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Jelajah Malaysia - 2.2Malaysia, January 7-13, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 4 - January 10: Batu Pahat - Muar, 178.8 KmFrederik Johansson takes his toll and Tonton Susanto moves into the leadBy Jean-François Quénet in Muar Whoever expected a third bunch sprint in a row at Jelajah Malaysia got a bit of a surprise to see a breakaway working successfully during stage 4 on the way to Muar. The move was initiated with 158 kilometers to go and included riders like climbers Ghader Mizbani from Tabriz Petrchemical and LeTua's Tonton Susanto who were equal on time just 1'17" behind race leader Li Fuyu (Trek-Marco Polo). The two were also equal on points and and placings from the three first stages. Of these two, the one crossing the line first would become the new race leader. It was the Indonesian veteran who arrived in third place and scored a four-second bonus while Differdange-Apiflo's Frederik Johansson from Sweden escaped from the front group to grab the stage win. "Our team's strategy consisted of following the breakaways to protect our sprinter Anuar Manan," Susanto explained. "When this group went, I was in it and it proved to be a good thing to be there. The guys with me went faster and faster. Everybody was working very well. Now I want to defend the jersey 'til the end on Sunday and I'm confident in my team for doing so." The Malaysian continental squad, backed by cycling enthusiasts, impressed a few people with the way they prepared the winning sprints for Manan but nobody expected them to have such a high place in the GC. They can rely on the 34 year-old who has won the Asian title in Le Tour de Langkawi twice and overall classifications like the Tour of East Java and the Tour of Taiwan. Kuala Lumpur's Suhardi Hassan also showed the improvement of Malaysian cyclists. He moved into fourth place overall after getting a reproach from his mother Halijah Man. He called her in the morning because it was Awal Muharram - the first day on the Islamic calendar that gave a holly day in some states of Malaysia. She asked him: "How come haven't you been on the podium yet?" He promised to do it today and indeed honoured his promise by taking the white jersey of the best Malaysian rider. How it unfoldedAfter 20 kilometers and a few earlier skirmishes, 11 men went away: Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano), Saeditanha Abbas (Azad University), Kai Tsun Lam (Hong-Kong), Frederik Johansson (Differdange-Apiflo), Tonton Susanto (LeTua), Naoki Mukaigawa (Matrix-Powertag), Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz), Kazushige Kuboki, Masakazu Ito and Kohei Uchima (Japan national team), and Suhardi Hassan (Kuala Lumpur). Only Mukaigawa didn't manage to stay in that group. It took a while for the ten others to create a significant gap. It initially stayed at around one minute with Giant chasing. The Taiwanese team knew how dangerous their former rider Mizbani was for Paul Griffin who was third in the GC. The Trek-Marco Polo team of race leader Li Fuyu wasn't able to do all the work at the front of the bunch like in the two previous days when the team shared the task with LeTua. The latter was represented off the front by Susanto. Trek-Marco Polo also lost some strength and motivation as their sprinter Sergey Kudentsov had no choice but retire after crashing on the road. The time gap between the ten man break and the bunch reached 3'30" at 100 kilometers. It grew up to 7'50" with 50km to go and the Malaysian continental team eventually took care of the chase since their leadership in the national classification was heavily threatened by Kuala Lumpur's Suhardi Hassan. Along the way, Hassan won three hot spot sprints of the day and despite a flat tyre with 8km to go. Ito was the first breakaway rider to try and go solo with 16km to go. He didn't make it. Johansson went away with less than 3km to go and proved to have had the winning move.. By finishing third and taking the bonus, Susanto moved into first place on GC. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Jean-François Quénet
Images by Jelajah Malaysia/www.jelajah.com.my
Results1 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 4.04.31 (43.87 km/h) 2 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 0.03 3 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 4 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 5 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 6 Abbas Saeditanha (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 7 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team 0.12 9 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team 0.03 11 Cyrille Heymanns (Lux) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 6.37 12 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 13 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 14 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 15 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Putrajaya Cycling Team 16 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 17 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 18 Heksa Prasetya P. (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 19 Patria Rastra (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 20 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 21 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Team Farso 22 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 24 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 25 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 26 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 27 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 28 Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 29 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 30 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 31 Lars Pria (Rom) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 32 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 33 Taha Sayed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 34 Mansoor Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 35 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 36 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 37 Jamal Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 38 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 39 Ageel Abdulameer Thamer (Brn) Bahrain National Team 40 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 41 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 42 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 43 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 44 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Malaysia National Team 45 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 46 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 47 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 48 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 49 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 50 Ali Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 51 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 52 Biyazid Reduan Reduan (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 53 Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Team Farso 54 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 55 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 56 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 57 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 58 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 59 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 60 Syaifullah Mohammad (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 61 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 62 Christian Rocha (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 63 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) MCF Continental Team 64 Arehan Ryan (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 65 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team 66 Mehdi Partovi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 67 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 68 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 69 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 70 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 71 Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 72 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 73 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 74 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 75 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil Shimano 76 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MCF Continental Team 77 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil Shimano 78 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 79 Thys Poelstra (Ned) Team Farso 80 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 81 Danny Feng (Sin) Putrajaya Cycling Team 82 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team 83 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 84 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 85 Soren Peterson (Den) Team Farso 86 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 87 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 88 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 89 Razif Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 90 Ahmad Falanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 91 Jacob Lea (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 92 Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 93 S Putro Bayu Satrios (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 94 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MCF Continental Team 95 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 96 Nguyen Minh Tam (Vie) Vietnam National Team 97 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso 98 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 99 Yilin Liu (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 100 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 101 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 7.07 102 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 7.17 103 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 7.28 104 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 15.06 DNF Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek Marco Polo Team DNF Hin Leung Szeto (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team DNF Mohamad Amin Amiruddin (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team Points Yong Peng - 44.9km 1 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 5 pts 2 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 3 3 Saeditanha Abbas (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 2 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano Labis - 88km 1 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 5 pts 2 Saeditanha Abbas (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 3 3 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 2 4 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 1 Gerisek - 145km 1 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 5 pts 2 Saeditanha Abbas (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 3 3 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 2 4 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 1 Team 1 Japanese National Team 12.13.51 2 Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 12.56 3 Le Tua Cycling Team 12.59 4 Hong Kong Cycling Team 5 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 6 Islamic Azad University Team 7 Kuala Lumpur Team 8 Skil Shimano 13.08 9 Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 19.33 10 Polygon Sweet Nice Team 11 Matrix Powertag 12 Putrajaya Cycling Team 13 Bahrain National Team 14 Malaysian National Team 15 Benteng Muda Selangor 16 Trek Marco Polo Team 17 Team Stegcomputer / CKT / Cogeas 18 Team Farso 19 MCF Continental Team 20 Giant Asia Racing Team General classification after stage 4 1 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 15.21.26 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.04 3 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 2.00 4 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 2.05 5 Saeditanha Abbas (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 2.09 6 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team 2.14 7 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 4.50 8 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 5.21 9 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team 5.22 10 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 5.25 11 Nielsen Jacob (Den) Team Farso 5.27 12 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5.29 13 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 5.31 14 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 6.30 16 Sohrabi Mehdi (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 6.38 17 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 18 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Mcf Continental Team 19 Arehan Ryan (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 20 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6.41 21 Hakan Nillson (Swe) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 6.43 22 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 6.44 23 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8.33 24 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) Mcf Continental Team 8.36 25 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8.42 26 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8.44 27 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 28 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Mcf Continental Team 8.45 29 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8.47 30 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 31 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 8.48 32 Nederlof Lex (Ned) Putrajaya Cycling Team 33 Fukuda,Shimpei (Jpn) Japan National Team 34 Cyrille Heymanns (Lux) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 35 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 36 Lars Pria (Rom) Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 37 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 38 Patria Rastra (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 39 Zargari Amir (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 40 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 41 Ahrenkiel Rene (Den) Team Farso 42 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 43 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team 44 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 45 Thys Poelstra (Ned) Team Farso 46 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Malaysia National Team 47 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 48 Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 49 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 50 Christian Rocha (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 51 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 52 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 53 S Putro Bayu Satrios (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 54 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 55 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 8.59 56 Yilin Liu (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 9.34 57 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 9.46 58 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 9.55 59 Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 10.33 60 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 11.06 61 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 11.33 62 Ali Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 11.34 63 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) Mcf Continental Team 64 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 65 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 11.36 66 Taha Sayed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 11.37 67 Mansoor Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 68 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) Mcf Continental Team 69 Ageel Abdulameer Thamer (Brn) Bahrain National Team 70 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil Shimano 71 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 72 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 73 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 74 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 75 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 76 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 77 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team 78 Mehdi Partovi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 79 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 80 Danny Feng (Sin) Putrajaya Cycling Team 81 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil Shimano 82 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 83 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 84 Jacob Lea (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 85 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 86 Jamal Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team 11.54 87 Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 11.57 88 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 89 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso 90 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 12.07 91 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12.13 92 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 12.28 93 Ahmad Falanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 12.37 94 Heksa Prasetya P. Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 15.13 95 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 15.39 96 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 18.17 97 Peterson Soren (Den) Team Farso 18.38 98 Biyazid Reduan Reduan (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 99 Razif Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 100 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 24.10 101 Syaifullah Mohammad (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 24.56 102 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 32.21 103 Salehian Farshad (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 32.51 104 Minh Tam Nguyen (Vie) Vietnam National Team 39.00 Points classification 1 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 19 pts 2 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 15 3 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 13 4 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 8 5 Saeditanha Abbas (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 8 6 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team 6 7 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 6 8 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) Mcf Continental Team 6 9 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 10 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 11 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Mcf Continental Team 5 12 Hakan Nillson (Swe) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 5 13 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 14 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 3 15 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 16 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3 17 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 18 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 3 19 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 2 20 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 2 21 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 2 22 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 1 23 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 1 24 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1 25 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 1 26 Peterson Soren (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 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 2 5 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 2 6 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 7 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 2 Team classification 1 Japan National Team 46.08.59 2 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 9.42 3 Le Tua Cycling Team 10.49 4 Islamic Azad University Team 12.59 5 Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 13.04 6 Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 15.09 7 Team Farso 18.26 8 Trek Marco Polo Team 9 Giant Asia Racing Team 10 Mcf Continental Team 19.21 11 Malaysia National Team 19.27 12 Benteng Muda Selangor 19.33 13 Polygon Sweet Nice Team 19.39 14 Hong Kong Cycling Team 20.44 15 Kuala Lumpur Team 20.47 16 Skil Shimano 20.56 17 Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 21.55 18 Matrix Powertag 24.51 19 Bahrain National Team 27.15 20 Putrajaya Cycling Team 27.18 |
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