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8th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5

China, December 25, 2003 - January 1, 2004

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Stage 5 - December 29: Xiaolan (Zhongshan City), 80 km

Grishkin wins again

By Gudo Kramer

The strongest man in the race
Photo ©: Francis Cerny

The Zhongshang Torch Cup, the fifth stage in the 8th Tour of South China Sea was won by Oleg Grishkin from the Moscow Sports Team. Grishkin, who also won Stage 1 and 4, seems to be the fastest sprinter in the field and is the leader in this race that has been a sprinters' race from the third stage onwards.

In the first and second stages there were still breaks, and Grishkin didn't look good in the hilly stage 2 in which he had to hand the leader's jersey over to Kam Po Wong, but with a strong team around him, Grishkin looks unbeatable so far in the flat stages of this race. Most of the riders are looking forward to the stage on the 31st of December, that will finish after 2 km of climbing.

In the Zhongshang Torch Cup race today, on a 3.8 km super fast course, the average speed was high (the average speed of 42 in the official results cannot be correct), the field was all strung out for most of the stage. Still some groups managed to stay away for quite a few laps. The longest break was by a three man group: Chris Bradford from CMS Marco Polo amateurs, Yu Tong from the Macau-Beijing selection and Cheng Keng Hsien from Chinese Taipei. The trio got a maximum lead of 1 minute and 40 seconds. When Yuri Yuda (Kazakhstan), Ivy Weifeng (Shanghai) and Felix Rohrbach (Sierra Nevada-Marco Polo) got away and tried to close the gap, the teams of Grishkin and Aitken decided that this was getting too dangerous and started the chase.

After they had caught the two little groups, there was a more dangerous group of nine riders, including three riders from Ducla Trencin and also Peter Milostic from Australia Bicisport. With Milostic only 11 seconds from Grishkin in GC and no Australians to help in chase, the Russian sprinter got nervous and started calling more forces to help. The Kazakhstan team also missed the break and the Moscow and Kazakhstan teams got the field to the leading group in the last lap.

Oleg Grishkin wins in yellow
Photo ©: Francis Cerny

The sprint was a very close one, as Grishkin started really early and Aitken managed to get next to him, there was no way of passing the Navigators rider from Russia today however, and Aitken lost by half a wheel. Koudentsov took third, in front of Hung Hsu Ying Chieh of Merida Taipei.

The crowds watching were huge again and the local organisation showed off with enormous starting and prize ceremonies. There where some extra prizes, won by Chris Bradford (most aggressive rider), Ducla Trencin (most aggressive team) and Han Xiaoyong (best U23).

Photography

Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera

Results

1 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association       1.49.03
2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia                          
3 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association          
4 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida                                
5 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                         
6 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                              
7 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling                        
8 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                      
9 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling                                 
10 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                 
11 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          
12 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       
13 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                    
14 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  
15 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                            
16 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                
17 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                              
18 Dusan Klucka (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                           
19 Wanwan Setyobudi (Ina) World Wide Cycling                      
20 Chih Hsin Mu (Tpe) Merida                                      
21 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      
22 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                        
23 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                    
24 Feng Yan (Chn) Shanghai                                        
25 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      
26 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                    
27 Kuo Hua Lo (Tpe) Merida                                        
28 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                  
29 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                         
30 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia                       
31 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japan National Team                         
32 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               
33 Tim Decker (Aus) Bicisport Australia                           
34 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                   
35 Steven Jansen (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                 
36 Heng Wa Choi MAC Macau-Beijing Selection                       
37 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                             
38 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          
39 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) World Wide Cycling                         
40 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                
41 Milan Dovrscik (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                         
42 Libor Hlavac (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                             
43 Lawrence Yung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                 
44 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          
45 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                       
46 Edward Dockrill (Aus) Bicisport Australia                      
47 Derek Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  
48 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association          
49 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangzhou                                   
50 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team                      
51 Jon Pettingill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                
52 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team                        
53 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association           
54 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association      
55 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling                        
56 Rob Conjin (Ned) World Wide Cycling                            
57 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                 
58 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team              
59 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Merida                                0.12
60 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team              0.14
61 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association    0.17
62 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                   0.19
63 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong                                   0.33
64 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong                                0.34
65 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                        
66 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia                       
67 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     
68 Jie Zhu (Chn) Shanghai                                         
69 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                          
70 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Shanghai                                   
71 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                    
72 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  
73 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                  
74 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai                                         
75 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                     
76 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                         
77 Robert Nagy (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                            
78 Tim Collins (Aus) Bicisport Australia                      1.04
79 Jack Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                   1.17
80 Que Zhong (Chn) Guangzhou                                  1.21
81 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Guangdong                                  
82 Jan Gazi (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                               
83 Lihui Zhang (Chn) Shanghai                                     
84 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                 
85 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                          
86 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       
87 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                    
88 Weifeng Ivi (Chn) Shanghai                                 2.07
89 Yanhao Sun (Chn) Tianjin                                       
90 Wei Li (Chn) Tianjin                                       2.15
91 Shaun Oneill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                  
92 Teng Huan Liu (Tpe) Merida                                 2.38
93 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida                               3.47
94 Greg Rossiter (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team             4.42
95 Zhaojun Wang (Chn) Tianjin                                 5.41
 
Teams
 
1 World Wide Cycling                                       5.27.09
2 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                                          
3 Merida                                                          
4 Moscow City Sports Association                                  
5 ASC Dukla Praha                                                 
6 Bicisport Australia                                             
7 Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                                      
8 ASK Dukla Trencin                                               
9 Macau-Beijing Selection                                         
10 Japan National Team                                            
11 KED-Rad Team Berlin                                            
12 Kazakstan National Team                                        
13 Hong Kong Sports Institute                                     
14 Guangdong                                                  1.07
15 Shanghai                                                   1.08
16 City of Perth Cycling Team                                 1.21
17 Tianjin                                                   10.03
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association      10.36.13
2 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                    0.13
3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia                      0.14
4 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia                    0.21
5 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                       0.36
6 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                          1.18
7 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association      1.21
8 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                          1.27
9 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                         
10 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                    
11 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                              
12 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia                   1.48
13 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                  1.59
14 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                2.01
15 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                 2.03
16 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling                       
17 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida                               
18 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling                                
19 Timothy Wilson (Aus) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                
20 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                         
21 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               
22 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                            
23 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                    
24 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                  
25 Tim Decker (Aus) Bicisport Australia                           
26 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                        
27 Libor Hlavac (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                             
28 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                   
29 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      
30 Chih Hsin Mu (Tpe) Merida                                      
31 Heng Wa Choi MAC Macau-Beijing Selection                       
32 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team              
33 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                       
34 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team                      
35 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) World Wide Cycling                         
36 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association          
37 Mikhail Mikheev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association           
38 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling                        
39 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association      
40 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan National Team                        
41 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                          
42 Milan Dovrscik (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                         
43 Rob Conjin (Ned) World Wide Cycling                            
44 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team              2.17
45 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association    2.20
46 Li Zhang (Chn) Guangdong                                   2.36
47 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                      2.37
48 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                        
49 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                         
50 Jie Zhu (Chn) Shanghai                                         
51 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  
52 Lawrence Yung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute             2.50
53 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                   3.24
54 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                          
55 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team             3.34
56 Shaun Oneill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team              3.42
57 Wei Li (Chn) Tianjin                                       4.18
58 Robert Nagy (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                        4.37
59 Felix Rohrbach (Ger) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo            5.05
60 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                   5.24
61 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida                               5.50
62 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                      6.41
63 Greg Rossiter (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team             6.45
64 Yanhao Sun (Chn) Tianjin                                   9.13
65 Jack Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  10.17
66 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong                               11.34
67 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute             19.17
68 Wanwan Setyobudi (Ina) World Wide Cycling                      
69 Steven Jansen (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                 
70 Derek Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute                  
71 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai                                    19.51
72 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo            20.05
73 Tim Collins (Aus) Bicisport Australia                     20.21
74 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo             20.26
75 Jan Gazi (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                          20.38
76 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Guangdong                             22.40
77 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangzhou                              24.47
78 Edward Dockrill (Aus) Bicisport Australia                      
79 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japan National Team                    25.06
80 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                25.21
81 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                     
82 Kuo Hua Lo (Tpe) Merida                                   28.14
83 Hsin Hua Huang (Tpe) Merida                               33.02
84 Dor Ming Chau (HKg) Hong Kong Sports Institute            33.27
85 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Shanghai                              34.04
86 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong               34.13
87 Dusan Klucka (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                      34.52
88 Jon Pettingill (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team           40.10
89 Weifeng Ivi (Chn) Shanghai                                40.27
90 Zhaojun Wang (Chn) Tianjin                                40.33
91 Lihui Zhang (Chn) Shanghai                                41.48
92 Que Zhong (Chn) Guangzhou                                 43.08
93 Teng Huan Liu (Tpe) Merida                                44.25
94 Feng Yan (Chn) Shanghai                                   52.10
95 Troy White (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo               58.02
 
Points classification
 
1 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association            80 pts
2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Bicisport Australia                        64
3 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association        39
4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      35
5 Peter Milostic (Aus) Bicisport Australia                      32
6 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                   22
7 King Nin Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     21
8 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan National Team                       20
9 Chris Bradford (Aus) World Wide Cycling                       19
10 Jan Sipeky (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                           18
11 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                    17
11 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                           17
13 Ying Chieh Hung Hsu (Tpe) Merida                             16
14 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport Australia                     13
14 Richard Ondryas (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                        13
14 Michael Mourecek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                       13
17 Michal Kesl (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                            12
18 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                   11
18 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                        11
18 Armin Krahl (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                        11
21 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) World Wide Cycling                     10
21 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association    10
23 Sama'i (Ina) World Wide Cycling                               9
23 Enrico Zinn (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                         9
25 Denny Schewe (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                        8
25 James Bennett (Aus) City of Perth Cycling Team                8
25 Sun Jae Jang (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                 8
25 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                 8
25 Maros Kovac (Svk) ASK Dukla Trencin                           8
30 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan National Team                     7
31 Seok Kyu Suh (Kor) Hong Kong Sports Institute                 6
32 Keng Hsien Chen (Tpe) Merida                                  5
32 Remko Kramer (Ned) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                 5
34 King Yu Lau (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      4
34 Tim Decker (Aus) Bicisport Australia                          4
34 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                      4
37 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                              3
37 Sergey Sevostyanov (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association       3
39 Shuhai Song (Chn) Guangdong                                   2
39 Chris Baumann (USA) Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                2
40 Cang Xu (Chn) Shanghai                                        1
40 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED-Rad Team Berlin                         1
40 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                      1
40 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakstan National Team                 1
40 Andrei Minachkin (Rus) Moscow City Sports Association         1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Bicisport Australia                                     31.51.00
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 Macau-Beijing Selection                                     3.12
8 Japan National Team                                             
9 Merida                                                      3.48
10 World Wide Cycling                                             
11 Kazakstan National Team                                        
12 City of Perth Cycling Team                                 4.43
13 Guangdong                                                  4.55
14 Hong Kong Sports Institute                                10.55
15 Shanghai                                                  17.23
16 Sierra Nevada - Marco Polo                                24.04
17 Tianjin                                                 1.01.34