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8th Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.2
Malaysia, January 31 - February 9, 2003
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Stage 9 - February 8: Seremban - Genting Highlands, 143.7 km
Munoz wins, but Danielson shines in yellow
By Anthony Tan in Genting Highlands
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Today's stage was always going to be decisive; the question was simply who would be the strongest up the 25 kilometre climb to Genting.
Not surprisingly, it was in-form Colombian Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) who cracked all but one of the 122 starters from Seremban to the Genting Highlands. The only rider to stay with Munoz stroke for stroke was the young revelation from Colorado, Tom Danielson (Saturn), who demonstrated experience, climbing prowess and cunning beyond his years, finishing just one second behind Munoz.
"I knew he [Danielson] was a good rider and had good results in the past, but I thought I’d be able to get 14 seconds back," said Munoz.
"But he was riding unbelievably strongly and although I kept trying I couldn’t drop him at all," he said, later admitting that perhaps his team had underestimated the "next big thing" in American cycling.
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The most aggressive rider was without a doubt Roland Green, who attacked incessantly on Genting's lower slopes. However, Green paid the price with just two kilometres remaining, allowing Munoz and Danielson to go clear and finished 39 seconds behind the Colombian.
"I had my sights set on winning and knew it was up to me to attack as all the others weren’t going to press the pace at all, they were just going to watch each other," explained Green when asked about his race strategy going into the stage.
"I had to push as hard as possible so I waited for the steeper parts but it just wasn’t enough. I did as much as I could but I’m still happy to win the King of the Mountain and third overall in my first race of the year," he added.
Going into the final stage, a 75.6 kilometre circuit race around Kuala Lumpur, Danielson has a nine second buffer over Munoz and a 1:44 advantage on Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Colombia-Selle Italia), which should be enough to grant the 24 year old American his biggest victory of his career.
"His [Munoz] efforts kept getting a little bit harder each time and I thought if this is going to go on for another 10 kilometres or so then I’ll be in trouble,” admitted Danielson.
“Like I said, normally I like to get into a rhythm and just ride people off my wheel, but because of the position I was in with the jersey, I had to stay on Munoz's wheel and deal with all the surges. But I felt great on every one and that was a good sign.”
How it unfolded
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As per previous days, a packed crowd eagerly awaited the arrival of their favourite riders before the start of the most anticipated stage of the Le Tour de Langkawi.
Temperatures were well up on yesterday - already in the high 30s by 11am - and by the time the 122 riders left the town of Seremban at a quarter to noon, the mercury had risen to a scorching 41 degrees Celsius.
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Apart from a few attacks early on, the pace for the first 60 kilometres would best be described as pedestrian (average speed after two hours of racing was 30.5km/h). The only significant breakaway before Genting occurred at the 63 kilometre mark when Belgian Peter Wuyts (Palmans-Collstrop) decided to go it alone, although his advantage was never a threat to the highest-placed riders on the overall classification.
After 40 kilometres in no-man's land, Wuyts was predictably swallowed up shortly after the field hit the lower slopes of Genting, the peloton driven by Saturn strongmen Nathan O'Neill and Chris Horner for their man Tom Danielson.
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On this most vicious of climbs, the yellow jersey group soon withered away to a select group of 12 riders as O'Neill and Horner set a cracking tempo for the first five kilometres. Once these two had done their day at the office, it was Roland Green who became the protagonist behind a series of attacks that further reduced an already heavily depleted field.
Green's moves, however, inspired a devastating counterattack by Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) with Rujano joined by Paolo Lanfranchi (Panaria-Fiordo) one kilometre later. For a while, it appeared that Rujano and Lanfranchi would stay away to the finish, but behind them lay the three strongest climbers on the day.
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Within a matter of minutes, the leading duo were passed by Green, Danielson and Munoz in overdrive; the winner would now come from one of these three - Munoz being the most experienced, Danielson the greenest and Green the most confident.
Perhaps the world mountain bike champion was a little too confident though, as the Canadian was unable to follow the second of Munoz's final attacks; only Danielson could match the wiry Colombian when he launched himself out of the saddle with two kilometres to go.
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Until now, Danielson had played his cards perfectly - only following, never attacking - but coming into the final kilometre, young Danielson showed a touch of inexperience, going wide on the final corners and in doing so, handing the stage win to Munoz on a platter. But today, Danielson rode out of his skin and barring disaster, will the overall winner of the 2003 LTdL.
Green was the only other rider to finish within a minute of Munoz, although great rides were also done by Munoz's teammates Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (at 1:25) and Ruber Alveiro Marin (2:03), South African David George (2:52) and Australian Allan Iacuone (2:53).
"I knew I couldn’t hold the rhythm [in the lead group] and a lot of guys would explode later on but once I got dropped and I thought ‘Oh no, I’m having a bad day,'" said Iacuone. "But I just kept my rhythm in the second group and kept control of things, and once we hit the steep part I started to come good.”
Munoz wins stage but Danielson holds lead
Additional reporting by Gennie Sheer
Defending Tour de Langkawi champion, Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia Selle Italia) repeated his feat of 2002 to win the penultimate stage in the Genting Highlands north of Kuala Lumpur but, unlike last year, his main rival of this tour, American Tom Danielson (Saturn) would not say die and crossed only one second later to maintain his hold on the race lead.
Third across the line was reining World Mountain Bike Champion, Roland Green of Canada who was 39 seconds behind the Colombian stage winner who covered the 143 kilometre stage in 4.15.30.
The trio were basically the last men standing after a titanic battle up the gut wrenching mountain which saw riders dropping off the back from the 20 kilometres to go sign. But at the front the climbers were trying all the tricks.
Colombia Selle Italia had three other men in play who launched repeated attacks in an effort to soften up Danielson and Green for Munoz. Green chased them down each time but Danielson refused to be distracted and stayed glued to Munoz shadowing him to the summit.
"I was a little nervous that we were outnumbered but Roland did so much work that my hat's off to him," said Danielson. "Today he brought back so many of the little Colombian attacks that he deserves the King of the Mountain jersey and he was fantastic."
For his part Green went into the stage with his eyes on the champion's trophy.
"I had my sights set on winning and knew it was up to me to attack as all the others weren't going to press the pace at all, they were just going to watch each other," explained Green. "So I did a lot of attacking which was what I had to do."
"I had to push as hard as possible so I waited for the steeper parts and attacked but it just wasn't enough," said Green who lost touch with Danielson and Munoz with two kilometres remaining. "I did as much as I could but I'm still happy to win the King of the Mountain and third overall in my first race of the year."
Then Munoz went on the attack.
"Normally (Roland and I) like to light it up all the way on the climb, go hard from the bottom and ride it as hard as we could but the race played out a little differently," said Danielson who instead of being proactive chose to cover Munoz. "I never really gutted myself but he (Munoz) was definitely putting in great efforts and I didn't know what to expect."
"His (Munoz) efforts kept getting a little bit harder each time and I thought if this is going to go on for another 10 kilometres or so then I'll be in trouble," admitted Danielson. "Like I said normally I like to get a rhythm and just ride people off my wheel but because of the position I was in with the jersey I had to stay on his (Munoz) wheel and deal with all the surges."
"I felt great though on every one and that was a good sign."
It might have been good for the young American who has aspirations of riding the Tour de France but for Munoz, who came to Malaysia on the back of a victory in January in a 14 day stage race in Venezuela, it wasn't good news at all.
"I knew he (Danielson) was a god rider and had good results in the past but I thought I'd be able to get 14 seconds back," said Munoz. "But he was riding unbelievably strongly and although I kept trying I couldn't drop him at all."
Munoz repeatedly told media how unbelievable he found Danielson's ride and admitted that perhaps his team had underestimated the talent of the Colorado native.
For the Australians Allan Iacuone (Flanders iteamNova) enjoyed a return to the form that saw him place third overall in Malaysia in 1999. The Victorian used his previous knowledge of the climb to set his own pace rather than reacting to attacks all the way up the climb. He crossed the line in tenth place 2.53 behind Munoz.
"I knew I couldn't hold that rhythm and a lot of guys would explode later on but once I got dropped and I thought "oh no' I'm having a bad day," explained Iacuone. "But I just kept my rhythm in the second group and kept control of things and once we hit the steep part I started to come good and I thought I can catch these guys so I went."
Iacuone surged ahead passing several rivals who had gone too hard too early but with two kilometre to go admits he had "nothing left in the tank'. But he had South African David George in his sights and that inspired him to get out of the saddle for one more surge.
"I knew there was a fast bit of downhill just before the finish but I didn't realise how sharp that last corner was because last year we came up the other way," said Iacuone. "If I had gone underneath him (on the corner) I would have got him so it's a shame really."
His performance today moved him from 44th place into twelfth overall.
Reigning Australian road champion, Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) went into the stage one second behind Danielson on the overall standings and only five points in arrears of fellow Australian Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria Fiordo) in the green points jersey competition. At one stage today O'Grady was technically the leader on the road after picking up a two second bonus on the first of three intermediate sprints but knowing Genting was ahead O'Grady did not sprint too hard.
"I wasn't too interested in the green jersey and I said to Browny "I'm not sprinting before that mountain," said O'Grady who yo-yoed up the climb. "It's about as tough as everyone said although I probably had some bonus parts in the middle where I could get a bigger gear going but it was bloody hard."
"I struggled a bit early and then got a good rhythm and then blew about two kilometres to go and once you know you're not really there for the win or a good GC (overall) everything fades."
O'Grady rode across the line in 23rd place, 5.02 behind the winner but remains pleased with his performance overall in his first Tour de Langkawi appearance.
"I'm rapt with the Tour so far as I came here planning on winning one stage and I've won two," said O'Grady who now sits 14th overall. "Plus my form shows that I'm going pretty well and we'll put it on for tomorrow as well."
But tomorrow Brown has his eyes on repeating last year's final stage victory to clinch his third for this year and his fifth in two appearances in Malaysia.
"It's the same plan as last year but last year I wasn't in the sprint jersey," said Brown. "We worked hard today out on the road to get some points on Stuey (O'Grady) and now I'm about twelve points in front of him so it's comfortable for the green jersey."
However the sprint efforts heading towards the Genting climb took their toll on Brown who was in one of the first groups to be dropped.
" I rode up with Brett Lancaster who's been like my right hand man and he was always there in case I was in trouble," said Brown who has suffered stomach upsets for most of the Tour . "Five kilometres from home I got stomach cramps again and I wanted to stop but I couldn't cause it was on a hill."
"It (the climb) hurt a bit but I got over it last year and won the last stage so hopefully I can do that again."
Meantime Queensland's Nathan O'Neill (Saturn) was in obvious pain when he crossed the line 8min58sec behind Munoz in 42nd place. O'Neill had worn the leader's yellow jersey for the first seven days after claiming in through his decisive win on the stage one time trial. But a crash 1100 metres from the finish of stage seven saw him relinquish the lead to his team mate Danielson. The crash left him with a hole in his left elbow and numerous cuts and grazes.
"I'm pretty banged up and feel like I've been run over by a truck," said O'Neill. "Apart from my arm my whole body aches from head to toe, my neck's stiff and my legs are so sore and everything is just a mess."
"But I'm not making excuses because I actually had a pretty good ride up Genting today, it's just that I just suffered heaps," he said. "Every year I do this climb and every year I say it's the hardest thing I've ever done."
"I don't think it gets any harder it's just my memory," O'Neill added. "I forget how hard it was last time."
But O'Neill who is riding his first tour in Saturn colours said his team was the main thing on his mind.
"It was easier knowing Tom (Danielson) was in the front and I just had to keep the tail up for teams' competition," he explained. "We won the race which is what we came to do and we led from start to finish which is more than we expected to do so personally I'm ecstatic."
Tomorrow the riders will saddle up for the final stage to complete the 1343 kilometre, ten day event. They'll contest 12 laps of a 6.3kilometre circuit in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
Photography
Images by Yuzuru Sunada
- Tom Danielson (Saturn) doing the ride of his life up the climb of Genting Highlands
- Roland Green (Canada) giving it plenty of stick with in the closing kilometres of the race
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) about to celebrate victory on the queen stage of the LTdL
- Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) and Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) all smiles at the start
- Peter Wuyts (Palmans-Collstrop) broke away after 63 kilometres, but his effort was all in vain
Images by Mark Sharon
- Tom Danielson (Saturn) in the spotlight at the start in Seremban
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) leads Tom Danielson (Saturn) with a kilometre to go
- Roland Green (Canada) still composed on Genting
- Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) has a great ride to finish in 23rd place
- Chris Horner (Saturn) rounding the final corners up the climb of Genting
- Nathan O'Neill (Saturn) battles his way up the climb after setting the pace for Danielson early on
- Gordon Fraser (Canada) looks a little too cheery
- Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) always the showman
- Julian Winn (Team fakta) nears the finish
- Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) tackles the final kilometres alongside Tim Johnson (Saturn)
- Points leader Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) salutes the crowd
- Tom Danielson (Saturn), an ecstatic leader of the LTdL
- Leaders of the various jersey classifications on the podium with stage winner Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia)
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) and Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) on the podium
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) and Tom Danielson (Saturn) at post-race press conference
Images by Gennie Sheer
- Pre-race festivities are the norm at the LTdL
- Traditional dancing adds to the colour
- Allan Iacuone (Flanders-iTeamnova) obviously climbs better without a shave
- The Panaria-Fiordo boys are always popular with the fans
- Brett Lancaster's (Panaria-Fiordo) starting to set a trend in Langkawi
- Allan Iacuone (Flanders-iTeamnova) has a great ride to finish 10th
- Despite the viciousness of the climb, Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) can still manage a smile
- Scott Davis (Panaria-Fiordo), first Australian to wear the pink jersey in the Baby Giro, doesn't have a great day on the climb
- Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) thinks he'd rather be someplace else
- Nathan O'Neill (Saturn) did a great job for Danielson on the lower slopes of Genting
- Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) could use some time out right now
- Tom Danielson (Saturn) has a quick nap before the presentation
- Post-race interviews are part of the parcel that is pro cycling
- Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia) and his manager reflect on the day's events
- Graeme Brown (Panaria-Fiordo) just wants to go back to his hotel and sleep
Results
1 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 4.15.30 (33.75 km/h / 20.98 mph) 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 0.01 3 Roland Green (Can) Canada 0.39 4 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.25 5 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1.48 6 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.03 7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 2.30 8 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 9 David George (RSA) South Africa 2.52 10 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 2.53 11 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.10 12 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 13 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 3.45 14 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.49 15 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 3.57 16 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 4.05 17 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 4.09 18 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 4.41 19 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 20 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 21 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Canada 22 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 23 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 5.02 24 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn 5.18 25 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 6.03 26 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6.05 27 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 6.08 28 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 6.19 29 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.40 30 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6.44 31 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.55 32 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 7.19 33 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7.36 34 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 36 Palomo José Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 7.56 37 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 38 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 8.18 39 Capilla Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 40 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 41 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 42 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 8.58 43 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 9.07 44 Rojo Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 9.12 45 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 9.25 46 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 47 Jřrgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 9.29 48 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 9.52 49 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 10.24 50 Jimenez Luis Feliz Laverde (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 10.28 51 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 10.31 52 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 10.47 53 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 10.52 54 Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) South Africa 11.17 55 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 11.28 56 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 11.35 58 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 12.00 59 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 12.04 60 David Mckenzie (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 12.16 61 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 12.40 62 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 63 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 12.54 64 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 12.57 65 Yann Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.01 66 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 67 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 13.09 68 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 13.20 69 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 13.30 70 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 13.47 71 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 72 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14.13 73 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 74 Fernandez German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 75 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 76 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 14.29 77 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 14.50 78 Morné Bester (RSA) South Africa 15.24 79 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 80 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta 15.38 81 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 15.44 82 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 15.47 83 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 16.09 84 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 85 Malcolm Lange (RSA) South Africa 16.34 86 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 17.34 87 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 17.46 88 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 17.50 89 Gordon Fraser (Can) Canada 90 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn 91 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 17.55 92 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 17.57 93 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 17.58 94 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 18.20 95 Luca Mendonca Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 18.26 96 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 18.38 97 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 19.11 98 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 99 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 19.20 100 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 19.39 101 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 102 Thomas Evans (Irl) Telekom Malaysia 103 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 19.56 104 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 20.29 105 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 106 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 21.35 107 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 21.45 108 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 22.07 109 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 110 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 22.08 111 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 112 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 113 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 114 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 115 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 116 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 117 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 118 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 119 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Canada 22.23 120 Simon Kessler (RSA) South Africa 121 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canada 122 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 25.50 Sprints Hot Spot Sprint at Kajang 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 pts 3 sec 2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 2 3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 2 1 4 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Selayang Interchange 1 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 3 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 2 3 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 1 4 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 1 Hot Spot Sprint at Templer's Park 1 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 3 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 2 3 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 1 4 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 Mountains KOM Hors Categorie at Genting Finish 1 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 25 pts 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 20 3 Roland Green (Can) Canada 16 4 Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 5 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 6 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 7 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 6 8 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 9 David George (RSA) South Africa 4 10 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 3 11 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 12 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 1 Asian Rider 1 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 4.19.27 2 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 0.44 3 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 2.11 4 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 3.22 5 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 3.39 6 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 4.21 7 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 5.28 8 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 5.28 9 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 6.34 10 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 8.03 11 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 8.07 12 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 8.43 13 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 8.43 14 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 8.57 15 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 9.04 16 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 9.12 17 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 9.23 18 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 10.53 19 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 11.27 20 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 12.12 21 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 12.12 22 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 14.01 23 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 15.14 24 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 15.23 25 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 15.42 26 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 17.48 27 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 18.11 Asian Team 1 Japan 13.11.25 2 Telekom Malaysia 0.16 3 Iran 0.36 4 Philippinnes 7.04 5 Malaysia 12.26 Teams 1 Colombia - Sell 12.49.58 2 Lampre 9.04 3 Saturn 10.49 4 Canada 10.59 5 Colchon Relax F 11.44 6 Formaggi Pinzol 13.17 7 Domina Vacanze 14.15 8 De Nardi - Colp 14.50 9 Team Fakta 16.09 10 Ceramiche Panar 17.10 11 Marlux - Ville 17.49 12 Credit Agricole 20.38 13 Japan 21.27 14 Telekom Malaysi 21.43 15 Iran 22.03 16 Flanders - Itea 23.16 17 South Africa 26.05 18 Philippinnes 28.31 19 Palmans - Colls 29.47 20 Malaysia 33.53 General classification after Stage 9 1 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 30.04.27 2 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.09 3 Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.44 4 Roland Green (Can) Canada 2.03 5 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2.35 6 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 2.59 7 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.09 8 David George (RSA) South Africa 3.35 9 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3.41 10 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.48 11 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 3.51 12 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 4.33 13 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 4.59 14 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 5.06 15 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 5.08 16 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 5.09 17 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 5.20 18 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 5.38 19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 5.39 20 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 5.40 21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 5.56 22 Chris Horner (USA) Saturn 6.01 23 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Canada 6.44 24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 7.26 25 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 7.29 26 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7.48 27 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7.52 28 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 7.52 29 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.00 30 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8.24 31 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 8.30 32 Capilla Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.51 33 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.51 34 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 8.55 35 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 9.05 36 Christian Poos (Lux) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 9.19 37 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 9.44 38 Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 9.54 39 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 10.03 40 Rojo Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.26 41 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11.09 42 Palomo José Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11.18 43 Jimenez Luis Feliz Laverde (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 11.18 44 Jřrgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta 11.33 45 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 11.36 46 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 12.15 47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 12.27 48 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 12.42 49 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.45 50 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12.48 51 David Mckenzie (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 13.08 52 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 13.28 53 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 13.31 54 Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) South Africa 13.45 55 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 14.00 56 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 14.30 57 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 14.45 58 Fernandez German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.08 59 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 15.10 60 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 15.19 61 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16.19 62 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 16.23 63 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 17.18 64 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 17.30 65 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 17.42 66 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 17.56 67 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 18.11 68 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 18.43 69 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 18.46 70 Yann Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.48 71 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 19.00 72 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19.11 73 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 19.15 74 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 19.34 75 Phil Zajicek (USA) Saturn 19.36 76 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 19.57 77 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 20.02 78 Morné Bester (RSA) South Africa 20.02 79 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 20.09 80 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta 20.14 81 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 20.26 82 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 21.04 83 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 21.33 84 Malcolm Lange (RSA) South Africa 21.45 85 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 21.52 86 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 21.56 87 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Team fakta 21.59 88 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 22.00 89 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 22.16 90 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 22.16 91 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 22.24 92 Luca Mendonca Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 22.49 93 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 23.44 94 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 24.20 95 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 25.10 96 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 25.21 97 Gordon Fraser (Can) Canada 25.26 98 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 25.27 99 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 25.38 100 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 25.42 101 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 25.44 102 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 26.01 103 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 26.20 104 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 26.46 105 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 26.49 106 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 27.15 107 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 27.28 108 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28.17 109 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 28.54 110 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 29.12 111 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 30.46 112 Jamie Peter Drew (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 31.08 113 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 31.42 114 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 32.18 115 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 32.32 116 Simon Kessler (RSA) South Africa 33.20 117 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 34.54 118 Thomas Evans (Irl) Telekom Malaysia 35.07 119 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 36.02 120 Bruno Langlois (Can) Canada 36.34 121 Alexandre Lavallée (Can) Canada 37.02 122 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 49.52 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 107 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 95 3 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 67 4 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 60 5 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 55 6 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 48 7 Luca Mendonca Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 47 8 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 47 9 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 43 10 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 38 11 Roland Green (Can) Canada 35 12 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 35 13 Gordon Fraser (Can) Canada 34 14 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 33 15 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 33 16 Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 31 17 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 31 18 Thomas Evans (Irl) Telekom Malaysia 30 19 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 27 20 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 25 21 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 23 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 23 23 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 19 24 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 16 25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 15 26 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 15 27 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 15 28 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 14 29 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Saturn 14 30 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 31 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 12 32 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 33 Fernandez German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 11 34 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 11 35 Malcolm Lange (RSA) South Africa 11 36 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 11 37 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 10 38 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 10 39 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 10 40 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 10 41 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 8 42 David George (RSA) South Africa 7 43 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Canada 7 44 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 6 45 Rojo Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 46 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 6 47 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 48 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 5 49 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 5 50 David Mckenzie (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 5 51 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 5 52 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 5 53 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta 5 54 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 55 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 56 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 3 57 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 3 58 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 3 59 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 3 60 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 3 61 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 3 62 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 3 63 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 3 64 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 1 65 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 66 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 1 67 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta 1 68 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 1 69 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 70 Tim Johnson (USA) Saturn 1 Mountains classification 1 Roland Green (Can) Canada 49 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 28 3 Hernan Dario Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 27 4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 26 5 Ruber Alveiro Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 21 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Saturn 20 7 Martinez Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 12 8 Jose Manuel Maestre (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 9 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 10 Thomas Evans (Irl) Telekom Malaysia 11 11 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 10 12 Michele Colleoni (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 10 13 Jimenez Luis Feliz Laverde (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 8 14 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 8 15 Lorenzo Cardellini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 16 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6 17 Urbelino Mesa (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6 18 Miguel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 19 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Iteamnova 5 20 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 4 21 Scott Guyton (NZl) Flanders-Iteamnova 4 22 David George (RSA) South Africa 4 23 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia-Selle Italia 4 24 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Saturn 4 25 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 4 26 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 4 27 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3 28 Allan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-Iteamnova 3 29 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 3 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta 2 31 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 2 32 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 2 33 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 1 34 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1 35 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1 36 Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Ville De Charlerois 1 Asian Rider classification 1 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 30.09.47 2 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Telekom Malaysia 0.20 3 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Iran 3.10 4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Telekom Malaysia 3.35 5 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines 6.55 6 Mahdi Sohrabi (Irn) Iran 7.22 7 Hossain Askari (Irn) Iran 8.08 8 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Japan 8.11 9 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 8.40 10 Alireza Haghi (Irn) Iran 9.50 11 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines 9.59 12 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 11.58 13 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 12.10 14 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 13.26 15 Nor Effandy Rosli (Mas) Telekom Malaysia 13.55 16 Sirous Hashemzadeh (Irn) Iran 14.37 17 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan 15.44 18 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 16.13 19 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 16.40 20 Kam-Po Wong (HKg) Telekom Malaysia 19.00 21 Ah Tiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia 19.50 22 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 20.07 23 Arnel Quirimit (Phi) Philippines 20.22 24 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Philippines 23.52 25 Hassan Maleki Mizan (Irn) Iran 25.26 26 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 26.58 27 Enrique Domingo (Phi) Philippines 29.34 Asian Team classification 1 Iran 90.41.56 2 Japan 0.31 3 Telekom Malaysia 3.50 4 Malaysia 22.07 5 Philippinnes 24.14 Teams classification 1 Colombia 90.18.01 2 Saturn 9.32 3 Lampre 10.09 4 Colchon R 12.33 5 Formaggi 14.24 6 Domina Va 15.08 7 De Nardi 16.54 8 Team Fakt 17.08 9 Ceramiche 17.15 10 Canada 18.01 11 Marlux 19.38 12 Credit Ag 22.31 13 Iran 23.55 14 Japan 24.26 15 Flanders 25.28 16 Telekom M 27.07 17 South Afr 31.35 18 Palmans 32.46 19 Malaysia 46.02 20 Philippin 48.09
