The Tour de Langkawi kicks off with a flat stage and the first of many chances for the sprinters. Also the breakaway experts could get rewarded here as in total 18 bonus seconds are given as also the first KoM wearer.

Favourites are:
Guillen
Meyer
Forero
Vingerling



Most teams are hoping for their sprinters to perform well later today. And so it`s only one rider in todays breakaway. And who else but Passeron could be expected to give it a try. Many good results for him in the last seasons out of a breakaway.



So there were still points and seconds to be given to the peloton and we see the top4 sprinters all going for it. So seeing that those already spend some energy it might be a good chance for 2nd tier sprinters, that are less exhausted in the end.
Here it`s Guillen outsprinting Meyer for 2nd.
Vingerling and Forero without taking anything here.



2nd sprint and again Guillen proving to be the fastest of those top4.
Vingerling this time 3rd here ahead of Meyer and Forero.



And to make it 3 in a row also the last sprint. Again Guillen showing his full speed taking the next 4 points. Meyer to take the 3rd again ahead of Vingerling.
This time Forero realized earlier that he can`t match the speed and just started the sprint a bit without going full speed.



First crash here in Malaysia. Rubiano Chavez hits the ground but is able to join the peloton again.
He is a decent climber and could become a good helper in the tough mountain stages.



With 13km to go the gap is down to 1min for Passeron. A success here wasn`t really expected but at least he rewards himself with the KoM jersey tomorrow. Well done.
2nd here Cancellara for Alpina working for Forero while Dani Moreno takes 3rd as he also needs to work for Vingerling. Obviously the team is mainly hoping for good sprint results instead of a high GC of the 2012 runner up.
Also one of Arroyo`s helper has to work hard for the team`s sprinter as Rojas Villegas chases for Guillen.



Only 5,4km less and Passeron would have taken the win. But he is caught now and the sprinters start to position themselves.



3 or better 4 sprint trains today. The road has a good size, so it`s enough room for everybody.

Vanderaerden
Meyer	Cano
	Guillen	Manarelli
Stenuit	Clavero		Rodriguez Parra
Eefting	Opie		Arango
Vingerling	Awang		Forero
-	-
Dall'Antonia	Uugunbayar
Richeze		Sinner

Vanderaerden with a really nice leadout here. He is a top5 sprinter here and Meyer can be happy to get such a leadout.
Guillen realized this as well and has left Cano`s wheel switching over behind Meyer. Also Manarelli found a good wheel behind him.

Meanwhile Vingerling has changed the side and is following Eefting to close the gap. Next to him Forero and Awang.



Vanderaerden did a good leadout but it probably was one rider too less for Meyer, who starts an early sprint here with Guillen still sitting behind him. 1,6km to go!
Manarelli and Forero next already with a small gap.
Vingerling with Dall'Antonia behind him still has Eefting ahead of him.



Meyer gets a small gap to Guillen behind him. But Forero is coming fast now and also Vingerlin has started the sprint. It indeed looks like a fight of the top4 sprinters today as Vanderaerden drops back and also Dall'Antonia, Manarelli etc. can`t match the high speed.



Meyer vs. Guillen? Second is coming closer with every meter and we just passed the Flamme Rouge!
Forero and Vingerling behind also with a good speed as also some more riders not having got a mention yet such as Dong or Herrera.



Meyer is clearly beaten as he slows down now.
Guillen looks confident to win the opener as Forero can`t close the gap.
That said fastest right now is Vingerling coming closer.



Forero obviously also beaten and actually Dall'Antonio could battle for the last podium spot.
In front it`s only Guillen or Vingerling to take the win.



And it`s Guillen who keeps one bike length to his favour.
Vingerling still on a nice 2nd here. Weaker positioning did cost him a better result probably but he got a brilliant leadout by Eefting to be able to take 2nd in the end.



Meyer just wins the sprint for 3rd ahead of Forero with Dall'Antonio taking a clear 5th.

Behind the top5 it was a close fight with Herrera, Dong and Opie crossing the line first. Vanderaerden in hte end still on a good 10th after a long leadout behind a surprising rider here in Txurruka, who takes the 9th.

Disappointing results for Manarelli as 11th, Richeze 13th, Clavero 14th, Awang 15th, Uugunbayer 20th or Sinner 21st.

And as Passeron was able to stay in the peloton for the last 5km, he will jump onto the 2nd in the GC next to the KoM lead.


Result

1	Marco Guillén	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	3h35'48
2	Michael Vingerling	Team TomTom	s.t.
3	Cameron Meyer	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
4	Juan Pablo Forero	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
5	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Team Nordeus	s.t.
6	Pedro Herrera	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
7	Xiaoyong Dong	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
8	Chris Opie	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Amets Txurruka	Bonsucro	s.t.
10	Michael Vanderaerden	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
11	Carlos Alexandre Manarelli	Bonsucro	s.t.
12	Roy Eefting	Team TomTom	s.t.
13	Mauro Richeze	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
14	Cristian Omar Clavero	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
15	Azizulhasni Awang	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
16	Jose Luis Cano	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Juan Esteban Arango	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
18	William Germán Rodríguez Parra	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
19	Daniel Moreno	Team TomTom	s.t.
20	Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
21	Benoît Sinner	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
22	Robin Stenuit	Team TomTom	s.t.
23	Maxim Iglinski	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
24	Vitor Rodrigues	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
25	Richard Ochoa Quintero	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
26	Steven Tronet	Team Vontobel	s.t.
27	Brice Feillu	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
28	Steven Caethoven	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
29	Marco Haller	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
30	Hossein Alizadeh	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
31	Gilber Zurita	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
32	Marco Salas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Artur Gajek	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
34	Graham Briggs	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Delio Fernandez	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
36	Mirco Saggiorato	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
37	Jesús Herrada	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Héctor Fabian Aguilar	Bonsucro	s.t.
39	Deiber Esquivel	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Jonathan Camargo	Bonsucro	s.t.
41	Alexandre Aulas	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
42	Ever Rivera	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
43	Alex Diniz	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
44	Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
45	Mohammed Zamri Salleh	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
46	Peilun Wu	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
47	Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
48	Aurélien Passeron	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
49	Christophe Kern	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
50	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
51	David Arroyo	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Marco Benfatto	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Diego Gallego	Team TomTom	s.t.
54	Pieter Ghyllebert	Team TomTom	s.t.
55	Dan McLay	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
56	César Rojas Villegas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Roman Van Uden	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
58	Carlos Henrique Cancellara	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
59	Juan Jose Lobato del Valle	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
60	Mohamed Harrif Salleh	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
61	Bambang Suryadi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
62	Dries Beatse	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
63	Dainius Kairelis	Control Team	s.t.
64	Mattia Gavazzi	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Tomasz Zywer	Control Team	s.t.
66	Sergey Chernetskiy	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
67	Ivor Bruin	Control Team	s.t.
68	Zachary Bell	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
69	Muhamad Adiq Othman	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
70	Lluis Mas	Bonsucro	s.t.
71	Zhou Guozhang	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
72	Thanawut Sanikwathi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
73	Bob Schoonbroodt	Team TomTom	s.t.
74	Tesfay Abraha	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
75	Steven Cummings	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Dimitri Jiriakov	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
77	Luke Keough	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
78	Haritz Orbe	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
79	Eugenio Alafaci	Team Nordeus	s.t.
80	Rodrigo Melo	Bonsucro	s.t.
81	Emanuel Kiserlovski	Team Nordeus	s.t.
82	Phillip Gaimon	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
83	Lachlan Norris	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Remo Schuler	Team Vontobel	s.t.
85	Alberto Losada	Bonsucro	s.t.
86	Hugo Sabido	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
87	Pirmin Lang	Team Vontobel	s.t.
88	Mirsamad Poorseyedi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
89	Nariyuki Masuda	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
90	Théry Schir	Team Vontobel	s.t.
91	Bojan Djurdjic	Team Nordeus	s.t.
92	Bereket Yemane	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
93	Ino Ilesic	Team Nordeus	s.t.
94	Sho Hatsuyama	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
95	Adil Jelloul	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
96	Amir Mustafa Rusli	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
97	Amaël Moinard	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
98	Lukas Flückiger	Team Vontobel	s.t.
99	Julian Alaphilippe	Team Nordeus	s.t.
100	Reto Hollenstein	Team Vontobel	s.t.
101	Andrea Manfredi	Team Vontobel	s.t.
102	Boris Borisavljevic	Team Nordeus	s.t.
103	Dayer Quintana	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
104	Craig Lewis	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
105	Heinrich Berger	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
106	Sylvain Chavanel	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
107	Owain Doull	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	+ 3'07
108	Carlos Verona	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.

GC

1	Marco Guillén	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	3h35'16
2	Aurélien Passeron	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 14
3	Michael Vingerling	Team TomTom	+ 18
4	Cameron Meyer	Fletcher - Garneau	+ 20
5	Juan Pablo Forero	Alpina - Avianca	+ 32
6	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Team Nordeus	s.t.
7	Pedro Herrera	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
8	Xiaoyong Dong	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
9	Chris Opie	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
10	Amets Txurruka	Bonsucro	s.t.
11	Michael Vanderaerden	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
12	Carlos Alexandre Manarelli	Bonsucro	s.t.
13	Roy Eefting	Team TomTom	s.t.
14	Mauro Richeze	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
15	Cristian Omar Clavero	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
16	Azizulhasni Awang	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
17	Jose Luis Cano	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Juan Esteban Arango	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
19	William Germán Rodríguez Parra	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
20	Daniel Moreno	Team TomTom	s.t.
21	Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
22	Benoît Sinner	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
23	Robin Stenuit	Team TomTom	s.t.
24	Maxim Iglinski	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
25	Vitor Rodrigues	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
26	Richard Ochoa Quintero	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
27	Steven Tronet	Team Vontobel	s.t.
28	Brice Feillu	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
29	Steven Caethoven	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
30	Marco Haller	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
31	Hossein Alizadeh	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
32	Gilber Zurita	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
33	Marco Salas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Artur Gajek	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
35	Graham Briggs	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Delio Fernandez	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
37	Mirco Saggiorato	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
38	Jesús Herrada	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Héctor Fabian Aguilar	Bonsucro	s.t.
40	Deiber Esquivel	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Jonathan Camargo	Bonsucro	s.t.
42	Alexandre Aulas	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
43	Ever Rivera	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
44	Alex Diniz	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
45	Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
46	Mohammed Zamri Salleh	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
47	Peilun Wu	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
48	Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
49	Christophe Kern	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
50	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
51	David Arroyo	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
52	Marco Benfatto	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
53	Diego Gallego	Team TomTom	s.t.
54	Pieter Ghyllebert	Team TomTom	s.t.
55	Dan McLay	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
56	César Rojas Villegas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Roman Van Uden	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
58	Carlos Henrique Cancellara	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
59	Juan Jose Lobato del Valle	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
60	Mohamed Harrif Salleh	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
61	Bambang Suryadi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
62	Dries Beatse	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
63	Dainius Kairelis	Control Team	s.t.
64	Mattia Gavazzi	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	Tomasz Zywer	Control Team	s.t.
66	Sergey Chernetskiy	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
67	Ivor Bruin	Control Team	s.t.
68	Zachary Bell	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
69	Muhamad Adiq Othman	Fletcher - Garneau	s.t.
70	Lluis Mas	Bonsucro	s.t.
71	Zhou Guozhang	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
72	Thanawut Sanikwathi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
73	Bob Schoonbroodt	Team TomTom	s.t.
74	Tesfay Abraha	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
75	Steven Cummings	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Dimitri Jiriakov	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
77	Luke Keough	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
78	Haritz Orbe	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
79	Eugenio Alafaci	Team Nordeus	s.t.
80	Rodrigo Melo	Bonsucro	s.t.
81	Emanuel Kiserlovski	Team Nordeus	s.t.
82	Phillip Gaimon	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
83	Lachlan Norris	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Remo Schuler	Team Vontobel	s.t.
85	Alberto Losada	Bonsucro	s.t.
86	Hugo Sabido	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
87	Pirmin Lang	Team Vontobel	s.t.
88	Mirsamad Poorseyedi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
89	Nariyuki Masuda	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
90	Théry Schir	Team Vontobel	s.t.
91	Bojan Djurdjic	Team Nordeus	s.t.
92	Bereket Yemane	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
93	Ino Ilesic	Team Nordeus	s.t.
94	Sho Hatsuyama	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
95	Adil Jelloul	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
96	Amir Mustafa Rusli	Sauber Petronas Racing	s.t.
97	Amaël Moinard	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
98	Lukas Flückiger	Team Vontobel	s.t.
99	Julian Alaphilippe	Team Nordeus	s.t.
100	Reto Hollenstein	Team Vontobel	s.t.
101	Andrea Manfredi	Team Vontobel	s.t.
102	Boris Borisavljevic	Team Nordeus	s.t.
103	Dayer Quintana	Grupo Nutresa	s.t.
104	Craig Lewis	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
105	Heinrich Berger	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
106	Sylvain Chavanel	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	s.t.
107	Owain Doull	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	+ 3'39
108	Carlos Verona	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.

P:

1	Marco Guillén	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	37
2	Michael Vingerling	Team TomTom	22
3	Cameron Meyer	Fletcher - Garneau	20
4	Aurélien Passeron	Maloja Mountain Nomads	18
5	Juan Pablo Forero	Alpina - Avianca	14
6	Tiziano Dall'Antonia	Team Nordeus	12
7	Pedro Herrera	Grupo Nutresa	10
8	Xiaoyong Dong	Dell - 361° Racing	9
9	Chris Opie	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	8
10	Amets Txurruka	Bonsucro	7

KoM:

1	Aurélien Passeron	Maloja Mountain Nomads	6
2	Carlos Henrique Cancellara	Alpina - Avianca	4
3	Daniel Moreno	Team TomTom	2

U25:

1	Michael Vingerling	Team TomTom	3h35'34 (1)
2	Carlos Alexandre Manarelli	Bonsucro	+ 14 (2)
3	Roy Eefting	Team TomTom	+ 14 (3)
4	Robin Stenuit	Team TomTom	+ 14 (4)
5	Marco Haller	Fletcher - Garneau	+ 14 (5)
6	Jesús Herrada	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 14 (6)
7	Ever Rivera	Alpina - Avianca	+ 14 (7)
8	Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 14 (8)
9	Peilun Wu	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 14 (9)
10	Dan McLay	Fletcher - Garneau	+ 14 (10)

Team:

1	Team TomTom	10h47'24 (1)
2	Alpina - Avianca	+ 0 (2)
3	Fletcher - Garneau	+ 0 (3)
4	Grupo Nutresa	+ 0 (4)
5	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 0 (5)
6	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 0 (6)
7	Bonsucro	+ 0 (7)
8	Sauber Petronas Racing	+ 0 (8)
9	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 0 (9)
10	Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling	+ 0 (10)
11	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 0 (11)
12	In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan	+ 0 (12)
13	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 0 (13)
14	Team Nordeus	+ 0 (14)
15	Control Team	+ 0 (15)
16	Team Vontobel	+ 0 (16)