Gavazzi wins first stage of Malaysia’s Tour de Langkawi
- By VeloNews.com
- Published Feb. 9, 2009
- Updated Feb. 9, 2009 at 2:31 PM UTC
Italian Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) won the first stage of the Tour de Langkawi cycling race in Malaysia’s administrative capital of Putrajaya on Monday.
Australian Chris Sutton from Garmin Slipstream took second place.
Gavazzi won the 133.8 kilometre (83.14 mile) stage in three hours, six minutes and 42 seconds.
The seven-stage race began in Putrajaya, south of Kuala Lumpur on Monday and heads south to the tourist town of Malacca, then north to the Genting Highlands, before ending on February 15 in the capital Kuala Lumpur.
“Today was very difficult so we had to work very hard. Finishing the first stage, it is not an easy win. I think we cannot work this way all the time,” said Diquigiovanni-Androni team manager Gianni Savio.
“So tomorrow it is not important to keep our lead, but the right lead would be in Genting. But I think, if there will be a breakaway, we will try to put some of our riders in the breakaway,” he added.
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Results
Stage 1:
1. Mattia Gavazzi (ITA/Diquigiovanni-Androni) 3:6:42.
2. Chris Sutton (AUS/Garmin Slipstream) s.t.,
3. Nolan Hoffman (RSA/South Africa National Team) s.t.,
4. Tiziano Dall’Antonia (ITA/CSF Group Navigare) s.t.,
5. Hossien Nateghi (IRI/Iran National Team) s.t.,
6. Daniel Musiol (GER/Vorarlberg-Corratec) s.t.,
7. Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (MAS/Malaysia National Team) s.t.,
8. Rafaa Chtioui (TUN/Doha Team) s.t.,
9. Miyataka Shimizu (JPN/EQA-Meitan Hompo – Graphiti) s.t.,
10. Anuar Manan (MAS/Malaysia National Team) s.t
FILED UNDER: Race Report / Race Result / Road