South Africa’s MTN-Qhubeka finished the 2013 Le Tour de Langkawi as the best team in the race and with Sergio Pardilla on the podium.
The Spaniard finished third overall in what was his debut race for the African team. The team won the overall team prize by nine minutes.
Ethiopian Tsgabu Grmay was ninth while Jacques Janse van Rensburg finished 14th.
“We wanted a podium and we wanted to do well in the team prize,” said directeur sportif Kevin Campbell.
“Winning the team prize is great and putting Sergio on the podium is fantastic. We knew we were going to be a strong team in contention for the overall prize and were excited by the fact that we had five guys in contention for most of the tour.
“The guys supported each other very well and everyone did their job and knew their place in the team. Everything just went really well for us.”
The major shake-up of the overall standings happened on the queen stage up the Genting Highlands on stage five where and Pardilla finished fourth, Grmay seventh and Janse van Rensburg 13th.
