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Tour de Taiwan - 2.2
Taiwan, March 18-24, 2007
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Stage 1 - March 18: Kaohsiung Criterium, 88 km
Photography
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- Riders fly by a local 7 Eleven on the opening criterium.
- Specators took to any vantage point they could find to watch the race.
- Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) negotiates a corner on the 88 kilometre criterium.
- The peloton pushed hard but finished 19 seconds behind the winner.
- American Shawn Milne (Health Net Presented By Maxxis) takes an easy victory in Taiwan's opening stage.
- Australia's Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) poses following his third place.
- Milne relaxed with a Health Net teammate after taking victory in the 88 kilometre criterium.
- Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) takes third ahead of Hossein Askari (Giant Asia Racing Team) who took the Asian Rider's jersey in February's Tour de Langkawi.
Results
1 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.57.21 (44.99 km/h) 2 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team PZ Racing 0.11 3 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 4 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 0.19 6 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche 7 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 8 Andreas Mayr (Ger) Merida Europe Team 9 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa 10 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 11 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 12 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 13 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 14 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 15 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 16 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 17 Md. Zamri Saller (Mas) Malaysian National Team 18 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 19 Fan-Hsin Chu (Tpe) e-MA Team 20 Christophe Masson (Fra) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 21 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysian National Team 22 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 23 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Thai National Team 24 Kim Young Sik (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 25 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 26 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 27 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 28 Akira Sumot (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD 29 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 30 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team 31 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 32 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 33 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 34 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 35 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 36 Christian Gertz (Ger) Team PZ Racing 37 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 39 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 40 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team 41 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD 42 Yeon Je Sung (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 43 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Team Okinawa 44 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 45 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa 46 Juergen Kotulla (Ger) Merida Europe Team 47 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 48 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 49 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 50 Steffen Greger (Ger) Merida Europe Team 51 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 52 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 53 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 54 Ho Van Phuc (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 55 Ahmad Luffi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team 56 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Thai National Team 57 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 58 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team 59 Kazuyuki Matsunaga (Jpn) Team Okinawa 60 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team 61 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 62 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 63 Razak Moho Faris A. (Mas) Malaysian National Team 64 Peter Schmid (Ger) Merida Europe Team 65 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 66 Benjamin Diemer (Ger) Merida Europe Team 67 Dang Trung Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 68 Jatupoom Lekawat (Tha) Thai National Team 69 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) Thai National Team 70 Chris Lintaman (Can) Team PZ Racing 71 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 72 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 73 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 74 Christian Knorr (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 75 Julian Rammler (Ger) Team PZ Racing 76 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 77 Stephan Janiel (Ger) Team PZ Racing 78 Ho-Ting Kwok (HKg) e-MA Team 79 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 80 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 81 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 82 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 83 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 84 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Team 85 Do Tuan Anh (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 86 Le Van Duan (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 87 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 88 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 89 Chi Sheng Huang (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 90 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team 91 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 92 Kouya Tanaka (Jpn) Team Okinawa 5.44 93 Daniel Thorsen (Aus) Drapac Porsche 17.57 DNF Yoon Hyun Jun (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling
