Tour de Langkawi

Sasha Weemaes delivers a victory at the Tour de Langkawi in the team's final stage race as the elite men's team prepares for closing races.

This episode could prove pivotal in the team's likely trip to CAS.

Movistar ends the season ranked 11th in the running points tally to secure its WorldTour future for 2023.

Barring disaster or major split in the peloton, Iván Sosa looks poised to claim the overall in Tuesday's finale.

Norwegian rider was diagnosed with testicular cancer after a routine doping control revealed worrying levels of a key cancer indicator.

Just a month ago, Langkawi was hyped as a final desperate battleground for teams on the edge of losing WorldTour status.

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American sprinter Travis McCabe records third sprint win of the season with stage 8 victory at Le Tour de Langkawi.

American Travis McCabe out-sprints bunch in Langkawi to claim second win in February, crediting teammate Greg Henderson.

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Reinardt Janse van Rensburg becomes the fourth African to win the Tour de Langkawi, and now he's targeting Milano-Sanremo.

Andrea Guardini earns his 21st career win at Le Tour de Langkawi as Reinardt Janse van Rensburg defends overall lead.

Andrea Guardini outsprints Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Andrea Palini to make it 20 career stage wins at the Tour de Langkawi

Miguel Ángel López rides to his second victory of 2016 in the queen stage of the Tour de Langkawi

UnitedHealthcare's John Murphy continues his successful early season with a sprint win in Le Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia.

Continental team Skydive Dubai gets the better of powerhouse Astana team in stage 2 sprint in Malaysia.

Andrea Guardini continues his dominance at the Tour de Langkawi by winning his 19th career stage in Wednesday's opener.

American Kiel Reijnen took the climber's jersey in stage 1 of the Tour de Langkawi and never relinquished it

Andrea Guardini collects his 18th win at Langkawi while Youcef Reguigui rides in defense of his overall lead

MTN-Qhubeka delivers Youcef Reguigui to the stage win and the overall lead with one day remaining in the Tour de Langkawi

Eritrean Natnael Berhane one of five MTN-Qhubeka riders within 36 seconds of overall Tour de Langkawi lead ahead of hilly penultimate stage

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After a slow week at Langkawi, Sky believes best is yet to come on queen stage with four riders still in the mix for general classification

Seo Joon Yong attacks from a breakaway with 10km left and charges to the stage victory

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The Italian now has a record 17 career stage wins at the annual race in Malaysia

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American Kiel Reijnen looks poised to claim mountains classification in Langkawi, despite suffering through knee pain after stage 2 crash

Caleb Ewan's stage 3 heroics earn a win and GC lead in Langkawi as 20-year-old speedster uses climbs to his advantage against sprinters

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The Astana rider leads the GC by 8 seconds with six days of racing left

The Orica-GreenEdge rider comes up short in the opening two stages of the Malaysian race

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Photos from the 10th and final stage of the 2014 Tour de Langkawi

Plaxton gets a big-money win in Texas, Boonen and Stannard split the opening weekend in Belgium, and Johansson rings up a couple of podiums

Mirsamad Pourseyedigolakhour has an eight-second lead in the GC entering Saturday’s final stage

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider went to high school with Peter Sagan and raced against him growing up

Tabriz Petrochemical defends its overall race lead, despite a late crash in Malaysia

The Belkin rider won his third stage at the Tour de Langkawi Thursday in a sprint

The Belkin rider holds off the field in a furious bunch sprint to claim victory

Pavel Kochetkov was blown off his bike and broke his collarbone after getting caught in the rotor wash

Van Hummel repays Gianni Savio with a stage win in Malaysia

American Brad White attacks the breakaway to win a stage in Malaysia

The 32-year-old previously had a handful of criterium wins in U.S. races on his resume

The 23-year-old will help escort the team’s leaders through the mountains

Photos from the Genting Highlands stage of the 2014 Tour de Langkawi

Pourseyedigolakhour, who has served a suspension for EPO, says his prowess can be explained by living at altitude

Photos from stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de Langkawi

Theo Bos and Graeme Brown navigate a tricky approach to Taiping to take a victory in Malaysia

The breakaway upsets the peloton's sprint hopes on day one in Malaysia

Ministry of Peace and Sport leans on first-division teams to show Malaysia to worldwide cycling fans

Results from stage 10 of the 2013 Tour de Langkawi

On a day marred by a suspected food poisoning outbreak at the Tour de Langkawi, Bryan Coquard earns his second win at the race

1. Bryan COQUARD, Europcar, in :42:11 2. Francesco CHICCHI, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at :00 3. Allan DAVIS, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00 4. Raymond KREDER, Garmin-Sharp, at :00 5. Fabian SCHNAIDT, Champion System, at :00

Bryan Coquard wins a tight sprint to take stage 8 at the Tour de Langkawi, while Julian David Arredondo maintains his GC lead

1. Bryan COQUARD, Europcar, in 3:36:47 2. Andrew FENN, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00 3. Francesco CHICCHI, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at :00 4. Andrea GUARDINI, Astana, at :00 5. Dene ROGERS, BCP, at :00

Most of the field finishes together at stage 7 of the Tour de Langkawi, with Julian David Arredondo maintaining his GC lead

1. Andrea GUARDINI, Astana, in 3:37:17 2. Francesco CHICCHI, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at :00 3. Aidis KRUOPIS, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00 4. Allan DAVIS, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00 5. Andrew FENN, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00

Blanco's Thomas Leezer grabbed victory in stage 6 of the Tour de Langkawi, but Julian David Arredondo (Nippo) still leads the GC

1. Thomas LEEZER, Blanco, in 4:33:42 2. Ji Min JUNG, KSPO, at :27 3. Michal GOLAS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :35 4. Jackson RODRIGUEZ, Androni Giocattoli, at :35 5. Travis MEYER, Orica-GreenEdge, at :35

1. Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO, Nippo, in 3:11:41 2. Pieter WEENING, Orica-GreenEdge, at :26 3. Victor NINO CORREDOR, RTS, at :44 4. Sergio PARDILLA BELLON, MTN-Qhubeka, at 1:05 5. Peter STETINA, Garmin-Sharp, at 1:28

Julian David Arredondo Moreno out-climbs the Tour de Langkawi field in stage 5 to take the overall race lead

1. Francesco CHICCHI, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at 3:44:22 2. Andrea GUARDINI, Astana, at :00 3. Aidis KRUOPIS, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00 4. Raymond KREDER, Garmin-Sharp, at :00 5. Andrew FENN, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00

"The Sheriff" gets a win at the Tour de Langkawi ahead of Genting Highlands stage

1. Meiyin WANG, HEN, in 3:50:01 2. Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO, Nippo, at 2:27 3. Nathan HAAS, Garmin-Sharp, at 3:11 4. Wesley SULZBERGER, Orica-GreenEdge, at 3:11 5. Pieter WEENING, Orica-GreenEdge, at 3:13

Surprise winner, by a large margin, in Malaysia

1. Theo BOS, Blanco, in 2:54:48 2. Andrea GUARDINI, Astana, at :00 3. Aidis KRUOPIS, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00 4. Bryan COQUARD, Europcar, at :00 5. Andrew FENN, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :00

Dutchman makes it two-for-two in Malaysian ahead of first climbing stage

1. Theo BOS, Blanco, in 4:00:17 2. Bryan COQUARD, Europcar, at :00 3. Andrea GUARDINI, Astana, at :00 4. Steele VON HOFF, Garmin-Sharp, at :00 5. Jacobe KEOUGH, UnitedHealthcare, at :00

Dutchman takes the bunch sprint and dons the leader's jersey to kick off the 10-day Malaysian tour

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Sometimes wisdom makes no sense

Part two of Anthony Tan's exclusive interview with Gianni Savio, manager of Androni-Giocattoli

Anthony Tan interviews Gianni Savio of Androni-Giocattoli at Langkawi

Normal people wouldn't do this

If his race against the clock improves, Butler could be a formidable stage race force in years to come