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Pickrell's stage 6 win: a teammate's wheel, not a photo finish
Pickrell's victory marked his first win of the season and his first victory with Modern Adventure Pro Cycling. He sprinted off teammate Scott McGill's wheel, going around Malucelli and his lead-out inside the final stages of the race. «The only reason I won today was that the boys put me in a better position than Malucelli's boys,» Pickrell said.
Pickrell launched his sprint about 100 metres from the line, with Malucelli coming out of his wheel but unable to get past. That morning, sports director Alex Howes had told Pickrell simply: «Go around him.» It was the sixth win of Modern Adventure's debut season but the team's first since June. Pickrell's parents had travelled to Malaysia and were watching from the sidelines at the finish. «The goal of coming to this race is to win a stage, and it paid off today after coming so close twice before this,» Pickrell said. Overall, Lennart Jasch kept the race lead after the stage, 26 seconds ahead of Abel Balderstone.
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'I wasn't confident at all' – Third time's a charm for Canadian sprinter Riley Pickrell as he takes first victory in over a year at Tour de LangkawiRiley Pickrell gets his Le Tour de Langkawi sprint win on stage 6 with Matteo Malucelli secondThird time's the charm for Canadian Riley Pickrell in Langkawi, Christiaan van Rees fifthcyclingmagazine.caClasificaciones completas de la 6ª etapa del Tour de Langkawi 2026
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