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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 1 - Friday, February 3: KL Tower - Rawang , 81.1km
Race over for all bar twenty four...
... but who will it be?
By Anthony Tan in Rawang
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When a large group of riders went clear of the field after just 10 kilometres of racing, few would have imagined it would decide the outcome of the stage, let alone the race. But an hour and a half later, that's exactly what happened: 24 riders crossed the finish line in Rawang almost seven and a half minutes clear of the field, led home by Ceramica Panaria-Navigare neo-pro Maximiliano Richeze.
One of only a handful of riders in cycling history to take a victory on his professional debut, the 22 year-old Argentinian was naturally over the moon, and was in fact tipped by his team-mate and countryman Ruben Bongiorno as a rider to watch out for at yesterday's press conference. However, when asked to take the expectant press through the final kilometre, Richeze said he didn't see an opening until 150 metres before the line.
"When there was 500 metres to go, I was in a pretty bad position and didn't think I was going to get help because I was blocked behind a few riders," he explained. "But at around 150 metres to go, after pushing my way through a bit, I found an opening and gave it everything."
Before turning professional, Richeze notched up 11 victories in Italy during his last amateur year. Yet despite his potential, he admits he came to Malaysia to work for the team and in particular for Bongiorno. So when the question was raised about how he felt to earn a win on debut, his response wasn't in the least bit surprising: "Si, si, contento!" was the effervescent reply.
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The orange armada have been the most successful team at the LTdL in recent years, with former rider Graeme Brown enjoying much success before his transfer to Rabobank in 2006. However, as well as bringing sprinters like Richeze and Bongiorno this year, Ceramica Panaria-Navigare wanted to feature in the overall classification, which once again has not happened.
"For the team as a whole, it wasn't a really good day, because the riders going for the general classification weren't there," admitted Richeze. "When we realised the break was going to stay away, we obviously began thinking about the stage win, but we weren't exactly happy with it because of the situation in terms of the overall classification."
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With all the best teams represented including a swag of GC contenders - namely defending champion Ryan Cox and his team-mate David George (South Africa), Francesco Bellotti and Benoit Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Gabriele Missaglia and Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), and Cesar Grajales (Navigators Insurance) - overall honours will most likely come from one of these names, who'll be heavily protected over the coming days.
Said Cox to Cyclingnews: "Shorter stages are quite dangerous - you've got to be careful - and our plan was just for David [George] and myself to be careful and stay out of trouble and cover a couple of the moves; we saw a move go and luckily both of us were in it.
"Normally, in a stage like this and a move goes that's got six or seven minutes, it's pretty much done. Also, there's some climbers there [in the break]... I mean if you're a GC guy and you lose six or seven minutes to some climbers like us, it's going to be quite tough and you're going to end up going for stages."
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One rider his South African team needs to watch out for is mountains leader Francesco Bellotti from Credit Agricole. Just 26 years old, the Italian let it be known that he wants to "do something good" and take advantage of his current position on GC.
"I think the South African guys are good - but I feel good too!" Bellotti smiled, an aura of quiet confidence surrounding him. "I felt really good on the climb but today was not a big climb; nevertheless, it was a good beginning for me."
Certainly, there's still plenty of racing yet to go and the climbing stages to the Cameron Highlands and Genting will be fiercely contested, but what is likely to unfold as the 11th Tour de Langkawi goes on is a readjustment of sorts, rather than any major reshaping of the race.
"Well, hopefully a lot of the teams will have their GC riders in front like we did," Cox said about what he envisages over the coming days.
"Selle Italia I'm sure will be keen, we're keen and there's Navigators, so already there's three teams. Stage 3's still a dangerous stage because a group normally goes on that day - and you don't want them getting a bigger gap or six minutes that equals the time again, so we don't want that to happen."
How it unfolded
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Beginning at KL Tower, smack in the middle of the capital's CBD, the TM Le Tour de Langkawi entourage and its onlookers were greeted with picture perfect weather and a small herd of elephants for a relatively early start time of 9:30am. Yes, we said elephants - remember folks, we're in the tropics now!
119 riders signed on for a short 81 kilometres in the saddle - short but certainly not sweet, as by the day's end, all bar two dozen riders were forced to ride in damage control mode.
And it took just a quarter of an hour for it to happen. 10 kilometres into the race, 24 riders made their move: Erki Pütsep, Christophe Riblon (AG2R Prevoyance), Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom), Maximiliano Richeze, Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Francesco Bellotti, Benoit Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Takashi Miyazawa (Japan), Jean Claude Lebeau (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Elio Aggiano (LPR), Cesar Grajales, Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance), Robin Sharman (Recyling.Co.Uk), Angel Vallejo Dominguez, Raul Garcia De Mateos, Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam), Gabriele Missaglia, Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), David George, Ryan Cox (South Africa), Steffen Radochla, Corey Sweet, Torsten Schmidt (Wiesenhof Akud) and Wawan Setyo Budi (Wismilak).
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Time checks were at first seldom from race radio, but as defending champ Ryan Cox told Cyclingnews, it was the same for the break, too: "Yeah, in the beginning, everyone seemed to drive because we didn't get a lot of time gaps, but then it went to two minutes and the next minute it was four and a half, so it seemed like everyone was keen to ride [on]."
A group of four riders sensed the danger and did try to bridge across, but with six times the horsepower up front and working well, each doing short, hard turns, the quartet stood no chance and drifted back to the peloton. Not content with an already enviable advantage and with most of the race favourites in the move, the order came from various sports directors to maintain the tempo - and that is what they did.
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Wiesenhof's sprinter Steffen Radochla took the first two intermediate sprints, eagerly eyeing the sprinters' jersey that he indeed did take after finishing fourth on the stage, while the only mountain prime at Batu Arang (Cat.4, km 67.5) was comfortably won by Credit Agricole's Italian signing, Francesco Belotti, who also did enough to wear the spotted tunic on the podium.
The final sprint prime was taken by a pair of Wiesenhof fellas, this time the experienced Torsten Schmidt going 1-2 with their Australian signing Corey Sweet. By this stage, the breakaway was inside ten kilometres to go and were now enjoying an advantage approaching seven sizeable minutes.
Into the town of Rawang, 22 of the original 24 riders were still riding as one, and over the line, it was Panaria's orange blaze at the fore once again, as Maximiliano Richeze continued where Graeme Brown they left off in KL one year ago with a perfectly-timed sprint victory.
Photography
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- Maximiliano Richeze (L) before the start with a Ceramica Panaria-Navigare team-mate.
- Gene Bates from Australia and with the LPR team, chats with former rider turned commentator David McKenzie, also from Australia.
- Father and son of the elephant kind were in Kuala Lumpur for the start of the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi.
- Okay, who is volunteering to move this guy from the start line?
- Some of the riders took time to shelter from the heat prior to the opening stage of the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi.
- They're away on stage one of the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi.
- The field head off on an 81km journey from Kuala Lumpur to Rawang.
- Pick a lane, any lane The peloton charge through a road-toll on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
- The peloton pass some of Kuala Lumpur's architecture on the opening stage of the tour.
- David George (South Africa) drives the leading bunch as some of the locals watch the tour go by.
- Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) in the leading group of twenty-four riders, which broke away around ten kilometres from the start.
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) from Argentina of the team in the leading group.
- Ryan Cox (South Africa) won this race last year and found himself in a lead group, which quickly put a sizeable dent into the peloton.
- Some of the locals on the edge of Kuala Lumpur cheer on the lead group.
- A group of locals wave on the peloton, around 4.22 minutes behind the leaders halfway through the 81km stage.
- Two down, one to go - Roger Beuchat (LPR) from Switzerland takes on some supplies for his team-mates.
- The peloton in the hills surrounding Kuala Lumpur, around four and a half minutes behind a leading group of twenty-four riders.
- Mark Walters (Navigators-Insurance) looks for his team car behind him whilst in the leading group.
- Ed Beamon, team manager for Navigators-Insurance, hands a bidon to Mark Walters on stage one of the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- The lead group have stage one to themselves with a little over 15kms to go.
- The lead group swing round at the top of a king of the mountains prime with Australian Corey Sweet (Wiesenhof Akud) in green, third from the right.
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) takes out stage one into Rawang.
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) is chauffeured to the presentation podium after his victory.
- Dressed in traditional Malaysian attire for the TM Tour de Langkawi presentations.
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) on the podium.
- Here, try this on for size...
- The stage one podium (L-R) - Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole), Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akuda), Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), and Takashi Miyazawa (Japan).
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) from Argentina awaits the press conference that is on after the podium presentations.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud), from Germany, sprint classification leader after stage one.
- Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) from Italy in his polka-dot jersey.
- These love birds had a good view of the podium presentations from high on a building at the finish in Rawang.
- You don't have to be a dummy to watch the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi go by!
Results
1 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.43.53 (46.78 km/h) 2 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 6 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 7 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 9 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 11 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 12 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 13 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 David George (RSA) South Africa 15 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 16 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 17 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 18 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 20 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 21 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 22 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 23 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 0.09 24 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 0.20 25 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.26 26 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 27 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 28 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 29 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 30 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 31 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32 Chris Newton (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 33 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 34 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 35 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 36 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 37 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 38 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 39 Yevgeniy Yakalov (Kaz) Équipe Asia 40 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 41 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 42 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 44 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 45 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 46 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 48 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 49 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 51 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 52 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 55 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 56 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 57 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 58 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 59 Sherwin Diamsay (Phi) Casino Filipino 60 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 62 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 63 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 64 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 66 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 67 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 68 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 69 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 70 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 71 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 72 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 73 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 74 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 75 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 76 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 77 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 78 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 79 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 80 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 81 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 82 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 83 Koen Das (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 84 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 85 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 87 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 88 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 90 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 91 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 92 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 93 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 94 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 95 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 96 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 97 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 98 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 99 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 100 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 101 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 102 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 103 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 104 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 105 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 106 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 107 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 108 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 109 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 110 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 111 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 112 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 114 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 115 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 116 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 117 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 118 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 119 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa Sprints Sprint with bonuses at Sungai Buluh 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 pts 2 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 3 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 4 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 1 Sprint with bonuses at Batang Berjuntai 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 pts 2 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 3 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 4 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 Sprint with bonuses at Batu Arang 1 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 3 3 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 4 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 1 Mountains KOM Cat 4 at Batu Arang 1 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 pts 2 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 3 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Asian rider 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 1.43.53 2 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 3 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 7.26 4 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 5 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 6 Yevgeniy Yakalov (Kaz) Équipe Asia 7 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 8 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 9 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 10 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 11 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 12 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 13 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 14 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 15 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 16 Sherwin Diamsay (Phi) Casino Filipino 17 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 18 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 19 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 20 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 21 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 22 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 23 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 24 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 25 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 26 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 27 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 28 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 29 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 30 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 31 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 32 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 33 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan Teams 1 Relax-Gam 5.11.39 2 Wiesenhof Akud 5.12.08 3 Ag2r Prevoyance 5.19.05 4 South Africa 5 Credit Agricole 6 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 7 Navigators Insurance 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Bouygues Telecom 5.26.31 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Recyling.Co.Uk 12 Wismilak 13 LPR 14 Japan 15 Malaysia 5.33.57 16 Équipe Asia 17 Giant-Asia 18 Casino Filipino 19 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 20 Great Britain General classification after stage 1 1 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.43.43 2 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 0.04 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 0.06 5 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 0.09 6 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 8 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.10 9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 10 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 11 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 12 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 14 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 15 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 16 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 David George (RSA) South Africa 18 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 19 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 22 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 23 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 0.17 24 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 0.27 25 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.36 26 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 27 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 28 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 29 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 30 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 31 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32 Chris Newton (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 33 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 34 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 35 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 36 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 37 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 38 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 39 Yevgeniy Yakalov (Kaz) Équipe Asia 40 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 41 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 42 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 44 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 45 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 46 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 48 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 49 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 51 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 52 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 55 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 56 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 57 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 58 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 59 Sherwin Diamsay (Phi) Casino Filipino 60 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 62 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 63 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 64 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 66 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 67 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 68 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 69 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 70 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 71 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 72 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 73 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 74 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 75 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 76 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 77 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 78 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 79 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 80 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 81 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 82 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 83 Koen Das (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 84 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 85 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 87 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 88 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 90 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 91 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 92 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 93 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 94 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 95 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 96 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 97 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam 98 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 99 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 100 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 101 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 102 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 103 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 104 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 105 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 106 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 107 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 108 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 109 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 110 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 111 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 112 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 114 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 115 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 116 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 117 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 118 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 119 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa Points classification 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 22 pts 2 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2r Prevoyance 20 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 13 5 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 6 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 10 7 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 9 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 8 9 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 10 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 7 11 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 12 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 5 13 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 14 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 15 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 16 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 3 17 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 18 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 19 David George (RSA) South Africa 2 Mountains classification 1 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 pts 2 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 3 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Asian rider classification 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 1.43.49 2 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 0.04 3 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 7.30 4 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 5 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 6 Yevgeniy Yakalov (Kaz) Équipe Asia 7 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 8 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 9 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 10 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 11 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 12 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 13 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 14 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 15 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 16 Sherwin Diamsay (Phi) Casino Filipino 17 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 18 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 19 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 20 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 21 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 22 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 23 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 24 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 25 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 26 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 27 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 28 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 29 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 30 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 31 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 32 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 33 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan Teams classification 1 Relax-Gam 5.11.39 2 Wiesenhof Akud 0.29 3 Ag2r Prevoyance 7.26 4 South Africa 5 Credit Agricole 6 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 7 Navigators Insurance 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Bouygues Telecom 14.52 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Recyling.Co.Uk 12 Wismilak 13 LPR 14 Japan 15 Malaysia 22.18 16 Équipe Asia 17 Giant-Asia 18 Casino Filipino 19 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 20 Great Britain Asian team classification 1 Wismilak 5.26.31 2 Japan 3 Malaysia 7.26 4 Équipe Asia 5 Casino Filipino 6 Giant-Asia
