MURPHY INTERROMPE L’EGEMONIA ITALIANA

febbraio 27, 2016
Categoria: News

Nella terza tappa del Tour de Langkawi è lo statunitense John Murphy (Unitedhealthcare) il più veloce nello sprint finale, precedendo gli azzurri Francesco Chicchi (Androni) e Jakub Mareczko (Southeast). In classifica generale tuttavia Andrea Guardini (Astana), oggi fuori dal podio, riesce a mantenere la leadership.

Un mese fa fu lui ad interriompere il dominio di Caleb Ewan all’Herald Sun Tour; oggi è di nuovo lui a finire la consuetudine di italiani vincenti in questo inizio di Tour de Langkawi. Per John Murphy, americano della Unitedhealthcare, il merito è di quello, inoltre, di aver sfruttato un ottimo lavoro della sua squadra, battendo poi in velocità tutti gli altri concorrenti.
Questa terza tappa, con partenza da Kulim e arrivo in quei di Kuala Kangsar dopo 107 chilometri, presentava un percorso molto breve e di nuovo favorevole ai velocisti, con un’unica difficoltà, un gran premio della montagna di quarta categoria, poco più di un falsopiano, posto a tredici chilometri dal traguardo.
Poco dopo la partenza tre corridori provano a partire all’attacco – Donaben Goh (Terengganu), James Oram (One Pro Cycling) e Joao Pereira (Funvic-Soul-Carrefour) – e finiscono per mantenere la testa della corsa fino a sette chilometri dal traguardo, quando vengono ripresi da un gruppo che finora non ha concesso nulla ai fuggitivi di giornata.
Nello sprint finale la Unitedhealthcare chiude la corsa e permette al suo velocista John Murphy di iniziare la volata in una posizione privilegiata rispetto agli altri corridori, e il risultato è netto: lo statunitense precede Chicchi e Mareczko. Poca fortuna invece per Guardini, giunto quinto, mentre Palini è decimo dietro a Paolo Simion (Bardiani).
In programma per domani la tappa regina della corsa, con l’arrivo in salite sulle Cameron Highlands, la quale dovrebbe dare una scossa in classifica generale.

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 2:30:31
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
3 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
4 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team
5 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
6 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
7 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
8 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
9 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Andrea Palini (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
11 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
12 Joo Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO
13 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
14 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
15 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
16 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
17 Ryan MaCanally (Aus) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
18 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
19 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
20 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) NSC – Mycron
21 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
22 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
23 Jingbiao Zhao (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
24 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare
25 Hyeonseok Kim (Kor) KSPO
26 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare
27 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare
28 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
29 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast – Venezuela
30 Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
31 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
32 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
33 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
34 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
35 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team
36 Muhamad Zawawi Azman (Mas) NSC – Mycron
37 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
38 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data
39 Arin Iswana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
40 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
41 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) NSC – Mycron
42 Patria Rastra (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
43 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth
44 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team
45 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia
46 Novardianto Jamalidin (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
47 Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) NSC – Mycron
48 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
49 Zhang Zheng (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
50 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data
51 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) SkyDive Dubai
52 Tyler Magner (USA) UnitedHealthcare
53 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
54 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Professional Cycling
55 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
56 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
57 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Southeast – Venezuela
58 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
59 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
60 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
61 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
62 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth
63 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
64 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
65 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
66 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
67 Ma Guangtong (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
68 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
69 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO
70 Teten Rohendi (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
71 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
72 Ahmad Muazzam Iman Mustafa Kamal (Mas) NSC – Mycron
73 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia
74 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
75 Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) SkyDive Dubai
76 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
77 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
78 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
79 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
80 Francisco Chamorro (Arg) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
81 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
82 Thomas Scully (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling
83 Ahmad Mohd Azri (Mas) Malaysia
84 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
85 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team
86 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
87 Ho San Chiu (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
88 Burr Ho (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
89 Agung Sahbana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
90 Mohd Zariff Muhammad Nur Aiman (Mas) Malaysia
91 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
92 Jonipher Ravina (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:00:16
93 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth
94 Zulkifle Nik Mohd Azwan (Mas) Malaysia 0:00:18
95 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
96 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
97 Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
98 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
99 Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
100 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
101 Kangeun Joo (Kor) KSPO 0:00:22
102 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
103 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
104 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
105 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:00:23
106 Kun-Soo Kim (Kor) KSPO
107 Jọo Marcelo Pereira Gaspar (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles РCarrefour 0:00:26
108 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
109 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling
110 Wan Yau Lau (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
111 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:31
112 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
113 Mohd Nazri Muhamad (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:00:35
114 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) KSPO
115 Wenhui BI (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
116 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:00:43
117 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:00:47
118 Tristan Marguet (Swi) Team Roth
119 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia 0:01:00
120 Jens Mouris (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:01:19
121 Colin Stüssi (Swi) Team Roth 0:01:28
122 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:03:06
123 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Team Roth 0:03:30
124 Tariq Obaid (UAE) SkyDive Dubai 0:05:33
125 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:09:22
126 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
127 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 10:42:14
2 Andrea Palini (Ita) SkyDive Dubai 0:00:02
3 John Murphy (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:00:06
4 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:10
5 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
6 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:12
7 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
8 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:00:16
9 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
12 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
13 Joo Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO
14 George Harper (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
15 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
16 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:00:20
17 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare 0:00:22
18 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team
19 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare
21 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
22 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
23 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia
24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) SkyDive Dubai
25 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) SkyDive Dubai
26 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
27 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
28 Richard Handley (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling
29 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare
30 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
31 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:00:23
32 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:27
33 Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
34 Jingbiao Zhao (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
35 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
36 Carlos Alexandre Manarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour
37 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Dimension Data
38 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Professional Cycling
39 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team
40 Valentin Baillifard (Swi) Team Roth
41 Roland Thalmann (Swi) Team Roth
42 Songezo Jim (RSA) Dimension Data
43 Alberto Nardin (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec
44 Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Southeast – Venezuela
45 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
46 Muhamad Zawawi Azman (Mas) NSC – Mycron
47 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
48 Ma Guangtong (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
49 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
50 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Southeast – Venezuela
51 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
52 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
53 Samuele Conti (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
54 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
55 Burr Ho (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
56 Edgar Nohales Nieto (Spa) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
57 Ho San Chiu (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
58 Thomas Scully (NZl) Drapac Professional Cycling
59 Mohd Zariff Muhammad Nur Aiman (Mas) Malaysia
60 Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:00:32
61 Dylan Page (Swi) Team Roth
62 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:00:45
63 Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling
64 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:01:35
65 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:49
66 Colin Stüssi (Swi) Team Roth 0:01:55
67 Tyler Magner (USA) UnitedHealthcare 0:02:23
68 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:02:33
69 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 0:02:42
70 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela 0:02:57
71 Jọo Marcelo Pereira Gaspar (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles РCarrefour
72 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:02:59
73 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:03:45
74 Hyeonseok Kim (Kor) KSPO 0:04:09
75 Ahmad Mohd Azri (Mas) Malaysia
76 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia 0:04:12
77 Zulkifle Nik Mohd Azwan (Mas) Malaysia 0:04:27
78 Kangeun Joo (Kor) KSPO 0:04:31
79 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:05:13
80 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:05:19
81 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
82 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
83 Patria Rastra (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
84 Ryan MaCanally (Aus) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
85 Irwandie Lakasek (Mas) NSC – Mycron
86 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO
87 Teten Rohendi (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
88 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
89 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
90 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
91 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia
92 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
93 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
94 Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:05:37
95 Ka Hoo Fung (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
96 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP
97 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:05:42
98 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 0:05:45
99 Wan Yau Lau (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
100 Mohd Nazri Muhamad (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:05:54
101 Zhang Zheng (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:08:31
102 Andrea Dal Col (Ita) Southeast – Venezuela
103 Ahmad Muazzam Iman Mustafa Kamal (Mas) NSC – Mycron
104 Agung Sahbana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
105 Jonipher Ravina (Phi) 7 Eleven – Sava RBP 0:08:43
106 Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Bra) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:08:53
107 Kun-Soo Kim (Kor) KSPO 0:08:54
108 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:09:22
109 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:09:38
110 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:10:01
111 Shiki Kuroeda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:10:12
112 Jens Mouris (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:11:10
113 Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) NSC – Mycron 0:11:24
114 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec 0:11:37
115 Lukas Jaun (Swi) Team Roth 0:12:01
116 Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) SkyDive Dubai 0:13:05
117 Francisco Chamorro (Arg) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:13:07
118 Arin Iswana (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
119 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:13:34
120 Novardianto Jamalidin (Ina) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team 0:14:58
121 Tristan Marguet (Swi) Team Roth 0:15:03
122 Wenhui BI (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling 0:15:09
123 Hyo Suk Gong (Kor) KSPO 0:15:11
124 Dias Omirzakaov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:17:53
125 Tariq Obaid (UAE) SkyDive Dubai 0:20:07
126 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Funvic Soul Cycles – Carrefour 0:24:56
127 Hiu Fung Choy (HKg) HKSI Pro Cycling Team 0:29:41

Lo statunitense Murphy spezza linfilata di successi italiani al Tour of Langkawi (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lo statunitense Murphy spezza l'infilata di successi italiani al Tour of Langkawi (Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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