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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 8 - Friday, February 10: Yong Peng - Segamat , 72.7km
Le Petit Blaireau c'est le grand vainqueur!
George: "Another day down, another day closer"
By Anthony Tan in Segamat
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Going from the longest stage to the shortest continued the trend that has so far seen one of the most interesting editions of the Tour de Langkawi in years. And after two successful breaks in as many days, albeit by the barest of margins, the chasing bunch were finally rewarded as wily sprinter Sébastien Hinault found sweet success in Segamat.
With rain-soaked roads and two tricky corners in the last 300 metres, Credit Agricole team manager Denis Roux knew after studying the finishing parcours this morning that the finale wouldn't be easy. So as the bunch roared into town, 31 year-old Hinault - like yesterday's winner Elio Aggiano, a nine-year veteran of the pro peloton - bided his time up front in the final kilometre, before hitting out 300 metres from the line to hold off Great Britain's Mark Cavendish and Italian Samuele Marzoli.
"I thought it was a finish for me because I like it when it's raining," said a smiling Hinault to Cyclingnews, relishing the warm rain coming down before his eyes, who goes by the nickname of 'Le Petit Blaireau (the little badger) for his famous surname, even though he and his namesake Bernard are not related.
Continued the Frenchman, "We saw this morning on the map it [the finale] was going to be very dangerous, and with the rain it was important to stay in the front. In the final metres, I thought the riders would go too fast in the turns, so it was then time for me to make my sprint."
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A rider less than satisfied with his performance was sprint leader Steffen Radochla, who finished tenth on the stage. "Yes, today was not a good sprint for me," he admitted, but nevertheless, the 27 year-old German still enjoys a commanding 31 point lead over his closest rival, Gabriele Massaglia, on 46 points.
Added Radochla: "I was always in a bad position and lost my place in the corners - I had bad legs and today was not a good day for me. Tomorrow, I ride the time trial and then after the last kilometres [in Kuala Lumpur], I hope to take the jersey."
With the last chance effectively gone for anyone who held hopes of taking the yellow jersey off David George's shoulders, Langkawi's tour leader was looking far more comfortable than he had been the previous two days, where the team from South Africa was held under siege.
"Thank goodness that's over," George said with a smile of relief. "You never know with these short stages - it seems like it's going to be a formality, but they never are - they're always a bit more hectic than you expect it to be, and obviously the rain didn't help.
"We expected the sprinters to be prevalent today which they were, so [it went] more or less according to plan; we would have liked to have had no rain, but we got through it reasonably unscathed. Another day down, another day closer," he said.
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Again, the Proteas were pleasantly surprised to receive help from a team with a different motive, as Relax-Gam drove on the front the peloton as soon as the break went and were largely responsible for putting an end to the chances of the eight escapees. There were no surprises for guessing what this was all about, with the Spaniards still peeved after the team from Japan helped shut down the breakaway the day before that had one of their riders in it.
"I'm not really sure why they're annoyed; it's not really our problem, everybody has their prerogative," said George. "I also think Panaria played a big part today - they wanted to put their riders up there."
For the maillot jaune to lose the race in tomorrow in Melaka, he would have to do what Michael Rasmussen did on the penultimate day of the 2005 Tour de France, crashing twice and requiring three bike changes in a 55 kilometre time trial. But with a 16 kilometre flat-as-a-tack TT, that's not going to happen, the 29 year-old South African conceding the battle now really lies for the second and third steps on the podium, where four riders are separated by just 23 seconds.
"I can do a fair time trial on a good day, so obviously I'm going to give it 100 percent," said George.
"On a normal day, it should go reasonably according to plan, and I'll be giving it 100 percent as if we didn't have the yellow jersey. Obviously, there's a few racing for second, third and fourth... I would say Jose Serpa," he predicted.
How it unfolded
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The morning's transfer from Johor Bahru to the start in Yong Peng took a shade under two hours, and along the way, heavy thunderstorms gave an indication of what lay ahead for the 105 riders left in the 2006 Le Tour de Langkawi.
Fortunately at 2:45pm, the rain gods held off just enough for a dry start, and being such a short stage, it was only natural to see the opportunists firing all on cylinders right from the gun. Attack after attack characterised the first 10 kilometres, but when the rain came, it appeared to temporarily dampen one's spirits, the peloton groupé shortly after that.
However, after double that distance, the riders seemed resigned to a wet day in the saddle, whether they liked it or not. At that point, a group of five escaped and then another three to comprise a eight-man lead group: Angelo Furlan (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni), Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom), Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole), Roger Beuchat (LPR), Jean Claude Lebeau (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Corey Sweet (Wiesenhof Akud), plus Koji Fukushima and Kazuhiro Mori from Team Japan. A second group of six saw the opportunity and tried to latch on, but they were caught by the fast-moving peloton shortly after the first sprint in Chaah (km 25.3).
By km 30, the octet held a tentative 39 second lead, and although their advantage did creep to a minute and a half, the peloton - largely led by the team from Relax-Abm, whose team manager was still fuming at the Japanese for helping the South Africans close down the break yesterday - kept the gap at no more than a minute, 56 seconds separating bunch from breakaway with 20 kilometres remaining.
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By chance, Cyclingnews hitched a ride in the Selle Italia Diquigiovanni team car driven by assistant direttore sportivo Michele Primaro, who will be managing the Adelaide-based Savings & Loans Continental team this year. Stopping midway through the race to put team manager Gianni Savio in the front passenger seat, who was looking elegant as usual, every hair follicle in its place despite the pouring rain, we drove up to their breakaway rider Angelo Furlan, where he lent a few words of wisdom.
What did you tell your rider, Gianni?
"To pay attention, because I think at the finish, it will not be a finish with all eight riders," forecasted Savio. So to work, but not to work too much. As you could see, he was at the head of this bunch working, working, working... so I explained to him to work, but not too much."
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With Relax-Abm far from what their team name implied, and a few riders in the break starting to back off a little, thinking about the finale, the gap was brought back to 37 seconds with 15 to go and just under half a minute five kilometres later. At the third and final sprint in Segamat (km 65.5), it was mostly all over with the peloton 25 metres behind the leaders. Furlan did make a brief thought futile attempt to escape, and it was peloton groupé with six kilometres left to race.
Inside three kilometres to go, the bunch was motoring at speeds tipping 70 kilometres an hour, led by the Wiesenhof Akud team of sprint leader Steffen Radochla. At 1,500 metres to go, Japan also came to the fore, but the usual sprinting argy-bargy was multiplied in the rain, which saw a few riders come down in the tricky off-camber right-hand corner 250 metres from the line.
Staying up was Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole), who took a calculated chance and hit out with 300 to go on the uphill finish, holding off British youngster Mark Cavendish - who looked almost a certain winner until he pulled his foot - and LPR's Samuele Marzoli for his first victory of the season.
Photography
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- Triple one - the familiar number of British road champion Russell Downing, who will ride for the DFL/Cyclingnews team this season.
- The lead cars in the 2006 TM Le Tour de Langkawi
- The cavalcade heads towards the start line before another big crowd in Yong Peng
- There was some horsing around on the startline for stage eight of the tour
- Traditional Malaysian ceremonies awaited the peloton for the start of stage eight
- The tour can't be too far away now, I've taken time off school for this!
- Sebastian Hinault (Credit Agricole) takes out the eighth stage in wet conditions
- Remnants of the peloton take the chequered flag in Segamat
- Sebastian Hinault (Credit Agricole) is the second Frenchman to win a stage of this year's tour
- Hossein Askari (Giant-Asia) retains his jersey as the leading Asian rider on the tour
- South African Darren Lill wears the polka-dot king of the mountains jersey after eight stages by default
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof-Akud) from Germany still has the sprint jersey after eight stages
- The stage eight podium - (L-R) Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof-Akud), Hossein Askari (Giant-Asia), David George (South Africa), Darren Lill (South Africa) and Sebastian Hinault (Credit Agricole)
- Sebastian Hinault (Credit Agricole) from France, explains his victory at the post-stage press conference
- Why wouldn't you want to be a winner in Malaysia?!
Results
1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.33.33 (40.98 km/h) 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 3 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 4 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 5 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 6 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 7 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 8 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 11 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 13 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 14 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 15 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 16 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 17 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 18 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 19 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 20 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 21 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 22 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 23 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 24 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 25 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 26 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 27 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 28 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 29 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 31 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 32 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 33 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 34 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 35 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 36 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 37 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 38 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 39 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 41 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 42 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 44 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 45 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 47 David George (RSA) South Africa 48 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 49 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 50 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 51 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 52 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 53 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 54 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 55 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 56 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 57 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 58 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 59 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 60 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 61 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 63 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 64 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 65 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 66 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 67 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 68 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 69 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 70 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 71 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 72 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 73 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 74 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 75 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 76 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 77 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 78 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 79 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 80 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 81 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 82 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 83 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 84 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 85 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 86 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 88 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 89 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 90 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 91 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 92 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 93 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 94 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 0.54 95 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 0.56 96 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 97 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 98 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 1.14 99 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 1.19 100 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.24 101 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 1.29 102 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 103 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 104 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino Sprints Sprint with bonuses at Chaah 1 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 5 pts 2 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 3 3 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 1 Sprint with bonuses at Labis 1 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 pts 2 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 2 4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Sprint with bonuses at Segamat 1 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 3 3 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 2 4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Asian rider 1 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 1.33.33 2 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 3 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 4 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 5 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 6 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 7 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 8 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 11 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 12 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 13 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 14 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 15 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 16 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 18 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 19 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 20 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 21 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 22 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 23 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 24 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 25 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 1.19 26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.24 Teams 1 LPR 4.40.39 2 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 3 Malaysia 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Relax-Gam 6 Ag2r Prevoyance 7 Navigators Insurance 8 Credit Agricole 9 Great Britain 10 Giant-Asia 11 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 12 Équipe Asia 13 Recyling.Co.Uk 14 South Africa 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Casino Filipino 17 Wismilak 18 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19 Japan 20 Wiesenhof Akud 1.14 General classification after stage 8 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 26.22.58 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 8.39 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 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 10.32 17 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 10.44 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 15.15 22 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 16.11 23 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 17.33 24 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17.54 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 21.46 29 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 22.21 30 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 24.17 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 30.02 36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 31.20 37 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 32.21 38 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 32.46 39 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33.45 40 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 34.27 42 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.51 43 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 35.00 44 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 35.32 45 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 35.36 46 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 35.38 47 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 35.56 48 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 36.23 49 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 36.27 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 37.08 51 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.25 52 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 38.28 53 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 39.50 54 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 40.27 55 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 40.30 56 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 40.54 57 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 41.01 58 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 41.38 59 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 42.01 60 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 42.14 61 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42.23 62 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 42.25 63 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 42.43 64 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 42.48 65 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 43.34 66 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 43.43 67 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 43.45 68 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 44.23 69 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 45.19 70 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 45.24 71 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.32 72 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 45.38 73 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 46.05 74 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46.27 75 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.46 76 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 48.24 77 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 48.36 78 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 49.01 79 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 49.18 80 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 51.12 81 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 51.28 82 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 52.07 83 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 53.53 84 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 54.04 85 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 54.08 86 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 54.23 87 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 54.59 88 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 55.00 89 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 55.59 90 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 56.38 91 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 57.31 92 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 58.44 93 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 58.45 94 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 1.00.45 95 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 1.00.47 96 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.01.21 97 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 1.01.28 98 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.02.48 99 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 1.03.57 100 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 1.04.53 101 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 1.05.04 102 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.12.40 103 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 1.13.40 104 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1.16.00 Points classification 1 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 77 pts 2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 46 3 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 46 4 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 43 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 39 6 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 37 7 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 37 8 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 35 9 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 32 10 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 32 11 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 32 12 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 30 13 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 29 14 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 26 15 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 16 David George (RSA) South Africa 25 17 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 18 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 19 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 23 20 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 23 21 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 23 22 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 23 23 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22 24 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 22 25 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 26 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 20 27 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 28 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 29 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 17 30 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 31 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 32 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 16 33 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 34 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 14 35 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 14 36 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14 37 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 38 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 13 39 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 13 40 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 11 41 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 11 42 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 43 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 10 44 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 45 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 9 46 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8 47 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 48 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 49 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 50 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 6 51 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 6 52 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 53 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 54 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 55 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 56 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 57 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4 58 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 59 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 4 60 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 3 61 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 62 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 3 63 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 3 64 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 65 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 2 66 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 2 67 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 2 68 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 69 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 70 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 1 71 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 72 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 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 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 26.37.07 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 2.02 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 4.05 4 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 7.37 5 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 10.08 6 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 10.20 7 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 11.38 8 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 18.12 9 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 20.51 10 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 21.23 11 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 21.27 12 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 21.29 13 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 22.59 14 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 25.41 15 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 26.21 16 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 26.52 17 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 29.36 18 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 31.56 19 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 34.15 20 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 41.50 21 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 44.35 22 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 44.36 23 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 46.36 24 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 47.12 25 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 50.55 26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 58.31 Teams classification 1 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 79.18.20 2 Credit Agricole 3.48 3 South Africa 10.31 4 Recyling.Co.Uk 31.58 5 Bouygues Telecom 37.46 6 Giant-Asia 38.03 7 Relax-Gam 38.06 8 Navigators Insurance 47.31 9 LPR 54.17 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.01.27 11 Japan 1.03.19 12 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.11.34 13 Ag2r Prevoyance 1.11.46 14 Malaysia 1.18.43 15 Wiesenhof Akud 1.19.56 16 Wismilak 1.26.42 17 Great Britain 1.29.40 18 Équipe Asia 1.33.03 19 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 2.04.53 20 Casino Filipino 2.14.39 Asian teams classification 1 Japan 80.21.39 2 Giant-Asia 1.43 3 Malaysia 15.24 4 Wismilak 23.23 5 Équipe Asia 29.44 6 Casino Filipino 1.11.20
