Tour de Langkawi - 2.3Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002 |
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Stage 4 - February 4: Tapah - Bentong, 176.0km
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Di Biase leads Hunter home
By Steve Thomas in Bentong
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South African Robert Hunter (Mapei-Quick Step) has kept his leader's yellow jersey after finishing second in stage 4 from Tapah to Bentong. Hunter showed his excellent form by making the 15 man lead group after the peloton split on the Fraser's Gap climb. The leaders eventually finished two minutes in front of the peloton, with Moreno Di Biase (Mobilvetta) taking the stage win in front of Hunter and Frédéric Amorison (Lotto).
Up until the fourth stage of this year's Tour de Langkawi, many of the riders would not have believed that the seaside paradise of Malaysia had any serious mountains to deal with. And if they did, they surely wouldn't be up to that much. Even many of the seasoned veterans of the Langkawi race may have long held the belief that there were only two climbs in all of Malaysia; the cruelly long and arduous drag to Cameron Highlands, and the fearsomely steep mother of a highway to hell, which is the road to Genting Highlands.
Today however they were to find out that Malaysia still has many more serious climbs to punish them.
The climb to Fraser's Gap is rated as a first category climb, and was the first true mountain of this year's tour. It was to prove something of a shocker, and could have major implications on the final general classification.
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Weaving its way up through a tropical jungle, the road climbs approximately 700 metres in 35 kilometres. This may not sound tough but when you're facing searing temperatures and stifling humidity it becomes a whole different ball game.
As the riders left the midday heat of Tapah behind, the neutralised flag raising was greeted with a now familiar early attack from the Japanese rider Kaji Fukushima. With a long hot day ahead this may well have seemed like a suicide move. Even so as an early hot spot sprint was dangling like a proverbial carrot ahead of the field he was duly chased down, with the previous days stage winner Enrico Degano taking the early honours.
This did not deter the Japanese rider who straight away was back on the attack. With the main field deciding not to take chances, he forged ahead by over ten minutes. This lead was, against all odds, going to be enough to take him over the summit of the race's only first category climb in first position. And with just 40 kilometres of fast rolling and descending to go before the finish in Bentong, there was the vague possibility of him defying the mockery and long odds to hold out to gain an outrageous and admirable stage win.
Those riders in the know, and in the hunt for overall honours, had different ideas, and the chasing peloton was put under extreme pressure. Early on in the climb a group of 15 went clear, and it seemed as though this was going to be the end of the sprinter Hunter's reign supreme in the race.
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No sooner had the group opened a decent gap than the race radio announced that the swift finishing South African, sporting the maillot jaune had attacked the peloton, and was closing in on the breakaway group, and this on a first category climb!
It didn't take long for Hunter to bridge the gap, which must have shocked many, and dashed the hopes of those who supposed that today was elimination day for the Mapei rider. Hunter, a renowned sprinter, who has already taken a crushing time trial victory and a bunch sprint on this race has now shown that he can climb too, and with just one beast of a climb left between Bentong and the KL finish, could he take the overall honours in a race previously dominated by climbers?
The situation now on GC is that he has a margin of 1.39 over Columbian Hernan Dario Munoz, with his Mapei teammate Luca Scinto (former TDL winner) level pegging on time in third spot. There is indeed an outside chance that Hunter may pull this one off.
On the climb Tafi was stirring things up in the peloton, but to little avail; the lead group of 16 riders, containing most of the serious overall contenders, was on full throttle. Fukushima had been reeled in, and the gap to the peloton was up to two minutes. The run in to Bentong was controlled well by the South Africans David George and Daniel Spence, bringing the South African total to three in the leading group.
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Ino the final kilometre and the South Africans seemed to have it all in hand, and the yellow jersey of Hunter hit the head of the peloton and struck out for victory. As the line approached, Italian sprinter Moreno Di Biase of the Mobilvetta team levelled with Hunter, pushing the decision to a photo finish, which he defiantly took from Hunter.
The main peloton followed home just over two minutes behind with the "gladiator" Tafi leading the charge home.
Stage five is a 129 kilometre leg from Baangi to Melaka. With just one early third category climb along the way this stage is likely to end in either another bunch finish, or maybe even a small breakaway group. Either way, rest assured that Mapei will be working hard to contain things and to notch up yet another stage win, this time maybe for Tafi?
Photography
The following photographs have been provided courtesy of the official Tour de Langkawi website, www.tdl.com.my, as well as Yuzuru Sunada.
Stage 4 - February 4: Tapah - Bentong, 176.0km
- The peloton - really feeling the heat as they ride during stage 4
- It was another fast stage today - despite the climb of Fraser's Gap.
- Japan's Kouji Fukushima - during his long breakaway
- Robert Hunter (Mapei) - was in superb form
- Moreno Di Biase (Mobilvetta) - edges out Hunter in the sprint
- Today's winners - do their stuff on the podium.
- Robert Hunter - still in yellow after stage 4
Results
1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 4.16.03 (43.73 km/h) 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 3 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 5 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 6 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 7 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 8 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 9 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 11 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 13 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 14 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 0.04 15 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 0.09 16 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.05 17 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 18 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 19 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 22 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 24 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 25 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 26 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 27 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 28 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 29 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Rep South Africa 30 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Bonjour 33 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 34 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 36 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 37 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 38 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 39 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 40 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 41 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 42 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 43 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 44 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 45 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 46 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 48 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 49 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 50 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 51 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 52 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 55 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 56 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 57 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 58 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 59 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 60 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 61 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 62 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 63 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 66 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 67 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 68 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 69 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 70 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 71 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 72 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 73 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 74 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 75 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 2.12 76 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 77 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 7.58 78 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11.21 79 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 80 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 81 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 82 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 83 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 84 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 85 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 86 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 87 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 88 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 89 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 90 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 91 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 92 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 93 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 94 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 95 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 96 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 97 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 98 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 99 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 100 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 101 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 102 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 103 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 104 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 11.27 105 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 106 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 107 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 108 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 109 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 110 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 111 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 112 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 113 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 114 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 115 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 116 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 117 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 118 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 119 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 120 Guo Hui (Chn) China 14.02 121 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 122 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 123 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 124 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16.46 125 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 126 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 127 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 128 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 129 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 130 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 131 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 132 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 133 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 134 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 135 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 136 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 137 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 138 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 139 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 140 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Canada 141 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 142 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 143 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 18.44 144 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 22.42 Finished after deadline 145 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 29.41 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33.19 Asian Rider Stage 1 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 4.16.03 2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 3 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 0.04 4 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 2.05 5 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 7 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 8 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 9 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 10 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 11 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 12 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 13 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 14 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 7.58 15 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 11.21 16 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 17 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 18 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 19 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 20 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 21 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 11.27 22 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 23 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 24 Guo Hui (Chn) China 14.02 25 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 26 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 27 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 16.46 28 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 29 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 30 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 22.42 Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 1 1 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 pts 2 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 3 3 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 4 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 2 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 5 pts 2 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 3 3 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 4 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 3 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 5 pts 2 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 3 3 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 2 4 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 Mountains KOM Cat 1 at Fraser's Gap 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 pts 2 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 3 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 10 4 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 8 5 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 6 6 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 7 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 8 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Telekom Malaysia 2 Mapei - Quick Step 3 iTeamNova.com 4 Colombia-Selle Italia 5 Rep South Africa 6 Mobilvetta Design 7 Lotto - Adecco 8 Bonjour 9 Team Fakta 10 Credit Agricole 11 Japan 12 Canada 12 Relax - Fuenlabrada 14 Ag2r Prevoyance 15 Acqua & Sapone 16 Alexia Alluminio 17 Philippines 18 Malaysia 19 Ceramiche Panaria 20 Palmans-Collstr 21 Team Nürnberger 22 China Asian Team Stage 1 Telekom Malaysia 12.48.13 2 Japan 6.11 3 Philippines 12.04 4 Malaysia 15.27 5 China 32.49 General classification after stage 4 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 11.39.08 2 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.39 3 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.39 4 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 1.50 5 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2.24 6 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 2.26 7 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2.42 8 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.44 9 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 2.46 10 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.50 11 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 3.06 12 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 3.06 13 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 3.07 14 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.13 15 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3.23 16 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.25 17 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.31 18 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 3.35 19 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 3.36 20 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3.49 21 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4.01 22 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 4.07 23 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 4.07 24 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.10 25 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 4.10 26 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.11 27 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 4.21 28 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 4.30 29 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4.30 30 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 4.32 31 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.38 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4.41 33 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 4.41 34 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 4.42 35 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 4.43 36 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.49 37 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.50 38 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 5.01 39 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 5.02 40 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 5.02 41 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.05 42 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.05 43 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5.07 44 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 5.10 45 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5.13 46 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 5.13 47 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5.18 48 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.18 49 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.25 50 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.26 51 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.27 52 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Bonjour 5.31 53 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5.32 54 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.40 55 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.40 56 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.49 57 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 5.53 58 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.54 59 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.57 60 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 5.58 61 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 6.07 62 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 6.12 63 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 6.17 64 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6.18 65 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6.24 66 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 6.36 67 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.37 68 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Rep South Africa 7.01 69 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 7.03 70 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 7.08 71 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 7.13 72 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 7.39 73 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 7.49 74 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 7.52 75 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 8.33 76 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 9.40 77 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 13.08 78 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.13 79 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 13.39 80 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.57 81 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 14.02 82 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 14.07 83 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 14.12 84 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 14.13 85 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.21 86 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14.22 87 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 14.26 88 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 14.28 89 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 14.33 90 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 14.38 91 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 14.43 92 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.59 93 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 15.08 94 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 15.09 95 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 15.15 96 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 15.18 97 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 15.18 98 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.27 99 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 15.33 100 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.37 101 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 15.38 102 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 15.42 103 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 15.44 104 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 15.49 105 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 15.50 106 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 15.51 107 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 15.55 108 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16.01 109 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 16.04 110 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 16.07 111 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16.20 112 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 16.20 113 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 16.28 114 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.47 115 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 17.32 116 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 18.09 117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 18.16 118 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 18.29 119 Guo Hui (Chn) China 18.51 120 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 19.12 121 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 19.31 122 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 19.31 123 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 19.44 124 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 20.00 125 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 20.11 126 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 20.25 127 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.10 128 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 22.08 129 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 22.35 130 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 22.35 131 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 23.06 132 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 23.28 133 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 24.07 134 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 24.17 135 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 24.31 136 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 25.55 137 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 27.18 138 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 27.57 139 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 29.17 140 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Canada 29.38 141 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 32.44 142 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 33.10 143 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 36.16 144 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 44.02 Asian Rider classification 1 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 11.41.32 2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 0.22 3 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 2.38 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.46 5 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 3.29 6 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 4.12 7 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.13 8 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 4.39 9 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 4.44 10 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 4.49 11 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 5.15 12 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 5.25 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 5.28 14 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 7.16 15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 11.43 16 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 11.49 17 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 13.09 18 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 13.14 19 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 13.18 20 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 13.27 21 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 13.31 22 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 14.04 23 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 15.45 24 Guo Hui (Chn) China 16.27 25 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 17.07 26 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 21.04 27 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 25.33 28 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 26.53 29 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 30.46 30 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 41.38 Points Competition 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 56 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 37 3 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28 4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 27 5 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 27 6 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21 7 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 21 8 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 16 9 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 15 10 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 11 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14 12 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 13 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 14 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 13 15 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13 16 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 17 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 12 18 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 19 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 20 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 11 21 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 11 22 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10 23 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 9 24 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 9 25 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 9 26 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 9 27 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 8 28 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 8 29 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8 30 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 8 31 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 6 32 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6 33 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 34 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 35 Mark Ernsting (Can) Canada 6 36 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 5 37 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 5 38 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4 39 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 40 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 4 41 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3 42 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 3 43 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3 44 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 45 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 46 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3 47 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 2 48 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 49 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 50 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 51 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 52 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 53 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 54 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 55 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 56 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1 57 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 58 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 59 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Mountains Competition 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 pts 2 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 3 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 10 4 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 8 5 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 8 6 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 6 7 Scott Guyton (NZl) iTeamNova.com 4 8 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 9 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 10 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1 11 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 12 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Team classification 1 Mapei - Quick Step 35.02.20 2 iTeamNova 4.16 3 Telekom Malaysia 4.21 4 Colombia-Selle Italia 4.58 5 Team Fakta 5.11 6 Bonjour 7.08 7 Alexia Alluminio 7.26 8 Lotto - Adecco 7.38 9 Rep South Africa 7.51 10 Relax - Fuenlabrada 8.14 11 Canada 8.27 12 Mobilvetta Design 8.29 13 Credit Agricole 9.24 14 Japan 9.50 15 Ag2r Prevoyance 11.13 16 Acqua & Sapone 12.51 17 Philippines 17.36 18 Malaysia 23.55 19 Ceramiche Panaria 24.56 20 Team Nürnberger 25.46 21 Palmans-Collstrop 28.02 22 China 43.32 Asian Team Overall 1 Telekom Malaysia 35.06.41 2 Japan 5.29 3 Philippines 13.15 4 Malaysia 19.34 5 China 39.11 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.tdl.com.my