Race Report

Blanco Pro Cycling’s Theo Bos continued his dominant form while disappointing his rivals after winning Stage 2 of Le Tour de Langkawi from Serdang, Kedah to Kuala Kangsar today.

Yet again, Bos’ closest rival and LTdL stage win record holder Andrea Guardini of the Astana team was left behind in a bunch sprint to the finish line of the short but tough 117.8 kilometre stage.

Bos crossed the line in 2 hours 54 minutes and 48 seconds, leaving Guardini in second spot and Team Orica-GreenEdge’s Aidis Kroupis in third. Guardini had slight problems with his pedals in the final metres of the sprint.

With another comfortable victory, Bos retained the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the race with a 10 seconds advantage over Guardini. Bos also holds the blue jersey as the points classification leader, three points clear of Guardini.

Bos, 30, who managed seven victories the whole of last year, has already got three in his first two races this year after also winning Stage 2 in the Tour of the Algarve last week.

However, he admitted that it would be a difficult task to maintain the yellow jersey in the third stage tomorrow which ends with a tough climb up Cameron Highlands, but the Dutch rider said he aims to add to his collection of victories in the flat stages after that.

Meanwhile the king of the mountains jersey switched hands to Seo Joon Yong of the KSPO team after the South Korean topped the summit of the category two climb at Bukit Sumpitan yesterday to collect 10 points. China’s Wang Meiyin of the Hengxiang team lost the red jersey to Seo, but retained the Asian riders’ white jersey.

In today’s stage, a group of five riders – Seo, Li Fuyu (Hengxiang), Anuar Manan (Synergy-Baku), Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu Cycling) and Goh Choon Huat (OCBC Singapore) made an early breakaway right after the official start in Serdang.

Anuar managed to win the first two intermediate sprints in Selama and Lenggong to keep his chances of landing the points classification alive after he collected 10 points.

Seo took the mountains classification lead after he managed to top Bukit Sumpitan while Shahrul saw his hopes of landing the jersey diminish when he crashed about 70 metres from the summit.

The breakaway riders were caught by the peloton which was left three minutes behind when Shahrul won the third intermediate sprint in Kati, 17 kilometres from the finish in Kuala Kangsar.

Stage 3 tomorrow from Sungai Siput to Cameron Highlands covers 145.4km and will see the challengers coming from among the climbers as it involves a long and hard climb to the summit of the highlands resort town.

Race Results

Le Tour de Langkawi (2013) - Stage 2

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

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 BOS, Theo NED Blanco 6:54:45
2 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA 10
3 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG 11
4 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 14
5 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
6 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE 16
7 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO
8 HO, Junrong SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
9 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG 18
10 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 19
11 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp 20
12 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI
13 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
14 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
15 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
16 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM
17 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU
18 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
19 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
20 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
21 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
22 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA
23 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO
24 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE
25 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
26 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO
27 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM
28 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
29 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
30 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
31 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU
32 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
33 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team
34 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
35 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
36 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA
37 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
38 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
39 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team
40 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp
41 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA
42 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
43 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO
44 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
45 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
46 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
47 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO
48 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team
49 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco
50 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM
51 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA
52 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA
53 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
54 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
55 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
56 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI
57 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
58 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA
59 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
60 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
61 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG
62 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team
63 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
64 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR
65 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
66 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
67 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU
68 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
69 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp
70 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team
71 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team
72 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
73 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
74 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
75 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
76 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA
77 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO
78 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
79 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
80 ASGHARZADEH, Alireza IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
81 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA
82 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
83 SERRY, Pieter BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
84 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
85 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team
86 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
87 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
88 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG
89 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
90 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
91 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
92 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
93 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
94 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM
95 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project
96 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco
97 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco
98 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
99 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
100 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco
101 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU
102 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
103 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE
104 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA
105 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
106 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM
107 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO
108 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
109 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM
110 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
111 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
112 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
113 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM
114 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
115 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI
116 LOUDER, Jeffry USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
117 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE
118 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG
119 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE
120 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO
121 GOH, Choon Huat SIN OCBC SINGAPORE 41
122 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp 44
123 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA 51
124 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG 59
125 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +1:04
126 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:08
127 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp +1:24
128 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team +1:33
129 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO +1:56
130 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco +2:42
131 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI +2:45
132 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +4:58

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