Surprised the day before by the escapees, the sprinters logically caught up this Saturday morning at Bintulu. Once again devoid of relief, the 7th stage of PETRONAS Le Tour de Langkawi this time did not escape a massive sprint, which was won by the Italian Matteo Malucelli ! Already victorious in the 2nd stage, the team rider JCL Team UKYO took the upper hand and his revenge in the last meters on Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), who beat him on the 4th and 5th days of racing. Yet perfectly launched by his team and his pilot fish Maikel Zijlaard – who also took the opportunity to extend his effort and take 3rd place on the line – the Dutchman seemed on a royal road before his Italian rival appeared on the right of the road to deprive the Swiss team of a beautiful doubled.
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Pesenti grabs on to Max Poole, still solid leader
Behind the two Batavians of the Tudor, we find two of the best sprinters of this week in Malaysia with the Russian Gleb Syritsa (Astana Qazaqstan Team) and Espagnol Manuel Peñalver (Team Polti Kometa). As for the general classification, the Italian Thomas Pesenti (JCL Team UKYO) like the day before took 1 second bonus during this 7th stage, which allows him to get closer, before the last flat stage on Sunday, to 13 “from the Briton Max Poole (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), still wearing the race leader’s green jersey.
