Tour de Langkawi: Sasha Weemaes takes first pro win on stage 7

Tour de Langkawi: Sasha Weemaes takes first pro win on stage 7
Tour de Langkawi: Sasha Weemaes takes first pro win on stage 7 (Image credit: Tour de Langkawi)

Sasha Weemaes (Human Powered Health) claimed his first professional victory on stage 7 of the Tour de Langkawi, outsprinting Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling) and Gleb Syritsa (Astana Qazaqstan) to the line in Seremban. 

The Belgian tried to latch onto De Kleijn’s lead-out train but found himself on Syritsa’s wheel instead in the final 300 metres, only able to take victory thanks to his well-timed powerful kick and the slightly uphill rise to the line into a headwind.  

James Moultrie
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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.

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