# Shah Firdaus avenges home defeat with Konya win

*By Simon | March 15, 2025*

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![Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup: Konya](https://globalkeirin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/firdaus.jpg)

## 󠀁[Shah Firdaus avenges home defeat with Konya win](https://globalkeirin.com/2025/03/shah-firdaus-avenges-home-defeat-with-konya-win/)󠁿

15 March 2025

[Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/muhammad-shah-firdaus-sahrom/)
took victory in the men’s keirin competition at the Track Nations Cup event in
Konya, avenging his recent loss to
[Shinji Nakano](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/shinji-nakano/) at the Asian
Track Championships.

With the French pair of
[Tom Derache](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tom-derache/) and
[Sébastien Vigier](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/sebastien-vigier/) riding side
by side at the front of the bunch into the final lap, the Malaysian star timed
his move out of the final corner to perfection.

He emerged from their slipstream at the last possible moment, passing tightly on
the outside, and carrying enough speed not to worry about the fast-finishing
Nakano – who had
[beaten him at home in Nilai](https://globalkeirin.com/2025/02/nakano-takes-gold-ahead-of-home-hero-shah-firdaus/)
last month.

‘I don’t know how I did it,’ he
[said](https://x.com/UCI_Track/status/1900978396617662475) afterwards. ‘It’s
been a long day, and very tough racing since the first round. I think the team,
the staff and coaches did a really good job, planning and everything.

‘I have been waiting a long time for this moment. I came second and third, quite
a few times. But today is my day. I won gold – woo!’

Vigier held on for second, with Nakano snatching third ahead of Derache.
[Sam Dakin](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/sam-dakin/) could only watch it all
unfold in front of him, on his way to a fifth place finish.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track Nations Cup](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/3a9a914f/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/3a9a914f/3731ddf3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Konya](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/3a9a914f/3731ddf3/25794bc7/)󠁿⏎ Final

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="5">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="3"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/konya/">Konya</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="3">15 Mar 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="5">UCI Track Nations Cup 2025 Konya : Final</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="5">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Draw</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td><td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>MAS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/muhammad-shah-firdaus-sahrom/">Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td><td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>FRA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/sebastien-vigier/">Sébastien Vigier</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td><td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>JPN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/shinji-nakano/">Shinji Nakano</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td><td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>FRA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tom-derache/">Tom Derache</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td><td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>NZL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/sam-dakin/">Sam Dakin</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td><td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>AUS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/daniel-barber/">Daniel Barber</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

In the minor final for 7th to 12th place, world champion
[Kento Yamasaki](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kento-yamasaki/) made an early
move from last to first as the pacer exited the track, drawing a response from
Dutchman [Tijmen van Loon](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tijmen-van-loon/).

With a lap and a half remaining,
[Leigh Hoffman](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/leigh-hoffman/) put down the
power and left the bunch behind. Yamasaki was the only one able to follow, but
he couldn’t get close.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track Nations Cup](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/3a9a914f/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/3a9a914f/3731ddf3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Konya](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/3a9a914f/3731ddf3/25794bc7/)󠁿⏎ Final Minor

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="5">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="3"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/konya/">Konya</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="3">15 Mar 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="5">UCI Track Nations Cup 2025 Konya : Final Minor</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="5">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Draw</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td><td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>AUS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/leigh-hoffman/">Leigh Hoffman</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td><td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>JPN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kento-yamasaki/">Kento Yamasaki</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td><td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>IND</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/esow-esow/">Esow Esow</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td><td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>CAN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/ryan-dodyk/">Ryan Dodyk</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td><td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>CAN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nick-wammes/">Nick Wammes</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td><td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>NED</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tijmen-van-loon/">Tijmen van Loon</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

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