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8th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5
China, December 25, 2003 - January 1, 2004
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Stage 2 - December 26: Wanchai - Tsing Yi (Hong Kong), 98 km
Kam Po Wong hits the front
By Gudo Kramer
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The second stage of the Tour of South China Sea brought local rider Kam Po Wong of Hong Kong to the lead. After a fairly calm start it looked like the field was in for a peaceful Boxing Day, but when it reached the Tsing Yi finishing circuit, the fighting began in earnest and it didn't stop until after the finish.
The start was given near the Hong Kong Exhibition centre between the skyscrapers of Hong Kong Island. Through a tunnel the race went to the Kowloon side of the water, continuing to the Tsing Yi course. After reaching the course, it was Chris Bradford (World Wide Cycling) who lit the fire, followed by six other riders, but after a couple of laps this group was reeled in by the peloton.
Immediately after this, the big guns started attacking, eager to make the race hard for tour leader Oleg Grishkin and his Moscow City team. Kam Po Wong of Hong Kong was with the first of the favourites that gave it a try. It took some laps though before the resistance of the field was broken and with four (out of 12) laps to go, four riders broke clear. Two Australians: Peter Milostic and Cameron Hughes (Bicisport), Jan Sipeky of Ducla Trencin and of course Kam Po Wong made the break.
Despite some hard chasing by the field, the four stayed clear until the finish, although it was close by the end after a strong group of ten escaped from the peloton. The ten didn't manage to catch the four leaders by just nine seconds. Kam Po won the sprint of the first group easily and confidently ahead of Milostic, Hughes and Sipeky, while Martin Blaha from Ducla Praha came fifth and Marco Polo rider Masahiko Mifune won the field sprint for 15th.
The Tour remains exciting! With six days of racing still to go, defending the jersey will be hard job for Kam Po, as he has strong and experienced riders like Milostic, Grishkin, Aitken and Krahl (Bianchi Berlin) close to him on GC.
Photography
Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
- The 'big three' on the front row L to R: Brett Aitken in the red points jersey, Oleg Grishkin in yellow and Kam Po Wong in the blue Asian rider classification outfit.
- Before the start with the Hong Kong skyline behind the riders. This is where the Hong Kong Cycle Classic will be on the 4th of January.
- The group in Hong Kong on its way to Tsing Yi
Results
1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 2.41.28 2 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia 3 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia 4 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 5 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 6 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 0.09 7 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 8 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 9 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia 10 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 11 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 12 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 13 Shaun Oneill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 0.14 14 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 0.17 15 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling 0.45 16 Tim Dekker (Aus) Bicisport Australia 17 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 18 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team 19 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 20 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 21 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 22 Libor Hlavac (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 23 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 24 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 25 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida 26 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 27 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 28 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 29 Wei Li (Chn) Tianjin 30 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 31 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 32 Greg Rossiter (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 33 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 34 Heng Wa Choi MAC Macau-Beijing Selection 35 Chih Hsin Mu (Tpe) Merida 36 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 37 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida 38 Rob Conjin (Ned) World Wide Cycling 39 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Shanghai 40 Jie Zhu (Chn) Shanghai 41 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 42 Milan Dovrscik (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 43 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 44 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 45 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute 46 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 47 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 48 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) World Wide Cycling 49 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 50 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling 51 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team 52 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling 53 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 54 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 55 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 56 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 57 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong 58 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong 59 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 0.55 60 Lawrence Yung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 61 Robert Nagy (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 2.45 62 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 3.47 63 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 64 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 5.23 65 Yanhao Sun (Chn) Tianjin 5.48 66 Jack Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 7.42 67 Lihui Zhang (Chn) Shanghai 68 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai 17.59 68 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Guangdong 68 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 68 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japan National Team 68 Wanwan Setyobudi (Ina) World Wide Cycling 68 Tim Collins (Aus) Bicisport Australia 68 Edward Dockrill (Aus) Bicisport Australia 68 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 68 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangzhou 68 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangzhou 68 Steven Jansen (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 68 Derek Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 68 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute 68 Jan Gazi (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 68 Kuo Hua Lo (Tpe) Merida 68 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 68 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 85 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 31.32 85 Weifeng Ivi (Chn) Shanghai 85 Feng Yan (Chn) Shanghai 85 Zhaojun Wang (Chn) Tianjin 85 Que Zhong (Chn) Guangzhou 85 Jon Pettingill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 85 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 85 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 85 Dusan Klucka (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 85 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Merida 85 Teng Huan Liu (Tpe) Merida 85 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo Teams 1 Bicisport Australia 8.04.33 2 ASC Dukla Praha 0.45 3 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 4 Moscow City Sports Association 1.02 5 Macau-Beijing Selection 1.30 6 Japan National Team 7 KED-Rad Team Berlin 8 City of Perth Cycling Team 1.45 9 Merida 2.06 10 Kazakstan National Team 11 World Wide Cycling 12 Guangdong 13 ASK Dukla Trencin 3.21 14 Shanghai 9.03 15 Hong Kong Sports Institute 9.13 16 Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 22.22 17 Tianjin 37.56 18 Guangzhou 1.07.21 General classification after stage 2 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 4.22.10 2 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia 0.08 3 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 0.13 4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia 0.17 5 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 0.23 6 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia 1.01 7 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 1.05 8 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 9 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 1.14 10 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 11 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 12 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 13 Shaun Oneill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 1.19 14 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 1.22 15 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling 1.50 16 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 17 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 18 Libor Hlavac (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 19 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 20 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 21 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 22 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 23 Tim Dekker (Aus) Bicisport Australia 24 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida 25 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 26 Greg Rossiter (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 27 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling 28 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 29 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 30 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 31 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 32 Wei Li (Chn) Tianjin 33 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida 34 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 35 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 36 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 37 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 38 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 39 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 40 Heng Wa Choi MAC Macau-Beijing Selection 41 Chih Hsin Mu (Tpe) Merida 42 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) World Wide Cycling 43 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 44 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team 45 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 46 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 47 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 48 Jie Zhu (Chn) Shanghai 49 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute 50 Milan Dovrscik (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 51 Rob Conjin (Ned) World Wide Cycling 52 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling 53 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 54 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 55 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team 56 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong 57 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 2.00 58 Lawrence Yung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 2.37 59 Robert Nagy (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 3.50 60 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 4.52 61 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 62 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 6.28 63 Yanhao Sun (Chn) Tianjin 6.53 64 Jack Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 8.47 65 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong 10.47 66 Wanwan Setyobudi (Ina) World Wide Cycling 19.04 67 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute 68 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 69 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japan National Team 70 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai 71 Tim Collins (Aus) Bicisport Australia 72 Derek Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 73 Jan Gazi (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 74 Steven Jansen (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 75 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 19.39 76 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Guangdong 21.06 77 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 24.34 78 Edward Dockrill (Aus) Bicisport Australia 79 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 80 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangzhou 81 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangzhou 28.01 82 Kuo Hua Lo (Tpe) Merida 83 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 32.37 84 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Merida 85 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute 33.14 86 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Shanghai 33.17 87 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 34.00 88 Zhaojun Wang (Chn) Tianjin 34.39 89 Dusan Klucka (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 90 Weifeng Ivi (Chn) Shanghai 38.07 91 Jon Pettingill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 92 Lihui Zhang (Chn) Shanghai 40.14 93 Que Zhong (Chn) Guangzhou 41.34 94 Teng Huan Liu (Tpe) Merida 95 Feng Yan (Chn) Shanghai 51.57 96 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 55.59 Points classification 1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 35 pts 2 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia 31 3 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 25 4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia 22 5 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia 13 6 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin 13 7 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 11 8 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 11 9 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 10 10 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 10 11 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 9 12 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team 9 13 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 8 14 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 8 15 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling 7 16 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 6 17 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team 5 18 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 5 19 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling 3 19 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 3 19 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 3 22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team 1 22 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin 1 22 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 1 22 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team 1 22 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association 1 Teams classification 1 Bicisport Australia 13.08.12 2 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 1.36 3 Moscow City Sports Association 1.53 4 KED-Rad Team Berlin 2.21 5 ASC Dukla Praha 2.27 6 Macau-Beijing Selection 3.12 7 Japan National Team 8 City of Perth Cycling Team 3.27 9 World Wide Cycling 3.48 10 Merida 11 Kazakstan National Team 12 Guangdong 13 ASK Dukla Trencin 5.03 14 Hong Kong Sports Institute 10.55 15 Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo 24.04 16 Shanghai 26.32 17 Tianjin 41.40 18 Guangzhou 1.32.27
