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Tour of Thailand - 2.2

Thailand, January 24-29, 2006

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Stage 3 - January 26: Sukhothai - Khaokho, 198.17 km

Fuyu Li leading international Thailand Tour

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Fuyu Li
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Chinese Marco Polo rider Fuyu Li had his international breakthrough in the 3rd stage in the Tour of Thailand. In the first mountaintop finish of the Tour, Fuyu managed to beat Iranian Hossein Askari in the sprint to the line. Fuyu Li is the winner of the gold medal at the China Games, just recently in 2005.

Fuyu and Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh from Mongolia were the Marco Polo riders present in a 19-rider breakaway in the 165 km stage between Sukhothai and Khao Kho in the north of Thailand. On the last climb Fuyu attacked on a steep section, and found only Askari in his wheel with 15 km to go. As Askari did not want to work to bring Fuyu the yellow jersey, the Chinese Marco Polo rider had to do all the work by himself. In the final sprint he still beat the Iranian rider for the stage win.

"I am so excited, it is great to be in the yellow jersey tomorrow. It is still a long way, with three long stages waiting, but I am pretty confident as we have a very strong team to defend my lead. I want to thank my team mates especially for helping me!"

Fuyu showed great form already in the last stage of the Tour of Siam, that ended just days ago. After working for Tour leader Thomas Rabou of Marco Polo for a few days, he managed to still get in an 8th place in the hard uphill finish of the final stage! Thomas Rabou won the individual classification and the Marco Polo team took the team classification in the Tour of Siam.

It hasn't happened for years that a Chinese rider won a stage and took the lead in an international Tour outside of China. Fuyu is right on schedule to qualify for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The Tour of Thailand is an international race, ranked in the second category of the UCI (International Cycling Union) calendar.

The first stage in the Tour was won by Irish rider David McCann, the second stage by Park Sun Baek of Korea. The race will finish on the 29th of January in Bangkok.

Photography

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Results

1 Fuyu Li (Chn) Marco Polo                             4.12.20 (39.28 km/h)
2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing                      
3 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Giant Asia Racing               1.36
4 Kuan-Hua Lai (Tpe) Chinese Taipei                       1.50
5 Brad Hall (Aus) Perth                                   2.26
6 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea                                     
7 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Perth                              3.39
8 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice                      
9 Jae In Kin (Kor) Korea                                  4.55
10 Kuei-Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei                      
11 Steven Mouritz (Aus) Perth                                 
12 Anuawar Ahmad Haidar (Mas) Letua Malaysia                  
13 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)                     6.28
14 Iman Suparman (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang           8.36
15 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea                                 9.45
16 Tetsuya Ishida (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance                 
17 Robin Neil Reid (NZl) Marco Polo                           
18 Ryah Ariehaan (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic                      
19 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia                     
20 Viacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice             
21 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Perth                                
22 Ruslan Mohd. Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia                    10.17
23 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea                                 
24 Masanari Komuro (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance                
25 Seok Kyo Suh (Kor) Korea                                   
26 Korakot Rittiman (Tha) Thailand All Star                   
27 Lex Nederlof (Ned) De Ysselstreek                          
28 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice                 
29 Lossea Keong (Mas) Marco Polo                              
30 Santoro Budi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice                      
31 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance               
32 Kouyun Narutchai (Tha) Thailand All Star                   
33 Sebastiaan Wittenberg (Ned) De Ysselstreek                 
34 Redianto (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang                    
35 Mohd. Zahit Mohd.Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia                     
36 Dwi Haryanto (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic                       
37 Pittayathornlert Tanet (Tha) Thailand All Star             
38 Ali Mohd. Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia                          
39 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx                    
40 Danny Feng (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx                       
41 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Profiline (Germany)                 
42 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing                       
43 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang                
44 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Giant Asia Racing                       
45 Hintho Youthaporn (Tha) Thailand All Star                  
46 Anno Pederson (Ned) BACP Dodol Picnic                      
47 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)                       
48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing                       
49 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) De Ysselstreek                       
50 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo                              
51 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia                              
52 Fitrianto Hari (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice                    
53 Yusuke Higuma (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance                  
54 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshkh (Mgl) Marco Polo                      
55 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing                     
56 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Marco Polo                              
57 Amin Suryana (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic                  10.36
58 Rahman Mohd Asril (Mas) Letua Malaysia                11.16
59 Ahmad Lutfi MD.Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia                       
60 Erik Averesch (Ned) De Ysselstreek                    12.16
61 Gary Choong Kin Wah (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx              
62 Fraser Yong (Can) Chinese Taipei                           
63 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)                  13.16
64 Cecep Erifiandi (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic                    
65 Kouji Nagano (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)                          
66 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)                          
67 Bualoi Okart (Tha) Thailand All Star                       
68 Andri Rosadi (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang           13.29
69 Nicolas Dale Swallow (GBr) Singapore Cycleworx        14.10
70 Duaij Salman Duaij (Brn) Bahrain                           
71 Jung Seok Chung (Kor) Korea                           14.28
72 Agus Sopian (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic                   14.34
73 Tobias Dorrer (Ger) Profiline (Germany)               14.44
74 Karsten Keunecke (Ger) Profiline (Germany)                 
75 Zainal Mohd Nor Riruan (Mas) Letua Malaysia           15.07
76 Kotaro Iwakura (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance                 
77 Ahmed Salman Duaij (Brn) Bahrain                           
78 Mansoor Moh'd Mansoor (Brn) Bahrain                        
79 Ali Hassan Mansoor (Brn) Bahrain                      17.51
80 Rene Gruner (Ger) Profiline (Germany)                      
81 Simon Lim Kien Chuan (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx        18.34
82 Joseph Svarc Gregory (USA) Singapore Cycleworx             
83 Marcel Mobus (Ger) Profiline (Germany)                     
84 Janaka Sumith Kumara (Sri) Sri Lanka Air Force             
85 Amil Silva (Sri) Sri Lanka Air Force                  19.45
86 Marc Hulshof (Ned) De Ysselstreek                          
87 Darren Harry (Aus) Perth                                   
88 Rosdi Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Letua Malaysia            23.04
89 Achmad Husni Afandi (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang    23.41
90 Sujith De Silva (Sri) Sri Lanka Air Force                  
 
Outside time limit
 
TC Chia-Hung Yang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei                        
TC Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Bahrain                             
TC Jamal Ahmed Al-Doseri (Brn) Bahrain                        
TC Abd Malik Mohd Shafari (Mas) Letua Malaysia                
TC Taha Alawi (Brn) De Ysselstreek                            
TC Rosseli Mohd Khairul-Khadimin (Mas) Letua Malaysia         
DNF Burhanudin Nunung (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang          
DNF Chun-Te Chiang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei                       
DNF Po-Sen Chiu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei                          
                      

General classification after stage 3

1 Fuyn Li (Chn) Marco Polo                    
2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing