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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 4 - Monday, February 6: Tapah - Kuala Selangor , 144.5km
José Serpa a new name to watch
The stage all set for a battle royale
By Anthony Tan in Kuala Selangor
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For most of the climbers in this year's Le Tour de Langkawi, it was a well-earned rest, but not José Serpa. Joining the move of the day that went after just five kilometres, the Colombian neo-pro for Selle Italia Diquigiovanni showed no fear against his more experienced rivals before audaciously attacking them with seven kilometres to go, holding off Evan Oliphant (Recycling co.uk) and Christophe Riblon (AG2R Prevoyance) for his first professional victory at 26 years old.
"This morning, I spoke with [direttori sportivi] Gianni Savio and Marco Bellini and they thought we could possibly do something today. So I took it from there and it resulted in victory," said the confident Serpa to Cyclingnews.
Asked why he chose to attack almost 10 kilometres from the finish, the fighting-fit Colombian replied: "Well, I was feeling okay but towards the end, running a little bit on reserves. But then coming into the finale, I felt strong again and that's why I decided to attack. I'm very, very happy that Gianni has given me the chance to race at the highest level, and I will do my utmost to achieve a high level in cycling."
None of the eight members of the break posed a threat to the GC contenders, so despite the three-minute gap at the finish in Kuala Selangor, the overall leaderboard didn't change. South African David George is still mellow in yellow; second-placed Gabriele Massaglia (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) enjoyed a day in the relative quiet of the peloton's couch after suffering from cramps yesterday; and Colombian Cesar Grajales (Navigators Insurance) sits pretty in third, and is arguably George's biggest threat on tomorrow's stage to Genting.
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"It was easy for me - it wasn't easy for my team-mates," George said about his uneventful day in the saddle.
"They did the dog's work today and they did an amazing job. Ten years ago, we came to this race and we were way out of our depth; today we really showed that South African cycling has come a long way. Hopefully, we've had a day to recover so tomorrow we can figure up front."
The 29 year-old from Cape Town added it was up to the others to take the race to the Proteas on the 17 kilometre climb of Genting, and if it's an attacking race, then all the better for them.
"Effectively we're in the best position. If it's an attacking race, then better for us - but we don't have to smash the race to pieces [ourselves]. If somebody wants to come and get it, then, well, let him... ," he coaxed. "With Darren [Lill], Ryan [Cox] and myself, we've got the three of the best climbers in the race."
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Pocket-sized climbing sensation, team-mate and George's strongest ally in the mountains, Darren Lill, certainly has a great future ahead of him at 23 years of age. However, team loyalty will prevail above all else tomorrow - even if it means relinquishing his spotted tunic.
"Obviously, the objective is to defend the yellow jersey, so myself and Ryan will be helping Dave a lot on the climb, and if I'm still there at the top, then obviously I'd like to defend the jersey," Lill said. "But like I said, the main thing is to defend the yellow jersey and that's what we came here for."
Said George on who his biggest adversaries will be: "We don't need to watch everyone: we've got Massaglia at 40 seconds and the next guy [Grajales] at two and a half minutes. Looking at how it went yesterday, we've got possibly some of the best riders in the race, so again, I don't think we need to be too concerned about it being an attacking race. We've got the job to follow [wheels] and obviously to defend [the lead] we'll have to."
How it unfolded
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After a long downhill transfer from the town of Berincang in the Cameron Highlands, descending the gorgeous green path that took the Tour de Langkawi up to the mountains two years ago, it was time for another day in the saddle, this time beginning in Tapah.
A rather uneventful 142.2 kilometres on paper, the southern journey to Kuala Selangor, a stone's throw from the Malaysian capital, was ripe for a breakaway; the circumstances heightened with plenty of pairs of sore legs after yesterday's evil climbing session.
Like Sunday, proceedings began at a quick clip, albeit starting ten minutes later than planned. [Not that the later start wasn't welcomed, with the Cyclingnews media car running a little behind schedule this morning, requiring some Sega Rally-like driving by our Irish correspondent Shane Stokes. :)]
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The teams of Japan and AG2R Prevoyance were prominent at the head of the peloton, and it took just five kilometres for the EB™ (early break) to occur, as José Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom), Mirko Allegrini (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Xavier Tondi Volpini (Relax-Gam), Evan Oliphant (Recyling.Co.Uk), Johan Verstrepen (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Christophe Riblon (AG2R Prevoyance), and Kazuhiro Mori (Japan) escaped the peloton's grasp.
Passing the day's first sprint in Chendurung Balai (km 18.5), the octet weren't seen duking out for bonus points or seconds: each were more interested in consolidating what they had. Equally represented with a single aim, the strong alliance resulted in a handy lead, steadily moving upwards from 2'15 at km 23 to almost five minutes after 50 kilometres.
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Reaching double that distance, nothing much had changed apart from another uncontested sprint prime and the advantage of the lead group now at 6 minutes and 2 seconds. With 40 kilometres remaining, if any of the teams back in the peloton wanted a bunch sprint, they would need to start chasing now.
Navigators Insurance was one of fourteen teams unrepresented in the break, but seemingly the only one sensing any urgency. A while later, a few more collaborated, and began motioning their troops towards the head of the bunch.
By the third and final sprint in Sekincan (km 112.8), the sprinters' teams cut a minute and half out of their advantage. However, after more than 100 kilometres' hard work, the break were nowhere near ready to give in, and at 30 to go, 4 minutes and 44 seconds still separated eight riders from the rest.
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Under the 15 kilometre to go banner, the front group were pretty much home and hosed, holding onto an almost three-minute lead. And soon afterwards, it became time to engage in a cute little game of cat and mouse...
... but week-old neo-pro José Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) became the cat who leapt right out of the bag, surprising seven others with a bold though perfectly-timed move.
Four went after him, but the crafty Serpa had long gone, putting his head down and bum up to take victory by 15 seconds over British rider Evan Oliphant (Recycling.co.uk), with Frenchman Christophe Riblon (AG2R Prevoyance) finishing a further two seconds behind. Sprint classification leader Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) brought the bunch home for ninth place, exactly three minutes behind the stage winner.
Photography
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- A team car with bikes ready to go in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia.
- A group of eight riders broke away from the peloton not far from the start of stage four in Tapah.
- Locals wave the Malaysian flag as the lead group approaches.
- The lead group soon opened up a gap of more than five minutes over the peloton.
- The leaders on the wide, flat roads heading towards Kuala Selangor.
- The peloton pass many fruit stalls along the wide highway as a crowd gathers on a bridge overhead.
- Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) from Colombia crosses the line in Kuala Selangor to rack his first professional victory..
- Anthony Ravard (Bouygues Telecom) crosses the line three minutes behind winner Jose Serpa.
- Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) won the 142.2 km stage after breaking away five kilometres into the race.
- Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) moved up the leaderboard to thirteenth overall after four stages, 6'35 behind the South African race leader David George.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) still the sprint classification leader after four stages.
- By George, you've done it again! Tour leader David George (South Africa) accepts another yellow jersey.
- The stage four podium - (L-R) Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud), Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), Darren Lill (South Africa), David George (South Africa), and Takashi Miyazawa (Japan).
- Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) was a happy man after the stage.
- A press conference is held straight after podium presentations on each stage of the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- Tour leader David George (South Africa) answers journalists' questions after retaining his tour lead for another day.
- David George (South Africa) steps into the anti-doping cage for a control after the stage finish in Kuala Selangor
Results
1 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 3.17.46 (41.16 km/h) 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 0.15 3 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.17 4 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0.18 5 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.31 6 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.06 7 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.08 9 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 3.00 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 12 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 14 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 15 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 16 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 17 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 20 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 22 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 23 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 24 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 25 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 26 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 28 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 30 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 31 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 33 David George (RSA) South Africa 34 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 35 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 36 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 37 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 38 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 39 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 40 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 42 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 43 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 44 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 46 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 47 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 48 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 49 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 50 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 51 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 52 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 53 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 54 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 55 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 56 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 57 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 58 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 60 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 61 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 62 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 63 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 64 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 65 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 66 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 67 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 68 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 69 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 70 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 71 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 72 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 73 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 74 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 75 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 76 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 77 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 78 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 79 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 80 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 82 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 84 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 85 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 86 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 87 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 88 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 90 Chris Newton (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 91 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 92 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 93 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 94 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 95 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 3.27 96 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 97 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 98 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 99 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 100 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 101 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 102 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 103 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 3.31 104 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.32 105 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 3.34 106 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 3.45 107 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 3.50 108 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 3.52 109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 110 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 3.00 111 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 4.43 112 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 6.49 Sprints Sprint with bonuses at Chenderung Balai 1 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 5 pts 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 3 3 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 4 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Sprint with bonuses at Teluk Intan 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 5 pts 2 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 2 4 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Sprint with bonuses at Sekincan 1 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 5 pts 2 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1 Asian rider 1 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 3.18.52 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 1.54 3 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 4 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 5 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 6 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 7 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 9 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 10 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 11 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 12 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 13 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 14 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 15 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 16 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 17 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 18 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 19 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 20 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 21 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 22 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 23 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 25 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 26 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 27 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 28 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 29 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 30 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 31 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 32 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 2.44 Teams 1 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 9.59.18 2 Recyling.Co.Uk 0.15 3 Ag2r Prevoyance 0.17 4 Bouygues Telecom 0.18 5 Relax-Gam 0.31 6 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.06 7 Japan 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.08 9 Credit Agricole 3.00 10 Malaysia 11 Navigators Insurance 12 Wiesenhof Akud 13 LPR 14 Wismilak 15 Casino Filipino 16 South Africa 17 Giant-Asia 18 Équipe Asia 19 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 20 Great Britain General classification after stage 4 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 13.07.52 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 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 6.35 14 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 7.07 15 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 7.22 16 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 7.44 17 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.53 18 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 8.04 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 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 17.26 29 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 30 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 17.53 31 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 18.13 32 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 19.32 33 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 34 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 19.43 35 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 19.55 36 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 20.23 37 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 20.39 38 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 20.56 39 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 21.06 40 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21.38 41 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 21.56 42 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 22.44 43 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 22.46 44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 23.49 45 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 24.12 46 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 24.17 47 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 24.34 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 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 28.47 66 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 28.48 67 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 29.14 68 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 69 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 29.48 70 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29.52 71 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29.57 72 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 30.41 73 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 31.15 74 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 31.33 75 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 31.35 76 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 31.37 77 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.38 78 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 79 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 31.41 80 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 81 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 31.43 82 Chris Newton (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 83 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 31.45 84 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31.51 85 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 87 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 32.08 88 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 32.12 89 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 90 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 32.18 91 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 32.27 92 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 32.28 93 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 33.15 94 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 33.40 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 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35.04 100 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 35.16 101 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 35.23 102 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 35.35 103 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 35.45 104 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 35.53 105 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 36.58 106 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 37.25 107 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 39.14 108 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 39.15 109 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 39.48 110 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 40.00 111 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 40.30 112 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 43.20 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 Points classification 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 50 pts 2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 31 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29 4 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 28 5 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 22 6 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 20 7 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 20 8 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 18 9 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 18 10 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 17 11 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 12 David George (RSA) South Africa 16 13 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 15 14 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 15 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 16 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 15 17 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 15 18 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 14 19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14 20 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 14 21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 14 22 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 23 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 24 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 12 25 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 26 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 11 27 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 28 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 29 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10 30 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 31 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 9 32 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 33 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8 34 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 35 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 36 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 37 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 38 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 39 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 40 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 5 41 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 42 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4 43 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 3 44 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 3 45 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 46 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 47 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 48 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 1 49 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 50 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 1 51 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 1 52 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1 Asian rider classification 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 13.14.59 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 22.41 20 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 23.34 21 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 24.08 22 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 24.26 23 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 24.30 24 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 24.31 25 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 24.38 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 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 39.33.29 2 Credit Agricole 2.29 3 South Africa 3.59 4 Recyling.Co.Uk 20.32 5 Relax-Gam 24.49 6 Giant-Asia 27.35 7 Bouygues Telecom 27.42 8 Navigators Insurance 27.48 9 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 34.07 10 Japan 34.25 11 LPR 40.54 12 Wiesenhof Akud 44.23 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 44.24 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 46.22 15 Malaysia 53.00 16 Équipe Asia 56.30 17 Wismilak 1.00.15 18 Great Britain 1.04.36 19 Casino Filipino 1.17.27 20 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 1.25.10 Asian teams classification 1 Japan 40.07.54 2 Giant-Asia 14.04 3 Malaysia 18.35 4 Équipe Asia 22.05 5 Wismilak 25.50 6 Casino Filipino 43.02
