2013 Le Tour de langkawi

LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI 2013 - Stage 5 - Proton - Genting 110.3km.

Feb, 25: Julian David Arredondo of Team Nippo soloed to the win and race leadership on Genting's Queen stage.

The 25-year old Colombian distanced his rivals to finish the 110.3 kilometre stage in 3 hours 11 minutes and 41 seconds, 26 seconds ahead of Orica-GreenEdge's Pieter Weening in second place and 44 in front of RTS Racing's Victor Nino.

Overnight leader Wang Meiyan (Hengxiang Cycling Team) was unable to repeat his Cameron Highland's performance and finished over five minutes down in 20th, slipping to fifth overall.

Arrendondo added 25 points in the mountains classification at the start of the stage to grab the king of the mountains red jersey from Meiyin.

However, Meiyin still remained in the lead of the Asian riders' classification, thanks to his powerful performance in winning the Cameron Highlands stage on Saturday.

Julian David Arredondo wins solo: Photo © Le Tour de Langkawi

Orica-GreenEdge's Travis Meyer made an early solo breakaway attempt and opened up a nine minute gap to the peloton and took the mountains hot spot in Bukit Cerakah and three intermediate sprints at Coalfields, PAya Jaras and Gombak, before being caught by the peloton when the climbing began at Genting Sempah.

His time in the spot light came to a close when the climbers finally made their big moves and Arredondo, accompanied by his teammate Fortunato Baliani led a group of 22 riders away when the race began the final part of the climb at Gohtong Jaya, 10km from the finish.

"I was just watching how the yellow jersey (Meiyin) was behaving today before making my move. I had my teammate Baliani with me and we jumped to attack with 10km to go when we saw that Meiyin had been dropped," said Arredondo. "This is my biggest win to date. I had won some races as an amateur in Italy and I only turned professional with Team Nippo last year, when I won the Japan Cup. Now I have a comfortable lead at the front and I hope my teammates will be able to control the race in the remaining stages."

Meanwhile, Meiyin, who had to ride without support from his teammates in the climb, admitted that he was disappointed in losing the yellow jersey after winning the Cameron Highlands stage. "I must admit that there are other stronger climbers here but I am satisfied with giving my best so far," said Meiyin.

Chinese gate guards route to Genting: © Le Tour de Langkawi

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Julian David Arredondo celebrates between Pieter Weening and Victor Nino: © Le Tour de Langkawi

Stage 5 Results - top 20

1 Arredondo M.,Julian D PPO Team Nippo - De Rosa 3h11'41"
2 Weening,Pieter OGE Orica Greenedge 3h12'07" @26"
3 Nino Corredor,Victor RTS RTS Racing Team 3h12'25" @44"
4 Pardilla,Sergio MTN MTN Qhubeka 3h12'46" @01'05"
5 Stetina,Peter GRS Garmin - Sharp 3h13'09" @01'28"
6 Kolahdozhagh,Amir TPT Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3h13'21" @01'40"
7 Grmay,Tsgabu G. MTN MTN Qhubeka 3h13'24" @01'43"
8 Baliani,Fortunato PPO Team Nippo - De Rosa 3h13'28" @01'47"
9 Ebsen,John BCP Synergy - Baku Cycling Project 3h13'31" @01'50"
10 Haas,Nathan GRS Garmin - Sharp 3h13'39" @01'58"
11 Monsalve,Yonatha VIN Vini Fantini - Selle Italia 3h14'10" @02'29"
12 Ghader,Misbani Iranagh TPT Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3h14'14" @02'33"
13 J Van Rensburg,Jacques MTN MTN Qhubeka 3h14'16" @02'35"
14 Rolland,Pierre EUC Team Europcar 3h14'26" @02'45"
15 Dyachenko,Alexandr AST Astana Pro Team 3h15'00" @03'19"
16 Gil Martinez,Tomas A AND Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 3h15'14" @03'33"
17 Pauwels,Serge OPQ Omega Pharma-Quickstep 3h15'14" @ s/t
18 Euser,Lucas UHC United Healthcare Pro Cycling 3h15'42" @04'01"
19 Rodriguez,Jackson AND Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela 3h16'25" @04'44"
20 Wang,Meiyin HEN Hengxiang Cycling Team 3h16'54" @05'13"

General Classification after Stage 5 - top 20

The full team line-up is:

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

2013 Tour de langkawi Official Website

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