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Jelajah Malaysia - 2.2
Malaysia, January 7-13, 2008
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Stage 7 - January 13: Dataran Merdeka - Dataran Merdeka, 58 Km
Dancing with Tonton and Hatanaka
By Jean-François Quénet in Kuala Lumpur
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Although there are some clouds over its future in Europe, cycling doesn't seem to be a dead sport when you see race organisers dancing on the road one hour after the end of the first stage race of the year in Asia. That happened on Sunday in Dataran Merdeka, the historical square of Kuala Lumpur. People involved in Jelajah Malaysia looked just as happy as 22 year-old Japanese rookie Yusuke Hatanaka when he crossed the line as the winner of the seventh stage. Overall winner Tonton Susanto, 34 years old, who has been around for quite a long time now was also smiling at everybody congratulating him for the first stage race win of his career.
Fortunately, the charisma of Dutch commissar Martin Bruin has prevailed when some European riders didn't want the last stage to be contested due to the slippery roads of Kuala Lumpur after a few showers in the early afternoon. It would have been a pity to prevent these Asian cyclists and spectators to enjoy a happy end. It was nothing like the torrential rain that really stopped the last stage of the Tour de Langkawi at the same place two years ago.
The judges declared the general classifications over before the race started. Therefore, the danger was avoided but the show went on. Everybody expected another bunch sprint, but a four-man breakaway actually made it through with eight laps (of 2.9 kilometres each) to go. Hatanaka proved himself to be faster than Hossein Nateghi (Tabriz), Hari Fitriyanto (Polygon Sweet Nice) and Rauf Nor Misbah (Malaysia national team).
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"I'm extremely happy to score my first win for my first race as a professional," Hatanaka said. The rider from Tokyo joined Skil-Shimano recently after spending four years learning his trade as a bike rider in the French club of Albi VS under the wing of Didier Jeannel, who has also sent to the pro ranks Tim Gudsell (Française des Jeux) and Stéphane Poulhiès (Ag2r) in a recent past.
It was a relief for Susanto to cross the finishing line. "It was still dangerous to race and I was stressed for coming home safe," the Indonesian rider said. "I'm so happy today and I thank my team-mates, my coach, my team manager and all the staff of LeTua for helping me getting my first win in a stage race. Two years ago I almost quit cycling and now I enjoy it more than ever. I already set my sights on the Tour de Langkawi next month. I want to get a better result than last year and my goal will be to finish best Asian rider."
With the overall classification, the points classification, the award of best Malaysian team and three stage wins with its sprinter Anuar Manan, the LeTua team enjoyed a fabulous round of applause, shouts and songs from its numerous fans in Dataran Merdeka. After the celebrations of the 50 years of independence (Merdeka in local language) for Malaysia in 2007, it was still party time in Kuala Lumpur!
Photography
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Images by Jean-François Quénet
- Yusuke Hatanaka was a very smiling Japanese stage winner in Kuala Lumpur.
- Overall winner Tonton Susanto and points winner Anuar Manan produced one happy LeTua team.
- Iran's Tabriz Petrochemical won the team classification in Jelajah Malaysia.
- The performance of LeTua pleased Jamaluddin Mahmood, the coordinator of Asian cycling .
Images by Jelajah Malaysia/www.jelajah.com.my
- Riders starting the final stage.
- Racing on wet roads for the final stage.
- Anuar Manam (Le Tua Cycling Team) took the overall points jersey.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) takes the final mountains jersey.
- Suhardi Hassan (Kuala Lumpur) takes the best Malaysian competition.
- Yusuke Hatanaka (Skil Shimano) awarded for the stage win.
- Team Le Tua made a haul in the winnings depart for the stage race.
- Tonton Susanto (Le Tua Cycling) took the overall victory.
- Yusuke Hatanaka (Skil Shimano) flies to the win.
- Yusuke Hatanaka (Skil Shimano) wins the closing stage of the Jelajah Malaysia
- Yusuke Hatanaka (Skil Shimano) takes the win from an escape that stayed clear.
Results
1 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.07.57 (46.09km/h) 2 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 4 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.17 6 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 7 Cyrille Heymanns (Lux) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 8 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 9 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 10 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 11 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 12 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 13 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 15 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 16 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 17 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 18 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 19 Patria Rastra (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 20 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Team Farso 22 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 23 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 24 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) MCF Continental Team 26 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 27 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 28 Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 29 Lars Pria (Rom) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 30 Abbas Saeditanha (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 31 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 32 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 33 Soren Peterson (Den) Team Farso 34 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 35 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 36 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Malaysia National Team 37 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 38 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Putrajaya Cycling Team 39 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 40 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 41 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 42 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.25 43 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 44 Ahmad Falanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 0.27 45 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 46 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.30 47 Yilin Liu (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 49 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team 50 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MCF Continental Team 51 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team 52 Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Team Farso 53 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 54 Arehan Ryan (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 55 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 56 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 57 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 58 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 0.36 59 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 1.55 60 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 2.37 61 Heksa Prasetya P. (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 62 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 63 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 64 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 65 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team 66 Razif Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 67 S Putro Bayu Satrios (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 68 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 69 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil Shimano 70 Danny Feng (Sin) Putrajaya Cycling Team DNF Jacob Lea (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team DNF Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team DNF Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team DNF Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team DNF Syaifullah Mohammad (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team DNF Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team DNF Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team DNF Mehdi Partovi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas DNF Christian Rocha (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas DNF Thys Poelstra (Ned) Team Farso DNF Ageel Abdulameer Thamer (Brn) Bahrain National Team DNF Mansoor Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team DNF Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team DNF Nguyen Minh Tam (Vie) Vietnam National Team DNF Edi Purnomo (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club DNF Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club DNF Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club DNF Harnizam Basri (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team DNS Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances Points Lap 5 - 14.5km 1 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 5 pts 2 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3 3 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2 Lap 10 - 29km 1 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 5 pts 2 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 3 3 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 2 Lap 15 - 43.5km 1 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 5 pts 2 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 3 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 Final general classification 1 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 21.32.38 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.11 3 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 4.16 4 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5.11 5 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 6.22 6 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 7.01 7 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 7.08 8 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 8.14 9 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8.15 10 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.42 11 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 9.09 12 Arehan Ryan (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 9.46 13 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10.51 14 Yilin Liu (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 11.26 15 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team 12.18 16 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Team Farso 12.30 17 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 12.57 18 Abbas Saeditanha (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 13.17 19 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 13.37 20 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team 13.38 21 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13.44 22 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 13.47 23 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 24 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 13.52 25 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14.05 26 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.01 27 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 28 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 15.24 29 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 16.16 30 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team 16.18 31 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MCF Continental Team 16.19 32 Patria Rastra (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 16.22 33 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 35 Lars Pria (Rom) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 16.34 36 Mehdi Partovi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 16.48 37 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17.02 38 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team 17.12 39 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Trek Marco Polo Team 17.52 40 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 18.11 41 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) MCF Continental Team 18.17 42 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 18.21 43 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 18.23 44 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 18.41 45 Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 19.15 46 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 19.23 47 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19.44 48 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 20.02 49 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20.29 50 Cyrille Heymanns (Lux) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 20.47 51 Hannes Blank (Ger) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 20.51 52 S Putro Bayu Satrios (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 53 Soren Peterson (Den) Team Farso 20.53 54 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 21.55 55 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 22.21 56 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 22.43 57 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 22.45 58 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Putrajaya Cycling Team 23.17 59 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 23.38 60 Ahmad Falanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 24.18 61 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 24.23 62 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 24.24 63 Mansoor Jawad (Brn) Bahrain National Team 25.02 64 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 25.29 65 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 25.31 66 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 25.33 67 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 25.44 68 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil Shimano 26.06 69 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil Shimano 70 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 26.58 71 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 27.01 72 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 30.20 73 Thys Poelstra (Ned) Team Farso 30.53 74 Razif Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 30.59 75 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 31.12 76 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 32.14 77 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 33.38 78 Rene Ahrenkiel (Den) Team Farso 35.26 79 Ageel Abdulameer Thamer (Brn) Bahrain National Team 36.01 80 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 36.13 81 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 36.28 82 Jacob Lea (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 36.35 83 Christian Rocha (Swi) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 37.00 84 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 37.05 85 Syaifullah Mohammad (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 37.44 86 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 37.49 87 Siu Wai Ko (HKg) Hong Kong Cycling Team 39.06 88 Heksa Prasetya P. (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 41.51 89 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 43.02 90 Danny Feng (Sin) Putrajaya Cycling Team 45.23 91 Nguyen Minh Tam (Vie) Vietnam National Team 58.14 Points classification 1 Anuar Manam (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 29 pts 2 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21 3 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 15 4 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 13 5 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 12 6 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) MCF Continental Team 12 7 Abbas Saeditanha (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 8 8 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Team Farso 6 9 Shimpei Fukuda (Jpn) Japan National Team 6 10 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 11 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 6 12 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 13 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 14 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 5 15 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) MCF Continental Team 5 16 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 5 17 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances 3 18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 19 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3 20 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 21 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 3 22 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 3 23 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 2 24 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 2 25 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 2 26 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1 27 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 1 28 Soren Peterson (Den) Team Farso 1 29 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 1 30 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 1 31 Taufik Mohamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor 1 32 Heksa Prasetya P. (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 1 Mountains classification 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 16 pts 2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Le Tua Cycling Team 8 3 David Mc Cann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 6 4 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 5 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad University Team 3 6 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 3 7 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 8 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie) Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas 3 9 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 2 10 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 2 11 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 12 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2 13 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek Marco Polo Team 2 14 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powertag 2 15 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Team Farso 1 16 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 1 Malaysian rider classification 1 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur Team 21.39.00 2 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.53 3 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Trek Marco Polo Team 7.15 4 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 7.22 5 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas) Malaysia National Team 7.43 6 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8.39 7 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MCF Continental Team 9.57 8 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) MCF Continental Team 11.55 9 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Putrajaya Cycling Team 12.01 10 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas) Le Tua Cycling Team 13.01 Teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 64.54.33 2 Japan National Team 9.35 3 Le Tua Cycling Team 9.50 4 Trek Marco Polo Team 16.47 5 Malaysia National Team 19.32 6 Giant Asia Racing Team 21.27 7 Polygon Sweet Nice Team 22.00 8 Team Differdange-apiflo Vacances 22.34 9 Islamic Azad University Team 23.35 10 Team Stegcomputer – Ckt – Cogeas 27.04 11 Benteng Muda Selangor 32.59 12 Skil Shimano 34.21 13 Indonesia Customs Cycling Club 35.43 14 Kuala Lumpur Team 37.08 15 Team Farso 37.54 16 Mcf Continental Team 40.46 17 Hong Kong Cycling Team 42.22 18 Matrix Powertag 50.14 19 Bahrain National Team 57.56 20 Putrajaya Cycling Team 1.01.33
