Tour de Langkawi - 2.3Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002 |
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Stage 2 - February 2: Klang - Sitiawan, 183.5km
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Hunter continues to dominate LTDL
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By Tommy Campbell in Sitiawan
Robert Hunter (Mapei-Quick Step), the South African winner of opening time trial in the Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi, started and finished as he did on Friday by completing back to back wins in Sitiawan in the first road stage of LTDL.
The fitness of the 24 year old from Johannesburg couldn't have defended his lead in better fashion. Relying from a perfect lead-out by Mapei-Quick Step teammate Andrea 'The Gladiator' Tafi, Hunter came off the wheel of the Italian at the 200 metre to go mark to win the stage by a clear length from Italy's Antonio Salomone (Index-Alexia). Tafi took third slot and almost the entire 151 strong field was packed together immediately behind them - 140 riders being credited with the same 4 hr 18 min 40 sec finishing time as Hunter, a fast average speed of 42.96 km/h (26.6 mph).
It was evident that the 151 strong field were content to ease themselves into the first road stage after the rigours of a tough time trial in steaming temperatures, which were in the high 30's on Friday afternoon, which was demanding to say the least.
The pace in the early stages was moderate, permitting a group of four to move off the front of the peloton after 18 km of the 183.50 km from the start in Klang.
Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole), Trent Wilson (iTeamNova.com), Rodney Green (South Africa) and Josh Hall (Canada) steadily moved clear, working equally as a quartet. In no time they had got the edge on the main peloton, who were showing no cause for concern as they were no danger to the overall standings. The lead stretched as the kilometres counted down and was over 10 minutes at the 60 km mark, and by 100 km it was still climbing. The elusive four at one time got a 12 minute advantage before the chase started in earnest to haul them back to the safety of the big pack.
Hunter commented at the finish that he and his team and the other big-hitters were unperturbed by the size of the gap as they were certain it would be steadily whittled away and everything would come back together in the closing stages of the race - and so it proved.
In the space of 20 km the advantage dropped significantly as the break became aware that the main peloton had signalled their intentions that there freedom up front was destined for failure.
At 25 km to go the lead stood at 1'06, it was down to 34 seconds at 20 km to go, 27 seconds at 15 km to go and had evaporated to nothing by the 10 km to go mark.
It was then that the Mapei plan sprang in to action: "Andrea had told me earlier that he would give me a lead-out in the sprint," said Hunter, adding, "With a few hundred metres to go I was tucked in behind the Ceramiche Panaria 'train' waiting for one of them to launch the sprint. It was then that I sensed Andrea coming past me with a rush and he yelled for me to get on his wheel. It was a perfect move and we went past them like they were standing still."
"We hit the final 90 degree corner into the finishing straight at the front, and that's the way it stayed for the final couple of hundred metres."
Said Tafi: "Robert's form is really good and we are happy that he has stayed in yellow."
The Mapei-Quick Step boys had achieved everything expected of them: "We didn't waste too much energy on chasing the leading group down early on as we were sure they did not represent a danger. Besides, we've got guys in the team who are really good climbers and who represent our best chance of overall victory. It would be silly to expend too much of their energy defending the yellow jersey this early in the race."
The breakaway riders' efforts were not totally to no avail since they picked up two of the valuable intermediate hot sprint prizes, which in a sense compensated them for their magnificent effort. The first went to Hall, the second to Green, while Jorge Capitan Peregrina, of the Spanish Relax-Fuenlabrada squad, took the day's final hot sprint.
Highest placed of the Asian riders on the stage was Japan's Shinri Suzuki, in 13th place, while Arnel Quirimit of the Philippines remains best Asian overall, in 12th position, 1 min 36 sec behind the leader.
But the day's big winners were again Mapei-Quick Step, with no fewer than five of their riders in the top 10 overall.
Hard luck story of the day has to go to Nathan O'Neill, the Australian and pre race favourite for the time trial in Putrajaya, who had the misfortune to puncture in the last 5 km when the speed was up .He has dropped down in the standings to 6th overall. Despite the quick wheel change by his team support he still lost 27 seconds and is now 1min 20 secs off the race lead.
Results
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 4.19.40 (42.96 km/h) 2 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 5 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 8 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 9 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 10 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 11 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 12 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 14 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 15 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 16 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 17 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 18 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 19 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 20 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 21 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 23 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 24 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 25 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 26 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 27 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 28 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 29 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 30 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 31 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 32 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 33 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 34 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 36 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 37 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 38 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 39 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 40 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 41 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 42 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 43 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 44 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 45 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 46 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 47 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 48 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 49 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 50 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 52 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 53 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 54 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 55 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 56 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 57 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 58 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 59 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 60 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 62 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 63 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 64 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 65 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 66 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Bonjour 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 68 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 69 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 70 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 71 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 72 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 73 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 74 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Canada 75 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 76 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 77 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 78 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 79 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 80 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 81 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 82 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 83 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 84 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 85 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 86 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 87 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 88 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 90 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 91 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 92 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 93 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 94 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 95 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 96 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 97 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 98 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 99 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 100 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 101 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 102 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 103 Guo Hui (Chn) China 104 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 105 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 106 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 107 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Rep South Africa 108 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 109 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 110 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 112 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 113 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 114 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 115 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Bonjour 116 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 117 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 118 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 119 Shuhai Song (Chn) China 120 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 121 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 122 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 124 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 125 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 126 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 127 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 128 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 129 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 130 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 131 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 132 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 133 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 134 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 135 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 136 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 137 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 138 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 139 Hongwei Li (Chn) China 140 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 141 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 142 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 0.24 143 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.27 144 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.40 145 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.02 146 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.03 147 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.05 148 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 1.11 149 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2.39 150 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3.27 151 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 8.27 Asian rider 1 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4.46.03 2 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 0.38 3 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 0.58 4 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 1.04 5 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 6 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1.23 7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 2.06 8 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2.25 9 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 2.30 10 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 2.33 11 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 2.35 12 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 2.48 13 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 2.49 14 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 15 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 2.52 16 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.56 17 Guo Hui (Chn) China 3.07 18 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 3.16 19 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 3.20 20 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 3.21 21 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 3.25 22 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 3.26 23 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 3.33 24 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 3.47 25 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 3.52 26 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 4.02 27 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 4.05 28 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 4.21 29 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 4.33 30 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 5.00 31 Shuhai Song (Chn) China 5.16 32 Hongwei Li (Chn) China 5.59 33 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 13.41 Points 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 15 pts 2 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14 3 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 4 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 12 5 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 6 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 7 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 9 8 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 8 9 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 7 10 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 11 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5 12 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 3 14 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 15 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 1 1 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 5 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 3 3 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 2 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 2 1 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 5 pts 2 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 3 3 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 3 1 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 pts 2 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 3 3 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 4 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Teams 1 Mobilvetta Design 12.59.00 2 Mapei - Quick Step 3 Alexia Alluminio 4 Palmans-Collstrop 5 Lotto - Adecco 6 Team Nürnberger 7 Ag2r Prevoyance 8 Japan 9 Team Fakta 10 Telekom Malaysia 11 Relax - Fuenlabrada 12 Malaysia 13 iTeamNova.com 14 Philippines 15 Bonjour 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 17 Rep South Africa 18 Ceramiche Panaria 19 Acqua & Sapone 20 Canada 21 Credit Agricole 22 China Asian team 1 Japan 12.59.00 2 Malaysia 3 Philippines 4 Telekom Malaysia 5 China General classification after stage 2 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 4.44.27 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 0.55 3 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 0.56 4 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.02 5 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.17 6 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.20 7 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 1.24 8 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 1.25 9 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.33 10 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 1.35 12 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 1.36 13 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.38 14 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.40 15 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 1.44 16 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.50 17 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 1.56 18 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 19 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.59 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 2.10 21 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.12 22 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 23 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2.14 24 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 2.19 25 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 2.20 26 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2.21 27 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 2.23 28 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.27 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2.30 30 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 31 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 32 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.31 33 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 2.32 34 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 2.34 35 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 2.35 36 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2.36 37 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.38 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.39 39 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 40 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 42 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 2.40 43 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 44 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.42 45 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.44 46 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.45 47 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.47 48 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 2.49 49 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 2.50 50 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 2.52 51 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2.54 52 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 53 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 54 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 55 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 2.56 56 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.59 57 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 58 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 3.00 59 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 60 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.01 61 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.02 62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 63 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Tren 3.07 64 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.07 65 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 3.08 66 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3.11 67 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.14 68 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.15 69 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3.16 70 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 71 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 72 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3.17 73 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.19 74 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Bonjour 3.20 75 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.21 76 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.29 77 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 78 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3.32 79 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.38 80 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 3.40 81 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.41 82 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3.42 83 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 84 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 85 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.43 86 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Bonjour 3.44 87 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 3.45 88 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.46 89 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 90 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.48 91 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 3.49 92 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.54 93 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 3.56 94 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 95 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.57 96 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Canada 3.58 97 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 3.59 98 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 4.01 99 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 100 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.04 101 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 4.06 102 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.07 103 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 104 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 4.09 105 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 4.11 106 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.12 107 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.13 108 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 4.16 109 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.17 110 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.18 111 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4.22 112 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 4.24 113 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 114 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 4.25 115 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 116 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 117 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 4.28 118 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.32 119 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tol 4.34 120 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 121 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.41 122 Guo Hui (Chn) China 4.43 123 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.50 124 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 4.52 125 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.53 126 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 4.56 127 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 4.57 128 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 5.01 129 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 5.02 130 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 131 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 5.09 132 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5.12 133 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 5.16 134 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 5.23 135 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 5.28 136 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.35 137 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 5.38 138 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 5.41 139 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.43 140 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 5.57 141 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 6.09 142 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6.14 143 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 6.24 144 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 6.36 145 Shuhai Song (Chn) China 6.52 146 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 7.15 147 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 7.26 148 Hongwei Li (Chn) China 7.35 149 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 9.37 150 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 13.04 151 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 15.17 Asian rider classification 1 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4.46.03 2 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 0.38 3 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 0.58 4 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 1.04 5 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 6 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1.23 7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 2.06 8 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2.25 9 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 2.30 10 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 2.33 11 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 2.35 12 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 2.48 13 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 2.49 14 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 15 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 2.52 16 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.56 17 Guo Hui (Chn) China 3.07 18 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 3.16 19 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 3.20 20 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 3.21 21 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 3.25 22 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 3.26 23 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 3.33 24 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 3.47 25 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 3.52 26 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 4.02 27 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 4.05 28 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 4.21 29 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 4.33 30 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 5.00 31 Shuhai Song (Chn) China 5.16 32 Hongwei Li (Chn) China 5.59 33 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 13.41 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 30 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 17 4 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14 5 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 13 7 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 8 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 12 9 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 11 10 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 11 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 10 12 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 9 13 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 9 14 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8 15 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 8 16 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 8 17 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 7 18 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 7 19 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 20 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 21 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5 22 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 23 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 5 24 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 25 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4 26 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3 27 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 3 28 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 29 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 31 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 32 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 33 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Teams classification 1 Mapei - Quick Step 14.15.54 2 Ceramiche Panaria 2.14 3 Team Nürnberger 2.58 4 Team Fakta 3.06 5 Alexia Alluminio 3.09 6 Relax - Fuenlabrada 4.04 7 iTeamNova.com 4.16 8 Canada 4.17 9 Colombia-Selle Italia 4.58 10 Bonjour 5.03 11 Credit Agricole 5.14 12 Palmans-Collstrop 5.20 13 Lotto - Adecco 5.33 14 Japan 5.40 15 Telekom Malaysia 6.22 16 Mobilvetta Design 6.24 17 Ag2r Prevoyance 7.03 18 Philippines 7.33 19 Rep South Africa 7.42 20 Acqua & Sapone 8.41 21 Malaysia 10.29 22 China 12.44 Asian team classification 1 Japan 14.21.34 2 Telekom Malaysia 0.42 3 Philippines 1.53 4 Malaysia 4.49 5 China 7.04 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.tdl.com.my