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2013 Le Tour de langkawi
LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI 2013 - Go!
Bos stamps his authority with back to back wins at the Tour de Langkawi
Theo Bos has dominated start of the 2013 Tour de Langkawi with back to back wins in the first two stages. On stage one, from Kangar to Kulim, Bos outsprinted Europcar's Bryan Coquard for the win with Astana's Andrea Guardini in third. Bos repeated the feat on stage 2 from Serdang to Kuala Kangsar. This time Guardini pushed himself to secure second place with Team Orica-GreenEdge's Aidis Kruopis in third. The wins gave Bos both the leader's yellow jersey as well as the blue points jersey.
Theo Bos outsprints Andrea Guardini (R) and Aidis Kruopis for Stage 2: Photo
© John Pierce
With the next day's mountain stage lilely to bring his reign in yellow to a close Bos have to revel in his success, "I am happy to have continued with this winning rhythm, although today was a little bit more difficult because I had to start my sprint quite early. My teammate Greame Brown had opened it up too early.
"At first I saw the Garmin rider (Steele Von Hoff) behind me, then suddenly Guardini was there. But I also saw that he had some problems with his pedal, so I was a bit lucky today," said Bos, 30, who managed seven victories the whole of last year, but has already got three in his first two races this year after also winning Stage 2 in the Tour of the Algarve last week."
Theo Bos in action on Stage 2: Photo
© John Pierce
General Classification after stage 2
1. Theo BOS, Blanco, in 6:54:45
2. Andrea GUARDINI, Astana, at :10
3. Meiyin WANG, HEN, at :11
4. Bryan COQUARD, Europcar, at :14
5. Anuar MANAN, BCP, at :14
6. Aidis KRUOPIS, Orica-GreenEdge, at :16
7. Joon Yong SEO, KSPO, at :16
8. Junrong HO, OCBC Singapore, at :16
9. Fuyu LI, HEN, at :18
10. Serge PAUWELS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :19
The full team line-up is:
1 |
Pro Tour |
Garmin Sharp (GRS) - USA |
2 |
Astana Pro Team (AST) - KAZ |
3 |
Orica GreenEdge (OGE) - AUS |
4 |
Blanco Pro Cycling Team (BLA) - NED |
5 |
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) - BEL |
| |
Pro
Continental |
|
6 |
Vini Fantini (VIN) - GBR |
7 |
Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team (UHC) - USA |
8 |
Champion System Pro Cycling Team (CSS) - CHN |
9 |
Team Europcar (EUC) - FRA |
10 |
Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela (AND) - ITA |
11 |
MTN - Qhubeka (MTN) - RSA |
| |
Continental |
|
12 |
Tabriz Petrochemical Team (TPT) - IRI |
13 |
RTS Racing Team (RTS) - TPE |
14 |
Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG) - MAS |
15 |
OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team (TSI) - SIN |
16 |
Team Nippo (PPO) - JPN |
17 |
Aisan Racing Team (AIS) - JPN |
18 |
KSPO (KSP) - KOR |
19 |
Hengxiang Cycling Team (HEN) - CHN |
20 |
Synergy - Baku Cycling Project |
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National |
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21 |
Malaysia National Cycling Federation |
22 |
Indonesia National Team |
Race Route for 2013
2013 Tour de Langkawi Route © LTDL2013
22 teams, including UCI Pro Teams Astana and Garmin-Sharp, have confirmed participation in the race.
LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI 2013 ROUTE 20/02/13 - 2/3/2013:
Stage 1 Thursday 21 February 2013 : Kangar Kulim (163.7 Km)
Stage 2 Friday 22 February 2013 : Serdang Kuala Kangsar (116.0 Km)
Stage 3 Saturday 23 February 2013 : Sungai Siput Cameron Highlands (145.5 Km)
Stage 4 - Sunday 24 February 2013 : Tapah Kapar (168.0 Km)
Stage 5 Monday 25 February 2013 : Proton Genting (108.0 Km)
Stage 6 Tuesday 26 February 2013 : Mentakab Kuantan (212.8 Km)
Stage 7 - Wednesday 27 February 2013 : Kuantan Dungun (149.8 Km)
Stage 8 Thursday 28 February 2013 : Kuala Terengganu Tanah Merah (164.5 Km)
Stage 9 Friday 1 March 2013 : Pasir Puteh Kuala Berang (123.6 Km)
Stage 10 Saturday 2 March 2013 : Tasik Kenyir Kuala Terengganu (114.8 Km)
TOTAL DISTANCE : 1466.6km
Links
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