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RUJANO
WINS TOUR DE LANGKAWI, MANAN SCOOPS GREEN JERSEY, SHAW
TAKES FINAL STAGE
07/03/2010
Enjoying
a relatively stress free day due to his team’s
control of the race, Venezuelan rider Jose Rujano today
won the Tour de Langkawi and showed that he is back
to his best form.
The
28 year old finished safely in the main bunch at the
end of the 133.7 kilometre final stage from Kuala Kubu
Baru to Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. Close marking
by his ISD-Neri team meant that his closest competitors
were unable to get clear, with the only serious move
being one involving Ghader Misbani (Tabriz Petrochemical
Cycling). MORE>>
RUJANO
SEIZES TOUGHEST STAGE AND YELLOW JERSEY; MANAN LOOKING
GOOD FOR GREEN
06/03/2010
GENTING
HIGHLANDS - Five years after he finished second on the
climb en route to second overall in the race, José
Rujano went one better today on the torturous slopes
of Genting Highlands.
The
ISD Neri rider dropped all of the other riders on the
mountain, regarded as one of the toughest in cycling,
and reached the line two minutes and nine seconds clear
of the next finisher, Gong Hyo Suk (Seoul Cycling).
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MANAN
MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST MALAYSIAN STAGE WIN
05/03/2010
PORT DICKSON - If there was ever any doubt that the
Asian riders had stepped things up a level in this year’s
Le Tour de Langkawi, today’s stage confirmed that
point beyond question. Less than twenty-four hours after
Japanese champion Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team)
won into Parit Sulong, Anuar Manan made history when
he took the first-ever Malaysian stage victory in the
race.
The talented 23 year old burst out of the peloton at
the end of the 111.5 kilometre stage to Port Dickson,
hitting the line ahead of Vidal Celis (Footon-Servetto)
and René Haselbacher (Vorarlberg-Corratec). What’s
more, he won the first intermediate sprint and ended
the day a full nine points clear of Michael Matthews
(Team Jayco Skins) in the green jersey competition.
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NISHITANI
BLASTS TO SUPERB VICTORY, ERLER SAFEGUARDS HIS YELLOW
JERSEY
04/03/2010
PARIT
SULONG - Grabbing the third Japanese victory ever in
the Tour de Langkawi – and the sixth by an Asian
rider - Taiji Nishitani took a superb mass bunch sprint
win today in Parit Sulong.
The
29 year old national road race champion scorched it
on the slightly-downhill finish, holding off the double
stage-victor Michael Matthews (Jayco-Skins), his own
team-mate Kazuhiro Mori, plus the rest of the peloton.
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