Tour de Langkawi - 2.3Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002 |
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Stage 10 - February 10: Kuala Lumpur (Criterium), 6.3km x 12 laps
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Brown grabs his second; overall honours to Munoz
By Tommy Campbell in Kuala Lumpur
The final criterium in Kuala Lumpur ended in a bunch sprint, with Australian Graeme Brown (Panaria) taking his second stage win of the tour in front of Daniele Galli (Index-Alexia) and the irrepressible Robert Hunter (Mapei).
The stage around the streets of KL was over six laps of a 12.6 kilometre circuit. It was fast and furious with the race leader's team Colombia Selle-Italia marshalling and controlling the ebb and tide of the race. There were a number of brief forays from the peloton, but they were all nullified in the interests of the principals in the various jerseys, yellow (Munoz), points (Hunter) and the polka dot (Marin) plus of course the Asian leader (Susanto).
As anticipated it came down to a hectic bunch sprint with Brown taking the honours in a photo finish from Daniele Galli. The race leader Hernan Dario Munoz acknowledged his delight at his biggest success of his career by finishing in the main group in 30th position. It was fitting that the Colombian ambassador was on hand to offer his congratulations, so we can all presume the party has started in earnest.
Unquestionably, Munoz bided his time in the 10 day event held over 1,300 kilometres of intense competition held in the abnormal heat, which even took its toll on the Malaysians at this time of year.
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From day one last Friday week, when Munoz posted a very creditable time of 26 minutes and 20 seconds in Putrajaya, he was on the lips of many as a potential winner, despite the fact that he had never had a major success in an event such as LTDL. His standing out of the 151 starters was ninth behind the South African Robert Hunter, who virtually took the race right to the wire before being cruelly relieved of his yellow jersey on the road to the Genting Highlands yesterday. It was a stage of epic proportions which not only showed guts and determination, but won kudos from the spectators both on the road and those who were fortunate to watch the race live on television.
On days two and three, Munoz continued in ninth place overall but lost a number of seconds to Hunter who was picking up bonus seconds from his superior (three wins and a number of top ten placings) stage placings.
The stage from Tapah to Bentong last Monday, which included the climb up to Frasers Gap, showed that the Colombian was moving ever so sweetly up the leader board. He finished in a group of 15 that stole valuable time on the main pack, and had now installed himself at number 2 on the classification behind Hunter, who by now was being touted as the overall winner by the pundits. To be fair to the South African, he knew that the Colombian was the joker in the pack.
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On a relatively flat stage to the historic town of Melaka on Tuesday, it can only be said that the leaderboard got a real spring cleaning when 32 riders gained a massive 15 minutes. The race was now up front for those fortunate to bank so much time on the peloton, who virtually threw in the towel midway through the 130 kilometres of competition on that day.
Still there was no change in the standings but Hunter was adding the bonus seconds to his lead.
On Tuesday into Johor Bahru for the final sprint to the line there was minor consternation when there was a crash before the last corner, but the Colombian and the other principals kept out of trouble and continued playing their waiting game.
The peloton by now had been reduced to 136 because of disqualifications, outside the time limit and those who failed to stick the pace due to illness. The next two days belonged to the sprinters who were intent on salvaging something because of the impending tortuous pimple up to Genting.
Still Hunter led from the front, and at each press conference after the day's racing he was still uttering the name of Munoz who was his chief threat.
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The Mapei team tried exceptionally hard on the stage from Kluang to Tampin last Thursday, which was the longest stage of Le Tour to soften up the Selle Italia outfit. It was a day of constant movement off the front of the peloton with the Mapei boys endeavouring to loosen up the rivals, with Munoz top of their shopping list. Nut in the end it ended with Munoz making the cut along with Fortunato Baliani after the bunch split into two decisive groups.
The biggest losers over that 196 kilometre stage were the iTeam Nova.com boys Alan Iacuone (Aus) and Dominique Perras (Can) who missed the cut and went from being very much in contention at fifth and eighth on general classification respectively, slipped off the pace. From then on, the writing was on the wall for Hunter, who knew to all intents and purpose that the showdown would now be on the slopes of Genting. Unfortunately for him, it proved to be his Achilles heel.
As Munoz did the damage on the climb, Hunter saw his lead slip away, but still managed to hold onto second overall with a fighting ride. He and his Mapei-Quick Step team had to be content with the points jersey and the team prize, which will certainly help in their quest to regain the number one team spot on the UCI rankings this year.
Now it remains to be seen if the Union Cycliste Internationale will increase the status of the Tour de Langkawi to a 2.2.
Photography
The following photographs have been provided courtesy of the official Tour de Langkawi website, www.tdl.com.my, as well as Yuzuru Sunada.
- Bonjour riders - take time out to relax before the race got under way
- Robert Hunter (Mapei) - looking happy with his green points jersey
- A Mapei rider - practising a novel method of bike throwing
- The start - with the various classification leaders all near the front.
- Kuala Lumpur's Twin Towers - provided a spectacular backdrop to the final stage
- A Collstrop rider - leads the peloton through the corners
- The peloton - steams along during the final stage, led by Colombia-Selle Italia
- Graeme Brown - wins the final stage in a tight sprint from Daniele Galli (Index-Alexia)
- Graeme Brown - celebrates on the podium after winning stage 10
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Selle Italia) - waves a Colombian flag after the finish
- Colombians Ruber Alverio Marin and Hernan Dario Munoz - celebrate their respective Mountains and Overall leader's jerseys
- Hernan Dario Munoz - lifted up by members of the Mapei team
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.41.50 (44.54 km/h) 2 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 7 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 8 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 9 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 10 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 11 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 13 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 14 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 15 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 16 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 18 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 19 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 21 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 22 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 23 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 24 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 25 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 26 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 27 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 28 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 29 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 30 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 31 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 32 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 34 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 36 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 37 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 38 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 39 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 40 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 41 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 42 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 43 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 44 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 45 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 46 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 47 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 48 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 49 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 50 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 51 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 52 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 53 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 54 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 55 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 56 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 57 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 59 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 60 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 61 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 62 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 63 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 64 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 65 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 66 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 67 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 68 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 69 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 0.13 70 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 71 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 72 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 73 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 74 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.17 76 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 77 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 78 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 0.18 79 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 80 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 81 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 82 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 0.21 83 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 0.22 84 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 0.24 85 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 86 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 87 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 88 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 89 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 90 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 91 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 92 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 93 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 94 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 95 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 96 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 97 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 0.28 98 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 0.35 99 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.37 100 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 101 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 1.07 102 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 1.30 103 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 1.33 104 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 105 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 107 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 108 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 109 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 110 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 112 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 113 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 114 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 116 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.28 117 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 2.30 118 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.49 119 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 2.56 120 Guo Hui (Chn) China 3.16 121 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.25 122 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.28 123 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 124 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.56 125 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 6.27 126 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.55 127 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 8.56 128 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 14.33 DNF Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini DNF Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta DNF Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com DNS Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio Asian Rider 1 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1.41.50 2 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 3 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 5 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 0.13 7 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 0.18 8 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 9 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 0.22 10 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 0.24 11 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 12 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 13 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 14 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 15 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 1.30 16 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 1.33 17 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 18 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 19 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 20 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 21 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 22 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 2.30 23 Guo Hui (Chn) China 3.16 24 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 4.28 25 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 6.27 26 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.55 27 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 8.56 28 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 14.33 Points 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 15 pts 2 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 13 4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 12 5 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11 6 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 10 7 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 9 8 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 8 9 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 7 10 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 11 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 12 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 4 13 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 3 14 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 15 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 1 1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5 pts 2 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 2 4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 2 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 pts 2 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 3 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 2 4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 3 1 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 5 pts 2 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 3 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 2 4 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Teams 1 Mapei - Quick Step 5.05.30 2 Ag2r Prevoyance 3 Ceramiche Panaria 4 Team fakta 5 Lotto - Adecco 6 Alexia Alluminio 7 Colombia-Selle Italia 8 Palmans-Collstrop 9 Bonjour 9 Team Nürnberger 11 iTeamNova.com 11 Rep South Africa 13 Relax - Fuenlabrada 14 Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 15 Canada 16 Japan 17 Mobilvetta Design 0.13 18 Telekom Malaysia 0.31 19 Philippines 0.40 20 Malaysia 3.06 21 Credit Agricole 22 China 14.42 Asian Team 1 Japan 5.05.30 2 Philippines 0.40 3 Telekom Malaysia 0.55 4 Malaysia 3.06 5 China 14.42 Final general classification 1 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 30.03.31 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 0.36 3 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 1.52 4 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 3.50 5 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 4.42 6 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5.00 7 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 5.29 8 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 5.56 9 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6.43 10 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7.11 11 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7.22 12 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 7.36 13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 7.40 14 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 7.53 15 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 10.09 16 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12.07 17 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 13.12 18 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 13.42 19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 15.13 20 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 16.35 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 18.12 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 18.41 23 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21.00 24 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.11 25 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.20 26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.24 27 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 23.19 28 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 23.53 29 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 25.50 30 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26.59 31 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 27.56 32 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 28.16 33 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 28.45 34 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 29.07 35 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 29.10 36 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 29.43 37 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 30.45 38 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 30.46 39 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 31.30 40 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 31.44 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 31.50 42 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.16 43 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 32.18 44 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 32.55 45 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 32.58 46 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 33.01 47 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 33.21 48 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 34.11 49 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 34.21 50 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 34.39 51 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34.54 52 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 35.15 53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.29 54 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 36.03 55 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 36.52 56 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 37.11 57 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 37.16 58 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 37.35 59 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 37.39 60 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 38.09 61 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 38.43 62 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 38.43 63 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 39.41 64 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 41.29 65 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 42.53 66 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 42.57 67 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 43.02 68 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 43.37 69 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 43.54 70 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 44.08 71 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 44.32 72 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 44.45 73 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 45.35 74 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 45.42 75 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 45.52 76 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 46.15 77 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 46.20 78 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 46.25 79 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 46.35 80 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 46.48 81 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 47.03 82 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 47.15 83 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 47.17 84 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 47.39 85 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 47.41 86 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 47.47 87 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 47.59 88 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 48.37 89 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 49.11 90 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 49.16 91 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 49.41 92 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 49.42 93 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 50.38 94 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 52.05 95 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 52.13 96 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 52.19 97 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 52.25 98 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 52.25 99 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 52.57 100 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 53.18 101 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 53.36 102 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 53.56 103 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 54.13 104 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 54.49 105 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 55.09 106 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trenti 55.31 107 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 56.05 108 Guo Hui (Chn) China 56.55 109 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 57.25 110 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 58.55 111 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 59.09 112 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 1.00.06 113 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 1.00.27 114 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.00.44 115 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 1.00.59 116 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 1.01.08 117 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.01.28 118 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.01.43 119 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.02.22 120 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.05.03 121 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.05.48 122 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 1.06.39 123 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 1.08.20 124 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 1.08.25 125 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 1.11.17 126 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 1.11.31 127 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 1.32.29 128 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 1.36.54 Asian rider classification 1 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 30.13.40 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.26 3 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 13.10 4 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 18.07 5 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 22.46 6 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 27.26 7 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 28.34 8 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 29.32 9 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 31.20 10 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 32.44 11 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 33.59 12 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 36.16 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 36.26 14 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 39.07 15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 39.32 16 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 40.29 17 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 41.56 18 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 42.16 19 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 43.09 20 Guo Hui (Chn) China 46.46 21 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 47.16 22 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 49.00 23 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 50.18 24 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 50.59 25 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 56.30 26 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 58.11 27 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 1.01.22 28 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 1.22.20 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 121 pts 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 72 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 71 4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 71 5 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 67 6 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 53 7 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 52 8 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 49 9 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 42 10 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 40 11 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 39 12 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 13 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 27 14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 25 15 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 25 16 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 17 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 24 18 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 24 19 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 21 20 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 21 21 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 20 22 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20 23 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 20 24 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 19 25 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 19 26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 18 27 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 17 28 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 17 29 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 30 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 31 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 16 32 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15 33 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 15 34 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 15 35 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 36 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 37 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 14 38 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 14 39 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 13 40 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 13 41 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 42 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 12 43 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 44 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 11 45 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 46 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 10 47 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10 48 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 9 49 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8 50 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 8 51 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 8 52 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 8 53 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 8 54 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 55 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 7 56 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 57 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 58 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 59 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 5 60 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5 61 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 62 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 5 63 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 64 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 5 65 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 66 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4 67 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 68 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 3 69 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 3 71 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 72 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 73 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1 74 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1 75 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 76 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 77 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 Mountains classification 1 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 30 pts 2 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 29 3 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 20 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 5 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 12 6 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 12 7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 8 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 12 9 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 10 10 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 8 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 8 12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 6 13 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5 14 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 15 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 16 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4 17 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 18 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4 19 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 20 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 21 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 22 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 23 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 1 24 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 25 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1 26 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 27 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 28 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 1 Team classification 1 Mapei - Quick Step 90.21.04 2 Rep South Africa 11.11 3 Colombia-Selle Italia 11.41 4 Alexia Alluminio 21.54 5 Bonjour 27.32 6 Acqua & Sapone 34.55 7 Telekom Malaysia 36.26 8 Team fakta 52.25 9 Lotto - Adecco 58.25 10 Credit Agricole 59.26 11 iTeamNova 1.01.48 12 Relax - Fuenlabrada 1.02.45 13 Canada 1.07.35 14 Mobilvetta Design 1.09.45 15 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.17.02 16 Japan 1.17.52 17 Ceramiche Panaria 1.18.51 18 Team Nürnberger 1.29.46 19 Palmans-Collstrop 1.38.51 20 Philippines 1.42.27 21 Malaysia 1.53.31 22 China 2.38.25 Asian Team Overall 1 Telekom Malaysia 91.01.55 2 Japan 37.01 3 Philippines 1.01.36 4 Malaysia 1.12.40 5 China 1.57.34 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.tdl.com.my