Sapura Cycling’s Benjamin Dyball won the Tour de Langkawi after stage eight in Kuah, Malaysia, today.
The Australian completed the event in 29:15:53 to beat American Keegan Swirbul of Floyd’s Pro Cycling (+0:00:50) and Kazakh Vadim Pronskiy of Vino-Astana Motors (+0:01:05).
Kent Main finished 13th overall at the Tour de Langkawi after stage eight in Malaysia today. Photo: Robert Ward
The 103.8km stage was won by Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec’s Marco Benfatto in 2:17:42. Second was St George Continental Cycling Team’s Blake Quick and Matteo Pelucchi, also from Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec.
South Africa’s Kent Main finished 13th overall with Jayde Julius 11th on the stage.
More results can be viewed below.
Stage eight results
1. Marco Benfatto (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) 2:17:42
2. Blake Quick (St George Continental Cycling Team)
3. Matteo Pelucchi (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec)
4. Youcef Reguigui (Terengganu Cycling Team)
5. Travis McCabe (Floyd’s Pro Cycling)
6. Charalampos Kastrantas (Brunei Continental Cycling Team)
7. Umberto Marengo (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM)
8. Zhiwen Chen (Giant Cycling Team)
9. Mamyr Stash (Gazprom-RusVelo)
10. Jonathon Noble (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast)
*Selected
11. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
61. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +0:01:00
86. Brendon Davids (Oliver’s Real Food) +0:05:06
91. James Fourie (ProTouch)
97. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) +0:05:44
98. Clint Hendricks (ProTouch)
General classification
1. Benjamin Dyball (Team Sapura Cycling) 29:15:53
2. Keegan Swirbul (Floyd’s Pro Cycling) +0:00:50
3. Vadim Pronskiy (Vino-Astana Motors) +0:01:05
4. Hernan Aguirre (Interpro Cycling Academy) +0:01:07
5. Nariyuki Masuda (Japan) +0:01:29
6. Nikolay Cherkasov (Gazprom-RusVelo) +0:01:40
7. Sam Crome (Team UKYO) +0:02:09
8. Allessandro Bisolti (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) +0:02:27
9. Freddy Ovett (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) +0:02:31
10. Travis McCabe (Floyd’s Pro Cycling) +0:02:36
*Selected
13. Kent Main (ProTouch) +0:03:25
26. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) +0:06:15
38. Brendon Davids (Oliver’s Real Food) +0:12:42
46. Clint Hendricks (ProTouch) +0:19:40
65. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +0:34:20
102. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) +0:56:51
107. James Fourie (ProTouch) +1:01:15
