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The Star
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Star
Spain's Burgos-Burpellet BH team bank on Kudus and Sainbayar for 2025 LTdL
PETALING JAYA: Experienced riders Merhawi Kudus and Jambaljamts Sainbayar will be key to Spanish ProTeam, Burgos-Burpellet BH's chances in the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) from Sept 28-Oct 5. The team, making their fourth consecutive appearance, have included Kudus and Sainbayar, who were once part of Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG).
New Straits Times
17-07-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
National cycling squad ready if TSG, MPC pull out of SEA Games
KUALA LUMPUR: National road cycling coach Yusof Nasir insists his squad will be ready to race at the Thailand SEA Games (Dec 9-20) - even if both UCI Continental teams, Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG) and Malaysia Pro Cycling (MPC), withdraw. TSG and MPC have threatened to withhold their riders from the Games unless the National Sports Council (NSC) agrees to fund their participation. Malaysia's gold-medal success in the men's mass start road race at the last two SEA Games was built on a combination of riders from TSG, MPC and the national team, with TSG's Nur Aiman Zariff (Hanoi 2021) and Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Phnom Penh 2023) striking gold. However, NSC has now asked the Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF) to choose only one of the two Continental teams for the Games. Yusof, whose national squad are funded by the NSC, said they will comply with any directive from their paymasters but hopes the ongoing stand-off will be resolved swiftly. "We are the national team and will follow the NSC's instructions. It's now up to the MNCF to decide on rider selection," he said. "In previous SEA Games, we combined riders from the Continental and national teams to win gold. We hope the same can happen again - that the best riders are selected for the country "But if it comes down to a worst-case scenario, we'll still be ready to compete." Yusof said the national team are currently preparing for the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL), which runs from Sept 28-Oct 5, and will continue training beyond that if needed for the SEA Games. Among the riders in the national squad are Ren Bao Tsen, Afiq Huznie Othman, Muhsin Misbah and Shaiful Adlan Shukri. "We're grateful for the support and funding from the NSC," said Yusof. "We're focused on the LTdL for now, but if our riders are called up for the SEA Games, we'll be ready."
New Straits Times
29-04-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Zahin clinches breakaway win for MPC at Tour of Luzon
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Pro Cycling (MPC) received an early season boost after their rider Zahin Wahhi outkicked his breakaway group peers to win the sixth stage of the MPTC Tour of Luzon in the Philippines today (April 29). Zahin won the 168 kilometre stage, which started in Clark and ended in Lingayen, in a time of three hours, 31 minutes and 12 seconds. Local duo Mervin Corpuz (MPT Drive Hub) and Rench Michael Bondoc (7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines) came in second and third in the sprint. MPC team principal Sayuti Zahit said Zahin played his cards right and was rewarded with the win. "Zahin joined a breakaway group of about 15 riders roughly 80km into the stage and the whole group worked together," said Sayuti, when contacted in Luzon today. "Zahin launched his attack roughly 200m from the finish and was able to hold his position until the end. "Alhamdulillah, this is a positive result for us in our first race of the season. Although this is not a UCI race, quite a number of strong teams are competing here. "Tomorrow (stage seven) will be the team time trial and to be honest we are not expecting much as we have not brought our time trial bikes here. "We will, however, be hoping to make an impact in the final stage (stage 8) on Thursday (May 1) which will feature a climb similar to Genting Highlands." MPC had clinched their first podium finish of the tour during stage three on Saturday (April 26) through Ahmad Syazrin Awang Ilah who placed second. The UCI continental squad have intentionally started their season slightly later than other teams in a bid to have their riders hit peak performance at Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi (Sept 28-Oct 5) and the Bangkok Sea Games (Dec 7-19). They are expected to race in China next month.
