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Jelajah Malaysia - Roe rampas Jersi Kuning


ROE (kanan) muncul pendahulu keseluruhan selepas menjuarai
perlumbaan peringkat ketujuh Jelajah Malaysia 2009 semalam.


SELEPAS empat hari gah muncul pendahulu keseluruhan Kejohanan Lumba Basikal Jelajah Malaysia 2009 (JM’09), kini Mehdi Sohrabi terpaksa menyerahkan Jersi Kuning kepada pelumba pasu- kan Savings & Loan Cycling Team, Timothy Roe.

Roe berjaya merampas Jersi Kuning daripada pelumba pasukan Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team itu selepas berjaya menjuarai peringkat ketujuh dari Tanjung Malim ke Genting Highlands semalam.

Catatan 3 jam 01 minit 21 saat yang dilakukan Roe semalam sudah cukup baginya untuk muncul pendahulu keseluruhan buat pertama kali pada kejohanan kali ini.

Tempat kedua menjadi milik Ghader Mizbani dari pasukan Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team manakala rakan sepasukan Roe, Jai Crawford menduduki tempat ketiga selepas kedua-dua pelumba itu turut mencatat masa 3’01:21s.

Bagi Roe, kejayaan berganda yang diraih itu dianggap cukup manis, apatah lagi dia kini memimpin saingan ketika perlumbaan JM’09 berbaki satu peringkat sahaja lagi.

“Ini adalah hari terbaik saya pada JM’09. Saya cukup gembira kerana berjaya menjuarai perlumbaan pada peringkat yang paling mencabar pada kejohanan ini.

“Segala-galanya berjalan dengan baik sejak awal perlumbaan lagi. Saya dan rakan sepasukan yang lain tidak banyak menghadapi masalah besar dan kami saling bekerja- sama antara satu sama lain.

“Kejayaan ini memberi petanda bahawa kami mampu memberi cabaran kepada pasukan pilihan lain,” kata pelumba kelahiran Australia itu.

Roe menambah, kejayaannya itu telah membakar sema- ngatnya untuk terus mempertahankan Jersi Kuning dalam acara kriterium (peringkat kelapan) di Dataran Merdeka hari ini.

“Bagaimanapun, saya sedar para pencabar saya pasti akan cuba untuk memburu masa terbaik pada perlumbaan esok (hari ini).

“Saya cuma berharap dapat mengekalkan kayuhan konsisten dari awal hingga tamat perlumbaan nanti,” katanya.

Crawford pula mengakui, dia agak kecewa selepas hanya menamatkan perlumbaan di tempat ketiga.

“Mungkin pada perlumbaan akan datang, saya mampu muncul juara tetapi apa yang lebih penting, pelumba dari pasukan kami menjuarai peringkat ketujuh ini,” kata

Crawford yang disebut-sebut antara pelumba pilihan yang mampu menawan Genting Highlands semalam.

Pada perlumbaan sejauh 116. 2 kilometer semalam, para pelumba terpaksa mengharungi tiga zon pecutan dan tiga zon pendakian.

Zon pecutan pertama di Batang Kali (32.5km), zon pecu- tan kedua di Serendah (45..4km) manakala zon pecu- tan ketiga di Sungai Tua (70.4km).

Zon pendakian pertama pula di Templer Park (63km), zon pendakian kedua di Batu Dam (85km) dan zon pendakian ketiga di Genting (116.2km).

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