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Tour of South China Sea - 2.2
Hong Kong, December 25-30, 2006
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Stage 1 - December 25: Hong Kong Stage: Shatin Circuit, 80.5 km
The racing got underway early on Christmas morning, on a short but wide open rectangular shaped circuit around the suburbs of Shatin, Hong Kong. Local races and trick cycling displays led into the action, which got underway at a preditable fast pace.
With the Pocari Sweat boys working hard to shake things up, the pace remained high throughout the whole race, with several very short lived breaks making only to only minor effect, until the super strong Dynamo Moscow team decided to apply the pressure, sending two of their riders off the front for several laps, but never out of the grasp of the Hong Kong team, who were aided heavily by the Danish Glud & Mastrand riders.
As the last few laps crept closer yet more breaks went clear, always well marked by the Pocari team and Li Fuyu, the young Marco Polo rider from China, who is riding his last race with the team before leaving to joining the illustrious Discovery Channel team, but it was all in vain.
As the bell sounded, the field was all-together, and that was how it stayed to the line. As the bunch sprinted for the line Wong Kam Po looked to have yet another victory in the can, until the young Russian Andrey Klyuev came by to take the sprint by a clear wheel from the local rider; "It all went according to plan, I sat and waited. The first five days should all be sprints, but let's see how the circuits are and how the riders tire. If it's like this, it will suit our team," commented the Russian ex world champion. Meanwhile further back, last year's winner Wu hit the deck, suffering some nasty road rash in with the deal.
Photography
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Images by Steve Thomas
- Young girl waiting to race
- Singing on stage 1
- Trick cyclists
- Start stage 1
- Start stage 1
- Breakaway action
- Local riders hanging in
- Dynamo Moscow two up break
- The bunch crossing the river at Sha Tin
- Dynamo Moscow duo about to run out of power
- Racing through the city streets
- Australia is represented by the under-23 team
- Last lap
- Moscow Dynamo wind up for the sprint
- Stage 1
- Kluev takes stage 1
- Stage 1 winner Andrey Kluev of Dynamo Moscow
Images by Joey Wu
- Stage One gets underway
- The Australian U23s waiting for the start
- The Trek bikes of Marco Polo Team
- The People's Liberation Army and Chinese national teams enjoying the morning sun.
- The start of first stage of the 11th Tour of South China Sea race.
- The Omnibike Dynamo Moscow and the Australian U23 teams setting an early pace
- The Australians attacked aggressively at the beginning.
- But the Aussies were always marked by the Omnibike Dynamo Moscow and Pocari Sweat Hong Kong teams.
- A Japanese rider tried to counterattack when the breakaway got reeled back in.
- Riders started looking around when the pace slow down.
- An attack by an Omnibike Dynamo Moscow rider.
- Seems the peloton is not interested in chasing this time.
- When a break got away halfway through the race...
- The local Pocari Sweat Hong Kong team rider (Wang Yip Tang no.6) was there to follow.
- Last year's winner Kin San Wu no.1 (HKg) was happy watching from the peloton.
- About thirteen laps left to go. The Russians started chasing the motorcycle for fun!
- The Omnibike Dynamo Moscow started to hammer away with a small group.
- Leded by Alexander Khatuntsev and Konstantin Ponomarev.
- The Pocari Sweat Hong Kong team picked up the pace.
- And watched by the The Omnibike Dynamo Moscow team.
- Sergey Kolesnikov and teammate Alexander Khatuntsev powered away from the break.
- The Pocari Sweat Hong Kong team realized they missed the break and started to chase.
- With the help from the H.K. & Shanghai Sports Institute rider: Gang Xu (Chn).
- The breakaway was reeled back after few laps up front.
- Even the local favorite Kam Po Wong (2nd L) started showing up at the front.
- Two gold medalists from the recent Asian Games: Kam Po Wong (no.2) and King Wai Cheung (no.3) kept their eyes for any late attacks.
- With seven laps to go, Jacob Nielsen (Den) started attacking for one last time.
- The gold medalist (road race) in the recent Asian Games, Kam Po Wong kept his cool and watched the break develop.
- Twelve riders got away with four laps to go. Wong (HKg) tested the legs of his competitors.
- The break was reeled back with two laps to go. Last year's winner Kin San Wu (no.1) looked relaxed in the peloton waiting for a sprint finish.
- And the winner is...
- The gold medalist (point race) in the Asian Games, King Wai Cheung hit the deck before the finish line.
- Wait, don't cut my jersey. This is the only one I have!
- Andrey Klyuev (Rus) celebrated his stage win and the yellow jersey.
- Chi Yin Leung (HKg) of the Marco Polo cycling team, 3rd place. Reona Sumi (Jpn) Japan National team, points leader. Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow, race leader and stage winner. Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong, Greater China leader and 2nd place.
Results
Individual (Stage & GC)
1 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 1.50.42
2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong
3 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team
4 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
5 Fuyu Li (Chn) Marco Polo Cycling Team
6 Reona Sumi (Jpn) Japan National Team
7 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) CMS Cycling TV
8 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud and Mastrand Horsens
9 David John Tonk (GBr) CMS Cycling TV
10 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Marco Polo Cycling Team
11 Nederlof Lex (Ned) CMS Cycling TV
12 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) CKT Team
13 Kim Marius K. Nielsen (Den) Glud and Mastrand Horsens
14 Bo Liu (Chn) People's Liberation Army
15 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong
16 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) CKT Team
17 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong
18 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong
19 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China
20 Valery Valynin (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
21 Long Jin (Chn) China
22 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong
23 Rune Udby (Den) Glud and Mastrand Horsens
24 Luke Cridland (Aus) Australian Under 23
25 Michael Berling (Den) Glud and Mastrand Horsens
26 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
27 Lei Sun (Chn) Hong Kong and Shanghai Sports Institute
28 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshkih (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team
29 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Siam Barra Cycling
30 Christopher J. Jory (Aus) Australian Under 23
31 Thanawat Samana (Tha) Siam Barra Cycling
32 Haijun Ma (Chn) China
33 Yinhao Cui (Chn) Hong Kong and Shanghai Sports Institute
34 Yue Tu (Chn) People's Liberation Army
35 Konstantin Ponomarev (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
36 Xu Fang (Chn) China
37 Fumiya Azuhata (Jpn) Japan National Team
38 Jacob J. Nielsen (Den) Glud and Mastrand Horsens
39 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau Beijing Selection
40 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) CKT Team
41 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau Beijing Selection
42 Shijie Yu (Chn) People's Liberation Army
43 Mitchell C. Chapman (Aus) Australian Under 23
44 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Marco Polo Cycling Team
45 Mitchell P. Pearson (Aus) Australian Under 23
46 Takaaki Ota (Jpn) Japan National Team
47 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team
48 Gangzhao Guo (Chn) Cyclist Club Racing Force
49 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) People's Liberation Army
50 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong
51 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) VC Zurich Hirslanden
52 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong and Shanghai Sports Institute
53 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong and Shanghai Sports Institute
54 Ching Man Chung (HKg) Biciracing
55 Jared Bunde (USA) Champion System Somerville Sports
56 Norihide Murayama. (Jpn) Japan National Team
57 Liang Zhang (Chn) China
58 Christian Rocha (Swi) VC Zurich Hirslanden
59 Chak Shing Cheng (HKg) Hong Kong and Shanghai Sports Institute
60 Peng Liu (Chn) People's Liberation Army
61 Song Gao (Chn) Liaoning Team
62 Pengda Jiao (Chn) China
63 Pornthep Pinkeaw (Tha) Siam Barra Cycling
64 Laurent Arn (Swi) VC Zurich Hirslanden
65 Cheng Guang Yu (Chn) Liaoning Team
66 Yandong Xing (Chn) Marco Polo Cycling Team
67 Akyiyama Hisanori (Jpn) Cyclist Club Racing Force
68 Fabian Krienbühl (Swi) VC Zurich Hirslanden
69 Zhao Yu Zeng (Chn) Liaoning Team
70 Brendan Brooks (Aus) Australian Under 23
71 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
72 Shi Qiang Sun (Chn) Liaoning Team
73 Sommerville David (USA) Champion System Somerville Sports
74 Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System Somerville Sports
75 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Siam Barra Cycling
76 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong
77 David Jansen (Swi) VC Zurich Hirslanden
78 Yu Hui Wei (Chn) Liaoning Team
79 Hsin Hsien Lee (Tpe) CKT Team 0.28
80 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong
81 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Somerville Sports 0.33
82 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) CKT Team 0.38
83 Alexander A. Mattmann (Swi) VC Zurich Hirslanden
84 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau Beijing Selection
85 Takumi Shirakawa (Jpn) Japan National Team
86 Chung Yin Kwan (Mac) Macau Beijing Selection
87 Christopher Y. Young (Aus) Australian Under 23
88 Kau Wai Yu (HKg) CMS Cycling TV
89 Thomas Bencivengo (USA) Champion System Somerville Sports
90 Shing Lam Ip (HKg) Biciracing 6.42
90 Jing Wei Jiang (Chn) Liaoning Team
90 Zeyong Yuan (Chn) People's Liberation Army
90 Yongsheng Yan (Chn) Hong Kong and Shanghai Sports Institute
90 Kuo Lung Liao (Tpe) CKT Team
90 Ching Yin Lemuel Lau (HKg) Champion System Somerville Sports
90 Usui Takamasa (Jpn) CMS Cycling TV
90 Chung Yin Cheng (HKg) Cyclist Club Racing Force
90 Que Zhong (Chn) Guangdong
90 Ting Pong Lam (HKg) Biciracing
90 Man Yiu Cheung (HKg) Biciracing
90 Korakogh Rittiman (Tha) Siam Barra Cycling
102 Qiang Zhang (Chn) Macau Beijing Selection 9.57
102 King Man Tsui (HKg) Cyclist Club Racing Force
102 Jiajie Jang (Chn) Guangdong
102 Xiang Dong (Chn) Guangdong
102 Lok Kei So (HKg) Biciracing
107 Huikuo Zhu (Chn) Macau Beijing Selection 13.13
107 Kam Fai Lau (HKg) CMS Cycling TV
107 Kin Tik So (HKg) Cyclist Club Racing Force
107 Mun Po Choi (HKg) Cyclist Club Racing Force
107 Man Chung Ip (HKg) Biciracing
Team (Stage & GC)
1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.32.06
2 Omnibike - Dynamo Moscow
3 CMS-Cycling.TV
4 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong
5 Glud & Mastrand Horsens
6 CKT Team
7 China
8 Japan National Team
9 Peoples' Liberation Army
10 Australian U23
11 Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute
12 Siam Bara Cycling
13 Macau-Beijing Selection
14 VC Zurich - Hirslanden
15 Liaoning Team
16 Champion System Sommerville Sports
17 Cyclist Club Racing Force 6.42
18 Guangdong
19 Bici Racing 13.23
