
95	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+48:19
96	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+49:03
97	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+50:02
98	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+50:21
99	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+50:39
100	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+53:46

 

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Sunday, February 26: Stage 5, Meru Raya - Kuala Kubu Bharu, 151.5 km (94.21 miles)

GC leader Ryan Gibbons wins stage 5

The race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

Race leader Ryan Gibbons of Dimension Data claimed his first pro victory at the end of stage 5 of the 22nd Le Tour de Langkawi in Kuala Kubu Baru where he outsprinted stage 3 winner Jakub Mareczko and stage 2 winner Travis McCabe. The 22 year old South African also increased his lead in the overall ranking from 11 to 23 seconds over Australia’s Cameron Bayly as he also collected two seconds bonus on the way.

“Getting second on stage 1, that was a sense of achievement but today my first pro win is more a relief than anything else and I’m just so happy to finally get a win for the team and also for myself”, Gibbons commented.

“This result will stay for the rest of my career. On a good day on a flat road, I can win a bunch sprint but today with a bit of a drag and the road surface being bricks, it suited me a bit more but moreover my team put me in a perfect position. I would have been hard not to win. I’m really grateful for their help.”

“I wasn’t targeting the intermediate sprints”, the race leader continued. “It was more riding defensively. Every time with 1km to the sprint we so IsoWhey moving up. They had the teal jersey with Sunderland but Bayly was also up there so I had just had to make sure I’d finish in front of him. I’ve managed to pick up four points and two seconds. It was mainly watching the guys on GC, not worrying too much and not attacking them. The teal jersey is a great award but my focus for now is the yellow jersey. If it happens that I can win it as well, I’ll be grateful though.”

The whole stage was marked by one breakaway only. After fifty kilometers covered at a very high speed, Italy’s Fausto Masnada rode away, got a maximum advantage of 3.50 and sat up after the last intermediate sprint with just over 20km to go as the bunch was certainly going to reel him in.

“We wanted to ride offensively today since yesterday it didn’t go that well for us”, the Androni Giocattoli rider said the day his team manager Gianni Savio attended Le Tour de Langkawi. “We expected something more [the yellow jersey with Egan Bernal]. We started today with the idea to break away. After 50km, seeing that big groups weren’t going anywhere, I tried by himself, hoping that I’d get some help but nobody followed so I continued on my own. I never got bored. I’m happy I did it. I also came here looking for a good shape ahead of the races in Italy, so it’s been a good day.”

Stage 6 from Senawang to Muar will be 176.3km long with three climbs to start with in the first 45km.

Complete results:

151.5 kilometers (94.21 miles) raced at an average speed of 43.84 km/hr (27.26 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	3:27:20
2	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
3	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
4	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
5	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
6	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
7	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
9	Mohamad Izzat HABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
10	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
13	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
14	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
15	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
16	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
17	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
18	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
19	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
20	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
21	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
22	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
23	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
24	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
25	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
26	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
27	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
28	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	s.t.
29	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
30	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
31	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
32	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
33	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
34	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
35	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
36	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
37	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
38	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
39	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
40	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
41	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
42	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
43	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
44	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
45	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
46	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
47	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
48	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
49	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
50	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
51	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ MUÑOZ	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
52	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
53	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
54	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
55	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
56	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
57	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
58	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
59	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
60	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	s.t.
61	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
62	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
63	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
64	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	s.t.
65	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
66	Hang SHI	Giant	s.t.
67	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
68	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
69	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
70	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
71	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
72	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
73	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
74	Tianhao GU	Giant	21
75	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
76	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	23
77	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
78	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
79	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
80	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
81	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
82	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
83	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	32
84	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	35
85	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	36
86	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
87	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	45
88	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
89	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	49
90	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	56
91	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	58
92	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+1:03
93	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	s.t.
94	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	+1:09
95	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+1:15
96	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1:24
97	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	0
98	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+2:11
99	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	+2:32
100	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+2:49
101	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
102	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	+3:37
103	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+3:50
104	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
105	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	+4:08
106	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	+7:42

GC after Stage 5:

776.80 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.12 km/hr (25.57 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	18:53:06
2	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	23
3	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	27
4	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	29
5	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	32
6	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	33
7	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
8	Egan Arley BERNAL	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
9	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
10	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	40
12	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1:02
13	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+1:06
14	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	+1:09
15	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	+1:10
16	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
17	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
18	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	+1:22
19	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+1:50
20	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	+1:56
21	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	+1:57
22	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
23	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	+2:01
24	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven-Philippines	+2:28
25	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	+2:39
26	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	+2:56
27	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	+3:17
28	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+3:37
29	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+3:56
30	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+4:13
31	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	+5:29
32	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:59
33	Penghai DENG	Giant	+6:42
34	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven-Philippines	+7:05
35	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	+7:32
36	Hang SHI	Giant	+7:46
37	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+7:52
38	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	+8:00
39	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	+9:18
40	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	+9:37
41	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	+9:54
42	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	+10:46
43	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	+12:56
44	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13:24
45	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+13:42
46	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+13:47
47	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	+14:00
48	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	+14:07
49	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:21
50	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	+15:21
51	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+15:33
52	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+16:13
53	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+17:10
54	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	+18:10
55	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+18:21
56	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+18:24
57	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+21:58
58	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	+23:00
59	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	+23:23
60	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	+23:50
61	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+25:16
62	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	+25:36
63	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	+26:44
64	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	+27:34
65	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+28:42
66	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	+29:01
67	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+29:13
68	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	+30:18
69	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	+32:44
70	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	+36:12
71	Tianhao GU	Giant	+36:30
72	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	+36:37
73	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	+36:44
74	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	+37:04
75	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+37:51
76	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven-Philippines	+38:09
77	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	+38:49
78	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+38:57
79	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+40:26
80	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	+40:54
81	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+41:26
82	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+41:28
83	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	+41:44
84	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	+42:17
85	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	+42:59
86	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+43:01
87	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	+43:20
88	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	+43:47
89	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	+43:52
90	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	+44:23
91	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	+44:27
92	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+44:41
93	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+44:48
94	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+45:26
95	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+45:42
96	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	+46:34
97	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	+47:25
98	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	+47:30
99	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+47:56
100	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	+48:17
101	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+48:20
102	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+50:02
103	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+50:21
104	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	+50:36
105	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+50:39
106	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+50:49

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Saturday, February 25: Stage 4. Seri Manjung - Cameron Highlands, 174.4 km (108.45 miles)

Mekseb Debesay wins Langkawi stage 4. ltdl photo

The race: Here's the organizer's stage report.

Dimension Data continued its winning streak with Eritrea’s Mekseb Debesay coming first atop the mythical Cameron Highlands, beating Australia’s Cameron Bayly by the length of a bike while Ryan Gibbons, third on the line only four seconds later, retained the yellow jersey and therefore gave the South African outfit a good chance to become the first team to win three Le Tour de Langkawi in a row after Youcef Reguigui and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg did so in 2015 and 2016.

“This is my first big victory”, reacted Debesay who only joined the WorldTour giants last year. “We rode together with my team-mates all day. The finale was quite hard but I followed some good riders and I outsprinted them. It was always my childhood dream in Africa to become a successful professional cyclist. It’s a dream come true now. I’ve been inspired by my compatriots Daniel Teklehaimanot and Natnael Berhane. They’re my heroes and I want to ride the Grand Tours like them in the same way I did today.”

Bayly of IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness moved up to second overall as he finished right behind Debesay and ahead of a group of nine riders who surge atop the final climb and comprised hot favourites Egan Bernal and Daniel Jaramillo as well as race leader Gibbons. “This is definitely a good result”, Bayly analyzed. “I’m a little bit disappointed to get second and not to win, being so close, but at the end of the day I was just not quick enough for the sprint. There were quite a few attacks before.

The Androni team was really aggressive. Bernal was very strong. I attacked with 1.5km to go. The Dimension Data rider came to wheel. I had to lead the sprint out. It’s good to be second on GC. We’ve got another four stages to go with a few of our riders in the top ten. We’ll try to shake things out, we’re not gonna leave it.”

Gibbons who expected to be in yellow for the last time saved his jersey and became the favourite for the overall classification as he’s got potential to improve his lead throughout the time bonuses in the upcoming sprints. “I’m more shocked than you guys are to still lead the race”, the South African said.

“A group of guys rode away but my team mates kept looking back and saw that I was coming across. Thankfully they didn’t put the pace on. They did a good job making sure that I was still up there. Jacques Janse van Rensburg brought me back to the front a few times. Nothing in my history proved that I could climb that well. This is new for me. I was not bluffing. It’s a surprise for me that I’ve been able to stay up there.”

Stage 5 from Meru Raya to Kuala Kubu Bahru, close to Kuala Lumpur, on a distance of 151.5km, should suit the sprinters.

Complete results:

174.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.67 km/hr (23.42 mph)

1	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	4:37:49
2	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
3	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	@ 4sec
4	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
5	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
6	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
8	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
9	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
10	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
11	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
12	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ MUÑOZ	Sapura Cycling	@ 8sec
13	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	11
14	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
15	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	14
16	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	19
17	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	22
18	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	37
19	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	41
20	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
21	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
22	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
23	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
24	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
25	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	54
26	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	+1:02
27	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
28	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	+1:28
29	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
30	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
31	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
32	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
33	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+2:40
34	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
35	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
36	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+3:50
37	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+4:38
38	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
39	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
40	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
41	Hang SHI	Giant	+5:00
42	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
43	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
44	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
45	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
46	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
47	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+6:18
48	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
49	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	+7:21
50	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	+8:12
51	Tianhao GU	Giant	s.t.
52	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	s.t.
53	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
54	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
55	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
56	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
57	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
58	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE ESCOBAR	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
59	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
60	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
61	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+9:14
62	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	+10:43
63	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	+10:45
64	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
65	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	+11:40
66	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+11:51
67	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
68	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	+12:55
69	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
70	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+13:52
71	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
72	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
73	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
74	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
75	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
76	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
77	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	s.t.
78	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+18:52
79	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
80	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
81	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
82	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
83	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
84	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
85	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
86	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
87	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	s.t.
88	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
89	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
90	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
91	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
92	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
93	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	s.t.
94	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	s.t.
95	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
96	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
97	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
98	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+19:03
99	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
100	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	+19:08
101	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS CARDONA	Manzana Postobon	+19:52
102	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+20:05
103	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	+20:22
104	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
105	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	s.t.
106	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	+20:36
107	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+34:06

GC after Stage 4:

625.30 kilometers (388.84 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 40.51 km/hr (25.19 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	15:25:58
2	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	@ 11sec
3	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	15
4	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	17
5	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	21
6	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
7	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
8	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
9	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
10	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	28
12	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	50
13	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	54
14	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	57
15	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	58
16	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
17	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
18	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	+1:19
19	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+1:38
20	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	+1:44
21	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	+1:45
22	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
23	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ MUÑOZ	Sapura Cycling	+1:49
24	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven-Philippines	+2:16
25	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	+2:27
26	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+2:41
27	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	+2:44
28	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	+3:05
29	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	+3:25
30	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+4:01
31	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	+5:17
32	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+5:47
33	Penghai DENG	Giant	+6:30
34	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven-Philippines	+6:53
35	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	+7:24
36	Hang SHI	Giant	+7:34
37	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+7:40
38	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	+7:48
39	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE ESCOBAR	Unitedhealthcare	+9:04
40	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	+9:06
41	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	+9:42
42	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	+10:02
43	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	+10:05
44	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	+11:32
45	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+12:32
46	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	+12:44
47	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13:12
48	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
49	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
50	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+13:30
51	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+13:35
52	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+14:09
53	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+15:12
54	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+17:13
55	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	+17:35
56	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+17:49
57	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+21:46
58	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA GARCIA	Manzana Postobon	+22:48
59	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	+23:11
60	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	+23:15
61	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+24:06
62	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	+25:24
63	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	+26:32
64	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	+27:22
65	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+28:07
66	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	+28:49
67	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	+28:57
68	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+29:01
69	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	+32:09
70	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	+32:17
71	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	+35:37
72	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	+35:48
73	Tianhao GU	Giant	+35:57
74	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	+36:32
75	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	+36:52
76	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+37:39
77	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven-Philippines	+37:57
78	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS CARDONA	Manzana Postobon	+38:45
79	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+40:14
80	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	+40:42
81	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+41:16
82	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+41:22
83	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	+41:32
84	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	+42:05
85	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	+42:23
86	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	+42:42
87	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	+42:47
88	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+42:49
89	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	+43:05
90	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+43:14
91	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	+43:35
92	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+44:06
93	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	+44:11
94	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	+44:15
95	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+44:36
96	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+45:14
97	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	+45:19
98	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	+45:33
99	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	+46:42
100	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+46:59
101	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	+47:13
102	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+48:08
103	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+48:26
104	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+49:46
105	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+49:50
106	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+50:27
107	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+56:42

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Friday, February 24: Stage 3, Serdang - Pantai Remis, 118.0 km (73.38 miles)

Jakub Mareczko wins the Langkawi Tour's third stage

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

PANTAI REMIS: Jakub “Kuba” Mareczko gave Wilier Triestina their first victory of the 2017 season in stage 3 of Le Tour de Langkawi at Pantai Remis the day after his team-mate Filippo Pozzato came close. The diminutive Italian outsprinted stage 1 winner Scott Sunderland who moved into the lead of the points classification whereas Ryan Gibbons of South Africa retained the yellow jersey ahead of the queen stage to the Cameron Highlands.

“Finally I broke the ice”, Mareczko commented. “The whole team was dedicated to bring me to victory. I’m grateful to my team-mates for that. Pozzato, [Alberto] Cecchin and [Rafael] Andriato dragged me to the first positions of the peloton and I could launch my sprint with 400 metres to go.”

Tipped for being the “new Andrea Guardini” [in reference to the 22-time stage winner at LTdL], Mareczko won by a length of a bike over Sunderland. “It was difficult with a lot of people moving up all the time ahead of the sprint as everyone was fresh”, the Australian explained. “I’ve started my sprint from a long way back as I was out of position. I came from 25th wheel at 300m to go while he [Mareczko] was third wheel with 200m to go. His team here is built around him while mine has four guys out of six who are strong in the climbs. They have to protect themselves for GC so I have to ride solo and use other teams.”

Dimension Data did most of the pace at the helm of the peloton behind escape artist Loh Sea Keong (Thailand Continental Team) who was accompanied by Stepan Astafyev (Vino Astana Motors) and Dominic Perez (7/11) with a maximum lead of five minutes.

“In the last two kilometers, I nearly fell about three times”, race leader Gibbons informed. “So my head wasn’t in it. About 200 metres to go, I tried to come out and I just went backwards. Hopefully I can find my head again for the upcoming stages. My team rode all day because they had a lot of faith in me and I was confident in myself. Jacques Janse van Rensburg sat at the front of the peloton by himself for 90 kilometres. I’m sorry to have let the team down. It just wasn’t my day.”

Gibbons added that, being realistic, he expects stage 4 to be his final day in the yellow jersey as his team-mates Mekseb Debesay from Eritrea and Ben O’Connor from Australia will take the team’s leadership over from him. Colombians are set to fill the shoes of their compatriot Miguel Angel “Superman” Lopez who was a brilliant stage winner in the Cameron Highlands one year ago.

Complete Results:

118.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.91 km/hr (26.06 mph)

1	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	2:48:56
2	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
3	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
4	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
5	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
6	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
7	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
9	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	s.t.
10	Mohamad Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
11	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
12	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
14	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
15	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
16	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
17	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
18	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
19	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
20	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
21	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
22	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
23	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
24	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
25	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
26	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
27	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
28	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
29	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
30	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
31	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
32	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
33	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	s.t.
34	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
35	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	s.t.
36	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
37	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
38	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
39	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
40	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
41	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
42	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
43	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
44	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
45	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	s.t.
46	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
47	Muhammad AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
48	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
49	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	s.t.
50	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
51	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
52	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
53	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	s.t.
54	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
55	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
57	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
58	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
59	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
60	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
61	Tianhao GU	Giant	s.t.
62	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
63	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
64	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
65	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
66	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
67	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
68	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
69	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
70	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
71	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
72	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
73	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
74	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
75	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
76	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
77	Muhamad MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
78	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
79	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
80	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
81	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	@ 12sec
82	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	@ 14sec
83	Hang SHI	Giant	s.t.
84	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
85	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
86	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
87	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
88	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	20
89	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	21
90	Sungbaek PARK	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
91	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
92	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
93	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS CARDONA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
94	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
95	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
96	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	28
97	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	29
98	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
99	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
100	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	31
101	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	41
102	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	45
103	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	@ 0sec
104	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+1:57
105	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+2:30
106	Jacques Willem JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
107	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
108	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+2:37

GC after Stage 3:

459.90 kilometers (280.39 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 41.73 km/hr (25.95 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	10:48:09
2	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	@ 3
3	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	11
4	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
5	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	13
6	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	16
7	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	17
8	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
9	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
10	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
11	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
12	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
13	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
14	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
15	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
16	Fernando ORJUELA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
17	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
18	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
19	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
20	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
21	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
22	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
24	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
25	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	28
26	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	31
27	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	45
28	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	49
29	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	52
30	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	54
31	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven-Philippines	+1:14
32	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	+1:16
33	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+1:22
34	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+1:24
35	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+1:27
36	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+1:30
37	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
38	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
39	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
40	Muhamad MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
41	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	+1:41
42	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	+1:46
43	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	+1:50
44	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	+1:53
45	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
46	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	+1:59
47	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+2:00
48	Yecid Arturo SIERRA	Manzana Postobon	+2:11
49	Hang SHI	Giant	+2:24
50	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+3:21
51	Muhammad AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+4:16
52	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+4:19
54	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+5:23
55	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+7:54
56	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	+9:23
57	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
58	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+9:37
59	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+14:53
60	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS	Manzana Postobon	+18:53
61	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+22:24
62	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+22:30
63	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+22:36
64	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+22:38
65	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	+22:40
66	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
67	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	+22:44
68	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
69	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
70	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	+23:00
71	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+23:07
72	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	+23:13
73	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
74	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	+23:31
75	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+23:47
76	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	+23:50
77	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	+23:52
78	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
79	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+23:57
80	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
81	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
82	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
83	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
84	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
85	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	+24:05
86	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven-Philippines	s.t.
87	Sungbaek PARK	KSPO Bianchi	+24:09
88	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	+24:11
89	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	+24:13
90	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+24:22
91	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+24:23
92	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+25:14
93	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	+25:23
94	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+25:33
95	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	+26:11
96	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+26:22
97	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
98	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	+26:41
99	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
100	Tianhao GU	Giant	+27:45
101	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	+27:50
102	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+28:07
103	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+29:16
104	En HUANG	Keyi Look	+29:23
105	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+29:41
106	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven-Philippines	+29:57
107	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+30:58
108	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+31:35

 

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Thursday, February 23: Stage 2, Jerteh - Gerik, 208.1 km (129.41 miles)

Travis McCabe just beats Filippo Pozzato to win stage 2. ldtl photo

The race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's racing.

American outfit Unitedhealthcare continued its winning streak at Le Tour de Langkawi with Travis McCabe outsprinting Filippo Pozzato and Ryan Gibbons who became the new race leader on the slightly downhill finish in Gerik in the state of Perak in northern Malaysia. They previously won a stage in 2014 with Bradley White and in 2016 with John Murphy.

Exactly like Murphy one year ago, McCabe lined up at LTdL fresh from a stage win at the Herald Sun Tour in Australia. “We came here with the ambition to win”, the American sprinter said at the post-race press conference. “We really wanted to work on the lead out train that we have. I wasn’t trying to fill the shoes of Murphy but it’s great to do the same as him. For me, today, it was all about patience. We showed yesterday that we had the lead out train and the power to take me to the line but I made a mistake by going way too early. Today I went into a small break before the category 1 climb to make it easier when Manzana really hit it on the climb.”

It was a long but eventful day of racing from the East Coast to the jungle via the Titiwangsa Range. It started with a crash involving Pozzato and taking Terengganu’s sprinter Harrif Saleh out of the race as he hit a rock. 49 kilometres were covered in the first hour, making it impossible for anyone to escape from the peloton but a group of 16 riders eventually rode away but the presence of the likes of Jacques Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data), Bernardo Suaza (Manzana-Postobon) and Robbie Hucker (IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness) forced Androni Giocattoli to chase. Attracted by the King of the Mountains competition after losing hopes of winning the overall classification after a crash in stage 1, John Ebsen (Infinite AIS) went on his own 90km before the finish in order to score important points atop Titiwangsa. The selective terrain reduced the bunch to fifty riders only.

Italy’s Pozzato was close to add his name to the record of stage winners at Gerik after his prestigious compatriots Gianni Bugno in 1997 and Rinaldo Nocentini in 1999 but McCabe outclassed him at the very end of a tight finish. “My day started with a crash while I was in the middle of road at the back of the peloton in order to not risk anything”, Pozzato explained.

“But someone bumped into me after losing control of his handlebar and I fell on my face. My head was shocked by the crash but my legs were going much better than yesterday after the traveling. In the finale I wanted to anticipate the sprint because I’m not as fast as these guys.

But the Unitedhealthcare riders have done a great job as they rode strongly from 1.2km to the end. There was no space for me to attack. When they opened it for their sprinter, I exited on the right side of the road. I hesitated a bit but at the end he was faster than me. It’s a pity because I would have liked to break the ice and take a first victory this year, especially for the team. They need some results after the good work done since the beginning of the year. We’ll try again.”

Third on the line, Gibbons took over from Scott Sunderland in the lead of the overall ranking. “I had a bike change due to a mechanical at about 60km to go”, the South African revealed. “It had a 53 on and I couldn’t get it down to the 11 [gear]. I had a perfect lead out. I thought it was no problem to come round him but I had no speed. I’m disappointed not to win but I’m happy to be in the yellow jersey. It sounds like an excuse but I think I’m quicker than these guys and I want to prove it in the coming days.”

Stage 3 is expected to be a good one for the sprinters, being relatively short (118km) from Serdang to Pantai Remis.

Complete Results:

208.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.98 km/hr (25.48 mph)

1	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	5:04:41
2	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
3	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
4	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
5	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
6	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
8	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
9	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
10	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
11	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
12	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
13	Muhammad AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
14	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	s.t.
15	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
16	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
17	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
18	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
19	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
20	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	s.t.
21	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
22	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
23	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	s.t.
24	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
25	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
26	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
27	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
28	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
29	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
30	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
31	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
32	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
33	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
34	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
36	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
37	Hang SHI	Giant	s.t.
38	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
39	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
40	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
41	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
43	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
44	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
45	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
46	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ MUÑOZ	Sapura Cycling	11
47	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	14
48	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	16
49	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE ESCOBAR	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
50	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
51	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	19
52	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	23
53	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
54	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
55	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+2:20
56	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	+7:53
57	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
58	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
59	Jacques Willem JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+12:06
60	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS CARDONA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
61	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+22:22
62	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
63	Tianhao GU	Giant	s.t.
64	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
65	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
66	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
67	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	s.t.
68	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
69	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
70	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
71	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	s.t.
72	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+22:27
73	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
74	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA GARCIA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
75	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
76	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
77	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
78	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
79	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
80	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
81	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
82	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
83	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	s.t.
84	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	s.t.
85	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
86	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
87	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
88	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
89	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
90	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
91	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	s.t.
92	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
93	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
94	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
95	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
96	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
97	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
98	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
99	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
100	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
101	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
102	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
103	En HUANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
104	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
105	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
106	Sungbaek PARK	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
107	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
108	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

332.90 kilometers (207.01 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 41.66 km/hr (25.91 mph)

1	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	7:59:13
2	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	3
3	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	11
4	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
5	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	13
6	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	16
7	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	17
8	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
9	Chris Harper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
10	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
11	Robbie HUCKER	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
12	Cameron BAYLY	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
13	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
14	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
15	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
16	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
17	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
18	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA ARANGO	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
19	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
20	Timothy ROE	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
21	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
22	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
23	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
24	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	28
26	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	31
27	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	33
28	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	45
29	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	49
30	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE ESCOBAR	Unitedhealthcare	52
31	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	+1:14
32	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	+1:16
33	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	+1:22
34	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+1:24
35	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ MUÑOZ	Sapura Cycling	+1:27
36	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
37	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi	+1:30
38	Penghai DENG	Giant	+1:30
39	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES ZAPATA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
40	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
41	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
42	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
43	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
44	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
45	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	+1:46
46	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
47	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	+1:53
48	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
49	Hang SHI	Giant	+2:10
50	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	+3:00
51	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+4:16
52	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	+4:19
53	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
54	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+5:23
55	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand Continental	+6:03
56	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+9:23
57	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
58	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
59	Jacques Willem JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+12:23
60	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS CARDONA	Manzana Postobon	+18:32
61	Scott SUNDERLAND	IsoWhey Sports	+22:30
62	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+22:36
63	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	+22:40
64	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
65	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
66	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA GARCIA	Manzana Postobon	+22:44
67	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand Continental	s.t.
68	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
69	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
70	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
71	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
72	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	+23:00
73	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	+23:03
74	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi	+23:05
75	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	+23:07
76	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+23:16
77	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	+23:17
78	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi	+23:44
79	Sungbaek PARK	KSPO Bianchi	+23:48
80	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	+23:52
81	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
82	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
83	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+23:54
84	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	+23:57
85	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	s.t.
86	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
87	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand Continental	s.t.
88	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi	s.t.
89	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand Continental	s.t.
90	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
91	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
92	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+24:10
93	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand Continental	+25:23
94	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+25:33
95	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	+25:50
96	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+26:22
97	Haiwang LIU	Giant	+26:22
98	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	+26:41
99	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	s.t.
100	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	+26:46
101	En HUANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
102	Tianhao GU	Giant	+27:45
103	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	+27:50
104	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+28:07
105	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+29:41
106	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+29:57
107	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+30:58
108	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+31:35

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Wednesday, February 22: Stage 1, Kuala Berang - Kuala Terengganu Circuit, 124.8 km (77.61 miles)

Scott Sunderland wins the first stage. ltdl Photo

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Former keirin rider Scott Sunderland from Australia won stage 1 of the 2017 Le Tour de Langkawi in Kuala Terengganu and thus followed the path of Dutchman Theo Bos who also successfully made the transition from sprinting on the track to sprinting on the road.

He made IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness’ first appearance to LTdL a big coup as he fended off South Africa’s Ryan Gibbons who is sensational recruit for WorldTour giants Dimension Data while Italian rivals Nicolas Marini of Nippo-Vini Fantini and Jakub Mareczko of Willier Triestina surrendered in third and fourth places.

Sunderland was well aware of winning his first pro race [after stage 1 of the UCI 2.2 Tour of Fuzhou in China in 2015] on the homeland of an old competitor of his: Olympic medalist Azizul Hasni Awang. “I know he’s from Terengganu”, the Australian reacted. “He is a great competitor and such a big presence in keirin racing. I’m aware of his fame in Malaysia. Going from track sprint to this event is definitely a lot different when you have to try to get over the hills and adjust to this style of racing. In the keirin you’ve got five or six other guys. On the road, you have to sprint against fourty or fifty riders. It can be a lot more difficult. But Azizul could definitely make the same move and succeed at LTdL as well. He is a crafty rider. He has a lot of weight on his side. Being a smaller rider [than me], he should be able to get over some of these climbs.”

It was a crash-marred finale within ten kilometers to go in Kuala Terengganu once Loh Sea Keong, now riding for Thailand Continental Team, was the last man to be reined in. He was earlier accompanied in a 10-man breakaway by Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki who delivered for hosting team Terengganu TSG as he brought the first King of the Mountains red jersey home.

“Getting the win and the yellow jersey for IsoWhey Sport Swisswellness on our debut here sets up the team for a good Tour and hopefully I’ll get one more stage victory”, Sunderland declared at the post race press conference. “It was a pretty chaotic finale but the team got me ride in a pretty good position. The crash was close to where I was so I was lucky to get through that and be able to finish off the job with the sprint. Such a win gives you the confidence that you can win another stage. That would be fantastic but it’s already amazing to be here in the lead. I’ll try to hold on to the yellow jersey as long as I can, it’s an amazing event.”

Stage 1 of Le Tour de Langkawi brought neo-pro Gibbons under the spotlights. “I’m very happy to be on the podium and give something to the team but I’m also very disappointed to be second”, the Dimension Data rider said. “I kind of waited a little bit too late. The crash happened next to me. I think I was the last rider to avoid it. This result gives me hopes for a stage win by the end of this Tour, hopefully tomorrow.”

“My team worked at perfection”, echoed Marini. “[Riccardo] Stacchiotti and [Giacomo] Berlato helped me tremendously. I had a good sprint. I opened it with Mareczko at 200 metres to go but the first two were really stronger. It’s still long way to go and we’ll try again.”

Stage 2 will be the longest of the 22nd Le Tour de Langkawi, 208km, and also a hard one from Jerteh to Grik where the race last held a stage finish with eventual Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Rinaldo Nocentini won two years after cycling legend Gianni Bugno

Complete Results:

114 starters and finishers. 124.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.85 km/hr

1	Scott SUNDERLAND	Isowhey Sports	2:54:45
2	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
3	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
4	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
5	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
6	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
8	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
9	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand	@ 4sec
10	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
13	Chris Harper	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
14	Robbie HUCKER	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
15	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
16	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
17	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
18	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
19	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
20	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
21	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
22	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
23	Anthony Giacoppo	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
24	Timothy ROE	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
25	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
26	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
28	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
29	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
30	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
31	Cameron BAYLY	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
32	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
33	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
34	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
36	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
37	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	15
38	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
39	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	18
40	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	20
41	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	23
42	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
43	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi Asia	25
44	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	s.t.
45	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	27
46	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	36
48	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	37
49	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
50	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+1:00
51	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ	Sapura Cycling	+1:03
52	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
53	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
54	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi Asia	+1:09
55	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
56	Sungbaek PARK	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
57	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+1:17
58	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
59	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
60	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
61	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
62	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
63	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
64	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
65	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
66	Muhammad AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
67	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
68	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand	s.t.
69	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
70	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
71	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
72	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
73	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
74	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
75	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
76	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
77	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
78	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
79	Hiroaki HARADA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
80	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	s.t.
81	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
82	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
83	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand	s.t.
84	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
85	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES ZAPATA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
86	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+1:30
87	Hang SHI	Giant	+1:57
88	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand	+2:43
89	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+2:53
90	Josh BERRY	7 Eleven Philippines	+3:10
91	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	s.t.
92	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+3:47
93	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
94	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+4:06
95	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
96	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
97	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
98	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	s.t.
99	En HUANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
100	Sarawut SIRIONNACHAI	Thailand	s.t.
101	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
102	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+5:10
103	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	s.t.
104	Tianhao GU	Giant	s.t.
105	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+5:30
106	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand	s.t.
107	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS CARDONA	Manzana Postobon	+6:13
108	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+7:01
109	Mohd Harrif SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
110	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+7:17
111	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+8:25
112	Luca PACIONI	Androni Giocattoli	+8:43
113	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+8:55
114	Simone VELASCO	Bardiani-CSF	+13:26

GC after Stage 1:

1	Scott SUNDERLAND	Isowhey Sports	2:54:35
2	Ryan GIBBONS	Dimension Data	4
3	Nicolas MARINI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	6
4	Jakub MARECZKO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	10
5	Travis MCCABE	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
6	Marco BENFATTO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	Shiki KUROEDA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
8	Yevgeniy GIDICH	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
9	Phuchong SAI-UDOMSIL	Thailand	14
10	Enrico BARBIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA GARCIA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
13	Chris Harper	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
14	Robbie HUCKER	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
15	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
16	Hideto NAKANE	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
17	Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
18	Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
19	Riccardo STACCHIOTTI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
20	Fernando ORJUELA GUTIERREZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
21	BERNARDO ALBEIRO SUAZA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
22	Filippo POZZATO	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
23	Anthony Giacoppo	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
24	Timothy ROE	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
25	Tomohiro HAYAKAWA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
26	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
28	Tanner PUTT	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
29	Fausto MASNADA	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
30	IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
31	Cameron BAYLY	Isowhey Sports	s.t.
32	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
33	Alberto CECCHIN	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
34	Ben O'CONNOR	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	Stepan ASTAFYEV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
36	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
37	Jacopo MOSCA	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	25
38	Adrien NIYONSHUTI	Dimension Data	s.t.
39	Mekseb DEBESAY	Dimension Data	28
40	Greg HENDERSON	Unitedhealthcare	30
41	Ryohei KOMORI	Aisan Racing	33
42	Carlos Eduardo ALZATE ESCOBAR	Unitedhealthcare	s.t.
43	Sukho KANG	KSPO Bianchi Asia	35
44	Shotaro WATANABE	Aisan Racing	s.t.
45	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino Astana Motors	37
46	Nick DOUGALL	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	Giacomo BERLATO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	46
48	Lorenzo ROTA	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Mohd Zamri SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	47
50	VICTOR NIÑO CORREDOR	Sapura Cycling	+1:10
51	Marcelo FELIPE	7 Eleven Philippines	+1:11
52	WILMAR JAHIR PEREZ MUÑOZ	Sapura Cycling	+1:13
53	Dadi SURYADI	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
54	Haesung CHO	KSPO Bianchi Asia	+1:19
55	Mohd Shahrul MAT AMIN	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
56	Sungbaek PARK	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
57	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Keyi Look	+1:21
58	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin MARZUKI	Terengganu Cycling	+1:24
59	Irwandie LAKASEK	Malaysia	+1:27
60	Aiman CAHYADI	Sapura Cycling	s.t.
61	Siyu YANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
62	Nelson MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
63	Joonyong SEO	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
64	Seungwoo CHOI	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
65	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino Astana Motors	s.t.
66	Penghai DENG	Giant	s.t.
67	Jesse James EWART	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
68	Muhammad Ameen AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	s.t.
69	Daeyeon KIM	KSPO Bianchi Asia	s.t.
70	Nawuti LIPHONGYU	Thailand	s.t.
71	Dominic PEREZ	7 Eleven Philippines	s.t.
72	Khunakorn NONTHICHAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
73	Azman ZULKIFLI MOHD	Malaysia	s.t.
74	Niccolo' PACINOTTI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
75	Kota SUMIYOSHI	Aisan Racing	s.t.
76	John Bohn EBSEN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
77	Muhamad Afiq Huznie OTHMAN	Infinite AIS	s.t.
78	Kritsada CHANGPAD	Infinite AIS	s.t.
79	Yecid Arturo SIERRA SANCHEZ	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
80	Xin WANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
81	Hiroaki HARADA	Aisan Racing	s.t.
82	Ying Hon YEUNG	Infinite AIS	s.t.
83	Turakit BOONRATANATHANAKORN	Thailand	s.t.
84	Muhamad Nur Aiman MOHD ZARIFF	Malaysia	s.t.
85	WILMAR ANDRES PAREDES ZAPATA	Manzana Postobon	s.t.
86	Adrian HEGYVARY	Unitedhealthcare	+1:40
87	Hang SHI	Giant	+2:07
88	Thanawut SANIKWATHI	Thailand	+2:53
89	Shijin ZHANG	Keyi Look	+3:03
90	Josh BERRY	7 Eleven Philippines	+3:20
91	Tanaphon SEANAUMNUAYPHON	Infinite AIS	s.t.
92	Akmal Hakim ZAKARIA	Sapura Cycling	+3:57
93	Haiwang LIU	Giant	s.t.
94	Muhammad Ameer AHMAD KAMAL	Malaysia	+4:16
95	Eiman Firdaus MOHD ZAMRI	Malaysia	s.t.
96	Marino KOBAYASHI	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
97	Marco MARONESE	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
98	Xiang Yuan LI	Giant	s.t.
99	En HUANG	Keyi Look	s.t.
100	Sarawut SIRIONNACHAI	Thailand	s.t.
101	Masakazu ITO	Nippo-Vini Fantini	s.t.
102	Zhiwen CHEN	Giant	+5:20
103	Yahui SHI	Keyi Look	s.t.
104	Tianhao GU	Giant	s.t.
105	Sofian Nabil Omar MOHD BAKRI	Sapura Cycling	+5:37
106	Sea Keong LOH	Thailand	s.t.
107	JUAN PABLO VILLEGAS CARDONA	Manzana Postobon	+6:23
108	Andrea PALINI	Androni Giocattoli	+7:11
109	Mohd Harrif SALEH	Terengganu Cycling	s.t.
110	Bonjoe MARTIN	7 Eleven Philippines	+7:27
111	Mohamad Izzat Hilmi ABDUL HALIL	Sapura Cycling	+8:35
112	Luca PACIONI	Androni Giocattoli	+8:53
113	Anuar MANAN	Terengganu Cycling	+9:05
114	Simone VELASCO	Bardiani-CSF	+13:36

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