Tour of Thailand - 2.2

Thailand, December 16-21, 2007

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Stage 5 - December 20: Uttaradit - Phayao, 208 km

Van Ruitenbeek claims penultimate stage

By Steve Thomas

Three stages of around 200 kilometres each have made this year's Tour of Thailand something of a marathon event. Today's 208 kilometre stage was another hilly race, although nothing like as tough as the previous day.

Needles to say there were a lot of tired legs on the start line, but it didn't stop some eager early attacks. By the time the climbing started things had settled down to a more reasonable pace.

Towards the end of the race a small group of three riders slipped off the front, with Sengas -Kyota rider Malaya Van Ruitenbeek sprinting home to take the stage. There was no change to the leading overall positions, leaving Iranian rider Ahad Sarai Kazemi (Tabriz Petrochem) with a four second lead over Tonton Susanto (Faeso Denmark) heading into the final stage to Chiang Mai.

Photography

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Images by Steve Thomas

The field on a cruise through the lush Thai countryside
Former race leader Jahapoom Lekhawat of Thailand All Stars was an early attacker
Susanto has a snack keeping fueled up for the long haul
The field takes it easy pacing themselves for a long day in the saddle
A Cycleworx rider cools down
What goes in must come out.
A team Thailand rider resembles a camel hauling many bottles of water to his team
Kazemi leads his team up one of the hills
Ahad Kazemi defending the leader's jersey
Team Malaysia try to rehydrate after a long, hot, exhausting stage
The stage five jersey winners
Tonton Susanto (Faeso Denmark) from below.
A Japanese rider in the early breakaway.

Results

1 Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Kuota Senges            5.29.40 (37.86 km/h)
2 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti (Mas) Malaysia                 
3 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Thailand                        
4 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                        0.46
5 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                       
6 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan                                   
7 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan                                   
8 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam                              
9 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                      
10 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia                 
11 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem                  
12 Patnk Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin                           
13 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing                       
14 Natthapon Jeebthaworn (Tha) Thailand                      
15 Okan Bualoi (Tha) Thailand                                
16 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines                        
17 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark                        
18 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan                                
19 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Japan                          
20 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling                        
21 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia                   
22 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Customs Cycling                         
23 Ahad Sarai Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem                  
24 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines                        
25 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem                
26 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand                            
27 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) All Star Thailand                   
28 Yuli Haryanto (Ina) Customs Cycling                       
29 Panup Koonrungruangkit (Tha) Thailand                     
30 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia                             
31 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek                            
32 Soren Peterson (Den) Kuota Senges                         
33 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                            
34 Alexander van Bavel (Ned) Ysselstreek                     
35 Agung Alisyahbana (Ina) Customs Cycling                   
36 Matej Vyssna (Svk) Dukla Trencin                          
37 Jurag Sagan (Svk) Dukla Trencin                           
38 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand                
39 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing                      
40 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines                   
41 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing                      
42 Phat Dat Trinh (Vie) Vietnam                              
43 Thomas Just (Den) Faeso Denmark                           
44 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Philippines                         
45 Trung Hieu Dang (Vie) Vietnam                             
46 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines                         
47 Cong Hieu Mai (Vie) Vietnam                               
48 Seiichi Koshiumi (Jpn) Japan                          1.00
49 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Kuota Senges                          
50 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                        
51 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges                   1.09
52 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powetag              3.02
53 Janaidi Bin Hashim (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore         16.01
54 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges         16.05
55 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Ysselstreek                         
56 Morten Knudsen (Den) Faeso Denmark                        
57 Ryan Ariham (Ina) Faeso Denmark                           
58 Wakumoto Masaki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                      
DNF Badr Mohammed Banihammead (UAE) United Arab Emirates     
 
General Classification after Stage 6
 
1 Ahad Sarai Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem           24.54.54
2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark                     0.04
3 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem             0.06
4 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand                         3.13
5 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines                     3.17
6 Okan Bualoi (Tha) Thailand                             3.40
7 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan                             3.41
8 Soren Peterson (Den) Kuota Senges                          
9 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines                    
10 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing                      
11 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan                              7.05
12 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Thailand                  10.39
13 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia                        11.24
14 Patnk Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin                      11.50
15 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Japan                          
16 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines                         
17 Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Kuota Senges             17.35
18 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti (Mas) Malaysia           18.46
19 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing                 18.48
20 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam                        19.49
21 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines                   19.51
22 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem             19.52
23 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan                             21.47
24 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                      21.48
25 Thomas Just (Den) Faeso Denmark                      22.16
26 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing                  25.16
27 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                            
28 Matej Vyssna (Svk) Dukla Trencin                     27.06
29 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling                   28.06
30 Agung Alisyahbana (Ina) Customs Cycling                   
31 Phat Dat Trinh (Vie) Vietnam                              
32 Trung Hieu Dang (Vie) Vietnam                             
33 Cong Hieu Mai (Vie) Vietnam                               
34 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) All Star Thailand              28.16
35 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                 29.51
36 Panup Koonrungruangkit (Tha) Thailand                30.00
37 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia            30.01
38 Natthapon Jeebthaworn (Tha) Thailand                      
39 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Customs Cycling                         
40 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek                            
41 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Philippines                         
42 Seiichi Koshiumi (Jpn) Japan                         30.15
43 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Kuota Senges                          
44 Alexander van Bavel (Ned) Ysselstreek                31.05
45 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powetag             32.17
46 Ryan Ariham (Ina) Faeso Denmark                      42.00
47 Janaidi Bin Hashim (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore         45.16
48 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges               
49 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Ysselstreek                    45.20
50 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand           45.58
51 Jurag Sagan (Svk) Dukla Trencin                      47.08
52 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia              47.09
53 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges                  54.23
54 Yuli Haryanto (Ina) Customs Cycling                  55.19
55 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                   55.33
56 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                56.15
57 Morten Knudsen (Den) Faeso Denmark                 1.10.17
58 Wakumoto Masaki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag               1.10.58
 
Points classification
 
1 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan                                 43 pts
2 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam                            40
3 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                          37
4 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                     37
5 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges             26
6 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan                                 25
7 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem                 25
8 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand                           22
9 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark                       19
10 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem              19
11 Badr Mohammed Banihammead (UAE) United Arab Emirates    19
12 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines                      18
13 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines                      17
14 Ahad Sarai Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem                16
15 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia                           16
16 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges                     16
17 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti (Mas) Malaysia              14
18 Patnk Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin                         14
19 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand              14
20 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges            14
21 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Thailand                     13
22 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek                          12
23 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing                    12
24 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan                              11
25 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing                     10
26 Okan Bualoi (Tha) Thailand                              10
27 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia                9
28 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing                     9
29 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines                  9
30 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                    7
31 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia                  7
32 Soren Peterson (Den) Kuota Senges                        7
33 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Japan                         3
34 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling                       3
35 Natthapon Jeebthaworn (Tha) Thailand                     2
36 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines                        2
37 Panup Koonrungruangkit (Tha) Thailand                    1