In a sport that consistently logs winners from Europe and the Tasman Antipodes New Zealand and Australia, Asians are fewer in numbers, and find it tough to break through. Even so, pro cycling teams from China, Malaysia, Korea and Thailand, are attempting to find a toehold at cycling’s Pune Grand Tour. The same impediments of genetics, cycling culture and sheer exposure stop Asians from acing the long road race of cycling. But two Asians have smashed conventions – in their own distinct ways – bagging attention. Jambalhamts Sainbayar is a pioneer from Mongolia, who has been finishing with the orange jersey (best Asian finisher) on all three completed days of the UCI 2.2 event at Pune, and racing for 11 years now, currently with one of Spain’s top teams Burgos Burpellet. Mongolia is hardly ever on the pro-sport map of the world, but the 29-year-old started a trend that was astonishing for his compatriots that it led to an explosion of expressive cycling (speeding) in the sport. “Mongolia mostly has just wrestling, judo and pistol …