South African Calvin Beneke finished 17th on the penultimate Tour de Langkawi stage in Pantai Cenang, Malaysia, today.
The 106.8km stage was won by Simone Bevilacqua (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM).
Calvin Beneke placed 17th on the penultimate Tour de Langkawi stage in Pantai Cenang, Malaysia, today. Photo: Brandon Hinton
Charalampos Kastrantas (Brunei Continental Cycling Team) finished second, with Craig Wiggins (St George Continental Cycling Team) third.
Fourth and fifth went to Michael Bresciani (Bardiani-CSF) and Matteo Pelucchi (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) respectively.
Kent Main is the top-placed South African overall (13th).
View the results below.
Stage seven
1. Simone Bevilacqua (Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM) 2:17:59
2. Charalampos Kastrantas (Brunei Continental Cycling Team)
3. Craig Wiggins (St George Continental Cycling Team)
4. Michael Bresciani (Bardiani-CSF)
5. Matteo Pelucchi (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec)
6. Maris Bogdanovics (Interpro Cycling Academy)
7. Youcef Reguigui (Terengganu Cycling Team)
8. Travis McCabe (Floyd’s Pro Cycling)
9. Mohd Hariff Saleh (Terengganu Cycling Team)
10. Mamyr Stash (Gazprom-RusVelo)
*Selected
17. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch)
49. Brendon Davids (Oliver’s Real Food)
52. Kent Main (ProTouch)
58. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
93. James Fourie (ProTouch)
94. Clint Hendricks (ProTouch)
108. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch)
General classification
1. Benjamin Dyball (Team Sapura Cycling) 26:58:11
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) +0:02:06
8. Alessandro 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) +0:03:26
26. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) +0:06:15
29. Brendon Davids (Oliver’s Real Food) +0:07:36
48. Clint Hendricks (ProTouch) +0:19:40
66. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +0:33:20
103. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) +0:51:07
110. James Fourie (ProTouch) +0:56:09
