Race Report

Hengxiang Cycling Team’s Wang Meiyin created his own piece of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) history when he won Stage 3 from Sungai Siput to Cameron Highlands and swept all four leaders’ jerseys.

The 25-year old cyclist drew on all his strength to win the 140.7 kilometre stage by riding the final 40 kilometres solo after he dropped four other breakaway partners who had conspired to escape about 10 kilometres into the stage.

Meiyin finished in 3 hours 50 minutes and 01 seconds, 2 minutes and 27 seconds ahead of second placed Julian David Arredondo of Team Nippo and Nathan Haas of Garmin-Sharp.

After leading the Asian riders’ classification from the first stage on Thursday, Meiyin yesterday finished by adding the yellow jersey as the overall leader, the blue jersey as the points classification leader andf the red jersey as the mountains classification leader to his collection.

He now leads double stage winner Theo Bos by six points after collecting 36 points in total and has a comfortable lead in the mountains classification with 44 points, with second placed Arredondo only with 20 points. His lead in the Asian riders’ classification is now extended to 3 minutes and 38 seconds over second placed Alexandr Dyachenko of Astana.

Meiyin added that he will try to defend the lead when the race reaches its most difficult stage, the climb up to Genting Highlands on Monday for Stage Five.

Race Results

Le Tour de Langkawi (2013) - Stage 3

Sungai Siput to Cameron Highlands (141km)
23 Feb 2013
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Stage
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG 3:50:01
2 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO +2:27
3 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp +3:11
4 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
5 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE +3:13
6 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI
7 SERRY, Pieter BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
8 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO
9 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA
10 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA
11 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
12 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA +3:16
13 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA
15 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA
16 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
17 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
18 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
19 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA
20 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp
21 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
22 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
23 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
24 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
25 ASGHARZADEH, Alireza IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
26 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project
27 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
28 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA +4:08
29 LOUDER, Jeffry USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +4:11
30 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM +4:37
31 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +5:19
32 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project +6:05
33 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
34 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco
35 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA +6:08
36 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR +6:20
37 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team +6:24
38 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +6:25
39 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +7:12
40 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +7:17
41 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO
42 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
43 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
44 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG
45 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG +7:22
46 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +7:34
47 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
48 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
49 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE
50 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE
51 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA
52 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team
53 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team
54 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
55 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM
56 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
57 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM
58 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
59 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE
60 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG
61 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
62 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
63 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO
64 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG +7:47
65 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +7:49
66 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU +7:51
67 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team +8:45
68 HO, Junrong SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +10:51
69 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +11:31
70 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +11:48
71 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
72 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
73 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI
74 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
75 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco
76 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
77 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp
78 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE
79 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team
80 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE +13:18
81 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO
82 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO
83 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
84 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI
85 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
86 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO +16:03
87 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +17:05
88 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO +17:40
89 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM +17:58
90 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM +20:08
91 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team +20:59
92 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
93 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +22:58
94 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco
95 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team
96 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
97 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA
98 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
99 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU
100 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO
101 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp
102 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
103 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
104 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
105 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
106 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU
107 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI
108 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
109 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
110 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team
111 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM
112 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
113 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
114 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
115 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU
116 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
117 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
118 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
119 GOH, Choon Huat SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
120 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco
121 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM
122 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco
123 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG
124 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA
125 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
126 BOS, Theo NED Blanco
127 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp
128 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
129 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
130 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
131 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
132 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +26:35

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG 10:44:44
2 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO +2:43
3 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp +3:29
4 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +3:33
5 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +3:35
6 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI
7 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA
8 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
9 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA
10 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO
11 SERRY, Pieter BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
12 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +3:37
13 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +3:38
14 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA
15 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA
16 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
17 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA
18 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
19 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp
20 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA
21 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
22 ASGHARZADEH, Alireza IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
23 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
24 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
25 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project
26 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
27 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
28 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA +4:30
29 LOUDER, Jeffry USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +4:33
30 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM +4:59
31 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +5:41
32 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM +6:27
33 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
34 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco
35 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA +6:30
36 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR +6:42
37 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team +6:46
38 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +6:47
39 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +7:39
40 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
41 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
42 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG
43 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG +7:44
44 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE +7:56
45 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO
46 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
47 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team
48 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM
49 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
50 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG
51 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
52 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team
53 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
54 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
55 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
56 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
57 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE
58 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM
59 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE
60 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG +8:07
61 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +8:11
62 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU +8:13
63 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA +8:27
64 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +8:40
65 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team +9:07
66 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO +9:15
67 HO, Junrong SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +11:09
68 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +11:53
69 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +12:04
70 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE +12:05
71 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp +12:10
72 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
73 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
74 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
75 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco
76 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
77 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +12:12
78 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team +13:23
79 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE +13:36
80 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +13:40
81 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
82 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO
83 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO
84 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI
85 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI +14:35
86 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO +16:25
87 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +17:27
88 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO +17:56
89 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM +18:20
90 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM +20:30
91 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team +21:21
92 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
93 BOS, Theo NED Blanco +23:00
94 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA +23:10
95 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU +23:12
96 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project +23:14
97 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI +23:20
98 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
99 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
100 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
101 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM
102 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
103 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
104 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
105 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
106 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team
107 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU
108 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
109 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM
110 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
111 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
112 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team
113 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco
114 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
115 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
116 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
117 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
118 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
119 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
120 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU
121 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco
122 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
123 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA
124 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
125 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO
126 GOH, Choon Huat SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +23:41
127 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp +23:44
128 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG +23:59
129 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +24:08
130 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp +24:24
131 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco +25:42
132 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +26:57

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