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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

Munoz triumphs
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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.

Green the aggressor
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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

Pre-race festivities
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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.

Wuyts days were numbered
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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.

Early selection
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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.

And then there were two
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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.

What the...
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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

Images by Mark Sharon

Images by Gennie Sheer

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