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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 3 - Sunday, February 5: Lumut - Cameron Highlands , 150.3km
Saul Raisin' Hell in the Cameron Highlands
David set to become George of Jungle
By Anthony Tan & Shane Stokes in the Cameron Highlands
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Yet again, the tables turn in the tropics. On a day when many expected events to unfold on the final ascent to Cameron Highlands, where the Tour de Langkawi would end after 150.6 kilometres, a breakaway 30 kilometres into the stage decided the race.
Four South Africans made the move that began 24 strong and among them was David George, so not surprisingly, the odds were leaning heavily in the Proteas' favour. The notable absentee was defending champ Ryan Cox, but right from the opening stage, George looked the hungrier of the two, which was a point proven by the day's end as the 29 year-old donned the golden fleece.
"Honestly, we didn't expect to have four guys [in the break]," he admitted, "but we couldn't have been in a better position."
Asked if he still rates the team from Selle Italia Diquigiovanni as their biggest threat, George began by saying: "Obviously it worked out better for us today; to have [Gabriele] Massaglia there in some ways worked out better for us than having the Colombian guy [Walter Pedraza] there.
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"They're not at that far behind, so we're not home free, we have to pay attention - but to have Darren [Lill] riding the way he was today and to have Ryan to back us up on Genting, we're a strong team, so we've got the calibre to defend what we've got."
However, at the end of the day (to use a much overused expression), it was Credit Agricole's American young gun Saul Raisin who outsmarted the team from South Africa, feigning weakness on the climb and looking vulnerable, only to snatch victory in the final 200 metres on the 13 percent finishing slope.
"The directors told us we could do whatever we wanted, and if we see a group go off with 15 guys, we go with it," explained Raisin. "We had a big group of 25 guys and it was good; I knew if it stayed away, I had a good chance of taking the stage... so I did!" he exclaimed, looking every bit the happy camper.
Noting their was a bit of talking going on between him and the South Africans in the finale, Raisin said he took a leaf out of Lance Armstrong's L'Alpe d'Huez trick of calling bluff: "Well, I told them coming into the finish, 'You guys are stronger than me', but I was riding good, I felt good - and I didn't want to show them how good.
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"I kind of wanted to show them I was weaker than I was, even though I was the first person to attack at the bottom of the climb. Coming to the finish, we dropped one [of the breakaways, Gabriele Massaglia] and I just kept [faking] and didn't even ride through. The last 200 metres, I just gave it everything I had and took the win, so it couldn't be better."
The French team's excellent offensive riding now sees them with two riders in the top ten - Francesco Bellotti (4th @ 2'22) and Benoit Poilvet (7th @ 2'27) - which is on par with the Selle Italia Diquigiovanni duo of Gabriele Massaglia (who suffered bad cramps in the closing kilometres and lost 37 seconds to George, but is still second on GC @ 40') and Walter Pedraza (5th @ 2'22), and Navigators Insurance, who have their Colombian climber Cesar Grajales sitting third (@ 2'22) and Canadian workhorse Mark Walters ninth (@ 3'27).
With George looking so strong and motivated, South Africa will be going into Tuesday's stage to Genting in the driver's seat. And provided he doesn't falter on Malaysia's most vicious of climbs, David should finally realise his dream of becoming overall race champion.
"Since November last year, I've had one solid objective and this is it for now," admitted George.
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"We've worked really hard over the summer; the condition's good, we want to win this race, we're here to win this race and we have the team to win this race. I've said it before that it's [the race] is an opportunity to prove that we have the calibre to be racing against the best in the world, and this is our way of showing it."
Best Asian rider Takashi Miyazawa (Japan) lost seven minutes but impressively kept his lead in the classification by almost three minutes from Iranian Hossein Askari, and although falling out of the top ten, the friendly Japanese still lies in a very respectable 13th place overall.
"Did you surprise yourself today?" was the question asked.
"No!" Miyazawa smiled before adding, "I don't like mountains, but before this race, I went to Thailand training in the mountains, so I'll try to hold on [to Asian rider jersey] on the stage to Genting Highlands."
How it unfolded
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117 riders lined out in bright, sunny weather for the start of the third stage of the 2006 Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi. The 150.6 kilometre leg from Lumut to Cameron Highlands would see them face fifty kilometres of near-continuous climbing in the second-half of the stage, making this crunch time for the overall contenders.
Following the drop of the flag, the peloton were straight down to things with a hectic pace being set as the field headed inland. A large number of attacks were fired off before the first bonus sprint but nothing stuck. Points leader Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) took full points in Pekan Damai, ahead of Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Équipe Asia), Corey Sweet (Wiesenhof) and Russell Downing (Recycling.co.uk).
After 34 kilometres Yohann Le Boulanger (Bouyues Telecom) and Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) got clear and built a lead of ten seconds. Realising the danger, Rodney Green (South Africa), Anthony Ravard (Bouygues Telecom), Gregory Habeaux (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and Carl Naibo (AG2R Prévoyance) bridged across, but these were mopped up by the bunch. Anthony Ravard (Bouygues Telecom), Torsten Schmidt (Wiesenhof Akud) and Takum Beppu (Japan) then took off with three kilometres to go until the second bonus sprint but, two kilometres later, they were caught.
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The hotspot in Sri Iskandar was almost an all-Asian affair, showing how much cycling has progressed in the region. Zahit Sayut (Malaysia) won the gallop ahead of Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Équipe Asia), Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) and Ali Ahmad Falani (Malaysia).
After 44 kilometres the first real break of the day scorched clear and, with 24 committed riders present, they started to pull away. Four South African riders - namely David George, Rodney Green, Darren Lill and Jeremy Maartens - were there, as was Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom), Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole), Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria-Navigarre), Merculio Ramos Jr (Casino Filipino), Oleg Grishkine (Navigators Insurance), Mark Walters (Navigators Insurance), Robin Sharman (Recycling.co.uk), Edward Clancy and Geraint Thomas (Great Britain), Gene Bates, Andreas Dietziker and Massimo Iannetti (LPR), Gregory Habeaux and Johan Verstrepen (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Laurent Mangel (AG2R Prévoyance), Wilbowo Adi (Wismilak), David McCann (Giant Asia), plus brothers Koji and Shinichi Fukushima (Japan). Raul Garcia (Relax-Gam) and Julian Winn (Great Britain) set off in pursuit but were unable to get across.
Missaglia beat Green, Lill and Dietziker at the third bonus sprint in Batu Gajah, but after this the break's advantage - which had been one and a half minutes - started to fall. At the 68 kilometre point this lead was under a minute and it appeared that the break were waiting for the peloton. However the hammer went down again and at the 82 kilometre point the leaders were a minute and 14 seconds clear.
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Adi, Grishkine and Mangel lost their place from this group as the road started to rear upwards. Others then slipped back, Green, Maartens, Ramos, Thomas, Habeaux, Verstreppen and Koji Fukushima all heading south.
Although defending champion Ryan Cox had missed the move, the South African team had another overall contender in David George and they continued to pour on the pressure. With 50 kilometres to go thirteen remained up front, namely George, Lill, Missaglia, Raisin, Matveyev, Walters, Sharman, Clancy, Bates, Iannetti, Habeaux, McCann and Shinichi Fukushima. The main bunch was over five and a half minutes back, making things difficult for those who had missed the move.
Realising their race was slipping away, five riders went clear. Ryan Cox, José Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) and yellow jersey Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) reduced their deficit by a minute but then eased back, leading to a regrouping of sorts.
However Bellotti dug in again several kilometres later, dragging a seventeen man group away. This bunch included Cox, Serpa and Grajales and by the 117 kilometre point they had reduced their deficit to 3 minutes and 6 seconds.
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Lill was first over the top of the Hors Categorie climb of Kg. Raja, followed by Clancy and George. Mark Walters was fourth while fifth-placed Gene Bates was also very active.
130 kilometres into the stage, Matveyev was dropped from the front group. Bates was feeling considerably better and he attacked alone, only to be recaptured with just over 15 kilometres to go. He was struck down by bad stomach problems shortly afterwards, being forced to stop by the side of the road and take a toilet break. It unfortunately meant that his chance of a stage win was gone.
Things were getting crucial at this point, with the time gap between the front group and the next chasers down to 1 minute 30 seconds. It looked like it was still possible for those behind to catch the leaders, but 2005 champion Ryan Cox was stranded on the wrong side of a split in the chasing group and couldn't get back on terms.
Up front, Tour de l'Avenir KOM winner Saul Raisin was looking antsy, attacking several times and putting pressure on the break. Nearing the top of the first category climb of Brinchang there were only six riders left at the sharp end of things, namely George, Bates, Missaglia, Raisin, Iannetti and McCann. The latter two were reported by race radio as being in difficulty but McCann got a second wind and returned to the group.
Raisin, however, had more left to give. Another surge dragged him, George and Lill away, and then with about a kilometre to go, the latter lost contact.
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George led Raisin across the KOM line at the top of the climb, while Lill and McCann were next to the summit. Lill dug in deep on the descent and was just two seconds down with 2 kilometres remaining. However that was as close as he could get. The final uphill drag to the line saw this gap open out again, meaning that Raisin and George scrapped it out for the stage win between them. The Credit Agricole rider proved stronger inside the final 100 metres, racing home to an excellent stage win.
George finished in the same time to take over his first Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi leader's yellow jersey, while Lill and McCann came home 17 and 32 seconds back respectively. Missaglia, Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom), Francesco Bellotti and José Serpa completed the top eight.
Meanwhile, previous race leader Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) trailed in 20 minutes and 33 seconds down in 56th place. He dropped to 35th overall but the first year professional will have more chances on the flatter stages in the race.
Photography
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- David George from South Africa will be hoping to put the rest of the peloton in the same boat - behind him on the Tour de Langkawi general classification.
- A local hoping to get a start in stage three of the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare team-mates Maximiliano Richeze (L) and Ruben Bongiorno catch up on some local reading before stage three.
- Members of the Selle Italia Diquigiovanni team get ready for stage three in Lumut.
- Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom) doesn't have to go far to make a phone call home.
- The boys from Relax-Gam - and relaxed they are!
- A local keeps watch on some of the members of the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team.
- Relax with KFC!
- It's nice to be able to Relax before a hard day in the saddle.
- A breakaway group at the foothills of the Cameron Highlands.
- The leaders make their way towards the summit of the Cameron Highlands.
- Climbing in the highlands of Malaysia.
- The leaders climb Cameron Highlands with around a four and a half minute lead over the peloton.
- Team cars follow the lead group over the highlands.
- Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) from the USA takes out stage three to the top of the Cameron Highlands.
- David McCann (Giant-Asia) crosses the line in fourth position just 32 seconds behind winner Saul Raisin.
- Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) holds out Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) for sixth place on the stage.
- An Irishman lending an Englishman a hand - chief commissaire Michael Robb pushes Robin Sharman (Recycling.Co.Uk) towards his team van.
- Kristian House (Recycling.Co.Uk) crosses the line in 24th position, 5.44 minutes behind the winner.
- Takashi Miyazawa (Japan) drives to the finish line after 150.6kms in the saddle.
- Ben Greenwood (Recycling.Co.Uk, L) finishes ahead of a thirsty Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Equipe Asia).
- Malaysian rider Hassan Suhardi gets some support from his fans approaching the finish line.
- Aussie Gene Bates (LPR) is exhausted after being a member of the initial lead group early into stage three.
- Russell Downing (Great Britain) finished in 69th place on stage three, 24.09 minutes down on the winner Saul Raisin.
- Chris Newton (Recycling.Co.Uk) rode bravely over the highlands after crashing heavily in the sprint to the line on the previous stage.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) stretches after the stage while officials organise his Sprint Points leader's jersey presentation.
- Kuei Hsiang Peng (Giant Asia) is assisted by photographers after crossing the line.
- Angelo Furlan (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) finishes in 95th place but will concentrate on the Giro d'Italia later in the season.
- Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) raises his arms on the podium the stage three winner of the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- Takashi Miyazawa (Japan) on the podium as the leading Asian rider overall after three stages.
- Darren Lill (South Africa) is the new King of the Mountains competition leader after the third stage.
- So tell me Saul... what's the secret to winning a stage of the TM Tour de Langkawi?.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) still leads the Sprint Points competition after the third stage.
- David George (South Africa) is the new tour leader after the third stage.
- Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) is now placed 14th overall, 7.22 minutes behind the tour leader David George.
- "I've had one solid objective and this is it for now," said new tour leader David George (South Africa).
Results
1 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 4.03.55 (37.05 km/h) 2 David George (RSA) South Africa 3 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 0.17 4 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 0.32 5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 0.37 6 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 8 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 9 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 10 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 11 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.18 12 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 2.20 13 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.22 14 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 15 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 3.20 16 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 3.22 17 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 3.24 18 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 3.35 19 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.32 20 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.53 22 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.37 23 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.39 24 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 5.44 25 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 5.51 26 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 7.05 27 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.47 28 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 9.54 29 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 30 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 10.21 31 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 10.41 32 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 11.44 33 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 12.00 34 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 35 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 12.23 36 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 14.24 37 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 15.12 38 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 15.14 39 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.17 40 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 18.39 41 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 20.26 42 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 20.28 43 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 20.30 44 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 20.33 45 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 47 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 48 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 49 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 50 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 51 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 52 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 53 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 54 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 58 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 59 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 60 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 61 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 21.26 62 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 23.43 63 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 24.03 64 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 65 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 24.06 66 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 24.09 68 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 69 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 70 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 71 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 24.11 72 Chris Newton (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 73 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 74 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 75 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 76 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 77 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 78 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 24.13 79 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 80 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 81 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 82 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 83 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 24.19 84 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 85 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 86 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 87 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 88 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 89 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 90 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 91 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 92 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 24.27 93 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 25.07 94 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 25.43 95 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 27.29 96 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 97 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 98 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 27.32 99 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 100 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 101 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 102 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 27.41 103 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 27.44 104 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 27.51 105 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 29.26 106 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 107 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29.36 108 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 31.42 109 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 110 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 31.43 111 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 32.28 112 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 35.48 HD Sherwin Diamsay (Phi) Casino Filipino HD Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain DNF Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam DNF Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam DNF Koen Das (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm DNS Yevgeniy Yakalov (Kaz) Équipe Asia Sprints Sprint with bonuses at Pekan Damai 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 pts 2 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 3 3 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 2 4 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1 Sprint with bonuses at Sri Iskandar 1 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 5 pts 2 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 3 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 4 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 1 Sprint with bonuses at Batu Gajah 1 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 5 pts 2 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 3 3 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 2 4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 1 Mountains KOM Hors Catgorie at Kg. Raja 1 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 25 pts 2 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 20 3 David George (RSA) South Africa 16 4 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 12 5 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 10 6 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 8 7 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 6 8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 5 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 10 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 11 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 12 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 KOM Cat 1 at Brinchang 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 15 pts 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 12 3 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 10 4 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 8 5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 6 6 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 4 7 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 2 8 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Asian rider 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4.06.15 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1.04 3 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 4.45 4 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 7.34 5 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 8.01 6 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 8.21 7 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 9.40 8 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 12.04 9 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 12.52 10 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 12.54 11 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 16.19 12 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 18.06 13 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 18.08 14 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 18.10 15 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 18.13 16 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 17 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 18 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 19.06 19 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 21.23 20 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 21.46 21 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 21.49 22 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 21.51 23 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 24 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 21.53 25 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 21.59 26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 22.47 27 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 23.23 28 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 25.09 29 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 30 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 25.24 31 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 25.31 32 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 33.28 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 12.16.23 2 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 0.31 3 South Africa 1.30 4 Giant-Asia 10.14 5 Recyling.Co.Uk 13.22 6 Bouygues Telecom 20.29 7 Navigators Insurance 25.19 8 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26.06 9 Japan 26.24 10 LPR 30.59 11 Relax-Gam 32.15 12 Malaysia 35.39 13 Équipe Asia 39.09 14 Ag2r Prevoyance 44.38 15 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 45.45 16 Great Britain 47.15 17 Wiesenhof Akud 48.51 18 Wismilak 50.20 19 Casino Filipino 1.00.06 20 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 1.07.49 General classification after stage 3 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 9.47.06 2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 0.40 3 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 2.22 4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 6 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.27 8 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2.28 9 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 3.27 10 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.59 11 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5.42 12 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 5.57 13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 7.07 14 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 7.22 15 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 7.44 16 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.53 17 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 8.04 18 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 9.48 19 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 9.52 20 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 10.52 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10.56 22 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 11.07 23 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12.04 24 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13.11 26 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 13.16 27 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.41 28 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 17.26 29 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 30 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 17.53 31 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 18.13 32 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 19.16 33 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 19.32 34 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 35 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 19.55 36 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 20.23 37 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 20.39 38 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 39 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 20.56 40 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 21.56 41 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 22.44 42 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 22.46 43 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 23.49 44 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 24.07 45 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 24.12 46 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 24.17 47 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 24.25 48 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 26.11 49 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 27.38 50 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 27.58 51 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 28.00 52 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 28.03 53 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 28.04 54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 28.05 55 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 56 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 59 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 60 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 62 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 63 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 64 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 28.12 65 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 28.48 66 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 28.58 67 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 31.15 68 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 31.33 69 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 31.35 70 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 71 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 31.37 72 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.38 73 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 74 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 31.41 75 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 76 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 77 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 31.43 78 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 79 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 80 Chris Newton (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 81 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 31.45 82 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 83 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 85 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 86 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31.51 87 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 88 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 89 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 90 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 91 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 31.57 92 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 31.59 93 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 32.39 94 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 33.15 95 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 34.01 96 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 34.10 97 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 35.01 98 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 99 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 100 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 35.04 101 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 102 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 35.13 103 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 35.16 104 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 35.23 105 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 36.41 106 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 36.58 107 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 108 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 39.14 109 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 110 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 39.15 111 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 40.00 112 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 43.20 Points classification 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 43 pts 2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 31 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 20 5 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 20 6 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 17 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 17 8 David George (RSA) South Africa 16 9 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 15 10 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 12 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 15 13 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 14 14 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 15 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 12 16 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 12 17 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 11 18 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 19 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 20 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 10 21 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 9 22 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 23 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 8 24 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 25 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8 26 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 27 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 28 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 29 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 30 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 31 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 32 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 33 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 5 34 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 35 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4 36 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 3 37 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 38 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 39 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 40 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 1 41 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 42 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 1 43 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 1 44 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1 Mountains classification 1 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 35 pts 2 David George (RSA) South Africa 31 3 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 20 4 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 18 5 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 12 6 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 11 7 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 10 8 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 8 9 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 8 10 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 11 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 12 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 4 13 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 15 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 2 16 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 17 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 19 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 20 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Asian rider classification 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 9.54.13 2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 2.45 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 3.49 4 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 10.19 5 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 10.46 6 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 11.06 7 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 12.25 8 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 14.49 9 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 15.37 10 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 15.39 11 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 17.10 12 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 19.04 13 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 20.51 14 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 20.53 15 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 20.58 16 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 17 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 18 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 21.05 19 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 21.51 20 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 24.08 21 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 24.26 22 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 24.30 23 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 24.31 24 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 24.38 25 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 25.32 26 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 26.08 27 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 26.54 28 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 27.54 29 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 30 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 28.09 31 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 28.16 32 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 36.13 Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 29.33.40 2 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 0.31 3 South Africa 1.30 4 Recyling.Co.Uk 20.48 5 Relax-Gam 24.49 6 Giant-Asia 25.06 7 Navigators Insurance 25.19 8 Bouygues Telecom 27.55 9 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33.32 10 Japan 33.50 11 LPR 38.25 12 Wiesenhof Akud 41.54 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 44.38 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 45.45 15 Malaysia 50.31 16 Équipe Asia 54.01 17 Wismilak 57.46 18 Great Britain 1.02.07 19 Casino Filipino 1.14.58 20 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 1.22.41 Asian teams classification 1 Japan 30.07.30 2 Giant-Asia 12.10 3 Malaysia 16.41 4 Équipe Asia 20.11 5 Wismilak 23.56 6 Casino Filipino 41.08
