Julián Arredondo of the Team Nippo – De Rosa won the fifth stage of Tour Of Langkwai in Malaysia.
Orica Green Edge's Travis Mayer, was the first rider to successfully get away on this 110.3km stage from Proton to Genting.
Being twelve minutes down on the race leader Meiyin Wang, he was allowed to get nine minutes clear and take all the intermediate sprint points along the way before being caught on the foot of Genting Highlands where the finish on a cold and wet day was.
Nathan Haas, Peter Stetina (Garmin Sharp), Pieter Weening (Orica GreenEdge), Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma – Quick-Step), Jonathan Monsalve (Vini Fantini – Selle Italia), Lucas Euser (United Healthcare), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Tomas Gil (Androni Giocatolli), Sergio Pardilla, Tsgabu Grmay, Jacques Van Rensburg (MTN Qhubeka), John Ebsen (Synergy – Baku Cycling Project), Ghader Misbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team), Victor Nino Corredor (RTS Racing Team), Julian Arredondo and Fortunato Baliani (Team Nippo) all contested the lead group of around twenty riders
But with 5kms to go, Pieter Weening attacked followed by Julián Arredondo who passed him. Arredondo had a lead of thirty seconds and that was enough to give him the stage win and the race leaders yellow jersey. .