Great start: Maximillian Walscheid (centre) posing with runner-up Harrif Saleh (left) and third-placed Blake Quick after the Criterium International race yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: NTT Pro Cycling’s Maximillian Walscheid geared up for the Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) in style by living up to his favourite’s tag and winning the Criterium International in Kota Kinabalu.
The German crossed the finish line just ahead of Terengganu Inc-TSG Cycling Team’s Harrif Saleh in the 90km race held on a 5km circuit around Kota Kinabalu while Australia’s Blake Quick of the St George Continental Cycling Team came third in the bunch sprint.
