Jelajah Malaysia - 2.2

Malaysia, January 6-12, 2007

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Stage 3 - January 8: Kula Terengganu - Kota Bahru, 161.4 km

Anuar Manan is Malaysia's sprinter in the making

By Jean-François Quénet in Kota Bharu

Malaysia's new sprinting star Anuar Manan
Photo ©: Jean-François Quénet

It will be interesting to see Anuar Manan competing in next month's Le Tour de Langkawi against some of the world's top sprinters like Danilo Hondo, Julian Dean and Ruben Bongiorno. It looks like Malaysia now has the man to improve the country's best stage result so far produced since Asia's premier cycling event was created in 1996. So far, Nor Effandy Rosli and Suhardi Hasan have only managed to come 5th in bunch sprints.

Before moving on to the next task of his young career, former mountain biker Manan enjoyed his first pro victory in Kota Bharu where a few crashes occurred in the last six kilometres on a wet road. "I managed to avoid all that because I was always in the front with my team-mates", he said. But his designated lead out man Ahmad Haidar was himself victim of a heavy crash 500 metres before the finish line. It didn't prevent him from out-sprinting Saiful Anuar Aziz. Both riders are 20 years-old and hail from Terengganu, where stage 3 started.

To see Malaysians beating Russian sprinter Sergeï Kudentsov from Discovery Channel-Marco Polo shows how much cycling is improving in this country, not only from race organizations point of view.

"My team worked hard from the start, Manan explained. We shared the train with [race leader Makoto Iijima's] Japan to catch all the breakaways and we managed to keep the bunch together for the sprint. It's a great feeling to win. After three years of racing internationally, this is my first win." And probably not the last one.

It's a great start for Malaysia's new continental team LeTua based in Subang Jaya. After only three days of racing, with Manan also leading the points classification, they showed they highly deserve their spot as the 22nd team to enter Le Tour de Langkawi (February 2-11).

Photography

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Images by Jean-François Quénet/Cyclingnews.com

Malaysia's new sprinting star Anuar Manan before the start in Terengganu
Putrajaya rider Naim Aziz stretching hard before the race
Saiful looked happy with second place
And the winner is... Anuar Manan!
Saiful, Manan and Kudentsov top three in Kota Bharu
Manan is of course the leader of the Malaysian category
Race leader Makoto Iijima and stage winner Anuar Manan congratulated by local authorities

Results

1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua                                      3.44.53
2 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan National Team
3 Kudentsov Sergey (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team
4 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu
5 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice
6 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
7 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysian National Team
8 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team
9 Badr Bhanihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team
10 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur
11 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
12 Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Team Le Tua
13 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team
14 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
15 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team
16 Radius Ginting (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor
17 Hossain Jahanbanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
18 Hamid Shiri (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
19 Hossein Ashkari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team
20 Yevgeniy Yakolev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice
21 Zaki Nasir (Mas) Team Le Tua
22 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team
23 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Benteng Muda Selangor
24 Mohammad Partoui (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
25 Jamal Aldoseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team
26 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
27 Khalid Shambih (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team
28 Fuad Daud (Mas) Putrajaya                                            0.25
29 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                            0.00
30 Sazlee Ismail (Mas) Kuala Lumpur
31 Thomas Bencivengo (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports           0.25
32 Safwan Sawai (Mas) Malaysian National Team                           0.00
33 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
34 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Team Farso Cycling
35 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Sommerville Sports
36 Soren B Petersen (Den) Team Farso Cycling
37 Chun Te Ching (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
38 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team
39 Mohamad Faris Abd Razak (Mas) Malaysian National Team
40 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team
41 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team
42 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan National Team
43 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
44 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan National Team
45 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Farso Cycling
46 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                      0.50
47 Ahmed Alhanadsa (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team             0.53
48 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                1.01
49 Raziff Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur                                     0.00
50 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesian National Team
51 Thomas Just (Den) Team Farso Cycling
52 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
53 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
54 Badr Shambih (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team
55 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
56 Azizul Azli Shaari (Mas) Terengganu                                  1.20
57 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice                       0.00
58 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
59 Ebrahim Hussein Ahmed (Brn) Bahrain National Team
60 Jesper Norgaard Lund (Den) Team Farso Cycling                        1.44
61 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                            0.00
62 Jared T Bunde (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports               1.59
63 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysian National Team
64 Stanley Jalip Jr. (Mas) Putrajaya                                    2.01
65 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                               2.02
66 Firdaus Daud (Mas) Putrajaya
67 Ting Pong Lam (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports
68 Ching Man Chung (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports
69 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
70 Kurniawan Kurniawan (Ina) Pahang
71 Wibowo Adi (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor
72 Sayuti Mohd Zahit (Mas) Putrajaya
73 Mohamad Anuar Mohamed Zam (Mas) Terengganu
74 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
75  Parno (Ina) Indonesian National Team
76 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesian National Team
77 David Sommerville (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports
78 Mohd Arif Syukri Ahmad Sabil (Mas) Terengganu                        2.09
79 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesian National Team
80 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                2.12
81 Taufiq Muhamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor
82  Aang Zuanda (Ina) Indonesian National Team
83 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur
84 Iman Suparman (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor
85 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
86 Syed Mohd Hussaini Syed Mazlan (Mas) Terengganu
87 Khairul Naim Azhar (Mas) Putrajaya
88 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
89 Najmee Wan Mohd (Mas) Kuala Lumpur                                   2.15
90 Mohd Hafiz Rozli (Mas) Pahang
91 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysian National Team
92 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team
93 Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Team Le Tua                                       2.39
94 Fahmi Tajuddin (Mas) Putrajaya
95 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Japan National Team                          2.45
96 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan National Team
97 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso Cycling                             3.31
98 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Japan National Team                             4.28
99 Mohd Saiful Fazli Zakaria (Mas) Pahang                               7.12
100 Shah Adam Mohd Arifin (Mas) Pahang                                  9.09
101 Md Asril A Rahman (Mas) Pahang                                     13.51
102 Mohd Khairuz Abd. Ghani (Mas) Pahang                               19.56
103 Haidar Ahmad (Mas) Team Le Tua                                      0.00

Sprints

Setiu, 37.7 km

1 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                            5 pts
2  Parno (Ina) Indonesian National Team                                    3
3 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu                                       2
4 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua                                            1

Jertih, 101.7 km

1 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice                                5 pts
2 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                     3
3 Najmee Wan Mohd (Mas) Kuala Lumpur                                       2
4 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan National Team                                 1

Pasir Puteh, 119.8 km

1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua                                            5 pts
2 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                    3
3 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice                                2
4 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                       1

Teams

1 Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                                 11.14.39
2 Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
3 Team Le Tua
4 Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
5 Malaysia
6 Polygon Sweet Nice
7 Giant Asia Racing Team
8 Kuala Lumpur
9 United Arab Emirates National Team
10 Japan National Team
11 Team Farso Cycling
12 Hong Kong Pro Cycling
13 Bahrain National Team
14 Benteng Muda Selangor                                                2.02
15 Champion System Sommerville Sports                                   2.24
16 Terengganu                                                           3.22
17 Indonesian National Team                                             4.04
18 Putrajaya                                                            4.28
19 Pahang                                                              11.29

General classification after stage 3

1 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                            8.14.24
2 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                              0.07
3 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team                 0.40
4 Thomas Just (Den) Team Farso Cycling                                  0.47
5 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua                                         0.49
6 Kudentsov Sergey (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team              1.01
7 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu                                    1.03
8 Hossain Jahanbanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
9 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
10 Radius Ginting (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor                           1.05
11 Badr Bhanihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team
12 Hossein Ashkari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team
13 Safwan Sawai (Mas) Malaysian National Team
14 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Sommerville Sports
15 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan National Team
16 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl) Team Farso Cycling
17 Chun Te Ching (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team
19 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan National Team
20 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
21 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice
22 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                   1.11
23 Ahmed Alhanadsa (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team             1.58
24 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                      2.12
25 Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Team Le Tua                                      2.13
26 Jared T Bunde (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports               3.04
27 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                               3.07
28 Sayuti Mohd Zahit (Mas) Putrajaya
29 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice                              3.13
30 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team            3.16
31 Firdaus Daud (Mas) Putrajaya                                         4.28
32 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia            5.00
33 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice                            5.02
34 Mohammad Partoui (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team             5.03
35 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
36 Yevgeniy Yakolev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice
37 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur                                    5.06
38 Hamid Shiri (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
39 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
40 Sazlee Ismail (Mas) Kuala Lumpur
41 Harnizam Basri (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
42 Khalid Shambih (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team
43 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team
44 Zaki Nasir (Mas) Team Le Tua
45 Jamal Aldoseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team
46 Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Mas) Benteng Muda Selangor
47 Raziff Jaafar (Mas) Kuala Lumpur
48 Mohamad Faris Abd Razak (Mas) Malaysian National Team
49 Badr Shambih (UAE) United Arab Emirates National Team
50 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
51 Ebrahim Hussein Ahmed (Brn) Bahrain National Team
52 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn) Bahrain National Team
53 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
54 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Indonesian National Team
55 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
56 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
57 Haidar Ahmad (Mas) Team Le Tua
58 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                 5.17
59 Soren B Petersen (Den) Team Farso Cycling
60 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                5.19
61 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysian National Team
62 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team
63 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Farso Cycling                               5.29
64 Thomas Bencivengo (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports           5.31
65 Fuad Daud (Mas) Putrajaya                                            5.44
66 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                6.07
67 Azizul Azli Shaari (Mas) Terengganu                                  6.39
68 Jesper Norgaard Lund (Den) Team Farso Cycling                        7.01
69 Mohamad Anuar Mohamed Zam (Mas) Terengganu                           7.05
70 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Malaysian National Team
71  Parno (Ina) Indonesian National Team                                7.06
72 Stanley Jalip Jr. (Mas) Putrajaya                                    7.07
73 Ching Man Chung (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports             7.08
74 Ting Pong Lam (HKg) Champion System Sommerville Sports
75 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina) Indonesian National Team
76 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling
77 David Sommerville (USA) Champion System Sommerville Sports
78 Wibowo Adi (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor
79 Iwan Setiawan (Ina) Indonesian National Team                         7.15
80 Mohd Arif Syukri Ahmad Sabil (Mas) Terengganu
81 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                7.16
82 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team                 7.17
83 Taufiq Muhamad (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor                           7.18
84  Aang Zuanda (Ina) Indonesian National Team
85 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Kuala Lumpur
86 Kurniawan Kurniawan (Ina) Pahang                                     7.19
87 Najmee Wan Mohd (Mas) Kuala Lumpur                                   7.20
88 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Bahrain National Team                          7.21
89 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysian National Team
90 Mohd Hafiz Rozli (Mas) Pahang
91 Syed Mohd Hussaini Syed Mazlan (Mas) Terengganu                      7.29
92 Iman Suparman (Ina) Benteng Muda Selangor                            7.31
93 Khairul Naim Azhar (Mas) Putrajaya
94 Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Team Le Tua                                       7.45
95 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Japan National Team                          7.51
96 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Japan National Team
97 Fahmi Tajuddin (Mas) Putrajaya                                       8.08
98 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso Cycling                             8.50
99 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Japan National Team                             9.47
100 Mohd Saiful Fazli Zakaria (Mas) Pahang                             12.18
101 Shah Adam Mohd Arifin (Mas) Pahang                                 14.15
102 Md Asril A Rahman (Mas) Pahang                                     18.57
103 Mohd Khairuz Abd. Ghani (Mas) Pahang                               25.02

Sprints Classification

1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua                                           17 pts
2 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                     9
3 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice                                7
4 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu                                       7
5 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                    6
6 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                                  5
7 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                            5
8 Yevgeniy Yakolev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice                                5
9 Hossain Jahanbanian (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team              3
10 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                              3
11  Parno (Ina) Indonesian National Team                                   3
12 Kurniawan Kurniawan (Ina) Pahang                                        3
13 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Team Farso Cycling                                3
14 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                2
15 Stefan Rothe (Ger) Champion System Sommerville Sports                   2
16 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team                    2
17 Najmee Wan Mohd (Mas) Kuala Lumpur                                      2
18 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan National Team                                1
19 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                      1
20 Yoshiyuki Shimizu (Jpn) Japan National Team                             1

Malaysian Riders Classification

1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Team Le Tua                                      8.15.13
2 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu                                    0.14
3 Safwan Sawai (Mas) Malaysian National Team                            0.16
4 Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Team Le Tua                                       1.24
5 Sayuti Mohd Zahit (Mas) Putrajaya                                     2.18
6 Firdaus Daud (Mas) Putrajaya                                          3.39
7 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia             4.11
8 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Kuala Lumpur                                     4.17
9 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia
19 Sazlee Ismail (Mas) Kuala Lumpur

Teams classification

1 Japan National Team                                               24.45.35
2 Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                                 0.01
3 Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team                                     0.30
4 Giant Asia Racing Team                                                0.52
5 Polygon Sweet Nice                                                    0.58
6 Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team                                     1.15
7 Team Farso Cycling                                                    4.46
8 United Arab Emirates National Team                                    4.53
9 Team Le Tua                                                           6.01
10 Champion System Sommerville Sports                                   7.17
11 Malaysian National Team                                              8.54
12 Putrajaya                                                           10.42
13 Benteng Muda Selangor                                               10.56
14 Terengganu                                                          12.13
15 Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia                                        12.55
16 Kuala Lumpur
17 Bahrain National Team
18 Indonesian National Team                                            16.56
19 Pahang                                                              24.24