Race Report

Team Europcar’s Bryan Coquard won a bunch sprint to bag victory in Stage 8 of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) from Kuala Terengganu to Tanah Merah today.

Coquard, 20, beat Omega Pharma-Quickstep’s Andrew Fenn and Stage 4 winner Francesco Chicchi to continue his hot streak with Team Europcar in his debut season as a professional after winning two stages in the Etoile de Besseges before coming to LTdL.

In the flat stage which was expected to finish in a bunch sprint, Coquard, who finished second in Stage 1 in Kulim and fourth in Kuala Kangsar (Stage 2), used the right strategy to sprint from the right and complete the stage in 3 hours 36 minutes and 47 seconds.

Born in Saint Nazaire, France, Coquard — who won the silver medal in the omnium track event at the Olympic Games in London 2012 — also overcame the disappointment of finishing eighth in Stage 7 in Dungun.

Earlier, the peloton was driven at a very high pace before two riders – Low Ji Wen (OCBC Singapore) and Liu Jianpeng (Hengxiang) managed an escape after 25km and distanced themselves with a gap of almost 12 minutes before the peloton led by Astana, Vini Fantini and Team Nippo-De Rosa began to chase them down.

The yellow jersey holder Julian Arredondo of Team Nippo-De Rosa also retained his overall lead, along with Wang Meiyin of Hengxiang who leads the mountains classification and Asian riders’ classification and Andrea Guardini of Astana, who leads the points classification.

South African team MTN Qhubeka also look set to hold on to their overall teams classification lead with two flat stages remaining.

Race Results

Le Tour de Langkawi (2013) - Stage 8

Kuala Terengganu to Tanah Merah (165km)
28 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 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR 3:36:47
2 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 0
3 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI
4 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA
5 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
6 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
7 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp
8 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
9 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
10 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA
11 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
12 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM
13 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
14 MAT SENAN, Mohammad Saufi MAS TERENGGANU
15 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
16 GAZVODA, Gregor SLO CHAMPION SYSTEM
17 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
18 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp
19 GRMAY, Tsgabu Gebremaryam ETH MTN QHUBEKA
20 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco
21 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
22 POZDNYAKOV, Kiryll RUS Synergy Baku Cycling Project
23 HAAS, Nathan AUS Garmin-Sharp
24 JUNG, Ji Min KOR KSPO
25 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM
26 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
27 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
28 BALIANI, Fortunato ITA TEAM NIPPO
29 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO
30 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
31 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
32 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project
33 STETINA, Peter USA Garmin-Sharp
34 RODRIGUEZ, Jackson VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
35 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO
36 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio ESP MTN QHUBEKA
37 WANG, Meiyin CHN HENGXIANG
38 FACCHINI, Patrick ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
39 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO
40 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO
41 Aurelio GIL MARTINEZ, Tomas VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
42 VAN NIEKERK, Dennis RSA MTN QHUBEKA
43 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team
44 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU
45 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
46 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
47 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ ASTANA
48 EBSEN, John Bohn DEN Synergy Baku Cycling Project
49 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
50 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
51 SAFARZADEH, Saeid IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
52 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA
53 ARASHIRO, Yukiya JPN TEAM EUROPCAR
54 EUSER, Lucas USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
55 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team
56 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team
57 SULZBERGER, Wesley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
58 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
59 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
60 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA
61 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA
62 PAUWELS, Serge BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
63 KOLAHDOZHAGH, Amir IRN TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
64 MONSALVE, Jonathan VEN FARNESE VINI
65 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques RSA MTN QHUBEKA
66 NINO CORREDOR, Victor COL RTS RACING TEAM
67 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
68 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
69 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
70 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI
71 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
72 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp
73 XING, Fu CHN HENGXIANG
74 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco
75 WIJAYA, Endra IDN Indonesia National Team
76 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
77 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
78 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco
79 FITRIANTO, Hari IDN Indonesia National Team
80 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO
81 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG
82 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team
83 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
84 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team 18
85 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM 22
86 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU 24
87 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG
88 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
89 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team 28
90 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 31
91 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR
92 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE
93 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM
94 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team
95 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM
96 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU
97 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO
98 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE
99 MANULANG, Robin IDN Indonesia National Team
100 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI
101 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco 36
102 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM 40
103 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco 46
104 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team 50
105 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA 56
106 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM 58
107 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp
108 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU
109 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM +1:09
110 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO +1:13
111 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +1:24
112 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +1:38
113 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +1:43
114 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI +1:49
115 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO
116 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG
117 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG +2:02
118 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA +2:07
119 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO +2:17
120 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE +2:18
121 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +2:20
122 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE +2:22
123 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +2:42
124 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO +5:31
125 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE DNF

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 David ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian COL TEAM NIPPO 29:31:52
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 +2:47
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 DYACHENKO, Alexsandr KAZ ASTANA +4:24
16 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +4:27
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 MCCONVEY, Connor IRL Synergy Baku Cycling Project +12:02
28 GOOS, Marc NED Blanco +12:06
29 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM +12:09
30 TEWELDE WELDEGABER, Jani ERI MTN QHUBEKA +12:14
31 GAUTIER, Cyril FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +12:22
32 BEYER, Chad USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +12:28
33 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos ESP OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +13:03
34 DESTRIBOIS, Alex FRA RTS RACING TEAM +13:29
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 ROSA, Diego ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +16:15
41 ITO, Masakazu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +16:16
42 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA +16:18
43 LIU, Jianpeng CHN HENGXIANG +16:47
44 Fauzan AHMAD LUTFI, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +17:21
45 KWON, Soon Young KOR KSPO +17:31
46 Rauf Nur NISBAH, Mohd MYS Malaysia National Team +17:57
47 NAKAJIMA, Yasuharu JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +18:34
48 RUSLI, Amir Mustafa MYS Malaysia National Team +18:51
49 MAT AMIN, Mohd Shahrul MAS TERENGGANU +19:08
50 SURYADI, Dadi IDN Indonesia National Team +19:17
51 CAHYADI, Aiman IDN Indonesia National Team +20:04
52 SAI-UDOMSIL, Phuchong THA OCBC SINGAPORE +20:26
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 +23:59
58 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +24:11
59 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan KAZ ASTANA +24:46
60 RUSSAN, Meran ERI MTN QHUBEKA +25:47
61 PARK, Sung Baek KOR KSPO +25:55
62 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +26:18
63 Woo CHOI, Seung KOR KSPO +27:53
64 LEWIS, Craig USA CHAMPION SYSTEM +29:54
65 GOLAS, Michal POL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +30:10
66 PUJOL MUNOZ, Oscar ESP RTS RACING TEAM +31:05
67 OCHOA, Carlos José VEN ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +32:07
68 QUÉMENEUR, Perrig FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +32:52
69 FAIRLY, Caleb USA Garmin-Sharp +34:20
70 NG, Yong Li MAS RTS RACING TEAM +34:56
71 VON HOFF, Steele AUS Garmin-Sharp +35:28
72 RABOU, Thomas NED OCBC SINGAPORE +35:32
73 SEO, Joon Yong KOR KSPO +35:45
74 FUKUSHIMA, Shinichi JPN TEAM NIPPO +35:57
75 Keong LOH, Sea MYS OCBC SINGAPORE +36:45
76 USOFF, Yusrizal MAS Malaysia National Team +36:51
77 MEYER, Travis AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +36:57
78 CLARKE, Jonathan AUS UNITEDHEALTHCARE +37:16
79 Azis MUHD SHAIFUL, Anwar AFG TERENGGANU +37:31
80 COQUARD, Bryan FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +38:00
81 LIU, Yilin CHN HENGXIANG +38:18
82 ROSDI, Mohd Nor Umardi MAS TERENGGANU +38:23
83 YEON JE, Sung KOR KSPO +39:12
84 LI, Fuyu CHN HENGXIANG
85 LEEZER, Thomas NED Blanco +39:17
86 M. Nor Rizuan, Zainal MYS Malaysia National Team +39:42
87 SANO, Junya JPN FARNESE VINI +40:03
88 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG TEAM NIPPO +40:09
89 CRAVEN, Dan NAM Synergy Baku Cycling Project +40:58
90 BORCHI, Stefano ITA FARNESE VINI +41:06
91 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA +41:16
92 REZA, Kévin FRA TEAM EUROPCAR +42:35
93 LOW, Ji Wen SIN OCBC SINGAPORE +42:39
94 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp +42:54
95 FENN, Andrew GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +43:47
96 BERTAZZO, Omar ITA ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI +43:56
97 BOL, Jetse NED Blanco +44:58
98 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM +45:45
99 MANAN, Anuar MYS Synergy Baku Cycling Project +46:23
100 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA +46:30
101 NATEGHI, Hossein IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM +46:49
102 ROGERS, Dene NZL Synergy Baku Cycling Project
103 CELIS ZABALA, Vidal ESP RTS RACING TEAM +46:55
104 SOHRABI, Mehdi IRI TABRIZ PETROCHEMICAL TEAM
105 SALLEH, Hariff MAS TERENGGANU +47:10
106 zulhilmie afif AHMAD ZAMRI, Muhammad MYS Malaysia National Team +47:46
107 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +48:11
108 Zamri SALEH, Mohd MYS TERENGGANU +48:20
109 CHICCHI, Francesco ITA FARNESE VINI +49:06
110 MURPHY, John USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE +49:10
111 FUKUDA, Shinpei JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +49:20
112 ILESIC, Aldo Ino SLO UNITEDHEALTHCARE
113 KEOUGH, Jacobe USA UNITEDHEALTHCARE
114 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN AISAN RACING TEAM
115 MERLO, Michele ITA FARNESE VINI +49:52
116 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Blanco +49:57
117 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp +50:03
118 ABDULLAH, Fatahilah IDN Indonesia National Team +50:13
119 SCHNAIDT, Fabian DEU CHAMPION SYSTEM +50:29
120 BROWN, Graeme AUS Blanco +50:37
121 WANG, Bo CHN HENGXIANG +53:59
122 RICHEZE, Mauro Abel ARG TEAM NIPPO +55:10
123 AYABE, Takeaki JPN AISAN RACING TEAM +55:45
124 TOKUDA, Tanzou JPN TEAM NIPPO +57:05

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