Race Report

Star sprinter Andrea Guardini finally ended the wait for his first win for his new team Astana in Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2013 when he won a bunch sprint to bag Stage 7 from Kuantan to Dungun today.

This win brought Guardini’s record of wins in LTdL to 12 and was also Astana’s first victory of the year. It came after the disappointment of losing out in the final sprint to Theo Bos (Blanco Pro Cycling) and Francesco Chicchi (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) in stages before this.

Wearing the sprints classification blue jersey which he took in Stage 4, the victory in Dungun is also the 22nd in 24-year old Guardini’s career and also improved his chances of a repeat points classification victory.

Guardini beat Stage 4 winner Francesco Chicchi of his former team Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, which was known as Farnese Vini when he recorded his first 11 LTdL victories in 2011 and last year. Orica-GreenEdge’s Aidis Kroupis finished third.

The yellow jersey remained with Team Nippo-De Rosa’s Julian Arredondo (25 hours 55 minutes 05 seconds), who’s team worked hard to prevent any major threat to his lead, particularly Orica-GreenEdge’s Pieter Weening, who is one minute and 15 seconds adrift in the general classification.

Henxiang Cycling Team’s Wang Meiyin remained the leader of the mountains classification wit 48 points, three more than Arredondo, who did not try to attack at the two king of the mountains hot spots at Kijal and Bukit Anak Dara today. Meiyin also remained the leader of the Asian riders’ classification.

Race Results

Le Tour de Langkawi (2013) - Stage 7

Kuantan to Dungun (150km)
27 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 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA 3:37:17
2 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI 0
3 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE
4 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
5 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
6 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp
7 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco
8 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
9 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
10 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
11 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
12 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team
13 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU
14 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO
15 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
16 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
17 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA
18 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
19 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
20 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
21 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp
22 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU
23 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE
24 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO
25 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
26 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team
27 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco
28 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA
29 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
30 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE
31 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA
32 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp
33 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG
34 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
35 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
36 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team
37 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
38 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
39 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
40 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU
41 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team
42 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
43 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp
44 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA
45 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
46 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM
47 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM
48 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
49 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
50 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO
51 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp
52 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
53 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team
54 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
55 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA
56 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO
57 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project
58 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO
59 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM
60 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
61 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU
62 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
63 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team
64 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO
65 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco
66 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
67 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA
68 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO
69 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU
70 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI
71 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
72 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA
73 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
74 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
75 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
76 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
77 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
78 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
79 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team
80 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG
81 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
82 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
83 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
84 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
85 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA
86 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
87 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM
88 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
89 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
90 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO
91 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
92 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
93 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
94 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team
95 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
96 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
97 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG
98 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI
99 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA
100 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
101 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
102 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco
103 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG
104 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM
105 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
106 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
107 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI
108 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE
109 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco
110 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO
111 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR
112 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
113 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE
114 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM 17
115 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM 23
116 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO 50
117 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA 56
118 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG
119 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
120 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +1:04
121 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE
122 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +1:05
123 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI 0
124 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG +1:19
125 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:57

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO 25:55:05
2 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:15
3 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA +2:10
4 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp +2:32
5 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG +2:40
6 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp +2:48
7 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO +2:49
8 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project +2:55
9 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA +2:58
10 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
11 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM +3:19
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 +3:58
15 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +4:03
16 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA +4:24
17 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +4:34
18 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +4:38
19 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +5:24
20 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +5:38
21 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +6:11
22 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA +7:06
23 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +8:44
24 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project +9:13
25 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA +10:53
26 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR +11:09
27 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +11:51
28 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project +12:02
29 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco +12:06
30 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM +12:09
31 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA +12:15
32 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +12:28
33 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +12:32
34 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM +12:58
35 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +13:35
36 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG +13:54
37 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU +14:17
38 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team +14:36
39 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +14:50
40 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA +15:22
41 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +16:15
42 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +16:16
43 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG +16:31
44 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +17:21
45 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +17:25
46 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO +17:31
47 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +17:57
48 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team +18:27
49 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +18:34
50 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team +18:51
51 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team +19:46
52 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE +19:55
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 +21:55
57 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team +23:28
58 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +24:11
59 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA +24:46
60 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO +25:36
61 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA +25:47
62 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO +25:55
63 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +25:56
64 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +27:34
65 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM +29:56
66 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +30:10
67 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +31:14
68 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +32:07
69 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE +33:14
70 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp +34:20
71 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM +34:25
72 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE +34:54
73 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +35:26
74 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp +35:28
75 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO +35:45
76 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE +36:14
77 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team +36:51
78 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +36:57
79 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU +37:07
80 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG +37:10
81 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU +37:25
82 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE +37:56
83 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +38:10
84 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI +38:14
85 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG +38:18
86 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco +38:31
87 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO +38:56
88 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA +39:09
89 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO +39:12
90 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team +39:42
91 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +40:04
92 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI +40:35
93 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project +40:58
94 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp +41:56
95 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +42:35
96 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +43:53
97 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +43:56
98 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco +44:22
99 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM +45:05
100 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project +46:23
101 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA +46:30
102 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +46:49
103 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
104 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM +46:55
105 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
106 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU +47:10
107 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team +47:18
108 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +47:46
109 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU +47:49
110 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +48:11
111 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI +49:10
112 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +49:20
113 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
114 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
115 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
116 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team +49:43
117 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI +49:52
118 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco +49:57
119 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp +50:03
120 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM +50:29
121 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco +50:37
122 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO +51:34
123 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG +52:10
124 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO +53:21
125 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +54:47

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