Tour de Langkawi - 2.3Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002 |
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Stage 6 - February 6: Muar - Johor Bahru, 172.0km
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Robert Hunter still ahead, but kudos goes to Graeme Brown
By Tommy Campbell in Maur-Johur Bahru
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As anticipated there was no change to the overall standings after the sixth stage of Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi today after the cyclists crossed the finishing line in Johor Bahru.
The leader's jersey stays firmly on the back of the South African Robert Hunter (Mapei-Quick Step), with an additional gain of six seconds on his closest pursuers, Hernan Dario Munoz from Colombia-Selle Italia and Mickaël Pichon (Bonjour) from France. Each day there are bonuses for the intermediate sprints along the route of 3/2/1 seconds, and on the finishing line 10/6/4 seconds for the first three. So to date Robert has had three wins and two seconds that have contributed to his position of race leader.
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Hunter was again in the thick of things as he contested an action-packed sprint which saw a number of the established stars of the Mobilvetta Design team crash in the last kilometre. In the end stage victory went to the Australian Graeme Brown of the Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo team who have been regular supporters of this race since 1996. They started their love affair with the race in '98, and over the years have had a number of memorable victories, such as when neo-pro Brown notched his first success in the paid ranks.
At the stage start in Muar there was a general anticipation that the stage would be hard because of a cross wind, but miraculously for the riders this abated as soon as they started to race. Again as in previous days, the pace was fairly brisk (average speed to date is 44.76 km/h) with speeds approaching 60 km/h if there was a cause to bring potential escapees back to the main peloton.
The first action on the 172 km stage was by members of the Credit Agricole outfit after just two kilometres. This was nullified quickly by a sudden acceleration from the 141-strong peloton. Virtually for the next 118 km, there were constant excursions from the pack to gain time, but in the end they all failed because of the marshalling of the peloton, in particular by Hunter's Mapei-Quick Step team. Even the first two sprints that were hotly contested failed to see a break established.
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It was at the third sprint of the day that the race swung into action when Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Andy Flickinger (Ag2r Prevoyance), Frederic Amorison (Lotto-Adecco) and Moreno Di Biase (Mobilvetta Design) made good an escape which saw them go out to 1 minute 48 seconds before Mapei started to chase with 50 km to go.
This was the maximum lead they had on the bunch and as each of the principal teams in the event contributed to the chase, the break was over with nine kilometres to go, with Flickinger and Di Base dangling in front for a couple more kilometres.
With everything back in one big bunch it was time for the teams to set themselves up for the sprint. Spread from gutter to gutter, and riding shoulder to shoulder at near flat out speed, riders pushed and shoved their way into position with first one team then another getting the best 'train' going.
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"It was very hairy in those lost few kilometres," said stage winner Graeme Brown, "Everyone was fighting to be in the right place. I had to force my way through. I got on my teammate Enrico Degano's wheel with 600 metres to go and he gave me a perfect lead-out."
It was a fine "thank you" for the way in which Brown had paced Degano to a record fifth Tour de Langkawi stage victory into Ipoh, just three days ago.
"Thanks to Degano, I managed to get by Robbie Hunter. He was not firing at 100 per cent because he was trying to set up a win for Tafi."
Hunter commented: "It was a really fast first 100 km. We took our time to bring back the break, keeping it steady. During the last 200 metres I was trying to lead out Andrea but somehow he got stuck behind in the 'traffic'. I thought it was Tafi on my wheel and looked round for him to come past only to find it was Brown who was there. He deserved to win - he worked hard for it and placed himself perfectly."
Hunter might well have made it his fourth stage win in this year's race had he not been trying instead to set up the win for his popular Mapei-Quick Step teammate Andrea Tafi of Italy. Hunter lost impetus looking round in the closing metres - expecting Tafi to come off his wheel and snatch the victory, but Tafi was not close enough and ended up in fourth place.
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There were spills as well as thrills in the hectic sprint. A sharp corner off the corniche with less than 200 metres to go saw some touched wheels, resulting in four riders down, then another crash followed with just a few metres to go, though it had no influence on the result.
Andrea Tafi still continues in the points jersey, with Japan's Koji Fukushima continuing in the polka dot jersey and Tonton Susanto as the leader of the Asian classification. Tonton is from Indonesia. As expected Mapei-Quick Step are ahead in the team classification.
It will interesting to see how the event pans out tomorrow when the cyclists face into the longest stage of the ten day event.
Photography
- Robert Hunter (Mapei) - with a bevy of Malaysian fans
- Riders - roll out for the start of stage 6
- Aggression - during the early part of the stage
- Luca Scinto (Mapei) - follows a teammate's wheel
- Cristiano Parrinello (Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo)
- Moreno Di Biase (Mobilvetta) and Frédéric Amorison (Lotto) - force the pace during stage 6
- Andrea Tafi (Mapei) - in his characteristic attacking mode
- The Panaria boys - trying to set things up for the sprint
- Enrico Degano - carries his bike across the line
- Graeme Brown (Panaria) - on the podium after winning stage 6
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.39.27 (44.76 km/h) 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 3 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 7 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 9 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 10 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 11 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 12 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 13 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 15 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 17 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 18 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 19 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 21 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 22 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 23 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 25 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 26 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 27 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 28 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 29 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 30 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 31 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 32 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 33 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 34 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 35 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 36 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 37 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 38 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 39 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 41 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 42 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 43 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 44 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 45 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 46 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 47 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 49 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 50 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 51 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 52 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 53 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 54 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 55 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 56 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 57 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 58 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 59 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 60 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 62 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 64 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 65 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 66 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 67 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 68 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 69 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 70 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 72 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 73 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 74 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 75 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 76 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 77 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 78 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 79 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 80 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 81 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 82 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 84 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 85 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 86 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 87 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 88 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 89 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 90 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 91 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 92 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 93 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 94 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 95 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 96 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 97 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 98 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 99 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 100 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 102 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 103 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 105 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 106 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 107 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 108 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 109 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 110 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 111 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 112 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 113 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 114 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 115 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 116 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 117 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 118 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 119 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 120 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 121 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 122 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 123 Guo Hui (Chn) China 124 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 125 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 126 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 127 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 128 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 129 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 130 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 131 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 132 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 133 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 134 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.31 135 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 136 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 137 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 138 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3.26 139 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans Asian rider 1 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 3.39.27 2 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 3 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 4 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 5 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 6 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 7 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 8 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 9 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 10 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 11 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 12 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 13 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 14 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 15 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 16 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 17 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 18 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 19 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 20 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 21 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 22 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 23 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 24 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 25 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 26 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 27 Guo Hui (Chn) China 28 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 29 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 30 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 1 1 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 pts 2 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 3 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 2 4 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 2 1 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 pts 2 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 3 3 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 2 4 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 3 1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 5 pts 2 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 4 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Teams 1 Palmans-Collstrop 10.58.21 2 Mapei - Quick Step 3 Ag2r Prevoyance 4 Acqua & Sapone 5 Philippines 6 Telekom Malaysia 7 Bonjour 8 Team Fakta 9 Malaysia 10 Ceramiche Panaria 11 Relax - Fuenlabrada 12 Lotto - Adecco 13 Rep South Africa 14 Alexia Alluminio 15 Colombia-Selle Italia 16 Japan 17 Canada 17 Team Nürnberger 19 iTeamNova.com 20 Credit Agricole 21 China 22 Mobilvetta Design Asian team 1 Philippines 10.58.21 2 Malaysia 3 Japan 4 Telekom Malaysia 5 China General classification after stage 6 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 18.07.17 2 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.55 3 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 2.06 4 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 2.42 5 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 2.58 6 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 3.02 7 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.06 8 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 3.20 9 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 3.23 10 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.29 11 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3.39 12 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.47 13 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 3.52 14 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4.05 15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 4.37 16 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4.40 17 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.46 18 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 5.14 19 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.19 20 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.21 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 5.26 22 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.39 23 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6.13 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 6.31 25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 6.40 26 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 6.52 27 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.06 28 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14.38 29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.43 30 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16.36 31 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16.54 32 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 17.39 33 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17.59 34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 18.21 35 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18.40 36 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 18.50 37 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 19.16 38 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 19.22 39 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 19.22 40 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19.25 41 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 19.45 42 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 19.47 43 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19.53 44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 19.56 45 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 19.56 46 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19.57 47 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 19.58 48 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.02 49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20.05 50 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 20.16 51 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 20.17 52 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 20.22 53 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 20.28 54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 20.28 55 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentin 20.33 56 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 20.33 57 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20.41 58 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 20.41 59 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 20.47 60 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 20.55 61 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 20.55 62 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.04 63 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 21.08 64 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.09 65 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 21.13 66 Geoff Kabush (Can) Canada 21.22 67 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.23 68 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 21.33 69 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 21.51 70 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 21.52 71 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 22.18 72 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 22.23 73 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 22.28 74 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 22.48 75 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 22.54 76 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 23.04 77 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 23.07 78 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 23.48 79 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 24.55 80 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 28.23 81 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 28.25 82 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28.54 83 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 29.17 84 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 29.22 85 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 29.27 86 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 29.28 87 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 29.36 88 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 29.41 89 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 29.43 90 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 29.48 91 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 29.52 92 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 29.58 93 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 30.14 94 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 30.20 95 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 30.23 96 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 30.23 97 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 30.30 98 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 30.48 99 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.52 100 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 30.53 101 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 30.57 102 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 30.59 103 Holger Sievers (Ger) Team Nürnberger 31.04 104 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 31.05 105 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 31.06 106 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 31.10 107 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 31.16 108 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 31.16 109 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 31.22 110 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 31.35 111 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 31.43 112 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.02 113 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 32.47 114 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 33.24 115 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 33.31 116 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 33.44 117 Guo Hui (Chn) China 34.06 118 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 34.24 119 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 34.46 120 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 34.46 121 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 34.59 122 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 35.15 123 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 35.26 124 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 35.40 125 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 37.23 126 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 37.50 127 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 38.21 128 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 38.43 129 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 39.22 130 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 39.32 131 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 39.46 132 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 42.33 133 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 43.12 134 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 43.39 135 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 44.32 136 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 47.59 137 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 48.25 138 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 51.31 139 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 59.17 Asian rider classification 1 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 18.10.19 2 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 2.12 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.24 4 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 14.37 5 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 18.06 6 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 18.49 7 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 18.50 8 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 19.16 9 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 19.21 10 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 19.26 11 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 19.52 12 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 20.02 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 20.05 14 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 21.53 15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 26.20 16 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 26.26 17 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 27.46 18 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 27.51 19 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 27.55 20 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 28.04 21 Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia 28.08 22 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 28.41 23 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 30.22 24 Guo Hui (Chn) China 31.04 25 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 31.44 26 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 35.41 27 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 40.10 28 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 41.30 29 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 45.23 30 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 56.15 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 85 pts 2 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 49 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 37 4 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 34 5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 32 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 29 7 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28 8 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 27 9 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 25 10 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 24 11 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 24 12 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 13 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21 14 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21 15 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 17 16 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 16 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 18 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15 19 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 15 20 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 21 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 22 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 13 23 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 13 24 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 25 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 13 26 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 27 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 12 28 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 29 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 11 30 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 11 31 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 10 32 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 33 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10 34 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 9 35 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 9 36 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 9 37 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 8 38 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 8 39 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8 40 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 8 41 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 8 42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 43 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 7 44 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 7 45 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 6 46 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 47 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 5 48 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 49 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 5 50 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4 51 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 52 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3 53 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3 54 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 3 55 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 56 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3 57 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 3 58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 3 59 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 60 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 61 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 62 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 63 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 64 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 65 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1 66 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 67 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1 68 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 69 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 Mountains classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 pts 2 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 3 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 12 4 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 10 5 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 8 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 6 7 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 6 8 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 9 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 10 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 11 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 12 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1 13 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 14 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 15 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Team classification 1 Mapei - Quick Step 54.27.35 2 Colombia-Selle Italia 4.58 3 Alexia Alluminio 7.26 4 Bonjour 7.32 5 Rep South Africa 8.29 6 iTeamNova.com 19.15 7 Telekom Malaysia 19.20 8 Acqua & Sapone 27.50 9 Team Fakta 35.09 10 Lotto - Adecco 37.36 11 Relax - Fuenlabrada 38.12 12 Canada 38.25 13 Credit Agricole 39.22 14 Japan 39.48 15 Ceramiche Panaria 39.55 16 Ag2r Prevoyance 41.11 17 Mobilvetta Design 53.26 18 Team Nürnberger 55.44 19 Philippines 1.02.33 20 Malaysia 1.08.52 21 Palmans-Collstrop 1.12.59 22 China 1.28.29 Asian team classification 1 Telekom Malaysia 54.46.55 2 Japan 20.28 3 Philippines 43.13 4 Malaysia 49.32 5 China 1.09.09 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.tdl.com.my