LANGKAWI, LA TAPPA REGINA VA A DYBALL

La quarta tappa del Tour de Langkawi va all’australiano Benjamin Dyball (Sapura Cycling) che precede di 23” il colombiano Hernán Aguirre (Interpro Cycling Academy) e di 44” lo statunitense Keegan Swirbul (Floyd’s Pro Cycling).

Tappa breve ma intensa, come si suol dire. 114 chilometri totali, di cui gli ultimi venti in salita. Era la tappa più impegnativa e dai risultati lo è stata davvero. Il vincitore, il trentenne australiano Benjamin Dyball (Sapura Cycling), ha fatto un numero mica male giungendo tutto solo al traguardo di Genting Highlands, staccando il colombiano Hernán Aguirre (Interpro Cycling Academy) a due chilometri circa dalla conclusione. È stata una sfida tra scalatori e la selezione è stata profonda: il distacco tra il primo classificato e il decimo è stato di 2 minuti e 21, a testimonianza di una vera e propria battaglia sulle rampe della salita storica della corsa malese, reintrodotta quest’anno dopo che era stata esclusa dal tracciato nelle ultime quattro edizioni. Dietro i due mattatori di giornata si classificano nell’ordine lo statunitense Keegan Swirbul (Floyd’s Pro Cycling) 44″, il kazako Vadim Pronskiy (Vino – Astana Motors) a 59”, il giapponese Nariyuki Masuda (nazionale giapponese) a 1’19”, il russo Nikolay Cherkasov (Gazprom-RusVelo) a 1’34”, l’australiano Sam Crome (Team UKYO) a 1’56″, l’italiano Luca Raggio (Neri Sottoli KTM) a 2′11″, l’italiano Alessandro Bisolti (Androni Sidermec) a 2′18″ e l’australiano Freddy Ovett (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) a 2’21”.
In classifica generale – che potrebbe già essere definitiva, essendo tutte adatte ai velocisti le rimanenti quattro frazioni – Dyball balza al comando con 27” su Aguirre e 50” su Swirbul mentre Bisolti è il migliore dei nostri con un ritardo di 2′28″ dall’australiano.

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 3:22:02
2 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:00:23
3 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:44
4 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:00:59
5 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan 0:01:19
6 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:01:34
7 Sam Crome (Aus) Team Ukyo 0:01:56
8 Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:02:11
9 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:18
10 Freddy Ovett (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:02:21
11 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:02:32
12 Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:03:01
13 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:03:09
14 Kent Main (Rsa) ProTouch 0:03:19
15 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling 0:03:35
16 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:03:43
17 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:03:49
18 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:03:56
19 Timothy Cameron (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:04:06
20 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:04:16
21 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Team Ukyo 0:04:20
22 James Oram (NZl) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 0:04:23
23 Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:04:28
24 Michael Potter (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:04:31
25 Grigoriy Shtein (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:04:55
26 Muhammad Zawawi Azman (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:05:13
27 Benjami Prades Reverter (Spa) Team Ukyo 0:06:03
28 Jayde Julius (RSA) Protouch 0:06:09
29 Jinsong Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:06:17
30 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:06:54
31 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia 0:07:32
32 Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:07:35
33 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:07:48
34 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:08:08
35 Penghai Deng (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
36 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-BikeExchange
37 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:08:21
38 Bingcheng Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:08:35
39 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:08:55
40 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:08:57
41 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
42 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:09:55
43 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:09:59
44 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
45 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
46 Mohammadesmaeil Chaichiraghimi (IRI) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:10:03
47 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
48 Shoi Matsuda (Jpn) Japan 0:10:22
49 Jiankun Liu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 0:11:04
50 Jihun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:11:18
51 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:11:22
52 Roberto González (Pan) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:11:38
53 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:11:46
54 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:12:13
55 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:12:44
56 Muhammad Fachri Barokah (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:12:58
57 Azli Najmi Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia 0:13:07
58 Zamirul Adlisham Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia 0:13:54
59 Daniil Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:14:18
60 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Malaysia 0:15:00
61 Calvin Beneke (RSA) Protouch 0:15:12
62 Michael Freiberg (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
63 Muhammad Shahmir Aiman Abdul Halim (Mas) Malaysia 0:15:52
64 Connor Reardon (Aus) St George Continental 0:16:37
65 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:17:02
66 Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli (Mas) Malaysia 0:17:14
67 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:17:17
68 Qaris Maxu Irwandi Setra (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:17:37
69 Benjamin Andrews (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:18:02
70 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:18:40
71 Amarni Drake (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:18:47
72 Jonathon Noble (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
73 RUS EUR GAZ (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:18:48
74 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:18:57
75 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team 0:19:05
76 Hao Liu (Chn) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team 0:19:11
77 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
78 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling
79 Massimo Rosa (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:19:39
80 Clint Hendricks (RSA) Protouch 0:19:41
81 James Fourie (RSA) Protouch 0:20:11
82 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:20:46
83 Simon Jones (USA) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:21:11
84 Donguk Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling
85 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:22:20
86 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:22:23
87 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:24:26
88 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:24:34
89 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:24:51
90 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:25:36
91 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:26:01
92 Andrii Kulyk (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team 0:26:15
93 Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
94 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
95 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
96 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF
97 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
98 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
99 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
100 Rohan Du Plooy (RSA) Protouch
101 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:26:21
102 Maris Bogdanovics (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy
103 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:26:26
104 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:26:29
105 Aleksei Kurbatov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo
106 Zhaoliang Xu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:26:35
107 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:26:38
108 Rizki Hidayatul Fadli (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
109 Charalampos Kastrantas (Gre) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:26:45
110 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:26:47
111 Mehdi Tigrine (Bel) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:26:48
112 Yosandy Darmawan Oetomo (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia
113 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Japan 0:27:19
114 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:27:20
115 Takeaki Amezawa (Jpn) Japan 0:27:23
116 Martin Ford (GBr) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:27:30
117 Muhamad Fakhruazam Mohd Hanifiah (Mas) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:27:34
118 Yikui Niu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 0:27:51
119 Kyoungho Park (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:28:20
120 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan 0:28:36

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 17:25:42
2 Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:00:27
3 Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:00:50
4 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:01:05
5 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan 0:01:29
6 Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:01:40
7 Sam Crome (Aus) Team Ukyo 0:02:06
8 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:02:28
9 Freddy Ovett (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:02:31
10 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:02:42
11 Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:02:43
12 Luca Raggio (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:03:09
13 Kent Main (Rsa) ProTouch 0:03:29
14 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:03:53
15 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:03:59
16 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:04:06
17 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Team Ukyo 0:04:26
18 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
19 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling 0:04:30
20 Timothy Cameron (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
21 James Oram (NZl) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 0:04:33
22 Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:04:38
23 Grigoriy Shtein (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:05:05
24 Muhammad Zawawi Azman (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:05:37
25 Benjami Prades Reverter (Spa) Team Ukyo 0:06:13
26 Jayde Julius (RSA) Protouch 0:06:15
27 Jinsong Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:06:27
28 Michael Potter (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:06:31
29 Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:07:36
30 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia 0:07:56
31 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:08:18
32 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:08:31
33 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:09:05
34 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:09:51
35 Vladislav Kulikov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:10:09
36 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
37 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:10:13
38 Mohammadesmaeil Chaichiraghimi (IRI) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:10:27
39 Shoi Matsuda (Jpn) Japan 0:10:28
40 Jihun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:11:26
41 Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:11:32
42 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:11:52
43 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:12:39
44 Azli Najmi Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia 0:14:06
45 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Malaysia 0:15:01
46 Michael Freiberg (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:15:13
47 Connor Reardon (Aus) St George Continental 0:17:22
48 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:18:50
49 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:19:03
50 RUS EUR GAZ (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:19:14
51 Clint Hendricks (RSA) Protouch 0:19:43
52 Jonathon Noble (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:21:49
53 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:22:27
54 Penghai Deng (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:24:42
55 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:25:02
56 Bingcheng Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:25:23
57 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:25:27
58 Brayan Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 0:26:20
59 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:27:09
60 Takeaki Amezawa (Jpn) Japan 0:27:33
61 Roberto González (Pan) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:28:08
62 Umberto Marengo (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:28:43
63 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:29:30
64 Jiankun Liu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 0:29:46
65 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:29:50
66 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:29:53
67 Zamirul Adlisham Zulkefli (Mas) Malaysia 0:32:06
68 Calvin Beneke (RSA) Protouch 0:33:20
69 Muhammad Shahmir Aiman Abdul Halim (Mas) Malaysia 0:34:04
70 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:34:21
71 Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli (Mas) Malaysia 0:35:26
72 Massimo Rosa (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:36:27
73 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:37:07
74 Emile Jean (Can) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:37:23
75 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team 0:37:52
76 Benjamin Andrews (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:38:24
77 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Floyd’s Pro Cycling 0:39:10
78 Simon Jones (USA) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:39:23
79 Muhammad Fachri Barokah (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:39:52
80 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:40:31
81 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:40:32
82 Amarni Drake (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:40:55
83 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:40:59
84 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 0:41:00
85 Daniil Pronskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:41:57
86 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:42:45
87 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:42:49
88 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino-Astana Motors 0:43:10
89 Donguk Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:43:22
90 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:43:48
91 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:44:13
92 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
93 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:44:17
94 Andrii Kulyk (Ukr) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team 0:44:23
95 Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team
96 Maris Bogdanovics (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:44:29
97 Qaris Maxu Irwandi Setra (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:44:31
98 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:44:43
99 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:44:46
100 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:44:48
101 Charalampos Kastrantas (Gre) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:44:52
102 Zhaoliang Xu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:45:08
103 Aleksei Kurbatov (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:45:11
104 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Interpro Cycling Academy 0:45:16
105 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Ukyo 0:46:05
106 Kyoungho Park (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Pro Cycling 0:46:28
107 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom–Rusvelo 0:46:33
108 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan 0:46:40
109 Mehdi Tigrine (Bel) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:46:55
110 Rohan Du Plooy (RSA) Protouch 0:47:54
111 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:48:11
112 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) Japan 0:48:24
113 James Fourie (RSA) Protouch 0:49:00
114 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:51:47
115 Rizki Hidayatul Fadli (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:53:28
116 Yosandy Darmawan Oetomo (Ina) Customs Cycling Indonesia 0:53:42
117 Yikui Niu (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 0:54:37
118 Hao Liu (Chn) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team 0:55:57
119 Muhamad Fakhruazam Mohd Hanifiah (Mas) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:56:09
120 Martin Ford (GBr) Brunei Continental Cycling Team 0:56:18