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9th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5
China, December 26, 2004-January 1, 2005
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Stage 3 - December 28: Guangzhou, 110 km
Marco Polo team report
By Remko Kramer
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A cold day for the riders in the Tour of South China Sea. Luckily it stopped raining just before the race. The race course of 2.3 km was at the entrance road of a Zoo and went up and down a hill with a roundabout at 500 metres before the finish.
It didn't take long to warm up because the first break went from the start. And when one break was back the next one went. Kam Po Wong especially tried many times and was very strong. But he never got far because everybody else was anxious to make another move for their teams.
In the last laps, the peloton got ready for a mass sprint and the riders squeezed in on the corners. Then, going down the hill entering the roundabout, the breaks screamed...but nothing happened. This warning was not enough and 100 metres further, bicycles and wheels cracked and the riders flew all over the left half of the street. At least 15 riders went down, among them number two in the general classification, Russian Alexey Shmidt. His frame broke in two pieces!
Shmidt was still on the street when the rest of the peloton flew by into the last few hundred metres where the Danes were pulling the sprint, but German Marcel Sieberg took the victory ahead of Sergey Kudentsov from Moskou City Sports and Marco van Kamel of the Swiss National Track Team. Tour leader Masahiko Mifune sprinted to seventh place, doing so on the 13. He had a wheel change and couldn't shift the 11 he usually uses...
After the finish we were sent into the Zoo for a cooling-down lap and we could enjoy the view of bears, panthers and other exotic animals.
Photography
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Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
- Entertainment before the start of stage 3 in front of the Chime Long Night Zoo in Guangzhou.
- Entertainment before the start of stage 3 in front of the Chime Long Night Zoo in Guangzhou.
- The start of stage 3 with the Chinese balloon ritual
- Some victims of the mass crash: Remko Kramer and Rhys Pollock from the Marco Polo Cycling Team.
Results
1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 2.35.13 2 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 3 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 4 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 6 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 7 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport 9 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 10 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 11 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 12 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 13 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 14 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA 15 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 16 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 17 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 18 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 19 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 20 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan 21 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 22 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 23 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 24 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 25 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 26 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 27 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 28 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 29 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team 30 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 31 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 32 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 33 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth 34 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 35 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 36 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan 37 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak 38 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan 39 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong 40 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 41 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 42 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection 43 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport 44 Bradley Hall (Aus) City of Perth 45 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 46 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth 47 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport 48 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 49 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 50 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 51 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 52 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 53 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 54 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 55 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan 56 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA 57 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team 58 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 59 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 60 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 61 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 62 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 63 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth 64 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 65 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport 66 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA 67 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 68 Martin Liska (Svk) Dukla Trencin 69 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 70 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 71 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 72 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 73 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 74 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 75 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan 76 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 77 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan 78 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 79 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong 80 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 81 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong 82 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 83 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 84 Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth 85 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 86 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA 0.55 87 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 1.19 88 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA 1.32 89 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.38 90 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team 91 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak 92 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 3.07 93 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 94 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 95 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3.53 DNF Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Moscow City Sports DNF Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens DNF Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute General classification after stage 3 1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6.51.03 2 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.06 3 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.10 4 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 0.18 5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.42 6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 0.44 7 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 8 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.54 9 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 10 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 11 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 13 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 14 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport 16 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 17 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth 18 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 1.06 19 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1.14 20 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1.56 21 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 22 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 23 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 1.58 24 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 2.13 25 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 2.34 26 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 2.36 27 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 2.40 28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 29 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 30 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 31 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 32 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan 33 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection 34 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA 35 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport 36 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 37 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong 38 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 39 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA 40 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 41 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 42 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 43 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 44 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 45 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 46 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 47 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth 48 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 49 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 50 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan 51 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 52 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak 53 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 54 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 55 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team 56 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 57 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 58 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan 59 Martin Liska (Svk) Dukla Trencin 60 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 61 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 62 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 63 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 64 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 65 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport 2.51 66 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong 67 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan 2.57 68 Bradley Hall (Aus) City of Perth 69 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 70 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA 3.04 71 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA 3.59 72 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 4.01 73 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 4.12 74 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.18 75 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA 76 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak 77 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 5.10 78 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 5.47 79 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 6.01 80 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 81 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport 82 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 9.08 83 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 18.22 84 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan 85 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 86 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 87 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 88 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team 20.00 89 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 30.42 90 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 42.19 91 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 43.03 92 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth 93 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan 94 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong 1.07.45 95 Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth Points classification 1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 44 pts 2 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Moscow City Sports 41 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 28 4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 28 5 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 20 6 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 20 7 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 19 8 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 17 9 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15 10 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 15 11 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 12 12 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 11 13 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 10 14 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10 15 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 10 16 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 9 17 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 8 18 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 8 19 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 8 20 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 21 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 6 22 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 5 23 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 4 24 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 4 25 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 3 26 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 3 27 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 3 28 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 3 29 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 3 30 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport 3 31 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 32 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 2 33 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1 34 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 1 35 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 1 36 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1 37 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 1 38 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 1 Teams classification 1 Moscow City Sports Association 20.34.35 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 Glud & Marstrand Horsers 4.48 7 Japan National Team 8 KED-Rad Team Berlin 9 Dukla Trencin 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 Yunnan 17 PLA 18 Guangdong 46.24
