Tour of Malaysia Stage 8

McAuley and Sweet share the honours in Stage Eight

Richie McAuley of Ireland and Jay Sweet of Australia shared the honours in Stage Eight of the Tour of Langkawi from Kuantan to Kuala Terengganu yesterday. McAuley won Phase One from Kuantan to Paka when he clocked 2'27:35 to take the RM8,000 top prize.

As for Sweet, he emerged victorious in Phase Two from Paka to Kuala Terengganu, clocking 2'11:56 to pick up the RM8,000 top prize.

Stage 8 - 219 km


Phase One -- Kuantan to Paka:

 1. Richie McAuley (Irl) 		 2'27:35 
 2. Peter Wedge (Can) 			same time
 3. Shane Tellman (US) 			 2'27:42
 4. Rob Hayles (Brit) 			 2'28:26
 5. Eddie Pasquino (Ned)
 6. Uwe Manfred Nepp (Ger)
 7. Christian Anderson (Den)
 8. Damian McDonald (Aus)
 9. Mark Tune Madsen (Den)
10. Ric Reid (Nzl) 		     all same time

Phase Two -- Paka to Kuala Terengganu:

 1. Jay Sweet (Aus) 			 2'11:56
 2. Ric Reid (Nzl)
 3. Glen Mitchell (Nzl)
 4. Patrict Vetsch (Swi)
 5. Christian Anderson (Den)
 6. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned)
 7. John Tanner (Brit)
 8. M. Kumaresan (Mas)
 9. Damian McDonald (Aus)
10. Steve Rover (Can) 		     all same time

Yellow Jersey finishers:

 1. Damian McDonald (Aus) 		28'52:18
 2. Chris Newton (Brit) 		28'52:27
 3. Brett Dennis (Aus) 			28'52:30
 4. Matthew White (Aus) 		28'52:52
 5. Jan Vallach (Svk)			28'52:55
 6. Marcel Gono (Aus) 			28'53:21
 7. Douglas Ryder (Rsa) 		28'53:21
 8. Brendon Hart (Nzl) 			28'53:34
 9. Kelvin Martin (Aus) 		28'53:39
10. Mark Rendall (Nzl)			28'53:41

Green Jersey finishers:

 1. Jay Sweet (Aus) 		82 pts
 2. Christian Anderson (Den) 	72 
 3. Rob Hayles (Brit) 		31
 4. Ric Reid (Nzl)
 5. Glen Mitchell (Nzl) 	28
 6. Patrict Vetsch (Swi) 	26
 7. Jozef Christien (Swi) 	23
 8. M. Kumaresan (Mas) 		22
 9. Peter Jorg (Swi) 		21
10. Damian McDonald (Aus) 	20

Polka Dot Jersey Jersey finishers:

 1. Damian McDonald (Aus) 	15
 2. Chris Newton (Brit) 	15
 3. Matthew White (Aus) 	12
 4. Roland Green (Can) 		10
 5. Josef Holzmann (Ger) 	10
 6. Jan Valach (Svk) 		10
 7. Brett Dennis (Aus) 		 7 
 8. Oleg Ruban (Ukr) 		 7
 9. Rob Hayles (Brit) 		 4
10. Kelvin Martin (Aus) 	 3

Top 10 teams (after eight stages):

 1. Giant-AIS Australia 		85'08:14
 2. Australia 				85'10:18
 3. South Africa 			85'10:58
 4. New Zealand 			85'11:38
 5. Slovakia 				85'15:42
 6. Canada 				85'16:07
 7. Ukraine				85'18:22
 8. Germany 				85'20:47
 9. Switzerland 			85'20:47
10. Dextro Energy Holland 		85'23:05