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9th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5

China, December 26, 2004-January 1, 2005

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Stage 2 - December 27: Shenzhen circuit race, 90 km

Marco Polo team report

By Remko Kramer

Masahiko Mifune (Marco Polo Cycling Team)
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Today the Marco Polo Cycling Team took over the lead in the Tour of South China Sea. On the fast circuit in Shenzheng it seemed impossible to get away. On the smooth concrete roads, the fast peloton caught back the many breakaway attempts. But with 9 laps to go on the 4.4 km circuit, a group of six riders got away with Hong Kong rider Ngai Ching Wong, Russian Alexey Schmidt and Marco Polo's Masahiko Mifune. Then four Kazakh riders made a great move. One of them had a flat tyre and they paced him back to the peloton. However, when they got back, they didn't stop, they just pulled through and flew past the surprised peloton, straight to the front group, where they gave it all they had.

The group took a 1'30 lead and the chase of several teams in the final four laps was too late. Even the leading Moskou team and the Hong Kong team of the second placed rider Kam Po Wong couldn't close the gap.

In the final sprint Masahiko Mifune (Marco Polo Cycling Team) won with more then a bike length from Alexey Schmidt and Ngai Ching Wong. The strong move of the Kazakhstan National Team gave them the lead in the team classification with Marco Polo Cycling Team in second and the Moskou City Sports Team third.

Japanese Masahiko Mifune from the Marco Polo Cycling Team took over the points classification as well as the individual GC, and he will wear the yellow jersey in the next stage.

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Results

1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team              1.52.58
2 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Moscow City Sports                            
3 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                
4 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                    
5 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                           
6 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                         
7 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak                                        
8 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                    
9 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                             
10 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               
11 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens           0.44
12 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                        
13 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                          
14 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  
15 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team                      
16 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                       
17 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA                                                
18 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                          
19 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute       
20 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team                       
21 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak                                      
22 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                          
23 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute             
24 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
25 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                         
26 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                          
27 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                            
28 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                      
29 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
30 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA                                            
31 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                
32 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
33 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        
34 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA                                             
35 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                           
36 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  
37 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong                                      
38 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      
39 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
40 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA                                              
41 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team                     
42 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                     
43 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                
44 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                          
45 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
46 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     
47 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan                                        
48 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong                                     
49 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute              
50 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport                                   
51 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
52 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team                        
53 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                        
54 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                     
55 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan                                          
56 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth                              
57 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan                                         
58 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team                         
59 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong                                     
60 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA                                               
61 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak                                  
62 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan                                          
63 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                       
64 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                       
65 Bradley Hall (Aus) City of Perth                                 
66 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth                               
67 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               
68 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
69 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                   
70 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport                                  
71 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   
72 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport                                   
73 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens        
74 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                       
75 Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth                               
76 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
77 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak                                    
78 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute              
79 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                           
80 Martin Liska (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                 
81 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth                                 
82 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                        
83 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak                                      
84 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                             
85 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
86 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team                       
87 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team              
88 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                        
89 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
90 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak                                          
91 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport                                     
92 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     
93 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
94 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport                                     
95 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                               
96 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens              
97 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
98 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                       
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team              4.15.50
2 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Moscow City Sports                        0.04
3 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong            0.06
4 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     0.10
5 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                  0.18
6 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      0.42
7 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                    0.44
8 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                       0.54
9 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team                       
10 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
11 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                     
12 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                
13 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      
14 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                       
15 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport                                   
16 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                   
17 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
18 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth                                 
19 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team              
20 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  1.06
21 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               1.14
22 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               1.56
23 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                            
24 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               
25 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                      1.58
26 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak                                   2.13
27 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                    2.40
28 Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens               
29 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                          
30 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute             
31 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
32 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute       
33 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team                       
34 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
35 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  
36 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team                     
37 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        
38 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA                                                
39 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan                                        
40 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                            
41 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                          
42 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport                                   
43 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA                                            
44 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team                        
45 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                
46 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
47 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA                                               
48 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA                                              
49 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong                                     
50 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  
51 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
52 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute              
53 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team                         
54 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan                                         
55 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     
56 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth                               
57 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
58 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
59 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan                                          
60 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak                                  
61 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens        
62 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               
63 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute              
64 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                       
65 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
66 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                        
67 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   
68 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
69 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak                                    
70 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens              
71 Martin Liska (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                 
72 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak                                      
73 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     
74 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak                                          
75 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong                                 2.51
76 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport                                  
77 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                       2.57
78 Bradley Hall (Aus) City of Perth                                 
79 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport                                     
80 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA                                         3.04
81 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                         5.10
82 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak                                  6.01
83 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
84 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                        
85 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport                                     
86 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan                                     18.22
87 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                       
88 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team                       
89 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                               
90 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
91 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                  30.42
92 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                        
93 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                     42.19
94 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                     43.03
95 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth                              
96 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                           
97 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong                               1.07.45
98 Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth                               
 
Points classification
 
1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   39 pts
2 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Moscow City Sports                          38
3 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                    20
4 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                      20
5 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong              16
6 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        15
7 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                         11
8 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                    10
9 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  10
10 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  9
11 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                         8
12 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                      8
13 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                       7
14 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                    7
15 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens       5
16 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak                                      4
17 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                       4
18 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak                                     3
19 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                           2
20 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team              2
21 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                      2
22 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  1
23 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak                                         1
24 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport                                    1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Moscow City Sports Association                            12.48.56
2 Kazakstan National Team                                       0.08
3 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                                        0.26
4 Marco Polo Cycling Team                                       0.32
5 ASC Dukla Praha                                               2.20
6 KED-Rad Team Berlin                                           4.48
7 Japan National Team                                               
8 Dukla Trencin                                                     
9 Glud & Marstrand Horsers                                          
10 Bicisport Australia                                          4.59
11 Swiss Track Team                                             5.00
12 City of Perth Cycling Team                                   5.05
13 Macau-Beijing Selection                                      5.50
14 Wismilak Cycling Team                                            
15 Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute                        6.34
16 PLA                                                              
17 Yunnan                                                           
18 Guangdong                                                   46.24