KUCHING: Yevgeniy Fedorov of Vino-Astana Motors clinched a thrilling victory in the opening stage of the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) in Kuching, today. Fedorov (Kazakhstan) completed the 85.6km course around Kuching in a time of one hour, 51 minutes and one second. Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn of the Thailand came in a close second (+3 seconds) while Team Sapura Cycling's Ahmet Orken (+1:17s), who was in the chasing group, completed the podium. Fedorov had attacked early and was soon joined by Thurakit roughly 30km into the race. Fedorov's win thus sees him taking charge of three jerseys - yellow (general classification), green (point classification) and white (Asian classifications) jerseys.

Source: New Strait Times February 07, 2020 04:07 UTC