Le Tour de Langkawi 2017 – Stage 3 [Highlights]

February 24, 2017

Le Tour de Langkawi 2017 – Stage 3– Serdang – Pantai Remis – 118 km

The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in the month of February. It usually consists of 10 day-long segments (stages) over 10 days. While the route changes each year, the Genting Highlands climb, the toughest in the tour, is always included. Tour de Langkawi is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC road race in the UCI Asia Tour calendar.

Third time proved a charm for Jakub Mareczko at the Tour de Langkawi with the Italian dominating the out the bunch sprint finish in Pantai Remis.

The Wilier Triestina rider was perfectly moved into position by his teammates, holding off the fast-finishing stage 1 winner Scott Sunderland (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) and Malaysian Mohd Zamri Saleh (Terengganu).

“I have good form and today I found it and did a good sprint,” Mareczko said. “Today the stage was short and the team helped me from the first kilometre to control the breakaway in front and in the final kilometres they took over and controlled the sprint.”

The win is Mareczko’s second at the Tour de Langkawi after his success last year in Rembau and 21st of his young career. It is also his first success of the 2017 season.

For stage 1 winner Sunderland, it was a “crazy” finale with plenty of fresh teams and riders willing and ready to “box on”.

“For the last five kilometres, it was just chaotic. I nearly came off countless times on the run in,” he told Cyclingnews. “It was pretty difficult and in the end, I had to come from a long way back. I think I opened my sprint up from about three hundred metres to try to give myself a good run in. I came with a lot of pace but ran out of legs a little towards the final. I am happy to come away with second after such a hard run in.”

Thursday’s stage winner Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare) finished in sixth place, ensuring that race leader Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data) will wear the yellow jersey for the race’s fourth and queen stage up Cameron Highlands. He will start the day three seconds ahead of McCabe on the general classification with Filippo Pozzato third at 11 seconds.

How it unfolded

Friday’s stage 3 of the Tour de Langkawi saw the peloton start in the hottest conditions yet of this year’s race as it rolled out of Serdang. Once the flag was dropped, minus six riders from stage 2, an aggressive start saw the trio of Stepan Astafyev (Vino Astana Motors), Loh Sea Keong (Thailand) and Dominic Perez (7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine) get clear. By the 10km mark, the leaders pulled out over five minutes on the peloton, content to let them enjoy the stage out in front.

The three became two a touch over 70km into the 118km stage when Perez re-joined the peloton. Keong and Astafyev continued to press on at the head of the race, with Dimension Data the key pace maker back in the peloton. The advantage of the two leaders continued to fall as the sprint teams moved forward to ensure the bunch kick finish.

At the 100km mark, the gap was almost non-existent as the two leaders dangled out in the front of the peloton at 20 seconds. The finale features open flat roads to ensure a fast and furious sprint finish with the break caught inside 4km to race. At the conclusion of the sprint, it was Mareczko raising his arms in triumph but the crowd reserved its loudest cheers for local hero Saleh.

Results :
1 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina 2:48:56
2 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
3 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
4 Nicolas Marini (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
5 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
7 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
8 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
9 Thanawut Sanikwathi (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
10 M. Izzat Hilmi Abd Halil (Mas) Sapura Cycling Team
11 Wilmar Paredes (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
12 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Team Dimension Data
13 Sergey Vlassenko (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
14 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
15 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data
16 Phuchong Saiudomsin (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
17 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
18 Shijin Zhang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
19 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
20 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
21 Chris Harper (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
22 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) Malaysia National Team
23 Joonyong Seo (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
24 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
25 Andrea Palini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
26 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
27 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
28 M Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) Infinite AIS Cycling Team
29 Bernado Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
30 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine
31 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Team Wilier Triestina
32 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) Sapura Cycling Team
33 Xiang Yuan Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
34 Daniel Jaramillo Diez (Col) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
35 Shotaro Watanabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
36 Seungwoo Choi (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
37 Bonjoe Martin (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine
38 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
39 Sergio Higuita (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
40 Penghai Deng (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
41 Nelson Martin (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine
42 Eiman Firdaus Mohd Zamri (Mas) Malaysia National Team
43 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Androni Giocattoli
44 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
45 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
46 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
47 M Ameer Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Malaysia National Team
48 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
49 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team
50 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina
51 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
52 Fernando Orjuela (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
53 Yahui Shi (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
54 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina
55 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Team Dimension Data
56 Daeyeon Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
57 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Team Dimension Data
58 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
59 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina
60 Navuti Liphongyu (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
61 Tianhao Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
62 Timothy Roe (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
63 Akmal Hakim Zakaria (Mas) Sapura Cycling Team
64 Taras Voropayev (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
65 Dmitriy Lukyanov (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
66 Kritsada Changpad (Tha) Infinite AIS Cycling Team
67 Khunakorn Nonthichan (Tha) Infinite AIS Cycling Team
68 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine
69 Ying Hon Ronald Yeung (HKg) Infinite AIS Cycling Team
70 Xin Wang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
71 Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
72 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Terengganu Cycling Team
73 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia National Team
74 Carlos Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
75 Victor Nino Corredor (Col) Sapura Cycling Team
76 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) Sapura Cycling Team
77 M Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Malaysia National Team
78 Haiwang Liu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
79 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
80 Cameron Bayly (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
81 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:12
82 Wilmar Jahir Perez Munoz (Col) Sapura Cycling Team 0:00:14
83 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
84 Dominic Perez (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine
85 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) Infinite AIS Cycling Team
86 Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
87 M Ameen Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Malaysia National Team
88 Siyu Yang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team 0:00:20
89 Tanaphon Seanaumnuayphon (Tha) Infinite AIS Cycling Team 0:00:21
90 Sungbaek Park (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
91 Haesung Cho (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
92 Aspan Zhukenov (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
93 Juan Villegas (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
94 Nick Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data
95 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
96 Ryohei Komori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:00:28
97 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:00:29
98 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
99 Niccolo Pacinotti (Ita) Bardiani CSF
100 Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:00:31
101 Yecid Sierra (Col) Manzana Postobon Team 0:00:41
102 Sukho Kang (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling 0:00:45
103 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
104 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:01:57
105 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina 0:02:30
106 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data
107 Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
108 En Huang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team 0:02:37

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Dimension Data 10:48:09
2 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:03
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina 0:00:11
4 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina
5 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors 0:00:13
6 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:16
7 Chris Harper (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 0:00:17
8 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Team Wilier Triestina
9 Sergey Vlassenko (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
10 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
11 Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini
12 Daniel Jaramillo Diez (Col) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
13 Bernado Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
14 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
15 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team
16 Fernando Orjuela (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
17 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Androni Giocattoli
18 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
19 Timothy Roe (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
20 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
21 Cameron Bayly (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
22 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Team Dimension Data
23 Dmitriy Lukyanov (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors
24 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
25 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina 0:00:28
26 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Team Dimension Data 0:00:31
27 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Team Dimension Data 0:00:45
28 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:49
29 Carlos Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:52
30 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:54
31 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine 0:01:14
32 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:01:16
33 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:01:22
34 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team 0:01:24
35 Victor Nino Corredor (Col) Sapura Cycling Team 0:01:27
36 Joonyong Seo (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling 0:01:30
37 Wilmar Paredes (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
38 Penghai Deng (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
39 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia National Team
40 M Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Malaysia National Team
41 Wilmar Jahir Perez Munoz (Col) Sapura Cycling Team 0:01:41
42 Ying Hon Ronald Yeung (HKg) Infinite AIS Cycling Team 0:01:46
43 Siyu Yang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team 0:01:50
44 Daeyeon Kim (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling 0:01:53
45 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine
46 Niccolo Pacinotti (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:59
47 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) Infinite AIS Cycling Team 0:02:00
48 Yecid Sierra (Col) Manzana Postobon Team 0:02:11
49 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:02:24
50 Nick Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:03:21
51 M Ameer Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0:04:16
52 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:19
53 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini
54 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:05:23
55 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:07:54
56 Nelson Martin (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine 0:09:23
57 Khunakorn Nonthichan (Tha) Infinite AIS Cycling Team
58 M Ameen Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0:09:37
59 Jacques Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:14:53
60 Juan Villegas (Col) Manzana Postobon Team 0:18:53
61 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 0:22:24
62 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina 0:22:30
63 Nicolas Marini (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:22:36
64 Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors 0:22:38
65 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:22:40
66 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
67 Phuchong Saiudomsin (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:22:44
68 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
69 Sergio Higuita (Col) Manzana Postobon Team
70 Shotaro Watanabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:23:00
71 Taras Voropayev (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors 0:23:07
72 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:23:13
73 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
74 Ryohei Komori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:23:31
75 Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:23:47
76 Sukho Kang (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling 0:23:50
77 M Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) Infinite AIS Cycling Team 0:23:52
78 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) Sapura Cycling Team
79 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0:23:57
80 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
81 Seungwoo Choi (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling
82 Navuti Liphongyu (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
83 Kritsada Changpad (Tha) Infinite AIS Cycling Team
84 Xin Wang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
85 Haesung Cho (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling 0:24:05
86 Dominic Perez (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine
87 Sungbaek Park (Kor) KSPO Bianchi Asia Procycling 0:24:09
88 Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:24:11
89 Aspan Zhukenov (Kaz) Vino Astana Motors 0:24:13
90 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team 0:24:22
91 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:24:23
92 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Team Wilier Triestina 0:25:14
93 Thanawut Sanikwathi (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:25:23
94 Shijin Zhang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team 0:25:33
95 Tanaphon Seanaumnuayphon (Tha) Infinite AIS Cycling Team 0:26:11
96 Akmal Hakim Zakaria (Mas) Sapura Cycling Team 0:26:22
97 Haiwang Liu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
98 Xiang Yuan Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:26:41
99 Eiman Firdaus Mohd Zamri (Mas) Malaysia National Team
100 Tianhao Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:27:45
101 Yahui Shi (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team 0:27:50
102 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) Sapura Cycling Team 0:28:07
103 Marino Kobayashi (Jpn) Nippo – Vini Fantini 0:29:16
104 En Huang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team 0:29:23
105 Andrea Palini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:29:41
106 Bonjoe Martin (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippine 0:29:57
107 M. Izzat Hilmi Abd Halil (Mas) Sapura Cycling Team 0:30:58
108 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:31:35