Benjamin Dyball wins Le Tour de Langkawi

Italian Marco Benfatto tops final sprint stage in race in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur

By Dogan Kirmizioglu

ANKARA (AA) – Australian cyclist Benjamin Dyball on Saturday won the 24th Le Tour de Langkawi hosted by Malaysia.

Dyball, the second Aussie to win the tour, captured the yellow jersey for his team Sapura Cycling of Malaysia.

More than 130 athletes from 22 teams competed in the race in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Italy’s Marco Benfatto of the Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec team won the final sprint stage.

The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple-stage bicycle race held annually in Malaysia. The tour is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union as a 2.HC (stage) road race on the UCI Asia Tour calendar.

* Writing by Busra Nur Bilgic

Kaynak:

This news has been read 241 times in total