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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 3 - January 30: Gerik - Tanah Merah, 172.5 km
You can count on Bridgestone - and Koji Fukushima
Japanese rider becomes second Asian stage winner in race history
By Anthony Tan and Shane Stokes in Tanah Merah
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Just like the popular 70s advertising slogan, "Bridgestone - you can count on it", Bridgestone Anchor rider Koji Fukushima proved as strong and reliable as a Paris-Dakar triple-belted steel radial on the road to Tanah Merah.
Straight after the start in Gerik, the 31 year-old Japanese rider broke clear less than half a kilometre into today's 172.5 kilometre stage, braving stifling conditions, a bung knee and 132 other riders hungry for their own shot at glory, to cap off the finest win of his career in the best possible style. And as a consequence, he became only the second Asian rider to win a stage in the Tour de Langkawi's 10-year history.
"I am very glad for this victory and the emotions inside myself... I cannot explain," said a choked up Fukushima, who was virtually lost for words.
When Cyclingnews asked him whether his move was part of a personal or team strategy, Fukushima explained that his directeur sportif had given the team carte blanche (free reign) for the race, so the always attacking rider simply did what he knew best.
"Normally, it is my brother [Shinichi Fukushima] and Takehiro [Mizutani], the national champion of Japan, who are the aces [of the team] and we work for them. Almost all the time, I can't attack because I have to work for them, but for this race, my directeur Akira [Asada], he didn't give us a strategy, and he said we can race as we want, so that's why I attacked."
Finishing two and a half minutes clear of a mostly intact peloton led home by Denis Bertolini (Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil) and Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Fukushima did enough to claim the stage win, take the lead in the Asian rider classification and the mountains classification from British rider Kristian House, and become the new race leader of the Tour de Langkawi.
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With sprint leader Ruben Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) finishing right out of the money in 47th place, it was 'arrivederci' to the green jersey for the Italian, while Brown said 'buongiorno' to green once again after losing his golden tunic to Fukushima, but assuming the lead in the sprints classification.
"We definitely underestimated him," conceded Brown to Cyclingnews on the strength of Fukushima's ride today.
"We thought we had him there for a while, but there was a fair amount of confusion in the bunch, and we just couldn't bring it back by ourselves. He was going too strong and nobody else wanted to work - - nobody wanted to make a decision - and it obviously benefited Koji. Towards the end, we thought he was in the [team] car actually, not riding - so we definitely underestimated him for sure."
Upon closing, the ever-gracious Fukushima thanked his team-mates as well as the family who put him up while racing in France. Though gracious he may be, the Bushido-like bravery shown today coupled with a less difficult parcours over the following stages will most likely see him in yellow for a good four to five days yet.
How it unfolded
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133 riders turned out for day three of the 2005 Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi, a 172.5 kilometre race from Gerik to Tanah Merah which included two first category climbs and was the longest of the race. As was the case yesterday, the sun was beating down relentlessly and temperatures were once again in the high 30s.
Right after the flag dropped Koji Fukushima pulled another one of his Jacky Durand early-dash moves, haring away and opening up a decent lead over a somewhat-sedate main field. After 9.9 kilometres of racing, the Bridgestone Anchor rider started the first category climb of Gunung Pilong with an advantage of 5'55 and continued to pull away as he climbed up to the 580 metre summit. He crested the KOM line 8'55 ahead of Adam Wadecki (Action) and mountains leader Kristian House (Great Britain). By the time he took full points at the hot spot sprint in Banding 10 kilometres later, he had added just under a minute to that total, giving him a nice buffer before the start of the second KOM.
It appeared that Fukushima would need it; the first category climb of Titiwangsa was 29 kilometres in length, and with the race favourites expected to let fly, his lead would surely plummet. Or so it seemed.
Although the Colombia Selle Italia rider Leonardo Scarselli lit the fuse when he jumped clear on the lower slopes, things settled right down again after his recapture. The bunch remained largely en masse until about six kilometres from the summit, when a flurry of attacks put a number of riders including yesterday's winner Ruben Bongiorno out the back and then created a big split in the bunch. Yellow jersey Graeme Brown was stranded in this second half, but things came back together after the summit, confounding expectations that the two first category climbs would provoke some sort of change to the overall classification.
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Fukushima was delayed slightly by a rear wheel puncture before the top but nevertheless crested the summit 10'50 clear of the bunch. Such was his effort that by the time he passed through the feeding zone some 20 kilometres later, he had pulled out another minute and a half. Behind, riders such as Sergio Ghiasalberti (Domina Vacanze) tried to slip away from the bunch, but while he opened up some daylight for a while, it proved to be of no avail. By the time the lone leader took the top points at the second hot spot sprint in Jeli, he was still over 11 minutes clear of the Ceramica Panaria-led main field.
Things were starting to look pretty good. Between there and the finish line, 50 flat kilometres remained to be covered. Conscious that the yellow jersey (and the prospects for a third stage win, of course!) were now looking under threat, Brown's team started to ramp up the speed behind.
However, Fukushima had no intentions of giving up, drawing on his reserves of courage, strength and determination to stick at the task at hand. With 25 kilometres remaining, he was still a full 8'50 up on the heat-affected peloton, and while the intervening kilometres between there and the line saw the gap drop steadily, he still remained well clear. Fukushima hit the line after a stirring, stomping 172.5 kilometres riding solo a full 2'35 seconds ahead of Denis Bertolini (Acqua & Sapone), the now-deposed yellow jersey Graeme Brown, plus the rest of the main field.
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The 31 year-old Japanese rider was, to put it mildly, delighted with his win. Grinning broadly, he graciously received the congratulations of his team-mates and fellow riders for what was a remarkable achievement. In addition to the merits of a 172 kilometre solo breakaway and the achievement of holding off a top-class peloton, he joined a small, select club today. Just one Asian rider had previously taken a stage in the race, namely Kam Po Wong in 2000. And while one other had worn yellow, Zhu Yongbiao (China) in 2004, his jersey came after the opening stage result was cancelled due to traffic on the finishing circuit.
For Fukushima, taking the stage win, the yellow jersey and the award for best Asian rider marked this out as a day he will remember for a long time. So too all those involved in Asian cycling.
Stage 4 - January 31: Bachok ITT, 20.3 km
Tomorrow's stage four time trial in Bachok may be just 20.3 kilometres, but it will nonetheless open up the first real gaps in the general classification. The riders will take in a totally flat circuit for the race against the clock. Fukushima won the prologue of the recent Tour of Siam and while his time tomorrow is unlikely to beat that of the European specialists, his two minute 38 second lead is almost certain to see him don another yellow jersey tomorrow afternoon.
Photography
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- A local snack bar at the start of today's racing in Gerik.
- The sign-on area at the start of what was to be a hot day.
- Enthusiastic locals cheer on their favourites.
- There was a large crowd at the town of Gerik this morning.
- Mountains leader Kristian House (Great Britain) on his way to signing on for the first day of real hills.
- Stop! It's the Le Tour de Langkawi 2005.
- The riders get some culture in before the start today.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) on his long breakaway.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) is a lone rider up the second KOM.
- The peloton make their way up at a steady pace.
- The peloton underestimated Koji's ability today.
- Julio Perez Cuapio (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) gets some running repairs.
- Antonio Cruz (Discovery Channel Cycling Team) plays water-boy.
- After 172.5 km alone, Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) crosses the line to take an emotional victory.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) on his way to the podium.
- The largely intact peloton, come flying in for second place.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) is beaten by Denis Bertolini (Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil) for second place.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) with some new fans.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) a happy man.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) blesses the podium presenters.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) in the 10th anniversary Le Tour de Langkawi.
- Takashi Miyazawa (Bridgestone Anchor) still wears the best Asian rider jersey.
- Kristian House (Great Britain) holds onto the KOM jersey, although he's now lying second overall in the competition.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) lost his yellow jersey today, but took back the blue sprinters' jersey.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) looking good in yellow.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) tells of his delight at the press conference.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) still happy to be in the limelight.
- All bovine, all the time at the Tour de Langkawi. The sign translates to: Danger - Wild Elephants Crossing.
Results
1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4.25.01 2 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 2.35 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 6 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 10 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 11 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 13 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 14 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 16 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 17 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 18 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 19 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 20 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 21 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 22 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 23 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 24 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 26 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 27 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 28 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 29 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 30 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 31 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 32 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 33 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 34 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 35 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 36 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 37 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 38 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 39 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 42 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 43 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 44 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 45 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 46 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 47 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 48 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 49 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 50 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 51 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 52 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 53 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 54 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 55 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 56 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 57 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 58 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 59 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 60 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 61 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 62 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 63 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 64 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 65 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 66 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 67 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 68 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 69 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 70 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 71 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 72 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 73 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 74 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 75 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 76 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 77 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 78 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 79 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 80 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 82 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 83 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 84 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 85 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 87 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 88 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 89 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 91 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 92 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 93 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 94 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 95 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 96 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 97 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 98 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 99 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 100 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 101 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action 102 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 103 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 104 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 105 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 106 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 107 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 108 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 109 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 110 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 111 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 113 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 114 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 115 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 116 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 117 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 118 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 119 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 120 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 121 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 122 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 123 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 3.08 124 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 3.33 125 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 126 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 3.35 127 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 3.46 128 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.35 129 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 31.04 130 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 131 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 132 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran Mountains Cat 1 at Gunung Pilong 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15 pts 2 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 12 3 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 10 4 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 8 5 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 6 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 4 7 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 8 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 Cat 1 at Titiwangsa 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15 pts 2 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 12 3 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 10 4 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 8 5 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 6 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 7 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2 8 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 1 Sprints Jeli 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 3 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 2 4 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 Bukit Bunga 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 3 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 4 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 1 Asian rider 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4.25.01 2 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.35 3 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 4 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 5 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 6 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 7 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 8 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 10 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 11 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 12 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 14 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 16 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 17 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 18 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 19 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 20 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 21 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 22 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 23 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 25 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 26 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 27 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 31.04 28 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 29 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 30 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia Teams 1 Bridgestone Anchor 13.20.13 2 Domina Vacanze 2.35 3 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 5 Action 6 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Proton T-Bikes 9 Barloworld 10 Credit Agricole 11 Malaysia 12 Navigators Insurance 13 Great Britain 14 Colombia Selle Italia 15 Ireland 16 Discovery Channel 17 Iran 18 Wismilak 19 Wiesenhof 20 Liberty Seguros General classification after stage 3 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10.52.10 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.38 3 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.44 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 2.50 5 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.51 6 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2.54 7 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 2.55 8 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 2.56 10 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 2.57 11 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 2.59 12 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 13 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 3.00 14 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 16 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 17 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 18 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 21 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 23 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 25 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 26 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 27 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 28 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 29 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 31 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 32 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 33 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 34 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 35 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 36 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 37 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 38 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 39 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 40 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 42 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 43 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 44 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 45 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 46 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 47 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 48 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 49 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 50 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 51 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 52 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 53 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 54 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 56 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 57 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 58 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 59 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 60 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 61 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 62 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 63 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 64 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 65 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 66 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 67 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 68 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 70 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 71 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 72 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 73 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 74 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 75 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 76 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 78 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 79 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 82 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 83 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Action 84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 86 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 87 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 88 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 89 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 90 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 92 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 93 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 94 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 95 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 96 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 97 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 98 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 99 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 100 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 101 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 102 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 103 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 104 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 105 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 106 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 107 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 108 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 109 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 110 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 111 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 112 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 3.33 113 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 3.58 114 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 4.00 115 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 4.34 116 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 117 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4.48 118 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 119 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 5.03 120 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5.19 121 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5.48 122 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 6.59 123 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.37 124 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7.38 125 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 126 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 127 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 8.33 128 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13.53 129 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 31.29 130 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 131 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 132 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 34.17 133 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 37.02 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 46 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 40 3 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 33 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 32 5 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 29 6 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 24 7 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 22 8 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 9 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 18 10 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 11 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 18 12 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 14 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14 14 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 15 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 16 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 10 17 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 18 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 19 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 20 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 21 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 8 22 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 7 23 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 6 24 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 25 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6 26 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 5 27 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 28 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 29 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 30 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 31 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 32 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 2 33 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 34 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 35 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 36 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 37 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1 Mountains classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 30 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 28 3 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 24 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 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 9 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 4 10 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 4 11 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 12 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 13 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 14 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 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 Bridgestone Anchor 32.42.55 2 Domina Vacanze 2.35 3 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 6 Barloworld 7 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 8 Navigators Insurance 9 Credit Agricole 10 Great Britain 11 Action 12 Wiesenhof 13 Iran 14 Proton T-Bikes 15 Colombia Selle Italia 16 Malaysia 17 Liberty Seguros 18 Discovery Channel 19 Ireland 20 Wismilak Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10.52.10 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2.51 3 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2.54 4 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2.59 5 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 3.00 6 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 7 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 8 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 9 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 10 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 11 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 12 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 13 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 14 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 17 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 18 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak 19 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 20 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 21 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 22 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 23 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 4.00 24 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4.48 25 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5.48 26 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 8.33 27 Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 31.29 28 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 31.29 29 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 31.29 30 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 34.17
