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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 2 - January 29: Kangar - Kepala Batas, 171.6 km
Panaria's B1 and B2 unstoppable
By Anthony Tan and Shane Stokes in Kepala Batas
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After just two stages, Ceramica Panaria-Navigare's Graeme Brown and Guillermo Bongiorno are proving unstoppable, today reversing their stage placings to take the team's second 1-2 in succession. Much has been said of the unusual strategy of taking two sprinters to the line, some believing a certain rift exists between the two fast-men, but on the sun-drenched road to Kepala Batas, the Orange Crush pulped their adversaries in a dominating, daring display of all-out sprinting.
"One of our advantages is that we have two good sprinters in our team. The tactics are that Ruben [stays] on my wheel; if I go too early, then he wins," said Brown about the team's atypical sprint strategy.
Brown, still the overall race leader, was also gracious in his praise of the team, dedicating his yellow jersey to the entire team. "I think I can talk for Ruben as well today, for the win as well as the yellow jersey, which goes to all the boys on Panaria," he said. "They rode extremely well - they probably did 160k on the front - so hats off to them... I think if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be in yellow."
While the top two spots on the leaderboard were largely unchanged, one of the protagonists in the two-man, day-long breakaway, Takashi Miyazawa, has moved up to third spot on GC after claiming all three sprint primes. Brown and Bongiorno have extended their lead over Russian Oleg Grischkine in the points classification, while mountains leader Kristian House is a little less than confident of holding onto his spotted jersey.
"Tomorrow really is the first day with real climbs, so I'm not going to run along and attack or anything like that," said House. "If I'm in a little group, I'll give it a shot, because there's a couple more flattish stages to hold onto it for a few more days, so I'll just see how it goes."
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It wasn't surprising to hear that no question was asked about Brownie's chances of holding onto his leader's jersey, who stressed that both he and Bongiorno are looking for as many stage wins as possible rather than the overall sprint title - which, based on current form, will probably go to either one of the two anyway.
"Our objective is stage wins. For us, we're in a good position in that if I make a mistake like today, Ruben can win, and vice versa - so we're in a really good position; we've both got really good legs."
"I just went a little early; I had really good legs in the sprint and felt awesome - I was just accelerating and I was thinking, 'I don't where that's coming from!'" laughed Brown about his sudden reversal of form and fortune. "I was pretty happy that I even got second, so considering my form last week, I've come up well."
And naturally, no press conference would be complete without a typical Brownie answer when asked about the furnace-like temperatures today. "I reckon I saw my team-mate [Lancaster] go back around 10 times, and he was getting around 10 or 12 bidons at a time... but I don't know where he was puttin' them!" he quipped.
How it unfolded
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Following yesterday's opening stage on the island of Langkawi, the race entourage transferred by ferry to the Malaysian mainland in advance of stage two. While the sun and heat were making their usual appearance, the morning was less humid than yesterday, providing the riders with some relief. However the temperature was soon to skyrocket, reaching over 40 degrees during the stage and causing umpteen bunch-car-pick up bottle-bunch trips for weary domestiques.
Three kilometres after the start in Kangar a group of 13 riders went clear and built a lead of 14 seconds. These were quickly reeled in by Team Barloworld-Valsir. At kilometre seven, Bridgestone Anchor rider Koji Fukushima repeated his early attack of yesterday; while he was hauled back almost straight away, his bid was followed by a counter by team-mate Takashi Miyazawa and Fallanie Ali (Proton T-Bikes). Working well together, the Asian duo gained 1'15 on the Ceramica Panaria-led main bunch by km 15.
With a total distance of 171.6 kilometres in store, the peloton was content to let them build their advantage, with the gap climbing to 5'40 by the 30 kilometre point, and then to its maximum of 10'15 seconds some 46 kilometres later.
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Miyazawa led Ali across the line for the first hot-spot sprint at Menara Alor Setar (km 50), with Colombia Selle Italia's Daniele Di Biase and Barloworld-Valsir's René Joergensen nabbing third and fourth several minutes later. Shortly afterwards, Great Britain rider Paul Manning and Sergio Ghiasalberti of the Domina Vacanze team hit the deck in the feed zone, but both riders were able to rejoin the race.
The day's second hot spot sprint at 87.2 kilometres fell (once again) to Miyazawa ahead of Ali. Yellow jersey Graeme Brown reinforced his race lead when he took third and what would prove to be an important one-second time bonus, while Camille Bouquet ((Mr Bookmaker.com - Sports Tech) was next across the line. At this point, the two leaders were still 8'45 ahead, but the tide was starting to turn. Sensing another possible stage victory, the Ceramica Panaria-led bunch began to turn the screw and ramp up the speed behind. With sixty kilometres to go the gap was down to 6'27, and it continued to fall as each kilometre ticked by.
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Ali took the prime win ahead of Miyazawa at the summit of the category 3 Bukit Selambau climb, with Team Barloworld-Valsir's Rene Joergensen third across the top. With 25 kilometres remaining, things really started to look bleak for the Asian duo. The bunch were just one minute and 40 seconds down at this point, and while Miyazawa and Ali stayed clear long enough to settle the third hot-spot sprint in that order - Dennis Kraft (Action) and Najmee Wan Mohammad (Proton T-Bikes) took third and fourth - they were finally hauled back by the Ceramica Panaria - Navigare-led peloton with 16 kilometres to go.
The Fukushima brothers Shinichi and Koji (Bridgestone Anchor) then took advantage of a slight lull to go clear along with Iran's Houssein Askari. The Asian trio remained up front for approximately ten kilometres, delighting the spectators lining the roadside, but they too were destined to be caught. That paved the way for a Ceramica Panaria-Navigare one-two for the second day running, although this time it was Bongiorno who proved quicker. Oleg Grishkine (Navigators Insurance) was third, repeating the finishing position he achieved just over 24 hours earlier.
Stage 3 - January 30: Gerik - Tanah Merah, 172.5 km
Tomorrow sees the first serious mountains of this year's race, with the riders tackling the category one ascents of Gunung Pilong (580 metres) after 28.7 kilometres and then, 40.7 kilometres later, the 1070 metre climb of Titwangsa. Although there is slightly over 100 kilometres from the top of the latter until the finish line in Tanah Merah, those in an opportunistic frame of mind have the chance to build and maintain a decent lead over this type of terrain. Even if a regrouping does take place before the line, the two hills will give a valuable pointer to the identities of those likely to challenge for the overall win.
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- Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) is the team's new hope for 2005.
- Some of the pre-race entertainment.
- The peloton stretches out on a hot day in paradise.
- Fallanie Ali (Proton T-Bikes) leads Takashi Miyazawa Bridgestone Anchor) in the breakaway that lasted 150 kilometres.
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare led the bunch the whole way today.
- The peloton pass by the palm plantations.
- Fallanie Ali (Proton T-Bikes) and Takashi Miyazawa (Bridgestone Anchor) getting some media attention.
- The peloton under the midday sun.
- The peloton pass some road works.
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare controlled the race today.
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare always had the breakaway under control.
- Some local support.
- Brett Lancaster (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) gets some airtime crossing a dodgy rail crossing.
- The two leaders had a lead over 10 minutes at one stage.
- Takashi Miyazawa (Bridgestone Anchor) worked hard and collected the best Asian rider jersey at the end of the day's racing.
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare lead the group through rolling terain in the closing kilometres.
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare in formation.
- The peloton stretches out as the pace quickens.
- With 20km to go, the breakaway was caught and instantly, attempts were made, but to no avail.
- Guillermo Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) takes the win ahead of team-mate Graeme Brown.
- Guillermo Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) on the podium.
- Takashi Miyazawa (Bridgestone Anchor) in his best Asian rider jersey.
- Kristian House (Great Britain) retained his mountains jersey.
- Guillermo Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) was there today to claim his sprinters' jersey.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) pleased to still be in yellow.
- All the jersey winners.
- Fallanie Ali (Proton T-Bikes) recovers after a long, hot day in the saddle.
- Two-wheeled transport is certainly popular in Malaysia, but the motorised variety is much preferred.
Results
1 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.08.02 (41.51 km/h) 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 4 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 5 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 8 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 9 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 10 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 12 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 15 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 16 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 17 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 18 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 21 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 22 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 23 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 24 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 27 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 28 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 29 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 31 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 32 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 33 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 34 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 35 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 36 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 37 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 38 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 39 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 40 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 42 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 43 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 44 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 45 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 46 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 47 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 48 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 49 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 50 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 51 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 52 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 53 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 54 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 55 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 56 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 57 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 58 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 59 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 60 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 61 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 62 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 63 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 64 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 65 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 66 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 67 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 68 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 69 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 70 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 71 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 72 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 73 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 74 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 75 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 76 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 78 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 80 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 81 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 83 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 84 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 85 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 86 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 87 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action 88 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 89 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 90 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 91 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 92 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 93 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 94 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 95 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 96 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 97 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 98 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 99 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 100 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 101 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 102 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 103 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 104 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 105 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 106 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 107 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 108 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 109 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 110 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 111 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 112 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 113 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 114 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 115 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 116 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 117 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 118 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 119 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 120 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 121 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 122 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 123 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 124 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 125 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 126 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 127 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 128 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 130 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 131 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 132 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 133 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.05 134 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5.20 DNF Razif Jaffar (Mas) Proton T-Bikes DNF Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak DNF Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia DNS Hayden Roulston (NZl) Discovery Channel Points 1 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 13 4 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 12 5 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 11 6 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 10 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 8 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 9 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 7 10 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 11 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5 12 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 13 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 14 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 2 15 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 Mountains KOM Cat. 4 at Bukit Selambau 1 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 pts 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 3 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 1 Sprints HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Menara Alor Setar 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 3 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 2 4 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Gurun 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 4 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Padang Serai 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 3 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 2 4 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1 Asian Rider 1 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 4.08.02 2 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 3 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 6 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 7 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 8 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 10 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 11 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 12 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 13 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 14 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 15 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 16 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 17 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 20 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 21 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 22 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 23 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 24 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 25 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 26 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 27 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 28 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 29 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 30 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia Teams 1 Domina Vacanze 12.24.06 2 Ceramica Panaria 3 Mr Bookmaker.Com 4 Acqua & Sapone 5 Great Britain 6 Wiesenhoff 7 Navigators Insurance 8 Iran 9 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 Proton T-Bikes 11 Action 12 Colombia Selle Italia 13 Credit Agricole 14 Discovery Channel 15 Ireland 16 Malaysia 17 Barloworld 18 Wismilak 19 Bridgestone Anchor 20 Liberty Seguros Asian team 1 Iran 12.24.06 2 Proton T-Bikes 3 Malaysia 4 Wismilak 5 Bridgestone Anc General classification after stage 2 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6.27.17 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.01 3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.08 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 0.09 5 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 0.11 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 0.12 8 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 0.14 9 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 0.15 10 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 0.16 11 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 12 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 13 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 0.17 14 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 16 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 19 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 20 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 21 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 22 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 23 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 24 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 25 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 26 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 27 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 29 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 30 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 31 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 33 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 34 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 36 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 37 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 38 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 39 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 40 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 41 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 42 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 43 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 44 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 45 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 46 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 47 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 48 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 49 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 50 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 51 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 52 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 53 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 54 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 55 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 56 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 57 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 58 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 59 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 60 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 61 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 62 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 63 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 64 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 65 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 66 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 67 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 68 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 69 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 70 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 71 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 72 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 73 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 74 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 75 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 76 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 77 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action 78 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 79 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 81 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 82 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 83 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 84 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 85 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 86 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 88 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 89 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 91 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 93 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 94 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 95 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 96 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 97 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 98 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 99 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 100 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 101 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 102 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 103 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 104 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 105 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 106 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 107 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 108 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 109 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 110 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 111 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 112 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 113 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 114 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 115 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 116 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 117 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 118 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 119 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.22 120 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1.51 121 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 122 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2.05 123 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 124 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 2.42 125 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 3.05 126 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 127 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 128 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.54 129 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.55 130 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 131 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 132 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 5.50 133 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 134 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11.10 Points Competition 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 31 pts 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 29 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 26 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 20 5 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 6 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 14 7 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 11 8 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 9 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 11 10 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 11 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10 12 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 10 13 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 14 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 15 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 10 16 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 17 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 18 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 8 19 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 7 20 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 21 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 5 22 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5 23 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 24 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 3 25 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 26 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 2 27 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 2 28 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 29 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 30 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 31 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 1 32 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 33 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1 Mountains classification 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 10 pts 2 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 4 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 5 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 6 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 7 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 1 8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1 9 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Asian Rider classification 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 6.27.25 2 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 0.03 3 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 0.08 5 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 0.09 6 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 7 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 8 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 10 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 11 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 12 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 13 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 14 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 15 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 16 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 17 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 20 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 22 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 23 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 25 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 26 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 27 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1.57 28 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.57 29 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 30 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.42 Team classification 1 Domina Vacanze 19.22.42 2 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 Ceramica Panaria 4 Mr Bookmaker.com 5 Barloworld 6 Acqua & Sapone 7 Navigators Insurance 8 Great Britain 9 Credit Agricole 10 Wiesenhof 11 Iran 12 Colombia Selle Italia 13 Proton T-Bikes 14 Action 15 Liberty Seguros 16 Malaysia 17 Discovery Channel 18 Ireland 19 Wismilak 20 Bridgestone Anchor Asian team classification 1 Iran 19.22.42 2 Proton T-Bikes 3 Malaysia 4 Wismilak 5 Bridgestone Anchor
