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Jelajah Malaysia - 2.2Malaysia, January 7-13, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 2 - January 8: Seremban - Melaka, 136.2 KmFast man Anuar Manan makes Malaysia proudBy Jean-François Quénet in Malacca Although Malaysia is still waiting for their first stage win at their hors catégorie event Le Tour de Langkawi, which will take place for the 13th time in February (9-17) this year, the country might have found the right guy for the job in the person of Anuar Manan who is only 21 years old and has become a regular winner in 2.2 Asian races. After concluding his 2007 season with a stage win in the 2.1 Tour of Hainan in China in November, he started the new year the same way by claiming the bunch sprint victory in stage two of the Jelajah Malaysia finishing in Malacca. Since he won two stages in the same event one year ago, he has become the most popular cyclist in Malaysia. Fortunately, the young man from Terengganu doesn't get too much emotion from the huge media attention that makes Malaysia a true cycling country by now. He remains focused on his sprinting. "I won because of the team's hard work," explained the LeTua fast-man. "My team-mates have helped me tremendously, mostly in the last 30 kilometres. From 15 to three kilomteresto go, [Japan national team's captain Makoto] Iijima was still away but we let him hang there as much as possible. After we caught him, the speed became higher and I found myself a little bit behind. I asked my team-mates to bring me back to the front, which they did until the tight right hand turn 300 metres from the finishing line." Banking on two goals, Manan intends to maintain his lead in the points competition, which includes only the hot spot sprints, and equalize his score of stage wins last year. He's got another three flat stages for doubling up and work on his condition for entering Le Tour de Langkawi with a maximum of confidence next month. Fuyu Li (Trek Marco Polo Team) continues to lead the overall classification after yesterday's stage one win. How it unfoldedIt was again a fast start at the Jelajah Malaysia with a hot spot sprint after 23 kilometres where Jasmin Ruslan (Malaysia Continental Team) was happy to anticipate the sprinters. Without much of a surprise, the wearer of the blue jersey Anuar Manan comforted his lead in the points competition with a second place. His LeTua team rode for him to win the second sprint of the day at km 70 just after catching Yusuke Hatanaka (Skil-Shimano), Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Polygon Sweet Nice), Kohei Uchima (Japan national team) and Lex Nederlof (Putrajaya). On both occasion Manan's team-mate Sayuti Zahit avoided other riders to score points and climbed up to second place in that classification. After half way into the race, five riders broke clear: Ken Onodera (Trek-Marco Polo), Mehdi Sohrabi (Azad), Makoto Iijima (Japan national team), Maruli Fajar Mulia (Indonesia Customs) and Taufik Mohamad (Benteng Muda Selangor). They were later rejoined by another five riders: Budi Santoso and Herwin Jaya (Polygon Sweet Nice), Hannes Blank (Differdange-Apiflo), Rauf Nor Misbah (Malaysia national team) and Putro Bayu Sartrios (Benteng Muda Selangor). It brought five Indonesians in the leading group of ten cyclists! Since defending champion Sohrabi and Iijima were standing only 1'17" down on Li Fuyu on GC, Trek-Marco Polo was keen to lead the chase. LeTua finished the job as Iijima was the last man to be caught with three kilometres to go and the battle between these two teams ended in a bunch sprint victory for the Malaysian outfit, with Manan preceding Sergey Kudentsov from Russia. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Rosli
Images by Jelajah Malaysia/www.jelajah.com.my
Results1 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 3.07.55 (44.54km/h) 2 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek Marco Polo Team 3 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 4 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 5 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 7 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 8 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Putrajaya Cycling Team 11 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MCF Continental Team 12 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 13 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 14 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil Shimano 15 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 16 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 17 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 18 Patria Rastra (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 19 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 20 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 21 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 22 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 23 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil Shimano 24 Taha Sayed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 25 Ali Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 26 Lars Pria (Rom) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 27 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 28 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 29 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 30 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 31 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 32 Jamal Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 33 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Malaysia National Team 34 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 35 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 36 Syaifullah Mohammad (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 37 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 38 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 39 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 40 Mansoor Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 41 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 42 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Team Farso 43 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 44 Ageel Abdulameer Thamer (Brn) Bahrain National Team 45 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 46 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 47 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 48 Cyrille Heymanns (Lux) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 49 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 50 Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 51 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 52 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 53 Mohamad Amin Amiruddin (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 54 Jacob Lea (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 55 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team 56 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 57 Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Team Farso 58 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 59 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 60 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 61 Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 62 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team 63 Danny Feng (Sin) Putrajaya Cycling Team 64 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 65 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 66 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 67 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) MCF Continental Team 68 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 69 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MCF Continental Team 70 Mehdi Partovi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 71 Christian Rocha (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 72 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 73 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 74 Biyazid Reduan Reduan (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 75 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 76 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 77 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 78 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 79 Soren Peterson (Den) Team Farso 80 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team 81 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 82 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 83 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 84 Yilin Liu (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 85 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 86 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 87 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 88 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 89 Arehan Ryan (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 90 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 91 Thys Poelstra (Ned) Team Farso 92 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 93 Abbas Saeditanha (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 94 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 95 Ahmad Falanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 96 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 97 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 98 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso 99 S Putro Bayu Satrios (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 100 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 101 Razif Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 102 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 103 Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 0.26 104 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 4.02 105 Heksa Prasetya P. (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 6.25 106 Nguyen Minh Tam (Vie) Vietnam National Team 7.09 107 Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 11.20 DNF Jesper Lund (Den) Team Farso DNF Miswan Sarham (Mas) Benteng Muda Selangor Points Pedas - 23.9km 1 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 5 pts 2 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 3 3 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 4 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 1 Teluk Gadong - 70.2km 1 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3 3 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 2 4 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 1 Sungai Udang - 113.9km 1 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 pts 2 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 3 3 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 2 4 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 1 Teams 1 Japan National Team 9.23.45 2 Le Tua Cycling Team 3 Matrix Powertag 4 Malaysia National Team 5 Hong Kong Cycling Team 6 Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 7 Trek Marco Polo Team 8 Bahrain National Team 9 MCF Continental Team 10 Skil Shimano 11 Putrajaya Cycling Team 12 Islamic Azad University Team 13 Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 14 Polygon Sweet Nice Team 15 Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 16 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Kuala Lumpur Team 19 Team Farso 20 Benteng Muda Selangor General classification after stage 2 1 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 7.20.04 2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 0.04 3 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Team Farso 0.06 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.08 5 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 0.10 6 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 7 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 1.15 8 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 1.17 9 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MCF Continental Team 10 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 11 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12 Arehan Ryan (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 13 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 14 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.20 15 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 1.22 16 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 1.23 17 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3.12 18 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) MCF Continental Team 3.15 19 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek Marco Polo Team 3.21 20 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 3.23 21 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 3.24 22 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 3.25 23 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3.26 24 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Putrajaya Cycling Team 3.27 25 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 26 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 27 Patria Rastra (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 28 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team 29 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 30 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 31 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 32 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 33 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 34 Lars Pria (Rom) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 35 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 36 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 37 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 38 Cyrille Heymanns (Lux) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 39 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Malaysia National Team 40 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 41 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 42 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team 43 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 44 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 45 Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Team Farso 46 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 47 Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 48 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 49 Christian Rocha (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 50 Thys Poelstra (Ned) Team Farso 51 Yilin Liu (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 52 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 53 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 54 S Putro Bayu Satrios (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 55 Abbas Saeditanha (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 56 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 57 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 3.39 58 Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 4.12 59 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 4.34 60 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 5.58 61 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 6.12 62 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 63 Ali Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 6.13 64 Jamal Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 65 Mohamad Amin Amiruddin (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 66 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 67 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 6.15 68 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MCF Continental Team 6.16 69 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 70 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 71 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 72 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil Shimano 73 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 74 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 75 Mansoor Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 76 Ageel Abdulameer Thamer (Brn) Bahrain National Team 77 Taha Sayed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 78 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil Shimano 79 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 80 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 81 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 82 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 83 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 84 Danny Feng (Sin) Putrajaya Cycling Team 85 Mehdi Partovi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 86 Jacob Lea (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 87 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 88 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 89 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 90 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team 91 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 92 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team 6.26 93 Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 6.36 94 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso 95 Ahmad Falanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 7.16 96 Heksa Prasetya P. (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 9.52 97 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 10.18 98 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 13.17 99 Biyazid Reduan Reduan (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 100 Soren Peterson (Den) Team Farso 101 Razif Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 102 Syaifullah Mohammad (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 19.35 103 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 25.23 104 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 27.00 105 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 27.30 106 Nguyen Minh Tam (Vie) Vietnam National Team 33.39 107 Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 38.30 Points classification 1 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 14 pts 2 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 8 3 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 4 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 5 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 5 6 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 5 7 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 8 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 9 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 3 10 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 11 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 3 12 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 2 13 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 2 14 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 1 15 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 1 16 Soren Peterson (Den) Team Farso 1 Mountains classification 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8 pts 2 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 3 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 3 4 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 2 5 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 6 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 2 7 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 2 Malaysian rider classification 1 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MCF Continental Team 7.21.21 2 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.03 3 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.55 4 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) MCF Continental Team 1.58 5 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 2.06 6 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 2.07 7 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.10 8 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 9 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Malaysia National Team 10 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team Teams classification 1 Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 22.03.59 2 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.07 3 Le Tua Cycling Team 2.14 4 Trek Marco Polo Team 3.17 5 Team Farso 6 Giant Asia Racing Team 7 Mcf Continental Team 4.12 8 Malaysia National Team 4.18 9 Japan National Team 4.24 10 Benteng Muda Selangor 11 Islamic Azad University Team 12 Polygon Sweet Nice Team 4.30 13 Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 4.32 14 Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 6.46 15 Matrix Powertag 9.42 16 Bahrain National Team 12.06 17 Hong Kong Cycling Team 12.09 18 Putrajaya Cycling Team 19 Skil Shimano 12.12 20 Kuala Lumpur Team |
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