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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 6 - Wednesday, February 8: Shah Alam - Tampin , 187.7km
Une bonne échappée pour Laurent
By Anthony Tan & Shane Stokes in Tampin
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Today, a long day produced a great escape. At the finish in Tampin, eleven seconds separated eight riders from the peloton after 178.7 kilometres' racing, but for 24 year-old Frenchman Laurent Mangel (AG2R Prevoyance), he didn't care, outfoxing Gene Bates (LPR) and Yohann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom) to take his biggest career win to date.
A team that did care was the South African team of yellow jersey David George, whose troops spent much of their energy keeping the break's two most dangerous riders - Spaniard Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam, 7th at the start of the day @ 4'40) and David McCann (Giant-Asia @ 9'52) - in check and under control.
"Well, credit has to go to the team today," said the 29 year-old from Cape Town. "It's never easy to defend a race with five or six guys - normally there's seven or eight - but my guys gave it everything today. It was a very aggressive stage, one attack after the next, and there was a few guys we were worried about, so we could never sit up and let the break go."
With 20 kilometres remaining, their break's advantage was a tentative two minutes and four seconds, making it anyone's game, and Mangel admitted a number of permutations were going through his mind at that point. "When the peloton started coming across, that put a bit of pressure on us; it wasn't easy knowing what the right tactic to adopt was, so I focused mainly on the strongest men in the breakaway," he said.
And who were those strong men?
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"The two riders from LPR, they seemed to be keeping some strength for the finish," responded Mangel, speaking of Gene Bates and Massimo Iannetti, the only team to have two riders represented in the move. "And that strong guy from Giant [David McCann, Giant-Asia], who rode exceptionally after breaking away by himself earlier in the stage - they were the strongest, but in the end, we were all exhausted."
Said a visibly disappointed Bates, who came agonisingly close after being struck by stomach troubles throughout the night, "We did everything we could - Massimo [Iannetti] rode his heart out for me and just to get beaten on the line like that is frustrating.
"I woke up this morning and was on a mission to prove that I'm not just here to play around. I got in that break and we were just there all day; I thought maybe it will stay away and it did... but yeah, very disappointing at this stage," was all the Australian could say.
While Bates thought Shinichi Fukushima's attack just before the kilometre to go banner was going to win the day, Mangel, who only turned professional for AG2R Prevoyance last year and until today, had just one significant result on his palmarès when he won the second stage of the Boucles de la Mayenne in June 2004, was sure it wasn't.
"No at all," the Frenchman said.
"He [Fukushima] attacked down the right hand side - I counter-attacked soon after that because I didn't want the gap to get too big... if he got more than 100 metres, the race would have been over with everyone watching each other a lot."
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Added Bates, "I think the Bouygues Telecom guy [Le Boulanger] realised he wasn't going to win so he lead it out; then we just gathered speed I was coming at him [Mangel] that fast that I thought I could roll him at the line, but he beat me by a bike length."
Judging by the riders' faces and the four DNFs, it was draining day for everybody, especially considering yesterday's tough stage to Genting. Coupled with the fast starts and high average speeds that have characterised this year's Le Tour de Langkawi, it may be an idea to throw a rest day in the middle in future editions, so riders don't kill themselves before the European season's even begun.
"I guess that always happens when there's a mixed level of ambitions in the race," said overall leader George.
"Each team wants to show themselves and there's only ten stages to do that, so everybody has a go. Malaysia's normally like this and it's always a fast race; it's not easy," he said.
One rider seemingly having an easy time leading the sprint classification but says it isn't so is young German speedster Steffen Radochla, whose closest rival in the points competition is Colombian revelation José Serpa, 16 points behind.
"We have the jersey and we look [for opportunities] every day, but the team is not so strong and we are a little bit tired," Radochla said. "So we'll see tomorrow... it's a little bit flat and we're going to take points, and maybe we want to [contest the final] sprint."
How it unfolded
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There were two non-starters on today's 178.7 kilometre sixth leg of the race, with Michael Vanderaerden (Yawadoo Colba-Abm) and Yong Li Ng (Équipe Asia) not signing on. That meant at total of 109 riders lined in sunny and humid conditions at the start in Shah Alam.
When compared to yesterday's sadistic route to the Genting Highlands, the stage to Tampin was a relatively flat one, although with two category two climbs early on (Hulu Langat, 38.5 kilometres and Kuala Klawang, 55.4 kilometres), there was clearly plenty of opportunity for a break to go clear.
Another catalyst for action was the close battle for the best Asian team prize. Giant Asia's strong ride on yesterday's stage meant that they closed to within 42 seconds of Japan in the standings. The latter clearly wanted to increase their buffer and so launched repeated attacks after the drop of the flag. Other teams also seemed in a frisky mood, although it took until 19 kilometres into the stage for the first group to get established.
Hassan Suhardi (Malaysia), Anthony Ravard (Bouygues Telecom), Shawn Milne (Navigators Insurance) and Gene Bates (LPR) started things off, and were then joined by Kristian House (Recycling.co.uk), Roger Beuchat (LPR), Torsten Schmidt (Wiesenhof Akud), Benoit Poilvet (Credit Agricole), Burke Swindlehurst (Navigators Insurance) and Russell Downing (Recycling.co.uk). They opened a gap of 11 seconds but after four kilometres of freedom, they were hauled back.
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A more successful move then went clear another four kilometres later. Japanese rider Takum Beppu attacked, was caught, but then went clear again with Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators) and Andreas Dietziker (LPR). The group swelled to six when David Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Laurent Mangel (AG2R Prévoyance) and David McCann (Giant Asia) bridged. The latter then kicked clear alone to take the first bonus sprint, ahead of Beppu, Verheyen and Dietziker.
McCann was brought back at the 30 kilometre point and, five kilometres later, the break was 2 minutes and 22 seconds ahead of the peloton. Although McCann was the best placed rider in 15th place overall, his deficit of 9 minutes and 52 seconds meant that the South Africa team of David George were not unduly concerned about the move. However, McCann was conscious that Beppu's position in the break was going to hurt the Giant Asia squads Asian team hopes and so he surged clear once again on the category two Hulu Langat, cresting the summit well ahead. The remainder of the break was mopped up by the peloton, which was splitting in two under the pressure being applied.
McCann took top points at the prime, being followed some time later by Andreas Dietziker (LPR), Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance) and others.
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At the 44 kilometre point, four riders were in pursuit of the Irishman. Jose Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam), Gene Bates (LPR), Laurent Mangel (AG2R Prévoyance) and Carl Naibo (AG2R Prévoyance) closed in on McCann but were unable to bridge. The lone leader duly took full points on the next climb, that of Kuala Klawang (55.4 km), cresting the summit ahead of Elias Galindo, Bates and Mangel. Naibo had been dropped.
Elias Galindo decided to stop cooperating and for a time, it looked like McCann would stay clear. However Yohann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom) and Massimo Iannetti (LPR) got across to the chasers and with their help, the group finally caught McCann around the 67 kilometre point. They had a lead of 45 seconds on the first half of the peloton, which contained race leader David George.
Five kilometres later two others - Gregory Habeaux (Landbouwkrediet Colnago) and Shinichi Fukushima (Japan) - joined up with the leaders, making it eight up front. They knuckled down to opening up a bigger lead over the Panaria-led front bunch and, after 100 kilometres of racing, had eked out an advantage of 2 minutes and 39 seconds. Both halves of the peloton had by now come back together.
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The gap grew to 3 minutes and 4 seconds by the 105 kilometre point but with Elias Galindo 7th overall, just 4 minutes and 40 seconds behind race leader David George in the general classification, they were not going to be allowed much freedom.
The Spaniard reduced his twenty second deficit to Robin Sharman (Recycling.co.uk) by five seconds when he won the second bonus sprint at Batu Kikir. (127.2 km). Mangel, Le Boulanger and Iannetti took the other points on offer. With 50 kilometres to go their lead was 2 minutes and 15 seconds and, by the time McCann took the third bonus ahead of Elias Galindo and Mangel at Senaling (145.2 km), they were two minutes and two seconds ahead.
There was just over 32 kilometres to go to the finish from this point and when Credit Agricole started to contribute to the chase, it seemed that it would be touch and go for those in the break. Fukushima decided to scamper several kilometres later, breaking clear and building a ten second lead over the others.
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With fifteen kilometres to go, the Selle Italia Diquigiovanni and Navigators Insurance came to the front of the peloton in an attempt to bring the leaders back. This cut the gap to 1 minute and 12 seconds with ten kilometres remaining, by which time Fukushima had been caught.
His recapture prompted a succession of attacks as those in the break fought it out for the stage win. Irish time trial champion McCann went with about a kilometre to go but Fukushima bridged across and then countered. However Mangel was stronger again, getting up to the Japanese rider and kicking clear to take the stage win. Bates, Le Boulanger and Habeaux were next across the line.
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The bunch was led home by Ruben Bongiorno 11 seconds after Mangel's victory salute, the Argentinean beating points leader Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) and Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramica Panaria-Navigarre) for ninth place.
As for race leader David George, he finished safely in the peloton and thus moved one day closer to winning the 2006 TM Le Tour de Langkawi.
Photography
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- A traditional welcome to the TM Tour de Langkawi in Shah Alam for the start of stage six.
- There are plenty of fans of the riders along the roads of Malaysia but this one keeps them cool from the scorching heat.
- Roses are red, violets are blue, I love the Tour de Langkawi and so do you!
- The peloton leave Shah Alam, bound for Tampin some 178.70 kilometres away.
- Locals watch the tour go by on the outskirts of Shah Alam.
- Rob Sharman (Recycling.Co.Uk) holds his lucky chain in his mouth. Sharman is sixth overall on the tour after six stages.
- Bouygues Telecom riders help each other out on the front of this group.
- David McCann (Giant-Asia) goes it alone early into the 178.70 kilometres stage.
- Many hands make light work... but maybe not for these two riders.
- The locals are coming out to get a glimpse of the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi.
- The chasing peloton on the KOM categorie 2 climb at Kuala Klawang.
- David McCann (Giant-Asia) has another rider trying to bridge to him.
- David McCann (Giant-Asia) descends on his own out in front of the race on stage six.
- Chasing riders in pursuit of leader David McCann on a small rise during stage six.
- Tour leader David George in second wheel behind South African team-mate and last year's winner Ryan Cox.
- The peloton averaged 41.74 kms/hr under a burning Malaysian sun on stage six.
- South African Darren Lill in the polka-dot jersey of the KOM leader..
- Jose Galindo Elias (Relax-Gam) is wired up for communication back to his team car.
- Massimo Iannetti (LPR)... Coke adds life, eh Massimo.
- Gene Bates (LPR) of Australia out of the saddle and looking for a stage win on the tour.
- Laurent Mangel (AG2R Prevoyance) is a picture of concentration in the lead group.
- The peloton pass through Simpang Pertang during the 178.70 kilometres stage.
- Hands up those who want to ride again in the TM Tour de Langkawi!.
- The peloton pass locals waving Malaysian flags of encouragement to the tour.
- The peloton winds its way along the roads of Malaysia.
- The leaders pass through a sprint points section at Batu Kikir.
- The peloton make their way through another township on stage six, around two and a half minutes behind the lead group.
- Laurent Mangel (AG2R Prevoyance) from France takes out stage six into Tampin.
- A Bouygues Telecom rider (R) picks up his bike after a crash in the home straight.
- A Malaysian in traditional costume on the podium for the presentation ceremony.
- Laurent Mangel (AG2R Prevoyance) salutes the crowd from the podium in Tampin.
- Hossein Askari (Giant-Asia) is the best-placed Asian rider overall after six stages.
- South African Darren Lill wears the KOM polka-dot jersey by default as the leader, team-mate David George, also wears the tour leader's yellow jersey.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof-Akud) still wears the sprint points leader's jersey after stage six.
- South African David George salutes the crowd in Tampin.
- David George (South Africa) awaits journalists questions at the press conference.
- David George (South Africa) has 1'57 minutes advantage over his nearest rival with four stages remaining.
Results
1 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.16.53 2 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 3 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.04 7 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 0.05 8 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 0.08 9 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.11 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 11 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 12 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 15 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 16 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 17 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 18 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 19 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 23 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.16 24 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 25 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 26 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 27 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 30 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 31 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 32 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 33 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 34 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 35 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 36 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 37 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 39 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 40 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 41 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 42 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 43 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 44 David George (RSA) South Africa 45 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 46 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 47 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 48 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 49 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 51 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 52 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 53 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 54 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 55 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 56 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 57 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 58 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 59 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 60 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 63 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 64 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 65 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 0.28 66 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 67 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 68 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 69 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 70 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 71 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 72 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 73 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 74 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 75 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 76 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 77 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 78 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 79 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 80 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 81 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 82 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 83 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 84 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 0.35 85 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 0.37 86 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 0.39 87 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.50 88 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 1.03 89 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16 90 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 91 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 2.41 92 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.41 93 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 4.16 94 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 95 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.42 96 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 9.36 97 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 98 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 14.55 99 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 100 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 14.56 101 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 102 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 103 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 104 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 105 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino DNF Ruslan Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia DNF Merculio Ramos jr (Phi) Casino Filipino DNF Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak DNF Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak DNS Micheal Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm DNS Yong Li Ng (Mas) Équipe Asia Sprints Sprint with bonuses at Cheras 1 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 5 pts 2 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 3 3 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 4 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 1 Sprint with bonuses at Batu Kikir 1 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 pts 2 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 3 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 1 Sprint with bonuses at Senaling 1 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 5 pts 2 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 3 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 4 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Mountains KOM Cat 2 at Hulu Langat 1 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 1 2 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 7 3 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 4 4 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 5 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 KOM Cat 2 at Kuala Klawang 1 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 1 2 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 3 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 4 4 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 5 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Asian rider 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.16.53 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 0.11 3 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 0.16 4 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 5 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 7 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 8 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 9 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 10 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 12 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 13 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 14 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 15 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 16 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 0.28 17 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 18 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 19 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 20 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 21 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 0.39 22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 1.03 23 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 14.55 24 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 25 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 14.56 26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 27 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino Teams 1 LPR 12.50.58 2 Bouygues Telecom 0.03 3 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.08 4 Japan 5 Ag2r Prevoyance 0.13 6 Relax-Gam 0.17 7 Giant-Asia 0.18 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.19 9 Great Britain 10 Credit Agricole 0.24 11 Recyling.Co.Uk 12 Navigators Insurance 13 Malaysia 0.29 14 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 15 Wismilak 16 Équipe Asia 17 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 0.36 18 Wiesenhof Akud 19 South Africa 0.41 20 Casino Filipino 30.00 General classification after stage 6 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 20.27.42 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 4.23 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 8.46 14 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 9.12 15 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 9.35 16 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 10.28 17 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 10.32 18 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 11.35 19 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 13.55 20 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.06 21 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 14.09 22 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 16.11 23 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 17.33 24 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17.57 25 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 18.14 26 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21.12 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 24.01 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 29.46 36 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 30.51 37 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 31.20 38 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 31.52 39 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 32.07 40 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33.52 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.58 42 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 34.44 43 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.51 44 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 35.16 45 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 35.22 46 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 35.34 47 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 35.36 48 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 35.49 49 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 36.11 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 36.52 51 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.11 52 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 38.28 53 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 39.50 54 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 40.14 55 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 40.27 56 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 40.28 57 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 40.54 58 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 41.23 59 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 41.38 60 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.54 61 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 42.01 62 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 42.09 63 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 42.15 64 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 42.43 65 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 42.48 66 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 43.45 67 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 43.48 68 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 43.58 69 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 44.15 70 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 44.50 71 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.32 72 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 45.48 73 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 45.54 74 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 45.59 75 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 46.04 76 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 46.06 77 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46.27 78 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 48.24 79 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 49.02 80 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 50.03 81 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 51.12 82 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 51.26 83 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 52.07 84 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 52.54 85 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 53.05 86 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 53.37 87 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53.41 88 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 53.55 89 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 54.00 90 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 54.13 91 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 54.23 92 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 54.24 93 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 56.42 94 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 58.45 95 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 59.38 96 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 1.00.45 97 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.01.05 98 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 1.01.14 99 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 1.01.38 100 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.02.48 101 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 1.04.11 102 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 1.04.31 103 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.09.49 104 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 1.13.46 105 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1.16.00 Points classification 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 59 pts 2 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 43 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 34 4 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 32 5 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 29 6 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 28 7 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 28 8 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 9 David George (RSA) South Africa 25 10 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 11 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 12 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 24 13 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 23 14 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 23 15 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 22 16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 22 17 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 22 18 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 20 20 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 20 21 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 22 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 18 23 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 25 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 26 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 14 27 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 14 28 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14 29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 14 30 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 31 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 32 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 11 33 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 34 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 35 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 10 36 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 10 37 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 38 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 39 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 9 40 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8 41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 42 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 43 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 6 44 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 45 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 5 46 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 47 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 48 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 49 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4 50 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 51 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 3 52 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 53 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 3 54 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 55 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 2 56 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 57 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 58 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 59 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 1 60 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 1 61 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 1 62 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1 63 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 1 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 6 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 24 7 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 23 8 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 20 9 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 18 10 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 14 11 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 14 12 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 12 13 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 11 14 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 10 15 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 7 16 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 17 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 18 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4 19 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 20 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 21 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 4 22 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 23 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 24 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 25 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 26 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 27 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 29 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 20.41.51 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 2.02 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.05 4 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 7.21 5 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 9.52 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 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 21.07 11 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 21.13 12 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 21.27 13 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 22.43 14 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 25.41 15 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 26.05 16 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 26.19 17 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 29.36 18 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 31.57 19 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 34.15 20 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 38.45 21 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 38.56 22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 39.51 23 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 44.36 24 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 46.36 25 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 46.56 26 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 50.22 27 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 55.40 Teams classification 1 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 61.32.32 2 Credit Agricole 3.48 3 South Africa 10.15 4 Recyling.Co.Uk 31.58 5 Bouygues Telecom 37.46 6 Giant-Asia 38.03 7 Relax-Gam 38.06 8 Navigators Insurance 47.35 9 LPR 54.24 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.01.27 11 Japan 1.03.19 12 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.11.17 13 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.11.34 14 Wiesenhof Akud 1.17.09 15 Malaysia 1.18.43 16 Wismilak 1.25.54 17 Great Britain 1.29.44 18 Équipe Asia 1.33.03 19 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 2.04.21 20 Casino Filipino 2.14.07 Asian teams classification 1 Japan 62.35.51 2 Giant-Asia 1.27 3 Malaysia 15.24 4 Wismilak 22.35 5 Équipe Asia 29.44 6 Casino Filipino 1.10.48
