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Jelajah Malaysia - 2.2
Malaysia, January 6-12, 2007
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Stage 6 - January 11: Ipoh - Kuala Kubu Bahru, 141.6 km
Manan, what a man!
By Jean-François Quénet in Kuala Kubu Baru
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Here's the sprinter that Malaysia was looking for since Le Tour de Langkawi was created in 1996, offering the participants a large proportion of bunch sprints to expose their cycling skills: Anuar Manan, only 20, has claimed his second stage win in the seven-day long Jelajah Malaysia after his first sensational sprint victory in Kota Bharu on Monday.
He also proved himself to be the best sprinter of the race when he took a few hot spot sprints on the way, therefore he's now leading the points competition and he needs only one more point to make sure runner up Harrif Salleh cannot strap it from him. "I think the green jersey is already mine", he said prior to the final criterium to be held in Putrajaya, the home of Malaysian government, on Friday.
"Today was another flat stage in which I had an advantage for trying to win again," Manan commented. "My team worked well to keep it together but the breakaway was hard to catch." In fact, five men stayed away for more than 50km; leader of the Malaysian rider classification Suhardi Hassan (Kuala Lumpur), Kazakh fighter Evgeni Yakovlev (Polygon Sweet Nice), stage 1 winner Makoto Iijima (Japan), Badr Bhanihammad (United Arab Emirates) and 42 year-old evergreen Nathan Dahlberg (Farso).
Having won the bunch sprint the day before with Wang Kam Po, the Hong Kong Pro Team took their responsibilities for catching the leading group. Then, not only Manan showed his explosivity in the finale again but he made it due to the support of his LeTua team. The new Malaysian continental team backed by entrepreneurs who call themselves "cycling enthusiasts" gave another sign for their well deserved late entry at Le Tour de Langkawi next month (February 2-11).
"We had studied the finish on a map," Manan explained. "I knew there were a few sharp turns before the line. I had to stay up front and avoid to be caught behind anybody." Wearing the green jersey, he was given a Crédit Agricole short by his staff for matching the colours on stage 6 while Suhardi is a regular in Française des Jeux outfits. Malaysian riders are big fans of French pro teams, so they'll have a lot to enjoy when Crédit Agricole, Française des Jeux, Ag2r and Bouygues Telecom will line up at Le Tour de Langkawi.
It'll be an attraction to see what Manan can do against the top pro sprinters. "It'll be my first time in such a big race," he said. I'm proud to do it with my team but I don't know yet where I stand with the big sprinters. I'm looking forward to giving [Langkawi] a shot." Manan is built like a pure sprinter and he must be more than a decent rider for winning at the end of another fast stage that finished ahead of fastest schedule – 17 minutes this time – at a respectable average speed of 45.58 km/h. Asian cycling is no walk in the park these days.
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- Another recognition for local sprinter Anuar Manan in Kuala Kubu Baru.
- Wang Kam Po, Anuar Manan, and Sergeï Kudentsov made up the top three for stage 6.
- Suhardi Hassan is a fan of Française des Jeux but is also Malaysia’s highest ranked rider on GC.
- The leaders of the different competitions are Ghader Mizbani (KOM), Mehdi Sohrabi (overall), Suhardi Hassan (local) and Anuar Manan (points).
Results
Results 141.6km 1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua 3.06.24 2 Kudentsov Sergey (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 3 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 4 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Farso Cycling 5 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice 6 Sayuti Mohd Zahit (Mas) Putrajaya 7 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu 8 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Benteng Muda Selangor 9 Haidar Ahmad (Mas) Team Le Tua 10 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 11 Parno (Ina) Indonesian National Team 12 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 13 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Japan National Team 14 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysian National Team 15 Firdaus Daud (Mas) Putrajaya 16 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 17 Thomas Just (Den) Team Farso Cycling 18 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 19 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 20 Ting Pong Lam (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports 21 Hossain Jahanbanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 22 Jared T Bunde (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 23 Hossein Ashkari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 24 Ahmed Alhanadsa (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team 25 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 26 Jamal Aldoseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 27 Ching Man Chung (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports 28 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 29 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesian National Team 30 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice 31 Fuad Daud (Mas) Putrajaya 32 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice 33 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 34 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 35 Najmee Wan Mohd (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 36 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesian National Team 37 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice 38 Chun Te Ching (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 39 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 40 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 41 Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Team Le Tua 42 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 43 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan National Team 44 Mohamad Anuar Mohamed Zam (Mas) Terengganu 45 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 46 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 47 Badr Bhanihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team 48 Khalid Shambih (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team 49 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 50 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso Cycling 51 Kurniawan Kurniawan (Ina) Pahang 52 Mohd Hafiz Rozli (Mas) Pahang 53 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 54 Safwan Sawai (Mas) Malaysian National Team 55 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Team Farso Cycling 56 Thomas Bencivengo (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 57 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 58 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 59 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 60 Aang Zuanda (Ina) Indonesian National Team 61 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 62 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Sommerville Sports 63 Iman Suparman (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 64 Radius Ginting (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 65 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysian National Team 66 Khairul Naim Azhar (Mas) Putrajaya 67 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 68 Raziff Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 69 Hamid Shiri (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 70 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 71 Yevgeniy Yakolev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice 72 Soren B Petersen (Den) Team Farso Cycling 73 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 74 Azizul Azli Shaari (Mas) Terengganu 75 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesian National Team 76 Md Asril A Rahman (Mas) Pahang 77 Wibowo Adi (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 78 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysian National Team 79 Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Team Le Tua 80 David Sommerville (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 81 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 82 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 83 Sazlee Ismail (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 84 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Japan National Team 85 Mohamad Faris Abd Razak (Mas) Malaysian National Team 86 Mohammad Partoui (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 87 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 2.55 88 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 0.00 89 Taufiq Muhamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor General classification after stage 6 1 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 17.16.59 2 Hossein Ashkari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.27 3 Thomas Just (Den) Team Farso Cycling 3.57 4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 4.05 5 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Team Farso Cycling 4.12 6 Hossain Jahanbanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 4.13 7 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.15 9 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan National Team 10 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice 11 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 4.21 12 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 4.37 13 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.41 14 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 6.26 15 Yevgeniy Yakolev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice 7.58 16 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice 8.12 17 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 8.13 18 Mohammad Partoui (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 19 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 8.16 20 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 21 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Farso Cycling 8.39 23 Safwan Sawai (Mas) Malaysian National Team 9.03 24 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Sommerville Sports 25 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice 9.27 26 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysian National Team 10.31 27 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan National Team 10.37 28 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 10.52 29 Jared T Bunde (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 10.59 30 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 11.20 31 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 13.01 32 Khalid Shambih (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team 13.04 33 Hamid Shiri (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 34 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice 35 Soren B Petersen (Den) Team Farso Cycling 13.15 36 Thomas Bencivengo (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 13.29 37 Parno (Ina) Indonesian National Team 15.04 38 Taufiq Muhamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 15.16 39 Wibowo Adi (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 15.18 40 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 16.14 41 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua 16.40 42 Kudentsov Sergey (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 16.55 43 Badr Bhanihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team 17.07 44 Chun Te Ching (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 17.12 45 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu 17.25 46 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 17.32 47 Ahmed Alhanadsa (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team 17.40 48 Radius Ginting (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 49 Ching Man Chung (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports 17.50 50 Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Team Le Tua 19.01 51 Sayuti Mohd Zahit (Mas) Putrajaya 19.14 52 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 53 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 20.09 54 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Benteng Muda Selangor 21.05 55 Raziff Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 21.13 56 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 57 Mohamad Faris Abd Razak (Mas) Malaysian National Team 58 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 21.22 59 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysian National Team 21.32 60 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 61 Azizul Azli Shaari (Mas) Terengganu 21.48 62 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia 22.25 63 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysian National Team 23.12 64 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 23.15 65 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 23.17 66 Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Team Le Tua 23.44 67 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 23.56 68 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Japan National Team 23.58 69 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso Cycling 25.23 70 Khairul Naim Azhar (Mas) Putrajaya 26.35 71 Kurniawan Kurniawan (Ina) Pahang 29.26 72 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team 30.12 73 Iman Suparman (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 30.14 74 Firdaus Daud (Mas) Putrajaya 33.57 75 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesian National Team 34.37 76 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 77 Md Asril A Rahman (Mas) Pahang 35.40 78 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesian National Team 36.39 79 Mohd Hafiz Rozli (Mas) Pahang 39.16 80 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Japan National Team 39.59 81 Sazlee Ismail (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 41.52 82 Haidar Ahmad (Mas) Team Le Tua 42.26 83 Jamal Aldoseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 42.28 84 Ting Pong Lam (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports 43.01 85 Najmee Wan Mohd (Mas) Kuala Lumpur 43.15 86 Mohamad Anuar Mohamed Zam (Mas) Terengganu 44.27 87 David Sommerville (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 44.30 88 Aang Zuanda (Ina) Indonesian National Team 44.40 89 Fuad Daud (Mas) Putrajaya 46.22 90 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesian National Team 47.53
