Jelajah Malaysia (Tour of Malaysia) - 2.6Malaysia, November 5-12 November 2000Stage 8 - November 12: Malacca criterium 52.2kmReport26-year-old Rafael Chyla clinched overall victory in the Jelajah Malaysia despite finishing 43 seconds behind the leaders in the final criterium stage on Sunday. Chyla's position deep in the pack was not, however, enough to help his VI Peddler team in the teams competition and they were pipped to the prize by Indonesia, with Kuala Lumpur's Musairi Musa taking the stage. Meanwhile, Malaysia's National Cycling Federation has mandated urine tests for all racers representing Malaysia in international competition from January 1 2001. The measure is aimed at"prevention rather than cure" according to Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF) president Abu Samah Wahab. Results 1 Musairi Musa (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 42.54 2 Peep Mikli (Ned) VI Peddler 3 Fairoz Izni Abdul Ghani (Mas) Gemilang-Malaysia 4 Mohd Mahazir Hamad (Sel) 5 Matnur Muslimin (Ina) Indonesia Final General Classification 1 Rafael Chyla (Ger) VI Peddler 12.45.05 2 Suhaimi 0.20 3 Musairi (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 0.36 4 Peep Mikli (Ned) VI Peddler 0.52 5 Mohd Mahazir 0.56 Local riders classification 1 Suhaimi 12.45.25 2 Musairi 0.16 3 Mohd Mahazir 0.36 4 Mohamed Najib Ghani (Mas) Gemilang-Malaysia 1.40 5 Faizul Izwan Abdul Rahman (Mas) Gemilang-Malaysia 2.24 Teams classification 1 Indonesia 38.18.31 2 Village International Peddler 0.23 3 Kuala Lumpur 0.31 4 Uzbekistan 1.09 5 Iran 2.52 Courtesy of thestar.com.my |