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Tour of Hainan - 2.1
China, November 3-10, 2007
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Stage 7 - November 10: Wuzhishan - Sanya, 107.4 km
Radosz proves worthy
By Remko Kramer in Sanya
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Robert Radosz of Intel - Action proved a worthy champion of the Tour of Hainan by taking the final stage to secure his overall lead. Jenis Galimzyanov of the Russian National Team finished second in the 107.4-kilometre stage to Sanya
How it unfolded
The last stage of the Tour of Hainan was only 107 kilometres long and finished in the city of Sanya. There were two climbs of the third category in the beginning and with four riders within four points it was an exciting mountain classification fight. At the first KOM it was Tang Wang Yip to move into third, and the fifth rider within four points.
Also for the green points jersey there were still three riders within three points. However, at the points sprints there were break-away groups and this classification would be decided at the finish line.
At the second KOM a small group was ahead so Mikhail Antonov won the best climber classification before Roman Klimov, both from the Russian National Team.
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Near Sanya the wind was stronger and the tempo went up towards the finish. It came down to a mass sprint with the Intel Action leading out. They even put a small gap around the corner going on the beach boulevard with 600 metres to go. It was yellow jersey Robert Radosz who took the victory in the last stage, the points classification and the overall victory.
The closing ceremony in the garden of the Asia Pacific Convention Centre was spectacular with the teams and guests in the middle of fireworks during the awards ceremony and Chinese music artists playing during the dinner. With Chinese delicacies from buffet to a complete calf at the grill – the dinner was delicious. With plenty of beer and good wine the teams all celebrated together, into the warm night, the end of a great cycling race on the island of Hainan in China.
Photography
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Images by Francis Cerny
- Team mechanic Henk Zuidema (Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team) before the start of stage 7 cheering with the Chinese cheerleaders.
- China Chun Kai Feng from Taipei rides toward the rest of the peloton before the last stage.
- Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team after the last stage
- Thijs Zonneveld (Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team) before the start of stage 7 almost drowns in the spectators while giving autographs.
- The closing ceremony of the Tour of Hainan. Galimzyanov, Radosz and Kudentsov took the awards for the best sprinters.
Results
1 Robert Radosz (Pol) Intel - Action 2.22.10 (45.327 km/h) 2 Jenis Galimzyanov (Rus) Russian National Team 3 Garth Thomas (RSA) Republic of South Africa 4 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 5 Ahmad Haidar Anuarwar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 Pascal Hungerbuehler (Swi) Swiss National Team 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 8 Giorgi Nadiradze (Geo) Georgian National Team 9 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action 10 Mohammed Zamri Salxeh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 11 Tuguldur Tuulkhangai (Mgl) Mongolian National Team 12 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 13 Abdullah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 14 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15 Haijun Ma (Chn) China Skoda Team 16 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 17 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel - Action 18 Muhamad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 19 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 20 Denis Sosnovshchenko (Rus) Russian National Team 21 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 22 Bold-erdene Boldbaatar (Mgl) Mongolian National Team 23 Vladimir Likhachev (Rus) Russian National Team 24 Andriy Vasulyuk (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 25 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Russian National Team 26 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China Skoda Team 27 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 28 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 29 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 30 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 31 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 32 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 33 Shaun Davel (RSA) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 34 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 35 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 36 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team 37 Roman Klimov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.03 38 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 39 Robert Lyte (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 40 Fabian Krienbühl (Swi) Swiss National Team 41 Christopher Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 42 Sven Schelling (Swi) Swiss National Team 43 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 44 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) Republic of South Africa 45 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 46 Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Swiss National Team 47 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 48 Edmunds John Hollands (Aus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 49 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 50 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 51 Llya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 52 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 53 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Republic of South Africa 54 Yilin Liu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 55 Kazuki Inoue (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 56 Mohammed Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 57 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 58 Duncan Viljoen (RSA) Republic of South Africa 59 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei Team 60 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 61 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Chinese Taipei Team 62 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 63 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 64 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 65 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China Skoda Team 0.09 66 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 67 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 68 Michael Sowerby (RSA) Republic of South Africa 69 Christian Rocha (Swi) Swiss National Team 70 Ahad Kazemisari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 71 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 72 Zabava Vyacheslav (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 73 Baoqing Song (Chn) China Skoda Team 74 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Intel - Action 75 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel - Action 0.48 76 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 77 Archil Makharashvili (Geo) Georgian National Team 3.42 78 Peter Andres (Swi) Swiss National Team 79 Long Jin (Chn) China Skoda Team 80 Kakhaber Loseurashvili (Geo) Georgian National Team 13.29 81 Alexandr Kozyrenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 25.30 Mountains KOM #1 1 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 3 pts 2 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 3 Roman Klimov (Rus) Russian National Team 1 KOM #2 1 Duncan Viljoen (RSA) Republic of South Africa 3 pts 2 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 3 Robert Lyte (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1 Sprints Sprint #1 1 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5 pts 2 Duncan Viljoen (RSA) Republic of South Africa 3 3 Alexandr Kozyrenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 Sprint #2 1 Duncan Viljoen (RSA) Republic of South Africa 5 pts 2 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 3 Shaun Davel (RSA) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 1 Final sprint 1 Robert Radosz (Pol) Intel - Action 14 pts 2 Jenis Galimzyanov (Rus) Russian National Team 12 3 Garth Thomas (RSA) Republic of South Africa 10 4 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 8 5 Ahmad Haidar Anuarwar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 6 Pascal Hungerbuehler (Swi) Swiss National Team 5 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 4 8 Giorgi Nadiradze (Geo) Georgian National Team 3 9 Mohammed Zamri Salxeh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 10 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action 1 Teams 1 Malaysia National Team 7.06.30 2 Polygon Sweet Nice 3 Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co.LTD-Asada 4 Kazakhstan National Team 0.03 5 Haima HK Pro Cycling 0.06 6 China Skoda Team 0.09 7 Giant A.R.T. 0.15 Final general classification 1 Robert Radosz (Pol) Intel - Action 26.40.48 2 Roman Klimov (Rus) Russian National Team 0.28 3 Pascal Hungerbuehler (Swi) Swiss National Team 0.33 4 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 5 Haijun Ma (Chn) China Skoda Team 0.37 6 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 0.40 7 Shaun Davel (RSA) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 0.42 8 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 9 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel - Action 0.46 10 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.50 11 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action 0.53 12 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) Republic of South Africa 0.55 13 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.56 14 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 0.57 15 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.58 16 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 1.01 17 Robert Lyte (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.06 18 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team 1.14 19 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Republic of South Africa 1.15 20 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China Skoda Team 1.20 21 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 1.36 22 Vladimir Likhachev (Rus) Russian National Team 1.42 23 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.44 24 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Russian National Team 25 Yilin Liu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 1.50 26 Sven Schelling (Swi) Swiss National Team 2.12 27 Duncan Viljoen (RSA) Republic of South Africa 2.43 28 Kazuki Inoue (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 2.44 29 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 2.46 30 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 2.57 31 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei Team 3.38 32 Christopher Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 3.43 33 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 3.57 34 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 4.10 35 Bold-erdene Boldbaatar (Mgl) Mongolian National Team 4.51 36 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 8.18 37 Denis Sosnovshchenko (Rus) Russian National Team 8.33 38 Michael Sowerby (RSA) Republic of South Africa 11.01 39 Edmunds John Hollands (Aus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 11.44 40 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Chinese Taipei Team 13.55 41 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 14.15 42 Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Swiss National Team 14.31 43 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 14.32 44 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 14.33 45 Andriy Vasulyuk (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 14.37 46 Zabava Vyacheslav (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 14.51 47 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 14.55 48 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15.17 49 Ahad Kazemisari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 15.31 50 Fabian Krienbühl (Swi) Swiss National Team 15.48 51 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China Skoda Team 15.49 52 Muhamad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 16.41 53 Tuguldur Tuulkhangai (Mgl) Mongolian National Team 16.42 54 Anatoliy Kashtan (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 16.47 55 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 16.55 56 Abdullah Rizza Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 17.03 57 Llya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 17.12 58 Giorgi Nadiradze (Geo) Georgian National Team 17.31 59 Baoqing Song (Chn) China Skoda Team 17.38 60 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Intel - Action 17.40 61 Gang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 18.17 62 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine Neri Sottoli Team 18.27 63 Peter Andres (Swi) Swiss National Team 18.58 64 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 19.12 65 Ahmad Haidar Anuarwar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.00 66 Mohammed Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.02 67 Mohammed Zamri Salxeh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.30 68 Jenis Galimzyanov (Rus) Russian National Team 22.45 69 Archil Makharashvili (Geo) Georgian National Team 22.48 70 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 23.18 71 Luke Cridland (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 23.23 72 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25.38 73 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 25.39 74 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel - Action 26.28 75 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 29.32 76 Long Jin (Chn) China Skoda Team 35.25 77 Garth Thomas (RSA) Republic of South Africa 43.05 78 Kakhaber Loseurashvili (Geo) Georgian National Team 45.24 79 Christian Rocha (Swi) Swiss National Team 49.48 80 Brendan Brooks (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 51.37 81 Alexandr Kozyrenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1.16.46 Points classification 1 Robert Radosz (Pol) Intel - Action 75 pts 2 Jenis Galimzyanov (Rus) Russian National Team 75 3 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Discovery Channel Marco Polo Team 68 4 Haijun Ma (Chn) China Skoda Team 36 5 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 28 6 Pascal Hungerbuehler (Swi) Swiss National Team 26 7 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 25 8 Ahmad Haidar Anuarwar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23 9 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel - Action 19 10 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China Skoda Team 16 11 Robert Lyte (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 15 12 Roman Klimov (Rus) Russian National Team 14 13 Kazuki Inoue (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 13 14 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 11 15 Vadim Vdovinov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10 16 Mohammed Zamri Salxeh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 10 17 Garth Thomas (RSA) Republic of South Africa 10 18 Duncan Viljoen (RSA) Republic of South Africa 9 19 Long Jin (Chn) China Skoda Team 9 20 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 8 Mountains classification 1 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Russian National Team 11 pts 2 Roman Klimov (Rus) Russian National Team 8 3 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8 4 Mohammed Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 7 5 Andrey Bozhko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 6 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 7 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 5 8 Duncan Viljoen (RSA) Republic of South Africa 3 9 Shaun Davel (RSA) Amore & Vita-McDonald's 3 10 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 3 11 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Russian National Team 3 12 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel - Action 2 13 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 14 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo Corporation - Meitan Honpo Co LTD - Asada 1 15 Robert Lyte (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1 Teams classification 1 Nippo Corporation-Meitan Honpo Co.LTD-Asada 80.06.38 2 China Skoda Team 13.36 3 Kazakhstan National Team 15.02 4 Haima HK Pro Cycling 17.19 5 Polygon Sweet Nice 17.21 6 Giant A.R.T. 26.47 7 Malaysia National Team 49.17
