11-05-2025
TSG win team general classification at Tour of Kumano as Bregnhoj narrowly misses yellow
KUALA LUMPUR: Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG) scored a timely morale boost ahead of next week's Tour of Japan after winning the team general classification at the Tour of Kumano in Japan today (May 11).
TSG topped the timesheets with a total time of 33 hours, 21 minutes and 20 seconds in the UCI 2.2 tour.
Wanty-Nippo-ReUz (Belgium) came in second overall (+2:39s) while JCL Team Ukyo (Japan) were third (+3:46s).
TSG's Mathias Bregnhoj came in a close second (+8s) to Team Solution Tech-Vini Fantini's Mark Stewart in the individual general classification.
Stewart took the overall win on 11:06:20s while Utsonomiya Blitzen's Oka Atsushi was third (+48s).
Vadim Pronskiy, Anatoliy Budiak, Aiman Cahyadi, Nur Aiman Rosli and Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki were the other TSG riders that raced in the Tour of Kumano.
Bregnhoj is hoping to go one better at the Tour of Japan (UCI 2.2) on May 18-25.
"To be honest, second place (individual GC) in the Tour of Kumano wasn't what we came for," said Bregnhoj.
"I always want to win the races we go for but we were up against a strong leader (Stewart) from Vini Fantini.
"I had an idea of how I wanted to close the gap in the final stage and tried my best in what was a tough race.
"But overall, to come second is still good I think. I am really looking forward to the Tour of Japan where I hope to be competing for the win again."
The 29-year-old climber was also third in the climbers classification on 15 points. JCL Team Ukyo's Nicolo Garibbo (32 points) was first while Kinan Racing Team's Nathan Earle (18pts) was second.
Bregnhoj had joined TSG at the start of the season. He competed for Portuguese side Sabgal-Anicolor last season.
