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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 5 - Tuesday, February 7: Menara TM - Genting Highlands , 99.7km
Serpa again!
George tightens race grip
By Anthony Tan in Genting Highlands
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Dead flat or horrendously hilly, José Serpa can do it all. Today's much anticipated stage to the Genting Highlands produced only a minor reshuffle, but once again, the 26 year-old neo-pro from Selle Italia Diquigiovanni was the major surprise, becoming the first rider to take back-to-back stage wins at the 2006 TM Le Tour de Langkawi.
"When I attacked, it was for one thing and one thing only, and that was the victory," stated Serpa, growing in confidence by the day.
Attacking a select group of eight riders seven kilometres from the finish, the Colombian left the likes of Credit Agricole climbers Francesco Bellotti, Saul Raisin and Christophe Le Mevel, his team-mates Walter Pedraza and Gabriele Massaglia, and Cesar Grajales (Navigators Insurance) in his wake, seemingly unperturbed about the events unfolding behind him. By the 1,699 metre-high finish, he had a minute and a half's advantage over the next best riders, Spaniard Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam) and Massimo Iannetti (LPR), with the maillot jaune of David George another 10 seconds behind.
Pacing himself throughout the 17 kilometre ascent, George told Cyclingnews post-race the team's strategy today was one of riding within themselves. "Obviously, we didn't want to try and go out there and win everything, win the stage and blow up in the final kilometres, so we had to ride a little bit defensively," he said. "Now, we've got two minutes on the next riders on the [overall] classification, so it couldn't be better."
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Conceded Navigators' Grajales, who finished sixth on the stage, a second apart from Bellotti and Pedraza and now lies fifth overall: "I didn't everything I could, but he [George] was just so strong.
"The yellow jersey very well prepared - we couldn't drop him, and he was strong enough to keep the jersey. Pedraza, Bellotti and me just stayed together till the end of the stage. I got dropped once, I came back and I attacked again," he smiled ruefully.
George admitted that having done the climb of Genting a number of times before allowed him to have the strength when it counted, responding with ease to repeated accelerations from Pedraza, Bellotti and Grajales, the latter his only danger after Massaglia dropped off the lead group around the same time his team-mate Serpa attacked.
"We've done it with Selle Italia a few times before on this climb... it was Ryan [Cox] and Rujano last year, and I came second up here to one of the Selle Italia boys a few years ago, so we've had a fair few battles, we know the climb and how hard it is," he said. "It's a brutal climb and if you overextend yourself, you end up losing minutes, so the trick is to try and stay with the contenders but not to try and go after everything."
The 29 year-old South African now finds himself 1'57 ahead of Missaglia and almost two and a half minutes clear of Bellotti, Pedraza and Grajales. If anyone is to take the race from George's strong hands, a combined team offensive must be launched before the penultimate day's time trial in Melaka, measuring just sixteen kilometres long.
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Unlike most neo-pros, Serpa appears to show no fear against his more experienced rivals, and it will be interesting to see if his no-holds-barred riding style continues to produce further success for him.
"Although this is my very first professional race, I've got a very, very good team behind me with Gianni Savio and Marco Bellini. I've been learning a lot from them... I hope to learn more and in the future, to always be improving in my career," he said.
"Before this, I had very good preparation at the Vuelta Tachira," added Serpa. "I felt very good yesterday, and obviously I felt very good today, so I could really ask for much more. It's a shame I missed the big break on the first day, but with two stage wins and trying for more, things are going well for the teams classification."
Speaking of the teams classification, thanks also to Pedraza finishing fifth and Missaglia thirteenth, Selle Italia Diquigiovanni has extended their lead over Credit Agricole by a minute and a half. The day's big mover was South Africa, who slashed their ten-minute deficit at the start to just under four.
How it unfolded
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At the stage start in Menara TM, temperatures were sky-high and so were the nerves. Unsurprisingly, the race began in similar fashion to that seen on the opening four days - attacks were on from the get-go, and plenty were coming from the green and white jerseys of Credit Agricole, signaling their intentions for the rest of the day.
In the opening 10 kilometres, however, most were half-hearted attempts rather than full-on concerted efforts, with the South African team of maillot jaune David George keeping things in check. An early abandon was Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk), who crashed heavily three days ago in Sitiawan and whose grimace showed he was in no condition to race.
The high speed continued to the first sprint at Puchong (km 13), won by Italian Samuele Marzoli (LPR) over sprints leader Steffen Raddochla (Wiesenhof) and his team-mate Robert Retschke. Afterwards, a brief lull gave way to a four-man counter comprised of Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom), Xavier Tondi Volpini (Relax-Gam) and Carl Naibo (AG2R Prevoyance), with Great Britain's Russell Downing bridging across to make five leaders after 20 kilometres covered, their lead hovering at half a minute.
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Moments later, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago's Gregory Habeaux and Jean Claude Lebeau made the junction for some welcome horsepower, creating the day's EB (TM) - although a rather suicidal one at that, given what lay ahead. Best-placed in the move was the Belgian Habeaux in 23rd place overall, 12'04 behind the yellow jersey at the stage of the day.
After 23 kilometres, the septet enjoyed a handy lead of two and a half minutes; by Hulu Klang (km 45.2), scene of the second sprint, it had risen another three-quarters of a minute to 3'14. With 50 kilometres covered and 50 remaining, they maintained their three-minute advantage, but it was apparently all the peloton was willing to concede, as the gap remained at 2 minutes 56 at km 66.
Approaching the base of the climb with 25 kilometres to go, it was pretty much all over for the break, whose lead was now 2'19 and falling. Though quite bizarrely, with three riders shed and the four remaining - Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom), Tondi Volpini (Relax-Gam), Habeaux (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and Naibo (AG2R Prevoyance) - the quartet extended their advantage, albeit briefly.
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On the lower slopes of Genting, the groupe maillot jaune had already diminished to no more than twenty riders, comprised of: Ryan Cox, David George, Darren Lill (South Africa), José Serpa, Gabriele Missaglia, Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), Yohann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom), Francesco Bellotti, Christophe Le Mevel, Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole), Julio Alberto Perez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Cesar Grajales (Navigators Insurance), Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam), Robin Sharman (Recyling.Co.Uk), Russell Downing, Edward Clancy (Great Britain), Andreas Dietziker, Massimo Iannetti (LPR) and David McCann (Giant-Asia).
The high tempo created a race of attrition until seven kilometres to go when the last of the early break was caught, and one by one, riders fell by the wayside until just eight remained - a notable absentee being Missaglia, second overall at the start of the day. It was at this point that Serpa chose his moment to attack - uncannily, almost at the same point as yesterday - a lack of response immediately distancing himself from George, Pedraza, Bellotti, Raisin, Grajales, Elias Galindo and Iannetti.
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Yesterday's winner simply went into mountain time trial mode until the finish, taking victory by a minute and a half. Behind him, Pedraza, Bellotti, Grajales took turns to attack the race leader George but the South African was on a good day, meeting the trio's accelerations with apparent ease.
With two kilometres remaining and Credit Agricole's American Raisin dropped, the five spread themselves out across the road, nervously eyeing their opposition. Then Spaniard Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam) attacked, gaining fifteen metres over Iannetti (LPR), who countered his move, with the pair gaining enough time to round out the stage podium. The next four placegetters - Bellotti, Pedraza, Grajales and George - were separated by three seconds, and as a consequence, the latter increased his overall lead over Massaglia by almost two minutes.
Photography
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- The break is already on the freeways near Kuala Lumpur.
- A chasing pack in search of the leaders on the foothills of the Genting Highlands.
- Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) is clear of the rest heading up the hors categorie climb to the Genting Highlands.
- A chasing group reach three kilometres to go in search of Jose Serpa.
- Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) is out of the saddle and on the way to another stage victory.
- Riders in the chasing group approach two kilometres to go in pursuit of Jose Serpa.
- Tour leader David George (South Africa) heading to the top of Genting Highlands and increasing his lead in the race.
- Julio Alberto Perez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) leads Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) towards the summit.
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) has Raul Garcia (Relax-Gam) on his tail on the climb.
- Raul Garcia (#83, Relax-Gam) and Christophe Le Mevel (#43, Credit Agricole) try to bridge a gap to riders ahead.
- David McCann (Giant-Asia) finished 14th on the stage, 3'19 behind the winner.
- Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) leads Edward Clancy (Great Britian) towards the summit.
- Ryan Cox (South Africa) finished 20th on the stage, 4'56 down on Jose Serpa.
- Kristian House has Recycling.Co.Uk team-mate Ben Greenwood in pursuit.
- A rider from the Giant-Asia team climbing to the top of Genting Highlands.
- A rider from the Malaysian team by himself on the climb.
- Riders at the back of the race climb towards the summit of Genting Highlands.
- Gene Bates (LPR) is at peace on the climb up Genting Highlands...
- A twenty-five kilometre climb to the top of Genting Highlands, considered to be the hardest stage of the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi.
- Laurent Mangel (Ag2r Prevoyance) finished in 58th position, 13.05 minutes behind stage winner Jose Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni).
- Xavier Volpini Tondo (Relax-Gam) was part of the early break and has the jersey unzipped to cool down on the climb.
- Russell Downing (Great Britian) always an attacking rider and was part of the early break on stage five.
- Angel Vallejo (Relax-Gam) is covered in bandages from a fall earlier on the tour.
- Elio Aggiano (LPR) has only this much to go to reach the summit.
- Sprint leader Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) finished the stage in 80th place 18.03 minutes down in the winner.
- David Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) grimaces on the Hors categorie climb to the top of the Genting Highlands.
- Oleg Grishkine (Navigators Insurance) came in 23'46 behind the winner in 106th place.
- Ruslan Jasmin (Malaysia) out of the saddle on the leg-sapping Genting Highlands climb.
- Japanese team-mates Takum Beppu ( R ) and Kazuhiro Mori work together on the climb.
- A lone rider descends the Genting Highlands after the stage .
- Descending Genting Highlands was a welcome recovery to the riders after climbing during the race.
- A Ceramica Panaria-Navigare pair descend the climb after the stage.
- Former tour leader Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) gives us a wave as he descends after the stage.
- Like the sign says... winding roads ahead.
- A relaxed Relax-Gam rider photographs a photographer.
- The bikes of the Ag2r Prevoyance team descend without their masters...
Images by Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews
- Dancers entertain the crowds at the start at the Menara Telekom Malaysia Tower.
- The breakaway tries to build a good lead before the start of the feared Genting Highlands climb.
- The unique culture of Malaysia - where else would you see spectators such as these at a HC ranked race?
- The local school bus waited for the race, enabling those on board to share their enthusiasm.
- The day's extra podium girl - great memory, but she needs to work on that figure. A nose job might be an idea, too!
- The gesture's rude in some countries, but neo-pro José Serpa was simply underlining that this was his second consecutive stage win.
- Jose Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam) takes second ahead of Massimo Iannetti (LPR).
- Fourth goes to Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole), ahead of Walter Pedraza (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni).
- Cesar Grajales (Navigators) finishes sixth, one place ahead of yellow jersey David George (South Africa).
- Irishman David McCann went clear on the climb but was hauled back.
- Which one is cuter?
- Stage winner Jose Serpa on the podium.
- Being an entertainment resort, Genting hands out some unusual trophies!
- Hossein Askari (Giant Asia) is the new leader of the Asian classification.
- Besides leading the race, David George has also taken the lead in the mountains classification.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) continues to lead the points classification.
- With the two tough mountain stages out of the way, George is moving closer to winning this race.
- The podium after stage five of the 2006 Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi.
- Wily as a fox - Gianni Savio was happy after his team's second stage win in as many days.
Results
1 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 3.01.00 (33.05 km/h) 2 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1.28 3 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 1.33 4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.38 5 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 6 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 1.39 7 David George (RSA) South Africa 1.41 8 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 2.08 9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.14 10 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27 11 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.29 12 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.53 13 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 2.58 14 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 3.19 15 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 3.33 16 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 4.03 17 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.13 18 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 4.29 19 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.56 20 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 21 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 22 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 5.18 23 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 5.58 24 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 25 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 26 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6.27 27 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 6.36 28 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 7.05 29 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.34 30 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 31 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 7.58 32 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 8.26 33 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.33 34 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 35 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 36 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 8.44 37 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 8.46 38 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 8.51 39 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 9.12 40 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 9.15 41 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 42 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.47 43 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 10.50 44 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11.06 45 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 11.39 47 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 11.52 48 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 11.59 49 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 12.03 50 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 12.06 51 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 12.08 52 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 12.25 53 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 54 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 55 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 12.39 56 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 57 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 13.05 58 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 13.46 60 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 61 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 13.57 62 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 63 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 14.08 64 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 65 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 14.13 66 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 14.30 67 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14.44 68 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 15.08 69 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.35 70 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 72 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 15.44 73 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 16.03 74 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 16.14 75 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16.22 76 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 77 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 78 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 16.30 79 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 16.39 80 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 18.03 81 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 18.28 82 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 18.45 83 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 18.48 84 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.30 85 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 19.31 86 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 87 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 88 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 89 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 90 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 91 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 92 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 19.34 93 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 94 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 19.55 95 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 20.07 96 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 20.41 97 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 20.54 98 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 21.09 99 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 21.26 100 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 21.33 101 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 102 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 22.40 103 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 23.15 104 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 23.16 105 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 23.44 106 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 23.46 107 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 23.55 108 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 26.09 109 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 110 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 27.05 111 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 27.09 DNF Chris Newton (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk Sprints Sprint with bonuses at Puchong 1 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 5 pts 2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 3 3 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 2 4 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 1 Sprint with bonuses at Hulu Klang 1 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 5 pts 2 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 3 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Sprint with bonuses at Gombak 1 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 pts 2 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 3 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains KOM Hors Catgorie at Genting Highlands 1 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 25 pts 2 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 20 3 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 16 4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 12 5 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 10 6 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 8 7 David George (RSA) South Africa 6 8 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 5 9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 10 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 11 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 12 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 Asian rider 1 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 3.06.18 2 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 0.40 3 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 3.15 5 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 3.26 6 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 3.28 7 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 3.33 8 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 3.54 9 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 3.57 10 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 11 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 5.32 12 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 6.34 13 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 6.41 14 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 6.50 15 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 7.21 16 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 8.28 17 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 8.39 18 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 19 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8.50 20 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 8.55 21 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 10.56 22 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 11.04 23 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 13.10 24 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 13.27 25 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 14.13 26 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 14.16 27 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 16.08 28 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 17.22 29 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 17.57 30 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 20.51 31 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 32 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 21.47 Teams 1 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 9.07.36 2 Credit Agricole 1.24 3 South Africa 6.04 4 Bouygues Telecom 10.30 5 Giant-Asia 10.39 6 Recyling.Co.Uk 11.31 7 Relax-Gam 13.29 8 LPR 13.59 9 Navigators Insurance 19.52 10 Great Britain 25.18 11 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 25.22 12 Wismilak 25.29 13 Malaysia 25.43 14 AG2R Prevoyance 27.09 15 Casino Filipino 16 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27.41 17 Japan 29.15 18 Wiesenhof Akud 32.39 19 Équipe Asia 36.33 20 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 38.54 General classification after stage 5 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 16.10.33 2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 1.57 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 2.19 4 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 5 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 2.20 6 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 4.20 7 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.40 8 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 4.44 9 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.54 10 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.42 11 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 7.49 12 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 8.41 13 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 8.51 14 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 9.12 15 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 9.52 16 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 10.06 17 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 10.40 18 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11.35 19 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 13.55 20 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 14.09 21 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.27 22 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 16.16 23 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 17.33 24 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17.57 25 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 18.30 26 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21.28 27 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21.29 28 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 21.30 29 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 22.21 30 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 23.49 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.22 32 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 24.29 33 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 25.47 34 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 25.49 35 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 30.08 36 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 30.39 37 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 31.20 38 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 31.40 39 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 32.07 40 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33.40 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.58 42 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 34.44 43 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.56 44 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 35.10 45 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 35.16 46 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 35.28 47 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 35.36 48 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 35.39 49 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 35.59 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 36.40 51 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 36.57 52 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.11 53 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 38.23 54 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 38.25 55 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 39.50 56 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 40.14 57 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 40.28 58 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 40.32 59 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 40.54 60 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 41.38 61 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 41.57 62 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.59 63 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 42.06 64 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 42.15 65 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 42.24 66 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 42.36 67 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 42.41 68 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 43.33 69 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 43.36 70 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 43.41 71 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 43.46 72 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 44.01 73 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 44.05 74 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 44.38 75 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.32 76 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 45.53 77 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 78 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 45.54 79 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 46.06 80 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 81 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 46.07 82 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 46.14 83 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 46.26 84 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.28 85 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46.32 86 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 47.45 87 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 48.24 88 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 49.02 89 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 49.31 90 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50.17 91 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 50.18 92 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 50.24 93 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 51.14 94 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 51.17 95 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 51.54 96 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 51.55 97 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 52.33 98 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 53.16 99 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 53.42 100 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 53.43 101 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 53.51 102 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 54.23 103 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 55.09 104 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 56.35 105 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 56.47 106 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 59.06 107 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 59.13 108 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 1.00.25 109 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1.01.20 110 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.02.53 111 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 1.04.19 Points classification 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 53 pts 2 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 43 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 34 4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 29 5 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 28 6 David George (RSA) South Africa 25 7 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 8 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 23 9 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 22 10 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 22 11 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 20 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 20 13 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 20 14 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 15 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 18 16 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 17 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 18 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 19 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 15 20 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 14 21 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 14 22 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 14 23 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14 24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 14 25 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 27 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 28 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 29 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 30 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 31 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 32 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 10 33 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 34 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 35 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 9 36 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 9 37 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 39 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 40 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 6 41 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 42 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 5 43 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 44 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 45 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 46 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4 47 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 48 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 3 49 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 50 Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 3 51 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 3 52 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 53 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 54 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 55 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 56 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 1 57 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 1 58 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1 Mountains classification 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 37 pts 2 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 35 3 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 25 4 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 24 5 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 23 6 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 22 7 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 20 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 18 9 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 14 10 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 12 11 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 11 12 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 10 13 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 10 14 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 8 15 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 16 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 17 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 18 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 19 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 20 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 21 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 22 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 23 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 24 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 25 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 16.24.42 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 2.07 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.21 4 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 7.21 5 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 9.40 6 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 10.20 7 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 11.38 8 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 17.58 9 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 20.35 10 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 21.01 11 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 21.07 12 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 21.27 13 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 22.31 14 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 24.16 15 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 25.41 16 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 26.05 17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 26.19 18 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 29.24 19 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia 29.52 20 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 29.56 21 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 31.57 22 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 23 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 32.05 24 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 32.17 25 Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino 33.36 26 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 34.15 27 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 38.24 28 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 39.07 29 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 41.00 30 Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 42.26 31 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 46.16 32 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 50.10 Teams classification 1 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 48.41.05 2 Credit Agricole 3.53 3 South Africa 10.03 4 Recyling.Co.Uk 32.03 5 Bouygues Telecom 38.12 6 Giant-Asia 38.14 7 Relax-Gam 38.18 8 Navigators Insurance 47.40 9 LPR 54.53 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.01.48 11 Japan 1.03.40 12 AG2R Prevoyance 1.11.33 13 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.11.44 14 Wiesenhof Akud 1.17.02 15 Malaysia 1.18.43 16 Wismilak 1.25.44 17 Great Britain 1.29.54 18 Équipe Asia 1.33.03 19 Casino Filipino 1.44.36 20 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 2.04.04 Asian teams classification 1 Japan 49.44.45 2 Giant-Asia 0.42 3 Malaysia 15.03 4 Wismilak 22.04 5 Équipe Asia 29.23 6 Casino Filipino 40.56
