Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling) sprinted to victory on stage 4 of the Tour de Langkawi in Bentong, outpacing stage 2 winner Matteo Malucelli (JCL Team Ukyo) on the line.
The Dutchman claimed his fourth win of the season on the finish of the flat 131km stage with Manuel Peñalver (Polti-Kometa) rounding out the rostrum.
The bunch dash end was arrange late on within the stage after the six-man breakaway, which included Stefan De Bod (EF Education-EasyPost), Joan Bou (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) was caught simply 300 metres from the end.
In the tip, Tudor’s lead-out proved the very best among the many dash squads, with Maikel Zijlaard main out his countryman to take the win.
Despite lacking out on the stage glory, Malucelli continues to guide the factors classification with 34 factors to De Kleijn’s 30. Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) continues within the total race lead with a six-second benefit over second-placed Thomas Pesenti (JCL Team Ukyo).
“It was a tough day, beginning with the climb the place I feel that quite a lot of sprinters suffered to go over, and after with the sturdy break,” De Kleijn mentioned after the stage. “We needed to pull actually arduous to catch them, however the guys did an unbelievable job. In the tip, I had solely Maikel left for the lead-out, however we all know how sturdy he’s and I simply needed to give attention to the dash.
“I’m very pleased, particularly after the primary two levels the place I made some errors. Sprinting right here is completely different than in Europe nevertheless it’s a great studying to do these high-speed sprints. I’m pleased to complete it off at this time. There’s extra to return and I stay up for the following sprints.”
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