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8th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5
China, December 25, 2003 - January 1, 2004
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Stage 1 - December 25: Shingmui Circuit, 72 km
Grishkin takes South China opener
By Remko Kramer
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Russian Oleg Grishkin (Moscow City Sports) won the first stage of the Tour of the South China Sea in a five man sprint, ahead of Australian Brett Aitken (Bicisport) and local favourite Kam Po Wong (Pocari Sweat Hong Kong). The group finished 51 seconds ahead of the main field.
The Tour of South China Sea started on Christmas day with a 72 kilometre criterium in Shatin, a newly developed part of the city of Shanghai. The course was a 2.4 kilometre square, taking the 100 riders over two bridges and along the river. The curves were wet from a local morning shower, and there were a few crashes. The only real victim was Russell Brooks from Australia, who was taken to hospital but was not seriously injured.
There were several small breakaway groups but none of them succeeded. The peloton is still fresh and there were always some willing to close the gaps, especially the Chinese and Hong Kong riders. But with 6 laps to go a five man group got away with some of the favourites, including Grishkin, Aitken, Wong, Armin Krahl (KED Berlin) and Peter Milostic (Bicisport). They worked well together and made it to the finish with a handy lead on the bunch. Russian Champion Oleg Grishkin, who arrived only yesterday, won the sprint and will wear the first yellow jersey tomorrow.
Photography
Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
- The two Hong Kong teams in Christmas style after the press conference.
- Some riders from the Shangai selection starting in the criterium.
- High buildings next to the race course in Hong Kong.
- The start and finish bow of the Tour of South China Sea.
- The criterium was held along a river.
- The podium after the first stage: Brett Aitken (2nd), Russian Champion Oleg Grishkin (1st) and Kam Po Wong (3rd)
Results
1 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 1.40.56 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia 3 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 4 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 5 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia 6 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 0.51 7 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling 8 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 9 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 10 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 11 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling 12 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 13 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute 14 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 15 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 16 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 17 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 18 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 19 Libor Hlavac (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 20 Greg Rossiter (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 21 Wanwan Setyobudi (Ina) World Wide Cycling 22 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 23 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 24 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 25 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 26 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida 27 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 28 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida 29 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) World Wide Cycling 30 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 31 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 32 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 33 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 34 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 35 Tim Dekker (Aus) Bicisport Australia 36 Wei Li (Chn) Tianjin 37 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 38 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 39 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 40 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 41 Heng Wa Choi MAC Macau-Beijing Selection 42 Chih Hsin Mu (Tpe) Merida 43 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 44 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 45 Jack Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 46 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japan National Team 47 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 48 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia 49 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 50 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai 51 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 52 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 53 Yanhao Sun (Chn) Tianjin 54 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute 55 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 56 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Merida 57 Jie Zhu (Chn) Shanghai 58 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 59 Milan Dovrscik (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 60 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling 61 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 62 Shaun Oneill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 63 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team 64 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 65 Rob Conjin (Ned) World Wide Cycling 66 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team 67 Tim Collins (Aus) Bicisport Australia 68 Robert Nagy (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 69 Jan Gazi (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 70 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 71 Derek Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 72 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong 73 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 74 Steven Jansen (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 75 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 1.26 76 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 1.28 77 Lawrence Yung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 78 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 2.14 79 Zhaojun Wang (Chn) Tianjin 2.53 80 Dusan Klucka (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 81 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Guangdong 82 Weifeng Ivi (Chn) Shanghai 6.21 83 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 84 Edward Dockrill (Aus) Bicisport Australia 85 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 86 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangzhou 87 Jon Pettingill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 88 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong 9.48 89 Que Zhong (Chn) Guangzhou 90 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangzhou 91 Kuo Hua Lo (Tpe) Merida 92 Teng Huan Liu (Tpe) Merida 93 Feng Yan (Chn) Shanghai 20.11 94 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 24.13 95 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Shanghai 32.18 96 Lihui Zhang (Chn) Shanghai DNF Quanyong Wang (Chn) Tianjin DNF Xuehui Yang (Chn) Tianjin DNF Yongjian Jian (Chn) Guangzhou DNF Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team Points 1 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 21 pts 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia 20 3 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 12 4 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia 11 5 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 10 6 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 8 7 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 8 8 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 6 9 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 5 10 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 5 11 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling 4 12 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 3 13 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 3 14 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 3 15 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 2 16 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team 1 17 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 1 18 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 1 19 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 1 20 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 1 Teams 1 Bicisport Australia 5.03.39 2 Moscow City Sports Association 0.51 3 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 4 KED-Rad Team Berlin 5 ASC Dukla Praha 1.42 6 World Wide Cycling 7 Macau-Beijing Selection 8 Kazakstan National Team 9 Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 10 Merida 11 Hong Kong Sports Institute 12 City of Perth Cycling Team 13 Japan National Team 14 ASK Dukla Trencin 15 Guangdong 16 Tianjin 3.44 17 Shanghai 7.12 18 Guangzhou 25.06
