LANGKAWI, NELLA PRIMA TAPPA CULEY ANTICIPA TUTTI

Nella prima tappa del Tour de Langkawi è l’australiano Marcus Culey (Sapura Cycling) a imporsi anticipando il gruppo, regolato dallo statunitense Travis McCabe (Floyd’s Pro Cycling) sul sudafricano Clint Hendricks (ProTouch).

Una fuga da lontano, prima in compagnia e poi in solitaria, e tanta gioia al traguardo. Ecco come ̬ andata al venticinquenne australiano Marcus Culey (Sapura Cycling), che ha festeggiato la prima vittoria da professionista. Il tracciato della prima tappa del Tour de Langkawi era adatto alle ruote veloci purch̩ fossero in grado di superare le salite previsti nei chilometri iniziali della Kuala Lampur РTampin.
Assieme a Culey si sono lanciati all’attacco Angus Lyons e Brendon Davids (Oliver’s Real Food) ed il coreano Soon Young Kwon (KSPO-Bianchi). I fuggitivi sono riusciti a guadagnare in primo tempo un vantaggio cospicuo poi Culey ha pensato bene che fosse arrivato il momento di lasciare la compagnia e provare l’attacco solitario. Una carta rischiosa, ma che alla fine ha pagato: i 5 secondi che hanno separato Culey dalla rimonta del gruppo raccontano di un finale davvero interessante che ha visto trionfare il fuggitivo. La volata del gruppo è stata vinta da Travis McCabe (Floyd’s Pro Cycling) che ha preceduto Clint Hendricks (ProTouch) e l’italiano Moreno Marchetti (Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM).

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 4:20:40
2 Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:05
3 Clint Hendricks (RSA) Protouch
4 Moreno Marchetti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
5 Michael Freiberg (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
6 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
7 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
8 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
9 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
10 Grigoriy Shtein (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
11 Jayde Julius (RSA) Protouch
12 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
13 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
14 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Interpro Cycling Academy
15 Shoi Matsuda (Jpn) Japan
16 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
17 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Team Ukyo
18 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
19 Muhammad Zawawi Azman (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
20 James Oram (NZl) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
21 Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
22 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling
23 RUS EUR GAZ (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
24 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
25 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Interpro Cycling Academy
26 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
27 Freddy Ovett (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
28 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Malaysia
29 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
30 Jihun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
31 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
32 Benjami Prades Reverter (Spa) Team Ukyo
33 Takeaki Amezawa (Jpn) Japan
34 Jinsong Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
35 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
36 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Team Ukyo
37 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan
38 Sam Crome (Aus) Team Ukyo
39 Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
40 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
41 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
42 Kent Main (Rsa) ProTouch
43 Connor Reardon (Aus) St George Continental
44 Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
45 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia
46 Timothy Cameron (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
47 Mohammadesmaeil Chaichiraghimi (IRI) Customs Cycling Indonesia
48 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
49 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
50 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
51 Azli Najmi Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia 0:00:30
52 Jonathon Noble (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:01:08
53 Michael Potter (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:01:55
54 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:06:24
55 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:07:42
56 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
57 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:14:20
58 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
59 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:16:29
60 Roberto González (Pan) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
61 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Japan
62 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
63 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
64 Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
65 Massimo Rosa (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
66 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
67 Penghai Deng (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
68 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
69 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
70 Yikui Niu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
71 Bingcheng Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
72 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
73 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:18:00
74 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:18:07
75 Simon Jones (USA) Interpro Cycling Academy
76 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
77 Mehdi Tigrine (Bel) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
78 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy
79 Maris Bogdanovics (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy
80 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan
81 Donguk Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
82 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Ukyo
83 Charalampos Kastrantas (Gre) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
84 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
85 Calvin Beneke (RSA) Protouch
86 Rohan Du Plooy (RSA) Protouch
87 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
88 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
89 Aleksei Kurbatov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
90 Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli (Mas) Malaysia
91 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF
92 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
93 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
94 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
95 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
96 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
97 Yongchan Lee (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
98 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
99 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
100 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
101 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
102 Muhammad Shahmir Aiman Abdul Halim (Mas) Malaysia
103 Kyoungho Park (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
104 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
105 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
106 Amarni Drake (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
107 Zamirul Adlisham Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia
108 Andrii Kulyk (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
109 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
110 Jiankun Liu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
111 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
112 Zhaoliang Xu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
113 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
114 Kyohei Mizuno (Jpn) Interpro Cycling Academy
115 Benjamin Andrews (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:19:42
116 Yosandy Darmawan Oetomo (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:26:49
117 Muhamad Fakhruazam Mohd Hanifiah (Mas) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
118 Muhammad Fachri Barokah (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
119 Rizki Hidayatul Fadli (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
120 Daniil Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
121 Qaris Maxu Irwandi Setra (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
122 James Fourie (RSA) Protouch
123 Martin Ford (GBr) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
124 Hao Liu (Chn) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 4:20:27
2 Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:00:09
3 Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:12
4 Clint Hendricks (RSA) Protouch 0:00:14
5 Moreno Marchetti (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:00:18
6 Michael Freiberg (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
7 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
8 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
9 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
10 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
11 Grigoriy Shtein (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
12 Jayde Julius (RSA) Protouch
13 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
14 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
15 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Interpro Cycling Academy
16 Shoi Matsuda (Jpn) Japan
17 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
18 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Team Ukyo
19 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
20 Muhammad Zawawi Azman (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
21 James Oram (NZl) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
22 Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
23 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling
24 RUS EUR GAZ (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
25 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
26 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Interpro Cycling Academy
27 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
28 Freddy Ovett (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
29 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Malaysia
30 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
31 Jihun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
32 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
33 Benjami Prades Reverter (Spa) Team Ukyo
34 Takeaki Amezawa (Jpn) Japan
35 Jinsong Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
36 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
37 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Team Ukyo
38 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan
39 Sam Crome (Aus) Team Ukyo
40 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
41 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
42 Kent Main (Rsa) ProTouch
43 Connor Reardon (Aus) St George Continental
44 Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
45 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia
46 Timothy Cameron (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
47 Mohammadesmaeil Chaichiraghimi (IRI) Customs Cycling Indonesia
48 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
49 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
50 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
51 Azli Najmi Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia 0:00:43
52 Jonathon Noble (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:01:21
53 Michael Potter (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:02:08
54 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:06:34
55 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:07:55
56 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
57 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:14:30
58 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:14:33
59 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:16:42
60 Roberto González (Pan) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
61 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Japan
62 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
63 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
64 Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
65 Massimo Rosa (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
66 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
67 Penghai Deng (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
68 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
69 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
70 Yikui Niu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
71 Bingcheng Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
72 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
73 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:18:13
74 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:18:20
75 Simon Jones (USA) Interpro Cycling Academy
76 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
77 Mehdi Tigrine (Bel) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
78 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy
79 Maris Bogdanovics (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy
80 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan
81 Donguk Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
82 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Ukyo
83 Charalampos Kastrantas (Gre) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
84 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
85 Calvin Beneke (RSA) Protouch
86 Rohan Du Plooy (RSA) Protouch
87 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
88 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
89 Aleksei Kurbatov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
90 Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli (Mas) Malaysia
91 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF
92 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
93 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
94 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
95 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
96 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
97 Yongchan Lee (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
98 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
99 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
100 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
101 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
102 Muhammad Shahmir Aiman Abdul Halim (Mas) Malaysia
103 Kyoungho Park (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
104 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
105 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
106 Amarni Drake (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
107 Zamirul Adlisham Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia
108 Andrii Kulyk (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
109 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
110 Jiankun Liu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
111 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
112 Zhaoliang Xu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
113 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
114 Kyohei Mizuno (Jpn) Interpro Cycling Academy
115 Benjamin Andrews (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:19:55
116 Yosandy Darmawan Oetomo (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:27:02
117 Muhamad Fakhruazam Mohd Hanifiah (Mas) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
118 Muhammad Fachri Barokah (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
119 Rizki Hidayatul Fadli (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
120 Daniil Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors
121 Qaris Maxu Irwandi Setra (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
122 James Fourie (RSA) Protouch
123 Martin Ford (GBr) Brunei Continental Cycling Team
124 Hao Liu (Chn) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team