Dimension Data completed its Tour de Langkawi treble Wednesday with Ryan Gibbons securing the first overall victory of his career. The 22-year-old led the race from stage 2 through to the eighth and final stage where he finished fourth
The final day 121km stage was won by Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare) with Anthony Giacoppo in second place and Nippo-Vini Fantini's Riccardo Stacchiotti third.
"Early on the team said this was a goal and the team has had a lot of faith in me," said Gibbons after securing the overall victory. As a first professional my first year, this is my second race and my first time to have responsibility and opportunity I don't think I could have ever imagined this … it is really special and a dream come true."
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Gibbons joins Ryan Cox and David George, and teammate Reinardt Janse van Rensburg on the honours roll as South African winners.
For McCabe, the win caps off a successful early-season debut with UnitedHealthcare, who also improved Daniel Jaramillo's GC position to fourth place overall.
"Today was more based on instinct. I jumped with 300 to go which is still early but it was fast and I had to go when I had to go today. Henderson was really the only guy to take care of me, he dropped me off second wheel with 300 to go so I just punched it," he said.
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