| South China Sea Home |
| Stages & Results |
| Startlist |
| 2002 Results |
Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mont Ventoux Photo ©: Sirotti |
8th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5
China, December 25, 2003 - January 1, 2004
Stages listing Results Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 5 - December 29: Xiaolan (Zhongshan City), 80 km
Grishkin wins again
By Gudo Kramer
|
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.
|
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
- The field takes off for the 5th stage
- Riders pass a typical Chinese gate in stage 5 of the Tour of the South China Sea
- Oleg Grishkin wins in yellow Aitken second in red and Koudentsov taking third in the middle of them.
- A champagne party
- The strongest man in the race on the podium
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
