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New Straits Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Van Engelen shines for TSG in South Korea
KUALA LUMPUR: Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG) continued their strong form this season at the Tour of Gyeongnam, which concluded in South Korea today (June 8), with another top-three general classification finish. This time it was TSG's Adne van Engelen who delivered, finishing third overall in the GC just 23 seconds adrift of overall winner Dylan Hopkins (13:10:52s) from the Roojai Insurance squad. JCL Team Ukyo's Simone Raccani finished second overall (+19s) in the five-stage tour which ended in Changwon. Van Engelen, who finished second in the second stage, also claimed second place overall in the mountains classification on 10 points, just one point behind Hopkins. Geumsan Insam Cello's Choe Hyeong Min was third (9pts). TSG sprinter Wan Abdul Rahman Hamdan, better known by his nickname Achik, came close to finishing on the podium on Friday (June 6), coming in fourth in the third stage. Van Engelen, who joined TSG this season, was pleased with the team's performances. "We tried to attack early yesterday (June 7, fourth stage) but Ukyo were too strong and brought it back. There was no chance for us to score any bonus seconds," said van Engelen. "The last three stages were quite flat so it was a bit tough to get any time back. We tried our best everyday but there were two riders (Hopkins, Raccani) who were stronger. "But generally speaking it was a very good tour for us. Achik and Vadim Pronskiy also did well to score top-10 stage finishes for us. "The team did good work here and can look forward to the rest of the season." TSG did well to win the team GC at the Tour of Kumano in Japan earlier this month, with Mathias Bregnhoj coming second in the individual GC. TSG also scored race wins at the Grand Prix Antalya (Abdul Rahman) and GP Syedra Ancient City (Stefan de Bod) in Turkiye earlier this season. The Kuala Terengganu-based squad also dominated the National Road Cycling Championships in Johor last week, winning both the individual time trial and road race through Nur Aiman Rosli. TSG will next race at the Yellow River Estuary Road Race in China on June 13-14.
New Straits Times
11-05-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
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.
