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Ukrainian rides smart sprint to beat Kankovsky and so take his fourth win out of four in the Chinese race

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05.11.2013 @ 16:03 Posted by Emil Axelgaard

Yuriy Metlushenko (Torku Seker Spor) has emerged as ebing virtually unbeatable in the Tour of Taihu Lake after he took his fourth win in the race on today's fourth stage. Riding a smart sprint, he stayed in the slipstream of runner-up Alois Kankovsky before bursting ahead to extend his overall lead in the 9-day race.

 

Yuriy Metlushenko of Torku Seker Spor is not only the fastest but the smartest sprinter of the field of the Tour of Taihu Lake as he patiently stayed in the slipstream of Dukla Praha’s Alois Kankovsky before outsprinting him in extremis with a head wind in the middle of the Kuncheng lake. Confidence was obviously on his side for bringing home his fourth stage victory in a row.

 

“I don’t want to annoy the other riders”, Metlushenko said after the finish. “But for ten years, I’ve been reading the bible every day. I always take what God gives. If it was a bunch sprint again today, it’s because God wanted it to be like this. But I felt ill when I woke up this morning, so I was hoping for a quiet stage. The break that went was good for us.”

 

Kevin Peeters and Klaas Sys (Crelan-Euphony), Robert Sweeting and Francisco Mancebo (5 hour Energy), Josh Prete (Budget Forklifts), Jesus Del Pino (Burgos-BH), Grégoire Tarride (La Pomme Marseille) and Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukraine) got a maximum lead of 1.53 but it was game over at the beginning of the final lap with 16km to go.

 

“I received the information that the wind had picked up and we’d face it in the last 300 metres”, Metlushenko explained. “Kankovsky went early and he remained blocked by the wind. I was perfectly led out by my guardian angel Sergey Grechyn.”

 

“I had to try something from far out because of the Ukraine team being very active in the last kilometer”, said a very disappointed Kankovsky who won that same stage last year when luck was on Dukla Praha’s side with his team-mate Milan Kadlec winning the overall classification in Changshu.

 

“This time we did everything perfect”, commented best young rider Jesse Kerrison who crossed the line in fourth place. “But we’re still learning the lead out I guess. The Asian style is different from the Australian style because here, 35 guys are up there for sprinting while in Australia, five remain in contention at the very end. It was good to know that I was much quicker than Boris Shpilevskiy who finished third yesterday. Hopefully we’re not too far off.”

 

Result:

1. Yuriy Metlushenko 2.57.19

2. Alois Kankovsky

3. Jiri Hochmann

4. Jesse Kerrison

5. Ahmet Orken

6. Boris Shpilevskiy

7. Justin Jules

8. Martin Blaha

9. Yannick Martinez

10. Federico Butto

 

General classification:
1. Yury Metlushenko 9.19.41
2. Alois Kankovsky +0.20
3. Jiri Hochmann +0.32
4. Boris Shpilevsky +0.34
5. Vitaliy Buts +0.35
6. Yannick Martinez +0.37
7. Jesse Kerrison
8. Christophe Premont +0.38
9. Kevin Peeters
10. Juan Carlos Riutort Martinez +0.42


Points classification:
1. Yury Metlushenko 61
2. Alois Kankovsky 49
3. Jiri Hochmann 29
4. Jesse Kerrison 28
5. Boris Shpilevskiy 22

Youth classification:
1. Jesse Kerrison 9.20.18
2. Juan Carlos Riutort Martinez +0.05
3. Alex Wohler +0.06
4. Yat Wai Chan
5. Mark Sehested Pedersen

Teams classication:
1. ASC Dukla Praha 28.01.12
2. Team Budget Forklifts
3. Ukraine
4. Torku Sekerspor +0.05
5. La Pomme Marseille

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