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Henjutan McCann sukar dicabar


MALCOM mengangkat kedua-dua belah tangannya sebaik sahaja melintasi garisan penamat pada perlumbaan peringkat ketiga JM2010 dari Taiping ke Auto City, Juru semalam.


SEPERTI diramal, pelumba Giant Asia Racing, David McCann terus mempertahankan Jersi Kuning selepas berakhirnya peringkat ketiga Kejohanan Lumba Basikal Jelajah Malaysia (JM) 2010 dari Taiping ke ke Auto City, Juru semalam.

McCann yang memenangi Jersi Kuning keseluruhan pada Kejohanan Lumba Basikal Piala Gabenor Melaka 2010 minggu lepas, mengekalkan kayuhan cemerlangnya pada saingan sejauh 126.1 kilometer semalam dengan melepasi garisan penamat dalam peloton pertama.

Pelumba sensasi Ireland itu mengekalkan kedudukan sebagai pendahulu keseluruhan dengan catatan masa 12 jam, 08 minit dan 41 saat, 20 saat mengatasi pencabar terdekatnya, Takumi Beppu daripada Aisan Racing .
Menurut McCann, walaupun perlumbaan semalam meliputi jarak yang tidak begitu jauh berbanding dua peringkat terdahulu, namun dia lebih cenderung untuk menyimpan tenaga bagi menghadapi dua lagi saingan yang dilihat lebih mencabar pada hari ini dan esok.

"Perlumbaan hari ini sangat berbahaya kerana ramai pelumba yang membuat breakaway dan cuba mengatasi satu sama lain," kata McCann pada sidang akhbar semalam.


"Oleh itu saya hanya perlu berhati-hati selain memastikan saya tidak mengerah terlalu banyak tenaga kerana masih ada dua peringkat lagi selepas ini."

Pada saingan peringkat ketiga semalam, pelumba Medscheme, Lange Malcom muncul juara dengan catatan masa 2 jam, 59 minit dan 02 saat, sekali gus merampas Jersi Hijau bagi gelaran Raja Pecut daripada pelumba kebangsaan, Amir Mustafa Rusli.

Pelumba Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM), Mohd. Zamri Salleh muncul pelumba terbaik negara semalam apabila menduduki tempat ketiga di belakang McCann dan seorang lagi pelumba Medscheme, Arran Brown.
Jersi Merah Raja Bukit pula kekal menjadi milik pelumba Polygon Sweet Nice dari Indonesia, Matnur yang mengumpul lapan mata.

Kosmo

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