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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 10 - February 6: Kuala Lumpur Criterium, 65 km
Brown gets back his b-b-bounce
Mission accomplished for Ryan Cox
By Anthony Tan in Kuala Lumpur
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Today in downtown KL, Aussie speed demon Graeme Brown finished where he started, never looking in doubt before taking his fifth stage win of the race in front of Argentinean team-mate Ruben Bongiorno and Oleg Grischkine (Navigators Insurance). The victory upped his record to nine after three participations and was Panaria's 24th in total, making his team the most successful ever based on individual stage wins.
"Once again, it was a great ride by the team, and of course, Barloworld," said Brown, who probably thinking he was starting to sound like a broken record player. "Our plan was to stay on the front the whole day and control the race, and try to nullify all the attacks because we've got two very good sprinters; for obvious reasons we wanted to keep it for a sprint, and that's what we did."
Tipped a number of years ago as a likely successor to Cipollini and challenger to Petacchi, McEwen, Zabel et al., but never quite living up to the media's or his own expectations, the 25 year-old looks poised to knock on the doors of sprinting's hall of fame once again. His real test will come a couple of months from now at the Giro d'Italia, where he will face his stiffest opposition yet. But first, he needs to be selected after a wayward 12 months on the road.
"Basically, I've got to try and beat Petacchi," chuckled Brown to Cyclingnews when quizzed on what he's expecting to do in the world's second biggest bike race. "I really don't think I'm even close to my top form; I'm sprinting really well here and I'm feeling good in the sprints, but still not at 100 percent, so I've got a lot more things I can work on for the Giro."
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The Tour de Langkawi also found a champion in South African Ryan Cox, also 25 years old, whose visibly improved performance on the flat saw him almost win last Monday's time trial in Bachok, allowing his team to adopt a defensive strategy on the decisive eighth stage to Genting (see our interview with Cox from January 27 for more on this emerging South African rider). As a result, Cox 'only' had to follow the wheel of the 49 kilo flyweight Jose Rujano up the 17 kilometre-long climb - which he did so with ease, responding to each and every acceleration, before outsprinting the Venezuelan to take the stage and race lead.
The following two days became a formality for Barloworld, who proved they not only had the strongest rider, but were also the strongest team, winning the teams classification by two and a half minutes from Colombia Selle Italia (also see our profile on Barloworld from February 1).
"It's good to put on the yellow, and to finish the criterium no problems, because that was probably the biggest fear today - a puncture or a crash, or something like that - so we're very happy," said the jubilant Cox. "I just want to thank all those who stood behind me so far, and this is the start of many things to come.
"My team rode super today; I think today was a stage with the two strongest team on the road, with Panaria and Barloworld on the front. With the force of the two teams together, I don't think anyone had a chance today; I lost no time and there were no crashes or anything, so it played out perfectly for me."
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It will be interesting to see how far Cox - and also his team-mate Tiaan Kannemeyer, who still managed to finish third overall - can go. Can these two young guns cut the mustard in the bigger races in Europe, where the competition is fiercer and the climbs more plentiful - or will they succumb to the Euro pressure cooker?
"Hopefully, we'll get into the Giro - that's not sure yet," Cox said to Cyclingnews about his team's future aspirations in 2005. "I would want to go for a stage or maybe the king of the mountains competition - that would the main aim. My next aim for the season is the mid-season and towards the end again, so we go back now for the national champs in South Africa and then I'll take it a bit easy and build it up again for April."
And it was only fitting to see Koji Fukushima wear the jersey of best Asian rider, who would have easily taken the 'Thomas Voeckler prize' of the Tour de Langkawi if there was one.
The vivacious, attacking, opportunistic 31 year-old finally pulled off a stage win the only way he knows how; attacking from the gun and on his own, 172 kilometres from the finish on the third stage to Tanah Merah, before Koji-san rode himself into the record books by becoming the second-only Asian stage winner and the only rider to wear the leader's jersey in the race's 10-year history.
"I am glad I can keep the [Asian riders'] jersey and I have much respect for Cox and his team. They are a very strong team and Graeme Brown's [team] also. We [Bridgestone Anchor] want to be a strong team like them, and one day, ride the Tour de France," said a hopeful Fukushima.
How it unfolded
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With 10 six-and-a-half kilometre laps to be completed before the race was over for another year, today's stage was more like a kermesse than a criterium. And while smack-bang in the middle of downtown Kuala Lumpur, the start/finish right behind the Petronas Twin Towers, there wasn't the usual horde of traffic associated with one of Asia's busiest cities; Chinese New Year celebrations were right around the corner, and it appeared many Malay-Chinese had decided to stay home and prepare for the week-long (sometimes two weeks!) festival that begins this coming Wednesday.
Naturally, Barloworld assumed the position (no dirty jokes, please) at the head of the 103-rider peloton on lap 1, before Koji Fukushima (surprise, surprise) and Fortunato Baliani (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) took off midway through lap 2. It didn't last long, however, and it was peloton groupé less than lap later.
But Koji wasn't done. (When is he?!) This time, his bro Shinichi, fellow countryman Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel) and Marlon Perez (Colombia Selle Italia) came along for the ride on lap 4, although they were rarely out of sight of the Panaria-Barloworld led peloton, the four-man carrot dangling precariously out in front until the end of lap 7. Unfortunately, British rider Paul Manning was forced to abandon during this time after breaking his handlebars.
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Significantly, second-placed rider in the Asian rider competition, Tonton Susanto (Wismilak), placed second and third in the first two intermediate sprints, edging ever closer to Fukushima, but at the end of the day, the Indonesian fell just two seconds short of taking the jersey away from Koji-san.
At two laps to go, Slovakian Matej Jurco (Domina Vacanze) decided to have a dig, but was caught soon after as Acqua & Sapone motioned their troops at the head of the flying arrow. Speaking of the water boys, Giuseppe Palumbo took off with a k and half to go and looked like doing a Rubens Bertogliati a là Stage 1 of the 2002 Tour...
... but Beppe was swallowed as Panaria hit the front inside the final kilometre, Brett Lancaster once again setting up Graeme Brown for his fifth stage win of the race, which he convincingly did so.
Photography
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- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) heads to the sign-on area.
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld) did well for his team throughout the race.
- Tom Southam (Barloworld) awaits the start of the final stage.
- Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) will have to remain content with second on GC.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) at the start line.
- The jersey winners at the front of the line.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) chats with Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare).
- An early break goes.
- The peloton in chase.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) in action.
- The peloton ride past the Petronas Twin Towers.
- Small kid or big picture?
- Barloworld led the peloton.
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld) leads team-mate Ryan Cox.
- At the halfway mark, the riders were all together.
- Rounding a bend.
- The race was in the centre of KL.
- The King of Malaysia was there to see the action.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) can hold his head high after winning five stages.
- Iran were the most successful Asian team.
- Barloworld won the team award.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) plays up to the crowd.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) was the Thomas Voeckler of the Tour de Langkawi.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) also won the KOM jersey.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) showed some good form this race.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) puts on his yellow jersey.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld), a new champion.
- The final jersey winners.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) among the crowd.
- See you later, Freddy.
Images by John Pierce/PhotoSport International
- The start line of stage 10.
- The peloton with the twin towers in the distance.
- The peloton speed through downtown KL.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) takes out another win.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) wins easily.
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.20.43 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 4 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 5 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 9 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 11 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 12 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 14 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 15 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 16 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 17 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 18 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 19 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 20 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 21 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 22 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 23 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 25 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 28 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 29 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 30 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 32 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 33 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 34 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 36 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 37 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 38 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 39 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 43 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 44 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 47 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 48 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 49 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 50 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 51 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 52 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 53 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 54 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 56 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 57 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 58 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 59 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 60 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 61 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 62 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 63 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 64 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 65 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 66 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 67 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 68 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 70 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 71 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 72 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 73 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 74 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 75 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 76 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 77 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 78 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 79 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 80 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 81 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 82 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 84 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 85 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 86 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 87 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 88 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 89 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 90 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 91 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 92 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 93 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.20 94 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 0.24 95 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 0.27 96 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.57 97 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.06 98 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 2.39 99 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.14 100 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 101 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.16 DNF Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia DNF Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain DNS Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNS Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech Points 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15 pts 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 13 4 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 12 5 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 11 6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 7 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 8 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 9 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 10 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 6 11 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 12 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 13 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 3 14 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 2 15 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1 Sprints HotSpot Sprint 1 1 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 5 pts 2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 3 3 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1 HotSpot Sprint 2 1 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5 pts 2 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 3 3 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 2 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1 HotSpot Sprint 3 1 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5 pts 2 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 3 3 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 2 4 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 Teams 1 Domina Vacanze 4.02.09 2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 Credit Agricole 4 Malaysia 5 Bridgestone Anchor 6 Barloworld 7 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 8 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 10 Colombia Selle Italia 11 Discovery Channel 12 Wiesenhoff 13 Navigators Insurance 14 Great Britain 15 Liberty Seguros 16 Action 17 Wismilak 18 Iran 19 Ireland 20 Proton T-Bikes Asian rider 1 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 1.20.43 2 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 4 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 5 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 6 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 8 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 9 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 10 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 11 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 12 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 13 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 14 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 15 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 16 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 17 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 18 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 19 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.16 Asian team 1 Malaysia 4.02.09 2 Bridgestone Anchor 3 Iran 4 Proton T-Bikes 5 Wismilak 95.57.50 Final general classification 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 30.18.18 2 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 0.18 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 1.34 4 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 2.52 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3.01 6 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.44 7 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 4.07 8 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.08 9 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.17 10 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 4.46 11 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 5.13 12 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 5.25 13 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5.46 14 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 5.57 15 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5.58 16 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 6.14 17 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 6.17 18 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 6.18 19 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.19 20 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6.31 21 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.37 22 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 6.53 23 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.02 24 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 7.30 25 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 7.33 26 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 7.49 27 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 8.14 28 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 9.02 29 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 9.25 30 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 31 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 9.47 32 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.50 33 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 9.51 34 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.54 35 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 9.58 36 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 10.16 37 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 10.49 38 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 11.36 39 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11.48 40 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 12.20 41 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 13.22 42 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 13.25 43 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 13.34 44 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 13.39 45 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 13.45 46 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 13.59 47 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.08 48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 14.09 49 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 14.32 50 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 14.45 51 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 15.03 52 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 15.04 53 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 15.15 54 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16.03 55 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 16.34 56 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16.36 57 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 16.40 58 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 16.42 59 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 17.30 60 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18.00 61 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 18.04 62 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 18.10 63 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 18.13 64 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 18.17 65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 18.30 66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.11 67 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 19.26 68 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 19.39 69 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 20.12 70 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 20.13 71 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 20.43 72 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 21.25 73 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 22.03 74 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 23.39 75 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24.06 76 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 25.22 77 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25.28 78 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 27.04 79 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 29.09 80 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29.23 81 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 30.18 82 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 32.04 83 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 34.07 84 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 34.57 85 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 35.30 86 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 35.34 87 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 36.11 88 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 36.13 89 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 36.47 90 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 36.56 91 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 36.57 92 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 37.11 93 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 38.18 94 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 38.22 95 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 38.45 96 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 39.34 97 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 39.58 98 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 41.10 99 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 43.55 100 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1.06.56 101 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 1.09.57 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 129 pts 2 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 87 3 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 85 4 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 59 5 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 50 6 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 42 9 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 42 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 41 11 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 40 12 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 34 13 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32 14 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 15 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 29 16 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 27 17 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 26 18 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 26 19 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 25 20 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 25 21 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 22 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 21 23 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 21 24 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 17 25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 16 26 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 16 27 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 15 28 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15 29 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 15 30 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 31 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 32 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 12 33 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 11 34 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 11 35 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 36 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 37 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 9 38 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 9 39 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 40 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 8 41 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 42 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6 43 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 6 44 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 45 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 6 46 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 47 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5 48 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 5 49 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 50 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 5 51 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5 52 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 5 53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 54 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 4 55 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 4 56 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 57 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 4 58 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 59 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 60 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 3 61 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 2 62 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 63 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 64 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 65 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 2 66 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2 67 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 2 68 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 69 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 70 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 71 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 Mountains classification 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 37 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 37 3 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 33 4 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 32 5 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 26 6 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 25 7 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 8 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 19 9 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 18 10 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 18 11 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16 12 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 11 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 11 14 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 15 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 16 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 17 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 18 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 6 19 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 20 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5 21 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 5 22 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 4 23 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 4 24 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 25 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 26 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2 27 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 2 28 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 29 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 31 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 1 32 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 Teams classification 1 Barloworld 91.03.23 2 Colombia Selle Italia 2.30 3 Credit Agricole 6.27 4 Navigators Insurance 6.34 5 Discovery Channel 6.49 6 Liberty Seguros 8.33 7 Domina Vacanze 9.42 8 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12.55 9 Iran 16.16 10 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 17.36 11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.57 12 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 21.14 13 Wismilak 24.05 14 Action 24.52 15 Bridgestone Anchor 25.45 16 Wiesenhoff 29.01 17 Great Britain 29.37 18 Ireland 55.29 19 Proton T-Bikes 1.11.49 20 Malaysia 1.20.54 Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 30.24.35 2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 0.01 3 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 1.57 4 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 3.08 5 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 3.41 6 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 8.15 7 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 8.28 8 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 8.58 9 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 11.13 10 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 28.40 11 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 29.54 12 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 30.40 13 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 30.54 14 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32.01 15 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 32.28 16 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 33.17 17 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 33.41 18 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1.00.39 19 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 1.03.40 Teams classification 1 Iran 91.19.39 2 Bridgestone Anchor 9.29 3 Proton T-Bikes 55.33 4 Malaysia 1.04.38 5 Wismilak 184.43.09
