Le Tour de Langkawi 2020 – Stage 1 [LAST 15 KM]

February 7, 2020

Le Tour de Langkawi 2020 – Stage 1 – Kuching – Kuching : 96,2 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.

At the age of only 19, Kazakhstani Yevgeni Fedorov claimed his first international victory at the 25th Le Tour de Langkawi in Kuching. He outsprinted his breakaway companion Thurakit Boonrathanathanakorn from the Thailand Continental Team.

“This is a big win for myself and for my team,” said the rider from the Vino Astana Motors squad. “I didn’t expect to win today. It’s a big surprise but I wanted to take my chance. The Thai rider rejoined me and we rode flat out until the finish and I’m very happy to be first on the line.”

Fedorov already showed himself as a very motivated attacker during the inaugural criterium in Kota Kinabalu the day before. He rode away from the bunch again as early as 27km of stage 1 despite the rhythm of the peloton being over 47km/h. Boonrathanathanakorn made the junction quickly to form a leading duo that the peloton didn’t take seriously.

Following the bunch sprint victory of Max Walscheid in the criterium, many teams expected NTT Pro Cycling to close the gap but the WorldTour outfit opted to not use all of their resources on stage 1 considering that they also have GC ambitions with Louis Meintjes and Samuele Battistella, and they can’t ask Japanese national champion Shotaro Iribe to do most of the work in a six-man team.

The time difference went up to 5:30 and it was still at four minutes with 40km to go, with the last part of the stage contested on a technical circuit in the streets of Kuching. Fedorov looked stronger than Boonrathanathanakorn. He logically outsprinted his companion on the Padang Merdeka (Independence Field) of Kuching to take a maiden international victory before turning 20 years old the day after the end of Le Tour de Langkawi.

“It’s still a great result for our team,” the 30-year-old Thai declared. “We have performed at category 1 and 2 levels in the past but this is a Pro Series race. It’s huge for us. And we have more ambitions with our climbers for the general classification.”

Franco-Laotian rider Alex Ariya Phounsavath came fresh off winning the Cambodia Bay Cycling Tour. He looks forward to the ascent to Genting Highlands where Tour de France star riders Louis Meintjes and Pierre Rolland are set to clash. But Kevin Rivera (Androni Giocatolli-Sidermec) who was tipped as one of their challengers for the overall win started Le Tour de Langkawi with a bit of sickness and lost a significant amount of time in stage 1.

Unaware of the existence of two breakaway riders, Ahmet Örken (Sapura) raised his hands up in the air as he crossed the line as the first place of the peloton.

“I’m still happy with third, it feels good to win a bunch sprint for my first race ever with a non-Turkish team,” he said before learning that his team would be fined heavily for not having prepared a national champion jersey for him.

Results :
1 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors 1:51:01
2 Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:00:03
3 Ahmet Orken (Tur) Team Sapura Cycling 0:01:17
4 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) NTT Pro Cycling Team
5 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
6 Georgios Bouglas (Gre) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team
7 Taj Jones (Aus) Ara pro Racing Sunshine Coast
8 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
9 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
10 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
11 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
12 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling
13 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) NTT Pro Cycling Team
14 Andre Looij (Ned) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team
15 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
16 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
17 Matvey Nikitin (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
18 Alexander Cowan (Can) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
19 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
20 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
21 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo Delko One Provence
22 Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
23 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
24 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
25 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
26 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
27 Johan Le Bon (Fra) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
28 Jamalidin Novardianto (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team
29 Keigo Kusaba (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
30 Alex Hoehn (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
31 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team
32 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team
33 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
34 Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
35 Samuele Battistella (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling Team
36 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Nippo Delko One Provence
37 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
38 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
39 Mohamad Izzat Hilmi Abdul Halil (Mas) Malaysia
40 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
41 Louis Meintjes (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling Team
42 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
43 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
44 Colby Lange (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
45 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling Team
46 Ben Van Dam (Aus) Team Bridgelane
47 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
48 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
49 Ahmad Yoga Ilham Firdaus (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team
50 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
51 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling
52 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
53 Sarawut Sirironnachai (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
54 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
55 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
56 Drew Morey (Aus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team
57 Justin Mottier (Fra) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
58 Alexandr Ovsyannikov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
59 Juan-Pierre Van der Merwe (RSA) Team Bridgelane
60 Bernard Benyamin Van Aert (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team
61 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
62 Ryu Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
63 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
64 Alastair Christie-johnston (Aus) Team Bridgelane
65 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept
66 Rylee Field (Aus) Team Bridgelane
67 Danilo Celano (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling
68 Ho San Chiu (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
69 Masahiro Ishigami (Jpn) Nippo Delko One Provence
70 Thanakhan Chaiyasombat (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
71 Amarni Drake (Aus) Ara pro Racing Sunshine Coast
72 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Team Sapura Cycling
73 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane
74 Peerapol Chawchiangkwang (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
75 Igor Chzhan (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
76 Ariya Phounsavath (Lao) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
77 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
78 Matthew Rice (Aus) Ara pro Racing Sunshine Coast
79 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
80 Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
81 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling
82 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia
83 Burr Ho (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
84 Muhammad Ameer Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Malaysia
85 Tristan Ward (Aus) Team Bridgelane
86 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Malaysia
87 Jamal Hibatullah (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team
88 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabu – KTM
89 Sandy Hasan (Ina)
90 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team
91 Kaito Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
92 Alexandr Semenov (Kaz) Vino – Astana Motors
93 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Malaysia
94 Muhammad Danieal Haikkal Edy Suhaidee (Mas) Malaysia
95 Navuti Liphongyu (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team
96 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:01:40
97 Dominic Perez (Phi) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team
98 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Ara pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:02:08
99 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen 0:02:11
100 Zack Gilmore (Aus) Ara pro Racing Sunshine Coast
101 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:02:16
102 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani – CSF – Faizane 0:02:20
103 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:04:32
104 Cormac Mcgeough (Irl) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 0:04:57
105 Kakeru Omae (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
106 Gwangho Shin (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:05:28
107 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Professional
108 Carter Bettles (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
109 Jay Dutton (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
110 Ryota Kaihara (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
111 Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
112 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
113 Wan Yau Vincent Lau (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
114 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Nippo Delko One Provence
115 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Nippo Delko One Provence
116 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:07:18
117 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team
118 Kyoungho Park (Kor) KSPO Professional
119 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Ara pro Racing Sunshine Coast
120 Kookhyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:09:20
121 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:12:07
122 Jihun Kim (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:12:16
123 James Harvey (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:12:59

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