the dutch Sjoerd Bax (Alpecin Deceuninck) was the fastest in a sprint between three riders and managed to win the seventh stage of Langkawi tourwith a departure and arrival in Kuah with a route of 107 km, local authorities cut off the route in its last section due to “landslides” that could endanger the safety of cyclists.
Sjoerd Bax (Gorinchem, 26 years old), with 2 victories on his record, including the recent Agostoni Cup, he won a stage that should have been key for the general classification, but the suppression of the last port by decision of local authorities changed the script of the stage, but not in general, keeping the front against the Colombian from Movistar Ivan Ramiro Sosa.
The Dutch cyclist won the sprint with a time of 2:20:52 ahead of the South African willie smith (China Glory) and Spanish from Burgos BH Adrian Moreno. 10 seconds later a group entered with the Spaniard Ion Izaguirre (Cofidis).
There are no changes in the overall classification in the absence of the eighth and final stage. Ivan Sosa he had no problem keeping his yellow jersey with a 23 second lead over the Briton Hugh Carthy (EF Education) and 1.47 minutes compared to Norwegian torstein (An X). The Colombians Einer Rubio (Movistar) and Esteban Chavez (EF Education) was fifth and sixth respectively, the Argentine Eduardo Sepulveda (Drone Hoper) seventh and the Spanish Ruben Fernandez (Cofidis) eighth.
This Tuesday will be the eighth and final stage with Kuah as the starting point and finish line, with a route of 115.8 km, a town in the state of Kedah, the capital of the Langkawi archipelago and district.
Source: La Verdad
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