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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 6 - February 2: Kuala Berang - Cukai in Terengganu, 152 km
Sempre (Always) Panaria
By Anthony Tan & Shane Stokes in Cukai
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With Ruben Bongiorno and Graeme Brown going 1-2 four times in the last six days, the Tour de Langkawi could quite easily be renamed the Tour de Panaria based on the team's performances thus far. And with at least two more sprint opportunities to follow, organisers may have to seriously consider a name change after another dashing display of sprinting prowess today in Cukai.
"Today was a really good ride by the team, as we've done every day from the first stage at Langkawi," said Brown after his 26 year-old team-mate took the sixth stage of the race to make it two stage wins apiece for the race's most formidable sprinting duo.
"We've been very attentive, and we've chased down everything we've needed to chase down and made sure it's a bunch sprint; we've got the two fastest sprinters here, and each sprint stage we've come first and second. Obviously, we want to keep it together for the sprints - that's our objective and we've achieved that - so we're obviously very happy for the team."
When Cyclingnews asked Brown if he mucked up the sprint by going too early or too late, he simply replied: "I think Ruben was better on the day."
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Not that he minded. In fact, Brownie didn't seem to mind at all: "I don't mind coming second to my team-mate - we put the money in the can, so it's alright."
And what about the Dom Perignon?
"Yeah, I spoke to him [directtore sportivo Roberto Reverberi] about that", he replied with a grin, "but I think we might have to put in a new proposal, a bit better [one] for another stage win, so I'm working on that... "
While Bongiorno expressed his delight when crossing the line ahead of Brown and Antonio Salomone (Barloworld), the Argentinian speedster was less than receptive when confronted by the press: "The stage was a little boring, but it ended up alright," was all he had to say.
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Once again, a number of breakaways did try and spoil what was inevitably a day for the sprinters, but the combined forces of Bridgestone Anchor (the team of race leader Koji Fukushima) and Ceramica Panaria-Navigare kept the opportunists at bay. Fukushima held on to his golden jacket, but the mountains classification now rests on the shoulders of Briton Kristian House, who took the Cat. 4 mountain prime at the end of the stage to edge past Fukushima.
"Today, the objective was to take the [mountains] jersey back," said House. "I've been sitting in second the last couple of days, and thanks to my team-mates, Paul [Manning] and Chris [Newton], who did an excellent job leading me out for the sprint."
With the short but feared stage to Genting still two days away, the friendly, funky Fukushima is determined to stay at the top of the tree for at least 24 more hours.
"I have to give thanks to my team-mates; they are not only very strong, but also very clever," he said, with eyes almost popping out of his head. "We had the right strategy today, and they [the team] worked very hard. I also want to keep the jersey for another day."
How it unfolded
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On a slightly overcast morning in Kuala Berang, 133 riders lined out for the 152 kilometre sixth stage of the race. Three hot-spot sprints lay in wait: at Kg Dendang (37.4 kilometres), Dungun (71.6 km) and Kerteh (107.6), with the category 4 climb of Kijal following at kilometre 131.7.
Seven kilometres into the stage, former world points race champion Chris Newton used his track speed to go clear after a very active start. The Great Britain rider got 12 seconds on the bunch and was soon joined by Jurgen Van De Walle of the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team. They extended their lead to 15 seconds but were caught at the 13 kilometre point.
A very active morning brought a flurry of attacks but it was difficult for any move to get a decent lead. Trent Wilson (Colombia Selle Italia) and Tom Southam (Barloworld-Valsir) went briefly clear but were reeled in. A more dangerous group went at kilometre 20, with Rodney Green (Barloworld-Valsir), Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and Great Britain's Julian Winn joining forces to draw away. They were joined soon afterwards by Koen De Kort (Liberty Seguros), Denis Kraft (Action), Jurgen Van De Walle (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), David Kopp (Wiesenhof) and Team Ireland's David McCann and, working together, the octet established a lead of 11 seconds.
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However, a reaction in the main bunch spelled an end to this break and also to a subsequent effort involving De Kort, Green, Sven Renders (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Oleg Grishkine (Navigators Insurance), Kopp and Ruggero Borghi (Domina Vacanze). A small move clipped away just before the hot-spot sprint at Kg Dendang, where Stefan Van Dijck (Mr Bookmaker.com - Sports Tech) took first ahead of points leader Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria) and Irish cyclo-cross champion Roger Aiken (Team Ireland). Trent Wilson (Colombia Selle Italia) was fourth.
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Following their recapture, a period of intense activity caused a big split in the bunch. 30 riders went clear, causing the bunch to line out in an eyeballs-out, 60 kilometres an hour bid to keep in touch. Once the peloton succeeded in getting back on terms a brief cease-fire broke out, with some of the riders take advantage of a lull in speed to liberally water the roadside foliage. Race leader Koji Fukushima's Bridgestone Anchor team then went to the front to set a steady pace, but this was not enough to dissuade an obviously-antsy Denis Kraft (Action) from attacking once again. He quickly built a lead of 11 seconds and was joined soon afterwards by Gregory Habeaux (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and Thomas White (Great Britain).
After establishing their maximum advantage of three minutes and ten seconds by kilometre 85, this trio fought out the second HotSpot Sprint of Dungun where Kraft took the points ahead of Habeaux and White. Stefan Van Dijck (MrBookmaker.com-Sports Tech) was fourth. This same finishing order was repeated at the third hot-spot sprint at Kerteh, after which the Ceramica Panaria team of points leader Graeme Brown set about closing the break.
Once their lead fell to 1'30, Kraft attacked the other two riders in the break and still had most of this advantage with 30 kilometres to go. However, five kilometres later, this lead was down to 32 seconds, and very soon after that it was curtains for the German's stage win aspirations. Meanwhile, a large number of riders were trying to rejoin the field after being involved in a big pileup with 26 kilometres remaining in the stage; most of these did so, but it took a long chase to close the gap.
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The final intermediate sprint of the day came at kilometre 131, the Category 4 surge to the top of Kijal, and here Kristian House (Great Britain) took 4 points and, with it, regained the KOM lead from Koji Fukushima. Adam Wadecki (Action) and House's team-mate Julian Winn (Great Britain) were second and third. The speeding Panaria-led bunch stayed largely together from there until the line, with the exception of a brave but ultimately futile solo move by Wiesenhof's David Kopp.
Once inside the final few hundred metres, the Ceramica-Panaria sprint domination continued, with Guillermo Bongiorno galloping first across the line in Cukai ahead of his team-mate Graeme Brown. Antonio Salomone (Barloworld Valsir) was third. Yellow jersey Koji Fukushima finished 75th on the stage, three seconds down on Bongiorno, but the Japanese rider easily held onto his race lead. He's clearly loving every day in yellow, and has at least one more stint at the top heading into tomorrow's 167.7 kilometre race to Raub.
Photography
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- The Ceramica Panaria-Navigare boys prepare themselves for another day at the front
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) still in contention for GC
- Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) lines up before stage 6
- The peloton didn't always have Ceramica Panaria-Navigare at the head of affairs
- Another scenic location
- The peloton ride off through Malaysia
- A few dragons take a break
- David Duffield gets the crowd going at the finish area
- The local police are always on the job
- Even the locals need some protection from the sun
- Malaysians for peace
- Just checking things out
- The crowd is always very enthusiastic
- As usual, the Ceramica Panaria-Navigare guys are at the front in the final sprint
- Ruben Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) has a turn winning today
- Ruben Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) feeling the heat
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) is always willing to pose for the camera
- The jersey winners cool down before the presentation
- Team-mates, yet rivals - Graeme Brown and Ruben Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare)
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) accepts the best Asian rider award one more time
- Kristian House (Great Britain) wears his familiar mountains jersey, but today for real
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) in the sprinters' jersey
- Always smiling
- More excited fans
- Big smile - and big chops, too!
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) can't believe he's still in yellow
- Ruben Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) looks on, in the shade
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) loving every minute
- Today's jersey winners
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) has a new legion of fans
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) answers questions at the press conference
- The local police finished for the day
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) surrounded by fans and media
- The promo girls. Enuff said.
Images by John Pierce/PhotoSport International
- Always check your tyre pressure before driving in Malaysia.
Results
1 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.20.06 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 5 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 7 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 12 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 13 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 0.03 14 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 15 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 16 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 17 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 18 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 20 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 21 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 23 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 24 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 25 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 26 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 27 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 28 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 30 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 31 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 32 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 33 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 34 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 35 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 36 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 37 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 38 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 39 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 40 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 41 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 42 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 43 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 44 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 45 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 48 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 49 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 50 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 51 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 52 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 53 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 54 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 55 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 56 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 57 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 58 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 59 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 60 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 62 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 63 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 64 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 65 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 66 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 67 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 68 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 69 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 70 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 71 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 72 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 73 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 74 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 75 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 76 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 77 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 78 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 79 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 80 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 81 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 83 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 84 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 85 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 86 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 87 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 88 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 89 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 90 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 91 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 92 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 93 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 94 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 95 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 96 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 97 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 98 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 99 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 100 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 101 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 103 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 104 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 105 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 106 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 107 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 108 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 109 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 110 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 111 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 112 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 113 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 114 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 115 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 116 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 117 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 118 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 119 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 0.23 120 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 0.29 121 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 0.03 122 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 0.55 123 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.59 124 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 125 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 126 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 127 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 128 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.37 129 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 130 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5.05 131 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5.07 132 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 10.57 Sprints Kg Dendang 1 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 3 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 2 4 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 Dungun 1 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 5 pts 2 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 2 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 Kerteh 1 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 5 pts 2 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 2 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 Mountains Kijaal 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 4 pts 2 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 2 3 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 Teams 1 Ceramica Panari 10.00.18 2 Credit Agricole 0.03 3 Iran 0.06 4 Barloworld 5 Wiesenhoff 6 Landbouwkrediet 7 Acqua & Sapone 8 Discovery Chann 9 Wismilak 10 Mr Bookmaker.Co 0.09 11 Domina Vacanze 12 Malaysia 13 Action 14 Proton T-Bikes 15 Colombia Selle 16 Ireland 17 Great Britain 18 Navigators Insu 19 Liberty Seguros 20 Bridgestone Anc Asian rider 1 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 3.20.06 2 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 0.03 3 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 4 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 6 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 7 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 8 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 9 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 10 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 11 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 12 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 13 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 14 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 16 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 17 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 18 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 20 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 22 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 23 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 24 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 25 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 0.59 26 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.37 27 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 28 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5.05 29 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5.07 30 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 10.57 Asian team 1 Iran 10.00.24 2 Wismilak 3 Malaysia 0.03 4 Proton T-Bikes 5 Bridgestone Anc General classification after stage 6 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18.25.47 2 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1.20 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 1.22 4 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 1.36 5 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 1.41 6 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.44 7 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 1.48 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.02 9 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2.04 10 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 2.14 11 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.15 12 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 13 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 2.17 14 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 2.27 15 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2.37 16 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 17 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 2.43 18 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 19 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 2.44 21 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 2.47 22 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 2.50 23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.53 24 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.54 25 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 26 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 2.58 27 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 3.00 28 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 3.03 29 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 3.05 30 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 3.09 31 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.10 32 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 33 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 3.13 34 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 3.22 35 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 3.23 36 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 37 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.24 38 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 3.31 39 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 3.33 40 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 41 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 3.37 42 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 3.38 43 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 3.39 44 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 3.41 45 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 3.42 46 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 3.44 47 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.45 48 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 3.46 49 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 3.50 50 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 3.51 51 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 52 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 3.54 53 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 3.57 54 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.58 55 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 4.01 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.02 57 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.03 58 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 59 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 4.07 60 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 61 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 62 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.11 64 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 65 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 66 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 67 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 4.14 68 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 4.16 69 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.21 70 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.23 71 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 72 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 73 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 4.25 74 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 4.27 75 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.28 76 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.35 77 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.40 78 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.46 79 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 4.48 80 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.50 81 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 4.52 82 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 83 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.58 84 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.03 85 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 86 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 5.04 87 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 88 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 5.10 89 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 5.12 90 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 5.13 91 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5.14 92 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 5.15 93 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 94 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 95 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.17 96 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5.19 97 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 5.20 98 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 5.26 99 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 100 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 5.28 101 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 5.34 102 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 5.38 103 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 5.40 104 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 6.02 105 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 6.09 106 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 6.25 107 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 6.49 108 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6.51 109 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7.01 110 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 7.15 111 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7.30 112 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 7.45 113 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.01 114 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.13 115 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 9.18 116 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9.22 117 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.28 118 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 10.44 119 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 11.09 120 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 11.24 121 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 12.14 122 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 12.31 123 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 14.16 124 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15.05 125 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 15.22 126 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 21.06 127 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 27.51 128 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 32.39 129 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 34.34 130 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 34.40 131 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 39.50 132 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 40.04 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 81 pts 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 59 3 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 55 4 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 45 5 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 45 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 40 7 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 34 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 9 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 29 10 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26 11 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 12 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 20 13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 14 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 19 15 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 18 16 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 18 17 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 18 18 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 17 19 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 20 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 15 21 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14 22 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 13 23 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 12 24 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 12 25 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 12 26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 11 27 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 10 28 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 9 29 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 30 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 31 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 9 32 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 33 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 8 34 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7 35 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 7 36 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 6 37 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 38 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6 39 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 40 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 6 41 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 42 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5 43 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 5 44 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 45 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 46 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 4 47 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 48 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 4 49 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 3 50 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 51 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 52 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 3 53 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 54 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 3 55 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 3 56 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 57 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 2 58 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 2 59 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 60 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 61 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 62 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 63 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 64 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 65 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 66 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 67 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 1 Mountains classification 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 32 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 30 3 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 26 4 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 19 5 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 6 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 7 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 8 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 5 9 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 10 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 4 11 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 12 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2 13 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 14 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1 16 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 1 17 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 Teams classification 1 Barloworl 55.22.22 2 Colombia 0.35 3 Discovery 0.46 4 Navigator 1.32 5 Action 2.46 6 Bridgesto 2.55 7 Iran 2.58 8 Ceramica 3.08 9 Domina Va 3.17 10 Great Bri 3.43 11 Credit Ag 3.45 12 Mr Bookma 3.52 13 Liberty S 4.04 14 Wismilak 4.59 15 Wiesenhof 5.09 16 Landbouwk 5.26 17 Ireland 6.25 18 Acqua & S 7.08 19 Proton T- 8.12 20 Malaysia 10.29 Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18.25.47 2 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 2.17 3 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 2.50 4 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.24 5 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 3.31 6 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 3.33 7 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 3.38 8 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4.07 9 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 10 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 4.11 11 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 4.16 12 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 4.52 13 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.03 14 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 5.12 15 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.15 16 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 5.34 17 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 6.02 18 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 6.09 19 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 7.15 20 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9.22 21 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 12.14 22 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 12.31 23 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 14.16 24 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 15.22 25 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 21.06 26 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 27.51 27 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 32.39 28 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 34.34 29 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 34.40 30 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 40.04 Asian team classification 1 Bridgestone Anchor 55.25.17 2 Iran 0.03 3 Wismilak 2.04 4 Proton T-Bikes 5.17 5 Malaysia 7.34
