ITALIANI ANCORA IN POLE IN MALESIA: PALINI PRECEDE GUARDINI

Nella seconda tappa del Tour de Langkawi tocca ad Andrea Palini (Skydive Dubai) vincere lo sprint di gruppo, regolando il vincitore di ieri Andrea Guardini (Astana) ed il sudafricano Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data).
In classifica generale Guardini riesce a mantenere la leadership, con tre secondi di vantaggio su Palini e dieci sul cinese Meyin Wang (Hengxiang).

Continua il filotto di vittorie italiane al Tour de Langkawi e stavolta per gamba di un altro Andrea, Palini, giunto terzo nella tappa di ieri. Il bresciano della Skydive è riuscito a precedere un plurivincitore di tappe di questa corsa come Guardini in un periodo di corse clou per la sua squadra, durante il quale è riuscito a tenere un’ottima condizione fisica che gli ha permesso di vincere finora due tappe alla Tropicale Amissa Bongo.
Questa seconda tappa del Tour de Langkawi, con partenza da Sungai Petani ed arrivo a George Town dopo 158 chilometri, presentava un percorso adatto ancora una volta alle ruote veloci, con un Gran Premio della Montagna di terza categoria posto a trenta chilometri dal traguardo.
Dopo ventidue chilometri parte la fuga di giornata, composta da cinque corridori – Loh Sea Keong (Malaysia national team), Sofian Nabil (NSC), Gong Hyo Suk (KSPO), Jamilidin Navardianto (Pegasus) e Wang Meiyin (Hengxiang) – che riescono ad avvantaggiarsi di cinque minuti rispetto al gruppo, comandato dall’Astana.
È ad undici chilometri dall’arrivo che il gruppo riprende i fuggitivi, preparandosi a tutta per lo sprint finale. Negli ultimi metri il nervosismo è tanto e finiscono a terra gli uomini della Bardiani, compreso il velocista di punta Nicola Ruffoni, mentre Palini alza le mani al cielo davanti a Guardini e Van Rensburg.

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Andrea Palini (Ita) SkyDive Dubai 3:56:02
2 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
4 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team
5 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare
6 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
8 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
9 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
10 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
11 Joo Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO
12 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
13 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
14 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
15 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:06
16 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team
17 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) SkyDive Dubai
19 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare
21 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
22 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
23 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
24 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
25 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
26 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia
27 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
28 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
29 Ma Guangtong (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:00:11
30 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
31 Jingbiao Zhao (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
32 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth
33 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Professional Cycling
34 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
35 Colin Stüssi (Swi) Team Roth
36 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth
37 Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
38 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data
39 Mohd Zariff Muhammad Nur Aiman (Mas) Malaysia
40 Muhamad Zawawi Azman (Mas) NSC – Mycron
41 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
42 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Southeast – Venezuela
43 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team
44 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
45 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
46 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
47 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
48 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
49 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast – Venezuela
50 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
51 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
52 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
53 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data
54 Burr Ho (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
55 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
56 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
57 Ho San Chiu (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
58 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
59 Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
60 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team
61 Thomas Scully (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling
62 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:00:21
63 Tyler Magner (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:00:29
64 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:00:11
65 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia 0:01:02
66 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
67 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
68 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:01:19
69 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:01:39
70 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
71 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:02:23
72 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
73 Jọo Marcelo Pereira Gaspar (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles РCarrefour
74 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:03:29
75 Kangeun Joo (Kor) KSPO 0:03:53
76 Hyeonseok Kim (Kor) KSPO
77 Ahmad Mohd Azri (Mas) Malaysia
78 Zulkifle Nik Mohd Azwan (Mas) Malaysia
79 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:05:03
80 Patria Rastra (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
81 Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
82 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
83 Ryan MaCanally (Aus) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
84 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
85 Teten Rohendi (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
86 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) NSC – Mycron
87 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO
88 Mohd Nazri Muhamad (Mas) NSC – Mycron
89 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia
90 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
91 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
92 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
93 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling
94 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
95 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
96 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
97 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
98 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
99 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
100 Wan Yau Lau (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
101 Jonipher Ravina (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:08:11
102 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:08:15
103 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
104 Jens Mouris (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling
105 Kun-Soo Kim (Kor) KSPO
106 Ahmad Muazzam Iman Mustafa Kamal (Mas) NSC – Mycron
107 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
108 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
109 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Team Roth
110 Agung Sahbana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
111 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
112 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
113 Zhang Zheng (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
114 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
115 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
116 Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:11:08
117 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:11:32
118 Francisco Chamorro (Arg) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:12:51
119 Arin Iswana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
120 Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) SkyDive Dubai
121 Tristan Marguet (Swi) Team Roth 0:14:00
122 Wenhui BI (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:14:18
123 Tariq Obaid (UAE) SkyDive Dubai
124 Ya Ke Hou (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
125 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
126 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) KSPO 0:14:21
127 Novardianto Jamalidin (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:14:45
128 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 8:11:43
2 Andrea Palini (Ita) SkyDive Dubai 0:00:02
3 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:00:10
4 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:12
5 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:00:16
6 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team
7 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
9 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
11 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
12 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
13 Joo Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO
14 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
15 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
16 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
17 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth
18 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:00:20
19 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare 0:00:22
20 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team
21 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
22 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
23 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare
24 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
25 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) SkyDive Dubai
26 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia
27 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
28 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
29 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
30 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
31 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
32 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
33 Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:00:27
34 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
35 Colin Stüssi (Swi) Team Roth
36 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Professional Cycling
37 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth
38 Jingbiao Zhao (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
39 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data
40 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
41 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
42 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
43 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team
44 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
45 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data
46 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth
47 Ma Guangtong (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
48 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
49 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
50 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
51 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
52 Muhamad Zawawi Azman (Mas) NSC – Mycron
53 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
54 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast – Venezuela
55 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
56 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Southeast – Venezuela
57 Burr Ho (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
58 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
59 Ho San Chiu (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
60 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team
61 Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
62 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
63 Thomas Scully (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling
64 Mohd Zariff Muhammad Nur Aiman (Mas) Malaysia
65 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:00:32
66 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:18
67 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:01:35
68 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:01:55
69 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:02:16
70 Tyler Magner (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:02:23
71 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:02:33
72 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:02:39
73 Jọo Marcelo Pereira Gaspar (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles РCarrefour
74 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia 0:03:12
75 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:03:45
76 Hyeonseok Kim (Kor) KSPO 0:04:09
77 Kangeun Joo (Kor) KSPO
78 Ahmad Mohd Azri (Mas) Malaysia
79 Zulkifle Nik Mohd Azwan (Mas) Malaysia
80 Patria Rastra (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:05:19
81 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
82 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
83 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
84 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
85 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO
86 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling
87 Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
88 Teten Rohendi (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
89 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
90 Ryan MaCanally (Aus) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
91 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) NSC – Mycron
92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
93 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
94 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
95 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia
96 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
97 Mohd Nazri Muhamad (Mas) NSC – Mycron
98 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
99 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
100 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
101 Wan Yau Lau (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
102 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:07:51
103 Jonipher Ravina (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:08:27
104 Zhang Zheng (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:08:31
105 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
106 Kun-Soo Kim (Kor) KSPO
107 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
108 Agung Sahbana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
109 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
110 Ahmad Muazzam Iman Mustafa Kamal (Mas) NSC – Mycron
111 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
112 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Team Roth
113 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:08:51
114 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:09:39
115 Jens Mouris (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:09:51
116 Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:11:24
117 Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) SkyDive Dubai 0:13:05
118 Francisco Chamorro (Arg) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:13:07
119 Arin Iswana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
120 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:13:08
121 Tristan Marguet (Swi) Team Roth 0:14:16
122 Tariq Obaid (UAE) SkyDive Dubai 0:14:34
123 Ya Ke Hou (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
124 Wenhui BI (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
125 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) KSPO 0:14:36
126 Novardianto Jamalidin (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:14:58
127 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:15:34
128 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:29:19

Il testa a testa tra Palini e Guardini sul traguardo di George Town (foto Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)