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TSG's de Bod scores top-20 finish at Circuito de Getxo
KUALA LUMPUR: Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG) concluded their Spanish classics campaign on a positive note at the Circuito de Getxo-Memorial Hermanos Otxoa race in the Basque Country yesterday (Aug 3).
TSG's Stefan de Bod was again their stand out man as he crossed the line 15th (+31s), which was the highest placed finish by a TSG rider in Spain this year.
The South African had placed 24th at the Ordiziako Classic last week where he also claimed the Most Combative Rider award.
TSG started the 172.2 kilometre race, which started in Bilbao and ended in Getxo, with only five men as Vadim Pronskiy was ill while Anatolii Budiak had left Spain for the Trans-Himalaya Race in China which starts on Aug 7.
TSG's Mathias Breghnoj concluded Circuito de Getxo in 46th (+3:49s) though Kee Zhe Yie, Nur Aiman Rosli and Nur Aiman Zariff did not finish.
There were no surprises as heavyweights UAE Team Emirates-XRG notched a one-two finish through Isaac del Toro (3:59:11s) and Juan Ayuso (+20s). Cofidis' Alex Aranburu settled for third after being pipped by Ayuso.
TSG had competed in three one-day races in Spain over the past two weeks - Terres de L´Ebre Classic (July 22), Ordiziako Classic (July 25) and Circuito de Getxo - which are all UCI 1.1 races.
