Close call: Japan’s Hideto Nakane (right) pips Gleb Brussenskiy in a photo-finish to win Stage Six of the LTdL yesterday. — Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Japan’s Hideto Nakane needed a photo finish to claim his first professional victory after the Nippo Delko Provence rider edged Vino-Astana Motors’ Gleb Brussenskiy at the finish line to win Stage Six of the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) from Taiping to Penang.
The 29-year-old was part of a four-man breakaway that included B&B Hotels Vital Concept’s Pierre Rolland and reigning under-23 world champion Samuele Battistella of the NTT Pro Cycling team.
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