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LTdL: Suhardi digugurkan


ABU SAMAH (tengah) bergambar bersama pelumba-pelumba pasukan kebangsaan pada sidang media
di Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur semalam.
PELUMBA berpengalaman, Suhardi Hassan digugurkan daripada skuad elit lebuh raya untuk Kejohanan Lumba Basikal Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) yang akan berlangsung pada 1 hingga 7 Mac ini. Keputusan tersebut diumumkan sendiri oleh Presiden Persekutuan Kebangsaan Berbasikal Malaysia (PKBM), Abu Samah Wahab pada sidang media mengumumkan senarai pelumba yang akan menggalas cabaran negara pada kejohanan berstatus Hors itu.
Turut digugurkan ialah tiga orang lagi pelumba iaitu Wan Mohd. Najmee Wan Mohd., Muaz Abdul Rahim dan Yusrizal Usoff.

Menurut Pengarah Strategi Perlumbaan, William Walker keputusan mengenai pengguguran Suhardi dibuat berdasarkan prestasi semasa pelumba tersebut.


"Prestasi Suhardi tidak berada dalam keadaan terbaik buat masa sekarang ini dan dia digugurkan.
"Jadi saya mengambil langkah drastik untuk menyenaraikan pelumba-pelumba muda pada edisi kali ini dimana saya lihat mereka semua mempunyai peluang yang cerah untuk berjaya di pentas antarabangsa.

"Bagi saya tempoh satu atau dua tahun untuk membimbing skuad muda ini dan saya yakin dengan corak latihan yang betul mereka mampu menjadi sebuah pasukan yang hebat," jelas Walker.

Kali ini, skuad negara akan dibarisi pelumba muda yang akan diketuai oleh Amir Mustafa Rusli.
Turut tersenarai dalam skuad lebuh raya tahun ini ialah Ahmad Fellanie Ali, Mohd Zambri Salleh, Mohd. Nur Ridzuan Zainal, Mohammad Akmal Amrun dan Shahrul Mohd. Amin.

Tambah Walker, lima daripada enam pelumba tersebut mempunyai potensi untuk melakukan kejutan pada laluan mendaki kecuali Akmal akan lebih diberi tumpuan pada acara pecut.

"Mereka semua mempunyai kelebihan masing-masing dan saya yakin mereka bakal mencipta kejutan," katanya.

Sementara itu, Amrun Misnon pula diumumkan sebagai pengurus skuad negara sepanjang kejohanan itu berlangsung.

Ketika ditanya mengenai sasaran yang diletakkan PKBM untuk menjadi 12 pasukan terbaik keseluruhan, Walker berkata: "Ia agak mustahil untuk dicapai pada edisi kali ini".
"Namun, saya lebih gemar meletakkan sasaran bagi peringkat demi peringkat. Ia lebih realistik untuk dicapai," katanya lagi.

Oleh HELMI TALKAH
sukan@kosmo.com.my

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