Tour de Langkawi - 2.3Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002 |
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Stage 9 - February 9: Menara Telekom, KL - Genting Highlands, 133.7km
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Colombian Muñoz scales the heights
Hunter off top spot
By Tommy Campbell in Kuala Lumpur
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Hernan Dario Muñoz, the Colombian noted for his climbing ability, finally relieved Robert Hunter of his lead at the top of the classification in the Telekom Malaysian Le Tour de Langkawi today.
The event, which is considered the third richest in the world, lived up to its expectations as a classic when the remaining 136 competitors scaled the heights of Genting Highlands set 6,000 feet above sea level. Nine days of yellow for Hunter came to an end in the final 5 kilometres of the stage that started in Kuala Lumpur and finished in Genting Highlands.
It was generally anticipated that Muñoz would shake up the leader board and he duly obliged on one of the toughest climbs in any international cycling race. On the one hand, Robert Hunter, who has led the race since day one, lost the race lead - despite a valiant defence and the best efforts of his Mapei-Quick Step teammates to chase down the attacks.
On the other hand, South African national team member David George produced a brilliant ride, trading pedal stroke for pedal stroke with the amazing Muñoz and staying with this talented Colombian mountain goat all the way to the finish.
At the line, Muñoz took both the stage and that overall leadership while George crossed the line just four seconds behind to finish second on the stage and become the new third placed rider overall, with an overall deficit of 1'52. Robert Hunter is now in second position overall, at 40 seconds.
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"Of course, I am sorry to lose the lead but I am very satisfied with my performance," he said at the finish, "I'm not supposed to be a climber but the morale boost of being in the yellow jersey gave me extra energy and it was only in the last two kilometres that I really began to suffer."
So it's now Colombia first in the individual standings, South Africa second and third. This must be the first time in the Tour de Langkawi that not a single European rider is featured in the top three on the overall race standings. Not only that, but Colombia-Selle Italia have jumped from fourth to third in the overall team classification.
"I'm lucky to be a natural climber - I was in my element and I was able to keep a good rhythm going all the way up," said a very happy Muñoz at the finish, "I have to thank my teammates for working so hard to get me to the foot of the climb and especially Ruber Alviro Marin for pacing me up to the front."
Unlike last year, when many of the riders who had been best placed before the Genting stage were eliminated for losing too much time on Genting, the year all the 134 finishers crossed the line safely inside the official time limit
It was after 50km that Lennie Kristensen (Team fakta), and Spaniard German Nieto Fernandez (Relax-Fuenlabrada) moved ahead of the peloton, and were still in front at the third sprint of the day with their advantage over three minutes.
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As the sign posts indicated that Genting was now looming large on the horizon, the brave duo started to show signs of fatigue, but were still ahead with a five minute advantage. The moves from the peloton were now being initiated and it was evident that the big hitters were beginning to show their mettle and the time gap was now beginning to be eroded at an alarming rate.
Fernandez gave up the struggle, but Kristensen soldiered on until caught and dropped by Marin.
With 15 km to go, Marin led Belgium's Stive Vermaut (Lotto-Adecco); Ukranian Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Acqua & Sapone), Antonio Rizzi (Mobilvetta Design), and Andrea Tafi by 37 seconds. At that point Robert Hunter's yellow jersey group was at 58 seconds.
At eight kilometres to go, Munoz jumped clear of the Hunter group with David George and Credit Agricole's Christophé Le Mevel. They made their way up to the leading chase group which then blew apart, a big loser being Tafi, who dropped back to finish 4'17 behind in 14th place.
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Meanwhile, Munoz and George moved forward to catch and then drop Marin, with Munoz proving too strong for George at the end.
Although the Colombian leads Hunter now by 40 seconds with just one stage to go, there is more than a remote possibility that things could change tomorrow in the 72 km criterium around Kuala Lumpur. Mapei-Quick Step are the strongest team in the race, and 40 seconds is not much. But in these situations, usually the yellow jersey team will keep things under control.
Photography
The following photographs have been provided courtesy of the official Tour de Langkawi website, www.tdl.com.my, as well as Yuzuru Sunada.
- The riders leave Kuala Lumpur - on stage 9
- The striking profile - of Francesco Moser in the commissaire's car
- Andrea Tafi - goes for it on the lower slopes of the climb
- Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Acqua & Sapone) - tackles the Genting climb
- José M Vazquez Palomo (Relax-Fuenlabrada) - rides next to teammate Jorge Capitan
- Fulco Van Gulik (Lotto) - struggles up the climb
- Robert Hunter - being paced by his Mapei teammates up the climb
- Robert Hunter - shadowed by one of the Colombian riders
- Lotto's Stive Vermaut - showed some good form on the toughest stage
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Selle Italia) - on his own, in the lead
- Hernan Dario Munoz - was the strongest today
- Hernan Dario Munoz - leads South African David George
- Hernan Dario Munoz - crosses the line to win in Genting
- Robert Hunter - immediately after the stage
- An exhausted - Robert Hunter
- An ecstatic Hernan Dario Munoz - on the podium
- The podium - Tonton Susanto (best Asian), Robert Hunter (points), Hernan Dario Munoz (leader), Ruber Alveiro Marin (mountains)
Results
1 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.39.43 2 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 0.04 3 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.25 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.52 5 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 2.23 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 2.29 7 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 2.53 8 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3.16 9 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 3.36 10 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.42 11 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3.46 12 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 3.51 13 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4.05 14 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.17 15 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 4.21 16 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 4.35 17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 4.48 18 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 5.36 19 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.47 20 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 5.59 21 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6.44 22 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 23 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 7.58 24 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 8.05 25 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 8.06 26 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 8.09 27 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 8.28 28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 8.46 29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 8.53 30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 9.16 31 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 9.26 32 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 9.31 33 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 9.52 34 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 9.57 35 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10.05 36 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 10.29 37 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.39 38 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.44 39 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 10.48 40 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11.19 41 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 11.19 42 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.19 43 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 11.40 44 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 11.50 45 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 12.06 46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.23 47 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 12.25 48 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 12.46 49 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 12.54 50 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 13.01 51 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 13.12 52 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 54 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 13.31 55 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 13.40 56 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 57 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 58 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.49 59 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 13.53 60 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 61 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 14.03 62 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 14.10 63 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 14.17 64 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 14.25 65 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 14.39 66 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 14.42 67 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.23 68 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.23 69 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 15.36 70 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 15.38 71 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 16.01 72 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 16.05 73 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 16.07 74 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 16.14 75 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 16.17 76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 16.21 77 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 16.23 78 Guo Hui (Chn) China 16.44 79 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 16.54 80 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 17.07 81 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 17.07 82 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 17.07 83 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.17 84 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 17.22 85 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 17.31 86 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 17.39 87 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 17.39 88 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 18.04 89 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 18.09 90 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 18.25 91 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 18.36 92 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 18.50 93 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 18.59 94 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19.17 95 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.26 96 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 19.35 97 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 19.41 98 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 19.49 99 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 19.49 100 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 19.54 101 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 19.58 102 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 19.59 103 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 20.14 104 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 20.25 105 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 20.36 106 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 107 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 108 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 20.58 109 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 21.02 110 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.10 111 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 21.12 112 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 21.17 113 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 21.24 114 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 21.36 115 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 21.52 116 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21.59 117 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 22.05 118 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 22.09 119 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 22.24 120 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 22.26 121 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 22.30 122 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 22.49 123 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 23.16 124 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 23.20 125 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 23.37 126 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentin 23.37 127 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 23.58 128 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 23.59 129 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 24.21 130 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 24.40 131 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 24.47 132 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 25.39 133 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 26.37 134 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 27.39 Asian rider 1 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 3.45.42 2 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2.10 3 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 2.29 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 3.32 5 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 4.49 6 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 6.07 7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.55 8 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 7.02 9 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 7.32 10 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 7.41 11 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 8.04 12 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 8.26 13 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 9.37 14 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 10.02 15 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 10.24 16 Guo Hui (Chn) China 10.45 17 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 10.55 18 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 11.23 19 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 11.32 20 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 11.40 21 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 11.40 22 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 12.37 23 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 14.59 24 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15.03 25 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 15.13 26 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 15.18 27 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 16.10 28 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 16.50 29 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 19.40 Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 1 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 pts 2 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 2 4 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 2 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 pts 2 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 3 3 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 4 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Sprint 3 1 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 5 pts 2 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 2 4 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 1 Mountains KOM Hors Categorie at Lobby - First World Hotel 1 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 25 pts 2 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 20 3 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 5 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 10 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 8 7 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 6 8 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5 9 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4 10 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 11 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 12 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 1 Teams 1 Mapei - Quick Step 11.09.11 2 Rep South Africa 2.42 3 Colombia-Selle Italia 2.42 4 Acqua & Sapone 7.05 5 Bonjour 11.58 6 Telekom Malaysia 12.34 7 Lotto - Adecco 12.47 8 Team Fakta 13.15 9 Alexia Alluminio 14.18 10 Mobilvetta Design 16.06 11 Credit Agricole 16.58 12 Relax - Fuenlabrada 24.33 13 Palmans-Collstrop 25.52 14 Canada 29.10 15 Malaysia 29.30 16 Japan 30.02 17 iTeamNova.com 30.30 18 Philippines 31.12 19 Team Nürnberger 33.27 20 China 35.01 21 Ag2r Prevoyance 35.51 22 Ceramiche Panaria 38.56 Asian team 1 Telekom Malaysia 11.21.45 2 Malaysia 16.56 3 Japan 17.28 4 Philippines 18.38 5 China 22.27 General classification after stage 9 1 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 28.21.41 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 40.00 3 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 1.52 4 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 3.50 5 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 4.42 6 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5.00 7 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 5.29 8 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 5.56 9 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6.43 10 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7.11 11 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7.22 12 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 7.36 13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Canada 7.40 14 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 7.53 15 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 9.45 16 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12.07 17 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 13.12 18 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 13.42 19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 15.13 20 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 16.35 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 18.12 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 18.41 23 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.51 24 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 20.56 25 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21.00 26 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 21.11 27 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 23.06 28 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 23.53 29 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 25.50 30 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26.59 31 Juan D Ramirez Calderon (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 27.19 32 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 27.52 33 Morten Sonne (Den) Team fakta 28.45 34 Samuel Vecchi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 28.54 35 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 29.10 36 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 29.30 37 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.43 38 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 30.45 39 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 30.46 40 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 31.12 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Team Bonjour 31.37 42 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 31.44 43 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 32.00 44 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 32.34 45 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 32.55 46 César Garcia Calvo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 32.57 47 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Team Bonjour 33.01 48 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 34.08 49 David Vazquez Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 34.11 50 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34.41 51 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 34.42 52 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 35.15 53 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.29 54 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 35.43 55 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 36.03 56 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 36.19 57 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 36.20 58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 36.36 59 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 37.12 60 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 37.35 61 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 37.39 62 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 38.19 63 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 38.19 64 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 39.23 65 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 40.50 66 Eddy Serri (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 40.58 67 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 41.11 68 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 41.20 69 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 41.38 70 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 41.43 71 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 42.33 72 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 42.41 73 Russel Downing (GBr) iTeamNova.com 43.38 74 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.02 75 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 44.32 76 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 44.48 77 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 45.10 78 José M Vazquez Palomo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 45.42 79 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 45.56 80 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 46.09 81 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 46.15 82 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 46.21 83 Andris Reiss (Lat) Index-Alexia Alluminio 46.24 84 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 46.25 85 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 46.35 86 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 47.03 87 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 47.15 88 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 47.17 89 Denis Bondarenko (Rus) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 47.35 90 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 47.41 91 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 47.47 92 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 48.11 93 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 49.11 94 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 49.17 95 Agustin Pena Gago (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 49.32 96 Ronny Lauke (Ger) Team Nürnberger 49.42 97 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 50.16 98 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 50.52 99 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 51.45 100 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 52.08 101 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 52.13 102 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 52.32 103 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 52.42 104 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 53.36 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Team Bonjour 53.36 106 Guo Hui (Chn) China 53.39 107 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 53.48 108 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 53.56 109 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) iTeamNova.com 54.13 110 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 54.49 111 Alessandro Brendolin (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentin 55.14 112 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 55.52 113 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 56.05 114 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 56.16 115 Brett Lancaster (Aus) iTeamNova.com 57.39 116 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 58.31 117 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 58.54 118 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 59.24 119 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 59.38 120 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 1.00.06 121 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 1.00.42 122 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 1.01.00 123 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.01.28 124 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1.01.49 125 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.02.22 126 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.04.46 127 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 1.05.06 128 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 1.05.20 129 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 1.08.25 130 Jürgen Pauritsch (Aut) Team Nürnberger 1.10.40 131 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 1.11.07 132 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 1.17.56 133 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 1.22.15 134 Glan Rendall (Can) Canada 1.35.21 Asian rider 1 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 28.31.26 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.50 3 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 13.21 4 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 18.07 5 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 23.10 6 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia 27.50 7 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 28.34 8 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 29.38 9 Nor Affendy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 31.26 10 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 31.35 11 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 31.53 12 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 35.03 13 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 35.25 14 Emilito Atilano (Phi) Philippines 36.40 15 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 36.50 16 Shahrizan Selamat (Mas) Malaysia 38.26 17 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 39.32 18 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 40.31 19 Shahrulneeza Razali (Mas) Malaysia 41.07 20 Musairi Bin Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 42.00 21 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 42.57 22 Guo Hui (Chn) China 43.54 23 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 46.07 24 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 49.09 25 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 49.39 26 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 49.53 27 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 55.21 28 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan 1.01.22 29 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Malaysia 1.08.11 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 108 pts 2 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Nürnberger 66 3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 54 4 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 54 5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 51 6 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 49 7 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 46 8 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 41 9 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 39 10 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 37 11 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 12 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 27 13 Daniele Galli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 26 14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 25 15 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Team Bonjour 25 16 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 25 17 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 24 18 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 24 19 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 21 20 Mario Traversoni (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 21 21 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 21 22 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 20 23 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 20 24 Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Nürnberger 19 25 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 19 26 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 17 27 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 28 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 29 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 16 30 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15 31 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Ag2r Prevoyance 15 32 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 33 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14 34 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 13 35 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team fakta 13 36 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 13 37 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 38 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 13 39 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 12 40 Nicola Chesini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 41 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 11 42 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 11 43 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 44 Marco Battiston (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 10 45 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 10 46 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 10 47 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10 48 Rodney Green (RSA) Rep South Africa 9 49 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Mapei-Quick Step 8 50 Allan Iacuone (Aus) iTeamNova.com 8 51 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 8 52 Josh Hall (Can) Canada 8 53 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 7 54 Jacques Fullard (RSA) Rep South Africa 7 55 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 7 56 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 57 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia 6 58 Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 59 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 5 60 James Ball (RSA) Rep South Africa 5 61 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5 62 Max Becker (Lux) Collstrop-Palmans 5 63 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 5 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 65 Trent Wilson (Aus) iTeamNova.com 5 66 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 4 67 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 68 Jurgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4 69 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 3 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 3 71 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 72 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 73 Daniel Spence (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 74 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1 75 Alberto Elli (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 1 76 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 77 Oscar Laguna Garcia (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 78 Douglas Ryder (RSA) Rep South Africa 1 Mountains classification 1 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 30 pts 2 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 29 3 David George (RSA) Rep South Africa 20 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 5 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 12 6 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 12 7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 8 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 12 9 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) Mobilvetta-Formaggio Trentini 10 10 Dominique Perras (Can) iTeamNova.com 8 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Mapei-Quick Step 8 12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Bonjour 6 13 David Canada Garcia (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5 14 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 15 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 16 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 4 17 Innar Mandoja (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 18 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Index-Alexia Alluminio 4 19 Stive Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 20 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 21 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia 2 22 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo 2 23 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 1 24 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 25 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1 26 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 1 27 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 28 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger 1 Teams classification 1 Mapei - Quick Step 85.15.34 2 Rep South Africa 11.11 3 Colombia-Selle Italia 11.41 4 Alexia Alluminio 21.54 5 Bonjour 27.32 6 Acqua & Sapone 34.55 7 Telekom Malaysia 35.55 8 Team Fakta 52.25 9 Credit Agricole 56.20 10 Lotto - Adecco 58.25 11 iTeamNova.com 1.01.48 12 Relax - Fuenlabrada 1.02.45 13 Canada 1.07.35 14 Mobilvetta Design 1.09.32 15 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.17.02 16 Japan 1.17.52 17 Ceramiche Panaria 1.18.51 18 Team Nürnberger 1.29.46 19 Palmans-Collstrop 1.38.51 20 Philippines 1.41.47 21 Malaysia 1.50.25 22 China 2.23.43 Asian team classification 1 Telekom Malaysia 85.55.30 2 Japan 37.56 3 Philippines 1.01.51 4 Malaysia 1.10.29 5 China 1.43.47 Results courtesy of Seamus Shortall/www.tdl.com.my