Lennart Jasch is racing the Tour de Langkawi like a true master. After his victory in the second stage at Gunung Jerai, the German from Team Tudor has been running the race like a seasoned veteran, controlling, managing his energy and proving to be the strongest rider in the race. Today at the top of Genting Highlands he finished in third position, not a second victory, but rather impeccable race management and a final kilometer at extremely high speed.

The twenty-five-year-old German first put his teammates to work and then took action personally, proving ready in the face of the combined attack from the Caja Rural team. "From this morning we knew it would be a decisive stage, but my teammates immediately took control of the situation, they were extraordinary. Among the riders who were in the breakaway, the one that concerned us most was Josh Burnett from the Burgos team, he was only 3'20 behind and could become very dangerous. When we realized we were over 5 minutes behind the breakaway we accelerated. With 7 km to go we could no longer control it, I had to act personally and defend myself in the best way possible. I consider myself fortunate with this result, today could have gone really badly, but I'm grateful to still be wearing the leader's jersey," said Jasch, who as usual reached the podium area with a giant smile.

What strikes most about this guy is that despite having been cycling for only two years, he manages to act with the clarity of a veteran. Today everyone was waiting for his move, but he was able to manage the pressure from the media and especially from the race organizers very well. He acted in a lucid, decisive manner, but above all with a clear idea of what his task was. "This morning I felt some pressure, I knew this stage would be important and especially that the team would work at maximum to give me a hand. I believe, however, that the key was to race as I always had, after all every day you ride your bike is important, it's our job, there's a lot of stress, but it's part of the game – Jasch continues – thanks to the help of my teammates I remained very focused, but at a certain point around mid-race a rider in front of me fell and I seriously risked falling too. Given what happened I can say I was lucky and I'm happy to have managed the pressure as best as I could"

After 5 stages Jasch can boast a cushion of 26" over Abel Balderstone, a significant advantage mainly the result of the second day of racing. With no more real climbs from here until the final finish, what he's accumulated could be enough to take home the trophy, but in Malaysia, with sudden rains and rolling terrain, nothing is ever really certain. "Today's was the last real mountain stage and with my 26" I feel rather confident. Balderstone will certainly try to drop me in every way possible, my goal will be to not let his wheel go. Fortunately there are no more big climbs, just flat terrain on the horizon, this makes my objective easier. There are still three stages before the end and already tomorrow we'll face a moving stage that could hide some pitfalls."