Tour de Taiwan - 2.2

Taiwan, March 9-15, 2008

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Stage 8 - March 16: Shihfu - Shihfu, 60 km

Photography

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Images by Greg Chang/PhotoSport International
A makeshift tripod for stable coverage.
John Murphy (HealthNet) in the leader's jersey on the final stage.
Kuan Hua Lai (Giant Asia) looks good during the final stage.
Marek Wesoly (Merida Europe) leads the bunch into the turn.
Wong Kam-Po (Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team) during the crit in the last stage.
Polish Marek Wesoly won the race in Shifu.
There was plenty of support on the start finish line.
ESPN Asia was close to the action.
You will have to turn right here.
Taiji Nishitani in the break. His active riding netted him a fifth place for the day.
Takashi Miyazawa (Meitan Hompo-GDR) was third overall and best Asian rider.
John Murphy concentrated during the race as a crash or other mishap could have endangered his lead.
Murphy held on to his slim 10-sec margin over Shawn Miles.
HealthNet was controlling the bunch as much as they could.
Shawn Mile tried as much as he could but fell short in the end.
Marek Wesoly won the final stage.
Kirk O'Bee was there for his team to secure the overall victory through Murphy.
Milne and Murphy (r) battle it out for the overall victory, with only ten second separating them in the end.
Team Type 1 with impressive skyline in the background.
Team Type 1 was happy with the race and the second place overall for Shawn Milne.
Merida riders get special kinds of bottles.
Wong Kam Po with helmet number 31 powers along the course.
A criterium provides good photo moments for the many photographers.
John Murphy sitting pretty in the bunch.
Murphy in front of the tower.
HealthNet powers at the front.
John Murphy leaning into the turn.
Kirk O'Bee on a flyer.
Murphy celebrates his overall victory while Wesoly wins the stage.
Takashi Miyazawa (Team Meitan Hompo-GDR) of Japan finished third overall and was best Asian rider.
John Murphy (HealthNet) won the general classification.
The final podium with all the jerseys
Murphy kisses the small trophy with large tower in the background.
Murphy signs autographs
Results

1 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                 1.22.10
2 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                  
3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                                 
4 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                                                
5 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                      
6 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                        
7 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                      
8 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis            
9 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                                 
10 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysian National Team                        
11 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   
12 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                                
13 Vladimir Yesid Lopez Gil (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team               
14 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                               
15 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                      
16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                              
17 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team                
18 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                              
19 Chris Lintaman (Can) MAO Asia Team                                          
20 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                              
21 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                          
22 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD Team                                          
23 Kao An Li (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                        
24 Richard Sykes-Popham (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                             
25 Li Yao Chiang (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                           
26 Abdulah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                  
27 Germ Van Den Burg (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                       
28 James Stewart (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                    
29 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                
30 Thijs Braber (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                            
31 Chris Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                               
32 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                               
33 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     
34 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                                             
35 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team                                      
36 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team                                    
37 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                         
38 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                    
39 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team                                  
40 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                         
41 Kieran Frend (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                     
42 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                   
43 Jody Tesselaar (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                          
44 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                              
45 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                       
46 Tom Slagter (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                             
47 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                     
48 Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                 
49 Dafydd Dylan (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                     
50 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                          
51 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                          
52 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                       
53 Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                            
54 Seiichi Koshinomi (Jpn) Japan National Team                                 
55 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team                                    
56 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team                                  
57 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                        
58 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                        
59 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                                 
60 Valeriyl Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                       
61 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                                   
62 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team                       
63 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                       
64 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                                   
65 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                                 
88 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis            
67 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                      
68 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis         
69 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis         
70 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team                   
71 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team            
72 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                                  
73 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                                  
74 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                       
75 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                        
76 Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1                                          
77 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                  
78 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis           
DNF Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     
DNF Gu Hyeon Kim (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                                 
 
Final General classification
 
1 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis    17.59.32
2 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                                            0.10
3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                             0.14
4 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team                 
5 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                  0.16
6 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                             0.23
7 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team                               0.24
8 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                    0.30
9 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                             0.31
10 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                   0.34
11 Thijs Braber (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                        0.36
12 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                   0.37
13 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team                                    
14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                          0.41
15 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                   
16 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team                                    
17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                     0.46
18 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                          0.47
19 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     
20 Grzegorz Zoledziowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                          0.49
21 Chris Lintaman (Can) MAO Asia Team                                          
22 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team                                      
23 Tom Slagter (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                             
24 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team               0.52
25 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                                   
26 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team                              0.55
27 Corey Collier (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis     0.57
28 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                  1.01
29 Chris Jones (USA) Team Type 1                                               
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                           1.05
33 Jaroslaw Rebiewski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                 
34 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                   1.08
35 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                                         1.15
36 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis       1.17
37 Seiichi Koshinomi (Jpn) Japan National Team                                 
38 James Stewart (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                1.19
39 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     1.30
40 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team               1.37
41 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                  2.47
42 Richard Sykes-Popham (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                         3.11
43 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              3.18
44 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   3.19
45 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                             3.28
48 Valeriyl Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                   3.43
47 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                             3.54
48 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                      4.00
49 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                    
50 Li Yao Chiang (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                           
51 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                          
52 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                          4.05
53 Vladimir Yesid Lopez Gil (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team           4.09
54 Kao An Li (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                        
55 Abdulah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              4.12
56 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD Team                                          
57 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                 4.14
58 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysian National Team                    4.16
59 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                   4.18
60 Dafydd Dylan (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                     
61 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                    4.20
62 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis     4.23
63 Jody Tesselaar (Ned) Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                      4.43
64 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team                            4.49
65 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                             4.51
88 Bryson Bowers (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                        5.05
67 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis        5.14
68 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                    5.24
69 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                              5.32
70 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              5.53
71 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                   6.23
72 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                               6.31
73 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                           8.25
74 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                      8.27
75 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                10.00
76 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team       10.20
77 Kieran Frend (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                12.43
78 Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1                                     18.09
 
Teams
 
1 Giant Asia Racing Team                                               54.00.30
2 Team Skil-Shimano                                                        0.15
3 The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis                      0.22
4 Merida Europe Team                                                       0.30
5 Team Type 1                                                              0.31
6 Japan National Team                                                          
7 Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam                                            0.34
8 Hong Kong Cycling Team                                                   0.36
9 AISANRacing Team                                                         1.09
10 Seoul City Cycling Team                                                 1.54
11 Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                                          3.05
12 Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                                                   5.05
13 Drapac Porsche Development Program Team                                 5.28
14 Malaysian National Team                                                 6.33
15 KFS Special Vehicles                                                    6.55
16 e-MA Cycling Team                                                       7.42
17 Kinan CCD Team                                                         10.18
18 Taichung County Team                                                   11.04
19 MAO Asia Team                                                          11.25
20 Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                                           14.07
 
Points
 
1 John Murphy (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis          91 pts
2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                               69
3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                    63
4 Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1                                              60
5 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                      45
6 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                               44
7 Krzysztof Jezowski (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                35
8 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                               34
9 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1                                            26
10 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team                                23
11 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team              22
12 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     18
13 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis       18
14 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis          15
15 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Merida Europe Team                                     15
16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                            15
17 Valeriyl Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1                                     15
18 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                    12
19 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team                 10
20 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                               10
21 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                    9
22 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                     8
23 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                                 7
24 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                      6
25 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team                      6
26 Chris Lintaman (Can) MAO Asia Team                                         5
27 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                                 5
28 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team                                   4
29 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                              3
30 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                             2
31 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysian National Team                       2
32 James Stewart (GBr) KFS Special Vehicles                                   1
33 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                      1
34 Daniele Defranceschi (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee Cycling Team                    1
35 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Development Program Team           1
 
Asian rider
 
1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                         17.59.46
2 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                  0.02
3 Wong Kam-Po (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                             0.09
4 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                             0.17
5 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                    0.20
6 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                    0.23
7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                           0.27
8 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                    
9 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan National Team                                     
10 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team                     0.32
11 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                          0.33
12 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     
13 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan National Team                                  0.35
14 Ahmad Lutfi Muhammad Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team               0.38
15 Ki Hong Yoo (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                                   
16 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Japan National Team                              0.41
17 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                  0.47
18 Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                        
19 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                           0.51
20 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                   0.54
21 Seiichi Koshinomi (Jpn) Japan National Team                             1.03
22 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                     1.16
23 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                  2.33
24 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              3.04
25 Misbah Muhamad Rauf Nur (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   3.05
26 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                             3.40
27 Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                      3.46
28 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                    
29 Li Yao Chiang (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                           
30 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Kinan CCD Team                                          
31 Kao An Li (Tpe) Taichung County Team                                    3.55
32 Abdulah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Racing Team              3.58
33 Manabu Hirose (Jpn) Kinan CCD Team                                          
34 Mifune Masahiko (Jpn) e-MA Cycling Team                                 4.00
35 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysian National Team                    4.02
36 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Cycling Team                                    4.06
37 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team                            4.35
38 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                             4.37
39 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                    5.10
40 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Team Meitan Hompo-GDR                              5.18
41 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Seoul City Cycling Team                              5.39
42 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) AISAN Racing Team                                   6.09
43 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling Team                           8.11
44 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                      8.13
 
Local rider
 
1 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                            18.00.13
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 Shuai Chun Chiang (Tpe) Taichung County Team                             4.08
10 Yung Hua Cheng (Tpe) MAO Asia Team                                      7.46