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Pickrell wins stage 6 clean, no photo finish needed this time
Riley Pickrell won stage 6 of Le Tour de Langkawi 2026, the 121.3 km run from Pandan Indah to Rembau, ahead of Matteo Malucelli and Seppe Van Den Boer. The margin was clear-cut, no photo finish required. Pickrell had two runner-up finishes before this stage 6 victory.
What this means
Pickrell converts a run of close sprint losses into a stage win, breaking the photo-finish pattern that had defined the race's flat stages.
The stage also marks a shift from the mountain stages that preceded it, with Petr Rikunov and Nicolas Breuillard taking stages 4 and 5.
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