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LTdL2012 :Anuar mula laung amaran



BEBERAPA pelumba, termasuk peserta negara, Ahmad Fallanie Ali ditimpa kemalangan semasa beraksi di peringkat ketiga dari Melaka ke Parit Sulong, semalam. – Utusan/ MOHD. NAJIB MOHD. NOR


BATU PAHAT – Episod tahun lalu kembali berulang pada Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2012, apabila pelumba handalan negara, Anuar Manan dari pasukan Champion System dan Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia) memulakan persaingan hebat sebaik tamat peringkat ketiga dari Melaka ke Parit Sulong semalam.

Biarpun Guardini berjaya menjuarai perlumbaan, namun Anuar tidak membiarkan pelumba muda Itali itu berada dalam kedudukan selesa apabila menjadi pelumba ketiga (empat jam 30 minit 11 saat) melepasi garisan penamat, di belakang Raymond Kreder dari Garmin Barracuda.

Malah, Anuar kini menjadi pencabar utama Guardini untuk menyarung jersi biru dalam acara pecut selepas mengumpul 26 mata, hanya empat mata ditinggalkan di belakang Guardini.
Tahun lalu, Anuar dan Guardini bersaing sengit di antara satu sama lain untuk merebut jersi biru yang menyaksikan pelumba Farnese itu muncul juara selepas mengutip 117 mata, manakala Anuar di tempat kedua dengan 101 mata.

Selepas menduduki tempat keempat dari Putrajaya ke Melaka kelmarin, Anuar akhirnya menaiki podium dalam perlumbaan sejauh 187.6 kilometer semalam hasil kerja keras dan bantuan mantap dari rakan-sepasukannya.

Bagi Anuar, dia cuba menyimpan tenaga untuk melakukan henjutan 500m menuju garisan penamat, namun kekuatan barisan pelumba Farnese Vini yang menguasai kelompok hadapan menyukarkannya bertindak.
“Saya sebenarnya mensasarkan untuk menamatkan saingan hari ini (semalam) di belakang Guardini selaku pemenang tempat kedua, namun pelumba Colnago CSF menghalang saya daripada berbuat demikian,” kata pelumba berusia 26 tahun itu.

Jelasnya, tenaganya semakin berkurangan ketika dalam usaha untuk mendapatkan tempat terbaik.
Bagaimanapun, dia tetap gembira dengan keputusan tersebut menyaksikannya sekarang mengumpul 26 mata kurang empat mata di belakang Guardini.

“Kerjasama antara rakan sepasukan juga semakin baik terutama sekali Jaan Kirsipuu yang banyak membantu saya,” kata bekas pelumba Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG) yang berazam untuk berusaha lebih keras pada peringkat keempat hari ini.

Sementara itu rakan senegara Anuar dalam pasukan TSG, Mohamad Adiq Hussainie Othman menduduki tempat ke-20, manakala Kirsipuu menduduki tempat ke-98. Pelumba lain Craig Lewis ke-36, Aaron Kemps ke-85 dan Chris Butler ke-96.



- UTUSAN

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