Tour de Taiwan - 2.2

Taiwan, March 9-15, 2008

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Stage 5 - March 13: Hsinchu City Hall - Splendid Coastline, 148.3 km

Photography

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Wang Yip Tang (Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team) attacks the peloton on Stage 5.
Kuan Hua Lai (Giant Asia Racing Team) gets going again after a flat tyre.
Race leader John Murphy (Health Net) rides in the peloton.
American John Murphy (Health Net) wearing the yellow jersey on Stage 5.
Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team) rides in the peloton on Stage 5.
Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team) rides by a windmill on the fifth stage.
The peloton rolls past the Pel Complex in Taiwan.
Two riders from Australia's Drapac-Porsche ride in the peloton near the windmill.
2007 winner Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) looks to see who is behind him.
The Merida Team roll along in single file.
A rider indicates that there's only two laps to go before the final sprint.
The lead group pushes the pace high as the finish nears.
Defending champion Shawn Milne (Team Type 1) takes victory on Stage 5.
Spectators await the arrival of the main bunch.
Podium: Shawn Milne (Team Type 1), John Murphy (Health Net) and Kuan Hua Lai (Giant Asia Racing Team).
Someone should always be worried when the scissors come out...
...as Team Type 1 director Ed Beamon is about to find out.
Shawn Milne cuts off the goatee of Team Type 1 director Ed Beamon after he claimed a stage victory in Taiwan.
Results

1 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                                         3.16.32 (45.183 km/h)
2 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Merida Europe Team
3 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
4 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
5 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
6 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR
8 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team
9 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team
10 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team
11 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
12 Vladimir Yesid Lopez Gil (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team
13 Kao An Li (Tpe) Taichung County Team
14 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
15 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
16 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD Team
17 Abdulah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team
18 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
19 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1
20 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
21 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
22 James Stewart (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles
23 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team
24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR
25 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team
26 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
27 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
28 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team
29 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team
30 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
31 Saleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) Malaysian National Team
32 Thijs Braber (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
33 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team
34 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
35 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team
36 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysian National Team
37 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Team
38 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR
39 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
40 Valeriyl Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
41 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team
42 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
43 Chris Jones (USA) Team Type 1
44 Richard Sykes-Popham (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles
45 Chris Lintaman (Can) MAO Asia Team
46 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team
47 Braley R Shane (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
48 Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
49 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
50 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
51 Li Yao Chiang (Tpe) MAO Asia Team
52 Tom Slagter (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
53 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
54 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team
55 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
56 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
57 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team
58 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
59 Seiichi Koshinomi (Jpn) Japan National Team
60 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team
61 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
62 Dafydd Dylan (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles
63 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
64 Kieran Frend (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles
65 Germ Van Den Burg (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
66 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team
67 Kenichiro Tose (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team
68 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team
69 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team
70 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
71 Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1
72 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
73 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Merida Europe Team
74 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team
75 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team
76 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
77 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team
78 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team
79 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team
80 Jody Tesselaar (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
81 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
82 Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Merida Europe Team
83 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team
84 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
85 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
86 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
87 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
88 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
89 Greg Roche (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                   1.29
DNF Akira Sumoto (Jpn) Kinan CCD Team
 
General Classification after Stage 5
 
1 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis    12.14.26
2 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                                            0.07
3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                  0.10
4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                             0.15
5 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team                               0.16
6 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team             0.17
7 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                             0.23
8 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                             0.25
9 Thijs Braber (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                         0.29
10 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team
11 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                   0.31
12 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                               0.33
13 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Merida Europe Team
14 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
15 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team
16 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                     0.38
17 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                          0.39
18 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
19 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                          0.41
20 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team
21 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team
22 Tom Slagter (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
23 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team               0.44
24 Chris Lintaman (Can) MAO Asia Team
25 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
26 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                        0.47
27 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team
28 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis     0.49
29 Chris Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                           0.53
30 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team
31 Germ Van Den Burg (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
32 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                           0.57
33 Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Merida Europe Team
34 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                  1.00
35 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
36 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                                         1.07
37 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis       1.09
38 Seiichi Koshinomi (Jpn) Japan National Team
39 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
40 James Stewart (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                1.11
41 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     1.22
42 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team               1.31
43 Richard Sykes-Popham (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                         3.03
44 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              3.10
45 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   3.11
46 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                             3.26
47 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis        3.43
48 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              3.46
49 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                      3.52
50 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Team
51 Li Yao Chiang (Tpe) MAO Asia Team
52 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team
53 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                          3.57
54 Vladimir Yesid Lopez Gil (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team           4.01
55 Kao An Li (Tpe) Taichung County Team
56 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
57 Abdulah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              4.04
58 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD Team
59 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                 4.06
60 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysian National Team                    4.08
61 Dafydd Dylan (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                 4.10
62 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                    4.12
63 Saleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) Malaysian National Team                          4.17
64 Valeriyl Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
65 Kieran Frend (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                 4.19
66 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                   4.20
67 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                         4.30
68 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                  4.35
69 Jody Tesselaar (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
70 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team                            4.41
71 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                             4.43
72 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              4.49
73 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              4.52
74 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                              4.54
75 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                   4.57
76 Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
77 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team
78 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis     5.03
79 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team           5.09
80 Kenichiro Tose (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                  5.10
81 Braley R Shane (USA) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
82 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                    5.16
83 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                           8.17
84 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                 8.19
85 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team
86 Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1
87 Greg Roche (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                   9.28
88 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team             10.13
89 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
 
Points classification
 
1 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR
3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
4 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1
5 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Merida Europe Team
6 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
7 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
8 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team
9 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1
10 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
11 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
12 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team
13 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
14 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Merida Europe Team
15 Thijs Braber (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
16 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
17 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team
18 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
19 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team
20 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
21 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR
22 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team
23 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team
24 Valeriyl Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
25 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
26 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team
27 James Stewart (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles
28 Saleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) Malaysian National Team
29 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
30 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
31 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team
32 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team
 
Asian rider classification
 
1 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                              12.14.36
2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                             0.05
3 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                             0.13
4 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                             0.15
5 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                    0.21
6 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                0.23
7 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
8 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team
9 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                      0.28
10 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                          0.29
11 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano
12 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                          0.31
13 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team
14 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team               0.34
15 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team
16 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                        0.37
17 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team
18 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                    0.43
19 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                           0.47
20 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                  0.50
21 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
22 Seiichi Koshinomi (Jpn) Japan National Team                             0.59
23 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team
24 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     1.12
25 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              3.00
26 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   3.01
27 Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              3.36
28 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                      3.42
29 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Team
30 Li Yao Chiang (Tpe) MAO Asia Team
31 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team
32 Kao An Li (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                    3.51
33 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team
34 Abdulah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              3.54
35 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD Team
36 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                 3.56
37 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysian National Team                    3.58
38 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                    4.02
39 Saleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) Malaysian National Team                          4.07
40 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                         4.20
41 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                  4.25
42 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team                            4.31
43 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                             4.33
44 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              4.39
45 Seon Ho Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              4.42
46 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                              4.44
47 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                   4.47
48 Kenichiro Tose (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                  5.00
49 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                    5.06
50 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                           8.07
51 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                      8.09
 
Local rider classification
 
1 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                            12.14.59
2 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                     0.20
3 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                       3.19
4 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Team
5 Li Yao Chiang (Tpe) MAO Asia Team
6 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team
7 Kao An Li (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                     3.28
8 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                     3.39
9 Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                          3.57
10 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team                            4.08
11 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                      7.46
 
Teams classification
 
1 Giant Asia Racing Team                                               36.44.40
2 Team Skil-Shimano                                                        0.23
3 Japan National Team                                                      0.39
4 Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                                            0.42
5 Merida Europe Team                                                       0.49
6 Hong Kong Cycling Team                                                   0.55
7 Seoul City Cycling Team                                                  1.04
8 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis                      1.06
9 Team Type 1                                                              1.15
10 AISAN Racing Team                                                       1.17
11 Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                                          3.13
12 Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                                                   4.43
13 Drapac Porsche Development Program Team                                 5.47
14 Malaysian National Team                                                 6.41
15 KFS Special Vehicles                                                    7.03
16 e-MA Cycling Team                                                       7.50
17 Kinan CCD Team                                                         10.26
18 Taichung County Team                                                   11.12
19 MAO Asia Team                                                          11.33
20 Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                                           12.42