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8th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5

China, December 25, 2003 - January 1, 2004

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Stage 3 - December 27: Longhua (Shenzhen), 88 km

Russians strong but Wong holds lead

By Gudo Kramer

The field sprint
Photo ©: Francis Cerny

The 3rd stage in the Tour of South China Sea ended in a bunch sprint, with Russians Sergey Koudentsov and Oleg Grishkin (Moscow City Sports Association) taking the top two places in front of Australian Brett Aitken (Bicisport). The favourites for the final GC did not really move during the race and race leader Kam Po Wong and his Hong Kong compatriots did not give much space to the riders that tried to get away. At the end of the day, Wong held onto the leader's jersey with a seven second advantage over Grishkin.

The Shenzhen stage was held in the town of Longhua, which hosts many of the world's biggest bicycle production factories. The Longhua Jin Xiu Jiang Nan Cup was held on a 4.4 km flat, super fast lap, suiting the track riders especially. There are many track riders in the Tour of South China Sea this year, as they prepare for the track season that will start soon.

A break of four riders managed to stay away from the grouped peloton for a long time. King Nin Lau (Pocari Sweat Hong Kong National), Shuhai Song (Guangdong province team), Stanislav Kozubek (Ducla Praha) and Rob Conijn (Marco Polo amateurs) got a maximum lead of 55 seconds, but didn't have a real chance to win the race. With six laps to go, the peloton came back to them, as the Beijing-Macau team closed the final gap.

After this, several other moves where made but never managed to go more then 100 meters up the road. The fast course simply did not suit the escapees and the Chinese teams especially reacted to everything. It did not bring them much though. The teams of Moscow and KED Bianchi showed they were well organised and built fast moving trains. The Russians stayed in charge and they won the sprint in a clear 1-2. \

Serguei Koudentsov won the race, Oleg Grishkin finished second, and with Brett Aitken taking third, the success of the track riders was complete. Koudentsov is 24 year old former Russian Champion points race and he is the Madison partner of Grishkin. The two will be preparing in Russia for the Athens Olympic Games. Grishkin will therefore not race with the Navigators team in the USA in 2004, which may be a big relief for many riders in the US, as he had great successes there.

The winners (L to R):
Photo ©: Francis Cerny

Grishkin also took over the lead in the points classification today, "I really want to prepare well for the Olympic Madison race and I think that I can do this better with a special track preparation. This race is perfect, as the stages are really fast and they give us a great preparation for the Russian track championships that start on the 18th of January. As we have no competition in our legs now, we may be suffering in some of the stages, but my legs feel better every day. The riders from Australia have a big advantage though, as it is their racing season now and they should be better prepared. I saw Kam Po Wong before this race only on the track, but it looks like this guy can do everything, sprint, climb, road track, he doesn't seem to care. It will be hard to beat him, but we will keep on following him and see if we get chances in the end."

Kam Po is not too confident, "It is a really close race and some riders came closer again. Grishkin is on seven seconds now, there are four riders within 23 seconds, it will be hard to defend this all the race."

Photography

Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera

Results

1 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association    1.59.13
2 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association               
3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia                           
4 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                      
5 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
6 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling                         
7 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                    
8 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                            
9 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                   
10 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        
11 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                             
12 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                   
13 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling                                 
14 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                      
15 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida                                
16 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                   
17 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                          
18 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                              
19 Feng Yan (Chn) Shanghai                                         
20 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                 
21 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                         
22 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                
23 Libor Hlavac (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                              
24 Jon Pettingill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                 
25 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                         
26 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                  
27 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                 
28 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     
29 Wei Li (Chn) Tianjin                                            
30 Lihui Zhang (Chn) Shanghai                                      
31 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team                       
32 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association         
33 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                      
34 Dusan Klucka (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                            
35 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                        
36 Jack Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                        
37 Heng Wa Choi MAC Macau-Beijing Selection                        
38 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        
39 Greg Rossiter (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                  
40 Chih Hsin Mu (Tpe) Merida                                       
41 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               
42 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team               
43 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida                                    
44 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association           
45 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong                                        
46 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     
47 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                   
48 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Guangdong                                   
49 Que Zhong (Chn) Guangzhou                                       
50 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Merida                                     
51 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                   
52 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangzhou                                     
53 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                         
54 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) World Wide Cycling                          
55 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                    
56 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                           
57 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Shanghai                                    
58 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangzhou                                    
59 Jie Zhu (Chn) Shanghai                                          
60 Kuo Hua Lo (Tpe) Merida                                         
61 Weifeng Ivi (Chn) Shanghai                                      
62 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling                         
63 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia                        
64 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association            
65 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai                                          
66 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japan National Team                          
67 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia                        
68 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       
69 Shaun Oneill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                   
70 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                           
71 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team                         
72 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                        
73 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association       
74 Teng Huan Liu (Tpe) Merida                                      
75 Steven Jansen (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                  
76 Tim Dekker (Aus) Bicisport Australia                            
77 Edward Dockrill (Aus) Bicisport Australia                       
78 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong                                     
79 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       
80 Jan Gazi (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                                
81 Lawrence Yung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  
82 Robert Nagy (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                             
83 Wanwan Setyobudi (Ina) World Wide Cycling                       
84 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  
85 Rob Conjin (Ned) World Wide Cycling                             
86 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          
87 Derek Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                   
88 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     
89 Milan Dovrscik (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                          
90 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                           
91 Zhaojun Wang (Chn) Tianjin                                      
92 Tim Collins (Aus) Bicisport Australia                           
93 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                     
94 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                           
95 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                              
96 Yanhao Sun (Chn) Tianjin                                    9.51
 
Teams
 
1 Moscow City Sports Association                            5.57.39
2 Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                                       
3 Macau-Beijing Selection                                          
4 ASC Dukla Praha                                                  
5 Kazakstan National Team                                          
6 World Wide Cycling                                               
7 KED-Rad Team Berlin                                              
8 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                                           
9 City of Perth Cycling Team                                       
10 Merida                                                          
11 Hong Kong Sports Institute                                      
12 Shanghai                                                        
13 Japan National Team                                             
14 Guangdong                                                       
15 ASK Dukla Trencin                                               
16 Bicisport Australia                                             
17 Guangzhou                                                       
18 Tianjin                                                     9.51
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                  6.21.23
2 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association           0.07
3 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia                     0.08
4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia                       0.13
5 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                        0.23
6 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia                     1.01
7 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                           1.05
8 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association       1.12
9 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                           1.14
10 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                         
11 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     
12 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     
13 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               
14 Shaun Oneill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                   
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 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida                                
20 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                          
21 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                 
22 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling                                 
23 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                   
24 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association         
25 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                
26 Greg Rossiter (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                  
27 Wei Li (Chn) Tianjin                                            
28 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                             
29 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                   
30 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida                                    
31 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association           
32 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team                       
33 Heng Wa Choi MAC Macau-Beijing Selection                        
34 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       
35 Chih Hsin Mu (Tpe) Merida                                       
36 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                         
37 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                    
38 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                     
39 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association       
40 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association            
41 Tim Dekker (Aus) Bicisport Australia                            
42 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team               
43 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) World Wide Cycling                          
44 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                         
45 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                           
46 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                   
47 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                        
48 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          
49 Jie Zhu (Chn) Shanghai                                          
50 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       
51 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                           
52 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong                                        
53 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling                         
54 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                           
55 Rob Conjin (Ned) World Wide Cycling                             
56 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team                         
57 Milan Dovrscik (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                          
58 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team              2.00
59 Lawrence Yung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute              2.37
60 Robert Nagy (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                         3.50
61 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                    4.52
62 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                 
63 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                       6.28
64 Jack Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                    8.47
65 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong                                10.47
66 Yanhao Sun (Chn) Tianjin                                   16.44
67 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo             19.04
68 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                   
69 Wanwan Setyobudi (Ina) World Wide Cycling                       
70 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai                                          
71 Steven Jansen (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                  
72 Jan Gazi (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                                
73 Tim Collins (Aus) Bicisport Australia                           
74 Derek Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                   
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 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                      
79 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangzhou                                    
80 Edward Dockrill (Aus) Bicisport Australia                       
81 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japan National Team                     24.53
82 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangzhou                                28.01
83 Kuo Hua Lo (Tpe) Merida                                         
84 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Merida                                32.37
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 Dusan Klucka (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                       34.39
89 Zhaojun Wang (Chn) Tianjin                                      
90 Jon Pettingill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team            38.07
91 Weifeng Ivi (Chn) Shanghai                                      
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 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association             40 pts
2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       35
3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia                         34
4 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia                       31
5 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association         26
6 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia                       13
7 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                             13
8 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                         13
9 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          11
10 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                            11
11 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                   11
12 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association     10
13 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                              9
14 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          9
15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                        9
16 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      8
16 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     8
16 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling                        8
16 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                          8
16 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                         8
16 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                  8
22 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling                                7
23 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling                       6
24 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                 5
24 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  5
26 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                  4
27 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               3
27 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  3
27 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association        3
30 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong                                    2
30 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                 2
32 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       1
32 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai                                         1
32 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team                      1
32 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                       1
32 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                  1
32 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association          1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bicisport Australia                                      19.05.51
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                                              2.36
6 ASK Dukla Trencin                                            3.03
7 Japan National Team                                          3.12
8 Macau-Beijing Selection                                          
9 City of Perth Cycling Team                                   3.22
10 World Wide Cycling                                          3.48
11 Kazakstan National Team                                         
12 Merida                                                          
13 Guangdong                                                       
14 Hong Kong Sports Institute                                 10.55
15 Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                                 24.04
16 Shanghai                                                   26.32
17 Tianjin                                                    51.31
18 Guangzhou                                                1.32.27