At the start of the day, no one expected Australian rider Patrick Eddy (Picnic Post NL) to be standing on the podium in the jersey of a King of the Mountains leader at the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi, not even Patrick Eddy.
This was the day that was supposed to test the sprinters early, with three categorised climbs lined up in a row all within the first 66 kilometres of the race and, while some were quickly falling out the back, Eddy was out the front.
