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11th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 3-12, 2006
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Stage 7 - Thursday, February 9: Muar - Kota Tinggi , 188.2km
Aggiano growing older, growing wiser
George moves closer to realising a ten year dream
By Anthony Tan in Kota Tinggi
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If anyone thought the peloton was growing tired, they certainly weren't showing it. For the second day in succession, the battle being waged out on the roads of Malaysia was one of breakaway versus peloton, and like yesterday, it was the former that prevailed. But again, only just; today, seven seconds was the difference.
In touch and go situations like these, experience really counts, and possibly today more than ever, LPR's Elio Aggiano used all his nine years as a professional to first choose the right break, then the counter, and finally his winning move.
Weighing up his opposition, in particular the fast finish of Russell Downing, the 33 year-old took his chances in attacking his two companions with around a kilometre to go, and successfully held off the Brit and Navigators' Bernard Van Ulden to earn his tenth career victory.
With the peloton bearing down on the initial break of nine at five kilometres to go, who were holding a lead of no more than thirty seconds, Cyclingnews asked Aggiano when he started thinking about going it alone.
"It was only in the last five kilometres," he said, "because it was too far to go from twenty, and everybody in the break thought we were going to be caught, anyway.
"I thought because yesterday's stage was so hard, they'd let us ride today, but in the finale, nobody was letting anybody ride, so I had to make a decision to go."
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A primary reason why the peloton didn't let the break ride was Spaniard Garcia De Mateos (Relax-Gam), who was in the move and halfway during the race had leapfrogged sixth places to virtual sixth on the overall classification, just two and a half minutes behind the yellow jersey of David George, forcing his tiring team from South Africa to chase.
"Another hard day," admitted George, his clothes drenched after a mostly rain-soaked stage.
"I don't know who was complaining about having a rest day, but it didn't seem like anybody needed a rest day today. The last two days they've really come at us and tried to break us, so credit to them - we'd do the same - but to say the guys [on my team] have ridden outstanding is not enough."
The 29 year-old paused for a moment, the dedication shown by his team bringing out beautiful but emotional feelings inside of him. "It's been amazing these last two days, and they've given everything till the last kilometre, so credit goes to them."
A little credit should also go to the team from Japan, who got on the front of the peloton in the final fifty kilometres and appeared to come to the aid of the South Africans. "No, not at all," replied George when asked if an alliance had been reached between the two teams out on the road.
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"I'm not sure what their motive was, but obviously they had one and they came to the front. Every team has their motive for riding in the finale - maybe they thought they could win the stage, I'm not too sure what their intentions were - but we were just grateful to have them help."
And as each day goes on, the quietly spoken lad from Cape Town moves one step closer to achieving what has virtually been a ten-year dream for him, just as sprints classification leader Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) begins to look all the more secure in his blue tunic.
"It's good to ride for the sprint and now we have the points also," said Radochla to Cyclingnews soon after winning the bunch sprint for fourth place, who stated he and his team were feeling a little weary after the previous day's racing.
"Today, I felt a little bit better; it was not so hot and it was a little more flat; I had a good day," he said, smiling confidently.
How it unfolded
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The day began in Muar, a popular seaside town favoured by the race organisers on a number of occasions in Langkawis gone past. All on hand, including the 105 riders left in the race, took full advantage of the lush gardens and a noticeable change in temperatures, with the threat of rain likely later in the day.
Following two consecutive days of hard racing, Credit Agricole's American young gun Saul Raisin (13th overall @ 7'49) was one rider predicting a break today: "Today won't be the same, no way," he said.
"A lot of guys can't do those efforts two, three days in a row even - it's just too much. And in a ten-day stage race, you can only do so many big efforts day after day, so I think today, we're definitely going to see a breakaway. There's no way people can keep up those kind of efforts back to back."
It turned out Saul was spot on: while the quick start didn't surprise, nine riders did 17 kilometres into the 180 kilometre stage - in the move were: Yohann Gene (Bouygues Telecom), Evan Oliphant (Recyling.Co.Uk), Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance), Raul Garcia De Mateos (Relax-Gam), Russell Downing, Matt Brammeier (Great Britain), Elio Aggiano (LPR), and Sven Renders (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago).
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Despite the most dangerous rider in the break, De Mateos (Relax-Gam), just one spot behind our fortune-telling friend in twelfth spot overall, 8'41 the distance between him and the maillot jaune of David George at the start of the day, the peloton's rubber band snapped around km 30 as their advantage moved rapidly upwards from 1'31 at km 25, to 4'31 at km 40, and 6'05 after 94 kilometres.
Up until this point, none of the three intermediate sprints or the Cat. 4 KOM at Yong Peng were contested, with these nine only concerned about increasing or at least maintaining their lead.
By default, it turned out to be the latter, as Spaniard De Mateos had now moved past his Relax-Gam teammate Jose Miguel Elias Galindo into virtual sixth overall, just two and a half minutes behind George.
Sensing danger, the yellow jersey began motioning his South African troops to the head of the peloton, holding the gap around six minutes. But not even heavy intermittent rainstorms could wash away the advantage or their momentum, and when the lead out to almost seven minutes at km 114, it was one of the first signs that the team from South Africa was beginning to tire.
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Somewhat unusually, an intra-country alliance appeared to form, because soon after, five riders from Japan began swapping off up front with their South African neighbours, bringing the gap down to 6'10 at the 130 kilometre mark and five minutes flat another 10k later.
Back in the break, the expected attacks on the second and final KOM prime at Bandar Tengarra (km 152.8) didn't eventuate, Recycling.co.uk's Evan Oliphant cruising over the crest ahead of Gene (Bouygues Telecom) and Downing (Great Britain). In the peloton, however, who were now two and a half minutes behind and closing, it was a different story, as a pair of Josés - double-stage winner Serpa (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) and Elias Galindo (Relax-Gam) - put in a hard acceleration near the top and gained a small advantage.
It didn't last long; with the Panaria, Credit Agricole and Wiesenhof licking their chops at thoughts of a sprint finish, the two surrendered, and 10 kilometres from the finish in Kota Tinggi, the time gap was just 45 seconds.
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Five kilometres later, it was down to half a minute and the nine leaders were thinking they were going to be caught. But after being away all day, total resignation wouldn't have been right, and what followed was a series of counter-attacks, first by Oliphant (Recyling.Co.Uk), then by Brammeier (Great Britain), until Elio Aggiano (LPR), Brammeier's team-mate Downing and Bernard Van Ulden (Navigators Insurance) took flight with two kilometres left to race.
Inside the kilometre kite, the experienced Aggiano weighed his chances and decided to fly the coup, which turned out to be the day's winning move, the ecstatic eye-tie crossing the line four seconds ahead of Downing and Van Ulden. Just three seconds later, sprint classification leader Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud) won the field sprint for fourth, pipping Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) and Frenchman Andy Flickinger (Bougyues Telecom) at the line.
Photography
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- Irishman Paul Griffin (Giant-Asia) prior to the 188.20km seventh stage from Muar to Kota Tinggi.
- Italian Wladimir Belli (Selle Italia Diquigiovanni) one of the most experienced riders on the tour.
- A Wismilak rider peels of another banana before the start of stage seven.
- Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Malaysia) packs his lunch ready for the longest stage of the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi.
- The weather has been hot here in Malaysia and cold bidons have been a necessity for the thirsty peloton.
- The team from Recycling.Co.Uk minus the injured Chris Newton are fourth overall on the team's general classification.
- Managing director of the TM Tour de Langkawi Simon Donnellan (R) shares a joke with Recycling.Co.Uk team manager John Herety.
- Members of AG2R Prevoyance (L) and Credit Agricole relax by the river adjacent to the start in Muar.
- Riders from French teams AG2R Prevoyance (L) and Credit Agricole could be sitting on the banks of the River Seine in Paris, instead of being in Malaysia for the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- Riders from the Spanish Relax-Gam team take it easy before the longest stage of the tour begins in Muar.
- Gee guys, I hope that bike isn't one of your team bikes which are taking you around Malaysia?
- The flags of Malaysia are always prominent during stages of the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- The Tour de Langkawi has everyone spreading their wings and flying with the peloton as it goes rushing by!.
- The leading group of nine riders opened up a gap of more than six minutes on the peloton.
- Nothing was going to stop Elio Aggiano (LPR) from winning stage seven of the tour.
- Yohann Gene (Bouygues Telecom) found a corner to wash his bike in after the heavens opened up on stage seven.
- The leading group on the slippery roads near Kluang after a heavy downpur saturated the tour.
- The leaders make their way towards Kota Tinggi as the crowd take shelter from the rain.
- Elio Aggiano (LPR) gets a taste for a stage win on the TM Tour de Langkawi.
- Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud team, L) brings home the bunch on stage seven.
- Italian Elio Aggiano (LPR) on the podium after winning stage seven.
- Hossien Askari (Giant-Asia) is the leading Asian rider on the general classification after stage seven.
- The time has come for South African David George to take home the 2006 TM Tour de Langkawi.
- The stage seven podium (L-R) - Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof Akud, partly obscured), Darren Lill (South Africa), Elio Aggiano (LPR), David George (South Africa) and Hossien Askari (Giant-Asia).
- Stage winner Elio Aggiano (LPR) is helped to answers questions at the press conference by the tour interpreter.
- You lucky, lucky man.
Results
1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 4.21.36 (43.17 km/h) 2 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 0.03 3 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 4 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 0.07 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 6 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 8 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 12 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 13 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 14 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 15 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 17 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 18 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 19 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 20 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 21 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 22 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 23 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 25 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 26 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 27 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 28 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 30 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 31 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 32 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 33 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 34 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 35 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 36 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 37 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 38 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 39 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 40 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 42 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 43 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 44 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 45 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 David George (RSA) South Africa 48 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 49 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 51 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 52 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 53 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 54 Robert Partridge (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 55 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 56 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 57 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant-Asia 58 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 59 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 61 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 62 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 0.21 63 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.23 64 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 65 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 66 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 67 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 68 Frank Van Kuik (Ned) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 69 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 70 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 71 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 72 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant-Asia 73 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 74 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 75 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 76 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 77 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 78 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 0.31 79 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 80 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.34 81 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 82 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.36 83 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 84 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 85 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 0.40 86 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 87 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 0.42 88 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.49 89 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 90 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.54 91 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 92 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.16 93 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 94 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 95 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Rodney Green (RSA) South Africa 97 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 98 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 1.23 99 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 1.25 100 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.37 101 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 2.02 102 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 3.12 103 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 3.14 104 Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance 105 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 3.32 Sprints Sprint with bonuses at Parit Sulung 1 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 pts 2 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 3 3 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 2 4 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Sprint with bonuses at Yong Peng 1 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 5 pts 2 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 3 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 4 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 1 Sprint with bonuses at Kluang 1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 5 pts 2 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 4 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 1 Mountains KOM Cat 4 at Yong Peng 1 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 4 pts 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2 3 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 1 KOM Cat 4 at Bandar Tenggara 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 4 pts 2 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1 Asian rider 1 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 4.21.43 2 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 3 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 5 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Équipe Asia 7 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 8 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 10 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 12 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant-Asia 13 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 0.14 14 Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono (Ina) Wismilak 0.16 15 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 16 Wawan Setyo Budi (Ina) Wismilak 17 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-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 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 0.33 23 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Équipe Asia 24 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.09 25 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.30 26 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 3.05 27 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 3.25 Teams 1 LPR 13.05.02 2 Great Britain 0.03 3 Navigators Insurance 4 Malaysia 0.04 5 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 6 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 7 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 Credit Agricole 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Recyling.Co.Uk 11 Relax-Gam 12 Giant-Asia 13 Japan 14 Équipe Asia 15 South Africa 0.16 16 AG2R Prevoyance 0.13 17 Yawadoo Colba-Abm 0.03 18 Casino Filipino 19 Wismilak 0.16 20 Wiesenhof Akud 0.45 General classification after stage 7 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 24.49.25 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 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 32.16 38 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 32.21 39 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 32.46 40 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33.52 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 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 35.29 45 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 35.32 46 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 35.36 47 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Casino Filipino 35.38 48 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 35.56 49 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 36.27 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant-Asia 37.08 51 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.27 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 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 42.05 61 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 42.15 62 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42.23 63 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 42.25 64 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 42.43 65 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 42.48 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 45.48 73 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 46.06 74 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46.27 75 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.46 76 Robert Retschke (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 47.22 77 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 48.24 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 Tomas Konechy (Cze) Wiesenhof Akud 52.35 84 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 53.55 85 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 54.03 86 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 54.08 87 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 54.14 88 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 54.23 89 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 55.00 90 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 55.59 91 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 56.42 92 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 57.25 93 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 57.31 94 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 58.45 95 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 1.00.45 96 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 1.00.47 97 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 1.01.21 98 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 1.01.28 99 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 1.02.30 100 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.02.48 101 Jacques Fullard (RSA) South Africa 1.04.53 102 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 1.05.04 103 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 1.11.19 104 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 71 pts 2 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 43 3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) LPR 35 4 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 34 5 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR 33 6 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 32 7 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 32 8 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 30 9 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 29 10 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 28 11 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 27 12 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 26 13 Yohann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 14 David George (RSA) South Africa 25 15 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 16 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 25 17 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 24 18 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 23 19 Russell Downing (GBr) Great Britain 23 20 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 23 21 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 22 22 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 23 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 24 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 20 25 Xavier Tondi Volpini (Spa) Relax-Gam 19 26 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 18 27 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 17 28 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 16 29 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 15 30 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 14 31 Gene Bates (Aus) LPR 14 32 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14 33 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 34 Raul Garcia De Mateos (Spa) Relax-Gam 13 35 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 36 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 37 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 38 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 11 39 Angel Vallejo Dominguez (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 40 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 10 41 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 42 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 43 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 8 44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 45 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 46 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 6 47 Corey Sweet (Aus) Wiesenhof Akud 6 48 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud 5 49 Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo Colba-Abm 5 50 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 51 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 52 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 53 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 4 54 Julio Alberto Perez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4 55 Matt Brammeier (GBr) Great Britain 4 56 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 3 57 Ahmad Lutfi Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia 3 58 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 3 59 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 60 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 2 61 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 2 62 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 63 Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 64 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) LPR 1 65 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 66 Ali Ahmad Falani (Mas) Malaysia 1 67 Roger Beuchat (Swi) LPR 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 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 6 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 25.03.34 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 31.57 19 Aziz Md Saiful Anuar (Mas) Équipe Asia 34.15 20 Sherwin Carrera (Phi) Casino Filipino 40.05 21 Takum Beppu (Jpn) Japan 41.50 22 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan 43.16 23 Albert Primero (Phi) Casino Filipino 44.36 24 Zahit Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 46.36 25 Bernardo Luzon (Phi) Casino Filipino 47.12 26 Wilbowo Adi (Ina) Wismilak 50.55 27 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Japan 57.10 Teams classification 1 Selle Italia Diquigiovanni 74.37.41 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 Wiesenhof Akud 1.18.42 15 Malaysia 1.18.43 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 75.41.00 2 Giant-Asia 1.43 3 Malaysia 15.24 4 Wismilak 23.23 5 Équipe Asia 29.44 6 Casino Filipino 1.11.20
