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Tour of Siam - 2.2Thailand, January 20-25, 2007Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 2 - January 21: Kanchanaburi – Sri Nakharindra Dam, 160.1 kmFukushima in yellow after a day-long breakawayBy Laszlo Szilasi in Sri Nakharindra Dam Strong Japanese rider Koji Fukushima (Team Nippo Meitan) won Tour of Siam's second stage, a 160 km's run from Kanchanaburi to Si Nakharondra Dam, which is one of the most important national parks in Thailand. When crossing the finish line this very emphatic and emotional Asian rider used the traditional Thai greetings, a gesture of paying respect to the local fans called WAI. Fukushima spent most of the day in a break with an Australian rider before going off the front alone 25 km from the finish. The Japanese rider won the stage comfortably ahead of Askari Hossein (Giant Asia) who broke free from the main bunch on the last hill. Asian Games gold medallist Wong Kam Po (Hong Kong) led the peloton home, 49 seconds behind the stage winner. The victory is Fukushima's first of the season and will see him wear the yellow jersey on tomorrow's third stage. How it unfoldedThe second stage of this year's Tour of Siam started from Kanchanaburi, in front of the city pillar shrine, not far from the world famous bridge over the Kwae River. The weather conditions were similar to that of the first stage, hot at around 33 degrees. The race started again with lot of attacks and after 20 kilometres a seven-strong group formed off the front, including three riders of the Japanese Nippo team. They never maintained a big lead, but worked fairly good together. As the race started to reach the mountains, the front group blew apart and the peloton began catching them again. Only two of the break managed to stay in the front, stage winner Fukushima and Giant Asia rider Jai Crawford. The peloton seemed to be satisfied catching five from the original seven-man break, and so the duo on the front started to extend their lead. Today's first King of the Mountains was 87 kilometres into the stage and taken out by Crawford with the peloton a further four-minutes behind. After a fast descent it was a U-turn for the riders and they have to climb the same mountain from the opposite side. Fukushima decided to attack 25 kilometres from the finish, leaving his breakaway mate alone. The Nippo rider was a bit unlucky, puncturing right after his attack, but had a quick wheel change and was on his way again. He caught Crawford again quickly and attacked immediately. The Japanese rider was successful, and rode most of the last 20 kilometres alone, with the peloton still some three minutes behind him. Fukushima lost a lot of his lead on the three kilometre long ascent to the finish line, but held on and to take a well deserved stage win, one minute ahead of the peloton. After the race Fukushima, who spent most of the day off the front, answered questions of the race presenters in the local Thai language before going onto sign autographs for local children. "Today is a very nice day for me. I didn't planned a so long attack, because after yesterday stage I felt very tired," explained Fukushima, who learnt Thai while training in the country's Northern regions. "We work very well together with the Giant Asia rider, he was very good up on the hills. At the final phase I still had to attack him, because I saw he ran out of energy. I won this race before and would like to keep the yellow jersey as long as possible. The last months I spent in a training camp with my teammates around Chiang Rai, the life is much cheaper in Thailand compared to Japan and the environment is very good, that's why we like train here. " Australia's second placed Crawford was also pleased with the outcome of today's stage. "It was a good day, Fukushima and I worked well together in the break," he explained. "On the climbs I felt very well, but I was too tired in the last 25 km. Yesterday I arrived in 13th place so I'm not too far behind in the GC. Tomorrow is a flat stage so I will try to recover well, because Stage 4 has some mountaians again, which is in flavour for my team." The race continues tomorrow with a 133km-long stage which features moderately hilly sections. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Laszlo Szilasi/www.velo.hu
Results1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 4.05.32 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant A.R.T 0.27 3 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 0.49 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 5 Thiijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 6 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant A.R.T 7 Brad Hall (Aus) City of Perth 8 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Altipower 9 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice 10 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstand Horsens 11 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 13 Hai Jun Ma (Chn) Qinghai Team 14 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 15 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 16 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant A.R.T 0.57 17 Vyascheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice 0.58 18 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University 1.08 19 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstand Horsens 20 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.19 21 Jamsran Ulzil-Orshikh (Mgl) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 1.36 22 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 1.48 23 Ford Will (Aus) Australian National Track Endurance 1.51 24 Xing Yan Dong (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 25 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant A.R.T 2.01 26 Thanawat Samana (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 2.03 27 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Azad University 28 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Sommerville Sports 2.05 29 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 2.07 30 Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports 2.11 31 Jakkapong Supannapong (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 32 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 33 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 34 Thomas Benicvengo (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 35 Puchong Saiudomsil (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 36 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Sin Kit Paiboon Lohakarn Royal Sky 37 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 38 Abbas Saeiditanha (Irn) Azad University 39 Radius Ginting (Ina) Benteng Muda Tangerang 40 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice 2.17 41 Junaidi Bin Hashim (Sin) Singapore National Team 42 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 2.25 43 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam 2.33 44 Hilton Mc.Murdo (Aus) City of Perth 45 Rosdi Mdnor Umardi (Mas) Le Tua 46 Mehdi Faridikoevj (Irn) Azad University 47 Saree Ruangsiri (Tha) Royal Thai Navy 2.43 48 Montri Chompuviset (Tha) Royal Thai Air Force 2.46 49 Biao Liu (Chn) Qinghai Team 50 Abdullah Riza Pahlani (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice 2.50 51 Nutthapon Cheepthaworn (Tha) Sin Kit Paiboon Lohakarn Royal Sky 52 Iman Suparman (Ina) Benteng Muda Tangerang 53 Manan Anuar (Mas) Le Tua 2.55 54 Ekachai Tawonlumlerd (Tha) Royal Thai Air Force 55 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Sin Kit Paiboon Lohakarn Royal Sky 56 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.05 57 Zainal Mdnor Rizuan (Mas) Le Tua 58 Muhammad Toufiq (Ina) Benteng Muda Tangerang 59 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Altipower 60 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 61 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 62 S. Mostafa S. Rezaei. (Irn) Azad University 63 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice 3.18 64 Rudy Vriend (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam 3.40 65 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Benteng Muda Tangerang 3.49 66 Jared Bunde (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 67 Phillip Thauax (Aus) Australian National Track Endurance 4.59 68 Sander Lormans (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam 69 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Altipower 5.47 70 Haidar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua 6.02 71 Rune Udby (Den) Glud & Marstand Horsens 6.16 72 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Altipower 73 Ryan Connor (Irl) Giant A.R.T 11.50 74 Peter Dawson (Aus) Australian National Track Endurance 75 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Australian National Track Endurance 76 Kurniawan (Ina) Benteng Muda Tangerang 15.58 77 A. Rahman Md Asril (Mas) Le Tua 78 Steve Mouritze (Aus) City of Perth 16.52 79 Darren Harry (Aus) City of Perth 17.19 80 Wen Jun Daniel Loy (Sin) Singapore National Team 17.22 81 Jirawat Sinthupoon (Tha) Royal Thai Police 82 Mark Pederson (Aus) City of Perth 18.50 83 Cor Van Leeuwen (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam 84 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) Australian National Track Endurance 85 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 86 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Altipower 87 Pinkeaw Pornthep (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 19.18 88 Jatupoom Lakawata (Tha) Royal Thai Army 19.28 89 Jirod Wisuhiran (Tha) Sin Kit Paiboon Lohakarn Royal Sky 20.03 90 Jittipong Tongkumnueng (Tha) Royal Thai Air Force 33.39 91 Michael Berling (Den) Glud & Marstand Horsens 92 Nicolaj Olesen (Den) Glud & Marstand Horsens 93 Chek Piew Larry Boo (Sin) Singapore National Team 34.22 94 Yuan Hui Melvin Kow (Sin) Singapore National Team 95 Kui Song (Chn) Qinghai Team 41.11 96 Sheng Jun Wu (Chn) Qinghai Team 41.37 97 Mohamed Fadzil Bin Hayof (Sin) Singapore National Team 41.56 98 Sumet Sorrasak (Tha) Royal Thai Navy 42.54 99 Menno De Boer (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam 45.22 100 David Sommerville (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports 46.07 DNF Panupun Koonruengreangkig (Tha) Royal Thai Air Force DNF Yuttaporn Hintao (Tha) Royal Thai Navy Sprint 1 1 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant A.R.T 5 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 3 3 Rune Udby (Den) Glud & Marstand Horsens 1 KOM 1 - Kang Kaeb Forest EPU - cat 1 1 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant A.R.T 7 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 5 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant A.R.T 3 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant A.R.T 2 5 Hai Jun Ma (Chn) Qinghai Team 1 KOM 2 - Kang Kaeb Forest EPU - cat 2 1 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant A.R.T 5 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo Meitan 3 3 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstand Horsens 2 4 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Azad University 1 Asian Riders 1 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 4.06.21 2 Thanawat Samana (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 2.03 3 Jakkapong Supannapong (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 2.11 4 Puchong Saiudomsil (Tha) Siam Bara Cycling Team 5 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Sin Kit Paiboon Lohakarn Royal Sky Teams |
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