Easy day at Langkawi? Mattia Gavazzi wakes up and takes his fourth stage, while Diquigioavnni continues its domination.

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After a two-day break Mattia Gavazzi got back to his winning ways, bagging his fourth stage victory in the 14th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi, a 146.8 kilometer Stage Six from Batang Kali to Shah Alam on Saturday.

The Italian sprinter registered his team Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocatoli’s 20th ever stage win at the Malaysian race, after yet another bunch sprint. This time it required a photo-finish to separate between three frontrunners: Ag2r La Mondiale’s Aurelian Clerc, Garmin-Slipstream’s Chris Sutton and Gavazzi, as the trio crossed the line side-by-side.

Gavazzi, 26, said his team of workhorses, who were drained after almost total dominance in the first five days of the Tour, had initially planned to take the day easy and allow a harmless breakaway to go.

“This race, for us, has been very successful so far. We’ve won almost everything there is to win, so we decided to take it easy today and if there was a breakaway, we would let it go.”

“But then there was a good breakaway of nine riders after the king of the mountains point (at 36.8km) and there was (Cervelo TestTeam’s) Gomez Marchante. He was in tenth position in the general classification and had just about three minutes to catch Jose Serpa,” said Gavazzi.

“Luckily for us, the Australian nation team and ISD did a lot of work to keep the break under control and bring it back. When it came to the sprint, my teammates again did a good job of leading me out and all I had to do was go for the win, although this time it was much closer then previously.”

Gavazzi pipped Clerc for first, with Sutton having to settle for third this time around.

Serpa’s yellow jersey remained intact with just the final stage, the Kuala Lumpur Criterium, remaining Sunday.

Diquigiovanni-Androni has taken charge of three of the four leaders’ jerseys.

Gavazzi still leads the points classification with 84 points; Serpa has the yellow jersey and the polka dot jersey. The team also lead the overall teams’ classification.

Malaysian team Le Tua are the only other jersey holders, with their Indonesian rider Tonton Susanto virtually confirmed as the Asian riders’ jersey ­­winner with just the showcase Kuala Lumpur Criterium remaining.

Top 10 places in Stage 6:
1. Mattia Gavazzi (ITA/Diquigiovanni-Androni) 3:7:33.
2. AurŽlien Clerc (SUI/AG2r La Mondiale) s.t.,
3. Chris Sutton (AUS/Garmin Slipstream) s.t.,
4. Davide Vigano (ITA/Fuji-Servetto) s.t.,
5. Nolan Hoffman (RSA/South Africa National Team) s.t.,
6. RenŽ Haselbacher (AUT/Vorarlberg-Corratec)s.t.,
7. Igor Abakoumov (BEL/ISD) s.t.,
8. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/BBOX Bouygues Telecom) s.t.,
9. Daniel Musiol (GER/Vorarlberg-Corratec) s.t.,
10. Jaco Venter (RSA/South Africa National Team) s.t.

Top 10 places overall:
1. Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (COL/Diquigiovanni-Androni) 22:43:52
2. Jai Crawford (AUS/Australia National Team) 22:44:19,
3. Jackson Rodriguez (VEN/Diquigiovanni-Androni) 22:44:39,
4. Frederrik Kessiakoff (SWE/Fuji-Servetto) 22:44:46,
5. Johann Tschopp (SUI/BBox Bouygues Telecom) 22:45:14,
6. Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA/South Africa National Team) 22:46:30,
7. Tonton Susanto (INA/Letua Cycling Team) 22:46:36sec,
8. Lucas Euser (USA/Garmin Slipstream) 22:47:08
9.Gomez Marchante J A (ESP/Cervelo Test Team) 22:47:29,
10. Richie Porte (AUS/Australia National Team) 22:47:36

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Results

Top 10 places in Stage 6:

1. Mattia Gavazzi (ITA/Diquigiovanni-Androni) 3:7:33.

2. AurŽlien Clerc (SUI/AG2r La Mondiale) s.t.,

3. Chris Sutton (AUS/Garmin Slipstream) s.t.,

4. Davide Vigano (ITA/Fuji-Servetto) s.t.,

5. Nolan Hoffman (RSA/South Africa National Team) s.t.,

6. RenŽ Haselbacher (AUT/Vorarlberg-Corratec)s.t.,

7. Igor Abakoumov (BEL/ISD) s.t.,

8. Yukiya Arashiro (JPN/BBOX Bouygues Telecom) s.t.,

9. Daniel Musiol (GER/Vorarlberg-Corratec) s.t.,

10. Jaco Venter (RSA/South Africa National Team) s.t.

Top 10 places overall:

1. Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (COL/Diquigiovanni-Androni) 22:43:52

2. Jai Crawford (AUS/Australia National Team) 22:44:19,

3. Jackson Rodriguez (VEN/Diquigiovanni-Androni) 22:44:39,

4. Frederrik Kessiakoff (SWE/Fuji-Servetto) 22:44:46,

5. Johann Tschopp (SUI/BBox Bouygues Telecom) 22:45:14,

6. Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA/South Africa National Team) 22:46:30,

7. Tonton Susanto (INA/Letua Cycling Team) 22:46:36,

8. Lucas Euser (USA/Garmin Slipstream) 22:47:08

9.Gomez Marchante J A (ESP/Cervelo Test Team) 22:47:29,

10. Richie Porte (AUS/Australia National Team) 22:47:36

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