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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 9 - February 5: Menara Kuala Lumpur - Putrajaya, 164.8 km
Panaria rules, OK!
Barloworld keep Cox in yellow
By Anthony Tan & Shane Stokes in Putrajaya
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Over the last week and a half, Ceramica Panaria Navigare proved they're the best sprinting team in the race with a 71 percent stage-winning strike rate after seven road stages covered. Today, they would have gone from a high credit to a distinction if they had sat for their final year university exams, as Graeme Brown took his fourth win - and Panaria's sixth - on the penultimate stage of the Tour de Langkawi in Putrajaya.
With the aid of his loyal team-mates Sergiy Matveyev and Brett Lancaster, the 25 year-old Sydneysider overcame three difficult categorised climbs, short sightedness, and a quick change of plans to place himself firmly into the race's record books with the eight individual stage wins.
"The three climbs today, I was suffering a lot on, but thanks to my team, I didn't get dropped too much. I was always in reach of getting back on, and as it turned out, it all came back together. The finish was different to what was in the book, so it was a little bit of a shock and seeing the finish line where it was," chuckled Brown to the media at the post-race press conference.
Asked how the change of route at the finish affected his sprint strategy, Brown said to Cyclingnews it actually suited him better: "I saw the 500 metre to go sign, and expected to go left there and right at 300 to go. I'm actually short-sighted, and I saw in the background the finish was straight ahead; I thought, 'What's going on here?' - so I yelled at Lancaster to go. It worked out real well, and I actually thought it was a better finish anyway," he said with a smile.
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Meanwhile, earlier on in the day, Colombia Selle Italia unsurprisingly went on the attack in a last-ditch effort to try and wrestle the yellow jersey off Ryan Cox's shoulders. Unfortunately for Gianni Savio's mountain men, however, the climbs were too early and not long enough, and Barloworld were vigilant in keeping the lone breakaway of Marlon Perez in check.
"It didn't really phase us - he has been going well, but I don't think as well as last year," said Cox to Cyclingnews, who, barring disaster, will take the overall race honours after a 65 kilometre criterium in downtown Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. "When he went, we knew it was still far to go, and if we kept it within reach for the sprinters, they would come to the front to help us out, and that's exactly what happened."
Although describing the stage as a standard day in the office, Cox believed today to be the second hardest stage of the tour, coming off the back of the stage to Genting yesterday combined with the heat, where the mercury rose to 36 degrees Celsius.
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"It was hard, and I didn't expect it to be so hot either today, so that also played a role," he said. "It was very hot today - probably the second hardest stage of the tour - just the climbs were too early for anyone to take control of the race, or attack to try and get the jersey from us. We're happy and now there's one more day."
Two riders not so content with the way things panned out were Koji Fukushima and Kristian House. The 31 year-old Japanese rider reverted back to what he knows best today, attacking from kilometre zero, again before the final KOM to bridge up to Perez - and again for a third time, 25 kilometres from the finish in attempt to take a second stage win, but it wasn't Koji-san's day.
"Yesterday, I couldn't answer to the job; my team-mates worked very hard for me for four days, and I was very sorry for them, because I couldn't keep my jersey," said Fukushima, who has a tendency for being a little too hard on himself. "Today, I tried my best for a stage win, but I couldn't do it against the great European professionals."
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The multitude of attacks from Colombia Selle Italia's Perez and Jose Rujano and the high speed chase by Barloworld also proved costly for mountains leader Kristian House. By no means a natural climber, the Brit was simply unable to match the accelerations on the climbs, which resulted in him dropping to third overall in the competition behind Cox and Fukushima, who will finish with 37 points each (Cox will win the classification on a count-back).
"Well, it was certainly a rough day for me today," said a despondent House. "I had to score points to keep the jersey, and when Rujano went three or four times on the climb, it's not really my style - I can go with him a couple of times, but not every time - so Ryan [Cox] took the jersey basically."
How it unfolded
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Today's race saw the riders line out beneath the Menara Kuala Lumpur tower, a soaring structure in close proximity to the more famous Petronas Twin Towers. The action got underway a few minutes after four screw-loose base jumpers leap off the top, opening their parachutes and drifting down to land (fairly heavily!) close to the sign-on area. Riders, spectators and media were all left shaking their heads at the courage/daftness of the four, but it certainly made an interesting addition to the start.
Shortly after the flag dropped another entertaining daredevil put on a show, the former race leader Koji Fukushima ( Bridgestone Anchor) taking a trademark flyer from the bunch and scooting up the road. He was quickly brought back by the Barloworld Valsir - led peloton, but the move showed that his tenure in the yellow jersey had done little to curb his caution-to-the-wind approach. Barloworld and the Great Britain team combined to control things in the face of several attacks from other riders, driving the bunch along at speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour as they sought to keep things together.
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A slight lull seven kilometres into the stage allowed Stefan Van Dijck (MrBookmaker.com) to jump away, the Dutchman following his tactic of recent days to try to overhaul Guillermo Bongiorno (Ceramica Panaria) who was second in the points standings. Van Dijck duly took the five points on offer, with Bongiorno's team-mate Graeme Brown, Mohammad Fauzan Lutfi (Proton T-Bikes) and Tiann Kannemeyer (Barloworld - Valsir) gobbling up the remaining bonuses.
Fukushima was at it again several kilometres later, setting off in pursuit of lone attacker Piotr Chmielewski (Action), but the Bridgestone Anchor rider was hauled back. Chmielewski stayed out in front for a while longer, being joined by Enrico Poitschke (Wiesenhof) and Ruggero Borghi (Domina Vacanze). At the 20 kilometre point a rider from Wismilak also jumped across, but he was dropped on the first slopes of the category two climb of Sg Tekali. Here Credit Agricole rider Christophe Le Mevel attacked the bunch, motoring past the three leaders in a bid to build a good lead while the others were absorbed by the Barloworld-led peloton.
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Le Mevel was himself caught and passed soon after when Leonardo Scarselli (Colombia Selle Italia) and Nuno Ribeiro (Liberty Seguros) blasted by. Ribeiro then dropped Scarselli but both were then caught by a fragmenting front group, with Scarselli's team-mates throwing down the gauntlet to race leader Ryan Cox and his Barloworld-Valsit team-mates. Cox and mountains leader House were both near the front as the group thinned down to about sixteen riders. Raffaele Illiano and Jose Rujano (both Colombia Selle Italia) were setting all the pace, but when Rujano attacked, Cox and his team-mate Tiaan Kannemeyer were both able to nail down the move, responding immediately.
Rujano led Cox and Kannemeyer over the top of the climb, a handful of seconds ahead of Ribiero and Cesar Grajales (Navigators Insurance). On the descent a partial regrouping took place with approximately 20 riders, Rujano, Cox and House included, and these opened up a lead of 35 seconds. However this group then sat up, with just Illiano (Colombia Selle Italia) and team-mate Marlon Perez persisting. The latter then set off alone to try to open up a decent advantage over the indecisive main field, riding strongly and fending off the chase of lone pursuer Erik Leblacher (Credit Agricole) for many kilometres.
At the KOM start he was 12 seconds ahead of Leblacher, with the yellow jersey group at 22 seconds and the peloton at 45 seconds. The sixteen riders in the yellow jersey group were Rafele Illiano and Jose Rujano (both Colombia Selle Italia), Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole), Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel), Sergio Ghisalberti (Domina Vacanze), Nuno Ribeiro (Liberty Seguros), Giuseppe Palumbo (Acqua & Sapone), Ryan Cox and Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld-Valsir), Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Ceramica Panaria), Jurgen Van De Walle (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Cesar Grajales and Nathan O'Neill (Navigators Insurance), Tonton Susanto (Wismilak), plus Kristian House and Julian Winn (both Great Britain). Yet despite some serious firepower the lack of direction meant that these were soon caught by the peloton.
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Perez took maximum points at the top of the first category climb of Bukit Hulu Beranang, with Leblacher, then Maxim Iglinskiy (Domina Vacanze) and two other chasers - Mirko Allegrini (Ceramica Panaria) and Geert Veheyen (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) - spread out over a minute and 11 seconds behind. The peloton was at this stage just under two minutes back.
Going over the top, Iglinskiy joined up with Leblacher to make it two chasers. Further back, Michael Creed (Discovery Channel) jumped from the bunch and joins up with Veheyen, who had dropped Allegrini, making it two separate groups of two trying to reel in Perez. This second group swelled to three chasers when Dariusz Baranowski (Domina Vacanze) bridged the gap from the bunch. And yet, despite the reinforcements, Perez was doing a storming ride to stay clear.
At the 46 kilometre point he was 48 seconds up on Leblacher and Iglinskiy, with Creed, Veheyen and Baranowski 1 minute and 40 back. The peloton was at 2 minutes 17 seconds. Nine kilometres later the two chasing groups merged, making it five against one, and these odds improved even more when the ever-aggressive Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) caught the five chasers at the 60 kilometre point. But with the peloton now just 20 seconds behind, all bar Fukushima gave up the ghost and went back to the bunch.
As expected, Lionheart Koji kept on going. He was joined a few kilometres later by Baranowski and David Kopp (Wiesenhof) prompting Perez to finally sit up and pool his strength with theirs. With four now riding as a cohesive unit their advantage started to go out again, from 40 seconds over the Barloworld Valsir-led peloton to 1 minute 20 seconds by the second HotSpot sprint at Kuala Klawang. Shortly after Fukushima won the prime the lead rose to its maximum of 1 minute and 26 seconds, proving enough of a buffer to survive attempts by riders such as Michael Barry (Discovery Channel) and Takashi Miyazawa (Bridgestone Anchor) to jump across.
Jose Rujano (Colombia Selle Italia) then attacked on the category 2 climb of Jeram Toi, but was quickly marked by Cox. They caught the other two chasers and eased back, being absorbed by the rest of the peloton once again. Perez took the points at the top of the climb from Fukushima, a sprint which would prove crucial in the race for the KOM jersey, while Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) tried and failed to bridge the gap. Shortly afterwards several riders fell on the twisting, dusty descent, with Jeff Louder (Navigators Insurance) and one of the Proton T-Bikes riders amongst those injured.
The four leaders were in the process of extending their lead to its maximum of 2 minutes and 5 seconds by the 111 kilometre point, but with points leader Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria) succeeding in regaining the peloton after the climb, the tide was set to turn. Brown's boys in orange went to the front of the bunch and started to hammer along, aiding the Barloworld-Valsir riders and making big inroads into the break's lead.
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With 25 kilometres to go Fukushima decided it was another all-or-nothing moment, attacking the other three riders and opening up a 42 second lead. He kept the head down through the third HotSpot Sprint at Bangi, dragging out every last molecule of energy in an effort to stay away, but by the 150 kilometre point (14.8 kilometres to go) his lead was just 22 seconds. The pace behind was ballistic, the riders covering the final ten kilometres prior to his recapture in a scorching time of 11 minutes 23 seconds.
Brave Koji was finally gobbled up with 11 kilometres remaining, setting things up for a bunch sprint and yet another blistering gallop by the in-form Aussie Graeme Brown. He thundered across the line ahead of Antonio Salomoe (Barloworld-Valsir) and his own lead-out man Brett Lancaster (Ceramica Panaria), with Ryan Cox holding onto his race leaders yellow jersey and also taking the lead in the KOM classification from Kristian House. Fukushima retained the jersey as best Asian rider and also earned himself some more fans with what was a gutsy stubborn ride. No stage win this time, but he has further underlined that he is on a par with many of the European pros. And plays a mean harmonica too!
Photography
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Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews.com
- Some pre-race entertainment.
- Credit Agricole preparing under the KL tower.
- Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) gets his ear-piece ready.
- Beppu Fumiyuki (Discovery Channel) gets some final touches done to his bike.
- The Proton T-Bikes team pose for the camera.
- Some of the Aussie connection await the start of stage 9.
- Jose Rujano (Colombia-Selle Italia) has a big ride ahead of him if he is to win the stage and take the race lead from Ryan Cox.
- Is it a bird?
- Is it a plane?
- No, it's base jumpers flying off the KL tower.
- Not everyone watched the base jumpers, though.
- Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) did a solo attack over the first KOM.
- Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) worked hard but it turned out to be in vain.
- The two chasers.
- There was eventually four in the break as it ascended the third KOM of the day.
- The peloton heads upwards and soon enough, catches the break.
- The finish was in grand surroundings (hot surroundings, too).
- The sprint is on...
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) on his way to breaking a record.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) must be getting sick of doing victory salutes.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) on the podium.
- Kuji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) in the best Asian rider jersey.
- Kristian House (Great Britain) in the KOM jersey.
- Sprint king Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare).
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld) having the last laugh in yellow at the LTdL.
- Today's jersey winners.
- A young fan takes shelter from the 40c temperature outside.
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.55.15 2 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 3 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 4 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 5 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 7 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 8 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 9 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 11 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 13 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 16 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 17 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 18 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 19 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 20 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 21 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 22 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 23 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 24 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 25 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 28 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 29 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 30 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 31 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 33 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 34 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 35 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 36 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 37 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 38 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 39 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 42 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 43 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 44 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 45 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 46 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 47 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 48 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 49 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 50 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.07 51 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 0.08 52 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 53 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 0.11 54 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 55 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 56 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 59 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 0.14 60 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 62 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 63 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 64 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 65 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 66 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 67 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 68 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 0.17 69 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 0.26 70 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 0.28 71 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 0.36 72 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 73 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.37 74 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 0.56 75 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.58 76 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 0.59 77 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.03 78 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.18 79 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 80 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1.49 81 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 82 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 2.12 83 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.45 84 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 85 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 3.14 86 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 13.48 87 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 15.07 88 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 89 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 90 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 91 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 92 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 93 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 94 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 95 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 96 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 97 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 98 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 100 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 101 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 102 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 103 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 104 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 105 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil DNF Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action DNF Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action DNF Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action DNF David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld DNF Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof DNF Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes DNF Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes DNF Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor DNF Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak DNF Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain DNF Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain DNF Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran DNF Moezeddin Seyed (IRI) Iran DNF Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland DNF Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland DNF Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia Points 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15 pts 2 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 14 3 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 13 4 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 12 5 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 11 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 10 7 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 9 8 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 8 9 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 10 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 6 11 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 12 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 4 13 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 14 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 2 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1 Mountains Cat 2 at Sg Tekali 1 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 10 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 7 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 4 4 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 2 5 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 1 Cat 1 at Bukit Hulu Beranang 1 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 15 pts 2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 3 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 4 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 8 5 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 6 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 4 7 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 2 8 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 1 Cat 2 at Jeram Toi 1 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 10 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 3 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 4 4 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 5 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Sprints HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Pekan Batu 9 1 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 3 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2 4 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Kuala Klawang 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 3 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 4 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Bangi PL No. 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 pts 2 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3 3 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 1 Asian rider 1 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 3.55.15 2 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 3 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 5 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.07 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.08 7 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran 0.11 8 Ahad Kazemi (IRI) Iran 0.14 9 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 0.26 10 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1.49 11 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 15.07 12 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 13 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 14 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 15 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 16 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 17 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Teams 1 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 11.45.45 2 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 3 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 Credit Agricole 5 Navigators Insurance 6 Domina Vacanze 7 Barloworld 8 Discovery Channel 9 Colombia Selle Italia 10 Liberty Seguros 11 Iran 0.11 12 Wiesenhoff 0.14 13 Wismilak 14 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.58 15 Action 1.07 16 Bridgestone Anchor 2.04 17 Great Britain 2.40 18 Ireland 15.29 19 Proton T-Bikes 30.14 20 Malaysia 30.40 Asian team 1 Iran 11.45.56 2 Bridgestone Anchor 1.53 3 Proton T-Bikes 30.03 4 Malaysia 30.29 General classification after stage 9 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 28.57.35 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 6.17 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 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 10.50 38 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11.28 39 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 11.36 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 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15.39 55 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16.03 56 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 16.34 57 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 16.40 58 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 16.42 59 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 16.58 60 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 17.30 61 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 18.10 62 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 63 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 18.13 64 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 18.17 65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 18.30 66 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 19.02 67 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.11 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 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 20.28 72 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 20.43 73 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 21.06 74 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 21.25 75 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 22.10 76 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 23.39 77 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24.06 78 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 25.22 79 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25.28 80 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26.34 81 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 27.04 82 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 29.09 83 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29.23 84 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 30.18 85 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 32.04 86 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 32.16 87 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33.42 88 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 34.07 89 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 34.57 90 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 35.34 91 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 35.43 92 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 36.11 93 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 36.19 94 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 36.20 95 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 36.57 96 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 37.11 97 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 38.18 98 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 38.45 99 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 39.34 100 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 40.01 101 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 41.10 102 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 41.29 103 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 43.55 104 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1.03.40 105 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 1.09.57 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 114 pts 2 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 75 3 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 71 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 69 5 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 59 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 50 7 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 42 9 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 41 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 11 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 34 12 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 31 13 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 14 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 29 15 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 28 16 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 27 17 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 25 18 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 25 19 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 23 20 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 21 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 21 22 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 21 23 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 24 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 25 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 17 26 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 15 27 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15 28 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 15 29 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 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 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 11 34 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 11 35 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 36 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 37 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 9 38 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 39 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 40 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 41 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 6 42 Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 6 43 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 6 44 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 45 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5 46 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 47 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5 48 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 49 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 5 50 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 51 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 4 52 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 4 53 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 54 Houssein Askari (IRI) Iran 4 55 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 3 56 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 57 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 3 58 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 59 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 3 60 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 61 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 62 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2 63 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 2 64 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 2 65 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 66 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 67 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 68 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 69 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 87.01.14 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 classificatoin 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 29.03.52 2 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 0.04 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 33.44 18 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 57.23 19 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 1.03.40 Asian teams classification 1 Iran 87.17.30 2 Bridgestone Anchor 9.29 3 Proton T-Bikes 55.33 4 Malaysia 1.04.38
