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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 8 - February 4: Kuala Kubu Bahru - Genting, 97.9 km
Ryan's World: Barloworld take control
By Anthony Tan in Genting Highlands
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"We had a plan today and all I had to do was sit on one guy's wheel and that's what I did," said Barloworld's Ryan Cox after assuming the race lead on the most eagerly anticipated stage of the Tour de Langkawi to Genting Highlands.
Certainly, it was a simple plan - but far easier said than done. However, the skinny South African grimpeur made the climb to Genting look like a training ride, fending off multiple attacks from arch-rival Jose Rujano (Colombia Selle Italia), who simply ran out of legs, before outsprinting the Venezuelan to take the stage and yellow jersey by 18 seconds.
"I can just thank that I had a good time trial the other day, otherwise I would have had to attack him [Rujano] and that's what it came down to," said Cox to Cyclingnews about his race strategy. "I was ahead of him, so he had to attack me, but there was no way he was riding off today, not today."
Asked if he was concerned that his increased power on the flats may have impacted on his climbing performance before the start of today's stage, the 25 year-old conceded that he was surprised at almost winning the time trial four days ago, but the ride only gave him further motivation for Genting. "You do think how's the climbing going to be," he said, "but I'm a climber, and it [the time trial] gave me super motivation. If I'm going well on the flat, that's how I'm going to go on the climb.
"I know the climb, and the last three k are really hard, and I think he [Rujano] started attacking a little bit too early, and his attacks weren't as if there was one big attack where he tried to ride me off - he tried to attack too many times. But you know, that's his style and that's my style as well. It was also a bit windy when you were in the front, and the last six k he rode in the front with me on his wheel, so he was in a harder position."
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Colombia Selle Italia's directtore sportivo Gianni Savio concurred with much of what Cox had to say, but believed that either way, the outcome would have been the same. "We tried to win, but it was not possible," said the pragmatic Savio.
Savio also spoke of the team's bad luck when a car got in the way of Rujano as he tried to drop Cox in the final kilometres of the stage, and so for the second time in as many days, he feels the team could have finished first, rather than twice second. "We had two possibilities of a stage win, and two times we are second. But we must accept this, because it is the law of the sport," he said.
Unfortunately for fans of Koji Fukushima, today didn't end as he hoped, but maybe the 31 year-old was hoping a little too much.
"Before the stage, I hoped to keep my jersey, but I wasn't strong enough," said Fukushima. "I tried my best, but Cox is very, very strong. I want to say thanks to my team-mates; I am a very small rider [in stature], but my team-mates helped me keep the jersey. Next season, we want to progress and win the overall classification."
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However, Fukushima's fighting character still sees him wearing the jersey of best Asian rider, but only by a handful of seconds. Wismilak's Tonton Susanto, who had a bit off day on the bike, finishing almost four minutes behind the stage winner, lies just six seconds behind Fukushima, and will be looking for an opportunity to take the jersey tomorrow.
Someone more than happy to hold on to his lead was Kristian House, who looks like taking his mountains jersey all the way to Kuala Lumpur. "Today, I wasn't going to place in the top 12 on this climb, so I just tried to have a fairly comfortable ride up, and try and save my legs a bit for tomorrow, where there's still quite a few points," said House to Cyclingnews.
"I had kind of a good feeling today that I wouldn't actually lose it. I thought the guy that might actually take it was Ryan's team-mate, René [Joergensen], and I knew he had to work for Ryan and Tiann [Kannemeyer] as well. So I was fairly confident I would hold onto the jersey, but tomorrow's still a hard day though; there's still points up for grabs, so we'll see what happens."
How it unfolded
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Facing roughly 100 kilometres of riding with almost half of that uphill, the 130 riders left in the Tour de Langkawi were prepped for the worst, but cloudy skies and an earlier than usual start time of 9.30am at least made the start in Kuala Kubu Bara bearable (trying saying that 10 times!).
Sure enough, there were more than a few riders eager to get a headstart before the 17 kilometre, 1716 metre ascent to Genting, a break of two - Dennis Kraft (Action) and Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) - going clear at km 14, before Kraft decided to go it alone two kilometres later. Sijmens was then picked up by team-mate James Van Landschoot and Najmee Wan Mohammad (Proton T-Bikes), and by km 35, the trio had caught Kraft to make it an even four.
All four riders were well down on the overall classification, so the team of race leader Koji Fukushima was content to see them go, with a fairly tame 44.4 kilometres covered after an hour's racing. The quartet's lead reached a maximum 2'32 at the second sprint in Rawang (km 31.4), but by the start of the KOM at Gombak (km 52.1), their lead was down to a touch over two minutes.
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On the early slopes of Genting, described by former French pro Pascal Herve as "a double Alpe D'Huez", Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team-mates Sijmens and Van Landschoot left their companions behind, before Sijmens did the same to his team-mate. At km 75 with around 20k to go, the Belgian still had a minute's advantage on the slowly dwindling peloton, where the contenders were playing a game of 'you go first - no, you go first', until Credit Agricole's Eric Leblacher finally did. But with the worst still to come, a minute was never going to be enough, and Sijmens was caught at km 79.
At that stage, the lead group was around 20 riders strong with all the favourites represented, except for the yellow jersey of Fukushima, who was trailing in an equal-sized group 1'25 behind. Six kilometres later, just as they were about to catch Leblacher at km 85, Nathan O'Neill was the first to lose contact. And then it began.
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Fast tempo riding by Marlon Perez (Colombia Selle Italia) reduced the group down to eight with eight to go, before his team-mate Jose Rujano began the first of what would be a series of attacks, as he attempted to dislodge himself of the Barloworld duo of Ryan Cox and Tiaan Kannemeyer.
But the attacks were a little too early, not forceful enough and, ultimately, to no avail, as Cox responded with ease and never looked in difficulty. What the accelerations did do, however, was create a situation of mano-a-mano, as Rujano and Cox rode away from Kannemeyer and Mexican Julio Perez Cuapio (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare); a little further behind were Cesar Grajales (Navigators), Jesus Hernandez (Liberty Seguros), Jurgen Van De Walle (Landbouwrediet-Colnago) and 2003 winner Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel).
So, with Cox stuck to Rujano's wheel like a bad smell and not moving anytime soon, it came down to a two-up 'sprint' that was unsurprisingly taken by Cox, sailing past the Venezuelan to take the stage and race lead. Just over a minute in arrears came in Perez Cuapio and Kannemeyer, with Colombian Grajales rounding out the top five.
Stage 9 - February 5: Menara Kuala Lumpur - Putrajaya, 164.8 km
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It's not over till the fat lady sings; the penultimate stage will be one of the toughest, with three climbs between Menara Telekom and the country's new administrative capital in Putrajaya. In addition to the Cat. 1 climb at Bukit Hulu Beranang, riders will also have to contend with two Cat. 2 climbs at Sungai Tekali and Jeram Toi. On their way to the finish line, the riders will cross one of the most beautiful bridges in the country, the Seri Wawasan bridge.
Due to the nature of the stage, the contenders who failed to make an impression today will have the chance to catch up with the leaders. In fact, the maillot jaune may have a tougher than expected time defending his lead. "I think tomorrow we must attack," said Colombia Selle Italia's Gianni Savio to Cyclingnews. "We will try, but it will be very, very, very difficult, but not impossible."
However, right now, Ryan Cox and his team feel on top of the world, and are more than ready for whatever comes their way. "We're really riding super-well, so with the jersey on my shoulder, I don't think it's a problem riding on the front the whole day and keeping it together," said Cox, brimming with confidence.
"I personally feel that the climbs are too early for one of the contenders to go away and win the stage or try and take the yellow. If we control it with Panaria's going for the finish, I think it's just going to be another bunch sprint tomorrow."
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- Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) was in good spirits, despite knowing what lay ahead.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) was a big favourite for this stage after finishing fourth last year.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) heads towards the sign-on area.
- The peloton against the light in the neutral zone.
- The peloton on their way to Genting.
- Colombia-Selle Italia were on the front most of the way to the climb.
- Russell Van Hout (Colombia-Selle Italia) has a turn at the front.
- The peloton on flatter ground.
- The two Landbouwkrediet-Colnago boys in a lead over the bunch.
- The peloton start the climb.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) shows the face of a champion as he hits the lower slopes of Genting.
- The peloton still together.
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty- Seguros) finished well down at 15'36".
- Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole) did the first major attack on the slopes of Genting.
- Leonardo Scarselli (Colombia-Selle Italia) worked well for his team; here he is on a small descent.
- There was now a group of contenders with only Scarselli out in front.
- There was plenty of tension in the lead group.
- The climb starts getting steeper.
- Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) leads the group.
- Fortunato Baliani (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) attempts to shake things up.
- The group kept its pace up.
- Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) and Ryan Cox (Barloworld) attack and take the lead.
- Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) leads Cox during the last few kilometres.
- Julio Perez Cuapio (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) finished third at 01'05".
- The two leaders stay together as they enter the fog.
- The final sprint won by Ryan Cox (Barloworld).
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) looked stuffed.
- Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel Cycling Team) finished at 02'11".
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) on the podium.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) says hello to a mate.
- Kristian House (Great Britain) still in the KOM jersey.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) in the sprinters' jersey.
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) in yellow and loving it.
- The jersey winners on the podium.
Results
1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 2.49.37 2 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.05 4 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 5 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 1.21 6 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.26 7 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.03 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.11 9 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 2.20 10 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.38 11 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 2.47 12 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 3.03 13 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 14 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.05 15 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.14 16 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.29 17 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 3.31 18 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 3.41 19 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 3.55 20 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 21 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 4.51 22 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 4.56 23 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.09 24 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 5.17 25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 5.28 26 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 27 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 28 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 29 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 5.59 30 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6.22 31 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 6.43 32 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 6.55 34 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 7.20 35 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 7.24 36 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7.27 37 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 38 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 39 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 7.29 40 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 8.20 41 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 42 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 8.53 43 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 9.33 44 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 9.39 45 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 9.47 46 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9.50 47 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 9.57 48 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 10.44 49 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 50 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 11.03 51 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 11.30 52 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 11.32 53 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 11.36 54 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 11.39 55 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 56 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 12.10 57 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 59 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 60 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 61 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 62 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 12.14 63 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 12.54 64 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 65 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 66 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 13.06 67 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 13.16 68 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 13.27 69 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 13.57 70 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 71 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 72 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 14.03 73 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 14.06 74 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.27 75 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 14.31 76 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 14.55 77 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 78 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 79 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 14.57 80 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 81 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15.04 82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 83 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15.16 84 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15.22 85 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15.23 86 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15.36 87 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 88 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 15.47 89 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 15.52 90 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.58 91 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 16.01 92 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 16.27 93 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 16.29 94 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 17.01 95 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 17.02 96 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 17.14 97 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 98 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 17.19 99 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 17.29 100 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 17.31 101 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 102 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 17.51 103 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 18.25 104 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 18.45 105 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 19.16 106 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 107 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 19.38 108 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 20.11 109 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 20.13 110 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 20.31 111 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 20.59 112 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 21.04 113 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 21.28 114 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 115 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 21.53 116 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 21.59 117 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22.17 118 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 23.15 119 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 23.36 120 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 24.00 121 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 24.54 122 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25.21 123 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze HD Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 26.25 HD Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes HD Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 27.04 HD Hassan Maleki (IRI) Iran 29.15 DNF Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech DNF David McCann (Irl) Ireland DNS Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNS Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain Points 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 15 pts 2 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 14 3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 4 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 12 5 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 11 6 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 7 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 8 9 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7 10 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 11 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 12 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 4 13 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 14 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 15 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Sprints Serendah 1 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 pts 2 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 3 3 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 Rawang 1 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 pts 2 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 3 3 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 4 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1 Gombak 1 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 5 pts 2 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 4 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 1 Mountains KOM Hors Categorie at Genting Highlands 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 25 pts 2 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 20 3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16 4 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 12 5 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 10 6 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 7 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5 9 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 4 10 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 11 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 2 12 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 Teams 1 Barloworld 8.35.55 2 Colombia Selle Italia 1.55 3 Credit Agricole 2.42 4 Liberty Seguros 4.29 5 Navigators Insurance 5.02 6 Discovery Channel 6.03 7 Domina Vacanze 6.25 8 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.49 9 Iran 13.07 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13.31 11 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 13.44 12 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 14.06 13 Wismilak 18.52 14 Bridgestone Anchor 20.46 15 Action 20.59 16 Great Britain 23.14 17 Wiesenhoff 23.38 18 Proton T-Bikes 33.23 19 Ireland 33.35 20 Malaysia 39.45 Asian rider 1 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 2.53.32 2 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 1.01 3 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 3.00 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.32 5 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 4.25 6 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4.58 7 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 6.02 8 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7.35 9 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 8.59 10 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 11 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9.32 12 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 10.11 13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 11.27 14 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 11.52 15 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 12.06 16 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 13.19 17 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 18 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 13.36 19 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 13.56 20 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 15.43 21 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 17.04 22 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 17.09 23 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 17.33 24 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 18.04 25 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 19.41 26 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 20.59 General classification after stage 8 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 25.02.20 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 4.49 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 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5.58 15 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 6.00 16 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 6.14 17 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 6.15 18 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.19 19 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 6.21 20 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6.33 21 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.37 22 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.51 23 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 6.53 24 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 7.16 25 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 7.33 26 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 7.38 27 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7.58 28 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 8.00 29 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 8.52 30 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 9.02 31 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 9.14 32 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 33 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 9.40 34 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.50 35 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 9.51 36 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.54 37 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 9.56 38 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 9.58 39 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 10.16 40 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 10.25 41 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 11.36 42 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 12.20 43 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 12.54 44 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 13.25 45 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 13.34 46 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 13.39 47 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 13.45 48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 13.55 49 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 13.59 50 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.08 51 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 14.11 52 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 14.19 53 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 14.25 54 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 14.43 55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 14.49 56 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 14.59 57 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 15.04 58 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 15.11 59 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 15.15 60 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15.26 61 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 15.40 62 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 16.20 63 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 16.28 64 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 16.46 65 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 16.47 66 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 16.53 67 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 16.56 68 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 16.57 69 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 17.01 70 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 17.30 71 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 17.55 72 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 18.02 73 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18.22 74 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.35 75 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 18.54 76 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.57 77 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 19.00 78 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 19.02 79 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 19.03 80 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 19.39 81 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 20.13 82 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 20.16 83 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 20.26 84 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 20.27 85 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 20.30 86 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 20.31 87 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 20.36 88 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 21.05 89 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 21.12 90 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 21.13 91 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 21.25 92 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 21.50 93 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 21.55 94 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 22.04 95 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 22.09 96 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 22.10 97 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 23.11 98 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 23.28 99 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 23.38 100 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.49 101 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24.06 102 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24.15 103 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24.27 104 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 24.52 105 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 24.54 106 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 25.08 107 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 25.44 108 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26.03 109 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 26.08 110 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 27.41 111 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 28.01 112 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 28.42 113 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 28.48 114 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28.55 115 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29.23 116 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 29.32 117 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 32.48 118 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 33.08 119 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 35.56 120 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 48.33 121 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 54.50 122 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 1.00.31 123 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 1.02.28 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 96 pts 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 71 3 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 64 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 58 5 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 45 6 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 45 7 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 40 8 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 36 9 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 34 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 11 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 31 12 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 31 13 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 29 14 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 29 15 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 27 16 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26 17 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 25 18 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 25 19 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 24 20 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 23 21 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 22 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 23 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 24 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 18 25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 15 26 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15 27 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14 28 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 29 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 13 30 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 31 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 12 32 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 11 33 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 11 34 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 10 35 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 36 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 37 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 9 38 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 39 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 9 40 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 41 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 8 42 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 8 43 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 6 44 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 6 45 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 46 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 6 47 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 48 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 49 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5 50 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 51 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 5 52 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 53 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 54 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 4 55 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 56 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 4 57 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 58 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 3 59 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 3 60 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 3 61 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 62 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 63 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 3 64 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 2 65 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 2 66 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 67 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 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 72 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 1 Mountains classification 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 33 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 30 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 29 4 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 26 5 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 20 6 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 19 7 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 16 8 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 14 9 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 10 10 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 11 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 12 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 13 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 14 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 15 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 5 17 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 5 18 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 19 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 4 20 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 21 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 2 22 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 23 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2 24 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 2 25 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 26 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 27 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 1 28 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1 29 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 Teams classification 1 Barloworld 75.15.29 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 11.57 9 Iran 16.05 10 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 17.36 11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.57 12 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 21.14 13 Bridgestone Anchor 23.41 14 Action 23.45 15 Wismilak 23.51 16 Great Britain 26.57 17 Wiesenhoff 28.47 18 Ireland 40.00 19 Proton T-Bikes 41.35 20 Malaysia 50.14 Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 25.08.35 2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 0.06 3 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 1.45 4 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 2.59 5 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 3.43 6 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 8.04 7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 8.10 8 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 9.00 9 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 11.15 10 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 12.48 11 Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran 14.15 12 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 14.50 13 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 15.35 14 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 15.49 15 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 15.54 16 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 16.56 17 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 17.23 18 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18.00 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18.12 20 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 18.39 21 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 26.33 22 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 26.53 23 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 29.41 24 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 42.18 25 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 48.35 26 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 56.13
