Intente a “grattare” un cielo insolitamente plumbeo, le altissime Petronas Towers danno il loro saluto al vincitore della 3^ tappa del Tour de Langkawi: Max Walscheid della NTT, che chiude in 3h51'42'' e bissa così la vittoria nel Criterium pre-Tour. Completano il podio il nostro Riccardo Minali della Nippo Delko One Provence, secondo (ieri ce l’aveva detto: aveva buone sensazioni ed esce alla distanza) e Ahmet Orken della Sapura, che ripete il 3° posto della 1^ tappa.

I 122 corridori (non più 123, dato il ritiro di Luca Chirico della Androni) sono partiti da Temerloh e hanno attraversato l’entroterra malese, tra sinuose distese di palme e villaggi, per arrivare nella capitale Kuala Lumpur, su una distanza complessiva di 162,5 km. Dopo i primi due sprint intermedi nei 20 km iniziali, terreno di caccia dei tre team malesi, sono partite fughe e gran premi della montagna: Johan Le Bon, Rylee Field, Bernard Van Aert, Alistair Donohoe, Giorgios Bouglas e Nur Aiman Zariff hanno passano la metà del percorso con un vantaggio di 3 minuti e mezzo sul gruppo, guidato dalla Vino Astana Motors della maglia gialla Fedorov. Questo attacco è stato un secondo tentativo per Field e Zariff, protagonisti anche della fuga a cinque di ieri, vanificata a poca distanza dal traguardo di Kerteh.

Una volta avviatosi verso il valico del Sempah, prima vera salita di questo giro della Malesia, il sestetto di testa ha iniziato a sfaldarsi: Donohoe ha mollato, Zariff ha forato (portandosi quantomeno a casa la maglia rossa di miglior scalatore), Field è partito per staccare i compagni di fuga e prendersi il Sempah, per poi affondare l’allungo nei 40 km di discesa finali. Dopo essere stato ripreso ieri a 3 km dall’arrivo, però, oggi l’australiano classe ’94 è stato acciuffato a 12 km dalla linea del traguardo, da un tandem di inseguitori formato da Quentin Pacher e Pierpaolo Ficara. Il nuovo terzetto è stato poi a sua volta ripreso dal peloton a 2 km dal traguardo, con la volatona collettiva che ha avuto l’esito sopra descritto.

Con questa vittoria, Walscheid va a prendersi il 3° posto nella classifica generale, oltre alla maglia verde Petronas della classifica a punti. La maglia gialla resta addosso al kazako Yevgeniy Fedorov. Tra gli italiani troviamo in top 10 della tappa odierna pure Giovanni Lonardi della Bardiani csf Faizanè, arrivato 5° dietro al greco Giorgios Bouglas della SSOIS Miogee. Mentre nessun nostro connazionale è attualmente nella top 10 della generale. Matteo Pelucchi era inizialmente nel primo drappello che ha tentato la fuga, ma è presto rientrato nel gruppone. Domani vivremo uno dei momenti clou del Tour de Langkawi: il “tappone” di Genting Highlands, con arrivo in salita a 1650 metri d’altitudine. Lì si delineeranno gli equilibri della classifica.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Maximilian Walscheid (GER) NTT Pro Cycling Team 3:51:42
2 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Nippo Delko Provence 0:00:00
3 Ahmet Örken (Tur) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
4 Georgios Bouglas (Gre) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team 0:00:00
5 Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizanè 0:00:00
6 Alexander Cowan (Can) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 0:00:00
7 Jamalidin Novardianto (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team 0:00:00
8 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 0:00:00
9 Mohamad Izzat Hilmi Abdul Halil (Mas) Nationalmannschaft Malaysia 0:00:00
10 Tristan Ward (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
11 Kent Ross (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 0:00:00
12 Taj Jones (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:00
13 Sarawut Sirironnachai (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
14 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabù - KTM 0:00:00
15 Ryu Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen 0:00:00
16 Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:00:00
17 Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabù - KTM 0:00:00
18 Bernard Benyamin Van Aert (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team 0:00:00
19 Matvey Nikitin (Kaz) Vino - Astana Motors 0:00:00
20 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels - Vital Concept 0:00:00
21 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels - Vital Concept 0:00:00
22 Muhammad Ameer Ahmad Kamal (Mas) Nationalmannschaft Malaysia 0:00:00
23 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) Nationalmannschaft Hongkong 0:00:00
24 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) Vino - Astana Motors 0:00:00
25 Rylee Field (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
26 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:00:00
27 Peerapol Chawchiangkwang (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
28 Burr Ho (HKg) Nationalmannschaft Hongkong 0:00:00
29 Thanakhan Chaiyasombat (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
30 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels - Vital Concept 0:00:00
31 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence 0:00:00
32 Dušan Rajovic (Srb) Nippo Delko Provence 0:00:00
33 Juan-Pierre Van Der Merwe (RSA) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
34 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Vini Zabù - KTM 0:00:00
35 Alex Hoehn (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 0:00:00
36 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:00:00
37 Lucas De Rossi (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:00:00
38 Daniel Savini (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizanè 0:00:00
39 Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita) Vini Zabù - KTM 0:00:00
40 Justin Mottier (Fra) B&B Hotels - Vital Concept 0:00:00
41 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team 0:00:00
42 Sofian Nabil Omar Mohd Bakri (Mas) Nationalmannschaft Malaysia 0:00:00
43 Louis Meintjes (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
44 Fabio Mazzucco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizanè 0:00:00
45 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
46 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:00:00
47 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team 0:00:00
48 Samuele Battistella (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
49 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen 0:00:00
50 Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
51 Cristian Raileanu (Mda) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
52 Johan Le Bon (Fra) B&B Hotels - Vital Concept 0:00:00
53 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:00:00
54 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
55 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
56 Pierpaolo Ficara (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
57 Muhammad Danieal Haikkal Edy Suhaidee (Mas) Nationalmannschaft Malaysia 0:00:00
58 Drew Morey (Aus) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:00:00
59 Igor Chzhan (Kaz) Vino - Astana Motors 0:00:00
60 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
61 Ho San Chiu (HKg) Nationalmannschaft Hongkong 0:00:00
62 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) Nationalmannschaft Hongkong 0:00:00
63 Ahmad Yoga Ilham Firdaus (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team 0:00:00
64 Nik Mohd Azwan Zulkiflie (Mas) Nationalmannschaft Malaysia 0:00:00
65 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen 0:00:00
66 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 0:00:00
67 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Esp) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team 0:00:00
68 Jamal Hibatullah (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team 0:00:00
69 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
70 Kaito Nakamura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen 0:00:00
71 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
72 Danilo Celano (Ita) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
73 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizanè 0:00:21
74 Cormac McGeough (Irl) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 0:00:26
75 Amarni Drake (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:39
76 Masahiro Ishigami (Jpn) Nippo Delko Provence 0:01:28
77 Alessandro Monaco (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizanè 0:01:58
78 Dominic Perez (Phi) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team 0:03:22
79 Shotaro Iribe (Jpn) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:03:54
80 Kookhyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:06:29
81 Gleb Brussenskiy (Kaz) Vino - Astana Motors 0:06:29
82 Sandy Hasan (Ina) PGN Road Cycling Team 0:06:41
83 Jaehyun Kim (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:07:34
84 Ariya Phounsavath (Lao) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:07:34
85 Mattia Viel (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 0:08:45
86 James Harvey (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:08:45
87 Ben Van Dam (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:08:45
88 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:08:45
89 Jay Dutton (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:08:45
90 André Looij (Ned) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team 0:08:45
91 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Vini Zabù - KTM 0:08:45
92 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 0:08:45
93 Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Vini Zabù - KTM 0:08:45
94 Carter Bettles (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:08:45
95 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team 0:08:45
96 Wan Yau Vincent Lau (HKg) Nationalmannschaft Hongkong 0:08:45
97 Anuar Manan (Mas) Nationalmannschaft Malaysia 0:08:45
98 Hiroki Nishimura (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen 0:08:45
99 Ryota Kaihara (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:08:45
100 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Nationalmannschaft Hongkong 0:08:45
101 Jihun Kim (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:08:45
102 Navuti Liphongyu (Tha) Thailand Continental Cycling Team 0:08:45
103 Kakeru Omae (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:08:45
104 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:08:45
105 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:08:45
106 Samuel Boardman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 0:08:45
107 Kyoungho Park (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:12:01
108 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:12:01
109 Soonyeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:12:01
110 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels - Vital Concept 0:12:01
111 Gwangho Shin (Kor) KSPO Professional 0:14:12
112 Alexandr Semenov (Kaz) Vino - Astana Motors 0:15:25
113 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizanè 0:15:25
114 Hayato Okamoto (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:15:25
115 Alexandr Ovsyannikov (Kaz) Vino - Astana Motors 0:15:25
116 Matthew Rice (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:15:25
117 Colby Lange (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling 0:15:25
118 Zack Gilmore (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:21:40
119 Keigo Kusaba (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:21:54
120 Stuart Shaw (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:21:54
DNF Alastair Christie-Johnston (Aus) Team BridgeLane
DNF Rei Onodera (Jpn) Utsunomiya Blitzen
DNS Luca Chirico (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

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