Tour de Langkawi - 2.3Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002 |
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Stage 8 - February 8: Port Dickson - Petaling Jaya, 95.5km
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Salomone scores at Petaling, but Robert Hunter still in yellow
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By Tommy Campbell in Petaling Jaya
As race leader of the Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi, Robert Hunter has created a piece of history by being the first competitor since the inception of the tour in 1996 to have led the race since day one. Admittedly there was never any danger on yesterday's flat stage from Port Dickson to Petaling Jaya - a distance of 95.39 km. His team Mapei-Quick Step are well co-ordinated to counter act any hiccups which may arise, but tomorrow will be a different story as we head to the Highlands, Genting at 6,000 feet above sea level.
It was generally anticipated that the Andrea Tafi would gain the kudos today but a fellow Italian upstage him. Tafi, if we are led to believe that this is last visit to LTDL, was hell bent on getting a stage win, but yet again he was foiled by his countryman Antonio Salomone and the Latvian rider Andris Nauduzs at the end of the high speed dash from Port Dickson to Petaling Jaya. Further disappointment was to greet him, when he learned that he had been relegated to last place in the 107 strong bunch for "irregular sprinting" as the race commissaires report put it.
A big audience watching the big screen replay at the finish could clearly see the Mapei principal using his elbows [Ed: what about Galvez in Mallorca?] as he endeavoured to fight off the challenge in a last ditch effort to win a stage he has been attempting since the race began in Petrajaya a week ago.
There was no denying that Antonio Salomone, scoring the first victory of his professional career, had Tafi well beaten: "I was laying back a bit coming into the final 90 degree corner but I went round the bend much quicker than the others and came out of it at full speed," he said.
It was generally anticipated that there would be a calm before Genting today, but it did not turn out that way as the competitors raced from Port Dickson at a breakneck pace. English youngster Russell Downing (iTeamNova.com) predicted that the stage would be run off in less than two hours - a speed in excess of 48 kph (30 mph). And so it proved, despite the oppressive heat.
The first move came from another Englishman, Mapei-Quick Step rider Charlie Wegelius, joined by Belgium's Mario Aerts, Lotto-Adecco; Kazuya Okazaki of Japan, and Eric Wohlberg, of Canada. They went clear soon after the start but were reeled in after six kilometres.
Shinichi Kukushima, elder brother of the King of the Mountains white jersey holder Koji, won ahead of Belgium's Hans De Meester (Palmans-Collstrop) and Colombian Alviro Ruber Marin (Colombia-Selle Italia) a category-four climb at 14.4 km.
The Mapei-Quick Step team then closed things down, dominating the head of the field in defence of race leader Robert Hunter's yellow jersey. Then their man Tafi went up the road with Lotto-Adecco teammates Mario Aerts and Kurt Van Lancker, just after Aerts had taken the first Petronas Hot Spot sprint.
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Their lead grew to 40 seconds at 40 kilometres but it was too dangerous a move to be allowed such leeway and a frantic chase whipped the speed up to 65 kph so that they were pulled back just after the 50 km to go marker.
Five kilometres later, Belgium's Stive Vermaut (Lotto), took the second Hot Spot sprint from France's Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole). The pair pulled away to a lead that reached 48 seconds at one point and Poilvet this time beat Vermaut, to take the third and final Hot Spot.
For the first time in the event there was a brief moment of drama just before that point when, at 59 km, race leader Robert Hunter punctured, but he had quickly regained the peloton with the help of his well-drilled squad.
From then on in, the wide open motorway roads made any attempts at breaking away unlikely to succeed and the big hitters started setting themselves up for the sprint, with the Mapei-Quick Step, Mobilvetta Design and Index-Alexia Alluminio lead-out men controlling the front of the snaking bunch.
It was the orange-clad Ceramiche Panaria boys who set the train up, their seven hitting the front and forging a relentless pace but, with a sharp turn at a roundabout and a stiff uphill drag coming just before the finish there was a big re-shuffle of positions moving into the final 500 metres and it was here that Salomone began his winning move.
Nobody could have been more delighted: "I turned pro last year but crashed badly during an early event in Belgium and that totally wrecked my whole season," he said. "Consequently, I count this year as my first in the cash ranks - and this is my first win as a professional, so I'll always remember my trip to Malaysia."
Salamone, who comes from near Naples, is a good friend of the tour's race leader, Robert Hunter. "We rode together as amateurs and I'm delighted Robert is having such a great tour," he said.
Who said that fellow professionals don't appreciate the efforts of a cyclist in the race leaders jersey?
Photography
The following photographs have been provided courtesy of the official Tour de Langkawi website, www.tdl.com.my, as well as Yuzuru Sunada and www.canadiancyclist.com.
- Local hero - Andrea Tafi
- Alberto Elli - mistaken for a sprinter
- Mario Aerts (Lotto) - was happpy to pose for photos
- Ahad Kazemi (Telekom Malaysia) - is one of the two Iranian cyclists in the race
- Agustin Pena Gago - sporting the new Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo jersey
- Canada's Ryder Hesjedal - cruising along during stage 8
- Race leader Robert Hunter - looking as strong as ever
- Antonio Salomone (Index-Alexia Alluminio) - was delighted with his first stage win
Results
1 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.57.50 (48.63 km/h) 2 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 6 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 7 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 8 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 9 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 10 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 11 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 12 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 15 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 17 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 18 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 19 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 20 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 21 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 22 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 23 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 24 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 25 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 27 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 29 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 31 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 32 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 33 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 34 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 35 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 36 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 37 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 38 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 39 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 40 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 41 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 42 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 43 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 44 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 45 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 46 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 47 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 48 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 49 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 50 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 51 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 52 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 53 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 54 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 56 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 57 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 58 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 59 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 60 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 61 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 62 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 64 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 65 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 66 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 67 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 68 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 69 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 70 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 71 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 72 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 73 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 74 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 75 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 76 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 77 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 79 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 81 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 82 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 83 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 84 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 85 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 86 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 87 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 89 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 90 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 91 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 92 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 93 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 94 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 95 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 96 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 97 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 98 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 99 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 100 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 101 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 102 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 103 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 105 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 107 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 108 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 0.27 109 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 110 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 111 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 112 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.33 113 Guo Hui (Chn) China 114 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 115 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 116 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 117 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 0.36 118 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 0.38 119 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 120 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 0.40 121 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.47 122 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.57 123 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 0.59 124 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 1.08 125 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14 126 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 127 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 1.19 128 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 129 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.25 130 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 1.38 131 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 1.58 132 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.29 133 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.59 134 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.34 135 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.46 136 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trenti 4.03 Asian rider 1 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1.57.50 2 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 3 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 4 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 5 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 7 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 8 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 9 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 10 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 11 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 12 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 13 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 14 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 15 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 16 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 17 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 18 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 19 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 20 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 21 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 22 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 0.27 23 Guo Hui (Chn) China 0.33 24 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 0.36 25 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 0.38 26 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 0.38 27 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 0.40 28 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 0.59 29 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 1.58 Points 1 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 15 pts 2 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 14 3 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 13 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 5 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 11 6 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 7 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 9 8 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 8 9 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 7 10 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 6 11 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 5 12 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 13 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 14 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 2 15 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Mountains KOM Cat 4 at at 14.4km 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 pts 2 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 2 3 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 1 1 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 pts 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 3 3 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 4 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 2 1 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 pts 2 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 2 4 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 3 1 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 pts 2 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 3 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 2 4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Colombia-Selle Italia 5.53.30 2 Palmans-Collstrop 3 Team Nürnberger 4 Ceramiche Panaria 5 Relax - Fuenlabrada 6 Malaysia 7 Rep South Africa 8 Alexia Alluminio 9 Bonjour 10 Team Fakta 11 Acqua & Sapone 12 Lotto - Adecco 13 Canada 14 iTeamNova.com 15 Philippines 16 Japan 17 Mobilvetta Design 18 Mapei - Quick Step 19 Ag2r Prevoyance 20 Credit Agricole 21 Telekom Malaysia 22 China 1.13 Asian Team Stage 1 Malaysia 5.53.30 2 Philippines 3 Japan 4 Telekom Malaysia 5 China 1.43 General Classification after stage 8 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 24.40.09 2 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.59 3 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 2.10 4 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 2.46 5 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 3.06 6 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 3.27 7 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.33 8 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3.43 9 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.51 10 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 4.06 11 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4.09 12 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 4.41 13 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.50 14 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.18 15 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5.25 16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 5.30 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.43 18 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 6.56 19 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 7.03 20 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 7.11 21 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 7.25 22 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 8.35 23 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 9.19 24 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 10.18 25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10.45 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 11.44 27 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 14.10 28 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 14.52 29 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16.58 30 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 18.25 31 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18.43 32 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 18.50 33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.48 34 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 20.00 35 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.01 36 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 20.26 37 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 20.37 38 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20.43 39 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 20.45 40 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 20.51 41 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.08 42 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.13 43 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 21.37 44 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.42 45 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 21.55 46 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 22.04 47 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 22.42 48 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 23.12 49 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 23.21 50 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 23.27 51 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 23.40 52 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 23.42 53 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 23.50 54 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 23.52 55 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 24.01 56 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 24.02 57 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 24.03 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 24.07 59 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 24.20 60 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 24.21 61 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 24.22 62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 24.33 63 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 25.13 64 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 25.56 65 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 25.57 66 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 26.23 67 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 26.25 68 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 26.28 69 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 26.59 70 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 27.09 71 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 27.11 72 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 27.12 73 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 28.00 74 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 28.21 75 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 28.29 76 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28.58 77 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 29.38 78 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 29.55 79 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 30.02 80 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 30.37 81 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 30.52 82 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 31.26 83 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 31.39 84 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 31.42 85 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 32.02 86 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 33.18 87 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 33.22 88 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentin 33.26 89 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 33.27 90 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 33.33 91 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33.41 92 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 33.46 93 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 33.48 94 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 33.53 95 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 34.15 96 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 34.19 97 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 34.25 98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 34.28 99 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 34.58 100 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 35.02 101 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35.04 102 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 35.11 103 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 35.26 104 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 35.27 105 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 35.41 106 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 35.54 107 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 36.11 108 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 36.18 109 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 36.24 110 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 37.36 111 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 37.50 112 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 38.28 113 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 38.28 114 Guo Hui (Chn) China 38.44 115 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 38.51 116 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 38.52 117 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 39.18 118 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 39.18 119 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 39.20 120 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 39.20 121 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 39.31 122 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 39.50 123 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 40.01 124 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 40.32 125 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 42.22 126 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 42.37 127 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 47.17 128 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 48.37 129 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 50.25 130 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 51.49 131 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 52.04 132 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 52.30 133 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 56.25 134 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 58.24 135 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 1.03.22 136 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 1.10.33 Asian rider classification 1 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 24.43.15 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.24 3 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 6.13 4 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 20.36 5 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 22.07 6 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 22.50 7 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 22.51 8 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 23.17 9 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 23.22 10 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 23.53 11 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 24.03 12 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 24.05 13 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 24.06 14 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 26.32 15 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 27.46 16 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 30.21 17 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 30.27 18 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 31.52 19 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 31.56 20 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 32.05 21 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 33.18 22 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 35.22 23 Guo Hui (Chn) China 35.38 24 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 36.12 25 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 44.11 26 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 45.31 27 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 47.19 28 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 49.24 29 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 1.00.16 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 98 pts 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 64 3 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 52 4 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 49 5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 47 6 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 44 7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 41 8 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 40 9 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 37 10 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 26 11 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 26 12 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 25 13 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 24 14 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 24 15 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 22 16 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 21 17 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21 18 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 21 19 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20 20 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 19 21 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 22 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 16 23 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 24 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 16 25 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15 26 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 15 27 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 28 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 29 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 13 30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 31 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 13 32 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 33 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 13 34 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 12 35 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 12 36 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 37 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 11 38 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 39 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 11 40 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 41 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 10 42 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 10 43 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10 44 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 9 45 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 8 46 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 8 47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8 48 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 8 49 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 8 50 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 51 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 7 52 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 7 53 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 54 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 6 55 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 56 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 5 57 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5 58 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 5 59 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 5 60 Cristiano Parrinello (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 62 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 5 63 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4 64 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 65 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 66 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3 67 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 3 68 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 3 69 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 70 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 71 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1 72 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 73 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1 74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 75 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 76 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 77 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 Mountains classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 pts 2 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 14 3 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 12 4 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 12 5 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 8 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 6 7 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 6 8 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 9 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 10 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4 11 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 12 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 13 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 14 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 15 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 1 16 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 17 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1 18 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 19 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Team classification 1 Mapei - Quick Step 74.06.23 2 Alexia Alluminio 7.36 3 Rep South Africa 8.29 4 Colombia-Selle Italia 8.59 5 Bonjour 15.34 6 Telekom Malaysia 23.21 7 Acqua & Sapone 27.50 8 iTeamNova 31.18 9 Relax - Fuenlabrada 38.12 10 Canada 38.25 11 Team Fakta 39.10 12 Credit Agricole 39.22 13 Ceramiche Panaria 39.55 14 Ag2r Prevoyance 41.11 15 Lotto - Addecco 45.38 16 Japan 47.50 17 Mobilvetta Design 53.26 18 Team Nürnberger 56.19 19 Philippines 1.10.35 20 Palmans-Collstrop 1.12.59 21 Malaysia 1.20.55 22 China 1.48.42 Asian Team Overall 1 Telekom Malaysia 74.33.45 2 Japan 20.28 3 Philippines 43.13 4 Malaysia 53.33 5 China 1.21.20 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.tdl.com.my