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8th Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.2
Malaysia, January 31 - February 9, 2003
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Stage 5 - February 4: Kota Bharu - Kuala Terengganu, 179.1 km
Brownie gives it some go-go
By Anthony Tan in Terengganu
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After two seconds and one third, Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) deservedly won his first stage in front of a packed crowd at the seaside town of Kuala Terengganu today.
"The plan for the finish was to take a no holds barred approach," said the sprint sensation from Sydney.
"The team was supposed to set things up from the two kilometre mark, although it didn't quite work out that way. But as we entered the last kilometre, it all came together for us and our Panaria train lined out on the front and turned the pace up so high that nobody could come around us.
"Sergiy Matveyev and Brett Lancaster did a fantastic job, and when I judged it was time to go, I yelled for them to peel off and went flat out for the line."
Asked about his relations with his Brazilian arch rival Pagliarini, he said: "It's all in the past. As far as I am I am concerned the matter is closed. There's a race in progress."
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The first week of the Le Tour de Langkawi has predictably turned into a sprinters paradise. Not even 35 kilometres of climbing could disturb the overall classification yesterday, so with just one Cat. 4 climb 38.6 kilometres from the finish in today's stage, chances of a bunch sprint were more than likely.
In one of the fastest stages so far (an average of 44.8km/h), a brisk start negated any chances of a breakaway before a three man escape went away after 47 kilometres. The trio - Jose Manuel Maestre (Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada), Fortunato Baliani (Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave') and Charles Guilbert (Marlux-Ville De Charlerois) - worked in perfect harmony, swapping off turns for over 100 kilometres before the chase began in earnest.
Led first by Saturn, the sprinters' teams of Graeme Brown, Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre), Andrus Aug (De Nardi-Colpack) and Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) collaborated in the final 20 kilometres to severe any chances of a successful breakaway, and with seven kilometres remaining, the curtains were raised for a massive bunch gallop.
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At at the one kilometre to go banner, it was the Panaria-Fiordo lead-out men who were clearly the best organised. Brett Lancaster and Sergiy Matveyev once again did their job to absolute perfection, and this time, so did Graeme Brown, coming off Lancaster's wheel with 70 metres to go and hurtled to the line.
Not even triple stage winner Luciano Pagliarini could touch Brown today - the fire in his belly was burning bright, so with afterburners blazing, the Panaria-Fiordo rider cruised past the line with arms aloft, more than two bike lengths ahead of teammate Bongiorno and Simone Cadamuro (De Nardi-Colpack).
With 127 out of 129 riders all coming in at the same time, Nathan O'Neill (Saturn) keeps his leader's jersey for another day.
"We had a pretty good grip on things again today," said O'Neill. "Though we did get a bit worried because the lead was not tumbling quite as quickly as we would have liked [in the last 30 kilometres]."
Speaking about the race strategy in the days leading to Genting, O'Neill said: "We're being realistic. My lead is very narrow but I reckon we can hold the yellow jersey as far as Genting without too much trouble. Then we will just have to wait and see how it works out."
How it unfolded
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Despite tensions flaring at the conclusion of yesterday's stage in Tanah Merah, an aura of calm was evident in the coastal village of Kota Bharu today, the start town for the fifth stage in the LTdL.
129 riders meandered their way through a 7.7km neutral zone under slightly overcast conditions, the typical Malay humidity prevailing. A leg sapping parcours the previous day appeared to have dulled any long breakaway attempts save three riders, the peloton at this stage more than content to let them go.
Not surprising then that the trio - Jose Manuel Maestre (Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada), Fortunato Baliani (Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave') and Charles Guilbert (Marlux-Ville De Charlerois) - soon built a solid lead shortly after their escape at the 47 kilometre mark. 20 kilometres later, their advantage was 2:55, and at kilometre 97, their lead was a healthy 4:24.
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Conditions were perfect for a breakaway: little to no wind, and warm but not stifling temperatures - coupled with the general ambience within the peloton which mirrored the insouciant mood of the cows and water buffalos en route to Kuala Terrengganu.
15 kilometres earlier, Allan Bo Andresen (Team fakta) and Koji Fukushima (Japan) - the latter one of the most aggressive riders since the start of the LTdL - left the confines of the peloton in an attempt to bridge the gap to Maestre and co.
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However, there was still plenty of HP coming from the three pairs of pistons out in front - especially Jose Manuel Maestre with his doubly long turns - and the duo's mild impression on the lead group was never enough for the three to consider waiting for Andresen and Fukushima to catch up. And just as a century of kilometres was covered, the two chasers were caught, leaving just two groups on the road.
Maestre, Baliani and Guilbert continued to forge ahead as they wound their way down the east coast of the mainland, and by the Cat. 4 climb of Kg Sungai Tong (140.5km covered / 38.6km to go), these early escapees still had a lead of almost three minutes.
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With 20 kilometres remaining, the onus was now on Lampre, Panaria-Fiordo, Credit Agricole and Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' to take up the chase for their sprinters after some very solid tempo riding from Saturn over the previous 40 kilometres.
Three k's later, the sprinters' teams began doing exactly that, and within the space of 10 kilometres, the stage was set once again for a 70km/h Pagliarini-Brown-O'Grady-Di Biase showdown.
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Along the finishing straight in the town of Kuala Terengganu, it was the orange and navy clad boys from Panaria-Fiordo who were best organised, with Graeme Brown shooting out from the slipstream of his friend and teammate Brett Lancaster with less than 100 to go. It was a beautiful sight to see as Brownie turned his 11 cog so much faster than the rest, outsprinting teammate Ruben Bongiorno and Simone Cadamuro (De Nardi-Colpack) by a massive margin.
"I'm hopeful of winning some more sprints," said Brown, brimming with confidence. "Bruno [Reverberi] says he's looking for another two stage victories from us, so we shall see how it pans out in the next few days."
A look down the finishing list reveals triple stage winner Luciano Pagliarini in a lowly 31st place on a stage many thought he would win. “There was a bit of a twist to the course on the run-in, and my boys took the wrong line and lost their place in the peloton, so it put us out of the running,” said Pagliarini.
Brown posts comfortable stage five win
Additional reporting by Gennie Sheer
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Sydney's Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo) yesterday boasted he would win the fifth stage of the Tour de Langkawi and today he was true to his word. Brown sprinted across the line at the end of the 179 kilometer stage from Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu on the north east coast of the Malay Peninsula in a time of 4.01.37, two bike lengths clear of his team mate Argentinian Ruben Bongiorno with Italian Simone Cadamuro (de Nardi Colpack) third.
"The plan today was 'no holds barred' and just go for the win," said Brown who, unlike yesterday when it went without him, was on the tail of his team's four strong lead out train according to plan. "Matveyev and Lancaster did a perfect job and no-one could really come past us because the train was so strong."
"I just finished it off and we're all really happy with it," said an elated Brown who was second on stage two and protested that Brazilian Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) had blocked his run at the line. On Sunday Brown was third but had no complaints about Pagliarini and yesterday he almost came to blows with the Brazilian who clinched his hat trick by the slimmest of winning margins over Brown.
Pagliarini accused Brown of swinging in front of him after the finish but Brown explained he was avoiding the photographers massed on the road.
Brown's victory today also put him on top of the green jersey points competition with 58 points, nine clear of South Australian Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) who finished eighth on today's stage. The overnight point's leader, Pagliarini has dropped to fourth 13 points behind Brown.
Today Pagliarini, who placed 31st on the stage, was one of the first to come up and congratulate the brash Australian.
"I've been a bit unfortunate in the last few days with the past green jersey (Pagliarini)," said Brown of the bad blood between the pair. "We've had a few problems but yesterday is yesterday and today's today and what was in the past stays in the past."
"I hope it all turns out alright between us in future," he added.
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Today was the first sprint finish without a crash but there was some confusion when the fast moving field of 129 riders had to negotiate a tricky right hand turn three kilometers from home. A split median strip in the middle of the turn scattered the bunch and not all the teams were able to reorganise for the sprint.
"I just kept on Brett's wheel and he kept on Sergey's wheel," said Brown whose face was a picture of grim determination in the final five kilometres. "When I thought it was time I just yelled at them to go and they just kept going and going flicking it down more gears."
Brown then accelerated ahead, throwing his arms in the air in a victory salute well before the line to emphasise the ease of his win.
Today's victory brings Brown's Tour de Langkawi stage tally to three after his two wins last year and the reigning world record holder in the teams pursuit says it is just the start.
"My team director wants another couple and if we can do again what we did today then I've definitely got the speed to pull it off," said Brown. "We'll see how it goes."
One person who would be more than happy to see the Panaria rider challenging for another bunch sprint win is Queensland's Nathan O'Neill (Saturn), who has held the overall lead since his decisive win in the opening stage time-trial on Langkawi Island.
"Realistically, the lead we have is pretty slender but we'd like to see the sprinters (contesting the) finish until Genting (Saturday's tough mountain stage) where the race will be decided," explained O'Neill who after five days and 679 kilometers of racing in the ten day, 1343 kilometer event sits at the top of the general classification, 20 seconds clear of 2002 World Mountain Bike Champion, Roland Green of Canada. "We're happy to control the race the same way it's been going and Panaria has proved today they have some form as well so hopefully there will be some helping hands tomorrow for the finish."
Today's stage was pretty much a repeat of the last three stages several small breakaway groups heading off the front of the field only to be reeled in again. Saturn rode tempo on the front of the main bunch to protect O'Neill's lead but the yellow jersey wearer surged to the front himself with ten kilometers to go in a bid to close down the gap to a lead group of three riders, Jose Manuel Maestre (Relax Fuenlabrada), Charles Guilbert (Marlux Wincor) and Fortunato Balliani (Formaggi Piazolo).
"It was a little bit nail biting towards the finish because the (time) gaps were coming down but they weren't tumbling down so we had to bring up a few more guys up the front to make sure we bought it back," said O'Neill. Eight kilometers from the finish, the breakaways were caught and the battle for sprint positions began.
"I stayed out of trouble and sat out to one side," said O'Neill who crashed in the final kilometers on Stage Two and narrowly avoided hitting the bitumen again on Stages Three and Four. "It was pretty strung out and pretty hairy a couple of times especially that one corner (three kilometers from line), but really no problems today."
Photos
Image by Yuzuru Sunada
- Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) - a very comfortable winner on Stage 5 of the Le Tour de Langkawi
Images by Gennie Sheer
- Ruben Bongiorno (Panaria-Fiordo) makes some final adjustments before leaving the start town of Kota Bharu
- Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) takes the lead in the sprint classification, ahead of his countryman Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole)
- David McKenzie's (Flanders-Iteamnova) knee has seen better days, but the tough as nails Victorian continues to soldier on
Images by Cyclingnews / Anthony Tan
- Today's stage followed the eastern coast of mainland Malaysia, finishing at the seaside town of Kuala Terengganu
- Riders roll out of the start town in Kota Bharu at a leisurely pace
- Some prefer to pose, others don't
- The insouciant mood of the cows mirrored the attitude of the majority of the peloton until the closing stages of the race
Images by Mark Sharon
- A relaxed Gordon Fraser poses for CN before the race start in Kota Bharu
- Leader in the King of the Mountains classification, Roland Green (Canada) adjusts his neckwear before the race
- Roland Green (Canada) signs autographs before the race
- Tim Johnson (Saturn) has a few laughs with the Canadians before the stage start
- Fame! Italian riders spot themselves in the lcoal newspaper
- Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) looky comfy on the bike
- Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) sits comfortably in the peloton
- Stuart O'Grady's mind appears to be elsewhere today
- Nathan O'Neill (Saturn) likes his big gears
- Gordon Fraser (Canada) edges out Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) to take the first sprint at Bukit China
- The peloton winds it way round the streets of Kuala Terengganu
- Koji Fukushima (Japan) and Allan Bo Andresen (Team fakta) attempt to bridge the gap to the three leaders
- Without proper chairs, workers improvise to take a break as the peloton passes by
- Team Saturn lead the peleton in the remaining 50 kilometres
- The race passes through some typical Malaysian countryside, a stone's throw away from the eastern coastal strip
- Roland Green looks the part in his mountains leader's jersey
- Sorry, no time for shopping
- Garcia Oscar Laguna (Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada) chases back to the peloton with supplies
- The trio's days were numbered as the peloton wound up the pace to 55km/h heading into Terengganu
- Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) first, daylight second
- Brownie lends his thoughts at a post-race interview
- A delighted Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) on the podium
- Roland Green (Canada) retains his leader's jersey in the King of Mountains classification
- The leaders of the various jersey classifications salute the crowd
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4.01.37 2 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 4 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 5 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 9 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 10 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 11 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 12 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 13 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 14 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 15 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 16 Gordon Fraser (Can) Canada 17 Thomas Evans (Irl) Telekom Malaysia 18 David Mckenzie (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 19 Rojo Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 20 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 22 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 24 Owen Hannie (RSA) South Africa 25 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 26 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 27 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 28 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 29 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 30 Fernandez German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 31 Luca Mendonca Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 32 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 33 Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 34 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 35 Malcolm Lange (RSA) South Africa 36 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta 37 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 38 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 39 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 40 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 41 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 42 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 44 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 45 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 46 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 47 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 48 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 49 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 50 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 51 Jimenez Luis Feliz Laverde (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 52 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Canada 53 Simon Kessler (RSA) South Africa 54 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 55 Yann Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 57 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 58 Capilla Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 59 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn 60 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 61 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 62 Rasoul Farshbaf Akbari (Irn) Iran 63 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Canada 64 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 65 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 66 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 67 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 68 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 69 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 70 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 71 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 72 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 73 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 74 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 75 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 76 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 77 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 78 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 79 David George (RSA) South Africa 80 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 81 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 82 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 83 Palomo José Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 84 Roland Green (Can) Canada 85 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 86 Morné Bester (RSA) South Africa 87 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 88 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 89 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 90 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 91 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 92 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 93 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 94 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 95 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 96 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 97 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 98 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 99 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 100 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn 101 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 102 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 103 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 104 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 105 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 106 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canada 107 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 108 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 109 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 110 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 111 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 112 Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) South Africa 113 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 114 Jřrgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 115 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 116 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 117 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 118 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 119 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 120 Ross Grant (RSA) South Africa 121 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 122 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 123 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 124 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 125 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 126 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 127 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 128 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 0.44 129 Simone Mori (Ita) Telekom Malaysia 1.44 Did not start 1 Selamat Shahrizan (Mas) Malaysia Points Hot Spot Sprint at Bukit Cina 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Canada 5 pts 3 sec 2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 2 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 1 4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Jerteh 1 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 pts 3 sec 2 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 3 2 3 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 2 1 4 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Kg Batu Enam 1 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 pts 3 sec 2 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 3 2 3 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 2 1 4 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Mountains KOM Cat 4 at Kg Sungai Tong 1 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 4 pts 2 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1 Asian Rider 1 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 4.01.37 2 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 3 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 4 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 5 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 6 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 7 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 8 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 9 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 10 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 11 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 12 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 13 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 14 Rasoul Farshbaf Akbari (Irn) Iran 15 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 16 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 17 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 18 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 19 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 20 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 21 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 22 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 23 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 24 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 25 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 26 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 27 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 28 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 29 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 30 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 31 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan Asian Team 1 Iran 12.04.51 2 Malaysia 3 Telekom Malaysia 4 Philippinnes 5 Japan Teams 1 Ceramiche Panar 12.04.51 2 De Nardi - Colp 3 Iran 4 Team Fakta 5 Credit Agricole 6 Telekom Malaysi 7 Colchon Relax F 8 Malaysia 9 Palmans - Colls 10 Colombia - Sell 11 Flanders - Itea 12 Formaggi Pinzol 13 South Africa 14 Canada 15 Domina Vacanze 16 Saturn 17 Lampre 18 Philippinnes 19 Marlux - Ville 20 Japan General classification after stage 5 1 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 15.54.33 2 Roland Green (Can) Canada 0.20 3 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 0.24 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 0.27 5 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.31 6 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.38 7 Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.39 8 Gordon Fraser (Can) Canada 0.41 9 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Canada 0.45 10 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 0.45 11 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.46 12 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 0.48 13 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 0.50 14 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.51 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.51 16 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 0.51 17 Capilla Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.52 18 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.52 19 David George (RSA) South Africa 0.52 20 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.57 21 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 0.59 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 1.00 23 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.00 24 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn 1.02 25 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn 1.02 26 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.04 27 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 1.05 28 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.06 29 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 1.06 30 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.06 31 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1.07 32 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 1.07 33 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 1.08 34 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 1.09 35 Jimenez Luis Feliz Laverde (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.09 36 David Mckenzie (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 1.11 37 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.12 38 Fernandez German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.14 39 Luca Mendonca Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 1.14 40 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.15 41 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 1.15 42 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 1.16 43 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.16 44 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta 1.17 45 Morné Bester (RSA) South Africa 1.19 46 Jřrgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 1.20 47 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1.20 48 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.21 49 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1.21 50 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 1.22 51 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.23 52 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.24 53 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 1.24 54 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.25 55 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.25 56 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.26 57 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 1.28 58 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1.28 59 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 1.29 60 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 1.29 61 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 1.31 62 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.32 63 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 1.32 64 Rojo Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.33 65 Thomas Evans (Irl) Telekom Malaysia 1.33 66 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.33 67 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.33 68 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 1.33 69 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.34 70 Yann Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.35 71 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 1.36 72 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.36 73 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.36 74 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 1.37 75 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 1.38 76 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canada 1.39 77 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 1.39 78 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 1.46 79 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 1.47 80 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.47 81 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 1.49 82 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 1.49 83 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.49 84 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.49 85 Owen Hannie (RSA) South Africa 1.50 86 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.51 87 Simon Kessler (RSA) South Africa 1.52 88 Ross Grant (RSA) South Africa 1.54 89 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 1.54 90 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1.54 91 Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) South Africa 1.54 92 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.55 93 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Canada 1.56 94 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.57 95 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 2.00 96 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 2.01 97 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.01 98 Malcolm Lange (RSA) South Africa 2.02 99 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 2.02 100 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 2.03 101 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 2.04 102 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2.05 103 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 2.07 104 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 2.07 105 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 2.07 106 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2.07 107 Palomo José Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.08 108 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 2.10 109 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 2.11 110 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 2.12 111 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 2.14 112 Rasoul Farshbaf Akbari (Irn) Iran 2.14 113 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.15 114 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 2.16 115 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.16 116 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 2.19 117 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 2.23 118 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 2.23 119 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 2.28 120 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 2.35 121 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 2.38 122 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 2.39 123 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 2.43 124 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2.48 125 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 3.02 126 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 3.37 127 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 4.01 128 Simone Mori (Ita) Telekom Malaysia 4.13 129 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.05 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 58 pts 2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 47 3 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 46 4 Luca Mendonca Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 45 5 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 39 6 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 34 7 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 29 8 Gordon Fraser (Can) Canada 26 9 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 26 10 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 20 11 Roland Green (Can) Canada 19 12 Thomas Evans (Irl) Telekom Malaysia 18 13 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 18 14 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 15 15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 14 16 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 17 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14 18 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 19 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 13 20 Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 13 22 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 23 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 24 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 11 25 Malcolm Lange (RSA) South Africa 11 26 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 10 27 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 10 28 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 10 29 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 9 30 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 9 31 Fernandez German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 32 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 8 33 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Canada 7 34 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 7 35 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 6 36 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6 37 Owen Hannie (RSA) South Africa 5 38 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 5 39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 40 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 3 41 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 42 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 43 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 3 44 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 3 45 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 3 46 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 3 47 Simone Mori (Ita) Telekom Malaysia 3 48 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 49 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 2 50 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 1 51 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 52 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Mountains classification 1 Roland Green (Can) Canada 30 pts 2 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 20 3 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 4 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 5 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 6 Jimenez Luis Feliz Laverde (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 8 7 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 8 8 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6 9 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6 10 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 6 11 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 5 12 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 4 13 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 14 Simone Mori (Ita) Telekom Malaysia 4 15 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 16 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 2 17 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 2 18 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 19 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1 20 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1 21 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 1 Asian Rider classification 1 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 15.55.40 2 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 0.01 3 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 0.09 4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 0.21 5 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 0.22 6 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 0.25 7 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 0.29 8 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 0.30 9 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 0.31 10 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 0.54 11 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 0.55 12 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 0.57 13 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 1.00 14 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 1.03 15 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 1.04 16 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 1.05 17 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Japan 1.07 18 Rasoul Farshbaf Akbari (Irn) Iran 1.07 19 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 1.09 20 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 1.12 21 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 1.16 22 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 1.16 23 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 1.21 24 Villamor Baluyut (Phi) Philippines 1.28 25 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 1.31 26 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 1.32 27 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 1.36 28 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 1.55 29 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 2.30 30 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines 2.54 31 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.58 Asian Team classification 1 Iran 47.47.40 2 Telekom Malaysia 0.08 3 Japan 0.37 4 Malaysia 2.36 5 Philippinnes 3.19 Teams classification 1 Saturn 47.44.31 2 Canada 1.00 3 Colombia 1.17 4 Ceramiche 1.22 5 Colchon R 2.06 6 Domina Va 2.10 7 Lampre 2.12 8 Team Fakt 2.16 9 Formaggi 2.24 10 Marlux 2.56 11 De Nardi 3.01 12 Iran 3.09 13 South Afr 3.09 14 Credit Ag 3.10 15 Telekom M 3.17 16 Flanders 3.29 17 Japan 3.46 18 Palmans 3.56 19 Malaysia 5.45 20 Philippin 6.28
