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13th Tour of South China Sea - 2.2
Hong Kong, December 14-21, 2008
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Stage 1 - December 14: Hong Kong circuit race, 80.5km
Photography
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Images by Charlie Issendorf
- The 2006 winner, Wu Kin Sun was looking good on the first stage
- The bunch rolled along with 10 laps to go despite a break up the road
- A four-rider break formed with two laps to go
- The speed increased as the laps remaining decreased and the field chased the break
- Malaysia's Akmal Amrun (MNCF Cycling) took the sprinter's jersey
- The Champion Systems Bici squad will be looking to assert itself
- Alberto Blanco (Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing)
- The Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing crew stuck together on stage 1
- The peloton chases hard in pursuit of the break
- American rider Brian B. Butts (Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing) stays safe in the pack
- The break of three went away early in the stage
- The sprint for the win was won by Ji Cheng
- The HSBC Hong Kong Team poses before the start
- Chinese rider Ji Cheng in the leading Chinese rider's jersey
- Ji Cheng (China National Team) was on top of GC after stage 1
- Ji Cheng won the stage in the centre of Hong Kong
- HSBC Hong Kong rider Kam Po Wong is an experienced contender
- Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing chases hard to try and get one of its boys up the front
- The peloton was strung out in what was a pretty quick stage
- Heading over one of the bridges in Hong Kong
- The field ramped up the velocity in pursuit of those ahead of it
- The SCAA crew is all smiles before the start
- Chau Dor Ming of the SCAA Cycling Team
- Ho Kum Tong (SCAA) looking good during the stage
- Several breakaways went during the 80km stage
- Riders come through to do their turn at the front
- The various winners of categories during the first stage
- Former track world champ, Kam Po Wong kept out of trouble during day one
Images by Eva Ng
- The stage 1 podium.
- The peloton passes through Shatin which is the base of the HSBC Hong Kong team.
- The tour departs from Hong Kong.
Results
1 Cheng Ji (Chn) China National Team 1.54.52 2 King Wai Cheung (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 3 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 4 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 5 Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 0.11 6 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Team Sports Club Macau 7 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 8 Michael M. Fitzgerald (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 9 Christian Eminger (Aut) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 10 Alberto Blanco (USA) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 11 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China PLA 12 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong 13 Brian B. Butts (USA) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 14 Sergio Ruas (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 15 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Team Sports Club Macau 16 Harrif Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 17 Nelson Sousa (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 18 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 19 Bradeley B Hall (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 20 Chi Sek Chui (HKg) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 21 Vladimir Estevez (Dom) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 22 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 23 Jiajie Yang (Chn) Guangdong 24 Ericson Obosa (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 25 Long Jin (Chn) China National Team 26 Kam Po Wong (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 27 Kin San Wu (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 28 Lei Sun (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 29 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) SCAA 30 Yue Tu (Chn) China PLA 31 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Team Sports Club Macau 32 Bo Liu (Chn) China PLA 33 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 34 Chadc Butts (USA) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 35 Ting Pong Lam (HKg) Champion System Bici 36 Fábiogh Palma (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 37 Amiri Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 38 Kenanjkl Li (Chn) Guangdong 39 Shing Lammno Ip (HKg) Champion System Bici 40 Chun Woh Cheung (HKg) SCAA 41 Shuaijunrst Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 42 Fábiou Ferreira (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 43 Mohd Firdausv Daud (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 44 Deanw Gathercole (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 45 Gavrielx Epstein (Can) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 46 Micaelxz Isidoro (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 47 Naotox Ise (Jpn) Team Sports Club Macau 48 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Japan National Team 49 Chi Yin Kenji Leung (HKg) Team Sports Club Macau 50 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 51 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 52 Kai Lam See (HKg) SCAA 53 Siu Jun Chiu (HKg) SCAA 54 Emelito Atilano (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 55 Xiaoling Yuan (Chn) Guangdong 56 Zeyong Yuan (Chn) China PLA 57 Zhong Yuan (Chn) Champion System Bici 58 Renato Sambrano (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 59 Tsz Hing Keung (HKg) Colossi - CMS Team 60 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 61 King Man Tsui (HKg) Colossi - CMS Team 62 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Bici 63 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 64 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 65 Peng Liu (Chn) China PLA 66 Matthew Dec (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 67 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Team Sports Club Macau 68 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 69 Mohd Fadhli Fauzi (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 70 Shusaku Matsuo (Jpn) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 71 Kai Fong Ho MAC Macau-Beijing Selection 72 Elliott Wells (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 73 Yuet Shan Chung (HKg) SCAA 74 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team 75 Kazuhiron Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team 76 Wing Kit Tang (HKg) Champion System Bici 77 Kenjix Itami (Jpn) Japan National Team 78 Jazy Garcia (Gum) Jazysports-Beacon 79 Long Yin (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 80 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Japan National Team 81 Hui Zhang (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 82 Kin Chung Wong (HKg) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 83 David Jansen (Swi) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 84 Yue Qi (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 2.01 85 Hairong Deng (Chn) Colossi - CMS Team 2.40 86 Yi He (Chn) Colossi - CMS Team 0.11 87 Jan Adriaan Kole (NZl) Colossi - CMS Team 2.40 88 Xiaoquan Hui (Chn) Champion System Bici 89 Zhenchaom Ye (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 90 Henry Morley (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 0.11 91 Ching Hei Kwan (HKg) Colossi - CMS Team 16.06 92 Yongsheng Yan (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 22.49 92 Shijie Yu (Chn) China PLA 94 Kam Tung Ho (HKg) SCAA 1.23.16 Teams 1 HSBC Hong Kong Team 5.44.47 2 China National Team 0.11 3 Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 4 Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 0.22 5 Team Sports Club Macau 6 MNCF Cycling Team 7 Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 8 City of Perth Cycling Team 9 China PLA 10 Guangdong 11 SCAA 12 Jazysports-Beacon 13 Japan National Team 14 Champion System Bici 15 Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 16 Macau-Beijing Selection 17 Colossi - CMS Team General classification after stage 1 1 Cheng Ji (Chn) China National Team 1.54.52 2 King Wai Cheung (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 3 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 4 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 5 Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 0.11 6 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Team Sports Club Macau 7 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 8 Michael M. Fitzgerald (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 9 Christian Eminger (Aut) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 10 Alberto Blanco (USA) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 11 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China PLA 12 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong 13 Brian B. Butts (USA) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 14 Sergio Ruas (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 15 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Team Sports Club Macau 16 Harrif Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 17 Nelson Sousa (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 18 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 19 Bradeley B Hall (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 20 Chi Sek Chui (HKg) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 21 Vladimir Estevez (Dom) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 22 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 23 Jiajie Yang (Chn) Guangdong 24 Ericson Obosa (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 25 Long Jin (Chn) China National Team 26 Kam Po Wong (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 27 Kin San Wu (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 28 Lei Sun (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 29 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) SCAA 30 Yue Tu (Chn) China PLA 31 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Team Sports Club Macau 32 Bo Liu (Chn) China PLA 33 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 34 Chadc Butts (USA) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 35 Ting Pong Lam (HKg) Champion System Bici 36 Fábiogh Palma (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 37 Amiri Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 38 Kenanjkl Li (Chn) Guangdong 39 Shing Lammno Ip (HKg) Champion System Bici 40 Chun Woh Cheung (HKg) SCAA 41 Shuaijunrst Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 42 Fábiou Ferreira (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 43 Mohd Firdausv Daud (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 44 Deanw Gathercole (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 45 Gavrielx Epstein (Can) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 46 Micaelxz Isidoro (Por) Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 47 Naotox Ise (Jpn) Team Sports Club Macau 48 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Japan National Team 49 Chi Yin Kenji Leung (HKg) Team Sports Club Macau 50 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 51 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 52 Kai Lam See (HKg) SCAA 53 Siu Jun Chiu (HKg) SCAA 54 Emelito Atilano (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 55 Xiaoling Yuan (Chn) Guangdong 56 Zeyong Yuan (Chn) China PLA 57 Zhong Yuan (Chn) Champion System Bici 58 Renato Sambrano (Phi) Jazysports-Beacon 59 Tsz Hing Keung (HKg) Colossi - CMS Team 60 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 61 King Man Tsui (HKg) Colossi - CMS Team 62 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Bici 63 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 64 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 65 Peng Liu (Chn) China PLA 66 Matthew Dec (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 67 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Team Sports Club Macau 68 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 69 Mohd Fadhli Fauzi (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 70 Shusaku Matsuo (Jpn) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 71 Kai Fong Ho MAC Macau-Beijing Selection 72 Elliott Wells (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 73 Yuet Shan Chung (HKg) SCAA 74 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team 75 Kazuhiron Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team 76 Wing Kit Tang (HKg) Champion System Bici 77 Kenjix Itami (Jpn) Japan National Team 78 Jazy Garcia (Gum) Jazysports-Beacon 79 Long Yin (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 80 Yoshiaki Shimada (Jpn) Japan National Team 81 Hui Zhang (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 82 Kin Chung Wong (HKg) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 83 David Jansen (Swi) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 84 Yue Qi (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 2.01 85 Hairong Deng (Chn) Colossi - CMS Team 2.40 86 Yi He (Chn) Colossi - CMS Team 0.11 87 Jan Adriaan Kole (NZl) Colossi - CMS Team 2.40 88 Xiaoquan Hui (Chn) Champion System Bici 89 Zhenchaom Ye (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 90 Henry Morley (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 0.11 91 Ching Hei Kwan (HKg) Colossi - CMS Team 16.06 92 Yongsheng Yan (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 22.49 92 Shijie Yu (Chn) China PLA 94 Kam Tung Ho (HKg) SCAA 1.23.16 Sprint classification 1 Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 21 pts 2 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong HSS Shanghai Sports Institute 13 3 King Wai Cheung (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 13 4 Cheng Ji (Chn) China National Team 12 5 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) HSBC HK Pro Cycling 8 6 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Team Sports Club Macau 6 7 Harrif Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 6 8 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 4 9 Michael M. Fitzgerald (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 4 10 Long Jin (Chn) China National Team 3 11 Christian Eminger (Aut) Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 2 12 Alberto Blanco (USA) Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 1 13 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Team Sports Club Macau 1 Teams classification 1 HSBC Hong Kong Team 5.44.47 2 China National Team 0.11 3 Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 4 Kraftgenie Cycling / Champion System Racing 0.22 5 Team Sports Club Macau 6 MNCF Cycling Team 7 Casa de Portugal de Macau-Crédito Agrícola 8 City of Perth Cycling Team 9 China PLA 10 Guangdong 11 SCAA 12 Jazysports-Beacon 13 Japan National Team 14 Champion System Bici 15 Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas 16 Macau-Beijing Selection 17 Colossi - CMS Team
