Cycling roundup: Tour de Langkawi, Track Cycling World Championships & Chrono des Nations - the most important news from the weekend

Tour de Langkawi - Sosa leads the overall standings

The Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia runs until Tuesday (18 October). Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Movistar) continues to lead the overall standings after the weekend, having taken the lead with his victory on stage 3 in the Genting Highlands last Thursday.

The weekend saw stage wins for Lionel Taminiaux (Alpecin-Decuninck) on Saturday and Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) on Sunday. The 7th stage on Monday was originally supposed to finish on Gunung Raya, but landslides thwarted the organisers' plans. Instead, only 107.1 largely flat kilometres around Kuah were on the programme, at the end of which Sjoerd Bax (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took the day's victory.

Click through: The stage winners of the Tour de Langkawi 2022 so far

Tour de Langkawi - the current overall standings ahead of the final stage

1. Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Movistar) 23:28:05
2. Hugh Carthy (EF Education EasyPost) +0:23
3. Torstein Traeen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) +1:47
4. George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) +1:50
5. One Augusto Rubio (Movistar) +2:02

Medals for Germany at Track Cycling World Championships

There were more medals for the German team at the end of the Track Cycling World Championships. On Saturday Franziska Brauße wins gold medal in the single pursuit. Emma Hinze was successful in the 500 metre individual time trial with a silver medal. In addition, Filippo Ganna set a new record on Saturday. new world record in the 4000 metre single pursuit.

On Sunday, Lea Sophie Friedrich provided another highlight from a German perspective. The 22-year-old won Gold in the Keirin and thus crowned her World Championship.

Powless wins Japan Cup

The Japan Cup took place on Sunday for the first time since 2019. After 144.2 kilometres around Utsunomiya, there was a double victory for EF Education EasyPost. Neilson Powless won ahead of Andrea Piccolo.

Japan Cup results - the top 5

1. Neilson Powless (EF Education EasyPost)
2. Andrea Piccolo (EF Education EasyPost) +0:12
3. Benjamin Dyball (Team UKYO) +0:13
4. Hermann Pernsteiner (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:13
5. Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Soudal) +0:17

Chrono des Nations: Küng takes revenge for World Championship defeat

In the Individual time trial at the World Championships Stefan Küng was beaten by Tobias Foss by three seconds four weeks ago in Australia. On Sunday, the Swiss rider from Groupama-FDJ turned the tables and won the Chrono des Nations after 45.43 kilometres, two seconds ahead of the newly crowned world champion.

Chrono des Nations results - the top 5 in the men's competition

1. Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) 53:29
2. Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) +0:02
3. Matteo Sobrero (BikeExchange-Jayco) +0:11
4. Martin Toft Madsen (BHS - PL Beton Bornholm) +0:33
5. Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) +0:50

Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) won the women's Chrono des Nations on the 27.2 kilometre course.

Chrono des Nations results - the top 5 of the women's competition

1. Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) 35:54
2. Valeriya Kononenko (Ukraine) +1:06
3. Amber Neben (USA) +1:18
4. Christina Schweinberger (Plantur-Pura) +1:37
5. Loes Adegeest (IBCT) +1:46

UAE Festival in Veneto

After the first UCI Gravel World Championships were held in Veneto on 8 and 9 October, there was another top race in the region at the weekend with the Veneto Classic. After 190 kilometres between Treviso and Bassano del Grappa, Marsch Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) crossed the finish line in first place. Behind him, his team-mate Davide Formolo finished second. Another rider from this team, Matteo Trentin, made it into the top 5.

Veneto Classic results - the top 5

1. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) 4:39:54
2. Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates) +0:10
3. Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +0:29
4. Stefano Oldani (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +0:33
5. Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) +0:33

Cross in the USA: How the races went in Fayetteville

After the opening event in Waterloo, the second USA stop of the UCI Cyclocross World Cups in Fayetteville is on the programme.

There was the same winner in the men's and women's races as at the start. In the men's race, the Belgian Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal) once again came out on top ahead of Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Fristads).

Fayetteville: Results of the men's competition - the top 5

1. Eli Iserbyt (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal) 1:03:12
2. Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Fristads) +0:00
3. Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal) +0:19
4. Eric Brunner (USA) +0:26
5. Thibau Nys (Baloise-Trek-Lions) +0:39

The women's race was won by Fem van Empel (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal). This was her second victory in the second World Cup race of the season after her triumph in Waterloo.

Fayetteville: Results of the women's competition - the top 5

1. Fem van Empel (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal) 50:05
2. Lucinda Brand (Baloise-Trek-Lions) +0:01
3. Annemarie Worst (777) +0:02
4. Denise Betsema (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal) +0:14
5. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +0:51