The mercilessness of bike racing was brought to the attention of all at the Tour de Langkawi in an action-packed ending to stage 6 on Monday that saw Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) lose his overall lead to South African Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data) due to a mechanical.
The 147.6km stage from Putrajaya to Rembau after a lightning fast decent to the finish was won by Italian Jakub Mareczko (Southeast-Venezuela) ahead of Juraj Sagan (Tinkoff) and Dylan Page (Team Roth).
“There were more king of the mountains primes than usual [four]. It was difficult to hold my place but my teammates kept me in the main group,” Mareczko said afterwards. “In the last few corners to the finish, I stayed in the first three so I was in the right position for sprinting.”
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In Mareczko’s wake, however, came an unexpected change of the overall leader, with Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data) moving from second overall, 23 seconds down, to first place after Lopez lost 35 seconds after breaking a wheel with six kilometres to go. Lopez’s problems were compounded when he proceeded to ride off course as he tried to re-join the race after receiving a replacement wheel.
For Tuesday’s 202.3km seventh stage from Seremban to Parit Sulong, Janse van Rensburg leads Daniel Jaramillo (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) by 11 seconds and Lopez by 12.
Yet although Jans van Rensburg now wears the leader’s yellow jersey, he was by no means an elated figure after Monday’s finish.
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