Savio clocks another milestone in Malaysia
By Greg Johnson in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 𒁏Diquigiovanni-Androni has become the first squad to win..🍸.
By Greg Johnson in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Diquigiovanni-Androni has become the first squad to win four editions of the Tour de Langk𝕴awi, following José Serpa's general classification win yesterday. The squad had been tied on three overall victories with Mapei until yesterday's victory.
"I'm very, very happy," said team manager Gianni Savio. "We preparedꦅ very well for this race.🗹 I like, very much, the Tour de Langkawi and I like Malaysia.
"This is the ninth year𓆉 I've been here, and always I come back t♚o Malaysia with enthusiasm, with passion," Savio added. "Malaysia is similar to South America, to Venezuela. I am very well and for this reason we prepared very well for this race in Argentina."
Serpa also claimed the event's King of the Mountains jersey, having won the ꦓrace's queen stage to Genting Highlands on Friday. Team sprinter Mattia Gav🗹azzi secured the points jersey for Savio's squad, on top of four stage victories.
"I didn't expect all this success, because I would be happy to win overa𝔍ll classification and also team 🦂classification, if possible," he said. "Two stage wins would have been good, but we won five."
Diquigiovanni-Androni a🌱lso won the team's class♋ification at this year's event.
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Savio's squad first won𓃲 the event overall in 2002 with Hernan Dario Munoz and again in 2004 with Freddy Gonzalez. Its most recent overall victory came at last year's event, where Ruslan Ivanov took victory.