2016 Tour de Langkawi (HC), Malaysia

21st edition: February 24 - March 2, 2016

Complete results

Tour de Langkawi podium history | Start list | 2015 edition | 2017 edition

Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8

2016 Tour de Langkawi race map

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Wednesday, March 2: 8th and Final Stage, Batu Pahat - Melaka Loop, 119.0 km

Andrea Guardini makes it four stage wins for this Tour de Langkawi

The Race: The organizer provided this explanation.

MELAKA - Andrea Guardini of Astana made it four as he also won the conclusive stage of the 2016 Le Tour de Langkawi in the middle of the historical attractions of Melaka while South Africa’s Reinardt Janse van Rensburg of Dimension Data took the overall classification of the 21st edition of Asia’s premier stage race.

A major event in stage 8 starting from Batu Pahat was the first intermediate sprint at Semerah, km 16. The winner was no less than yellow jersey wearer Janse van Rensburg. Interestingly, veteran climber Francisco Mancebo of Skydive Dubai was second, which enabled him to enter the top 5 overall while Luca Chirico of Bardiani-CSF moved up to the top 10 thanks to his third place at that point of the race.

A breakaway finally took shape after 40km of racing, involving Seo Joo Yong (KSPO), Chiu Ho San (HKSI) and Loh Sea Keong (Malaysia). As the peloton didn’t react, their lead increased to 5.20 only 15km further. Teams Drapac, Astana and Dimension Data combined forces to set the pace of the peloton in order to catch the escapees on time for another conclusive bunch gallop. It was all together with ten kilometers to go.

Melaka’s famous and tiny street Jonker Walk made the fight for positions more complicated than usual, Guardini noted. The Italian commented: “I’m happy to win here again in Melaka. I remember very well when I first did it in 2012. I knew there was a head wind to finish but I sprinted with a good timing. It would have been hard to get better results than four stage wins in eight days of racing. The fights for sprinting have all been highly competitive.”

As he won four stages like last year, Guardini reached the exceptional total of 22 stage victories in six straight participations to Le Tour de Langkawi, a race in which he’s now the iconic rider

Janse van Rensburg won the overall classification in his first attempt. “I was a bit nervous today”, he acknowledged. “I was counting down the kilometers and I was relieved when I saw the 3km to go mark. This is my first stage race victory since 2012 [when he joined the World Tour, firstly with Argos-Shimano]. It’s been a long time. I’m happy with this breakthrough victory. This is definitely the biggest win of my career. It’s a UCI H.C. race, a very important one. It’s a good race with a good organization. I wasn’t sure to come here. I was initially a replacement rider but we came here as defending champions and we’re delighted we’ve made it again.”

Colombians Miguel Angel Lopez of Astana and Daniel Jaramillo of Unitedhealthcare accompanied him on the podium for the top 3 awards. China’s Wang Meiyin of Hengxiang won the King of the Mountains for the second time after 2013. “As a team, we’re thankful to the organizers to have allowed us to ride aggressively during the whole week”, the attacker from the Shandong province said.

For the first time, a Malaysian won the best Asian rider classification even though two splits in the bunch reduced Adiq Hussainie Othman’s advantage to Masakazu Ito to two seconds. “It’s not much but enough to bring the white jersey home and I’m very happy with that”, Adiq explained. “This jersey isn’t only mine, it belongs to the whole team who helped me defend it since stage 4. I’ve worked to lose weight and climb better, now I hope to keep the momentum for the numerous races to come on the Asia Tour.”

The Overall Team classification went to team Unitedhealthcare, while Hengxiang takes the Best Asian Team award.

Once again, champions from all continents have enriched the fame of Malaysia and Le Tour de Langkawi with a positive message delivered to the world.

Complete Results:

119.0 kilometers (74.0 miles) raced at an average speed of 43.83 km/hr (27.25 mph)

1	Andrea Guardini	Astana	2hr 42min 55sec
2	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
3	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	s.t.
4	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
6	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
7	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
8	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
11	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
12	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
14	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
15	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
16	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	+4sec
17	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
18	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
19	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
20	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
21	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
22	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
23	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
24	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
26	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
27	Tristan Marguet	Roth	s.t.
28	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
29	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
30	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
31	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
32	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
33	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	s.t.
34	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
35	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
36	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+8''
38	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
39	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
40	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
41	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
42	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
43	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
44	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
47	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
48	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	s.t.
49	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
50	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	s.t.
51	Marcelo Felipe	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	s.t.
52	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
54	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
55	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
56	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
57	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
58	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
59	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
60	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
61	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	s.t.
62	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
63	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
64	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
65	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
66	Jesse Ewart	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	s.t.
67	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
68	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
69	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
70	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
72	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
73	Jonipher Ravina	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	s.t.
74	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
75	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
76	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
77	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
78	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
79	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
80	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
81	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+22''
82	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
83	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+24''
84	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	+34''
85	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
86	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
87	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
88	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
89	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+37''
90	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+41''
91	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+47''
92	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+1' 00''
93	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 02''
94	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+1' 23''
95	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
96	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	+1' 28''
97	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+1' 42''
98	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
99	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+2' 02''
100	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+2' 04''
101	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+2' 18''
102	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	+2' 20''
103	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	s.t.
104	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+2' 35''
105	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	+2' 40''
106	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
107	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
108	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+2' 55''
109	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+2' 59''
110	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+2' 59''
111	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+3' 21''
112	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
113	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
114	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+4' 19''
115	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	+4' 35''
116	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+4' 35''
117	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	+5' 17''
118	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+6' 04''
119	Edgar Nohales	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	s.t.
120	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+8' 29''
121	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+9' 57''
122	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	DNF
123	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	DNS

Final GC after Stage 8:

• Final GC leader: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
• Final points classification leader: Andrea Guardini
• Final mountains classification leader: Meiyin Wang
• Final Asian rider classification leader: Othman Adiq Husainie
• Final Malaysian rider classification leader: Othman Adiq Husainie
• Final Team classification leader: United Healthcare
• Final Asian team classification leader: Hengxiang Cycling Team

1,178.0 kilometers (532.54 miles) raced at an average speed of 41.31 km/hr (25.60 mph)

1	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	28hr 31min 21sec
2	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+18sec
3	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+19''
4	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+23''
5	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
6	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	+25''
8	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	+29''
9	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
11	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
13	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+35''
14	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	+38''
15	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	+44''
17	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
18	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	+1' 03''
19	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
20	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	+1' 07''
21	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+1' 10''
22	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	+1' 12''
23	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	+1' 13''
24	Roland Thalmann	Roth	+1' 17''
25	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 21''
26	Marcelo Felipe	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	+1' 36''
27	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 38''
28	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+2' 09''
29	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	+2' 24''
30	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+3' 01''
31	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	+3' 14''
32	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	+3' 58''
33	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	+4' 11''
34	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	+4' 15''
35	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+4' 28''
36	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	+4' 29''
37	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+4' 39''
38	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	+4' 42''
39	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	+4' 56''
40	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+5' 08''
41	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	+5' 36''
42	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	+5' 44''
43	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+5' 50''
44	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	+6' 11''
45	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	+6' 31''
46	Tom Scully	Drapac	+6' 53''
47	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+6' 54''
48	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	+7' 08''
49	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	+7' 37''
50	Burr Ho	HKSI	+7' 49''
51	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	+8' 17''
52	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+9' 22''
53	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	+11' 28''
54	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	+11' 36''
55	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	+11' 42''
56	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+12' 18''
57	Jonipher Ravina	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	+12' 28''
58	Edgar Nohales	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	+12' 33''
59	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+12' 45''
60	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+14' 23''
61	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+15' 03''
62	Jesse Ewart	7 Eleven-Sava RBP	+15' 20''
63	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	+15' 22''
64	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	+15' 23''
65	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+15' 30''
66	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	+15' 50''
67	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	+16' 05''
68	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	+16' 07''
69	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+16' 25''
70	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	+17' 07''
71	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+17' 32''
72	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	+17' 37''
73	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+18' 06''
74	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	+18' 15''
75	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+18' 27''
76	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	+18' 34''
77	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	+19' 12''
78	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	+19' 33''
79	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	+20' 33''
80	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	+20' 55''
81	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+20' 57''
82	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+21' 11''
83	Graeme Brown	Drapac	+21' 39''
84	Dylan Page	Roth	+21' 41''
85	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+22' 29''
86	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+23' 27''
87	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+23' 45''
88	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	+25' 26''
89	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	+26' 28''
90	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	+26' 32''
91	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+26' 44''
92	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	+26' 47''
93	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+27' 26''
94	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+27' 53''
95	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	+28' 09''
96	Andrea Guardini	Astana	+28' 23''
97	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	+28' 38''
98	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+29' 54''
99	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	+31' 31''
100	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	+32' 41''
101	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+32' 47''
102	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+32' 49''
103	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+33' 06''
104	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	+33' 46''
105	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+33' 49''
106	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+35' 41''
107	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	+36' 38''
108	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+36' 47''
109	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+36' 59''
110	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	+39' 10''
111	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+39' 12''
112	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	+39' 49''
113	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+42' 30''
114	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+44' 16''
115	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+45' 08''
116	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+48' 31''
117	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+49' 14''
118	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+52' 05''
119	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+53' 35''
120	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+59' 15''
121	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1h 09' 52''

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Tuesday, March 1: Stage 7, Seremban - Parit Sulong, 202.3 km

Andrea Guardini wins another Langkawi stage

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

PARIT SULONG - Astana’s Andrea Guardini claimed his 21st victory at Le Tour de Langkawi in stage 7 of the 21st edition of the event. The Italian outsprinted his compatriots Jakub Mareczko of Southeast and Andrea Palini from Skydive Dubai in a tight finish at Parit Sulong where Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data) retained the overall lead on the eve of the grand finale in the historical city of Melaka.

The longest stage of this year’s race happened to be more eventful than anyone expected it to be. Juraj Sagan of Tinkoff was all fired up after finishing second in stage 6. He initiated a front group of six riders with Tanner Putt (Unitedhealthcare), Karol Domagalski (One Pro Cycling), Ma Guangtong (Hengxiang), Laurens De Vreese (Astana) and Meher Hasnaoui (Skydive Dubai). Former leader Miguel Angel Lopez of Astana who was avid of taking his revenge after losing the yellow jersey because of a mechanical rode flat out in the first hill of the day. He crested Bukit Miku (km 28) in first position with the aim of taking time bonus at the intermediate sprint in Johol (km 46) but Janse van Rensburg also made the front group of 25 riders that was formed after catching the initial attackers.

Six riders went clear before Johol, most of them for the second time of the day: De Vreese, Sagan, Putt, Domagalski, Gong Hyo Suk (KSPO) and Agung Sahbana (Pegasus). Several attacks occurred in that front group and at the head of the peloton led all day by Dimension Data. The maximum lead was 5.20 at km 145 when De Vreese, Putt and Gong were the remaining breakaway riders, rejoined by then by a Chinese duo from Hengxiang with Ma and Zheng Zhang. For most of the stage, De Vreese who was 2.05 adrift on GC was the virtual leader of Le Tour de Langkawi but Janse van Rensburg never panicked.

De Vreese was the last man to surrender with 5km to go, which gave a free ride to Astana’s sprinter Guardini who leapfrogged Mareczko in the last 50 metres. “After what happened yesterday, it’s normal that Miguel Angel was a bit angry but that’s cycling”, the Italian explained. “Astana had such a good tactic today with a strong rider [De Vreese] in the breakaway. Nobody wanted to pull strongly in the finale but it turned out to being a bunch sprint and it was a very good one for me. With 200m to go, I passed in a very small gap between two other riders but a bit of luck is always needed for winning a bunch sprint. To reach 21 victories at Le Tour de Langkawi is really amazing. It’s never simple to win.”

“I didn’t feel the pressure when De Vreese was at the front”, Janse van Rensburg echoed. “I even told my team-mates to slow down sometimes. We didn’t get a lot of help. We also didn’t really want to close the gap. Now we’re just with one stage to go. Anything can still happen because a lot of guys still want to do something but I definitely feel happier today with the work done by my team than yesterday because of the way I took the lead.”

Adiq Husainie Othman of Terengganu is also close to becoming the first Malaysian to win the best Asian competition. “Our sprinters Harrif [Saleh] and Anuar [Manan] are getting better and better every day”, the Dungun-born rider said. “Harrif was fifth yesterday, fourth today, hopefully we’ll get a place on the podium tomorrow. It’s going to be fast, fast and fast in Melaka. I hope to avoid any mechanical and take the white jersey home.”

Stage 8 starting in Batu Pahat will feature 119km including an 8km loop through all historical venues in Melaka.

Complete results:

203.3 kilometers (125.8 miles) raced at an average speed of 42.26 km/hr (26.28 mph)

1	Andrea Guardini	Astana	4hr 47min 12sec
2	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
3	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
4	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
5	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
6	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
7	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
8	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
9	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
10	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
11	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
12	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
13	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
14	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
15	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
16	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
17	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	s.t.
18	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
19	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
20	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
21	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
22	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
23	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
24	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	s.t.
25	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
26	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
27	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
28	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
29	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	s.t.
30	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
31	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	s.t.
32	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
33	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
34	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
35	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
36	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
37	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
39	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
40	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
41	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
42	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	s.t.
44	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
45	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
46	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
47	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
48	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
49	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
50	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	s.t.
51	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
52	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	s.t.
53	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
54	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
55	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
56	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
59	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
60	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
61	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
62	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
63	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
64	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
65	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
66	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
67	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
68	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
69	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
70	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
71	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
72	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	s.t.
73	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
74	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
75	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
76	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
77	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
78	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
79	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
80	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
81	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
82	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+18sec
83	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
84	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	s.t.
85	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	s.t.
86	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
87	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
89	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
90	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
91	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
92	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+25''
93	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	+30''
94	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
95	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+36''
96	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+40''
97	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	+44''
98	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
99	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	+57''
100	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	s.t.
101	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+1' 02''
102	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
103	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
104	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
105	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1' 06''
106	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
107	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 07''
108	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
109	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	s.t.
110	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1' 21''
111	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+1' 37''
112	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+1' 39''
113	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+1' 41''
114	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
115	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+2' 21''
116	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
117	Colin Stüssi	Roth	s.t.
118	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
119	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	+4' 13''
120	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+4' 41''
121	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
122	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+6' 34''
123	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
124	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1,059.0 kilometers (658.54 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 41.04 km/hr (25.52 mph).

1	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	25hr 48min 29sec
2	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+11sec
3	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+12''
4	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	+16''
5	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	+20''
6	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	+22''
7	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
8	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
9	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
10	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
11	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	+23''
13	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+24''
14	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	+27''
15	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
16	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	+33''
17	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	+37''
18	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	+52''
19	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
20	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	+56''
21	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+59''
22	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	+1' 05''
23	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	+1' 06''
24	Roland Thalmann	Roth	+1' 10''
25	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
26	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	+1' 25''
27	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 27''
28	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+2' 02''
29	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	+2' 12''
30	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	+2' 13''
31	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+2' 17''
32	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+2' 43''
33	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	+3' 03''
34	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	+3' 47''
35	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	+4' 00''
36	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	+4' 04''
37	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	+4' 18''
38	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+4' 28''
39	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	+4' 31''
40	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+4' 35''
41	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	+4' 40''
42	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	+4' 45''
43	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+5' 10''
44	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	+5' 27''
45	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	+5' 33''
46	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	+6' 16''
47	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	+6' 26''
48	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	+6' 26''
49	Tom Scully	Drapac	+6' 42''
50	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	+6' 51''
51	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+6' 59''
52	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	+7' 01''
53	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	+7' 26''
54	Burr Ho	HKSI	+7' 38''
55	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	+8' 06''
56	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+9' 47''
57	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	+10' 51''
58	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	+11' 31''
59	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+11' 41''
60	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+12' 17''
61	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+14' 12''
62	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+14' 13''
63	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	+14' 24''
64	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	+15' 09''
65	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	+15' 13''
66	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	+15' 14''
67	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	+15' 15''
68	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	+15' 20''
69	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+15' 23''
70	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	+15' 54''
71	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	+15' 56''
72	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+16' 22''
73	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	+16' 29''
74	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+17' 21''
75	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+17' 55''
76	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	+18' 04''
77	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+18' 20''
78	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	+18' 23''
79	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	+19' 08''
80	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+19' 27''
81	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	+19' 28''
82	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+20' 54''
83	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	+20' 58''
84	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+21' 08''
85	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+21' 20''
86	Dylan Page	Roth	+21' 30''
87	Graeme Brown	Drapac	+21' 32''
88	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	+22' 52''
89	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+23' 33''
90	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+23' 34''
91	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	+23' 41''
92	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	+24' 00''
93	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+26' 00''
94	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+26' 19''
95	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	+26' 21''
96	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	+26' 21''
97	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	+26' 31''
98	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	+26' 44''
99	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	+27' 58''
100	Andrea Guardini	Astana	+28' 30''
101	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+29' 25''
102	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+29' 42''
103	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+29' 43''
104	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	+29' 58''
105	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	+30' 54''
106	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+31' 11''
107	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+32' 36''
108	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	+33' 35''
109	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+34' 26''
110	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+35' 33''
111	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+35' 34''
112	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+35' 44''
113	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	+36' 35''
114	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+37' 07''
115	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	+38' 59''
116	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+39' 14''
117	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	+39' 46''
118	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+42' 03''
119	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+43' 53''
120	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+45' 09''
121	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+51' 58''
122	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+52' 32''
123	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+56' 13''
124	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1h 03' 45''

 

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Monday, February 29: Stage 6, Putrajaya - Rembau, 147.6 km

Jakub Mareczko wins stage 6

The Race: The organizer provided this narrative.

REMBAU - In a very eventful stage 6 in the 21st Le Tour de Langkawi, Jakub Mareczko of Southeast claimed his first ever victory in the Malaysian event he’s taking part in for the second time while a mechanical incident with 6km to go deprived Colombia’s Miguel Angel Lopez from Astana of the overall lead. South Africa Reinardt Janse van Rensburg racing for Dimension Data took over although he was victim of a crash with 500 metres to go, which prevented him from contesting the stage victory he was looking for. Juraj Sagan of Tinkoff and Dylan Page from Roth finished second and third respectively in Rembau.

It was a very different stage from the scenarios Le Tour de Langkawi is used to. Songezo Jim (Dimension Data), Michael Gogl (Tinkoff), James Oram (One Pro Cycling), Mirco Maestri (Bardiani-CSF), Tim Scully (Drapac), Gong Hyo Suk (KSPO), Amirul Mazuki (Terengganu), joined by Giuseppe Fonzi (Southeast) formed a breakaway after ten kilometres of racing. They were about to get caught by the peloton led by Unitedhealthcare but Maestri and Gong insisted. They were reinforced by Adrien Niyonshuti (Dimension Data), Gogl again, Tanner Putt (Unitedhealthcare) and Julen Amezqueta (Southeast).

Putt rode away solo from that group but it was George Harper of One Pro Cycling who passed the last King of the Mountain sprint in first position with 8km to go at Bukit Miku. He was caught in the downhill where Lopez had a broken wheel with 6km to go. The race leader chased hard but couldn’t return to the peloton before the sprint. It was an acrobatic one with a sharp u-turn. Mareczko made the best of it.

“It’s been a bit difficult for me to take part in the sprints early on because there have been a few crashes, but today finally I managed to make it”, the Italian commented. “Today there were more KOM primes than usual. It wasn’t easy to hold the place but my teammates kept me in the main group. In the last few corners in the run in to the finish, I stayed in the first three so I was in the right position for sprinting.”

It was a day for new names to appear on the results sheet. “It was a very nervous sprint”, Page explained. “I use my brakes the best I could to get this result, which is a great one for me since I’m a neo pro and we’re a new team in this category of racing. I crashed on stage 2 and I’ve struggled to sleep since but I’m back! This race has a great organisation. It’s a super Tour!”

Sagan isn’t exactly a new name in cycling but Peter’s elder brother Juraj isn’t usually the one who gets on stage to receive the laurels. “I’m always helping others”, the Slovakian said. “But today I had the green light because our sprinter Michael Kolar had a flat tyre with 7km to go. This is my first international result as a pro. I’m quite happy with it.”

Andrea Guardini didn’t contest the sprint. “I was a bit full gas at 15km to go and I took the decision to leave this stage for rest and try to win another stage – tomorrow or the last stage”, the leader of the points competition said. This was harder than the other stages. It’s unfortunate than my team-mate Lopez lost the yellow jersey due to a mechanical but that’s part of cycling.”

It resulted in a change of leadership in the overall ranking. “I am really sorry for Lopez to lose the jersey in such a way”, Janse van Rensburg noted. “It is not the nicest way to take the jersey. I was looking forward to a bit more of a battle for the jersey, but I guess it’s cycling… But after the line I was a little bit disappointed because I missed my chance to go for the victory today. Some guys went straight into me in the corner, so I didn’t make the corner at 500m to go. My chain was off after that so I had to stop to put it back on.

“It is kind of bitter sweet today, but yeah … I take it as it comes. The race changes now completely for us. We are going to have to defend. The bunch is really getting aggressive now, so I think it’s going to be quite a big fight tomorrow, and there is quite a climb early on. So we are going to have to be top of our game coming out.”

Stage 7 from Seremban to Parit Sulong is the longest of the event with 202.3km.

Complete Results:

147.60 kilometers (91.79 miles) raced at an average speed of 41.38 km/hr (25.73mph)

1	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	3hr 34min 1sec
2	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	s.t.
3	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
4	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
5	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
6	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
7	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
8	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
9	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
10	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
11	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
12	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
13	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
14	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
15	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
16	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
17	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
18	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
19	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
20	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
21	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
22	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	s.t.
23	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
25	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
26	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	s.t.
28	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
29	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
30	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
31	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
32	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
33	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
34	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
35	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
36	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
37	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
38	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
39	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
40	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
41	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
42	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
43	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
44	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
45	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
46	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
47	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	s.t.
48	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
49	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
50	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
51	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
52	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
53	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
54	Colin Stüssi	Roth	s.t.
55	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
57	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
58	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	s.t.
59	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
60	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
61	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
62	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	s.t.
63	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+35sec
64	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+39''
65	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
66	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	s.t.
67	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
69	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
71	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
72	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
73	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	s.t.
74	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
75	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
76	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
77	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
78	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
79	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
80	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
81	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
82	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
83	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
85	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	+45''
86	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+1' 16''
87	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
88	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
89	Jens Mouris	Drapac	s.t.
90	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
91	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+1' 25''
92	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+1' 27''
93	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+1' 54''
94	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
95	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
96	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+4' 22''
97	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+4' 34''
98	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	+4' 50''
99	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
100	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
101	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
102	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
103	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
104	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
105	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	s.t.
106	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
107	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+4' 55''
108	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+4' 55''
109	Andrea Guardini	Astana	+7' 54''
110	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	s.t.
111	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
112	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
113	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
114	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
115	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
116	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
117	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	s.t.
118	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
119	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	s.t.
120	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+8' 20''
121	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	+9' 17''
122	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+9' 55''
123	Tristan Marguet	Roth	s.t.
124	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+12' 24''

GC after Stage 6:

856.7 kilometers (532.74 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 40.76 km/hr (25.35 mph)

1	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	21hr 1min 17sec
2	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+11sec
3	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	+12''
4	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	+16''
5	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	+20''
6	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	+22''
7	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
8	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
9	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
10	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
11	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	+23''
13	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+24''
14	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	+27''
15	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
16	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	+33''
17	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	+37''
18	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	+52''
19	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	+55''
20	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	+56''
21	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+59''
22	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	+1' 05''
23	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	+1' 06''
24	Roland Thalmann	Roth	+1' 10''
25	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
26	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	+1' 15''
27	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	+1' 25''
28	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 27''
29	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	+1' 54''
30	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+2' 06''
31	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	+2' 13''
32	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+2' 43''
33	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	+3' 03''
34	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	+3' 29''
35	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	+3' 43''
36	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	+4' 00''
37	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	+4' 04''
38	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	+4' 18''
39	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+4' 28''
40	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	+4' 31''
41	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+4' 35''
42	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	+4' 40''
43	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+5' 10''
44	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	+5' 27''
45	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	+5' 33''
46	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	+6' 16''
47	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+6' 23''
48	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	+6' 26''
49	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
50	Tom Scully	Drapac	+6' 42''
51	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	+6' 51''
52	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	+7' 01''
53	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	+7' 08''
54	Burr Ho	HKSI	+7' 38''
55	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	+8' 06''
56	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+8' 40''
57	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	+10' 33''
58	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	+11' 31''
59	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+11' 41''
60	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	+11' 43''
61	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+12' 17''
62	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	+13' 22''
63	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+13' 55''
64	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+14' 13''
65	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	+14' 56''
66	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	+15' 09''
67	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	+15' 13''
68	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	+15' 15''
69	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	+15' 20''
70	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+15' 23''
71	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	+15' 54''
72	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+16' 22''
73	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	+16' 29''
74	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+16' 49''
75	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	+17' 20''
76	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+17' 21''
77	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	+17' 26''
78	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+17' 49''
79	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+18' 20''
80	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	+18' 23''
81	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	+19' 08''
82	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	+19' 28''
83	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+20' 18''
84	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+20' 58''
85	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	+21' 04''
86	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+21' 08''
87	Dylan Page	Roth	+21' 30''
88	Graeme Brown	Drapac	+21' 32''
89	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+22' 26''
90	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+22' 51''
91	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	+22' 52''
92	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+23' 37''
93	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	+23' 41''
94	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+25' 12''
95	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+25' 20''
96	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	+26' 21''
97	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	+26' 21''
98	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	+26' 31''
99	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	+26' 44''
100	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+27' 21''
101	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	+27' 58''
102	Andrea Guardini	Astana	+28' 40''
103	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+28' 50''
104	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+29' 18''
105	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	+29' 58''
106	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	+30' 54''
107	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+30' 57''
108	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+31' 11''
109	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+32' 18''
110	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	+33' 05''
111	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+33' 42''
112	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+35' 15''
113	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+35' 30''
114	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	+36' 17''
115	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+38' 08''
116	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	+38' 49''
117	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	+38' 59''
118	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+42' 03''
119	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+43' 23''
120	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+45' 09''
121	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+50' 19''
122	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+52' 32''
123	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+55' 55''
124	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1h 02' 24''

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Sunday, March 28: Stage 5, Tapah - Kuala Lumpur, 148.8 km

Andrea Guardini wins stage 5

The Race: As told by the race organizer.

KUALA LUMPUR - Andrea Guardini became the first rider to reach the number of 20 stage victories at Le Tour de Langkawi – out of 37 in total in his six-year long pro career at the age of 26 – as he claimed the sprinters’ queen stage at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, making it four out of four on the race’s most prestigious venue. Coming third while stage 2 winner Andrea Palini finished second, South Africa’s Reinardt Janse van Rensburg who is second overall to Colombia’s Miguel Angel Lopez diminished his deficit from 29 to 23 seconds with three stages remaining.

It took 63 kilometres for the breakaway of the day to take shape. Beforehand, Guardini had to go for the first intermediate sprint against Janse van Rensburg to protect the overall lead of his team-mate Lopez. The Dimension Data fast man took two seconds there but sustained a flat tyre 2km before the second intermediate sprint, so Guardini could give way to the riders fighting for fifth place overall. Bardiani’s Luca Chirico and Jesper Hansen captured three and two seconds bonus respectively. Then it was time for breaking away.

Racing for the King of the Mountains competition, Wang Meiyin (Hengxiang) rode on the offensive again, and once again with Loh Sea Keong who was accompanied by another rider from Malaysia national team Aiman. Amirul Mazuki (Terengganu) and Kim Hyeonseok (KSPO) were the other members of the move before Carlos Manarelli (Funvic) rejoined them to compose a six-man front group. They had a maximum advantage of 3.20 at km 77.

In the finale, John Ebsen and Richard Handley, both from One Pro Cycling, came across to the two remaining leaders Loh and Amirul. They got reined in nearby the famous twin towers of Kuala Lumpur.

The inevitable bunch sprint was easily won by Guardini. “It’s a wonderful day for me and a perfect fourth win here on my favourite finishing line of Le Tour de Langkawi”, the Italian declared. “Every time I come to Kuala Lumpur, I win, it’s fantastic. With 20km to go, my mind was all set on this finish location. I could feel a lot of adrenaline in the run in. I knew exactly where I needed to pass my adversaries to outsprint them. We took control of the race and I had a really good sprint.”

“It was a very fast stage again”, Superman Lopez – his nickname – commented. “I’ve lost a little bit of time on GC but we caught the breakaway riders by profiting from the work of the other teams too. I’m happy to retain the yellow jersey and to realize that the flag of [the Federal Territory of] Kuala Lumpur is exactly the same as Colombia’s at the exception of the heraldry in the middle. I feel much welcome in Malaysia.”

Malaysia’s Adiq Hussainie Othman also retained the lead of the best Asian rider classification. “I was a bit nervous in the race today with [Masakazu] Ito and Zhao Jingbiao only at six and seven seconds”, the Terengganu rider from Dungun explained. “I had a big problem with my bicycle so I got it changed after 80km and it went well till the end.

Tomorrow it’s the most complicated day to defend the white jersey but I’ve reckoned the course at training and it should be no problem as long as there’s no technical issue. It was emotionally fabulous to hear people shouting my name loud on the road sides today. It felt like Adiq was everywhere!”

At the finishing line, Youth and Sport Minister YB Khairy Jamaluddin emphasized the great popular success of LTdL this year. Stage 6 will be held from Putrajaya, the home of the Malaysian government, to Rembau (147km) on a lumpy terrain likely to make the race very interesting.

Complete Results: all 125 starters finished.

148.8 kilometers (92.53 miles) raced at an average speed of 44.90 km/hr (27.92 mph)

1	Andrea Guardini	Astana	3hr 18min 50sec
2	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
3	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
4	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
6	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
7	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
8	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
9	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
10	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
11	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
13	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
14	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
15	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
16	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
17	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
18	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
19	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
20	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
21	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
22	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
23	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
24	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
25	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
26	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
27	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
28	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
29	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
30	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
31	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	s.t.
32	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
33	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
34	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
36	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
37	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
38	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
39	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
40	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
41	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
42	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
43	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
44	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	s.t.
45	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
46	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
47	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
48	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
49	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
50	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
51	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
52	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
53	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
54	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
55	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	s.t.
56	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
57	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
58	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
59	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
60	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
61	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
62	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
63	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	s.t.
64	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
66	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
67	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
68	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	s.t.
69	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
70	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+14sec
71	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
72	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
73	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Colin Stüssi	Roth	s.t.
75	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
76	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
77	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	s.t.
78	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
79	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
80	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
81	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
82	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
83	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
84	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
85	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
86	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
87	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	+14''
88	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+20''
89	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+22''
90	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	s.t.
91	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
92	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
93	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	+25''
94	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
95	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
96	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
97	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	+29''
98	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
99	Tom Scully	Drapac	+31''
100	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
101	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+35''
102	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+49''
103	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
104	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+53''
105	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	s.t.
106	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
107	Lukas Jaun	Roth	+53''
108	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
109	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
110	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	s.t.
112	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+1' 04''
113	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+1' 07''
114	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+1' 12''
115	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+1' 18''
116	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+2' 02''
117	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
118	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+2' 06''
119	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
120	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+3' 08''
121	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
122	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
123	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+4' 19''
124	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
125	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+4' 30''

GC after Stage 5:

709.1 kilometers (440.95 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 40.64 km/hr (25.27 mph)

1	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	17hr 26min 53sec
2	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	+23sec
3	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+34''
4	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	+39''
5	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	+43''
6	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	+45''
7	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
8	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
9	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
10	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
11	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	+46''
13	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	+50''
14	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
16	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	+1' 00''
17	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	+1' 02''
18	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	+1' 15''
19	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	+1' 18''
20	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	+1' 19''
21	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+1' 22''
22	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	+1' 28''
23	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	+1' 29''
24	Roland Thalmann	Roth	+1' 33''
25	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
26	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	+1' 38''
27	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
28	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	+1' 48''
29	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+1' 50''
30	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
31	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	+1' 59''
32	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+3' 06''
33	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	+3' 26''
34	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	+3' 48''
35	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	+3' 52''
36	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	+4' 02''
37	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	+4' 06''
38	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC-Mycron	+4' 15''
39	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+4' 19''
40	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	+4' 24''
41	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
42	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+4' 51''
43	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+5' 33''
44	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	+5' 50''
45	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	+5' 56''
46	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+6' 07''
47	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	+6' 39''
48	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+6' 42''
49	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	+6' 49''
50	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
51	Tom Scully	Drapac	+7' 05''
52	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	+7' 14''
53	Burr Ho	HKSI	+7' 22''
54	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	+7' 25''
55	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	+7' 31''
56	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+7' 38''
57	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+7' 42''
58	Zawawi Azman	NSC-Mycron	+7' 50''
59	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+7' 52''
60	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+9' 18''
61	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	+10' 17''
62	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	+10' 46''
63	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	+10' 48''
64	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	+11' 54''
65	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+12' 01''
66	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	+12' 06''
67	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC-Mycron	+12' 29''
68	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	+12' 59''
69	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+14' 24''
70	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	+14' 27''
71	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	+14' 53''
72	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+14' 55''
73	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	+15' 19''
74	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	+15' 38''
75	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	+16' 13''
76	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+16' 23''
77	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+16' 45''
78	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	+16' 58''
79	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	+17' 44''
80	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	+18' 25''
81	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+18' 43''
82	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	+18' 46''
83	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	+19' 31''
84	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	+19' 51''
85	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+20' 41''
86	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+20' 53''
87	Andrea Guardini	Astana	+21' 09''
88	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+21' 21''
89	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+21' 31''
90	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	+21' 37''
91	Graeme Brown	Drapac	+21' 55''
92	Dylan Page	Roth	+21' 57''
93	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+22' 35''
94	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+23' 00''
95	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+23' 21''
96	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC-Mycron	+23' 23''
97	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC-Mycron	+23' 25''
98	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+24' 18''
99	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+24' 19''
100	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+25' 07''
101	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC-Mycron	+25' 31''
102	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	+25' 34''
103	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+26' 17''
104	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	+26' 44''
105	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
106	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	+26' 54''
107	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	+27' 07''
108	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	+27' 23''
109	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+27' 51''
110	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	+28' 21''
111	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	+31' 18''
112	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+31' 34''
113	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+33' 26''
114	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+33' 36''
115	Lukas Jaun	Roth	+34' 16''
116	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+34' 22''
117	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+34' 32''
118	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
119	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+34' 37''
120	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+35' 52''
121	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+37' 38''
122	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+40' 11''
123	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+40' 47''
124	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+51' 28''
125	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+52' 52''

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Saturday, February 27: Stage 4, Ipoh - Cameron Highlands, 129.4 km (80.47 miles)

Miguel Angel Lopez wins at Cameron Highlands

The Race: here's organizer's telling of the stage story.

TANAH RATA, CAMERON HIGHLANDS - Astana managed to complete the double task of winning flat and mountain stages with Miguel Angel Lopez reaching Tanah Rata in a brilliant solo effort after Andrea Guardini opened the record book of the 2016 Le Tour de Langkawi in Baling on day 1. With an advantage of 29 seconds over South Africa’s Reinardt Janse van Rensburg from Dimension Data, the young Colombian has what it takes to become the overall winner of the 21st edition on March 2nd in Melaka.

After a breakaway attempt involving Wang Meiyin (Hangxiang) and Luca Chirico (Bardiani-CSF) that could mean a threat to the favourites, three riders went clear after 24 kilometres of racing: Ho Burr (HKSI), Shiki Kuroeda (Aisan) and Lukas Jaun (Roth). The peloton didn’t react until they reached a maximum advantage of 6.27 at km 45. Three riders formed a counter attack on the way up to the Cameron Highlands with the inevitable Wang being accompanied by Donaben Goh (Terengganu) and Loh Sea Keong (Malaysia). As the trio caught the first escapees, only Ho was able to handle their rhythm.

Wang, Loh, Ho and Goh passed the first category climb of Ringlet in that order. Wang and Goh were the last two breakaway riders caught by the main peloton in the final climb to Tanah Rata. With 5km to go, Lopez attacked in the steepest part of the climb. Johnny Clarke of Unitedhealthcare bridged the gap so the Colombian had to accelerate once again 3km before the line while his compatriot Daniel Jaramillo, also from Unitedhealthcare, chased him down but had to be content with the second place.

“It was a very fast stage”, Lopez commented. “I had to justify my team-mates’ dedication. With one rider less, it wasn’t easy to do so much work to make me win up here, but I attacked where I was told to do so. This is a very important victory for me. To start the season well will give me a lot of confidence and serenity for my further goals, the main one being the Vuelta a España.”

“Miguel Angel did a really good job and I’m happy for him because he’s a really good guy”, Guardini echoed after he retained the teal jersey of the points classification. “We wanted to play our cards as soon as possible in Le Tour de Langkawi, even though it’s hard to catch all the breakaways.”

For the first time, a Malaysian became the best Asian rider after the queen stage. “I thank my coach Adam Szabo, my team Terengganu, my family and my wife who came to watch me racing today”, said Adiq Hussainie Othman. “I wouldn’t be here without them. I’ve worked hard and lost a lot of weight to do well in this queen stage of Le Tour de Langkawi. I prefer long climbs like this one than steep ones like Genting. I did my best to stay in the first group. Now I’ll try to make history in becoming the first Malaysian to win the best Asian competition.”

Stage 5 will take the riders from Tapah to Kuala Lumpur with a detour in town under the iconic towers and the traditional finish at Dataran Merdeka. This is considered the sprinters’ queen stage. “It’s my favourite finish”, Guardini warned. “I’ve won it three times out of three. I want to make it four.”

Complete results:

129.4 km (80.47 miles) raced at an average speed of 37.76 km/hr (23.48 mph)

1	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	3hr 25min 37sec
2	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+30sec
3	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	+35''
4	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
5	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
6	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
7	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
9	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
10	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
11	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
12	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
13	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
15	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	s.t.
16	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
17	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
18	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	+50''
19	Tomás Gil	Southeast Venezuela	+1' 00''
20	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	+1' 04''
21	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+1' 09''
23	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	+1' 14''
24	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
25	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	s.t.
26	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
28	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	+1' 18''
30	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
31	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
32	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
33	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+1' 35''
34	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
35	Samuele Conti	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
36	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	+1' 44''
37	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
39	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+2' 03''
40	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+3' 30''
41	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
42	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	+3' 33''
43	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+3' 37''
44	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
45	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
46	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
47	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	s.t.
48	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
49	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+3' 50''
50	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	+3' 55''
51	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
52	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+3' 57''
53	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	+5' 40''
54	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast Venezuela	+6' 19''
55	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
56	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
57	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	+6' 34''
58	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	+6' 45''
59	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+6' 47''
60	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
61	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
62	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
63	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	+7' 10''
64	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
65	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
66	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	+7' 35''
67	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	+7' 52''
68	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+9' 01''
69	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	+9' 14''
70	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+9' 37''
71	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	+9' 43''
72	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	+10' 31''
73	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
74	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
75	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+10' 33''
76	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
77	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	+11' 06''
78	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+11' 37''
79	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	+11' 51''
80	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
81	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
82	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+14' 24''
83	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
84	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
85	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	+14' 50''
86	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
87	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
88	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
89	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	s.t.
90	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+14' 58''
91	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
92	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+15' 02''
93	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
94	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	+19' 55''
95	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+20' 33''
96	Graeme Brown	Drapac	+21' 37''
97	Andrea Guardini	Astana	s.t.
98	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
99	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
100	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
101	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
102	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
103	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	s.t.
105	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
106	Tristan Marguet	Roth	s.t.
107	Lukas Jaun	Roth	s.t.
108	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
109	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
110	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
111	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
112	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
113	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
114	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
115	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
116	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
117	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
118	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
119	Jens Mouris	Drapac	s.t.
120	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast Venezuela	+22' 34''
121	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	+23' 14''
122	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+23' 14''
123	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+27' 43''
124	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
125	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+29' 45''
126	Murad Tarek Obaid	Skydive Dubai	+58' 22 (OTL)
127	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	DNF

Complete GC after Stage 4:

560.3 kilometers (348.42 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 39.64 km/hr (24.65 mph)

1	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	14hr 8min 3sec
2	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	+29sec
3	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+34''
4	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	+39''
5	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	+45''
6	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
7	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
8	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
9	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
10	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
11	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
12	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	+49''
13	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast Venezuela	+50''
14	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
16	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	+1' 00''
17	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	+1' 02''
18	Tomás Gil	Southeast Venezuela	+1' 15''
19	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	+1' 18''
20	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	+1' 19''
21	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+1' 22''
22	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	+1' 24''
23	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	+1' 28''
25	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	+1' 29''
26	Roland Thalmann	Roth	+1' 33''
27	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
28	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	+1' 48''
29	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+1' 50''
30	Samuele Conti	Southeast Venezuela	s.t.
31	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	+1' 59''
32	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+2' 52''
33	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	+3' 28''
34	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	+3' 48''
35	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	+3' 48''
36	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	+3' 52''
37	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
38	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	+4' 05''
39	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
40	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
41	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	+4' 15''
42	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+5' 08''
43	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+5' 14''
44	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+5' 33''
45	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	+5' 42''
46	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	+5' 50''
47	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+6' 07''
48	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	+6' 25''
49	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	+6' 34''
50	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
51	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	+6' 49''
52	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
53	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+7' 02''
54	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
55	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	+7' 14''
56	Burr Ho	HKSI	+7' 22''
57	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	+7' 25''
58	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+7' 28''
59	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	+7' 50''
60	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast Venezuela	+9' 04''
61	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	+10' 03''
62	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	+10' 46''
63	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	+10' 48''
64	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	+11' 54''
65	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+12' 01''
66	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	+12' 06''
67	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	+12' 29''
68	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	+12' 59''
69	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+13' 37''
70	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+14' 24''
71	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	+14' 28''
72	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	+14' 39''
73	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	+14' 54''
74	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+15' 34''
75	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	+15' 38''
76	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
77	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	+16' 13''
78	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+16' 45''
79	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	+16' 58''
80	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	+18' 25''
81	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+18' 43''
82	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	+18' 47''
83	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	+19' 31''
84	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	+19' 51''
85	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+20' 27''
86	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+20' 31''
87	Andrea Guardini	Astana	+21' 22''
88	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+21' 27''
89	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+21' 31''
90	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast Venezuela	+21' 37''
91	Graeme Brown	Drapac	+21' 41''
92	Dylan Page	Roth	+21' 57''
93	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+21' 58''
94	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+22' 10''
95	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+23' 00''
96	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	+23' 03''
97	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	+23' 09''
98	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+23' 21''
99	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+23' 48''
100	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+23' 58''
101	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+24' 00''
102	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	+25' 02''
103	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	+25' 34''
104	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	+26' 44''
105	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
106	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	+26' 54''
107	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	+27' 07''
108	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	+27' 10''
109	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+27' 51''
110	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	+28' 21''
111	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+30' 18''
112	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+30' 22''
113	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+30' 28''
114	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast Venezuela	+30' 53''
115	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+32' 35''
116	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+33' 08''
117	Lukas Jaun	Roth	+33' 23''
118	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+34' 00''
119	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+34' 32''
120	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
121	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+34' 59''
122	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+36' 28''
123	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+39' 18''
124	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+51' 06''
125	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+52' 27''

 

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Friday, February 26: Stage 3, Kalum - Kuala Kangsar, 107.2 km (66.66 miles)

John Murphy wins Langkawi stage 3

The Race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the stage.

KUALA KANGSAR - American cyclist John Murphy fended off the Italian sprinters on stage 3 of the 21st Le Tour de Langkawi as he proved himself faster and smarter than Francesco Chicchi, Jakub Mareczko and Andrea Guardini. The latter retained the yellow jersey of race leader ahead of the queen stage to the Cameron Highlands.

A leading trio opened the road for 100 out of 107km of racing from Kulim to Kuala Kangsar, formed of Donaben Goh (Terengganu), James Oram (One Pro Cycling) and Joao Pereira (Funvic-Soul-Carrefour). They reached a maximum lead of 3.40 after 29km. Oram was impressive as forged on in the finale with Goh on his wheel but the pair got reined in 2km before the finish.

The key of the sprint was a position on the right side of the road due some wind blowing from the left. Murphy was at the right place and claimed his first ever stage victory at Le Tour de Langkawi after beating last year’s young star Caleb Ewan in the conclusive stage of the Herald Sun Tour earlier this month in Australia.

“The Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling team was phenomenal today”, Murphy emphasized. “The guys did an awesome job keeping me in pole position all day, keeping me hydrated in the heat, giving me mars bars… I was in a really good position in the last corner. I had a great lead out. It was a drag race, that’s what I like. It’s a wonderful finish for me and my team. I’m very happy to win here in Malaysia. I’m having an amazing time. It’s a beautiful country and we’ll keep on racing till the end.”

Guardini was happy to keep the yellow jersey but surprisingly, rather than expressing his disappointment, he was full of praise for the day’s winner. “In Unitedhealthcare, we’ve now found a team that can pull with us”, the Italian said. “They do a really good job for their sprinter. I quickly understood how difficult it would be to win the sprint when I launched mine. I started and stayed in the same position I was in.”

Chicchi and Mareczko looked more affected by the defeat. “I’m disappointed”, Chicchi commented. “I’ve had to launched from a bit too far out. Unitedhealthcare did a perfect job. They went to the right, protected by the barriers while I was in the middle of the road going slightly uphill and exposed to the side wind. I have lost because of my too strong desire to win.”

“I was in fourth position at the last curve then I got a bit lost in the sprint”, Mareczko described. “I recovered some positions and managed to pass Guardini but I couldn’t get better than third.”

Guardini and Murphy made themselves available for helping their respective Colombian team-mate in stage 4 from Ipoh to the Cameron Highlands. Miguel Angel Lopez will become Astana’s leader while Unitedhealthcare has more than one card to play with Colombia’s Daniel Jaramillo but also Janez Brajkovic and Johnny Clarke.

Complete Results:

107.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.73 km/hr (26.57 mph)

1	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	2hr 30min 31sec
2	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
3	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
4	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	Andrea Guardini	Astana	s.t.
6	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	s.t.
7	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
8	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
9	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
11	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
12	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
13	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
15	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
16	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
17	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
18	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
19	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
20	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
21	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
22	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
23	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
24	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
25	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
26	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
27	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
28	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
29	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
30	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
31	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
32	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
33	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	s.t.
34	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
35	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
36	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
37	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
39	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
40	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
41	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
42	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
43	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
44	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
45	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
46	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	s.t.
47	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
48	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
49	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
50	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
51	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
52	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
53	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
55	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
56	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
57	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
58	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
59	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
60	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
61	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
63	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
64	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	s.t.
65	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
66	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
68	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
69	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
70	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
71	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
72	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
73	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
74	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
75	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
76	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
77	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
78	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
79	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
80	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
81	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
82	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
83	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
84	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
85	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
86	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
87	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
88	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
89	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
90	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
91	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
92	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+16sec
93	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
94	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+18''
95	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
96	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
97	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
98	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	s.t.
99	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
100	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+18''
101	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+22''
102	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	s.t.
103	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	s.t.
104	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
105	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	+23''
106	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
107	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	+26''
108	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
109	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
111	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+31''
112	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	s.t.
113	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	+35''
114	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	s.t.
115	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
116	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+43''
117	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+47''
118	Tristan Marguet	Roth	s.t.
119	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+1' 00''
120	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+1' 19''
121	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+1' 28''
122	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+3' 06''
123	Lukas Jaun	Roth	+3' 30''
124	Murad Tarek Obaid	Skydive Dubai	+5' 33''
125	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+9' 22''
126	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
127	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
128	Yake Hou	Giant-Champion System	DNF

GC after Stage 3:

430.90 kilometers (267.96 miles) raced so far at an average speed of 40.24 km/hr (25.02 mph)

1	Andrea Guardini	Astana	10hr 42min 14sec
2	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+2sec
3	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+6''
4	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	+10''
5	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
6	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	+12''
7	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
8	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	+16''
9	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
12	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	s.t.
13	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
14	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
16	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+20''
17	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+22''
18	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
19	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
20	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
21	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
22	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
24	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
25	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
26	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
27	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
28	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
30	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	+23''
32	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	+27''
33	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
34	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
35	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
36	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
37	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
38	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
39	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
40	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
41	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
42	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
43	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
44	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
45	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
46	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
47	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
48	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
49	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
50	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
51	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
52	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
54	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
55	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
56	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
57	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
58	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
59	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
60	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	+32''
61	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
62	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	+45''
63	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	+45''
64	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 35''
65	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+1' 49''
66	Colin Stüssi	Roth	+1' 55''
67	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+2' 23''
68	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
69	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+2' 42''
70	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+2' 57''
71	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
72	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+2' 59''
73	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+3' 45''
74	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	+4' 09''
75	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
76	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+4' 12''
77	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	+4' 27''
78	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+4' 31''
79	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	+5' 13''
80	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	+5' 19''
81	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
82	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
83	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
84	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
85	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
86	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
87	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
88	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
89	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
90	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
91	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
92	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
93	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
94	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	+5' 37''
95	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
96	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	s.t.
97	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	+5' 42''
98	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	+5' 45''
99	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	+5' 45''
100	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	+5' 54''
101	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+8' 31''
102	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
103	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
104	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
105	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+8' 43''
106	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	+8' 53''
107	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	+8' 54''
108	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+9' 22''
109	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	+9' 38''
110	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+10' 01''
111	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+10' 12''
112	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+11' 10''
113	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	+11' 24''
114	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	+11' 37''
115	Lukas Jaun	Roth	+12' 01''
116	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+13' 05''
117	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+13' 07''
118	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
119	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+13' 34''
120	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+14' 58''
121	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+15' 03''
122	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+15' 09''
123	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+15' 11''
124	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	+17' 53''
125	Murad Tarek Obaid	Skydive Dubai	+20' 07''
126	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+24' 56''
127	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+29' 41''

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Thursday, February 25: Stage 2, Sungai Petani - Georgetown, 158.1 km (98.31 miles)

Stage 2 video

Andrea Palini outsprints Andrea Guardini to win Langkawi stage 2

The Race: The organizer provided this stage summary.

GEORGETOWN, PENANG - Andrea Palini of Skydive Dubai outsprinted Astana’s Andrea Guardini on the finishing line in Georgetown on the occasion of an unprecedented stage finishing in Penang via the 24km long second bridge and the 5km long Teluk Bahang hill.

China’s Wang Meiyin missed out on taking the yellow jersey from Guardini after another breakaway that saw him accumulating points for the King of the Mountains and the points classification he now leads.

After 22km of racing, the Hengxiang versatile rider found the way to escape along with Loh Sea Keong (Malaysia national team), Sofian Nabil (NSC), Gong Hyo Suk (KSPO) and Jamilidin Navardianto (Pegasus). They got a maximum advantage of 4.15 at km 50. As Wang won all three intermediate sprints, he collected nine seconds of time bonus, which put him in a virtual position of race leader with the perspective of taking the yellow jersey, shall Guardini not be the stage winner.

Astana pulled the bunch but didn’t catch the remaining three breakaway riders, Wang, Loh and Nabil, before the summit of Teluk Bahang with 30km to go. It was eventually all together 11km before the end of the race. All elements that make a good bike race were combined in one day as the wind played a key role in the finale after the climbs and the Penang bridge in a very spectacular environment.

“I didn’t expect to win”, Palini explained in a post-race press conference. “I was hoping for scoring points but I didn’t think I could beat Guardini. However, I was fresher than him after the last climb. That made the difference. I’m very happy. To win here is very important. It already makes my Tour de Langkawi a successful one.”

Guardini caught the occasion to underline how difficult it is to win a race, even for a sprinter of his caliber. “I said this morning again that it’s never simple to win”, he commented. “Palini showed today that he’s a more complete rider than me. He passed the hill better than me. I rode flat out to stay with the main peloton and it took out of me the energy I needed for winning the bunch sprint.”

It was a tight finish though. Bardiani-CSF’s Nicola Ruffoni crashed behind the leading trio of sprinters, South Africa’s Reinardt Janse van Rensburg being third on the line. The fast finale prevented Wang from getting the same time as Palini, so he missed out on the yellow jersey. “But my main goal is the King of Mountains jersey”, the Chinese rider explained. “That’s why I rode away again.”

Malaysia’s Loh Sea Keong was awarded the price of most combative rider as he also took part in the breakaway for the second straight day. “My career was in a dilemma after I finished the Tour de Korea in June”, the Kelantanese explained. “I was struggling with a lot of things in my life. I decided to take a break from cycling but in November, I went to Thailand to train for making a come-back. Here I am, happy to race offensively for Malaysia again. Today it was the most valuable stage I’ve experienced in ten years of taking part in Le Tour de Langkawi. Riding in to Penang was incredibly spectacular, so was the run in to the finish when we came down to the coast from the last hill. It was a challenging route. I was thrilled to be part of the breakaway until very close to the finish.”

Complete Results:

Stage 2 video

158.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.19 km/hr (24.99 mph)

1	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	3hr 56min 2sec
2	Andrea Guardini	Astana	s.t.
3	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
4	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
5	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
6	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
7	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
8	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
10	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
12	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
13	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	s.t.
14	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	+6sec
16	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
17	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
18	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
19	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
20	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
21	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
22	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
25	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
26	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
27	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
28	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
29	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	+11''
30	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
31	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
32	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
33	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
34	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
35	Colin Stüssi	Roth	s.t.
36	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
37	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
38	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
39	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
40	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
41	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
42	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
43	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
44	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
45	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
46	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
47	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
48	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
49	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
50	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
51	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
52	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
53	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
54	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
55	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
56	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
57	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
58	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
59	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
60	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
61	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
62	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	+21''
63	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+29''
64	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	+11''
65	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+1' 02''
66	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	s.t.
67	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	s.t.
68	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 19''
69	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+1' 39''
70	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
71	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+2' 23''
72	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
73	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
74	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+3' 29''
75	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	+3' 53''
76	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
77	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
78	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	s.t.
79	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	+5' 03''
80	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
81	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
82	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
83	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
84	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	s.t.
85	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
86	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
87	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
88	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
89	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
90	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
91	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
92	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
93	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
94	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
95	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
96	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
97	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
99	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
100	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
101	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+8' 11''
102	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+8' 15''
103	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
104	Jens Mouris	Drapac	s.t.
105	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
106	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
107	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
108	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
109	Lukas Jaun	Roth	s.t.
110	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
111	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
112	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	s.t.
113	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
114	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	s.t.
115	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	s.t.
116	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	+11' 08''
117	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+11' 32''
118	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+12' 51''
119	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
120	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
121	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+14' 00''
122	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	+14' 18''
123	Murad Tarek Obaid	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
124	Yake Hou	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
125	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
126	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+14' 21''
127	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+14' 45''
128	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
129	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana	DNS
130	Dominic Perez	7-Eleven	DNS
131	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Androni Giocattoli	DSQ
132	Mansoor Ali Shambih	Skydive Dubai	DSQ

GC after Stage 2:

323.70 kilometers (201.29 miles) raced so far at an average apeed of 39.48 km/hr (24.55 mph)

1	Andrea Guardini	Astana	8hr 11min 43sec
2	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+2sec
3	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	+10''
4	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	+12''
5	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+16''
6	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
7	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
8	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
9	Paolo Simion	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
10	Karol Domagalski	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
11	George Harper	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
12	Marcelo Felipe	7-Eleven	s.t.
13	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
14	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
15	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
16	James Oram	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
18	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+20''
19	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	+22''
20	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
21	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
22	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
24	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
25	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
26	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
27	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
28	Richard Handley	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
30	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
31	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
32	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
33	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	+27''
34	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
35	Colin Stüssi	Roth	s.t.
36	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
37	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
38	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
39	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
40	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
41	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
42	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
43	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
44	Luca Chirico	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
45	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
46	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
47	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
48	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
49	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
50	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
51	John Ebsen	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
53	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
54	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
55	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
56	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
57	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
58	Edgar Nohales	7-Eleven	s.t.
59	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
60	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
61	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
62	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7-Eleven	s.t.
63	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
64	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
65	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	+32''
66	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	+1' 18''
67	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 35''
68	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	+1' 55''
69	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+2' 16''
70	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+2' 23''
71	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+2' 33''
72	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	+2' 39''
73	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
74	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+3' 12''
75	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	+3' 45''
76	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	+4' 09''
77	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	s.t.
78	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
79	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	s.t.
80	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	+5' 19''
81	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
82	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
83	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
84	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
85	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
86	Matthew Goss	One Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Xiaolong Sun	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
88	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
89	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
90	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
91	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
92	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
93	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
94	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
95	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
96	Jesse Ewart	7-Eleven	s.t.
97	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
98	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
99	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
100	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
101	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
102	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	+7' 51''
103	Jonipher Ravina	7-Eleven	+8' 27''
104	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+8' 31''
105	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
106	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
107	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
108	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
109	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
110	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
111	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
112	Lukas Jaun	Roth	s.t.
113	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	+8' 51''
114	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+9' 39''
115	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+9' 51''
116	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	+11' 24''
117	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+13' 05''
118	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	+13' 07''
119	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
120	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	+13' 08''
121	Tristan Marguet	Roth	+14' 16''
122	Murad Tarek Obaid	Skydive Dubai	+14' 34''
123	Yake Hou	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
124	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
125	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	+14' 36''
126	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	+14' 58''
127	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+15' 34''
128	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	+29' 19''

Tour de Langkawi stage 2 video: It's in italian, but the action is easy to understand

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Wednesday, February 24: Stage 1, Kangar - Baling, 165.6 km (102.98 miles)

Andrea Guardini wins Langkawi stage 1

The Race:

Here's the stage story from the race organizer:

BALING - Italy’s Andrea Guardini of Astana fended off new opponents at Le Tour de Langkawi to claim his nineteenth stage victory in six straight participations to the Malaysian race as he won stage 1 in Baling in a much expected bunch gallop. As they discovered the event for the first time, Australia’s Brenton Jones from Drapac and Skydive Dubai’s Andrea Palini who also hails from Italy came second and third respectively.

Like in 2011 and 20115, Guardini will start stage 2 in the yellow jersey but with an advantage of only two seconds over China’s Wang Meiyin who was the other top contender of the day. The versatile rider from Hengxiang who is well known in Malaysia after he finished fifth overall in 2013, having won the Cameron Highlands stage and the King of the Mountains price that year, firstly bridged the gap to the initial three attackers Adiq Hussainie Othman (Terengganu), Loh Sea Keong (Malaysia national team) and Meher Hasnaoui (Skydive Dubai). Wang won the first two intermediate sprints at km 22 and 56 ahead of Othman who managed to claim the third one to secure the third place in the overall classification through the time bonuses. Wang also outsprinted his three breakaway companions at the mountains prices.

The maximum advantage of the leading quartet was 6.50 at km 50. Once the TV live coverage was on, the Malaysian audience enjoyed Loh’s fighting spirit as the Kelantanese from Kuala Krai forged on in a brilliant solo effort before he was the last rider to get caught by the peloton in the last ten kilometers of racing. The head wind in the final stretch was a key factor for Guardini to show that his sprinting abilities remain intact.

“It’s always hard to win, especially when being the hot favourite”, Guardini declared in the post-race press conference. “In stage 1, it’s also difficult to take control of the events. Everyone was waiting for my team to do it. Fortunately, Southeast collaborated with us to catch the breakaway. There were good riders at the front but a lot of head wind at the end. As a team, we’ve done a good job but we’ve also lost one rider [Ruslan Tleubayev] who broke a collarbone in a crash. It’s nice to have the jersey but it’ll be even more difficult to control the race with one rider less.”

The Astana sprinter dedicated his victory to a new born baby after he spoke to his wife on the phone prior to the start. “For the first time I became an uncle last night so this win is for Robin, my niece”, he said. “Le Tour de Langkawi isn’t a race like last year for me. I find some rivals who are new to me. I’ve already taken part in a lot of races [Dubai Tour, Tour of Qatar and Tour of Oman] before coming here but I hope to keep a good condition from now until the last stage.”

Wang expressed the same wish, even though it was a surprise to a few observers to see him on the attack so early in Le Tour de Langkawi rather than waiting for the expected to be decisive stage 4 to the Cameron Highlands. “I thank my team for having given me the opportunity to try and go for the sprints and the KOM points”, said the 27 year old from Qufu in the Shandong province. “I also thank the organizers for inviting us once again. Le Tour de Langkawi is a platform for Chinese cyclists on the international cycling scene.”

And here's the stage story from race winner Andrea Guardini's Astana team:

"When we come here, to Malaysia, people always expect for my sprint and work of my teammates. Every time it is difficult to control the race, but today we have done a very good job; we let a good breakaway go and successfully caught escapees" - explained Andrea Guardini after winning the first stage of the 2016 Tour de Langkawi.

Andrea Guardini won the first stage at Le Tour de Lanqkawi from mass sprint at the end of very hot and nervous day in Malaysia.

“We controlled the race from the very beginning of the stage. Dias Omirzakov and Arman Kamyshev did a great job today! We controlled the breakaway during the whole day. At the end of the race guys tried to help Andrea, but the road was very wide and chaotic motions in the bunch resulted in bad crash with 4 km to go” – comments sports director Dmitri Sedoun.

Ruslan Tleubayev was involved in the crash with 4 km to go and forced to abandon the race. An ambulance took him straight from the race to hospital for further examinations. With double fracture of the clavicle Ruslan will fly to Europe for emergency surgery.

"It will be hard to start tomorrow only with five riders. I hope Ruslan will quickly recover. I wish him to get well soon and want to thank all of my teammates for the work they have done for me today" - concluded Guardini.

This victory enabled Andrea to become a leader of the points classification and take the leader's yellow jersey.  

Stage 2 from Sungai Petani to Georgetown, set to be 158km long, will mark the return of Le Tour de Langkawi on the island of Penang for the first time since 1999.

Complete Results:

165.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.82 km/hr

1	Andrea Guardini	Astana	4hr 15min 57sec
2	Brenton Jones	Drapac	s.t.
3	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
4	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
5	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
6	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
7	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
8	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
9	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
10	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
11	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
12	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
14	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
15	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
16	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
17	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
18	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
19	George Harper	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	s.t.
21	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
22	Marcelo Felipe	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
23	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
24	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
25	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
26	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
27	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
28	Matthew Goss	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
29	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
30	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
31	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	s.t.
32	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
33	Colin Stüssi	Roth	s.t.
34	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
35	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
36	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
37	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
38	Murad Tarek Obaid	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
39	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
40	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
41	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
42	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
43	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
44	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
45	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
46	Xiaolong Sun	Giant - Champion System	s.t.
47	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
48	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
49	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
50	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
51	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
52	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	s.t.
54	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
55	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
56	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
57	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
58	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
59	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
60	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
61	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
62	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
63	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
64	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
65	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
66	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
67	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
68	Richard Handley	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
70	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
71	Wenlong Zhang	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
72	John Ebsen	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	s.t.
74	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
75	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
76	Jonipher Ravina	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
77	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
78	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
79	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	s.t.
80	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
82	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
83	Edgar Nohales	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
84	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
85	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
86	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
87	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
88	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
90	Jesse Ewart	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
91	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
92	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
93	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
94	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	s.t.
95	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
96	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
97	Lijun Bai	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
98	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
99	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
100	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
101	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
102	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
103	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
104	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
105	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
106	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
107	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	s.t.
108	Yake Hou	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
109	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
110	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+58sec
111	Tristan Marguet	Roth	s.t.
112	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1' 00''
113	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+1' 08''
114	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+1' 20''
115	Fuwen Xue	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
116	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 38''
117	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	s.t.
118	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
119	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
120	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+1' 55''
121	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
122	Wenhui Bi	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
123	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
124	Lukas Jaun	Roth	s.t.
125	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	s.t.
126	Mansoor Ali Shambih	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
127	Dominic Perez	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
128	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
129	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
130	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
131	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	s.t.
132	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1	Andrea Guardini	Astana	4hr 15min 47sec
2	Meiyin Wang	Hengxiang	+2sec
3	Adiq Othman	Terengganu	+3''
4	Brenton Jones	Drapac	+4''
5	Andrea Palini	Skydive Dubai	+6''
6	Maher Hasnaoui	Skydive Dubai	+8''
7	John Murphy	UnitedHealthcare	+10''
8	Dylan Page	Roth	s.t.
9	Michal Kolár	Tinkoff	s.t.
10	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	Shinpei Fukuda	Aisan	s.t.
12	Marco Benfatto	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
13	Harrif Salleh	Terengganu	s.t.
14	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
15	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Hyeon-Seok Kim	KSPO	s.t.
17	Siu Wai Ko	HKSI	s.t.
18	Jakub Mareczko	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
19	Graeme Brown	Drapac	s.t.
20	Karol Domagalski	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	George Harper	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	Kang-Eun Joo	KSPO	s.t.
24	Patria Rastra	Pegasus	s.t.
25	Marcelo Felipe	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
26	Daniel Jaramillo	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
27	Amirul Marzuki	Terengganu	s.t.
28	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
29	Jesper Hansen	Tinkoff	s.t.
30	Lachlan Norris	Drapac	s.t.
31	Matthew Goss	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Sung-Baek Park	KSPO	s.t.
33	Jaco Venter	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	Jamalidin Novardianto	Pegasus	s.t.
35	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
36	Colin Stüssi	Roth	s.t.
37	Carlos Manarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
38	Lutfi Fauzan Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
39	Janez Brajkovic	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
40	Gavin Mannion	Drapac	s.t.
41	Murad Tarek Obaid	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
42	Miguel Ángel López	Astana	s.t.
43	Valentin Baillifard	Roth	s.t.
44	Azri bin Ahmad	Malaysia	s.t.
45	Francisco Mancebo	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
46	Songezo Jim	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	Teten Rohendi	Pegasus	s.t.
48	Adrien Niyonshuti	Dimension Data	s.t.
49	Xiaolong Sun	Giant - Champion System	s.t.
50	Jingbiao Zhao	Hengxiang	s.t.
51	Erik Baška	Tinkoff	s.t.
52	Andrea Dal Col	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
53	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	Tanner Putt	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
55	Luca Chirico	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
56	Tomohiro Hayakawa	Aisan	s.t.
57	Alberto Nardin	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
58	Masakazu Ito	Aisan	s.t.
59	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
60	Francesco Chicchi	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
61	Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka	Aisan	s.t.
62	Sofian Nabil Bakri	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
63	Joon-Yong Seo	KSPO	s.t.
64	Ivan Santaromita	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
65	Samuele Conti	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
66	Kun-Soo Kim	KSPO	s.t.
67	Ryan MacAnally	Pegasus	s.t.
68	Irwandie Lakasek	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
69	Roland Thalmann	Roth	s.t.
70	Luca Pacioni	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
71	Richard Handley	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
72	Francisco Chamorro	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
73	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
74	Wenlong Zhang	Giant - Champion System	s.t.
75	John Ebsen	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	s.t.
77	Antonio Piedra	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
78	Evgueni Petrov	Tinkoff	s.t.
79	Jonipher Ravina	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
80	Julen Amezqueta	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
81	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	Azman Zulkifli	Malaysia	s.t.
83	James Oram	ONE Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Amir Rusli	Malaysia	s.t.
85	Burr Ho	HKSI	s.t.
86	Edgar Nohales	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
87	Zawawi Azman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
88	Tomás Gil	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
89	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
90	Ho San Chiu	HKSI	s.t.
91	Nicolas Dougall	Dimension Data	s.t.
92	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
93	Jesse Ewart	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
94	Choon Huat Goh	Terengganu	s.t.
95	Otavio Bulgarelli	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
96	Hyo-Suk Gong	KSPO	s.t.
97	Giuseppe Fonzi	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
98	Agung Sahbana	Pegasus	s.t.
99	Lijun Bai	Giant - Champion System	s.t.
100	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
101	Johann Van Zyl	Dimension Data	s.t.
102	Mark John Lexer Guevarra	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
103	Mohammed Nazri Muhamad	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
104	João Gaspar	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
105	Ahmad Mustafa Kamal	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
106	Jonathon Clarke	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
107	Tom Scully	Drapac	s.t.
108	Dias Omirzakov	Astana	s.t.
109	Yake Hou	Giant - Champion System	s.t.
110	Tristan Marguet	Roth	s.t.
111	Shiki Kuroeda	Aisan	s.t.
112	Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu	s.t.
113	Afiq Huznie Othman	NSC - Mycron	s.t.
114	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
115	Wenhui Bi	Giant - Champion System	s.t.
116	Anuar Manan	Terengganu	s.t.
117	Lukas Jaun	Roth	s.t.
118	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	s.t.
119	Mansoor Ali Shambih	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
120	Dominic Perez	7 Eleven-SAVA RBP	s.t.
121	Nur Aiman Zariff	Malaysia	s.t.
122	Wan Yau Lau	HKSI	s.t.
123	Arin Iswanna	Pegasus	s.t.
124	Hiu Fung Choy	HKSI	s.t.
125	Ruslan Tleubayev	Astana	s.t.
126	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	+1' 08''
127	Pablo Urtasun	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1' 10''
128	Takeaki Ayabe	Aisan	+1' 18''
129	Jens Mouris	Drapac	+1' 30''
130	Fuwen Xue	Giant - Champion System	s.t.
131	Ty Magner	UnitedHealthcare	+1' 48''
132	Sea Keong Loh	Malaysia	+2' 04''