Francesco Chicchi ha rotto il ghiaccio, è sua infatti la 4^ tappa del Giro della Malesia (Tour de Langkawi), da Tapah a Kapar, 168 km corsi forte, prima per centrare la fuga (per gli attaccanti di giornata) poi per chiudere sui fuggitivi (tre atleti in avanscoperta per più di 110 km).
A guidare il gruppo la Omega Pharma – Quick Step e la Blanco Pro Cycling Team per i rispettivi Velocisti. Dopo diversi giorni di lavoro per i giallofluo, oggi il team ha corso al risparmio, concentrandosi completamente sul finale di corsa. E la ricetta si è rivelata vincente: tutti i compagni di Francesco Chicchi hanno lavorato per tenere il velocista Versiliese coperto e al sicuro, fino all’ultimo chilometro, quando Chicchi è stato lasciato alla ruota di Theo Bos, a quel punto “chicco” ha fatto tutto da solo, saltando sulla ruota di Guardini ai 500 metri, poi passato negli ultimi, concitati metri di volata.
Vittoria netta e di sicurezza, che arriva al momento giusto, come spiega Francesco Chicchi:
“Ci tenevo a vincere per diversi motivi, primo tra tutti per il grande lavoro fatto questo inverno, con Scinto che mi sta dietro costantemente e per la squadra che mi sta supportando e facendo sentire un vero leader. Questa è la parte più importante della stagione per me, per questo ci tenevo a vincere subito. Non ci sono riuscito in Argentina, ho iniziato da qui, in Malesia e conto di continuare perchè gli obiettivi che ci siamo dati, con Scinto e la squadra, sono altri. Intanto comunque mi godo questo successo, importante per rompere il ghiaccio e prendere morale, sperando di replicarlo al più presto. Siamo una grande squadra e possiamo vincere tantissimo!”
Ordine d’arrivo della 4ª tappa:
1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia 3:44:22
2 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica Greenedge
4 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Sharp
5 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
6 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
7 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
8 Anuar Manan (Mas) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
9 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
10 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
11 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
12 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo – De Rosa
13 Rico Rogers (NZl) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
14 Zainal Mohd Nor Rizuan (Mas) Malaysia National Team
15 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin – Sharp
16 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
17 Jani Tewelde Weldegabir (Eri) MTN Qhubeka
18 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) RTS Racing Team
19 John Murphy (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
20 Jacob Keough (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
21 Fabian Schnaidt (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling
22 Wen Low Ji (Sin) OCBC Singapore
23 Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
24 Fatahilah Abdullah (Ina) Indonesia National Team
25 Meron Russom (Eri) MTN Qhubeka
26 Saleh Mohd Harrif (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
27 Afif Ahmad Zamri Zulhimie (Mas) Malaysia National Team
28 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO
29 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin – Sharp
30 Sunjae Jang (Kor) RTS Racing Team
31 Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
32 Je Sung Yeon (Kor) KSPO
33 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
34 Graeme Brown (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
35 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN Qhubeka
36 Ji Min Jung (Kor) KSPO
37 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
38 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
39 Connor McConvey (Irl) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
40 Soon Yeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO
41 Manulang Robin (Ina) Indonesia National Team
42 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
43 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia National Team
44 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
45 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp
46 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
47 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) OCBC Singapore
48 PierPaolo De Negri (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
49 Seung Woo Choi (Kor) KSPO
50 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO
51 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) Indonesia National Team
52 M. Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Champion System Pro Cycling
53 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp
54 Patrick Facchini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
55 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
56 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
57 M. Saufi Mat Senan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
58 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
59 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge
60 Bin Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia National Team
61 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica Greenedge
62 Jeffry Louder (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
63 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
64 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
65 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
66 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling
67 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica Greenedge
68 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
69 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) MTN Qhubeka
70 John Ebsen (Den) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
71 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Champion System Pro Cycling
72 Chad Beyer (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling
73 Carlos Jos Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
74 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge
75 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
76 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo – De Rosa
77 Julian D Arredondo Moreno (Col) Team Nippo – De Rosa
78 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) MTN Qhubeka
79 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
80 Theo Bos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
81 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
82 Jacques J Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN Qhubeka
83 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
84 Tanzou Tokuda (Jpn) Team Nippo – De Rosa
85 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
86 Aziz M. Saiful Anuar (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
87 Caleb Fairley (USA) Garmin – Sharp
88 Usoff Yusrizal (Mas) Malaysia National Team
89 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
90 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
91 Alireza Asgharzadeh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
92 M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
93 Lucas Euser (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
94 Fu Xing (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
95 Misbah Md. Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team
96 Misbani Iranagh Ghader (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
97 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Nippo – De Rosa
98 Yong Li Ng (Mas) RTS Racing Team
99 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
100 Yonatha Monsalve (Ven) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
101 Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
102 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
103 Tomas A Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
104 Alex Destribois (Fra) RTS Racing Team
105 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) OCBC Singapore
106 Victor Nino Corredor (Col) RTS Racing Team
107 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling
108 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Indonesia National Team
109 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) RTS Racing Team
110 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Indonesia National Team
111 Saeid Safarzadeh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
112 Marc Goos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
113 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
114 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
115 Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Team Nippo – De Rosa
116 Michele Merlo (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
117 Junya Sano (Jpn) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
118 Stefano Borchi (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
119 Josapheus T Rabou (Ned) OCBC Singapore
120 Dan Craven (Nam) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
121 Lutfi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team
122 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) OCBC Singapore
123 M. Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
124 Junrong Ho (Sin) OCBC Singapore
125 Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica Greenedge
126 Bo Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
127 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:20
128 Jetse Bol (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
129 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:00:30
130 Fuyu Li (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:01:48
131 Yilin Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
132 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:02:02
Classifica generale:
1 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 14:29:06
2 Julian D Arredondo Moreno (Col) Team Nippo – De Rosa 0:02:43
3 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 0:03:29
4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:03:33
5 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN Qhubeka 0:03:35
6 Chad Beyer (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge
8 Yonatha Monsalve (Ven) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
9 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) MTN Qhubeka
10 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Team Nippo – De Rosa
11 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
12 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:03:37
13 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela 0:03:38
14 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) MTN Qhubeka
15 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
16 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
17 Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
18 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp
19 Jacques J Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN Qhubeka
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
21 Lucas Euser (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
22 Alireza Asgharzadeh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
23 John Ebsen (Den) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
24 Tomas A Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
25 Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
26 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
27 Misbani Iranagh Ghader (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
28 Jani Tewelde Weldegabir (Eri) MTN Qhubeka 0:04:30
29 Jeffry Louder (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling 0:04:33
30 Victor Nino Corredor (Col) RTS Racing Team 0:04:59
31 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:05:41
32 M. Adiq Husainie Othman (Mas) Champion System Pro Cycling 0:06:27
33 Connor McConvey (Irl) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
34 Marc Goos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
35 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:30
36 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:06:36
37 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Indonesia National Team 0:06:46
38 Saeid Safarzadeh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0:06:47
39 Patrick Facchini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela 0:07:39
40 PierPaolo De Negri (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
41 Fu Xing (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
42 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:07:44
43 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) OCBC Singapore 0:07:50
44 Meron Russom (Eri) MTN Qhubeka 0:07:56
45 Sung Baek Park (Kor) KSPO
46 Aiman Cahyadi (Ina) Indonesia National Team
47 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
48 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Champion System Pro Cycling
49 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia National Team
50 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
51 Caleb Fairley (USA) Garmin – Sharp
52 Misbah Md. Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team
53 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
54 Lutfi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team
55 Alex Destribois (Fra) RTS Racing Team
56 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
57 Josapheus T Rabou (Ned) OCBC Singapore
58 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:07:59
59 M. Saufi Mat Senan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:08:13
60 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:08:27
61 M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:08:40
62 Bin Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0:09:07
63 Soon Yeong Kwon (Kor) KSPO 0:09:15
64 Yilin Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:09:44
65 Fuyu Li (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:09:55
66 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:10:07
67 Junrong Ho (Sin) OCBC Singapore 0:11:09
68 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela 0:11:53
69 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 0:12:04
70 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) OCBC Singapore 0:12:05
71 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 0:12:10
72 Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica Greenedge
73 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge
74 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
75 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
76 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling
77 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Nippo – De Rosa 0:12:12
78 Dadi Suryadi (Ina) Indonesia National Team 0:13:23
79 Wen Low Ji (Sin) OCBC Singapore 0:13:40
80 Ji Min Jung (Kor) KSPO
81 Manulang Robin (Ina) Indonesia National Team
82 Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Team Nippo – De Rosa
83 Junya Sano (Jpn) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
84 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica Greenedge 0:13:52
85 Stefano Borchi (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia 0:14:35
86 Seung Woo Choi (Kor) KSPO 0:16:25
87 Carlos Jos Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela 0:17:27
88 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) KSPO 0:17:56
89 Yong Li Ng (Mas) RTS Racing Team 0:18:20
90 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) RTS Racing Team 0:20:30
91 Usoff Yusrizal (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0:21:21
92 Je Sung Yeon (Kor) KSPO
93 Theo Bos (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:23:00
94 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:23:04
95 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia 0:23:10
96 Saleh Mohd Harrif (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 0:23:12
97 Anuar Manan (Mas) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project 0:23:14
98 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0:23:20
99 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
100 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
101 Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli – Venezuela
102 Fabian Schnaidt (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling
103 Rico Rogers (NZl) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
104 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
105 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo – De Rosa
106 Zainal Mohd Nor Rizuan (Mas) Malaysia National Team
107 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
108 Fatahilah Abdullah (Ina) Indonesia National Team
109 Sunjae Jang (Kor) RTS Racing Team
110 Afif Ahmad Zamri Zulhimie (Mas) Malaysia National Team
111 Graeme Brown (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
112 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
113 John Murphy (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
114 Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) RTS Racing Team
115 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
116 Jacob Keough (USA) United Healthcare Pro Cycling
117 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
118 Michele Merlo (Ita) Vini Fantini – Selle Italia
119 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
120 Aziz M. Saiful Anuar (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
121 Dan Craven (Nam) Synergy – Baku Cycling Project
122 Tanzou Tokuda (Jpn) Team Nippo – De Rosa
123 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
124 M. Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
125 Jetse Bol (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:23:40
126 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) OCBC Singapore 0:23:41
127 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Sharp 0:23:44
128 Bo Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:23:59
129 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica Greenedge 0:24:08
130 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin – Sharp 0:24:24
131 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:26:12
132 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 0:26:57