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2023 Tour de Langkawi (2.Pro), Malaysia

27th edition: September 23 - 30, 2023

Saturday, September 30: 8th & Final Stage, Setia Alam - Kuala Lumpur, 156.5 km

Daniel Babor (left) thought he had won, but the first man across the line was Gleb Syritsa (right).

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Weather at the finish city of Kuala Lumpur at 11:35 AM, local time: 31C (87F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). At 1:00 there is an 80% chance of rain.

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

The 27th edition of the Le Tour de Langkawi 2023 ended with a bang with Gleb Syritsa of Astana Qazaqstan Cycling taking the final stage and Simon Carr of EF Education-EasyPost confirming his status as the best overall rider, here today.

It was Syritsa’s second stage victory in this year’s edition as a full pro, and his third career win in Le Tour de Langkawi, after taking last year’s Kuala Lumpur stage in Astana colours at the same spot. Today’s 156.5km-Stage 8 started from Setia Alam and ended at KLCC.

It was a tight finish to the line with the Russian winning over Caja Rural’s Daniel Babor in a tiny fraction of the wheel, in front of the iconic Petronas Twin Tower Kuala Lumpur. Babor had also a stage win in the bag after winning Stage 4 in Meru Raya.

Two-stage winner, Arvid de Kleijn, who was unwell with a blocked nose over the past few days, did well to come in third to end his campaign with creditable results for Tudor Pro Cycling Team.

It was a day to remember for 25-year-old Carr, who made history by becoming the first British rider to be crowned as overall winner in the Tour’s 27-year history.

Carr, who held on to the Green Overall Winner Jersey since the Genting Highlands’ Stage 5 which he won by 49 seconds over teammate Alexander Jefferson Cepeda, was well protected by his team throughout what he described was a hard race.

Syritsa, who was part of a 14-men breakaway group earlier in the race was simply overjoyed over his achievement in Tour de Langkawi: “It’s been a good Tour de Langkawi for me, a win last year and twice this year…I’m super happy.

"It was a hard day on the saddle today, and I was in the early breakaway group…my team did well to help me right up to the finish,” said Syritsa.

Babor, meanwhile had no complaints despite finishing a close second behind Syritsa. “I’m just happy to finish the race in second place…today’s stage was a hard and super crazy, with lots of crashes. All in all, it’s been a good race for me, I’m just super happy with my outing here in Malaysia.”

Carr, elated over his first overall victory as a pro rider, heaped praises on his teammates, whom he said rode hard from the start to the end of the race. EF Education-Easy Post came to the race with clear intentions of winning the general classification by bringing a team full of reputable climbers.

“I’m really happy with the win, more so, as the first British rider to win the overall title. It’s a special feeling….it was a very hard stage today, but our guys did well especially in bringing back the breakaway group.

"I’m hoping that this win will be a beginning for better things to come for me, a stepping stone for a bigger pro career. I’m progressing little by little with every race, it’s been a good race for me here, no doubt” said Carr.

Tudor’s Simon Pellaud confirmed his status as the 2023 King of Mountains, taking the Red Polka Dot Jersey with an overall 32 points, 12 points ahead of overall winner Simon Carr.

“I’m super happy with this win, it’s been a tough week, tough race, but in the end, great race, and great results, and great memories to bring home from Malaysia,” said Pellaud, who also took the Most Combative Award for his breakaway efforts in the fast-pace race.

Two-stage winner Arvid de Kleijn, among the most successful Dutch riders in the Tour, led the sprints classification from start to finish to finally claim the Sprinters Jersey, amassing an overall 72 points, ahead of Syritsa (58) and Sasha Weemaes (Human Powered Health) 55 points.

“Overall, we did well here in Malaysia, with many podiums, and brought back home two jerseys…so it’s great, we’re happy with the outcome,” said de Kleijn.

Astana’s Vadim Pronskiy ended his campaign with the White Jersey intact on his back, as the 2023 Best Asian rider, clocking a total time of 29:18.56s. Mongolian Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team) came in second overall, with a 2:04s deficit.

Meanwhile, three Malaysians who were in the top 10 bracket of the Asian classification include Muhammad Nur Aiman Aiman Rosli (Malaysian National Team) at the 5th spot, followed by Muhammad Nur Aiman Zariff (8th, TSG) and Muhammad Shaiful Adlan (9th, Malaysian National Team).

The 27th edition of the Tour, which started in Kerteh Terengganu on September 23, ended here today with 109 finishers.

Complete results:

156.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.792 km/hr

1	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	3hr 12min 27sec
2	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
3	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
5	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
6	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
7	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
9	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
10	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
11	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
13	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
14	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
15	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
17	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
18	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
19	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
22	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
23	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
27	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
28	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
29	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
30	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
31	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
32	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
33	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
34	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
35	Nur Aiman Rosli	Malaysia	s.t.
36	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
38	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
40	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
43	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
44	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
45	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
47	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
50	Jackson Medway	St George	s.t.
51	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
59	Connor Sens	St George	s.t.
60	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
61	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
65	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
66	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
67	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
69	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
70	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
71	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
72	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
73	Muhshin Al Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
74	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
76	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
77	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
78	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
79	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
80	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
81	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
83	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
84	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
85	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
86	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
87	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
88	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
89	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
90	Dylan Sunderland	St George	s.t.
91	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
92	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Riley Fleming	St George	s.t.
94	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
95	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
99	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
100	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
101	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	@ 38sec
102	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:44
103	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
104	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	0:58
105	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:07
106	William Cooper	St George	5:03
107	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
108	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:04
109	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	8:57

Final GC after stage 8:

GC winner: Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost)
Mountains classification winner: Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro)
Points classification winner: Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Teams classification winner: EF Education-EasyPost

1,278.1 km raced at an average speed of 43.629 km/hr

1	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	29hr 17min 41sec
2	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 49sec
3	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:58
4	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:07
5	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:15
6	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	1:29
7	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	1:34
8	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:39
9	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:40
10	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	2:03
11	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:13
12	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:31
13	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
14	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:51
15	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:00
16	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	3:19
17	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:39
18	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:06
19	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	4:08
20	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:22
21	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:37
22	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:55
23	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	5:05
24	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	6:04
25	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	6:48
26	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:55
27	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:37
28	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	7:52
29	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:06
30	Nur Aiman Rosli	Malaysia	9:16
31	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	9:50
32	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	9:54
33	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	10:34
34	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	10:37
35	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:10
36	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:15
37	Jackson Medway	St George	11:55
38	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:02
39	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	13:29
40	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	13:32
41	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	14:39
42	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	15:03
43	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	16:03
44	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:57
45	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	20:07
46	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:09
47	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
48	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:48
49	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	21:05
50	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:39
51	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	25:24
52	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:52
53	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	26:58
54	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	27:45
55	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	29:44
56	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:18
57	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	36:33
58	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	38:12
59	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	39:42
60	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	41:54
61	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	42:38
62	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	43:06
63	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	44:54
64	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	45:10
65	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	47:18
66	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	50:48
67	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	50:55
68	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	52:38
69	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	52:52
70	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	53:30
71	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	54:24
72	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	55:26
73	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	55:28
74	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	55:30
75	Muh Imam Arifin	Nusantara Cycling Team	56:03
76	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	56:05
77	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:10
78	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	56:13
79	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	56:50
80	Connor Sens	St George	56:52
81	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	57:03
82	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	57:35
83	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:38
84	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:47
85	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	59:03
86	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	59:04
87	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	59:22
88	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	59:28
89	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	1:00:14
90	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	1:00:22
91	Dylan Sunderland	St George	1:00:23
92	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	1:00:47
93	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:01:25
94	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	1:02:42
95	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:04:06
96	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	1:05:03
97	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	1:07:21
98	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:08:02
99	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	1:08:45
100	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	1:09:57
101	Riley Fleming	St George	1:11:23
102	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	1:11:26
103	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	1:12:11
104	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	1:12:24
105	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	1:13:06
106	William Cooper	St George	1:13:21
107	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	1:18:48
108	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	1:22:02
109	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:22:27

Friday, September 29: Stage 7, Muar - Seremban, 123.8 km

Sasha Weemaes (left) just barely wins stage seven.

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Weather at the finish city of Seremban at 11:00 AM, local time: 33C (91F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is an 11% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage seven summary.

Belgian Sasha Weemaes of Human Powered Health finally nicked his first pro win he was desperately looking for after edging out Arvid De Kleijn in another close bunch sprint at the end of Stage 7 at Dataran Centrio here.

Weemaes who came in second in Melaka yesterday behind de Kleijn, finally got the better of Arvid, lunging hard to hit the final line first in a time of 2:31.45s.

It was third again on the podium, the second time in a row for Gleb Syritsa of Astana Qazaqstan, who took Stage 2 win in Kota Bharu.

After two second placings in Stage 1 and Stage 6 and third in Stage 3, the Sint-Niklass-born Weemaes, who spent five seasons with Sport Vlaanderen Baloise since 2018, made a perfectly timed sprint in the last 25 metres before lunging his bike to the line to win his first ProSeries win of the season.

Going into the flamme rouge, the Human Powered Health train set Weemaes for the sprint, which the Belgian executed perfectly behind De Kleijn wheels and sprinted from the right side to deliver the win on the penultimate day of the Tour, which started in Kerteh last Saturday.

The race comes to a close tomorrow with another flat race, serving sprinters for a final shot at a win from Setia Alam in Selangor to the heat of Kuala Lumpur, KLCC.

Barring any unforeseen happenings, Briton Simon Carr of EF Education-EasyPost is poised for the LTDL 2023 overall champion crown, after safely keeping the Green Jersey on his back today.

The 25-year-old Carr is still tops in the general classification with a 49 second advantage over teammate Alexander Jefferson Cepeda.

Carr however is still 12 points behind mountains classification leader Simon Pellaud of Tudor Cycling Team (32 points), who, with no mountains left, is the 2023 Red Polka Dot jersey winner.

Weemaes was simply relieved with his first ProSeries win and was quick to credit the win to his teammates.

“I’m happy with the win, it was a really fast race around 47kph, but the boys never gave up and worked hard to set me up.

“It was a hard win for me, the tactic was to get behind Arvid’s wheel, move out to the right side in the last 25 metres, and timed my sprint perfectly. It was not a good season for me due to some health problems, and I’m happy to win here,” said Weemaes who is still without a pro contract for next season.

De Kleijn’s hopes of winning a triple here were dashed, after finishing a close second behind Weemaes.

“It was a fast and hot stage, a very hard race today with lots of attacks. Toward the final line, I think I went off a little too early and just exploded…I was just not fast enough today,” said De Kleijn.

De Kleijn remained in the Orange Jersey for the seventh day, boosting his position at the top of the points classification after winning the first two intermediate sprints of the day. He now leads the standings with 63 points while closest rivals Weemaes and Syritsa are in second and third respectively with 48 and 43 points.

The Dutchman however remained in high spirits for tomorrow’s stage, determined to win the final battle and leave Malaysia with great results and impact on the Swiss team.

With 112 riders on the start line, the day started aggressively with Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team rider Jambaljamts Sainbayar and Masaki Yamamoto of JCL Team Ukyo at the front but was later reeled in by the peloton with eight kilometres to go.

For his efforts, Yamamoto took the Most Combative award.

The race wraps up tomorrow with a flat 156.5km final stage which serves sprinters with the last shot to be on the podium.

The race starts from Setia City Convention Centre (1200 hrs), with two Cat 4 climbs at Puncak Alam (15.4km) and Meru (19,4km) and three intermediate sprints at Kapar, Sungai Buloh and Paya Jaras, before ending in from Petronas Twin Tower in the heart of Kuala Lumpur (est 1538 hrs).

Complete results:

123.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.949 km/hr

1	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	2hr 31min 45sec
2	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
3	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
4	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
5	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
6	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
7	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
8	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
12	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
15	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
16	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
17	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Nur Aiman Rosli	Malaysia	s.t.
19	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
20	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
22	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	s.t.
24	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
27	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
29	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
33	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
34	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
36	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
37	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
38	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
40	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
41	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
42	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
43	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
44	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
46	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
47	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
51	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
52	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
53	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
54	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
55	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
56	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
57	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
58	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
59	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
62	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
64	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
65	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
66	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
67	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
68	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
69	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	s.t.
70	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
71	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
73	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
74	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
75	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
76	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
78	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
80	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
81	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
82	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
83	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
84	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
85	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
86	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
87	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
88	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
89	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
90	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
91	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
92	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	@ 22sec
93	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
94	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:31
95	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	0:34
96	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
97	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	0:36
98	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	0:40
99	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	0:45
100	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:47
101	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:15
102	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:41
103	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	1:45
104	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	1:47
105	William Cooper	St George Continental	1:48
106	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	1:57
107	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	2:09
108	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
109	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	2:17
110	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	2:27
111	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	4:57

GC after stage 7:

GC leader: Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost)
Mountains classification leader: Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro)
Points classification leader: Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Teams classification leader: EF Education-EasyPost

1,126.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.186 km/hr

1	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	26hr 5min 14sec
2	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 49sec
3	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:58
4	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:07
5	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:15
6	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	1:29
7	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	1:34
8	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:39
9	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:40
10	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	2:03
11	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:14
12	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:31
13	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
14	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:51
15	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:00
16	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	3:19
17	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:39
18	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:06
19	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	4:08
20	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:22
21	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:37
22	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:55
23	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	5:05
24	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	6:04
25	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	6:48
26	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:55
27	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	7:30
28	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:37
29	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	7:52
30	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:10
31	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	9:19
32	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	9:50
33	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	9:54
34	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	10:35
35	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	10:37
37	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:12
38	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:15
39	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	11:55
40	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:02
41	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	13:29
42	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	13:32
43	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	14:39
44	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	15:06
45	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	16:03
46	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:57
47	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	20:07
48	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	20:09
50	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
51	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	21:05
52	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:39
53	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	25:24
54	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:52
55	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	26:58
56	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	27:45
57	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	29:44
58	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:18
59	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	36:33
60	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	37:02
61	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	38:12
62	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	39:42
63	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	41:54
64	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	42:38
65	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	44:54
66	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	45:10
67	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	47:18
68	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	50:48
69	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	50:55
70	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	52:38
71	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	52:52
72	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	53:26
73	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	53:30
74	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	55:26
75	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	55:28
76	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	55:40
77	Muh Imam Arifin	Nusantara Cycling Team	56:03
78	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	56:05
79	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	56:13
80	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:14
81	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	56:50
82	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:51
83	Connor Sens	St George Continental	56:52
84	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	57:03
85	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:38
86	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:53
87	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	59:03
88	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	59:04
89	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	59:22
90	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	59:28
91	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	1:00:14
92	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	1:00:22
93	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	1:00:23
94	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	1:00:47
95	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:01:25
96	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	1:02:42
97	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:03:00
98	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	1:05:03
99	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	1:07:21
100	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:08:02
101	William Cooper	St George Continental	1:08:18
102	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	1:08:45
103	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	1:09:57
104	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	1:11:23
105	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	1:11:26
106	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	1:12:11
107	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	1:12:24
108	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	1:13:05
109	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	1:13:06
110	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	1:13:45
111	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:21:49

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Thursday, September 28: Stage 6, Karak - Melaka, 174.5 km

Arvid De Kleijn wins his second stage this Tour de Langkawi.

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Weather at the finish city of Melaka at 11:00 AM, local time: 32C (88F), fair, with the wind from the east at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage six summary.

Dutch sprinter Arvid de Kleijn won a tight bunch sprint into the finish line of Stage 6 at Dataran Pahlawan here to deliver Tudor Cycling Team’s their second stage win in the Le Tour de Langkawi 2023.

It was a tight tussle against Human Power Health’s Sasha Weemaes who fought hard before losing out narrowly at the line to de Kleijn, who now became the first rider to win two stages this year, apart from being the second Dutch who won in Melaka, after Jan Koerts in 2001.

Astana Qazaqstan’s Gleb Syritsa, winner of Stage 2, came in third with the same time of 4:08.19s.

Simon Carr of EF Education-EasyPost stayed out of trouble, arriving safely in the bunch to remain in the overall leader’s Green Jersey for the second day, still 49 and 59 seconds ahead of teammate Alexander Jefferson Cepeda Ortiz and Pablo Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) respectively.

De Kleijn, who was racing without his sprint leader’s jersey due to some technical issues, remained in KBS Orange Sprinters’ Jersey for the sixth day with a healthy 45 points, nine and 11 points ahead of closest rivals Enrico Zanoncello (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizane) and Gleb Syritsa (Astana Qazaqstan) respectively.

“I’m happy to know that I’m the second Dutch to win here in Melaka. But most importantly, I’m happy to deliver this win for the team. It was really tight at the end and we were struggling a bit towards the line. I had maybe one acceleration left but, in the end, got it under control at the right time and managed to finish it off,” said De Kleijn, adding that the team will be going hard for wins in the last two stages.

Second-placed Sasha Weemaes, who lost out to de Kleijn in Stage 1 and third behind Daniel Babor (Caja Rural) and George Jackson (Bolton Equities) in Stage 4, said he had a perfect lead out in the final dash but went off too early.

“I had a good lead out, but went off a bit early…Arvid was just stronger today,” he said.

Meanwhile, Tudor’s Simon Pellaud remained in the Red Polka Dot jersey with a 12-point lead over EF Education’s Simon Carr and with no mountain stages in the last two stages, the Swiss rider is poised to be crowned King of Mountains of the 27th edition.

Kazakh’s Vadim Pronsky (Astana Qazaqstan) kept the White Jersey for Best Asian Rider intact after finishing today’s stage with a total time of 23:34.44s, 2mins.07s ahead of Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team’s Jambaljamts Sainbayar.

Sainbayar tried hard to close the gap by breaking away early but to no avail despite finishing as the best Asian rider in 14th today. The Mongolian rider was also voted as Most Combative Rider of the day.

While climbers were happy to stay back and take respite after yesterday’s gruelling climb, sprinters were aggressive from the start with early attacks before the first intermediate sprint.

EF Education, current Team GC leader, kept the peloton well under control, securing Carr’s position as the overall leader for the second day.

“It’s great to be in the leader’s jersey, it’s truly special. I’m happy with my current form, having won a stage in Genting, and now wearing this leader’s jersey, it’s already a victory for me,” said the 25-year-old Briton.

It will be another flat journey in tomorrow’s penultimate Stage 7 from Muar to Seremban 2 which offers three intermediate sprints at Umbai (28.6 km), Cheng (47.8km) and Linggi (91km).

Another fast action is on the cards as sprinters charge hard for a podium finish at Dataran Centrio in Seremban 2.

Complete results:

174.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.164 km/hr

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	4hr 8min 19sec
2	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
3	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
4	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
5	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
7	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
8	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
9	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
10	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
11	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
12	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
13	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
15	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
17	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
18	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling	s.t.
19	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
20	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
23	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
25	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
26	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
28	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
30	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
32	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
33	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling	s.t.
34	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
35	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
39	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
40	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
41	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
42	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
43	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	s.t.
44	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
46	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
47	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
49	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
51	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
52	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
53	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
54	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
55	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
57	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
58	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
59	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
60	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
63	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
64	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
65	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
66	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
67	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
69	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
70	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
72	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
73	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
74	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
76	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
79	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling	s.t.
80	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
81	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
82	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
83	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	@ 28sec
86	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:40
87	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
88	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	0:57
89	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	1:09
90	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	1:19
91	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:30
92	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	s.t.
93	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	@ 0sec
94	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:15
95	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	9:38
96	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
97	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
99	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
100	Harrif Saleh Mohd	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
101	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
102	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
104	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
106	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
107	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
108	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling	s.t.
110	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
111	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
112	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
113	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
114	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
115	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

GC leader: Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost)
Mountains classification leader: Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro)
Points classification leader: Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Teams classification leader: EF Education-EasyPost

997.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.355 km/hr

1	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	23hr 33min 29sec
2	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 49sec
3	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:58
4	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:07
5	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:15
6	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	1:29
7	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	1:34
8	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:39
9	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:40
10	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	2:03
11	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:14
12	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:31
13	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
14	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:51
15	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:00
16	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	3:22
17	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:26
18	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:39
19	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:06
20	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	4:08
21	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:22
22	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:37
23	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:55
24	Christian Eiking Odd	EF Education-EasyPost	5:05
25	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	6:04
26	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	6:48
27	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:55
28	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	7:30
29	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:37
30	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	7:52
31	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:10
32	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:08
33	Nur Aiman Rosli	Malaysia	9:19
34	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	9:30
35	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	9:50
36	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	9:54
37	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	10:35
38	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	10:37
39	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	10:37
40	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:12
41	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:15
42	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	11:55
43	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:02
44	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	13:30
45	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	13:32
46	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	14:39
47	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	15:06
48	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	16:03
49	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:59
50	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	20:07
51	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
52	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	20:09
53	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	21:05
55	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:39
56	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	25:24
57	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:54
58	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	26:58
59	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	27:45
60	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	27:57
61	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	33:18
62	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	36:16
63	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	36:33
64	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	36:57
65	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	39:42
66	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling	41:54
67	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	42:38
68	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	43:25
69	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	44:54
70	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling	46:33
71	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	50:25
72	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	50:48
73	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	50:55
74	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	50:57
75	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	53:26
76	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	53:30
77	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	54:52
78	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	54:54
79	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	55:44
80	Muh Imam Arifin	Nusantara Cycling	56:03
81	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	56:05
82	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	56:13
83	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:26
84	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	56:50
85	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:52
86	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
87	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	57:03
88	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	57:18
89	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	58:14
90	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	58:27
91	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:38
92	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:53
93	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	59:14
94	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	59:22
95	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	59:28
96	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	1:00:14
97	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling	1:00:22
98	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	1:00:47
99	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:00:51
100	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:00:54
101	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	1:02:20
102	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	1:05:03
103	William Cooper	St George Continental	1:06:30
104	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	1:07:21
105	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:08:02
106	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling	1:08:45
107	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	1:08:48
108	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	1:09:26
109	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	1:09:57
110	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	1:11:04
111	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	1:12:11
112	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	1:12:24
113	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	1:12:25
114	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	1:13:06
115	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:19:32

Wednesday, September 27: Stage 5, Slim River - Genting Highlands, 126.4 km

Simon Carr takes a solo win at Genting Highlands

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Weather at the finish at Genting Highlands at 11:05 AM, local time: 24C (76F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 35% chance of rain at 2:00.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five summary.

Pre-race favourite Simon Carr crushed his rivals in the last four kilometres with a strong climb to take the Genting Highlands stage which saw EF Education-EasyPost registering a one-two finish at the summit of the queen stage here today.

The 25-year-old Briton rode strongly in the hardest section of the punishing climb, shaking off Alexander Jefferson Cepeda at the 4km mark and went off on his own right up to the summit finish with a time of 3hrs 24.06s – 49 seconds ahead of his Ecuadorian teammate.

It was the fifth time, in the Tour’s history, that riders from the same team had succeeded in a one-two finish after MG Technogym (1997), Mapei-Bricobi (1998), Colombia Selle Italia (2004) and Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli in 2007.

Today’s results saw changes in two race jerseys with Carr, as the new overall leader in Green Jersey with a total time of 19:25.10s.

Astana Qazaqstan’s Vadim Pronsky, the Best Asian rider after today’s stage, is now fifth overall in the standings with a deficit of 1:15s.

Parading a team full of climbing specialists, EF Education-EasyPost lived up to their top billings with Carr, Cepeda, Odd Christian Eiking and Jardi Van der Lee taking turns in driving hard at the head of the peloton and crushing their rivals.

Today’s Genting stage was Carr’s biggest stage win this season, reinforcing his status as among EF Education’s best climbers, which he dedicated to his grandfather, who passed away on Monday.

“Coming to Malaysia for the first time for the race, I felt the pressure, which is a bit more for me here. The quality of riders is just great but I’m happy to win for the team as last year, we came close.

“Genting was really a tough climb, with three main sections along the route with the top section, the last 4km the hardest. After Cepeda had gone off to the front, I managed to make contact with him before going solo to the summit,” said Carr, who started the day on third overall with a 10s deficit behind the leader.

The team will remain focused in the next three days, to avoid any troubles on their leader and eventually wrap up their campaign on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur on a high note.

Second-placed Cepeda, meanwhile, was happy with the results, despite failing to keep his pace after going solo at the 6km mark.

“I’m happy to have helped the team with this win, we controlled the breakaway today. It was clear, Simon had better legs today, I’m happy for the team,” said Cepeda.

Tudor Cycling Team are poised for remarkable results in their first outing in Malaysia, with Simon Pellaud keeping the Red Polka Dot jersey as mountains leader.

Currently with 32 points, he is leading the mountains standings by 12 points, ahead of closest rival Carr (20 points). Pellaud also won today’s Most Combative Award for his early breakaway efforts.

Sprinter Arvid de Kleijn (30 points) remained in Orange Sprints Jersey, albeit with a slender lead of just one point over Italian Enrico Zanoncello (Green Project Bardiani, 29 points) and New Zealander George Jackson (Bolton Equities Black Spoke, 27 points).

The White Jersey changed hands with Astana’s Vadim Pronsky taking over the Best Asian leader tag, with a 2mins 15s advantage over closest rival Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team).

Tomorrow will be a day for sprinters as the race resumes with Stage 6 from Karak to the historical town of Melaka, a flat route over 174.5km with three intermediate sprints and two small climbs.

Complete results:

126.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.158 km/hr

1	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 24min 6sec
2	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 39sec
3	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:48
4	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:55
5	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:59
6	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	1:13
7	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	1:18
8	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:26
9	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
10	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	1:47
11	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:58
12	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:16
13	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	2:31
14	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:35
15	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:44
16	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:14
17	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
18	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:23
19	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	3:52
20	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:06
22	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:21
23	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:39
24	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	4:49
25	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	5:12
26	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	5:24
27	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	5:48
28	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	6:32
29	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:39
30	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:51
31	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
32	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	7:14
33	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	7:17
34	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	7:36
35	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	7:54
36	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:12
37	Nur Aiman Rosli	Malaysia	9:09
38	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	9:14
39	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	9:34
40	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	9:38
41	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	10:19
42	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	10:21
43	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
44	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	10:59
45	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
47	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	11:16
48	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	11:33
49	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:46
50	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
51	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	12:21
52	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	13:15
53	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
54	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	13:59
55	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	14:23
56	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	15:05
57	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	17:54
58	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	18:27
59	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	19:12
60	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	19:30
61	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:53
62	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
63	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
64	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
65	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
66	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
67	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
68	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
69	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	20:19
71	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	21:47
72	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:23
75	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:24
76	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	23:59
77	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	24:31
78	Muh Imam Arifin	Nusantara Cycling Team	24:58
79	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	25:07
80	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	25:15
81	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	25:18
82	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	25:53
83	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	25:55
84	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:57
85	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
86	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
87	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
89	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	26:09
90	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	26:29
91	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	26:35
92	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	26:43
93	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
94	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	26:48
95	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:52
96	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:54
97	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
98	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	27:19
99	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	27:31
100	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
101	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	27:46
102	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	28:08
103	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	28:12
104	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	28:17
105	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	28:33
107	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	28:35
108	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	28:53
109	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	29:14
110	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	29:25
111	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	30:31
112	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	31:28
113	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
114	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	31:30
115	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	31:51
116	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	32:36
117	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	32:50

GC after stage 5:

GC leader: Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost)
Mountains classification leader: Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro)
Points classification leader: Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Teams classification leader: EF Education-EasyPost

823.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.396 km/hr

1	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	19hr 25min 10sec
2	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 49sec
3	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:58
4	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:07
5	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:15
6	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	1:29
7	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	1:34
8	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:39
9	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:40
10	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	2:03
11	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:14
12	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:31
13	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
14	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:51
15	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:00
16	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:26
17	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	3:30
18	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:39
19	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:06
20	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	4:08
21	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:22
22	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	4:37
23	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:55
24	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	5:05
25	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	6:04
26	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	6:25
27	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	6:48
28	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	6:55
29	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	7:30
30	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:37
31	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	7:52
32	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:10
33	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	8:28
34	Nur Aiman Rosli	Malaysia	9:25
35	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	9:30
36	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	9:50
37	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	9:54
38	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	10:35
39	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	10:37
40	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	10:37
41	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:12
42	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:15
43	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	11:55
44	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:02
45	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	13:30
46	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	13:32
47	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	14:39
48	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	15:06
49	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:59
50	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:07
51	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	20:07
52	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	20:09
53	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	20:09
54	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	21:05
55	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23:39
56	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:40
57	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	25:24
58	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	26:48
59	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	26:54
60	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	26:55
61	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	26:58
62	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	27:45
63	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	35:48
64	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	36:17
65	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	38:23
66	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	41:54
67	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	42:28
68	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	42:38
69	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	44:54
70	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	46:33
71	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	48:49
72	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	50:25
73	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	50:44
74	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	50:48
75	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	50:55
76	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	50:57
77	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	51:09
78	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	51:56
79	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	52:42
80	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	53:30
81	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	54:52
82	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	54:54
83	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	55:25
84	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	55:48
85	Muh Imam Arifin	Nusantara Cycling Team	56:03
86	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	56:05
87	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	56:13
88	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:36
89	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	56:50
90	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	56:52
91	Connor Sens	St George Continental	56:52
92	William Cooper	St George Continental	56:52
93	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	57:03
94	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	57:18
95	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	57:43
96	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	57:54
97	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	58:14
98	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	58:24
99	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	58:26
100	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	58:36
101	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:38
102	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58:53
103	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	59:07
104	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	59:10
105	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	59:20
106	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	59:22
107	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	59:24
108	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	59:28
109	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	59:48
110	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	1:00:18
111	Mohamadi Abdul Halil	Malaysia	1:00:19
112	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	1:01:26
113	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	1:02:33
114	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	1:02:46
115	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	1:02:47
116	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	1:03:28
117	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:09:54

Tuesday, September 26: Stage 4, Bukit Mertajam - Meru Raya, 140.2 km

Daniel Babor wins stage four.

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Weather at the city of Ipoh, close the the finish at 11:00 AM local time: 27C (81F), raining, with the wind from the northeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). By 2:00 the chance of rain drops to 20%.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage four summary.

Czech rider Daniel Babor of Caja Rural-Seguros RGA timed his sprint perfectly in the last 200 metres to clinch Stage 4 of the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi 2023 at Meru Raya here, today.

Second-placed and yesterday’s Stage 3 winner George Jackson of Bolton Equities Black Spoke is now the overall race leader, taking over the Green Jersey from Italian Enrico Zanoncello of Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizane.

Zanoncello is second overall with a six-second deficit followed by the top favourite for tomorrow’s big climb in Genting, Simon Carr of EF Education-EasyPost who is 10 seconds adrift behind the leader.

The Tour which started in Kerteh, Terengganu on Saturday, has now seen four different winners from four different teams after four days of racing.

The 23-year-old rider, who is racing in his last race of the season here, had countrymate Tomas Bartab to thank for executing a great lead out which put him in a good sprinting position to the line, ahead of second-placed and yesterday’s winner yesterday’s winner George Jackson of Bolton Equities Black Spoke with a time of 3:06.05s. Belgian Sasha Weemaes of Human Power Health came in third.

Babor was elated with his win here after struggling throughout the year with just one stage win in Volta a Portugal (2.1) in August to show on his palmares this season.

“It’s my first major win in Asia and second stage win in top-level races this season. I’m not really in good shape and this is my last race of the season, so this win truly means a lot to me,” said Babor, who was fourth in Stage 4 in Kota Bharu, which was won by Astana Qazaqstan’s Gleb Syritsa.

Stage winners Arvid de Kleijn and Syritsa, the two top fast men heavily tipped to take the stage, lost out in the locked out in a hectic final sprint and had to settle for 8th and 10th placings respectively.

“I’m not actually in the best shape here, but after taking 4th place in Stage 2, I thought we could get better results but not a stage win. But today, in the last 20km, I felt good, got into the last corner first, had a good lead out and hit the line first,” said Babor, saying that he is now more confident of taking on the best in field such as Kleijn and Syritsa and deliver good sprint results for the team after today’s win.

Second-placed Jackson of Bolton Equities Black Spoke, yesterday’s Stage 3 winner, said he had a good lead out and gave his all in the last 200 metres but lost out to a better sprinter.

“I had a good lead out in the last 300 metres, came around the corner, tried hard but Babor was the fastest man today. I’m still happy with the results and we have a few more shots at stage wins after this,” said the Kiwi rider.

The day started with 121 riders signing on, with three intermediate sprints along the 140.2km flat route. A nine-men breakaway group charged strongly after the 8km mark which was later reduced to only three riders – Giulio Massoto of Corratec-Selle Italia, Muhammad Afiq Huznie of Nusantara Cycling and Nichol Pareja of 7Eleven Cliqq Air by Road Bikes Philippines. With 6km to go, the trio were subsequently reeled by the peloton.

Tudor, Astana and Green Project-Bardiani were scrambling to put their sprinters in the best position for the final sprint in the last few kilometres but in the end, Caja Rural’s Babor had the upper hand after slipping through into the last corner first.

Simon Pellaud of Tudor Pro Cycling Team Simon Pellaud kept the mountains classification’s red polka dot jersey for the second day with 20 points, ahead of Luca Covilli (Green Project-Bardiani CSF Faizane) with 12 points.

Rating his chances for tomorrow’s big climb in Genting, Pellaud said: “It’s going to be hard, but I will try to defend the polka dot jersey, especially against Luca Covilli who is 12 points behind me. My target is to be with the great climbing guys tomorrow,” said Pellaud, who picked EF Education-EasyPost top climber Simon Carr as the top favourites for tomorrow’s queen stage in Genting.

Dutch sprinter Arvid de Kleijn, who was out of position in today’s sprint, remained in KBS Orange Sprints jersey as sprints classification leader with 30 points, only a point ahead of close rival Enrico Zanoncello and George Jackson (Bolton Equities) with 27 points.

In the Asian classification, Thailand Continental Cycling Team’s Ratchanon Yaowarat is the wearer of the White jersey, after leading 4 seconds ahead of compatriot Thanakan Chaiyasombat and Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli of the Malaysian National team.

“I’m happy to be wearing the white jersey, but on top of that I’m happy over my fifth-placings in the GC after today’s stage with 12 seconds deficit behind the leader,” said Yaorawat.

Meanwhile, Giulio Masotto of Corratec Selle Italia, who was among the nine riders in the early breakaway group, won the Most Combative Award.

After four days of racing, tomorrow’s Hors climb to the summit of Genting (1,625 metres) will be the defining moment for teams and pure climbers as they tackle the 126.4km route with the winner of the stage likely be crowned as the eventual overall leader of the 27th edition of the Tour.

Complete results:

140.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.206 km/hr

1	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3hr 6min 5sec
2	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
3	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
4	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
5	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
6	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
7	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
11	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
12	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
14	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
15	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Harrif Saleh Mohd	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
17	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
20	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
21	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
23	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
24	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
25	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
27	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
28	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
29	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
30	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
31	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	s.t.
32	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
34	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
35	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Nur Aiman Rosli	Malaysia	s.t.
38	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
39	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
40	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
41	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
43	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
46	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
47	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
48	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
49	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
51	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
53	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
54	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
56	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
58	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
59	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
62	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
63	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
64	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
65	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
66	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
67	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
71	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
73	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
76	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
77	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
78	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
79	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
81	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
82	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	s.t.
84	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
85	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
87	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
88	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
89	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
90	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
94	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
97	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
98	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
99	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
100	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
101	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
103	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
104	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
105	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
106	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
107	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
108	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
110	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
112	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	@ 17sec
113	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	0:19
114	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	0:24
115	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:25
116	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:31
117	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	0:37
118	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	0:42
119	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
120	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:53
121	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	5:20

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: George Jackson (Bolton Equities-Black Spoke)
Mountains classification leader: Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro)
Points classification leader: Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Teams classification leader: Green Project-Bardiani-CSF

696.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.508 km/hr

1	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	16hr 1min 4sec
2	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	@ 6sec
3	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	0:10
4	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:12
5	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
6	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
7	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:13
8	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:14
10	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
11	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:15
13	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:16
15	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
16	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
17	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
18	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
19	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
20	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
22	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
23	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
25	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
28	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
29	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
30	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
31	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
32	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
34	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
37	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
38	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
39	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
41	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
43	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
44	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
46	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
47	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
48	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
49	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
51	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
52	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
53	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
55	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	0:39
56	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:46
57	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:51
58	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	1:01
59	Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	1:12
60	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:13
61	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:58
62	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	6:57
63	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	7:49
64	Muhshin Al Misbah	Malaysia	7:50
65	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	30:39
66	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	30:41
67	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	30:45
68	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
69	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	30:49
70	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	30:50
71	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	30:51
72	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:52
74	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
75	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	30:53
76	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
77	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
78	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
79	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	30:54
80	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
81	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	30:55
82	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
83	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
84	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
85	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
86	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
88	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
89	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
90	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
91	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
92	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
94	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
95	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
96	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
98	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
99	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
100	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
101	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
102	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
104	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
105	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	31:02
106	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	31:04
107	Harrif Saleh Mohd	Terengganu Polygon	31:05
108	Mohamad Izzat Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
109	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	31:12
112	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	31:19
113	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	31:28
114	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	31:32
115	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	31:43
116	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	31:44
117	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	32:01
118	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	32:41
119	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	32:44
120	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	33:05
121	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	38:24

Monday, September 25: Stage 3, Jeli - Baling, 183.1 km

George Jackson wins stage three.

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Weather at the finish city of Baling at 11:10 AM, local time: 28C (82F), rain showers, with the wind from the southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph).

The race: Here is the race organizer's stage three summary.

George Jackson of Bolton Equities Black Spoke launched a powerful sprint to win a hard-fought 183.1km Stage 3 of the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi 2023 which ended in Baling, today.

Jackson staved off a chaotic final sprint battle against Green Project-Bardiani’s Enrico Zanoncello who had to settle as the stage’s second best.

A disappointed Zanoncello, however, managed to wrest the Petronas Green Jersey from Tudor’s Arvid de Kleijn, as the overall leader after Day 3 of the race.

Today’s fourth win of the season came as a sweet one for the Kiwi who, just a week ago, clinched two stages and the overall title of the Tour of Taihu Lake (2.Pro) in China.

Led out by teammate Matthew Bostock, the Wellington-born rider slipped through from fourth into the last corner, launching his sprint at the right time to brush aside Zanoncello with slightly over a bike’s length, but it was not enough for him to take over the GC standings. Second-placed Zanoncello emerged as the new overall leader with a time of 12.55.05.

It was supposed to be a stage for the pure climbers and GC contenders to rule but in the end, it was the 23-year-old Jackson, winner of this year’s Tour of Taihu Lake, who had the last laugh at the end of the tough stage.

“I’m pretty stoked with today’s win. It was a hard race but the boys did a great job of chasing the leaders all day.

Towards the last 300 metres, Matt (Bostock) led me out, I was then fourth into the last corner, and sprinted as hard as I could to the line,’ said Jackson, adding that the team’s focus now is to look for another stage win and fight hard for the general classification.

Despite having the green jersey on his back, Zanoncello could not hide his disappointment of finishing second. “I was eyeing for a win today but in the end, George is the better rider. I’m disappointed and today’s jersey come as a consolation to me,” said Zanoncello who had stage wins in this year’s Tour of Qinghai Lake.

EF Education-Easy Post’s Simon Carr who is now third in the general classification with a four-minute deficit over the leader, will be the main man to watch when the race heads for Genting Highlands on Wednesday.

Despite losing the leader’s jersey, Tudor Pro Cycling team still had reasons to celebrate as Simon Pellaud, who was part of the nine-man early breakaway group, took over as leader of the mountains classification and new wearer of Polka Dot Jersey.

Pellaud took full points in three out of the four KOMs on offer today, including the Cat. 1 climb at Puncak Titiwangsa (1066 metres). He now has 20 points at the top with Bardiani’s Luca Covili trailing in second with 12 points.

Teammate and Stage One winner Arvid de Kleijn remains at the top of the Sprints Classification and will start tomorrow’s Stage 4 in the KBS Orange Jersey as the Best Sprinter. The Dutchman led the sprinters’ field but tied with Zanoncello with 27 points after three stages.

It was also a fruitful day for the Malaysian National Team who had Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli to thank for delivering the White Jersey as the Best Asian Rider.

Carr, among the main riders in the group of nine in the early breakaway, currently third in the overall standings, was voted as the winner of the day’s Most Combative award.

The race started with 125 riders but ended with 121, with three riders failing to start and four dropping out on a day that saw three Giant Cycling Team riders failing to make it to the start line.

The three riders Lin Chuanyang, Wang Zichen and Huang Junlei were involved in an accident that saw their team van flipping over within the neutral zone in Jeli. The riders and driver of the van however escaped serious injuries.

Tomorrow’s Stage 4 from Bukit Mertajam to Meru Raya Ipoh over a flat route of 140.2km, presents sprinters with another chance of being on the winners’ podium with three intermediate sprints in Bagan Serai, Talang and Sungai Siput and a small Cat 3 climb in Kuala Kangsar.

Complete results:

183.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.215 km/hr

1	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4hr 14min 13sec
2	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
3	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
4	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
5	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
6	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
7	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
8	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
10	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
16	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
18	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
23	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
26	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
28	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
31	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
32	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
33	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
35	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
37	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
38	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
39	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
40	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	s.t.
41	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
42	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
43	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
44	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
45	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
46	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
47	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
48	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
49	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
51	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
53	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
54	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
55	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	@ 21sec
58	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	0:45
59	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	0:57
60	Mohd Nur Aiman Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
61	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:42
62	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	6:41
63	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	7:34
64	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
65	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	29:17
66	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	30:37
67	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
68	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
69	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	30:39
70	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
71	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
72	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
73	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
74	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
75	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
76	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
78	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
79	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
80	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
81	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
83	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
84	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
85	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
86	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
87	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
88	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
91	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
92	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
93	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
94	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
97	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
98	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
99	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
100	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
103	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
104	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
105	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
106	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
108	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
109	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
110	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
111	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
112	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	30:49
113	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
115	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
116	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	s.t.
117	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
118	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
121	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	31:45

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Enrico Zanoncello (Green Project-Bardiani-CSF)
Mountains classification leader: Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro)
Points classification leader: Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Teams classification leader: Green Project-Bardiani-CSF

556.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.869 km/hr

1	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	12hr 55min 5sec
2	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
3	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 4sec
4	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:06
5	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
6	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:07
7	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:08
9	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
10	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:09
12	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0: 10
14	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
16	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
17	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
18	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
20	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
21	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
22	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
25	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
27	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
28	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
31	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
32	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
33	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
35	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
36	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
38	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
39	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
40	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
43	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
44	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
45	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
46	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
47	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
49	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
51	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
54	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
55	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	0:33
56	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:40
57	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:45
58	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	0:55
59	Mohd Nur Aiman Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	1:06
60	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:07
61	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:52
62	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	6:51
63	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	7:43
64	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	7:44
65	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	30:33
66	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	30:35
67	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	30:39
68	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	30:43
69	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
70	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	30:46
71	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
72	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	30:47
73	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
74	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
75	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
76	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	30:48
77	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	30:49
78	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
80	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
81	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
82	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
83	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
84	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
85	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
88	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
89	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
90	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
91	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
92	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
94	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
96	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
97	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
98	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
99	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
100	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
101	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
103	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
104	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
105	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
106	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
107	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
108	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	30:56
110	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
111	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	30:59
112	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
113	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	31:12
116	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	31:22
117	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	31:42
118	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	31:55
119	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	31:56
120	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	32:28
121	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	32:50

Sunday, September 24: Stage 2, Kuala Terengganu - Kota Bharu, 186.2 km

Gleb Syritsa wins stage two.

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Weather at the finish city of Kota Bharu at 11:20 AM, local time: 28C (83F), fair, with the wind from the west at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is a 60% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two summary.

Gleb Syritsa stamped his brute sprinting strength in the last 50 metres to take Stage 2 from Kuala Terengganu to Kota Bharu, his second career win in the PETRONAS Le Tour de Langkawi.

The 23-year-old Astana Qazaqstan Team’s top sprinter made amends for the mistakes of starting yesterday’s sprint from the far out which cost him a win, perfectly timed his sprint in today’s stage to edge out Dutch sprinter Arvid de Kleijn, to take his second career win in the Tour.

With 300 metres to go, De Kleijn was locked in a close tussle with Syritsa who stayed firm on his wheel, and came in second but remained in the PETRONAS Green Leader’s Jersey with a close 0.02s ahead of the Russian.

The Dutchman also kept the KBS Orange Sprinter’s Jersey on his back, accumulating 27 points to stay ahead of Syritsa who is now three points behind.

Italian Enrico Zanoncello (Green Project-Bardiani-CSF-Fanzaine), winner of this year’s Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.Pro), came in third.

“I’m so happy to have won and beat Arvid today. I got it all wrong yesterday, made a mistake in my sprinting tactics…but today, it was all good,” said the elated Russian sprinter, adding that it would be a tough ride in tomorrow’s Stage 3 hilly stage from Jeli to Banting. “We’ll see how it goes tomorrow,” he added.

De Kleijn conceded that Syritsa was the better man today, saying that he looks forward to more sprint battles with his close rival in the coming stages.

“My team did a great job in leading me out, but with 200 metres to go, I tried hard but in the end, I felt I didn’t have it today. There’s more sprint battles in the coming days, and I’m looking forward to lock horns with Gleb again,” said de Kleijn.

Meanwhile, the TOURISM MALAYSIA Red Polka Dot jersey changed hands with Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team’s Nur Amirull Fakhrudin Mazuki taking over from teammate Muhammad Nur Aiman Zariff, who is now second in the KOM standings.

Nur Amirull took full points in both KOM zones in Setiu and Pelong, amassing four points with Nur Aiman a point behind.

“The strategy today is for me to do the breakaway and stay ahead, and give Nur Aiman a rest and prepare for tomorrow’s hilly stage, which suits well for pure climbers.

It’s going to be crucial for us tomorrow and will give our best…we are hoping that our climbers like Jambaljamts Sainbayar, Nur Aiman and Jeroen Meijers stay in good shape for tomorrow,” said Nur Amirull.

The BEAUTIFUL TERENGGANU White Jersey remained with Roojai Online Insurance’s rider, Tegshbayar Batsaikhan as Asia’s Best rider, after completing the stage in seventh place.

Meanwhile, Caja-Rural Seguros rider, Calum Johnston took the BUBBLES O2 Most Combative award following his 50km solo effort after the 90km mark.

With no dropouts (128 riders) in today’s stage, tomorrow’s 183.1km hilly battle from Jeli to Baling is expected to be crucial, especially for the general classification contenders.

A Category 1 climb at Puncak Titiwangsa (1066m), followed by two Category 2 and one Cat 1 climbs await teams and riders who will need to be in their best shape, physically, mentally and tactically.

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Complete results:

186.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.772 km/hr

1	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	4hr 15min 14sec
2	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
3	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
4	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
5	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
8	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
9	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
11	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
12	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
13	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
14	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Harrif Saleh Mohd	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
16	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
17	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
20	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
22	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
23	Mohamad Izzat Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
24	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
25	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
26	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
27	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
28	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
30	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
31	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
32	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
33	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
34	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
36	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
37	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
39	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
40	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
42	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
43	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
44	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
45	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
47	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
48	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
49	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
51	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
52	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
53	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
54	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
55	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
56	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
57	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
58	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
59	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
60	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
61	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
62	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
63	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
64	Jun Bai Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
65	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
66	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
67	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
70	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
71	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
72	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
74	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
75	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
76	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
78	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
80	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
81	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
84	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Warut Paekrathok	Thailand Continental	s.t.
87	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
89	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
90	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
91	Saegyeol Im	KSPO Professional	s.t.
92	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
93	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
94	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
95	Matthew Rice	St George Continental	s.t.
96	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
97	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
98	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
99	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
101	Zichen Wang	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
103	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
104	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
105	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
106	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
108	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	s.t.
109	Chuanyang Lin	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
111	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
112	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
113	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
115	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
117	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
118	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
120	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	@ 23sec
121	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	s.t.
122	Junlei Huang	Giant Cycling Team	0:26
123	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:31
124	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:33
125	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	0:36
126	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	0:50
127	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:53
128	William Cooper	St George Continental	@ 0sec

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Mountains classification leader: Nur Amirul Mazuki (Terengganu Polygon)
Points classification leader: Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro)
Teams clasification leader: Green Project-Bardiani-CSF

373.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.044 km/hr

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	8hr 40min 46sec
2	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 2sec
3	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	0:10
4	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
5	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	0:12
6	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13
8	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
9	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
10	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
12	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:14
13	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
14	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:15
16	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
17	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
18	Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
19	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	0:16
20	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
21	Harrif Saleh Mohd	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
22	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
23	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
24	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
25	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
28	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
29	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
30	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
31	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
33	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
34	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
37	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
38	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
39	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
41	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
42	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
43	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
44	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
47	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
48	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
49	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
50	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
51	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
52	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
53	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
54	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
56	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Warut Paekrathok	Thailand Continental	s.t.
60	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
61	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
62	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Matthew Rice	St George Continental	s.t.
64	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
65	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
66	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
67	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
68	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
69	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
70	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
71	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
72	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
73	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
76	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
77	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
80	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
81	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
82	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
83	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
84	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
86	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
87	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
88	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
89	Félix Parra José	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
90	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
91	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
92	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
93	Jun Bai Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
94	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
95	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
96	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
97	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
98	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
100	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
101	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
102	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Chuanyang Lin	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
106	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
107	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
108	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
109	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
110	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Saegyeol Im	KSPO Professional	s.t.
112	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
113	Zichen Wang	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
115	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	s.t.
116	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
117	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:30
119	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	0:39
120	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
121	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Junlei Huang	Giant Cycling Team	0:42
123	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:46
124	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:09
125	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	1:13
126	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:28
127	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:55
128	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	2:07

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Saturday, September 23: Stage 1, Kerteh - Kuala Terengganu, 187.4 km

Arvid de Kleijn wins stage one.

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Weather at the finish city of Kuala Terengganu at 11:40 AM, local time: 30C (86F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 16% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage one summary.

Arvid de Kleijn of Tudor Pro Cycling Team charged strongly ahead of the other frontrunners in a close bunch sprint to take the opening stage of the Tour de Langkawi 2023 from Kerteh to Kuala Terengganu.

It was indeed a sweet victory for the 29-year-old Dutchman, fondly known as “Little Gorilla”, who is making his maiden appearance with the Swiss-based team in the 27th edition of Asia’s ProSeries race.

Today’s stage win saw De Kleijn emerging as overall race leader which earned him the PETRONAS Green Jersey as well as the KBS Orange Jersey as leader in sprints classification.

Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team got off to a promising start with climber and two-time KOM jersey winner, Muhammad Nur Aiman Zariff taking the TOURISM MALAYSIA Polka Dot Jersey as leader of the mountains classification.

Nur Aiman collected full points after winning the first KOM ahead of Thailand’s Sarawut Sirironnachai of Thailand Continental Cycling Team in the first KOM at Jerangau (74km) but took the second spot in the Cat. 4 second climb at Sekayu.

For de Kleijn, today’s stage win was his fifth of the season in five different races, and in five different months. Before coming to Malaysia, the Dutchman won stages in Milano Torino (1.Pro), Deutschland Tour (2.Pro), Boucles de la Mayenne (2.Pro), and ZLM Tour (2.Pro).

Russian sprinter Gleb Syritsa of Astana Qazaqstan came close to repeating his Stage 1 victory last year but in the end, settled for third, behind Human Powered Health’s Sasha Weemaes.

“Scrambling towards the finishing line, at one point, I thought I’d lose out to (Gleb) Syritsa due to his superior sprinting power. But being small, I managed to slip through, and I know I had a lot of speed with me…I’m happy to beat him,” said de Kleijn.

On his thoughts of winning more stages in the race, De Kleijn said: “Winning the two jerseys today, the Petronas Green and KBS Orange jerseys was simply great. But it would be even nicer if I can keep the Green jersey right up after Stage 8.”

For Muhammad Nur Aiman, being in the Tourism Malaysia Polka Dot jersey after the opening day was indeed a good start as he set his eyes on winning the LTdL KOM jersey for the third successive time.

“Yes, that is my aim, I’ll do my best to achieve the target. I’m in good shape and will give my all to win the KOM jersey for the third time in a row,” he said.

He reckons that Stage 3 hilly route from Jeli to Baling on Monday would be crucial if he harbours hopes of keeping the KOM jersey. “I’m keeping my eyes and focus on Stage 3, which will be hard but crucial for me and the team,” said Nur Aiman.

Meanwhile, Mongolian Tegshbayar Batsaikhan of Roojai Online Insurance took the BEAUTIFUL TERENGGANU White Jersey after emerging as the best Asian rider. The Mongolian was also picked as the BUBBLES 02 Most Combative Rider of the day.

A total of 128 riders with 34 different nationalities from 22 teams lined up at the start point in front of Mesra Mall in Kerteh, which is hosting the race for only the second time.

Tomorrow’s Stage 2 from Kuala Terengganu to Kota Bharu will see riders starting from Terengganu’s iconic Drawbridge for another day of hard riding on a relatively flat stage, with only three intermediate sprints and two Category 4 climbs. Expect another aggressive race and another fast bunch sprint finish in Kota Bharu tomorrow.

Complete results:

187.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.302 km/hr

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	4hr 25min 48sec
2	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	s.t.
3	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
4	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	s.t.
5	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
8	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
9	Harrif Saleh Mohd	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
10	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
11	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
13	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
14	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
16	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
17	Matthew Rice	St George Continental	s.t.
18	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
20	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Warut Paekrathok	Thailand Continental	s.t.
24	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
25	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
26	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
27	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
29	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
30	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
31	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
32	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
33	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
34	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
36	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
38	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
39	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
41	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
42	Christian Eiking Odd	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
44	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
45	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
46	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
47	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
48	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
49	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
50	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
51	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
53	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
54	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Félix Parra José	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
58	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
59	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
60	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	s.t.
61	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
62	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
64	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
65	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
67	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
68	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
69	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
70	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
71	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
72	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
73	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
74	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
75	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
76	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
77	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
78	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
79	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
81	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
82	Junlei Huang	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
84	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	s.t.
86	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
87	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Chuanyang Lin	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
91	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
92	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
93	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
94	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
95	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
96	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
97	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
98	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
99	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
101	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Jun Bai Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
104	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
105	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
106	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
107	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
108	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
111	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
113	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	s.t.
114	Zichen Wang	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
117	Saegyeol Im	KSPO Professional	s.t.
118	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
119	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
121	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
122	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	@ 14sec
124	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	0:21
125	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:23
126	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:01
127	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:06
128	Giulio Masotto	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:12

GC after stage 1:

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	4hr 25min 38sec
2	Sasha Weemaes	Human Powered Health	@ 4sec
3	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
4	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	0:06
5	Sarawut Sirironnachai	Thailand Continental	0:07
6	Tomas Barta	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:08
7	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
9	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	0:09
10	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
11	Aiman Mohd Zariff	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
12	Mohamad Abdul Halil	Malaysia	0:10
13	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Lorenzo Conforti	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
15	Carlos Canal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Mohd Harrif Saleh	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
17	Fakhruddin Mazuki	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
18	Hou Dongyi	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Zulhelmi Zainal	Malaysia	s.t.
20	Attilio Viviani	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
21	Raymond Kreder	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
22	Savelii Laptev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Matthew Rice	St George Continental	s.t.
24	Oscar Mauricio Pachon	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Aiman Rosli Nur	Malaysia	s.t.
26	George Jackson	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
27	Yongbing Gao	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Abdul Gani	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Warut Paekrathok	Thailand Continental	s.t.
30	Masaki Yamamoto	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
31	Junreck Carcueva	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
32	Hayato Uwano	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
33	Imam Arifin Muh	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
35	Lorenzo Quartucci	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
36	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
37	Byeonghoon Shin	KSPO Professional	s.t.
38	Ratchanon Yaowarat	Thailand Continental	s.t.
39	Adam De Vos	Human Powered Health	s.t.
40	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Ivan Cobo Cayon	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Martin López	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Ismael Grospe	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
45	Maris Bogdanovics	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
46	Jefferson Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Nichol Pareja	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
48	Odd Christian Eiking	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Rench Bondoc	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
50	Riku Onaka	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
51	Dylan Sunderland	St George Continental	s.t.
52	Joshua Pascual	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
53	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Human Powered Health	s.t.
54	Jon Agirre	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
55	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
56	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
57	Ryan Tugawin	7 Eleven Cliqq-Air21	s.t.
58	Penghai Deng	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
59	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
60	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
61	Aliaksei Shnyrko	Li Ning Star	s.t.
62	Jeroen Meijers	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
63	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
64	Jackson Medway	St George Continental	s.t.
65	Junqi Shao	Li Ning Star	s.t.
66	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	Josh Burnett	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
68	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
69	Simon Pellaud	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	Jinwoong Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
71	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Noppachai Klahan	Thailand Continental	s.t.
73	Davide Baldaccini	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
74	Roniel Campos	Li Ning Star	s.t.
75	Ariya Phounsavath	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
76	Muhammad Mohd Shukri	Malaysia	s.t.
77	William Cooper	St George Continental	s.t.
78	Gijs Van Hoecke	Human Powered Health	s.t.
79	Connor Sens	St George Continental	s.t.
80	Paul Double	Human Powered Health	s.t.
81	Yuma Koishi	JCL Team UKYO	s.t.
82	Matteo Scalco	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
83	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
85	Junlei Huang	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Riley Fleming	St George Continental	s.t.
87	Carlos Garcia	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	Cristian Raileanu	Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Chuanyang Lin	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
92	Muhshin Al Redha Misbah	Malaysia	s.t.
93	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
94	Navuti Liphongyu	Thailand Continental	s.t.
95	Polychronis Tzortzakis	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
96	Youcef Reguigui	Terengganu Polygon	s.t.
97	Eunbyeol Kim	KSPO Professional	s.t.
98	Thanachat Yatan	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
99	Mikel Iturria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Muhamad Zawawi Azman	Malaysia	s.t.
101	Leonardo Basso	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Jun Bai Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
104	Adne Van Engelen	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
105	Periklis Ilias	Li Ning Star	s.t.
106	Luhao Li	Li Ning Star	s.t.
107	Valentin Midey	Roojai Online Insurance	s.t.
108	Thomas Scully	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Muhammad Ridwan	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Manuele Tarozzi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
111	Prasetyo Firdaus	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Hyeok Choi Dong	KSPO Professional	s.t.
113	Seojun Lee	KSPO Professional	s.t.
114	Zichen Wang	Giant Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Afiq Othman	Nusantara Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Jokin Murguialday	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
117	Saegyeol Im	KSPO Professional	s.t.
118	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
119	Daniel Babor	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
120	Bailey O'Donnell	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
121	Hannes Wilksch	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
122	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
123	Matthew Bostock	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:24
124	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	0:31
125	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:33
126	Andris Vosekalns	Hengxiang Cycling Team	1:11
127	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:16

2023 Tour de Langkawi (2.Pro), Malaysia

27th edition: September 23 - 30, 2023

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