Le Tour de Langkawi 2020 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

February 8, 2020

Le Tour de Langkawi 2020 – Stage 2 – Kuala Terengganu – Kerteh : 175,5 km

Le Tour de Langkawi goes back to its roots this year. Considering the first edition of Malaysia’s premier international bike race was contested by amateur teams back in 1996, with the overall victory going to the late Australian Damian McDonald, it all started for the professionals in Kota Kinabalu in 1997. For the second time only, the 25th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi kicks off from the Sabah state on the island of Borneo, with a criterium this Friday before the race proper from Kuching on February 7 to Langkawi on February 14. In addition, a new UCI 1.1 race, the Malaysian International Classic, will be held the following day.

Australian Taj Jones of the ARA Pro Cycling Sunshine Coast team beat Max Walscheid of NTT Pro Cycling to win the bunch sprint that ended the second stage of the Le Tour de Langkawi.

Jones became the second 19-year old stage winner, following the equally stunning breakaway victory by Vino-Astana Motors’ Yevgeniy Fedorov in Kuching on Thursday.

A bunch sprint was expected on the flat stage without any categorised climbs but the plan was threatened by a five-man breakaway comprising Mattia Viel (Androni Gioccatoli), Alessandro Iacchi (Vini Zabu), Rylee Field (Bridgelane), Nur Aiman Zariff (Sapura) and Colby Lange (Wildlife) that went away 20km into the stage.

The quintet built up a maximum gap of up to five minutes before the front back began to disintegrate with Field launching a solo attack as the peloton driven by yellow jersey team Vino-Astana began to swiftly close the gap.

Field’s courageous solo attempt ended inside the final three kilometres, with Walscheid’s NTT Pro Cycling Team sensing a victory after the German’s win in the prelude event – the Kota Kinabalu Criterium International on Thursday.

That was until Jones turned up at the finish line to spoil the German’s party.

Results :
1 Taj Jones (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 4:05:29
2 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) NTT Pro Cycling
3 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
4 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence
5 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
6 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
7 Tristan Ward (Aus) Team Bridgelane
8 Georgios Bouglas (Gre) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
9 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
10 Keigo Kusaba (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
11 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Team Sapura Cycling
12 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
13 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
14 Andre Looij (Ned) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
15 Alexander Cowan (Can) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
16 Mohamad Izzat Hilmi Abdul Halil (Mas) Malaysia
17 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling
18 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
19 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) NTT Pro Cycling
20 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
21 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
22 Juan-Pierre Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team Bridgelane
23 Jamalidin Novardianto (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
24 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
25 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
26 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
27 Matthew Rice (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
28 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) Hong Kong, China
29 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia
30 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
31 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Nippo Delko Provence
32 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
33 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
34 Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
35 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
36 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
37 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
38 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
39 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
40 Muhammad Ameer Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Malaysia
41 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
42 Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
43 Matvey Nikitin (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
44 Ben Van Dam (Aus) Team Bridgelane
45 Bernard Benyamin Van Aert (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
46 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling
47 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
48 Johan Le Bon (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
49 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
50 Danilo Celano (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling
51 Burr Ho (HKg) Hong Kong, China
52 Kakeru Omae (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
53 Drew Morey (Aus) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
54 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling
55 Ho San Chiu (HKg) Hong Kong, China
56 Peerapol Chawchiangkwang (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
57 Ariya Phounsavath (Lao) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
58 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
59 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
60 Alex Hoehn (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
61 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) Hong Kong, China
62 Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
63 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Malaysia
64 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
65 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
66 Jamal Hibatullah (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
67 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong, China
68 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
69 Wan Yau Vincent Lau (HKg) Hong Kong, China
70 Navuti Liphongyu (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
71 Thanakhan Chaiyasombat (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
72 Samuele Battistella (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling
73 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Team Sapura Cycling
74 Muhammad Danieal Haikkal Edy Suhaidee (Mas) Malaysia
75 Justin Mottier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
76 Ahmad Yoga Ilham Firdaus (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
77 Igor Chzhan (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
78 Alexandr Semenov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
79 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia
80 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
81 Alexandr Ovsyannikov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
82 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
83 Kaito Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
84 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
85 Sandy Hasan (Ina)
86 Ryu Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
87 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
88 Amarni Drake (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
89 Carter Bettles (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
90 Sarawut Sirironnachai (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
91 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
92 Dominic Perez (Phi) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
93 Jihun Kim (Kor) Kspo Professional
94 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
95 Cormac Mcgeough (Irl) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
96 Rylee Field (Aus) Team Bridgelane
97 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
98 Ryota Kaihara (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
99 Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
100 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
101 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
102 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
103 Colby Lange (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
104 Zack Gilmore (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
105 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
106 Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
107 Gwangho Shin (Kor) Kspo Professional
108 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
109 Kyoungho Park (Kor) Kspo Professional
110 James Harvey (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
111 Jay Dutton (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
112 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
113 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) Kspo Professional
114 Alastair Christie-Johnston (Aus) Team Bridgelane
115 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
116 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) Kspo Professional
117 Masahiro Ishigami (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
118 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) NTT Pro Cycling
119 Kookhyun Kim (Kor) Kspo Professional
120 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
121 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
122 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
123 Louis Meintjes (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors 5:56:14
2 Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:00:09
3 Taj Jones (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:01:23
4 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:01:24
5 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) NTT Pro Cycling 0:01:27
6 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Team Sapura Cycling 0:01:29
7 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
8 Rylee Field (Aus) Team Bridgelane
9 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:01:30
10 Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM 0:01:31
11 Ben Van Dam (Aus) Team Bridgelane
12 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team 0:01:32
13 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
14 Bernard Benyamin Van Aert (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
15 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:01:33
16 Georgios Bouglas (Gre) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
17 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
18 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
19 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
20 Andre Looij (Ned) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
21 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling
22 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) NTT Pro Cycling
23 Alexander Cowan (Can) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
24 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
25 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
26 Keigo Kusaba (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
27 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
28 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
29 Jamalidin Novardianto (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
30 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
31 Mohamad Izzat Hilmi Abdul Halil (Mas) Malaysia
32 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
33 Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
34 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
35 Matvey Nikitin (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
36 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
37 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
38 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
39 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
40 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence
41 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
42 Johan Le Bon (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
43 Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
44 Juan-Pierre Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team Bridgelane
45 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
46 Alex Hoehn (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
47 Tristan Ward (Aus) Team Bridgelane
48 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling
49 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling
50 Matthew Rice (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
51 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) Hong Kong, China
52 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
53 Samuele Battistella (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling
54 Drew Morey (Aus) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
55 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
56 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia
57 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
58 Danilo Celano (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling
59 Ho San Chiu (HKg) Hong Kong, China
60 Muhammad Ameer Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Malaysia
61 Ahmad Yoga Ilham Firdaus (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
62 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
63 Peerapol Chawchiangkwang (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
64 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
65 Justin Mottier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
66 Ariya Phounsavath (Lao) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
67 Burr Ho (HKg) Hong Kong, China
68 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
69 Alexandr Ovsyannikov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
70 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) Hong Kong, China
71 Thanakhan Chaiyasombat (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
72 Sarawut Sirironnachai (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
73 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
74 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Team Sapura Cycling
75 Colby Lange (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
76 Ryu Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
77 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
78 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Malaysia
79 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
80 Igor Chzhan (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
81 Jamal Hibatullah (Ina) Pgn Road Cycling Team
82 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
83 Amarni Drake (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
84 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. Tsg Cycling Team
85 Louis Meintjes (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling
86 Navuti Liphongyu (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
87 Muhammad Danieal Haikkal Edy Suhaidee (Mas) Malaysia
88 Alexandr Semenov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
89 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia
90 Kaito Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
91 Sandy Hasan (Ina)
92 Alastair Christie-Johnston (Aus) Team Bridgelane
93 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM
94 Masahiro Ishigami (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence
95 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
96 Dominic Perez (Phi) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team 0:01:56
97 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
98 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:02:24
99 Zack Gilmore (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:02:27
100 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) Kspo Professional 0:02:32
101 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:02:36
102 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen 0:02:47
103 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) NTT Pro Cycling 0:04:48
104 Kakeru Omae (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:05:13
105 Cormac Mcgeough (Irl) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
106 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Nippo Delko Provence 0:05:41
107 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence 0:05:44
108 Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
109 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong, China
110 Wan Yau Vincent Lau (HKg) Hong Kong, China
111 Carter Bettles (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
112 Ryota Kaihara (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
113 Gwangho Shin (Kor) Kspo Professional
114 Jay Dutton (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
115 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) Kspo Professional
116 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:07:34
117 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
118 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) Ssois Miogee Cycling Team
119 Kyoungho Park (Kor) Kspo Professional
120 Kookhyun Kim (Kor) Kspo Professional 0:09:36
121 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 0:12:23
122 Jihun Kim (Kor) Kspo Professional 0:12:32
123 James Harvey (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:13:15