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Loddo wins fifth stage of Tour de Langkawi

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13, 2008 (AFP) - Italy’s Alberto Loddo won the fifth stage of Malaysia’s Tour de Langkawi on Wednesday, but France’s Matthieu Sprick held onto the overall leader’s yellow jersey.
Day five of Asia’s biggest road race started and ended in Southern Johor state, beginning at Johor Bahru and finishing in Bandar Penawar, covering 139.9 kilometres (87 miles).
Tinkoff Credit Systems’ Loddo finished the race in 3 hours 7 minutes and 53 seconds, while Argentina’s Mauro Richeze of Group Navigare was second and Switzerland’s Aurelien Clerc of Bouygues Telecom was third.
However, Bouygues Telecom rider Sprick remains in the overall lead despite finishing in 48th place in the stage.
Stage six on Thursday will take place in central Pahang state and cover 182.8 kilometres.
The Tour de Langkawi ends on Sunday in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Top 10 places
1. Alberto Loddo (ITA/Tinkoff Credit Systems) 3hrs 07mins 53secs, 2. Mauro Richeze (ARG/Group-Navigare) s.t., 3. Aurelien Clerc (SUI/Bouygues Telecom) s.t., 4. Takashi Miyazawa (JPN/Meitan Hompo) s.t., 5. Sung Baek Park (KOR/Seoul Cycling) s.t., 6. Anuar Manan (MAS/Letua Cycling Team) s.t., 7. Mohd Hariff Salleh(MAS/Cycling Team) s.t., 8. Miyataka Shimizu (JPN/Meitan Hompo) s.t., 9. Marco Corsini (ITA/NGC Medical) s.t., 10. Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (MAS/Letua Cycling Team) s.t.

Top 10 overall places
1. Matthieu Sprick (FRA/Bouygues Telecom) 19hrs 12mins 05secs, 2. Mitchell Docker (AUS/Drapac Porsche) 19hrs 12mins 06secs, 3. Gustavo Cesar (ESP/Karpin Galicia) 19hrs 12mins 08secs, 4. Diego Nosotti (ITA/NGC Medical) 19hrs 12mins 09secs, 5. Bernard Sulzberger (AUS/Letua Cycling Team) 19hrs 12mins 11secs, 6. Jackson Rodriguez (VEN/Serramenti PVC) 19hrs 12mins 12secs, 7. Matt Wilson (AUS,Team Type 1) s.t., 8. Jeremy Yates (NZL/New Zealand N.T.) s.t., 9. Shinichi Fukushima (JPN/Meitan Hompo) 19hrs 12mins 13secs, 10. Sung Baek Park (KOR/Seoul Cycling) 19hrs 12mins 15secs