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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

The gesture's rude in some countries,
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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."

Cesar Grajales (Navigators)
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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.

The podium
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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.

The breakaway tries
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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.

Fourth goes to Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole),
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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.

With the two tough mountain stages
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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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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

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