Italy’s Jakub Mareczko has proven to be unbeaten in the sprints at the nine-day Tour of Taihu Lake, winning all seven of sprint finishes, including the last one in Wujiang on the east side of the Big Lake. Mareczko beat his compatriot Andrea Palini who also finished as the runner up in the overall classification.
At the age of 21, the up and coming sprinter from Southeast has secured the first stage race of his career.
“I never believed I could achieve something like this but I came here well prepared”, Mareczko said. “I trained well at home and I came to China to do well. I announced from day one that the overall classification was the goal but I decided to go step-by-step, stage after stage. It’s gone well, thanks to my team.”
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After encountering diverse weather conditions in the same week, such as 30°C heat, crosswinds and pouring rain, the riders gathered on the start line of the conclusive stage feeling very cold. “It caught us by surprise”, Mareczko said. “This morning it was 10°C but it hasn’t particularly disturbed us, neither did the sudden wind towards the end of the race.”
Like in the previous days, Southeast and Torku combined forces to chase the breakaway of the stage. Ronald Yeung (Attaque Gusto), Gleb Gorbachev (Beijing Innova), Rick van Breda (Parkhotel Valkenburg), Jan Maas (Rabobank Development), Alfred Castillo and Marc Vilanova (Start) opened a one and half minute lead but it was game over with five kilometres to go. Yeung, a future Delko Marseille rider, was the unofficial most aggressive rider of the whole Tour of Taihu Lake as he’s been the most active in the escapes.
Skydive Dubai focused on preparing the final sprint for Palini as the Italian was dueling with his compatriot Marco Zanotti for the second place overall.
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