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Tour de Taiwan - 2.2
Taiwan, March 18-24, 2007
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Stage 4 - March 21: Chang Hua - Baguashan, 117.4 km
Blustery day causes havoc on GC
Riders were greeted with strong winds at the start of stage four in Chang Hua, and with a long climb with 23km to go followed by a short uphill finish, the day would see a big re-shuffling in the general classification. Hong Kong rider Wong Kam Po lead a ten man breakaway after the first intermediate sprint, but the Drapac Porsche team brought things back together, and then launched Robert McLachlan on the attack, but the bunch all came together in advance of the 5 km in 6% climb.
On the climb, Darren Lapthorne(Team Drapac Porsche) attacked and gained a 20 second lead, and was chased by a six-man group including Frank Pipp (Team Health Net P/S Maxxis). With yellow jersey Dean Windsor in the second group, and losing time, Pipp drove the break of Darren Lapthorne (Team Drapac Porsche), Shawn Milne (Team Health Net / Maxxis), Morten Knudsen (Continental Cycling Team Differdange), Jai Crawford, Ghader Mizbani and Hossein Askari (Team Giant Asia) to open up more than a minute to the yellow jersey. The best Asian rider of Le Tour De Langkawi, Ghader Mizbani, attacked on last 500 meter climb took the stage win, while Frank Pipp rode his way into the yellow jersey in fourth place. Shawn Milne kept the green sprint jersey, while local rider Wang Yin-Chih became the best local rider with his tenth place finish.
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- Despite losing the yellow jersey Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) holds second place on general classification.
- Frank Pipp (Health Net Presented By Maxxis) had someone watching over him on today's stage.
- Fourth place was all Health Net's Frank Pipp needed to take the general classification lead today.
- Germany's Juergen Kotulla (Merida Europe Team).
- The peloton rolls through Baguashan.
- Australia's Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) holds fifth place.
- America's Frank Pipp ensured the yellow leader's jersey found its way back to the Health Net Presented By Maxxis team.
- Drapac Porsche's Dean Windsor only held the yellow jersey for one stage.
- Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong Team) attacks on Stage 4.
- There was no time to stop and smell the flowers on today's 117.4 km stage.
- An intermediate sprint victory was the highlight of Drapac-Porsche's day.
- He may not have held the GC lead for long but Shawn Milne (Health Net Presented By Maxxis) now heads the points classification.
- Ghader Mizbani (Giant Asia Racing Team) remains an outside chance for the Asian rider classification.
- Iran's Ghader Mizbani (Giant Asia Racing Team) continued his strong season in Taiwan with a stage victory.
- Taiwan's Yin-Chih Wang (e-MA Team) leads the local rider classification.
Results
1 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 2.41.25 (43.63 km/h) 2 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.05 3 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 0.07 4 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 0.08 5 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.10 6 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 0.12 7 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.03 8 Steffen Greger (Ger) Merida Europe Team 1.13 9 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.15 10 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team 11 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 12 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 1.18 13 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1.21 14 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 1.26 15 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 16 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.27 17 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.30 18 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team 1.34 19 Christophe Masson (Fra) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1.35 20 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1.43 21 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.44 22 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 2.11 23 Ho-Ting Kwok (HKg) e-MA Team 2.31 25 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa 2.34 26 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 3.17 27 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 3.22 28 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 3.23 29 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team PZ Racing 3.24 30 Le Van Duan (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 3.26 31 Kim Young Sik (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 3.27 32 Razak Moho Faris A. (Mas) Malaysian National Team 3.29 33 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysian National Team 3.33 34 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Thai National Team 3.34 35 Peter Schmid (Ger) Merida Europe Team 3.35 36 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 37 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 3.36 38 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 3.39 39 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 3.40 40 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Thai National Team 3.41 41 Julian Rammler (Ger) Team PZ Racing 42 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 3.42 43 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 44 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 3.43 45 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa 3.44 46 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Team Okinawa 3.45 47 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 48 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) Thai National Team 3.46 49 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 3.49 50 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 4.08 51 Ahmad Luffi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team 4.15 52 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 4.26 53 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4.29 54 Andreas Mayr (Ger) Merida Europe Team 55 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 4.33 56 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 4.49 57 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 4.50 58 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 5.00 59 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 5.07 60 Md. Zamri Saller (Mas) Malaysian National Team 5.10 61 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 5.21 62 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD 5.24 63 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 5.35 64 Yeon Je Sung (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 6.57 65 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 7.23 66 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team 7.29 67 Christian Knorr (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 68 Chris Lintaman (Can) Team PZ Racing 7.30 69 Daniel Thorsen (Aus) Drapac Porsche 7.44 70 Benjamin Diemer (Ger) Merida Europe Team 7.46 71 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7.56 72 Juergen Kotulla (Ger) Merida Europe Team 73 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team 8.04 74 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 8.12 75 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 76 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 9.40 77 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 9.48 HD Christian Gertz (Ger) Team PZ Racing HD Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team HD Do Tuan Anh (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team HD Jatupoom Lekawat (Tha) Thai National Team DNF Kazuyuki Matsunaga (Jpn) Team Okinawa DNF Kouya Tanaka (Jpn) Team Okinawa DNF Chi Sheng Huang (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team DNF Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team General classification after stage four 1 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.41.33 2 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 1.12 3 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 1.32 4 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.57 5 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 2.01 6 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 2.25 7 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 3.19 8 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 9 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 3.21 10 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 3.22 11 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche 3.36 12 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 3.58 13 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team 4.43 14 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 4.44 15 Christophe Masson (Fra) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 5.02 16 Andreas Mayr (Ger) Merida Europe Team 5.14 17 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 5.27 18 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 5.37 19 Steffen Greger (Ger) Merida Europe Team 5.52 20 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team 5.56 21 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 6.07 23 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 6.16 24 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 6.29 25 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 6.47 26 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa 6.53 27 Ho-Ting Kwok (HKg) e-MA Team 7.12 28 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa 7.13 29 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7.34 30 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team PZ Racing 7.47 31 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 8.03 32 Razak Moho Faris A. (Mas) Malaysian National Team 8.10 33 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysian National Team 8.14 34 Peter Schmid (Ger) Merida Europe Team 8.16 35 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 8.17 36 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.20 37 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 8.21 38 Julian Rammler (Ger) Team PZ Racing 8.22 39 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 8.23 40 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 41 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Team Okinawa 8.26 42 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 43 Le Van Duan (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 8.46 44 Kim Young Sik (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 8.47 45 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Thai National Team 8.54 46 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Thai National Team 9.01 47 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 9.03 48 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) Thai National Team 9.06 49 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 9.07 50 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 9.09 51 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 9.10 52 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 9.14 53 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 9.41 54 Md. Zamri Saller (Mas) Malaysian National Team 9.51 55 Christian Knorr (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 9.54 56 Ahmad Luffi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team 9.55 57 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 10.04 58 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 10.09 59 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 10.16 60 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 10.27 61 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 10.43 62 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD 10.44 63 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 11.15 64 Yeon Je Sung (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 11.38 65 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team 12.10 66 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 12.26 67 Juergen Kotulla (Ger) Merida Europe Team 12.37 68 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 12.43 69 Benjamin Diemer (Ger) Merida Europe Team 13.06 70 Chris Lintaman (Can) Team PZ Racing 13.20 71 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 13.41 72 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 13.57 73 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team 14.35 74 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 15.00 75 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 15.53 76 Daniel Thorsen (Aus) Drapac Porsche 22.58 77 Do Tuan Anh (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 49.07 78 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team 49.45 79 Jatupoom Lekawat (Tha) Thai National Team 49.52 80 Christian Gertz (Ger) Team PZ Racing 51.07 Team classification 1 Drapac Porsche 30.21.25 2 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1.38 3 Giant Asia Racing Team 4.11 4 Continental Cycling Team Differdange 5.08 5 Hong Kong Team 9.14 6 Uijeongbu City Cycling 10.56 7 Aisan Racing Team 11.58 8 Merida Europe Team 13.26 9 Polygon Sweet Nice Team 14.49 10 Team Okinawa 16.36 11 Thai National Team 16.40 12 e-MA Team 19.17 13 Malaysian National Team 19.39 14 Taiwan Kinan CCD 20.02 15 Team Skil-Shimano 20.47 16 Chinese Taipei CKT 22.45 17 Taichung County Cycling Team 22.59 18 Team PZ Racing 23.38 19 Vietnam National Road Team 58.39 Points classification 1 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 48 pts 2 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 40 3 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche 38 4 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche 30 5 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 29 6 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 28 7 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 28 8 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche 27 9 Andreas Mayr (Ger) Merida Europe Team 26 10 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 21 11 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team PZ Racing 21 12 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 18 13 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 16 14 Christian Knorr (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 16 15 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 15 16 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 17 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 13 18 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 13 19 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 13 20 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 12 21 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team 12 22 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 11 23 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa 10 24 Steffen Greger (Ger) Merida Europe Team 10 25 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa 10 26 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 9 27 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 7 28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 7 29 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 7 30 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team 6 31 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 6 32 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 6 33 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 5 34 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 5 35 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche 3 36 Christophe Masson (Fra) Continental Cycling Team Differdange 1 37 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 1 38 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 1 Asian rider classification 1 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 10.06.40 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.57 3 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 3.19 4 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 3.22 6 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 3.58 7 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team 4.43 8 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 5.27 9 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team 5.56 10 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 6.16 11 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 6.29 12 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 6.47 13 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa 6.53 14 Ho-Ting Kwok (HKg) e-MA Team 7.12 15 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa 7.13 16 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 8.03 17 Razak Moho Faris A. (Mas) Malaysian National Team 8.10 18 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysian National Team 8.14 19 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 8.17 20 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.20 21 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 8.21 22 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 8.23 23 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 24 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Team Okinawa 8.26 25 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 26 Le Van Duan (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 8.46 27 Kim Young Sik (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 8.47 28 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Thai National Team 8.54 29 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Thai National Team 9.01 30 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 9.03 31 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) Thai National Team 9.06 32 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 9.09 33 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 9.10 34 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 9.14 35 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 9.41 36 Md. Zamri Saller (Mas) Malaysian National Team 9.51 37 Ahmad Luffi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team 9.55 38 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano 10.04 39 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 10.09 40 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 10.16 41 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 10.27 42 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team 10.43 43 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD 10.44 44 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 11.15 45 Yeon Je Sung (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling 11.38 46 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team 12.10 47 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 12.43 48 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 13.41 49 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team 14.35 50 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 15.00 51 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 15.53 52 Do Tuan Anh (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team 49.07 53 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team 49.45 54 Jatupoom Lekawat (Tha) Thai National Team 49.52 Local rider classification 1 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team 10.11.04 2 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 6.16 3 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 8.03 4 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.20 5 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 8.21 6 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD 9.03 7 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 10.09 8 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 10.16 9 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 10.27 10 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 11.15 11 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team 12.10 12 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team 12.43 13 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 15.00 14 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT 15.53 15 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team 49.45
