Laas recovers from third stage flop to win 4th stage in Tour of Thailand
Estonian Martin Laas of the Illuminate Team defied the scorching weather to cross the finish line in 4.08.56 hours and won the fourth of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s Cup Tour of Thailand 2018 on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old rider redeemed his pride after finishing at 108th in the Khao Yai's hilly stage in Khao Yai which was not his favourite.
Day four of the race covered a distance of 183.40 km, staring from scenic Khao Yai to the Suranaree Monument in Nakhon Ratchasima province.
However, after this stage, Dyball Benjamin of ST. George Continental Cycling Team from Australia still led the overall standing with the best time of 16.39.57 hours.
Malaysia’s Saleh Modh Zamri of Terengganu Cycling Team grabbed the” Best ASEAN Rider” award in the fourth stage after timing 4.08.56 hours. Previously Thais had dominate this category for thee consecutive days by Sarawut Sirironnachai of Thailand Continental Cycling Team, Keerati Sukprasart (Thailand National Team) and Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn (Thailand Continental Cycling Team) respectively.
In addition, Thailand Continental Cycling Team which took the second place of Team General Classification, led the team general classification of ASEAN with 50.06.47 hours ahead of KFC Cycling Team(Indonesua) and 7ELEVEN CLIQQ ROADBIKE PHILIPPINES.
The fifth stage on 5 April 2018 covers the longest distance of 229 kilometers starting from Nakhon Ratchasima province at am and will finish in Roi Et province.
