The fifth and final stage of the Langkawi International Mountain Bike Challenge in Malaysia is held as a 30-minute beach race. Right after the start, an over-motivated rider causes a crash. Daniel Eymann is indirectly affected. "I was trapped behind the riders who crashed and then tried to catch up," says the Bernese rider, who was unable to catch up with the front runners and finished 19th.

Sebastian Fini Cartensen was the fastest over the twelve laps. His Danish teammates, Neils Bech Rasmussen and Louis Bendixen, also tactics well and take the places of honor. Fabian Giger finishes fourth and remains in third place overall with a practically unchanged deficit. The overall victory goes to the Slovakian Michal Lami, who can look forward to a hefty prize money of 15,000 US dollars in addition to the overall victory. Karl Platt (GER) was able to make up time on Lami in the beach race, but this was no longer enough to catch the Slovakian.

Nicola Rohrbach also tried to keep up with the front runners, but was only able to do so for 15 minutes, citing the following reason: "I had very heavy legs today." Rohrbach finished tenth, a good minute behind, but lost another position in the overall classification. Fini Cartensen moved up to sixth place with his victory - one place ahead of Rohrbach.

Daniel Eymann, on the other hand, remains unchanged in eleventh place in the final classification.

Schneitter fast on the beach
In the final beach race, South Tyrolean Eva Lechner once again came out on top. She wins with a narrow lead over Blaza Klemencic and Nathalie Schneitter. With a good ten-minute lead over European champion Tanja Zakelj (SLO), Lechner also takes victory in the overall classification.

From stage one to stage four, Nathalie Schneitter had virtually subscribed to fourth place. As a result, she also took home fourth place overall behind Lechner, Zakelj and Klemencic. After a difficult season, this is another step forward for Schneitter. Where she goes from here is still unclear. This is her last race in the kit of the "Colnago - Südtirol" racing team.

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