Tour de Langkawi- Cat. 2.4Malaysia, January 26 - February 6, 2000Stage 3 - January 28: Taiping - Sitiawan, 86.2 kmFraser closeCourtesy of John Wordin Stage 3 of the Tour de Langkawi was a comparatively short affair, being held on a Muslim national day of prayer. The 86 km stage was completed in two hours, at an average of nearly 45 km/h. The stage featured a four man break containing Jan Koerts (Ned, Farm Frites), Bjornar Vestol (Nor, LMc), Grzegorz Wajs (Pol, Mroz) and Ah Thiam Wong (Mas), however they did not get more than two minutes in front and the bunch closed the gap towards the end. The finish was a mass sprint with French Bonjour rider, Damien Nazon prevailing over Mercury's Gord Fraser (Can), and René Haselbacher (Swi, Gerol.). The overall lead still remains with Liquigas rider, Daniele Contrini (Ita) from Saturn's Frank McCormack (US) and Mercury's Floyd Landis. Tomorrow's 163 km stage features 'the world's longest climb (49 km)', finishing in the Cameron Highlands, and should be the first serious challenge for the riders. 1 Damien Nazon (Fra) Team Bonjour 1.55.14 (44.83 km/h) 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 3 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 4 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 5 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 6 Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 7 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 8 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz 9 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Mercury Cycling Team 10 Ciarán Power (Irl) Linda McCartney 11 Stig Dam (Den) Denmark 12 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 13 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Gaerne 14 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 15 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop 16 Antonio Cruz (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 17 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 18 Marco Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 19 Danny Baeyens (Bel) Collstrop 20 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Gaerne 21 David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney 22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 23 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 24 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 25 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 26 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 27 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 28 Hoong Tsen,Seong (Mas) Malaysia 29 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites 30 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 31 Setyobudi Wawan (Ina) Indonesia 32 Tom Leaper (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 33 Razali Sharulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 34 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 35 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 36 Alexandre Usov (Swi) Phonak 37 Mark Walters (Can) Canada 38 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 39 Paul Kelly (Can) Canada 40 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 41 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Team Bonjour 42 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 43 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Japan 44 Yoshimasa Hiroshi (Jpn) Japan 45 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 46 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop 47 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 48 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 49 Michael Barry (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 50 Keton Mohd Suhaimi (Mas) Malaysia 51 Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Canada 52 Christopher Horner (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 53 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 54 Setiawan Herry Janto (Ina) Indonesia 55 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 56 Suyitno Suyitno (Ina) Indonesia 57 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 58 Yechen Xiao (Chn) China 59 Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger 60 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team 61 Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 62 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 63 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 64 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 65 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 66 Ah Thiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 67 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 68 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 69 Christoph Goehring (Swi) Team Nürnberger 70 Spencer Smith (GBr) Linda McCartney 71 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak 72 Douglas Ryder (Rsa) Rep South Africa 73 Jérôme Delbove (Fra) Phonak 74 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 75 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 76 Koen Deschuytter (Bel) Collstrop 77 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 78 Wong Kam-Po (Chn) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 79 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar 80 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 81 Jamie Drew (Aus) Aguardiente Nectar 82 Matt Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney 83 Jose Chepe Gonzalez (Col) Aguardiente Nectar 84 Agung Joni,Suryo (Ina) Indonesia 85 Simon Kessler (Rsa) Rep South Africa 86 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney 87 Mat Anand (Can) Canada 88 Graziano Recinella (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 89 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar 90 Jan Jespersen (Den) Denmark 91 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Denmark 92 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 93 John Talen (Ned) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 94 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 95 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Mroz 96 Sulistiono Sulistiono (Ina) Indonesia 97 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 98 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 99 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak 100 Tiaan Kannemeyer (Rsa) Rep South Africa 101 Roland Mueller (Swi) Team Nürnberger 102 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz 103 Ryan Cox (Rsa) Rep South Africa 104 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 105 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz 106 Daniel Spence (Rsa) Rep South Africa 107 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Mercury Cycling Team 108 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Team Bonjour 109 Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 110 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 111 Martin Kryger (Den) Denmark 112 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Mroz 113 Guozhang Wong (Chn) China 114 Andrea Paluan (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar 115 Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Nürnberger 116 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 117 Fuji Li (Chn) China 118 Morten Sonne (Den) Denmark 119 Christian Morini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 120 Setiawan Hengky (Ina) Indonesia 121 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Panaria Gaerne 122 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 123 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 124 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney 125 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 126 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Japan 127 Kosie Loubser (Rsa) Rep South Africa 128 Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 129 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 130 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 131 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 132 Pascal Derame (Fra) Team Bonjour 133 Luanyun Feng (Chn) China 134 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 135 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 136 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak 137 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 138 Corrado Serina (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 139 Eugeni Berzin (Rus) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 140 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 141 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Team Bonjour 142 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 0.47 143 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 1.18 144 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas Pata 1.52 145 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Gaerne 146 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Aguardiente Nectar 1.59 147 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 2.06 148 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines General classification after stage 3: 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 6.37.51 2 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.03 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 0.09 4 Mark Walters (Can) Canada 0.15 5 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 0.22 6 Tom Leaper (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 0.23 7 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 0.23 8 Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.24 9 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.27 10 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Denmark 0.31 11 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 0.34 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 0.41 13 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney 0.41 14 Jamie Drew (Aus) Aguardiente Nectar 0.42 15 Roland Mueller (Swi) Team Nürnberger 0.42 16 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 0.48 17 Graziano Recinella (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 0.48 18 Antonio Cruz (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 0.50 19 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Team Bonjour 0.55 20 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 0.55 21 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 0.57 22 Stig Dam (Den) Denmark 1.00 23 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Farm Frites 1.02 24 Morten Sonne (Den) Denmark 1.06 25 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 1.10 26 Tiaan Kannemeyer (Rsa) Rep South Africa 1.12 27 Matt Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney 1.12 28 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 1.12 29 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar 1.14 30 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Panaria Gaerne 1.15 31 Paul Kelly (Can) Canada 1.16 32 Kosie Loubser (Rsa) Rep South Africa 1.16 33 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites 1.18 34 Michael Barry (Can) Saturn Cycling Team 1.18 35 Ciarán Power (Irl) Linda McCartney 1.19 36 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 1.22 37 Mat Anand (Can) Canada 1.30 38 Jose Chepe Gonzalez (Col) Aguardiente Nectar 1.31 39 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Mercury Cycling Team 1.33 40 Ryan Cox (Rsa) Rep South Africa 1.37 41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Mercury Cycling Team 1.38 42 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop 1.39 43 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 1.39 44 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 1.41 45 Wong Kam-Po (Chn) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 1.41 46 Razali Sharulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 1.42 47 Douglas Ryder (Rsa) Rep South Africa 1.47 48 David McKenzie (Aus) Linda McCartney 1.47 49 Oleg Joukov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 1.50 50 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar 1.54 51 Christoph Goehring (Swi) Team Nürnberger 1.55 52 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 1.55 53 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 2.00 54 Denis Leproux (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 2.14 55 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 2.56 56 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 4.40 57 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 5.28 58 Jan Jespersen (Den) Denmark 5.45 59 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 5.52 60 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 6.31 61 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) Mroz 7.03 62 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 7.45 63 Hoong Tsen,Seong (Mas) Malaysia 7.52 64 Sylvain Beauchamp (Can) Canada 8.00 65 Sulistiono Sulistiono (Ina) Indonesia 8.04 66 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 8.11 67 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 8.16 68 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 8.44 69 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 9.50 70 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 9.51 71 Mark McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 9.53 72 Simon Kessler (Rsa) Rep South Africa 9.58 73 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Mroz 10.01 74 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 10.02 75 Daniel Spence (Rsa) Rep South Africa 10.07 76 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 10.13 77 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 10.17 78 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 10.18 79 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Team Bonjour 10.18 80 Marco Di Renzo (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 10.19 81 Spencer Smith (GBr) Linda McCartney 10.22 82 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak 10.27 83 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 10.27 84 Damien Nazon (Fra) Team Bonjour 10.28 85 Pascal Derame (Fra) Team Bonjour 10.32 86 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 10.32 87 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 10.32 88 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 10.33 89 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 10.34 90 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 10.35 91 Guozhang Wong (Chn) China 10.36 92 Dennis Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 10.37 93 Koen Deschuytter (Bel) Collstrop 10.38 94 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 10.39 95 Yoshimasa Hiroshi (Jpn) Japan 10.40 96 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Team Bonjour 10.40 97 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 10.43 98 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 10.44 99 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 10.48 100 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 10.49 101 Jérôme Delbove (Fra) Phonak 10.49 102 Fabio Marchesin (Ita) Liquigas Pata 10.50 103 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 10.54 104 Yasuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) Japan 10.54 105 Thiam Wong,Ah (Mas) Malaysia 10.57 106 Dariusz Wojciechowski (Pol) Mroz 10.58 107 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 10.59 108 Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 11.01 109 Alexandre Usov (Swi) Phonak 11.02 110 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Linda McCartney 11.04 111 Christian Morini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 11.05 112 Hideto Yukinari (Jpn) Japan 11.05 113 Federico Giabbecucci (Ita) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 11.11 114 Corrado Serina (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 11.14 115 Keton Mohd Suhaimi (Mas) Malaysia 11.18 116 Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Team Nürnberger 11.22 117 Andrea Paluan (Ita) Aguardiente Nectar 11.35 118 Dirk Aernouts (Bel) Collstrop 11.40 119 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 11.43 120 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Panaria Gaerne 12.12 121 Dominique Perras (Can) Phonak 12.12 122 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz 12.37 123 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak 12.56 124 Setiawan Herry Janto (Ina) Indonesia 12.57 125 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team 14.39 126 John Talen (Ned) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 15.03 127 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 15.14 128 Eugeni Berzin (Rus) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 15.22 129 Enrico Degano (Ita) Panaria Gaerne 15.31 130 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 15.35 131 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Gaerne 15.37 132 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 15.44 133 Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 15.44 134 Heinrich Trumheller (Ger) Team Nürnberger 15.47 135 Jochen Summer (Aut) Phonak 15.50 136 Danny Baeyens (Bel) Collstrop 15.56 137 Sebastian Wolski (Pol) Mroz 15.58 138 Martin Kryger (Den) Denmark 16.00 139 Suyitno Suyitno (Ina) Indonesia 16.11 140 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas Pata 16.22 141 Setyobudi Wawan (Ina) Indonesia 16.49 142 Yechen Xiao (Chn) China 17.00 143 Setiawan Hengky (Ina) Indonesia 17.16 144 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Liquigas Pata 17.41 145 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Aguardiente Nectar 18.06 146 Fuji Li (Chn) China 31.52 147 Agung Joni,Suryo (Ina) Indonesia 33.02 148 Luanyun Feng (Chn) China 36.30 Points classification: 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Cycling Team 30 pts 2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 27 3 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 26 4 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 26 5 Mark Walters (Can) Canada 20 6 Tom Leaper (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 16 7 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 15 8 Jamie Drew (Aus) Aguardiente Nectar 15 9 Damien Nazon (Fra) Team Bonjour 15 10 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 15 11 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas Pata 14 12 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 12 13 Chris Wherry (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 11 14 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 11 15 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 10 16 Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 10 17 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 10 18 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 10 19 Graziano Recinella (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 9 20 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 9 21 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 9 22 Matt Stephens (GBr) Linda McCartney 8 23 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) Mroz 8 24 Ciarán Power (Irl) Linda McCartney 8 25 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Linda McCartney 8 26 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo - Alexia Al 7 27 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Denmark 7 28 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Mercury Cycling Team 7 29 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Cycling Team 6 30 Stig Dam (Den) Denmark 5 31 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 5 32 Luca Cei (Ita) Panaria Gaerne 5 33 Grzegorz Wajs (Pol) Mroz 5 34 Antonio Cruz (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 4 35 Christopher Horner (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 4 36 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93 4 37 Roland Mueller (Swi) Team Nürnberger 3 38 Wong Kam-Po (Chn) Telekom Malaysia All-Star 3 39 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93 2 40 Jan Jespersen (Den) Denmark 2 41 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 2 42 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop 1 43 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Team Bonjour 1 44 Alexandre Usov (Swi) Phonak 1 Mountains classifcation: 1 Graziano Recinella (Ita) Mobilvetta Design - Rossin 25 pts 2 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Denmark 21 3 Tom Leaper (Aus) Panaria Gaerne 20 4 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 15 5 Floyd Landis (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 12 6 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 12 7 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Farm Frites 8 8 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 6 9 Ryan Cox (Rsa) Rep South Africa 6 10 Martin Kryger (Den) Denmark 4 11 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak 4 12 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas Pata 2 13 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn Cycling Team 2 14 Mark Walters (Can) Canada 2 15 Christopher Horner (USA) Mercury Cycling Team 1 Team classification: 1 Saturn Cycling Team 19.54.27 2 Mercury Cycling Team 0.24 3 Panaria Gaerne 1.06 4 Denmark 1.20 5 Team Gerolsteiner 1.33 6 Canada 1.47 7 Rep South Africa 2.17 8 Linda McCartney 2.20 9 Aguardiente Nectar 2.43 10 Bigmat Auber 93 2.55 11 Japan 3.19 12 Telekom Malaysia 7.23 13 Philippines 9.49 14 Team Nürnberger 11.15 15 Farm Frites 11.17 16 Mobilvetta Design 11.57 17 Malaysia 16.31 18 Cantina Tollo 17.35 19 Liquigas Pata 20.40 20 Team Bonjour 20.51 21 Collstrop 21.04 22 China 25.58 23 Mroz 26.50 24 Phonak 30.52 25 Indonesia 36.18 Courtesy of Seamus Shortall/FAM Interactive Sdn Bhd |