Race Report

Team Nippo-De Rosa’s Julian Arredondo won Stage 5 of Le Tour de Langkawi 2013 to claim the yellow jersey as the new overall leader of the race at the end of the Tour’s toughest stage from the Proton Centre of Excellence in Subang Jaya to Genting Highlands today.

The 25-year old from Colombia was in second place overall prior to the 110.3 kilometre stage which he completed in 3 hours 11 minutes and 41 seconds, 26 seconds ahead of Orica-GreenEdge’s Pieter Weening in second place and 44 in front of RTS Racing’s Victor Nino.

The previous yellow jersey holder Wang Meiyin (Hengxiang Cycling Team), who had a 2 minutes and 43 seconds advantage over Arredondo, only managed to finish 20th and dropped to fifth overall.

Arrendondo who had 20 points in the mountains classification at the start of the stage, added 25 points to his tally to also grab the king of the mountains red jersey from Meiyin.

However, Meiyin still remained in the lead of the Asian riders’ classification, thanks to his powerful performance in winning the Cameron Highlands stage on Saturday.

The blue jersey of the points classification leader remained with Astana’s Andrea Guardini for another day after the Italian took charge of it when he finished second to Francesco Chicchi in a bunch sprint that ended Stage 4 yesterday.

Right after the official start, Orica-GreenEdge’s Travis Meyer made an early breakaway attempt riding solo and opened up a nine minute gap ahead of the peloton and took the mountains hot spot in Bukit Cerakah and three intermediate sprints at Coalfields, Paya Jaras and Gombak, before being caught by the peloton when the climbing began at Genting Sempah.

As expected the climbers waited for the Genting stage before making their big moves and Arredondo, accompanied by his teammate Fortunato Baliani led the front group of 22 riders when they began the final part of the climb at Gohtong Jaya, 10km from the finish.

Meanwhile, Meiyin, who did not get much help from his teammates in the climb, admitted that he was disappointed in losing the yellow jersey after winning the Cameron Highlands stage.

Guardini, who finished 101st, can’t wait to get back to the flat stages where he is targeting his first win in this year’s race to add to his record 11 wins achieved in the past two editions.

Stage 6 tomorrow is the longest stage of this year’s race covering 217.8km from Mentakab to Kuantan with three intermediate sprints in Jerantut, Bandar Jengka and Maran and three mountains hot spots in Sungai Piul, Kota Gelanggi and Jengka.

Race Results

Le Tour de Langkawi (2013) - Stage 5

Proton to Genting (110km)
25 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 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO 3:11:41
2 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE 26
3 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM 44
4 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA +1:05
5 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp +1:28
6 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +1:40
7 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA +1:43
8 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO +1:47
9 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project +1:50
10 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp +1:58
11 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI +2:29
12 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +2:33
13 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA +2:35
14 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +2:45
15 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA +3:19
16 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +3:33
17 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
18 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +4:01
19 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +4:44
20 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG +5:13
21 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
22 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +5:23
23 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA +6:01
24 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +6:42
25 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +6:48
26 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR +7:06
27 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team +7:19
28 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM +7:22
29 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project +8:08
30 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
31 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco +8:12
32 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM +8:21
33 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +8:29
34 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG +8:35
35 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU +8:37
36 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +8:42
37 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA +8:45
38 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA +9:33
39 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team +10:10
40 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA +10:11
41 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +10:36
42 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO
43 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO
44 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +10:50
45 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +10:53
46 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM +11:03
47 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG +11:07
48 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO +11:13
49 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
50 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +11:18
51 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +11:58
52 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team +12:17
53 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +12:21
54 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
55 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +13:11
56 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team +14:23
57 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE +14:25
58 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +14:34
59 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO +15:06
60 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
61 HO, Junrong SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +15:30
62 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team +15:58
63 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM +16:20
64 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU
65 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
66 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
67 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +17:13
68 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team +18:03
69 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO +18:04
70 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA
71 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM +18:20
72 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +18:28
73 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team +19:01
74 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA
75 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp +20:11
76 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
77 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
78 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
79 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
80 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
81 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO +20:14
82 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO +20:22
83 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +22:54
84 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +23:12
85 SERRY, Pieter BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
86 GOH, Choon Huat SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +23:15
87 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
88 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco
89 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM +23:55
90 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +25:18
91 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp +25:51
92 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
93 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project +25:56
94 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +26:08
95 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
96 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
97 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
98 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE
99 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE +26:14
100 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco +26:18
101 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA
102 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team +26:37
103 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +26:42
104 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU +26:44
105 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU
106 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE +26:47
107 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI +26:56
108 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI
109 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE +26:59
110 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI +27:07
111 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI +28:39
112 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
113 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
114 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG
115 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
116 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
117 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
118 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
119 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
120 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
121 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
122 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG
123 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp
124 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG
125 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
126 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
127 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM +29:48
128 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco +29:50
129 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco +29:51
130 BOS, Theo NED Blanco
131 LOUDER, Jeffry USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE DNF
132 ASGHARZADEH, Alireza IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM DNF

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO 17:43:20
2 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:22
3 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA +2:10
4 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp +2:33
5 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG +2:40
6 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA +2:45
7 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
8 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO +2:49
9 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp +2:54
10 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project +2:55
11 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM +3:06
12 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI +3:31
13 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +3:38
14 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA +3:40
15 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +3:50
16 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA +4:24
17 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +4:37
18 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +4:38
19 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +5:06
20 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +5:49
21 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +6:13
22 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA +7:06
23 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +8:31
24 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project +9:13
25 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA +10:35
26 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA +10:42
27 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR +11:09
28 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +11:55
29 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project +12:02
30 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco +12:06
31 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +12:14
32 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +12:15
33 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
34 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM +12:45
35 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +13:35
36 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG +13:41
37 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA +14:08
38 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU +14:17
39 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team +14:23
40 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +14:50
41 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +16:02
42 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +16:16
43 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG +16:18
44 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO +17:18
45 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +17:21
46 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +17:25
47 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +17:44
48 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team +18:09
49 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +18:34
50 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team +18:51
51 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE +19:42
52 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team +19:46
53 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +20:29
54 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team +21:21
55 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM +21:43
56 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO +22:20
57 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team +23:28
58 HO, Junrong SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +24:06
59 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +24:11
60 SERRY, Pieter BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +24:14
61 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO +24:28
62 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA +24:55
63 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA +25:34
64 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO +25:37
65 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +25:57
66 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +26:02
67 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO +26:13
68 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM +29:00
69 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +29:29
70 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +29:48
71 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE +31:31
72 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI +32:02
73 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +32:07
74 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE +32:22
75 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +32:33
76 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp +34:02
77 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM +34:07
78 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +35:19
79 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp +35:28
80 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO +35:45
81 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE +35:46
82 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG +35:50
83 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG +36:01
84 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team +36:51
85 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU +37:07
86 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
87 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE +38:06
88 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +38:10
89 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI +38:14
90 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA +38:51
91 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO
92 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI +38:58
93 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO +38:59
94 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco +39:28
95 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +39:46
96 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team +39:48
97 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project +40:58
98 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
99 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp +42:02
100 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +43:59
101 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +44:02
102 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco +44:22
103 GOH, Choon Huat SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +44:23
104 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM +44:42
105 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +46:05
106 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project +46:35
107 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA +46:47
108 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +46:55
109 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
110 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
111 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
112 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU +47:20
113 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team +47:24
114 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU +47:31
115 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +48:17
116 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI +49:16
117 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team +49:25
118 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE +49:26
119 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
120 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
121 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
122 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
123 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
124 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp +49:50
125 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco +49:57
126 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG +50:05
127 BOS, Theo NED Blanco +50:17
128 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM +50:35
129 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco +50:37
130 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +53:03

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