Theo Bos took his second stage win in this year's edition of the Tour de Langkawi when he triumhed in today's seventh stage. Having been perfectly delivered in the technical finale, he hads lots of praise for lead-out man and multiple Langkawi stage winner Graeme Brown.

Theo Bos struck again today in the Tour de Langkawi. The Belkin Pro Cycling Team rider sprinted ahead of the bunch in stage seven, the longest stage of the race with a length of 230 kilometres. The Dutchman, with help of his teammates, topped Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEDGE ) and Leonardo Duque (Team Colombia). 

“We worked together very well and we are so happy now,” Bos said. “Today went great. Rick Flens closed the gap with the leaders and in the last fifteen kilometres Jack Bobridge and Steven Kruijswijk kept the peloton in check. After a good lead-out by Dennis van Winden and Graeme Brown, I was able to finish it off.” 

Bos, above all, complimented his lead-out man Graeme Brown.

“I’m very fortunate to have Graeme,” said Bos, winner of stage two. “I think he's the best man in the peloton to bring me in front. He is the fastest lead-out man and I trust him.

"I had some information from the team car and from those who were already at the finish line, plus we had studied the finish profile before the stage, so I knew exactly where there would be turns and corners, I knew there would be a turn with 500m to go.

“Yesterday it was a long straight and with six riders in total, it is difficult to maintain the front until the end. So today we burned a few more riders longer before the finish,” Bos explained at the finish. “Then we stayed in the pack and used the peloton a bit more, since we don’t have so many riders.

“In the road book it said to go left with 900 metres to go and a right corner with 500 metres to go, but then we heard from the soigneurs that it was 500 and 250.

"Heading into the finish, we knew that Kroupis was without Lancaster, who would have been tired after the breakaway. So, we believed we had a bit of an advantage," Bos added about the rider who finished 2nd.

It all could have gone wrong for Bos in the final metres, however. In the last corner, 250 metres from the line, he almost hit the tarmac.

“My front wheel slipped, but fortunately I was able to hold my bike straight.” 

Sports Director Michiel Elijzen was delighted with Bos his win.

“The last couple of days were pretty frustrating as we simply couldn’t sprint for the win or things went south in the sprint itself. That makes today's victory extra pleasant.” 

“Everyone did his job superbly,” added Brown. “Rick rode at the front for around 150 kilometres, Jack and Steven did their job as well and Dennis took me into the last corner after which I took over and Theo finished it off. Simply fantastic!” 

Brown wants a repeat in tomorrow’s 202-kilometre stage eight from Kuantan to Marang.

“We have given too much stages away to breakaways. As long as Rick’s legs feel all right we're going to do exactly the same. The long days work in our favour.” 

"We have more stages to look at from tomorrow with the race being flat all the way to the finish, so we can definitely be looking at more wins," Bos added.

Tomorrow will present another long stage, covering 202.3km from Kuantan to Marang, with another bunch sprint expected.