After six different winners in six stages, Jakub Mareczko broke the Tour de Langkawi trend of 2017 and claimed his second win of the race. The Wilier Triestina rider repeated his Rambau victory of 2016, holding off Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare) and Andrea Palini (Androni Giocattoli).
A second wet stage in as many days tested race leader Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data) who sprinted to fifth. He will start the final day with a 24-second lead over Cam Bayly (IsoWhey Sports Swisswellness).
The victory also saw Mareczko take over the lead in the sprints classification that he is aiming to defend on the final day circuit."I don't know what will happen tomorrow because all the sprinters will be different," he said of the stage 8 sprint. "The points jersey was my objective for this tour so today I take it and try tomorrow to keep it."
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For Gibbons, it's one day closer to sealing the overall victory and, again, one he was happy to finish without losing time or hitting the deck.
"I was feeling very good today, my team was really good today and it was just more caution today in the wet. It is really easy to go down so stay upright and out of trouble was the priority for today and we did that,” said Gibbons.
Finishing in the top six all in five sprint stages thus far, McCabe explained to Cyclingnews that the Italian was simply too good today, tipping his hat to the 22-year-old. "It was the perfect finish for him. He just beat me. I am content with second," said McCabe. "He is fast, you can't really complain when you lose straight up in sprint like that."
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