South Africa\u2019s MTN-Qhubeka had another successful day during stage five of Le Tour de Langkawi on Monday when the Queen stage saw riders finish up the ominous Genting Highlands.<\/p>\n
Along with extending its lead in the team competition, the team from Africa had Sergio Pardilla finish in fourth place with Tsgabu Grmay in seventh on the day.<\/p>\n
The result saw Pardilla move up to third on the general classification with 21-year-old Grmay now in sixth. Julien Arredondo won the stage in a move that also put him in the race lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team was incredible today and I\u2019m sad I could not win the stage but it\u2019s ok,\u201d said Pardilla. \u201cEveryone in the team was really strong and professional and looked after us well.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy feeling on the bike is good even though I\u2019m not on top form yet. I need more time on the bike to get better and get to the best form. I\u2019m good now but not very very good yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cTsgabu today was very strong but the last kilometer was very long for him. He is a very good rider and I\u2019m very happy for him. The team today was very professional and we have incredible riders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dennis van Niekerk, who started the day in fifth overall, suffered stomach issues before the stage. Grmay took up a leadership position after van Niekerk\u2019s misfortune.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe climb was good and long but very steep,\u201d Grmay explained after the stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeron (Russom) controlled for us when the GreenEdge guy was in the breakaway, and when we started the climb, Europcar was pacing. After that Jacques (Janse van Rensburg) took control on the front and did an amazing job.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were only six riders left with Sergio and me in there and then the winner attacked with a GreenEdge rider. After a while I was third on the road but started getting tired.<\/p>\n
\u201cSergio caught me with 2km to go. The last kilometer I was very tired and two other riders caught me. The climb was hard but it was a very good day for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The performance saw MTN-Qhubeka Samsung extend its lead in the team competition to 9\u201932\u2033 after Janse van Rensburg finished 13th on the day.<\/p>\n
Stage 5 results:<\/strong><\/p>\n 4. Sergio Pardilla General classification:<\/strong><\/p>\n 3. Sergio Pardilla @ 2\u201910\u2033 South Africa\u2019s MTN-Qhubeka had another successful day during stage five of Le Tour de Langkawi on Monday when the Queen stage saw riders finish up the ominous Genting Highlands. Along with extending its lead in the team competition, the team from Africa had Sergio Pardilla finish in fourth place with Tsgabu Grmay in seventh on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-18256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n7. Tsgabu Grmay
\n13. Jacques Janse van Rensburg
\n37. Jani Tewelde
\n38. Dennis van Niekerk
\n78. Meron Russom<\/p>\n
\n6. Tsgabu Grmay @ 2\u201945\u2033
\n14. Jacques Janse van Rensburg @ 3\u201940\u2033
\n25. Dennis van Niekerk @ 10\u201935\u2033
\n26. Jani Tewelde @ 10\u201942\u2033
\n63. Meron Russom @ 25\u201934\u2033<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"