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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 1 - January 28: Langkawi - Langkawi, 106.9 km
Brown leads orange crush
By Anthony Tan in Langkawi
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After a lacklustre year on the road in 2004, Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) has finally found his legs, taking out the opening stage of the 10th Le Tour de Langkawi by a bike-length over team-mate Ruben Bongiorno and Navigators' Oleg Grishkine.
"I always have a good Tour de Langkawi and I struggled a bit with early season form, but I knew the races I did earlier in the season would bring me up good for this tour and the start of the European season," said Brown to Cyclingnews, who was looking a little stunned - not so much at his win, but that his first victory of the year had come so late.
Asked whether he will now focus his efforts more on the road after his team pursuit and Madison crowns from the Athens track last year, Brown said it was "definitely the aim". "I've concentrated a lot on the track lately, and this year is more for the road," he said with meaning.
How it unfolded
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On a short but action-packed stage of 106.9 kilometres, a dangerous break of 18 riders formed shortly before the race's midway point, amassing a maximum lead of one and a half minutes. However, Ceramica Panaria-Navigare was determined to lead their orange crush coming into the final kilometres, and after 60-odd kilometres of chasing, they did just that, believing their sprinters Brown and Bongiorno had the legs and "ganas" for the finale.
But Barloworld's Ryan Cox, who was part of the earlier break and clearly the day's most aggressive rider, and Kristian House (Great Britain) successfully countered with 15 to go, and as Cox flew the coup a few clicks from the finish, House's hopes came tumbling down.
"Five of us went away from the breakaway with about 15 kilometres to go," explained Cox to Cyclingnews on what he thought would be the winning move. "We had about 30 seconds on the group when we turned right up that little climb. I went from the bottom; no-one else was keen to come through, because I was one of the strongest there.
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"I went pretty steady up the climb, but there was only the British rider [House] with me at the top, where he took the King of the Mountains. There was another bump about a kilometre after that where I went, and the British guy couldn't follow me."
However, Cox, who was simply floating on the pedals and enjoying the fruits of his off-season labours with 8,000 training kilometres in his legs, met a cruel end as the peloton swooped down on him as he crossed under the flamme rouge.
Although Panaria were spent after a long chase (only Discovery and themselves missed the break), their sprinters managed to do the hustle and bustle on their own, with Brown and Bongiorno rewarding the team with decisive 1-2 in the town of Kuah. Russia's Oleg Grishkine rounded out the podium, while Mahdi Sohrabi's ninth placing was enough to take the lead in the Asian rider classification.
"Yeah, I thought a break would go and it did," replied Brown to Cyclingnews about the offensive nature of today's stage. [The break] just sort of happened I guess.
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"If it wasn't for our team swapping off for about 60k or so, it would've probably stayed away - there was no real control in the end, all my boys were a bit tired, so it was pretty lucky I guess, the way it worked out. It was a bit hectic... but it always is here," said the happy-go-lucky Sydneysider.
Naturally, Brown now leads both the overall and points classifications, while Kristian House (Great Britain) leads the mountains competition and Landbouwrediet-Colnago the teams classification. Brown, a former winner of the points jersey in 2003, added his objective is not the overall sprint classification, but to win as many stages as possible.
Meanwhile, Barloworld's Ryan Cox has bigger fish to fry. "My form is really good, I felt really strong on the flats. I have more power than the flats than last year and I am also climbing well. I am pretty confident for the [overall] race," he said.
Photography
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- Julian Winn (Great Britain) prepares for today's first stage of Le Tour de Langkawi.
- Domina Vacanze sign on.
- Colombia-Selle Italia like Langkawi and will be force in this year's race.
- Waiting for the start.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) back after missing last year's race.
- Tonton Susanto (Wismilak) looks focused.
- Tom Southam (Barloworld) too cool for school.
- The peloton on their way in the 10th year of Le Tour de Langkawi.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) leads Paidi O'Brien (Ireland) in an early breakaway.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor), however, was soon on his own.
- The peloton was just cruising early on.
- The peloton passing by Langkawi Airport.
- Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare then took the reins to reel in the breakaway that had formed to 18 riders.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) was part of the lead group.
- The lead group's advantage went out to one and a half minutes before being brought back by Panaria.
- Panaria-Navigare get on the front in an effort to bring back the break.
- The peloton strung out single file.
- At the first KOM, Kristian House (Great Britain) took the honours.
- Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare were still pushing the pace up the hill.
- Discovery Channel also played their part in chasing down the leaders.
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) rode well in the first half of the race, but suffered in the latter stages.
- Kristian House (Great Britain) and Ryan Cox Barloworld) make a break after the leaders were caught with 5km to go.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) has finally had some luck after some bad form recently.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) is congratulated by his manager.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) with his prize.
- Mahdi Sohrabi (Iran) took the lead in the Asian rider competition today.
- Kristian House (Great Britain) is the KOM leader after the opening stage.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) in the sprinters' jersey.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) in the yellow jersey.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) among the other jersey winners.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare) was in good spirits at the press conference.
- Liberty Seguros having a couple of laughs before the start in Kuah.
- Traffic was brought to a standstill as the race calvalcade made its way around the island of Langkawi.
- It's a tough life, but somebody's gotta do it - a family cruise by on a yacht, passing the mountain where a cable car takes tourists back and forth between the two peaks.
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.19.32 (45.97 km/h) 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 6 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 7 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhoff 9 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 11 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 13 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 14 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 15 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 16 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 19 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 20 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 21 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 23 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 24 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 25 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 26 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 27 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 28 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 29 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 31 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 33 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 34 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 35 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 36 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 37 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 38 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 39 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 40 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 41 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 42 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 43 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 44 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 45 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 46 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 47 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 48 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 49 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 50 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 51 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 52 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 53 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 54 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 55 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 56 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhoff 57 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 59 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 60 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action 61 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 62 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 63 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 64 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 65 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 66 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 67 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 68 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 69 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 70 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 72 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 73 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 75 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 77 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhoff 80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 81 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 82 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 83 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhoff 84 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 85 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 86 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhoff 87 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 88 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 90 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 91 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 92 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 93 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 94 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 95 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 96 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 97 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 98 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 99 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 100 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 101 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 102 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 103 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 104 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 105 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 106 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 107 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 108 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 109 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 110 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 111 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 112 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 113 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 114 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhoff 115 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 116 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhoff 117 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1.34 118 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 119 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1.48 120 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 121 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 122 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 123 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 2.25 124 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 125 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 2.48 126 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 127 Razif Jaffar (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 128 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 129 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 4.10 130 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.38 131 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 132 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 133 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Discovery Channel 134 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 135 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 5.33 136 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 137 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 138 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Outside time limit 139 Paul Healion (Irl) Ireland 16.22 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 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 12 5 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 11 6 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 7 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 9 8 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhoff 8 9 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 10 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 11 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4 13 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 3 14 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 2 15 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains KOM Cat 4 at Kuala Teriang 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 4 pts 2 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 KOM Cat 3 at Lebruhraya Langkawi 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 6 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 4 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 4 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1 Sprints HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Underwater World 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 3 3 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2 4 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Helang Hotel 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 3 3 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 2 4 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Beach of Black Sand 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 5 pts 2 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 3 3 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 4 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 1 Asian rider 1 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 2.19.32 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 4 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 6 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 7 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 8 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 11 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 12 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 13 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 14 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 15 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 16 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 17 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 18 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 19 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 20 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 21 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 22 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 23 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 24 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 25 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 26 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 27 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1.48 28 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 29 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 2.48 30 Razif Jaffar (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 31 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 4.10 33 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.33 Teams 1 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6.58.36 2 Domina Vacanze 3 Barloworld 4 Navigators Insurance 5 Credit Agricole 6 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7 Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 Iran 9 Colombia Selle Italia 10 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11 Great Britain 12 Proton T-Bikes 13 Liberty Seguros 14 Malaysia 15 Action 16 Wiesenhoff 17 Wismilak 18 Bridgestone Anchor 19 Ireland 20 Discovery Channel Asian team 1 Iran 6.58.36 2 Proton T-Bikes 3 Malaysia 4 Wismilak 5 Bridgestone Anchor General classification after stage 1 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.19.22 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.04 3 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 0.05 5 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 0.06 6 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 0.07 7 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 0.08 8 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 0.09 9 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 0.10 10 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 12 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 13 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhoff 14 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 16 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 19 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 20 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 21 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 24 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 25 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 27 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 28 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 29 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 30 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 31 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 32 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 33 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 34 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 35 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 37 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 38 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 39 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 40 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 41 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 42 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 43 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 44 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 45 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 46 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 47 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 48 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 49 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 50 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 51 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 52 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 53 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 54 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 55 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 56 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 57 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 58 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 59 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhoff 60 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 61 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 62 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 63 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action 64 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 65 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 66 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 67 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 68 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 69 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 70 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 71 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 72 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 73 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 74 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 76 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 77 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 79 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 80 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhoff 82 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 83 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 84 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 85 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhoff 86 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 87 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 88 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhoff 89 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 90 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 92 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 93 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 94 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 95 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 96 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 97 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 98 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 99 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 100 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 101 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 102 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 103 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 104 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 105 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 106 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 107 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 108 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 109 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 110 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 111 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 112 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 113 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 114 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhoff 115 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 116 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhoff 117 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 118 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 119 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 120 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 121 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1.44 122 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 123 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1.58 124 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 125 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 2.35 126 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 2.58 127 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 128 Razif Jaffar (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 129 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 130 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 4.20 131 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.47 132 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4.48 133 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 134 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Discovery Channel 135 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 136 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 5.43 137 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 138 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare Points classification 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 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 12 5 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 11 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10 7 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 8 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 9 9 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 8 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhoff 8 11 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 12 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 13 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 5 14 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4 16 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 3 17 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 18 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 3 19 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 2 20 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 21 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1 22 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 23 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 1 Mountains classification 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 10 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 4 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 3 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 5 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 5 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1 Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.19.26 2 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 0.05 3 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 0.06 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 6 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 7 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 8 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 9 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 10 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 11 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 12 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 13 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 14 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 15 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 16 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 17 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 18 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 19 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 20 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 22 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 23 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 25 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 26 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 27 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 28 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1.54 29 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 2.54 30 Razif Jaffar (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 31 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 4.16 33 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.39 Teams classification 1 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6.58.36 2 Domina Vacanze 3 Barloworld 4 Navigators Insurance 5 Credit Agricole 6 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7 Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 Iran 9 Colombia Selle Italia 10 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11 Great Britain 12 Proton T-Bikes 13 Liberty Seguros 14 Malaysia 15 Action 16 Wiesenhoff 17 Wismilak 18 Bridgestone Anchor 19 Ireland 20 Discovery Channel Asian team classification 1 Iran 6.58.36 2 Proton T-Bikes 3 Malaysia 4 Wismilak 5 Bridgestone Anchor
