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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 9 - Saturday, February 11: Melaka Individual Time Trial , 16.2km
Ukraine takes the strain
Almost there, Georgey boy!
By Anthony Tan in Melaka
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With just 23 seconds separating second to fifth and 34 seconds sixth to ninth on the overall classification, the Melaka time trial was a nervous affair for everyone bar tour leader David George, who came away unscathed and is now a certain winner.
The day went to pre-race favourite Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria Navigare), the Ukrainian chrono specialist the only rider in a field of 104 to go under the 20-minute mark, his imposing figure motoring across the line in a time of 19 minutes 39.96 seconds.
"I've been riding strongly these last few days and have been able to do a lot of work for the team, but I held a little bit back yesterday because I knew I had a very good chance to win, and luckily it worked out for me," he said.
On whether he liked the short, flat parcours that was presented before him in Melaka, Matveyev replied: "I actually prefer it when it's slightly up and down, a little bit of a rolling circuit rather than a totally flat one. When it goes up and down a bit and it's a little longer, that's when I go the best."
The 31 year-old added his team came to this year's Tour de Langkawi with a different team compared to previous years, where, in the past, Ceramica Panaria Navigare was headed only by sprinters. However, the fact that they missed the crucial break on the opening day and the loss of one rider even before the race began put a blow to their general classification ambitions.
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"Last year, we had a stronger team and it often ended in a bunch sprint. This year, the race has been very different - we also lost one rider before the start. Most days, the breakaways have succeeded, whereas in other years, they have not, and as a result, we have not won as many stages as we might have."
Matveyev's closest challenger, Irish time trial champion David McCann, finished just over half a minute adrift in second. Although disappointed not to win, the Giant-Asia rider can take some solace in moving up two places on general classification, and will most likely end the tour thirteenth overall. And roughly one hour after bettering the early best time set by Navigators Insurance rider Bernard Van Ulden, Dutchman Stef Clement (Bouygues Telecom) did very well to hold onto the remaining podium place, his time of 20 minutes 16.90 seconds only five seconds adrift of McCann.
It may have been a dead flat 16.2 kilometres, but there was more movement at the top of the leaderboard after today then there had been the whole tour, although it was more of a reshuffling of sorts. The biggest beneficiary was Credit Agricole leader Francesco Bellotti, whose seventh-best time today saw him edge past Selle Italia Diquigiovanni's Gabriele Massaglia by just four seconds.
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Consequently, Massaglia dropped down to third, while Cesar Grajales (Navigators Insurance), fifth at the start of the day, did a good job to move past Colombian road champ Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), who now lies fifth on GC. Unfortunately for best British rider Robin Sharman who was lying sixth overall, an unspectacular performance against the clock saw him drop three places by the day's end, Pedraza's team-mate and double stage winner José Serpa occupying sixth spot.
After finishing 19th today, 1'18 off Matveyev's winning pace, 56 kilometres is all David George has left to ride before he's crowned overall winner of the 2006 TM Le Tour de Langkawi - and his face showed it at the press conference.
"It was the last challenge of the tour, and today it was just a question of maintaining the jersey and no disasters, so I'm very happy," he said. "You do approach it [the stage] differently, because you know it's not the be all and end all, but I gave it 100 percent. I think I can go better in a time trial, but we did what we had to do."
Asked if he was surprised at the reordering seen on the leaderboard after today's stage, George thought the stage went as expected: "Not really," he said, "because I think Bellotti can do a fair time trial, so no, not really surprised at how it turned out."
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It's been a real test of strength, determination and courage for the 29 year-old and his team from South Africa, who claimed the maillot jaune almost one week ago on the stage to Cameron Highlands and has managed to hold off an onslaught of attacks ever since.
Barring disaster, all minor classifications are also safely wrapped up. Sprints leader Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) is way out in front on 77 points, 26 clear of Gabriele Massaglia (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni); with no more hills to climb, George will also win the mountains competition, although his team-mate Darren Lill wears the wears the spotted jersey by default; Iranian Hossein Askari (Giant-Asia) is two minutes clear of Japan's Takashi Miyazawa in the Asian rider classification; best performing team Selle Italia Diquigiovanni lead by almost four minutes over Credit Agricole; and Japan enjoy a healthy 1'43 advantage from Giant-Asia in the Asian teams classement.
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However, there's more than a few riders who won't relax until the fat lady sings tomorrow in KL, and stocky Steffen Radochla is keen to prove he's worthy of wearing the sprint leader's jersey. "I want to try and win a stage tomorrow," declared the 27 year-old German from Leipzig.
"I think I can win the sprint if we have a sprint tomorrow, and if it is a sprint, I'll have to watch out for the riders from Panaria and Great Britain," Radochla said, referring to Ruben Bongiorno, Maximilano Richeze and Mark Cavendish, "and Credit Agricole also" he added, noting yesterday's stage winner Sébastien Hinault.
Photography
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- Former rider David McKenzie (L) now pursuing a career in the media as a cycling commentator at the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- American Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance) rode into fourth place on the stage in a time of 20'21.66.
- Taiji Nishitani (Japan) finished in 28th place in a time of 21'23.55.
- Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) from the USA finished in 64th place in a time of 22'14.39.
- Samuele Marzoli (LPR) from Italy has some unexpected company just after the start of his ride against the clock.
- Italian Samuele Marzoli (LPR) in action on the penultimate stage of the 2006 Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi.
- Takuma Beppu (Japan) doesn't have to worry about bike trouble with spares right behind him.
- Italian Angelo Furlan (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) finished 51st in 22'02.16, 2'22.20 behind the winner Sergiy Matveyev of the Ukraine.
- Mirko Allegrini (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) in action during the 16.20km time trial in Melaka for stage nine.
- Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Insurance) from the USA is well forward in the saddle as he gets the best out of himself against the clock.
- Robert Retscke (Wiesenhof Akud) from Germany sports bandages applied to him after a nasty fall earlier in the tour.
- Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Equipe Asia) from Malaysia corners around the 16.20km flat circuit in Melaka.
- Frenchman Laurent Mangel (AG2r Prevoyance) will go home a stage winner of the tour after winning the 178km stage six.
- Koji Fukushima (Japan) finished in 33rd place in a time of 21'34.57.
- Sebastian Hinault (Credit Agricole) from France took it a bit easier against the clock after winning in the wet on the previous stage.
- The penultimate stage was a time trial in Melaka on a flat course over 16.20kms.
- Christophe Riblon (AG2r Prevoyance) from France finished in 67th place in a time of 22'24.62.
- Johan Verstrepen (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) rode into 38th place in a time of 21'43.21.
- But officer, I'm running late for my own wedding!.
- Russell Downing (Great Britain) with GB gloves to match rode into 30th place in a time of 21'27.70.
- Gianni Riemslagh (Yawadoo Colba-Abm) in action in the 2006 Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi.
- Spaniard Xavier Volpini Tondo (Relax-Gam) changes gears on the way to 31st place in the time trial .
- Hari Fitrianto (Equipe Asia) from Indonesia covered the 16.20km course in 22'54.25.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) has the sprint points competition all but parceled up with one stage remaining.
- Riders await their chance to ride against the clock on the penultimate stage in Melaka.
- Riders relax undercover before pitting themselves against the clock on another hot Malaysian day.
- Aussie Gene Bates (LPR) finished in 47th place 2'13.97 behind the winner.
- Frenchman Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) on a lonely ride against the clock.
- Robin Sharman (Recycling.Co.Uk) focuses on the ride against the clock. Sharman has ridden strongly on the tour to be currently in the top ten.
- Tour leader David George (South Africa) is being watched by a local whilst warming up on the rollers.
- Colombian Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) quite possibly has been the find of the tour and currently lies in sixth place overall after nine stages.
- Melaka was at a standstill for the 2006 Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi.
- The yellow jersey came home in 19th place, 1'17.46 behind the stage winner Sergiy Matveyev of the Ukraine.
- Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) makes it three stage wins for his team on the tour.
- Just one day remaining for South African David George before he can take home the chocolates.
- Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) rode the 16.20km course in a time of 19'39.96 to take the penultimate stage of the tour.
Results
1 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19:39.96 (49.43 km/h) 2 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 0:32.77 3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 0:36.94 4 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 0:41.70 5 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 0:42.15 6 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 0:50.10 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 0:50.25 8 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 0:53.44 9 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 0:54.11 10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0:59.86 11 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 1:01.43 12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 1:06.15 13 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 1:09.55 14 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1:09.89 15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 1:12.23 16 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 1:15.77 17 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1:16.87 18 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 1:16.94 19 David George (RSA) South Africa 1:17.46 20 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 1:28.17 21 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1:29.37 22 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 1:31.05 23 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 1:32.44 24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1:34.25 25 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1:35.93 26 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 1:36.37 27 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1:40.29 28 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 1:43.59 29 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 1:44.37 30 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1:47.74 31 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 1:49.26 32 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 1:54.37 33 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 1:54.61 34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1:55.27 35 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 1:56.32 36 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2:01.47 37 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 2:02.99 38 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2:03.25 39 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 2:06.12 40 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 2:06.90 41 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 2:08.22 42 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 2:08.61 43 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 2:09.57 44 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 2:09.72 45 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2:10.12 46 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 2:10.35 47 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 2:13.97 48 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2:14.89 49 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 2:19.19 50 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2:21.49 51 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 2:22.20 52 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2:22.27 53 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 2:23.76 54 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2:25.18 55 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 2:25.32 56 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2:25.75 57 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 2:27.48 58 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2:28.23 59 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 2:28.36 60 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 2:29.26 61 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 2:31.56 62 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 2:31.94 63 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 2:33.59 64 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 2:34.43 65 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 2:41.43 66 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 2:43.22 67 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2:44.66 68 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2:44.67 69 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 2:45.90 70 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 2:48.34 71 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2:48.90 72 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2:55.68 73 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 2:59.24 74 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 3:00.42 75 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 3:01.14 76 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 3:01.44 77 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 3:02.43 78 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 3:03.42 79 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 3:06.25 80 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 3:09.33 81 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3:11.64 82 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 3:12.51 83 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 3:12.72 84 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 3:14.29 85 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 3:15.13 86 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 3:17.11 87 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 3:17.63 88 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 3:18.17 89 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 3:20.55 90 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 3:24.50 91 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 3:27.97 92 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 3:29.72 93 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 3:32.69 94 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 3:35.79 95 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3:41.50 96 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 3:42.89 97 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 3:43.34 98 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3:50.43 99 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 3:53.86 100 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 4:40.03 101 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2:47.17 102 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 3:00.22 103 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3:43.68 104 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 6:06.90 Asian rider 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 21.14 2 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 0.09 3 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 0.20 4 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 0.29 5 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 0.34 6 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 0.35 7 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 0.51 8 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 0.53 9 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 0.54 10 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 0.57 11 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 0.59 12 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 1.12 13 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 1.14 14 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 1.27 15 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 1.28 16 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 1.35 17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 1.40 18 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.41 19 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 1.43 20 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 1.44 21 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 1.55 22 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 1.58 23 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 2.20 24 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 3.06 25 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 1.26 26 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 4.33 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 1.01.39 2 Bouygues Telecom 0.22 3 Navigators Insurance 0.31 4 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 1.02 5 Great Britain 1.03 6 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.46 7 Recyling.Co.Uk 2.05 8 Japan 2.32 9 Wiesenhof Akud 2.33 10 Ag2r Prevoyance 2.40 11 Relax-Gam 2.53 12 LPR 2.59 13 Giant-Asia 3.01 14 South Africa 3.03 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.14 16 Wismilak 4.46 17 Malaysia 5.03 18 Équipe Asia 6.05 19 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 6.15 20 Casino Filipino 9.13 General classification after stage 9 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 26.43.55 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.52 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 1.56 4 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 2.31 5 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 3.11 6 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 4.20 7 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.41 8 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.46 9 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 4.57 10 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.15 11 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 7.41 12 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 8.30 13 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 8.50 14 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 9.30 15 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 10.17 16 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 10.18 17 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 11.46 18 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 12.21 19 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 13.32 20 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.14 21 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 15.52 22 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 18.00 23 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 18.03 24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 18.31 25 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19.05 26 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21.41 27 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 22.54 28 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 23.00 29 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.06 30 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.00 31 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 25.08 32 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 25.40 33 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 27.49 34 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 29.09 35 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 30.58 36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 31.18 37 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 33.00 38 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 33.10 39 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 33.52 40 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 35.45 41 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 35.46 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35.57 43 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 36.10 44 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 36.18 45 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 36.28 46 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 36.52 47 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.07 48 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 37.16 49 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.17 50 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 37.47 51 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 39.08 52 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 39.55 53 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 41.51 54 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 42.10 55 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 42.14 56 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 42.20 57 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 42.26 58 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 42.52 59 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 42.58 60 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.27 61 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 43.55 62 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 44.09 63 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 44.13 64 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 44.18 65 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 44.21 66 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 44.34 67 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 44.38 68 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 45.57 69 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46.05 70 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 46.42 71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 46.46 72 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.51 73 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.03 74 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 47.09 75 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47.32 76 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 50.09 77 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 50.26 78 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 50.27 79 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 50.46 80 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 52.52 81 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 53.21 82 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 53.38 83 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 54.58 84 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 55.53 85 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 55.59 86 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 56.18 87 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 56.32 88 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 57.17 89 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 58.00 90 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 58.21 91 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 58.48 92 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 59.10 93 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 1.00.52 94 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 1.01.36 95 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 1.02.13 96 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.03.19 97 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.03.34 98 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.04.26 99 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 1.05.39 100 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 1.06.20 101 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 1.06.56 102 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.13.25 103 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 1.13.35 104 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1.16.49 Points classification 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 77 pts 2 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 51 3 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 46 4 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 46 5 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 46 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 40 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 38 8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 37 9 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 37 10 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 35 11 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 32 12 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 32 13 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 30 14 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 30 15 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 30 16 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 28 17 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 26 18 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 19 David George (RSA) South Africa 25 20 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 21 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 22 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 23 23 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 23 24 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 23 25 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22 26 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 22 27 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 28 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 20 29 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 30 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 31 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 17 32 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 17 33 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 34 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 16 Mountains classification 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 37 pts 2 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 35 3 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 30 4 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 28 5 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 25 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 26.59.47 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 2.11 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2.39 4 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 7.02 5 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 9.16 6 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 9.48 7 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 13.17 8 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 18.00 9 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 20.18 10 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 20.36 11 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 21.00 12 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 21.55 13 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 23.16 14 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 26.22 15 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 26.34 16 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 27.06 17 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 30.05 18 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 30.50 19 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 34.17 20 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 42.08 21 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 43.18 22 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 46.21 23 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 47.27 24 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 47.42 25 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 50.28 26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 57.33 Teams classification 1 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 80.21.01 2 Credit Agricole 2.46 3 South Africa 12.32 4 Recyling.Co.Uk 33.01 5 Bouygues Telecom 37.06 6 Relax-Gam 39.57 7 Giant-Asia 40.02 8 Navigators Insurance 47.00 9 LPR 56.14 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.04.39 11 Japan 1.04.49 12 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.12.18 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.13.24 14 Wiesenhof Akud 1.21.27 15 Malaysia 1.22.44 16 Great Britain 1.29.41 17 Wismilak 1.30.26 18 Équipe Asia 1.38.06 19 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 2.10.06 20 Casino Filipino 2.22.50 Asian teams classification 1 Japan 81.25.50 2 Giant-Asia 4.57 3 Malaysia 17.55 4 Wismilak 25.37 5 Équipe Asia 33.17 6 Casino Filipino 1.18.01
