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9th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5
China, December 26, 2004-January 1, 2005
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Stage 6 - December 31: Macau, 90 km
Marco Polo team report
By Remko Kramer
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This was going to be the decisive stage for the Tour of South China Sea. It was a circuit race with some mean hills, and the finish is at the top of a 2 kilometre super-steep hill. The climb goes up towards the statue of the Goddess A-Ma. A-Ma lived in the region around 1000 years AD and Macao was named after her. Her statue is standing at 199.9 meters above sea level where the climb started. Note that there is a 300 meters downhill at 500 meters to go, making the rest of the climb around 12-15% average!
There was an early break of three riders, who gained a maximum 1'30 lead. But the active peloton came close a few times. On the last lap, some teams kept their top-riders in front and the peloton had almost caught the break at the bottom of the climb.
Then Russian Alex Hatuntsev took off! He flew up the hill and won by 20 seconds ahead of Kam Po Wong and took over Masahiko Mifune's yellow jersey. Derek (Ngai Ching) Wong finished top ten and remained the number two on GC, while Kam Po Wong is third. Tour leader Masahiko Mifune from the Marco Polo Cycling Team had very bad legs today. He started the climb with the front riders, but suffered and struggled to finish as 40th.
A special note for Chinese rider Chen Jun, who was in the three man break for about 50 kilometres. He got caught at the start of the climb but stayed in the front and came 5th!
Photography
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Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
- Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh and Rhys Pollock from the Marco Polo Cycling Team before the start of stage 6 at the gate towards the A-Ma hill.
- The riders struggle towards the finish at the steep hill-top finish.
- Masahiko Mifune from the Marco Polo Cycling Team finishing the stage and losing his yellow jersey
Results
1 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 2.19.52 2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.12 3 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 0.19 4 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 5 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 0.22 6 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 0.27 7 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 8 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 9 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.53 10 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 0.41 11 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport 12 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 0.49 13 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 0.54 14 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 16 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan 17 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team 18 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 19 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 20 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 1.00 21 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 22 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA 23 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 1.03 24 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection 25 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport 26 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 27 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 28 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong 29 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA 30 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA 31 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 1.10 32 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan 1.15 33 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 34 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 35 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport 1.18 36 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 37 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan 38 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 39 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 40 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth 41 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 42 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 43 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team 44 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth 45 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 1.27 46 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 1.29 47 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 48 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 1.32 49 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 50 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan 51 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 1.35 52 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 1.38 53 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA 1.40 54 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 55 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 56 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 1.43 57 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 1.50 58 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 1.57 59 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 2.05 60 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong 61 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 2.09 62 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 63 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 64 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 65 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 2.16 66 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 2.20 67 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 2.22 68 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 2.25 69 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 2.28 70 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 2.31 71 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 72 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.49 73 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 2.52 74 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak 2.55 75 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 3.08 76 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 3.10 77 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan 3.15 78 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 3.29 79 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 80 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 3.33 81 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 82 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak 3.48 83 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 84 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 5.11 DNF Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team DNF Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA DNF Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth DNF Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong DNF Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport General classification after stage 6 1 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 14.05.17 2 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.25 3 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.36 4 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 0.55 5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 0.57 6 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 1.01 7 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.10 8 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport 1.27 9 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.40 10 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 11 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 1.47 12 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2.00 13 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.01 14 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 15 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2.04 16 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 17 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth 18 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2.41 19 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 2.44 20 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 2.59 21 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 3.02 22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 3.13 23 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan 3.26 24 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 25 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3.28 26 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 3.31 27 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA 3.32 28 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 29 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 30 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA 3.35 31 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong 32 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 33 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 34 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 3.42 35 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport 3.46 36 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 3.50 37 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport 38 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth 39 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team 40 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 3.59 41 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 4.01 42 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 4.03 43 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan 4.04 44 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 45 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 46 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan 4.07 47 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 4.10 48 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 4.12 49 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA 4.30 50 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 4.30 51 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 4.37 52 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 4.41 53 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong 4.48 54 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 4.54 55 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 4.58 56 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 5.00 57 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 5.05 58 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 5.20 59 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 5.37 60 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection 5.39 61 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 5.42 62 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA 5.44 63 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 5.49 64 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 5.56 65 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 6.01 66 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 67 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 6.13 68 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak 6.20 69 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 6.35 70 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak 7.05 71 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 7.09 72 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.58 73 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 8.24 74 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 8.45 75 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 13.14 76 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 14.11 77 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan 19.29 78 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 20.45 79 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 21.22 80 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 21.27 81 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan 21.50 82 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team 22.41 83 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 43.14 84 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 44.30 Points classification 1 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 69 pts 2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 57 3 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 55 4 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 53 5 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 52 6 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 42 7 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 40 8 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 33 9 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 33 10 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 30 11 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 28 12 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 22 13 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 22 14 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 13 15 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 16 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 12 17 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 12 18 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 11 19 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 11 20 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 10 21 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 8 22 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 7 23 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 24 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 6 25 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 6 26 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 6 27 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 5 28 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 4 29 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 4 30 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 4 31 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 4 32 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 3 33 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 3 34 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 3 35 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 3 36 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 3 37 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 3 38 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 3 39 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 40 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1 41 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1 42 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 1 43 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 1 Teams classification 1 Moscow City Sports Association 42.18.50 2 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.26 3 Kazakstan National Team 0.52 4 Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.02 5 ASC Dukla Praha 3.59 6 Glud & Marstrand Horsers 5.13 7 Japan National Team 5.49 8 Bicisport Australia 6.04 9 KED-Rad Team Berlin 6.30 10 Dukla Trencin 6.48 11 Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 7.09 12 Macau-Beijing Selection 7.28 13 PLA 7.43 14 Yunnan 8.04 15 Swiss Track Team 8.32 16 Wismilak Cycling Team 10.51 17 Guangdong 48.08
