Robbie Hucker is no stranger to the Asian tour but only now is the 26-year-old making his debut at the Tour de Langkawi alongside his IsoWhey sports SwissWellness teammates.
Having first tasted Asian racing in 2012, Hucker has since started the majority of the stage races in the region, including the Tour of Taiwan, where he won the overall in 2016. After the long wait for a Langkawi start, Hucker is enjoying his time at the Malaysian race.
"I think this year's edition is a little bit different with not so many WorldTour teams here. It is a little bit more unpredictable," Hucker told Cyclingnews on the morning of stage 3. "Both stages so far have been pretty exciting with big groups and stuff forming. I think every day you have to take it as it comes and see what happens."
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With three sprint stages done and dusted, the race heads to the mountains for the Cameron Highlands Queen stage finish Saturday. Having done his duties in the lead out for teammate Scott Sunderland, which saw the team celebrate stage 1 victory, Hucker forms part of a dangerous climbing quartet for the Australian Continental team.
"I think it will be a pretty tough day. It is a very long climb but we have a super strong team with probably four of us who could get up there in the front group so we are really looking forward to it," said Hucker, who has never previously ridden the climb.
With Dimension Data and the Pro Continental squads in the race providing the main favourites for the stage win, Hucker believes he and his teammates Cameron Bayly, Chris Harper and Tim Roe, can take it to the bigger teams and possibly spring a surprise.
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