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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
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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.
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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
- The VIPs had a nice view over the racecourse.
- Peter Milostic (points) and Kam Po Wong (yellow jersey) at the start of stage 3 will we go forward or backward today?
- The field stayed together for a long time on the fast course in Shenzhen during stage 3 of the Tour of the South China Sea
- The four riders that made the long break Rob Conijn (Marco Polo amateurs, with Song (Guangdong) taking a turn, followed by King Nin Lau (Hong Kong) and the tall Stanislav Kozubek (Ducla Praha).
- The field sprint with winner Koudentsov in the middle
- The winners (L to R): Kam Po Wong (Tour leader), Oleg Grishkin (points leader and second in the stage), Serguei Koudentsov (stage winner) and Brett Aitken (third in the stage)
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
