GUARDINI BISSA: È SFIDA APERTA CON PALINI

La quinta tappa del Tour de Langkawi va allo sprinter veronese Andrea Guardini (Astana) che precede in volata il bresciano Andrea Palini (Skydive Dubai) e il sudafricano Reinardt Van Rensburg (Dimension Data). Nessuna variazione in classifica generale dove comanda ancora il colombiano López del Team Astana

Nonostante si stia correndo dall’altra parte del mondo, è davvero avvincente la sfida tra due velocisti italiani di ottimo livello come Guardini e Palini, peraltro coetanei e già avversari tra i dilettanti. Il parziale è per ora favorevole al primo, un vero recordman di questa corsa con all’attivo venti vittorie “malesi”; ma per Palini le possibilità di pareggiare sono ancora intatte, visto il percorso di questa gara a tappe.
La quinta tappa del Tour de Langkawi, con partenza da Tapah ed arrivo nella capitale Kuala Lumpur dopo 148 chilometri, presentava un percorso adatto ai velocisti, con una sola salita di quarta categoria posta ai meno venti dal traguardo.
Nella prima parte di corsa vanno in fuga in cinque corridori – Wang Meiyin (Hengxiang), Loh Sea Keong (Nazionale Malese), Amirul Mazuki (Terengganu), Kim Hyeonseok (KSPO) e Carlos Manarelli (Funvic) – che guadagnano un vantaggio massimo vicino ai tre minuti e mezzo sul gruppo ad una settantina di chilometri dalla conclusione.
La volata resta tuttavia inevitabile e le squadre degli uomini più veloci che tirano il plotone riescono a riprendere i battistrada coi tempi giusti per giocarsi la vittoria.
Allo sprint Guardini è imprendibile e gioisce per la seconda volta in cinque giorni davanti a Palini e a Van Rensburg, che guadagna l’abbuono del terzo posto e riduce le distanze dal capoclassifica colombiano Miguel Ángel López Moreno. Giungono nei primi dieci posti altri italiani: Jakub Mareczko è sesto, Simion settimo e Chicchi ottavo.

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:18:50
2 Andrea Palini (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
3 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
4 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team
5 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
6 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
7 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
9 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth
10 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
11 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare
12 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare
13 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
14 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO
15 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
16 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare
17 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team
18 Joo Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO
19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) SkyDive Dubai
20 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
21 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
22 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
23 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
24 Ryan MaCanally (Aus) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
25 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
26 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
27 Hyeonseok Kim (Kor) KSPO
28 Burr Ho (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
29 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
30 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast – Venezuela
31 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
32 Patria Rastra (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare
34 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
35 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
36 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
37 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
38 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
39 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team
40 Jingbiao Zhao (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
41 Francisco Chamorro (Arg) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
42 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia
43 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
44 Kangeun Joo (Kor) KSPO
45 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
46 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) NSC – Mycron
47 Ahmad Mohd Azri (Mas) Malaysia
48 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
49 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth
50 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth
51 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
52 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
53 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Southeast – Venezuela
54 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia
55 Novardianto Jamalidin (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
56 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
57 Teten Rohendi (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
58 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
59 Ma Guangtong (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
60 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
61 Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) SkyDive Dubai
62 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data
63 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
64 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
65 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
66 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
67 Kun-Soo Kim (Kor) KSPO
68 Jonipher Ravina (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
69 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
70 Ho San Chiu (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:00:14
71 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
72 Ahmad Muazzam Iman Mustafa Kamal (Mas) NSC – Mycron
73 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
74 Colin Stüssi (Swi) Team Roth
75 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team
76 Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
77 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
78 Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
79 Agung Sahbana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
80 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
81 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
82 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
83 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
84 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
85 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling
86 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
87 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data
88 Wenhui BI (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:00:20
89 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:00:22
90 Zulkifle Nik Mohd Azwan (Mas) Malaysia
91 Wan Yau Lau (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
92 Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) NSC – Mycron
93 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:00:25
94 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
95 Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
96 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
97 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:00:29
98 Mohd Zariff Muhammad Nur Aiman (Mas) Malaysia
99 Thomas Scully (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:00:31
100 Tyler Magner (USA) UnitedHealthcare
101 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:00:35
102 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) KSPO 0:00:49
103 Mohd Nazri Muhamad (Mas) NSC – Mycron
104 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:00:53
105 Muhamad Zawawi Azman (Mas) NSC – Mycron
106 Arin Iswana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
107 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Team Roth 0:00:53
108 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
109 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
110 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
111 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
112 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:01:04
113 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:07
114 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:01:12
115 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia 0:01:18
116 Jens Mouris (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:02:02
117 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
118 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:02:06
119 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
120 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:03:08
121 João Marcelo Pereira Gaspar (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
122 Zhang Zheng (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
123 Tristan Marguet (Swi) Team Roth 0:04:19
124 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
125 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:04:30

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 17:26:53
2 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:23
3 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare 0:00:34
4 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:39
5 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:00:43
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare 0:00:45
7 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) SkyDive Dubai
9 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
10 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
11 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
12 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:46
13 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast – Venezuela 0:00:50
14 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
15 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
16 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:00
17 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:01:02
18 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Southeast – Venezuela 0:01:15
19 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling 0:01:18
20 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth 0:01:19
21 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:01:22
22 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:01:28
23 Jingbiao Zhao (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:01:29
24 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth 0:01:33
25 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
26 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 0:01:38
27 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
28 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:01:48
29 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:01:50
30 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
31 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data 0:01:59
32 Colin Stüssi (Swi) Team Roth 0:03:06
33 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:03:26
34 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:03:48
35 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:03:52
36 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:04:02
37 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:06
38 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:04:15
39 Ho San Chiu (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:04:19
40 Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:04:24
41 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
42 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:04:51
43 Kangeun Joo (Kor) KSPO 0:05:33
44 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 0:05:50
45 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:05:56
46 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 0:06:07
47 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:06:39
48 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:06:42
49 Joo Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO 0:06:49
50 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
51 Thomas Scully (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:07:05
52 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:07:14
53 Burr Ho (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:07:22
54 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:07:25
55 Mohd Zariff Muhammad Nur Aiman (Mas) Malaysia 0:07:31
56 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:07:38
57 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:07:42
58 Muhamad Zawawi Azman (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:07:50
59 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:07:52
60 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:09:18
61 Agung Sahbana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:10:17
62 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:10:46
63 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:10:48
64 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia 0:11:54
65 Jonipher Ravina (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:12:01
66 Ma Guangtong (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:12:06
67 Mohd Nazri Muhamad (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:12:29
68 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:12:59
69 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:14:24
70 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:14:27
71 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:14:53
72 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia 0:14:55
73 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:15:19
74 Patria Rastra (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:15:38
75 Teten Rohendi (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:16:13
76 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) KSPO 0:16:23
77 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:16:45
78 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO 0:16:58
79 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:17:44
80 Kun-Soo Kim (Kor) KSPO 0:18:25
81 Novardianto Jamalidin (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:18:43
82 Hyeonseok Kim (Kor) KSPO 0:18:46
83 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:19:31
84 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:19:51
85 Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:20:41
86 Wan Yau Lau (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:20:53
87 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:21:09
88 Andrea Palini (Ita) SkyDive Dubai 0:21:21
89 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:21:31
90 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:21:37
91 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:21:55
92 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth 0:21:57
93 Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:22:35
94 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:23:00
95 Zhang Zheng (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:23:21
96 Ahmad Muazzam Iman Mustafa Kamal (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:23:23
97 Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:23:25
98 Wenhui BI (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:24:18
99 Tyler Magner (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:24:19
100 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:25:07
101 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:25:31
102 Ahmad Mohd Azri (Mas) Malaysia 0:25:34
103 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:26:17
104 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:26:44
105 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
106 Ryan MaCanally (Aus) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:26:54
107 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:27:07
108 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 0:27:23
109 Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) SkyDive Dubai 0:27:51
110 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:28:21
111 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:31:18
112 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:31:34
113 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:33:26
114 João Marcelo Pereira Gaspar (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:33:36
115 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Team Roth 0:34:16
116 Zulkifle Nik Mohd Azwan (Mas) Malaysia 0:34:22
117 Francisco Chamorro (Arg) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:34:32
118 Arin Iswana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
119 Jens Mouris (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:34:37
120 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:35:52
121 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:37:38
122 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:40:11
123 Tristan Marguet (Swi) Team Roth 0:40:47
124 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:51:28
125 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:52:52