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Tour of Thailand - 2.2
Thailand, December 16-21, 2007
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Stage 3 - December 18: Khon Kaen - Loei, 205 km
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It was anticipated that today's third of six stages in the Tour of Thailand would be the first hilly stage of the race, and that it would cause major changes in the overal classifications, however this turned out to be only partially correct. The route turned out to be fairly flat, which confused many riders, but did little to affect a marathon day of hard racing in the heat.
From the drop of the flag the attacks started, with Thailand All Stars team rider Jatuphoom Lekhawat going away in the opening kilometres for the second day in a row. This time, however, he was shadowed by Kuota Senges rider Matthias Berting. The duo opened up a huge gap, reaching a maximum of 17 minutes at one point.
Berting had gone away in search of KOM points and the first mountains jersey of the race, but the pair soon found that the KOM was no more than a molehill, and so they kept going. With 30km to go the chase began in earnest, with the Iranians doing much of the damage. For a while it looked like the breakaway duo would be caught, but after nearly the entire stage out front Berting crossed the line un-challenged, while Jatuphoom took over he race lead for his efforts.
Photography
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Images by Steve Thomas
- A Cycleworks Singapore rider taking on water for the team
- Matthias Berting of Kuota-Senges takes stage 3
- A Kuota Sengas rider takes the bunch sprint for third spot
- Prajak Mahawong was happy to hand over the leader's jersey to his friend and countryman Jatuphoom Likhawat
- Enthusiastic school children flank the winning Kuota riders at the finish
- The stage three podium
- Race leader Mahawong checking the route profile at the start
- The jersey holders relax on the start line
- Indonisian rider Tonton Susanto waits for the start
- Thai national team riders chase down the Thai All Stars breakaway rider
- Thailand rider Okart Bualoi loaded up and in full flight
- Race favourite Ahad Kazemi of Iran calls in the chase
- Paul Griffin of Giant Asia has some words with a Japanese rider
- A Thai All Star rider in action
- Cong Hien Mai of Vietnam in the points jersey
- Points, Asian and overall leaders on the road
- The Iranian team put the hammer down , with a little Malaysian help
- The breakaway duo mid-way through their epic journey
- Stage winner Matthias Berting leads the way.
- Lekhawat struggled in the final kilometres , but still took the race lead
Results
1 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges 4.57.47 (41.31 km/h) 2 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand 0.04 3 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges 1.07 4 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 5 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan 6 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 7 Muhammad Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia 8 Roel de Vries (Ned) Ysselstreek 9 Badr Mohammed Banihammead (UAE) United Arab Emirates 10 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam 11 Mohamed Almurawwi (UAE) United Arab Emirates 12 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek 13 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia 14 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 15 Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Kuota Senges 16 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 17 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Thailand 18 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling 19 Yousif Banihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates 20 Phat Dat Trinh (Vie) Vietnam 21 Okan Bualoi (Tha) Thailand 22 Agung Alisyahbana (Ina) Customs Cycling 23 Chaturat Phongphanat (Tha) All Star Thailand 24 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand 25 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines 26 Natthapon Jeebthaworn (Tha) Thailand 27 Janaidi Bin Hashim (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore 28 Ghafari Vahid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 29 Omar Almansory (UAE) United Arab Emirates 30 Yen Lin Huang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 31 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia 32 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) All Star Thailand 33 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 34 Trung Hieu Dang (Vie) Vietnam 35 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 36 Panup Koonrungruangkit (Tha) Thailand 37 Thomas Just (Den) Faeso Denmark 38 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 39 Matej Vyssna (Svk) Dukla Trencin 40 Ryan Ariham (Ina) Faeso Denmark 41 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan 42 Yuli Haryanto (Ina) Customs Cycling 43 Soren Peterson (Den) Kuota Senges 44 Jurag Sagan (Svk) Dukla Trencin 45 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 46 Danny Fang (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore 47 Seiichi Koshiumi (Jpn) Japan 48 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 49 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Customs Cycling 50 Li We Chen (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 51 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 52 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark 53 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing 54 Partovi Mehdi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 55 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Philippines 56 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 57 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 58 Patnk Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin 59 Ahad Sarai Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 60 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Japan 61 Greg Svarc (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore 62 Cong Hieu Mai (Vie) Vietnam 63 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan 64 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Ysselstreek 65 Morten Knudsen (Den) Faeso Denmark 66 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Kuota Senges 67 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 68 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Ysselstreek 69 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti (Mas) Malaysia 70 Wakumoto Masaki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 1.27 71 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 2.03 72 Alexander van Bavel (Ned) Ysselstreek 2.11 General Classification after Stage 3 1 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand 13.15.18 2 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand 0.44 3 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines 0.48 4 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 1.06 5 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam 6 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1.08 7 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 1.09 8 Jurag Sagan (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1.10 9 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan 10 Badr Mohammed Banihammead (UAE) United Arab Emirates 11 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 12 Okan Bualoi (Tha) Thailand 1.11 13 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia 14 Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Kuota Senges 1.12 15 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Thailand 16 Soren Peterson (Den) Kuota Senges 17 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 18 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 19 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark 20 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing 21 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 22 Ahad Sarai Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 23 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan 24 Thomas Just (Den) Faeso Denmark 1.36 25 Muhammad Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia 4.24 26 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 4.27 27 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan 28 Partovi Mehdi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 29 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 30 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges 8.02 31 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam 32 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 9.11 33 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges 9.17 34 Roel de Vries (Ned) Ysselstreek 9.21 35 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek 36 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia 37 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 38 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling 39 Yousif Banihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates 40 Phat Dat Trinh (Vie) Vietnam 41 Agung Alisyahbana (Ina) Customs Cycling 42 Chaturat Phongphanat (Tha) All Star Thailand 43 Natthapon Jeebthaworn (Tha) Thailand 44 Janaidi Bin Hashim (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore 45 Ghafari Vahid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 46 Yen Lin Huang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 47 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) All Star Thailand 48 Trung Hieu Dang (Vie) Vietnam 49 Panup Koonrungruangkit (Tha) Thailand 50 Ryan Ariham (Ina) Faeso Denmark 51 Yuli Haryanto (Ina) Customs Cycling 52 Danny Fang (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore 53 Seiichi Koshiumi (Jpn) Japan 54 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Customs Cycling 55 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 56 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Philippines 57 Patnk Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin 58 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Japan 59 Greg Svarc (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore 60 Cong Hieu Mai (Vie) Vietnam 61 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Ysselstreek 62 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Kuota Senges 63 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 64 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Ysselstreek 65 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti (Mas) Malaysia 66 Wakumoto Masaki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 9.41 67 Matej Vyssna (Svk) Dukla Trencin 9.46 68 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 10.17 69 Alexander van Bavel (Ned) Ysselstreek 10.25 70 Omar Almansory (UAE) United Arab Emirates 11.01 71 Li We Chen (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 13.41 72 Mohamed Almurawwi (UAE) United Arab Emirates 15.20 Points classification 1 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam 29 pts 2 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan 28 3 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag 26 4 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 25 5 Roel de Vries (Ned) Ysselstreek 20 6 Badr Mohammed Banihammead (UAE) United Arab Emirates 19 7 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 17 8 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges 16 9 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand 16 10 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 15 11 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand 14 12 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges 14 13 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines 14 14 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek 12 15 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia 12 16 Ghafari Vahid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 11 17 Muhammad Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia 9 18 Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Kuota Senges 9 19 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia 7 20 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing 7 21 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem 6 22 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan 6 23 Mohamed Almurawwi (UAE) United Arab Emirates 5 24 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark 5 25 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia 3 26 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling 3
