Tour of Langkawi. Kuah Kuah Twice.

Kuah is something like the felt capital of cycling these days. Just the right thing for the felt winner of hearts. At least the one in Germany.

Due to certain adversities, yesterday's mountain finish to Langkawi Island's highest hill was cancelled. Landslides blocked the roads and made a destination uncertain.

The Tour of Langkawi will only be held on the island of Langkawi for the last two stages. Before that you cycle through the rest of Malaysia. The country has two rainy seasons. One of them runs from September to November. Most of the rain falls on the offshore islands. Let's say Langkawi. But even before that it wasn't particularly dry. And in Asia, the rain showers have a different quality than in Europe. A life like Im Ahrtal would not be possible there. The amount of rain there easily exceeds four times the critical level in Europe.

But it's already warm. So then the 7th stage was held yesterday. However, on the route of today's stage. The winner was Sjoerd Bax by Alpecin Deceuninck. The Alpecin wimps are probably in their element here. Rüdi Selig from Lotto Soudal was third.

That's a nice result in Germany. In England the question of second or third would not even be asked. The answer would be clear. " There is no second ." This comes from the days of sailing ships and their regattas. They then related to the battles between the enemy warships. Most sprinters in cycling and athletics see the problem in a similar way.

Even today it's raining the famous Bindfäden again. The boys would probably prefer dogs and cats like in England. But the amounts of water are decidedly more plentiful. Like the author, one must have gone to sea there for a while in the months in question in order to be able to imagine these masses of water.

Today's stage also had a wet length of 107 kilometers. In the end, the winner nevertheless gave an interview with beaming eyes. It's Team Burgos driver Alex Molenaar. His last companion was actually in his element. The German Jason Osborn from Team Alpecin Deuninck comes from the rowing sport. But the young man, who is supposed to pedal incredible values ​​on the ergometer, can't do anything more on the last few meters. Or do the rowers not have the same values ​​as the sailors?

However, the tour was won by Ivan Sosa from the Movistar team. The Colombian got the decisive seconds in the mountains on the mainland and there was no opportunity to correct that yesterday.

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