Race Report

Blanco Pro Cycling Team’s Theo Bos swept the opening victory in the 18th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) today almost unchallenged in the bunch sprint finish. That victory, 29-year old Bos’ second in two weeks, gave him both the Visit Terengganu Year 2013 yellow jersey as the overall leader and the Proton blue jersey as the leader of the points classification.

Backed by a strong team that included the former LTdL record stage winner Greame Brown, Bos easily saw off the challenge of young French sprinter Bryan Coquard of Team Europcar and Italy’s Andrea Guardini of the Astana Pro Team, the current LTdL stage win record holder at the end of the 162.7 kilometre stage that ended in 4 hours and 17 seconds.

China’s Wang Meiyin of the Hengxiang Cycling Team also grabbed some atention when his early effort in a breakway from kilometre zero with Japan’s Shinichi Fukushima of Team Nippo and Ho Junrong of OCBC Singapore saw him win all three intermediate sprints and the category 4 KOM at Bukit Selambau to take the Malaysia Airlines white Asian riders’ jersey as well as the Genting red jersey as the mountains classification leader.

The end result of the stage confirmed pre-race speculations as Bos, winner of Stage Two in the Tour of Algarve in Portugal last week, produced an explosive sprint to finish off the opposition after the peloton had caught up with the three breakway riders 20 kilometres from the finish. Synergy-Baku Cycling Project’s Anuar Manan emerged as the best Malaysian rider on the day by finishing seventh in the stage.

The second stage of LTdL covers 118km from Serdang to Kuala Kangsar, where the peloton has to also negotiate a tough category 2 climb up Bukit Sumpitan.

Race Results

Le Tour de Langkawi (2013) - Stage 1

Kangar to Kulim (163km)
21 Feb 2013
Stage 10  |  Stage 9  |  Stage 8  |  Stage 7  |  Stage 6  |  Stage 5  |  Stage 4  |  Stage 3  |  Stage 3  |  Stage 2  |  Stage 1


Stage
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 BOS, Theo NED Blanco 4:00:17
2 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 0
3 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA
4 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp
5 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
6 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
7 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
8 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI
9 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
10 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
11 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
12 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE
13 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU
14 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO
15 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM
16 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO
17 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
18 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
19 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
20 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
21 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
22 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
23 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE
24 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO
25 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
26 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO
27 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA
28 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA
29 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
30 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
31 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
32 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
33 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA
34 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team
35 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA
36 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
37 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco
38 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
39 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI
40 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
41 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
42 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
43 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
44 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM
45 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA
46 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
47 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp
48 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
49 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU
50 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team
51 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
52 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO
53 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM
54 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team
55 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
56 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU
57 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
58 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
59 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp
60 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG
61 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA
62 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
63 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
64 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team
65 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG
66 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
67 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
68 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco
69 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco
70 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
71 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
72 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG
73 SERRY, Pieter BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
74 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA
75 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU
76 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO
77 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team
78 ASGHARZADEH, Alireza IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
79 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
80 GOH, Choon Huat SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
81 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG
82 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA
83 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
84 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
85 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
86 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team
87 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
88 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
89 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco
90 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
91 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
92 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team
93 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
94 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE
95 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO
96 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM
97 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project
98 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
99 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM
100 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM
101 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
102 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
103 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI
104 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
105 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
106 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
107 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
108 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
109 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR
110 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
111 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO
112 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM
113 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team
114 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA
115 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI
116 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
117 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG
118 LOUDER, Jeffry USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
119 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
120 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU
121 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE
122 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO
123 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE
124 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
125 HO, Junrong SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
126 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG
127 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp 24
128 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp
129 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA 31
130 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 48
131 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco 53
132 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +4:43

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 BOS, Theo NED Blanco 4:00:07
2 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG 1
3 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 4
4 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA 6
5 HO, Junrong SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
6 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp 10
7 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
8 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
9 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
10 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI
11 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
12 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
13 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
14 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE
15 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU
16 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO
17 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM
18 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO
19 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
20 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
21 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
22 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
23 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
24 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
25 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE
26 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO
27 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
28 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO
29 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA
30 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA
31 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
32 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
33 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
34 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
35 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA
36 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team
37 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA
38 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
39 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco
40 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
41 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI
42 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
43 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
44 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
45 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
46 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM
47 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA
48 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
49 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp
50 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
51 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU
52 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team
53 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
54 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO
55 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM
56 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team
57 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
58 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU
59 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
60 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
61 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp
62 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA
63 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
64 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
65 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team
66 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG
67 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
68 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
69 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco
70 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco
71 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
72 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
73 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG
74 SERRY, Pieter BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
75 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA
76 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU
77 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO
78 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team
79 ASGHARZADEH, Alireza IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
80 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
81 GOH, Choon Huat SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
82 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG
83 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA
84 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
85 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
86 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
87 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team
88 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
89 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
90 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco
91 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
92 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
93 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team
94 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
95 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE
96 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO
97 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM
98 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project
99 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
100 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM
101 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM
102 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
103 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
104 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI
105 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
106 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
107 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
108 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
109 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
110 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR
111 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
112 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO
113 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM
114 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team
115 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA
116 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI
117 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
118 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG
119 LOUDER, Jeffry USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
120 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
121 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU
122 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE
123 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO
124 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE
125 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
126 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG
127 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp 34
128 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp
129 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA 41
130 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 58
131 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco +1:03
132 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +4:48

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