KUALA KUBU BHARU : Race leader Ryan Gibbons of Dimension Data claimed his first pro victory at the end of stage 5 of the 22nd Le Tour de Langkawi in Kuala Kubu Baru where he outsprinted stage 3 winner Jakub Mareczko and stage 2 winner Travis McCabe. The 22 year old South African also increased his lead in the overall ranking from 11 to 23 seconds over Australia’s Cameron Bayly as he also collected two seconds bonus on the way.

“Getting second on stage 1, that was a sense of achievement but today my first pro win is more a relief than anything else and I’m just so happy to finally get a win for the team and also for myself”, Gibbons commented.

“This result will stay for the rest of my career. On a good day on a flat road, I can win a bunch sprint but today with a bit of a drag and the road surface being bricks, it suited me a bit more but moreover my team put me in a perfect position. I would have been hard not to win. I’m really grateful for their help.”

“I wasn’t targeting the intermediate sprints”, the race leader continued. “It was more riding defensively. Every time with 1km to the sprint we so IsoWhey moving up. They had the teal jersey with Sunderland but Bayly was also up there so I had just had to make sure I’d finish in front of him. I’ve managed to pick up four points and two seconds. It was mainly watching the guys on GC, not worrying too much and not attacking them. The teal jersey is a great award but my focus for now is the yellow jersey. If it happens that I can win it as well, I’ll be grateful though.”

The whole stage was marked by one breakaway only. After fifty kilometers covered at a very high speed, Italy’s Fausto Masnada rode away, got a maximum advantage of 3.50 and sat up after the last intermediate sprint with just over 20km to go as the bunch was certainly going to reel him in.

“We wanted to ride offensively today since yesterday it didn’t go that well for us”, the Androni Giocattoli rider said the day his team manager Gianni Savio attended Le Tour de Langkawi. “We expected something more [the yellow jersey with Egan Bernal]. We started today with the idea to break away. After 50km, seeing that big groups weren’t going anywhere, I tried by himself, hoping that I’d get some help but nobody followed so I continued on my own. I never got bored. I’m happy I did it. I also came here looking for a good shape ahead of the races in Italy, so it’s been a good day.”

Stage 6 from Senawang to Muar will be 176.3km long with three climbs to start with in the first 45km.

Organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia and managed by Ciclista Sports Sdn Bhd, the 22nd edition of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) from 22 February to 1 March, 2017 is set to cover more than 1,200km over 8 stages, the UCI 2.HC (hors category) race featuring again as one of the biggest events on the UCI Asia Tour calendar.

*photos by Le Tour de Langkawi 2017

Stage 5 Results
Meru Raya – Kuala Kubu Bharu
26 February 2017
Organisation:
Ciclista Sports Sdn Bhd Country: MAS Class: ME 2.HC Issued:26/02/2017, 15:42
Winner’s Time: 3h27’20“ Deadline: 3h52’12“ (12%) Starters: 107 Finishers: 106
Stage Distance:
151.50 kms (94.21 Miles)
Total Distance:
776.80 kms(483.05 miles)
Stage Speed:
43.84 kph(27.26 mph)
Cumulative Speed:
41.12 kph(25.57 mph)
Did Not Finish: 1
KBS
General Classification
BSN
Sprints Competition
CellMaxx
Mountains Competition
BMW
Asian Rider Overall
2: Gibbons, Ryan
Team Dimension Data
2: Gibbons, Ryan
Team Dimension Data
Wearer: 16: McCabe, Travis
UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
101: Ebsen, John Kronborg
Infinite AIS Cycling Team
91: Gidich, Yevgeniy
Vino Astana Motors
Stage Result
Place No UCI ID Nat Name Team Time Deficit
1 2 10008673804 RSA Gibbons, Ryan
DDD
Team Dimension Data 3
h
27
m
20
s
2 31 10008972884 ITA Mareczko, Jakub
WIL
Team Wilier Triestina 3
h
27
m
20
s
3 16 10008856888 USA McCabe, Travis
UHC
UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
4 63 10008854868 ITA Stacchiotti, Riccardo
NIP
Nippo – Vini Fantini 3
h
27
m
20
s
5 74 10007621958 AUS Giacoppo, Anthony
IWS
Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 3
h
27
m
20
s
6 85 10004127231 MAS Saleh, Mohd Zamri
TSG
Terengganu Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
7 22 10010084344 ITA Maronese, Marco
BRD
Bardiani CSF 3
h
27
m
20
s
8 114 10006886980 JPN Kuroeda, Shiki
AIS
Aisan Racing Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
9 163 10009154457 MAS Abd Halil, M. Izzat Hilmi
TSC
Sapura Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
10 21 10006467860 ITA Barbin, Enrico
BRD
Bardiani CSF 3
h
27
m
20
s
11 6 10007864155 ERI Debesay, Mekseb
DDD
Team Dimension Data 3
h
27
m
20
s
12 81 10004527759 MAS Manan, Anuar
TSG
Terengganu Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
13 86 10006137858 MAS Mat Amin, Mohd Shahrul
TSG
Terengganu Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
14 133 10051373911 CHN Zhang, Shijin
KYL
Keyi Look Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
15 151 10008846481 PHI Felipe, Marcelo
7RP
7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine 3
h
27
m
20
s
16 72 10010996043 AUS Harper, Chris
IWS
Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 3
h
27
m
20
s
17 141 10006079153 THA Saiudomsin, Phuchong
TCC
Thailand Continental Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
18 43 10009143040 COL Suaza Arango, Bernado A
MZN
Manzana Postobon Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
19 15 10006481095 COL Jaramillo Diez, Daniel A
UHC
UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
20 45 10010985535 COL Higuita, Sergio
MZN
Manzana Postobon Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
21 73 10004596871 AUS Sunderland, Scott
IWS
Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 3
h
27
m
20
s
22 76 10006445834 AUS Hucker, Robbie
IWS
Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 3
h
27
m
20
s
23 25 10006904057 ITA Simion, Paolo
BRD
Bardiani CSF 3
h
27
m
20
s
24 172 10050282659 CHN Deng, Penghai
MSS
Giant Cycling Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
25 35 10007733914 ITA Mosca, Jacopo
WIL
Team Wilier Triestina 3
h
27
m
20
s
26 91 10009816077 KAZ Gidich, Yevgeniy
VAM
Vino Astana Motors 3
h
27
m
20
s
27 51 10009584489 COL Bernal Gomez, Egan Arley
ANS
Androni Giocattoli 3
h
27
m
20
s
28 116 10009087365 JPN Watanabe, Shotaro
AIS
Aisan Racing Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
29 182 10010208525 MAS Ahmad Kamal, M Ameer
MAS
Malaysia National Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
30 75 10006189186 AUS Roe, Timothy
IWS
Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 3
h
27
m
20
s
31 64 10005480783 JPN Ito, Masakazu
NIP
Nippo – Vini Fantini 3
h
27
m
20
s
32 42 10006837571 COL Villegas, Juan
MZN
Manzana Postobon Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
33 113 10007801107 JPN Sumiyoshi, Kota
AIS
Aisan Racing Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
34 66 10007947516 JPN Nakane, Hideto
NIP
Nippo – Vini Fantini 3
h
27
m
20
s
35 36 10006003876 ITA Cecchin, Alberto
WIL
Team Wilier Triestina 3
h
27
m
20
s
36 4 10009780513 AUS O’Connor, Ben
DDD
Team Dimension Data 3
h
27
m
20
s
37 53 10016277792 COL Sosa Cuervo, Ivan Ramiro
ANS
Androni Giocattoli 3
h
27
m
20
s
38 46 10009690987 COL Paredes, Wilmar
MZN
Manzana Postobon Team 3
h
27
m
20
s
39 93 10007988942 KAZ Lukyanov, Dmitriy
VAM
Vino Astana Motors 3
h
27
m
20
s
40 23 10008688756 ITA Pacinotti, Niccolo
BRD
Bardiani CSF 3
h
27
m
20
s

Stage 6 Rider List
Senawang – Muar
27 February 2017
Issued: 26/02/2017 15:48
Team Dimension Data DDD
DS: Cookson Oliver
1 Dougall, Nick
@
18
m
21
s
2 Gibbons, Ryan
@
nil
3 Niyonshuti, Adrien
@
3
m
37
s
4 O’Connor, Ben
@
33
s
5 Van Rensburg, Jacques
@
16
m
13
s
6 Debesay, Mekseb
@
32
s
UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team UHC
DS: Redant Hendrik
11 Alzate Escobar, Carlos E
@
9
m
37
s
12 Hegyvary, Adrian
@
44
m
41
s
14 Henderson, Greg
@
9
m
18
s
15 Jaramillo Diez, Daniel A
@
33
s
16 McCabe, Travis
@
7
m
32
s
17 Putt, Tanner
@
14
m
00
s
Bardiani CSF BRD
DS: Zanatta Stefano
21 Barbin, Enrico
@
1
m
09
s
22 Maronese, Marco
@
23
m
23
s
23 Pacinotti, Niccolo
@
12
m
56
s
24 Rota, Lorenzo
@
15
m
21
s
25 Simion, Paolo
@
43
m
47
s
Team Wilier Triestina WIL
DS: Amoriello Luca
31 Mareczko, Jakub
@
41
m
28
s
32 Pozzato, Filippo
@
4
m
13
s
33 Andriato, Rafael
@
13
m
24
s
34 Fonzi, Giuseppe
@
45
m
42
s
35 Mosca, Jacopo
@
1
m
02
s
36 Cecchin, Alberto
@
27
s
Manzana Postobon Team MZN
DS: Vargas, Oscar
41 Orjuela, Fernando
@
40
s
42 Villegas, Juan
@
38
m
57
s
43 Suaza Arango, Bernado A
@
1
m
10
s
44 Sierra, Yecid
@
3
m
17
s
45 Higuita, Sergio
@
23
m
00
s
46 Paredes, Wilmar
@
1
m
56
s
Androni Giocattoli ANS
DS: Chuela Giampaolo
51 Bernal Gomez, Egan Arley
@
33
s
52 Benfatto, Marco
@
41
m
44
s
53 Sosa Cuervo, Ivan Ramiro
@
1
m
10
s
55 Palini, Andrea
@
50
m
21
s
56 Masnada, Fausto
@
1
m
22
s
Nippo – Vini Fantini NIP
DS: Fukushima, Shinichi
61 Berlato, Giacomo
@
37
m
51
s
63 Stacchiotti, Riccardo
@
14
m
21
s
>64 Ito, Masakazu
@
5
m
59
s
>65 Kobayashi, Marino
@
48
m
20
s
>66 Nakane, Hideto
@
1
m
06
s
Isowhey Sports Swisswellness IWS
DS: Christie Johnston Andrew
71 Bayly, Cameron
@
23
s
72 Harper, Chris
@
33
s
73 Sunderland, Scott
@
41
m
26
s
74 Giacoppo, Anthony
@
27
m
34
s
75 Roe, Timothy
@
33
s
76 Hucker, Robbie
@
1
m
10
s
Terengganu Cycling Team TSG
DS: Jeremy Hunt
>81 Manan, Anuar
@
50
m
39
s
>83 Suryadi, Dadi
@
2
m
56
s
>84 Mazuki, Nur Amirull Fakhruddin
@
29
m
13
s
>85 Saleh, Mohd Zamri
@
42
m
17
s
>86 Mat Amin, Mohd Shahrul
@
7
m
52
s
Vino Astana Motors VAM
DS: Sergey Danniker
>91 Gidich, Yevgeniy
@
29
s
>92 Astafyev, Stepan
@
25
m
16
s
>93 Lukyanov, Dmitriy
@
1
m
57
s
>94 Voropayev, Taras
@
28
m
42
s
>95 Vlassenko, Sergey
@
5
m
29
s
>96 Zhukenov, Aspan
@
43
m
52
s
Infinite AIS Cycling Team IAC
DS: Duclos Sebastien
101 Ebsen, John Kronborg
@
3
m
56
s
>102 Yeung, Ying Hon Ronald
@
2
m
39
s
>103 Changpad, Kritsada
@
32
m
44
s
>104 Nonthichan, Khunakorn
@
18
m
10
s
>105 Seanaumnuayphon, Tanaphon
@
46
m
34
s
>106 Othman, M. Afiq Huznie
@
44
m
23
s
Aisan Racing Team AIS
DS: Beppu Takumi
>111 Komori, Ryohei
@
43
m
20
s
>112 Hayakawa, Tomohiro
@
1
m
57
s
>113 Sumiyoshi, Kota
@
42
m
59
s
>114 Kuroeda, Shiki
@
36
m
44
s
>116 Watanabe, Shotaro
@
37
m
04
s
KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling KSP
DS: Lee Byung Ii
>122 Seo, Joonyong
@
17
m
10
s
>123 Choi, Seungwoo
@
36
m
12
s
>124 Kang, Sukho
@
50
m
36
s
>125 Kim, Daeyeon
@
14
m
07
s
>126 Cho, Haesung
@
36
m
37
s
Keyi Look Cycling Team KYL
DS: Han Feng
>131 Huang, En
@
50
m
49
s
>132 Wang, Xin
@
30
m
18
s
>133 Zhang, Shijin
@
44
m
48
s
>134 Yang, Siyu
@
10
m
46
s
>135 Shi, Yahui
@
47
m
30
s
>136 Ayazbayev, Maxat
@
21
m
58
s
Thailand Continental Cycling Team TCC
DS: Kasiyaphat,Wisut
>141 Saiudomsin, Phuchong
@
25
m
36
s
>142 Boonratanathanakorn, Thurakit
@
29
m
01
s
>143 Liphongyu, Navuti
@
38
m
49
s
>144 Sanikwathi, Thanawut
@
44
m
27
s
>146 Loh, Sea Keong
@
15
m
33
s
7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine 7RP
DS: Rodriguez Ric
>151 Felipe, Marcelo
@
2
m
28
s
>152 Martin, Nelson
@
23
m
50
s
153 Ewart, Jesse James
@
7
m
05
s
>155 Perez, Dominic
@
38
m
09
s
>156 Martin, Bonjoe
@
40
m
54
s
Sapura Cycling Team TSC
DS: Escobar Roure Sergi Oscar
>161 Mohd Bakri, Sofian Nabil
@
47
m
56
s
>162 Zakaria, Akmal Hakim
@
45
m
26
s
>163 Abd Halil, M. Izzat Hilmi
@
50
m
02
s
>164 Cahyadi, Aiman
@
26
m
44
s
165 Perez Munoz, Wilmar Jahir
@
2
m
01
s
166 Nino Corredor, Victor
@
1
m
50
s
Giant Cycling Team MSS
DS: Song Guoqiang
>171 Chen, Zhiwen
@
13
m
47
s
>172 Deng, Penghai
@
6
m
42
s
>173 Gu, Tianhao
@
36
m
30
s
>174 Shi, Hang
@
7
m
46
s
>175 Li, Xiang Yuan
@
48
m
17
s
>176 Liu, Haiwang
@
40
m
26
s
Malaysia National Team MAS
DS: Omar, Saad
>181 Ahmad Kamal, M. Ameen
@
18
m
24
s
>182 Ahmad Kamal, M Ameer
@
13
m
42
s
>183 Zulkiflie, Nik Mohd Azwan
@
8
m
00
s
>184 Mohd Zariff, M. Nur Aiman
@
9
m
54
s
>185 Lakasek, Irwandie
@
43
m
01
s
>186 Mohd Zamri, Eiman Firdaus
@
47
m
25
s
106 Riders.