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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 3 - February 4: Kuala Kangsar - Cameron Highlands, 133.2 km
Crédit Agricole with strength in numbers
Chapeau lone warrior Anthony Charteau!
By Anthony Tan in Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
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In one fell swoop, the lean, mean, green team of Crédit Agricole have virtually cemented their place at the top step of the 2007 Tour de Langkawi podium when the race concludes in Kuala Lumpur, one week from today.
133 kilometres beforehand, making the early break was all 27 year-old Anthony Charteau was concerned about. But on the long, 40 kilometre-long climb to Kg. Raja, each of his four breakaway companions dropped off the pace and fell by the wayside. The idea was that he would wait at the top for team leader Francesco Bellotti for the final climb to Brinchang - but with a significant advantage, Charteau was given carte blanche to give it all he had.
"Clearly, Francesco Bellotti came here to win after finishing second in the Tour de Langkawi last year," said Charteau on the game plan prior to the start of the race. "We also had the intention of looking after Benoît Poilvet, who is riding really strongly after our off-season training camp.
"I'm not a bad climber myself and I can also play a role, so initially I was here just to go with the breaks, because I'm not in the best shape just yet. When it became obvious the advantage was significant, it was decided it was enough for me to keep going on my own after the first climb."
That's exactly what Charteau did, earning not only a magnificent stage victory and becoming the first Frenchman to wear the leader's jersey in the history of the race, but retaining a massive four-minute advantage over second-placed Colombian Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) and a half-minute more on the Bouygues Telecom pair of Yoann Le Boulanger and Thomas Voeckler.
And guess what? Three of Charteau's team-mates finished right behind this lot - including supposed sprinter William Bonnet!
With four of their riders now in the top 10 on GC, to say anyone other than one of this quartet will win overall next Sunday would take a very ballsy punter indeed. The only way this could happen would be for an all-out, combined assault from the Gianni Savio's Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni squad and Bouygues Telecom on the eighth stage to Genting Highlands, and a complete Crédit Agricole collapse. Possible, but highly unlikely.
"Considering the lead I have now, I will play to win overall," declared Charteau. "The training camp we did in the off-season has paid off, and to have four riders in the top ten will make things easier to defend the yellow jersey. It's going to hard; I don't know much about the Colombian rider [Walter Pedraza] who's now second [on GC], but I presume he climbs well.
"On Genting, everything will depend on my condition on that day: it's true I have a good advantage and that it might be possible to win overall. But if I don't, Bellotti is a really good climber and he likes these kind of gradients, like Genting, so if I'm not able to do it, he will."
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Perhaps the only sour note for Crédit Agricole was the relegation of Bonnet for drafting, who was provisional points leader after the stage ended. Following a successful protest from Koji Fukushima's Nippo-Meitan Hompo team, the quirky Japanese rider retains the points jersey, though regardless, it's not what these guys flew 3,308 miles for.
Said Fukushima: "For our team, our objective is to win one stage of the Tour de Langkawi, so we are not so concerned about the [points] jersey. Today was a very, very hard stage and Anthony Charteau was very strong. The problem is," he added with a grin, "tomorrow, I want to attack again, so I will ask my directeur to let me go."
On the days till Genting, Charteau said: "I'm not worried about the flat stages - at Crédit Agricole, we're used to riding hard on the flat."
How it unfolded
All 135 riders who finished yesterday's stage signed in for today's Cameron Highlands sufferfest. Kicking off at 12:30pm from Kuala Kangsar, the 133 kilometre journey involved three intermediate sprints and two Cat. 1 KOMs, ending with a nasty 7k pinch to Brinchang.
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A fast start (yes, we're beginning to sound like a broken record player...) saw 45 kilometres covered in the opening hour, but 17 kilometres before that, five riders - Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole), Michael Creed (Slipstream), Yukiya Arashiro and Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo), and Won Jae Lee (Korea National Team) - left the grasp of le peloton.
Believing the break not to be dangerous, 9 minutes and 15 seconds was their advantage by km 60, with Creed dropped at the base of the first climb shortly thereafter. 10k later (km 70), a surge by Charteau saw the Frenchman alone, as a trio trailed in his wake. By the crest of the climb, Charteau was five minutes ahead of this Nippon-Korean chase group, eight minutes ahead of Loh Sea Keong (Discovery Channel Marco Polo), and 9'35 ahead of Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni), who attacked the main bunch a few kilometres from the summit.
Continuing to blaze a trail that eventually lead to glory, Charteau was also first over the next climb, followed by Fukushima, Arashiro, Lee and Pedraza. Succeeding his team-mate Saul Raisin in Brinchang one year ago, the Frenchman celebrated with arms aloft, 3'54 over a hard-chasing Pedraza and 4'29 on Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom).
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Some local fans of Francesco Bellotti and the Credit Agricole riders
- Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) encounters a cool cat approaching sign on in Kuala Kangsar
- VIP's are kept cool on a very hot day in Kuala Kangsar for the start of stage three
- Riders mke their way over a bridge in the opening kilometres of the 133.20km stage three
- The peloton head through a Petronas Sprint point on the way to the Cameron Highlands
- Mike Creed (Team Slipstream) of the USA cools down on a stinking hot day in Malaysia
- And boy doesn't that feel better!
- Photos and encouragement for the peloton as they pass through another Petronas Sprint point in search of the leaders
- Mike Creed (Team Slipstream), (L), begins to lose contact with the leaders on the lower slopes of the Cameron Highlands
- Loh Sea Keong (Discovery Channel Marco Polo) was caught in 'no man's land' trying to get across to the leaders
- Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) from New Zealand out of the saddle on the lower slopes of the Cameron Highland
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) the Hungarian Champion feeling the heat beneath the Malaysian sun
- At the back of the race some eight and a half minutes behind the leaders
- Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com) is stocked with supplies for his teammates
- Man I could do with one of those… is that cold?
- You beauty! I've been needing this, it's over thirty-five degrees out here
- Credit Agricole's Anthony Charteau dwarfs his race shadow as he skips clear of his breakaway mates
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) out of the saddle on the fifty kilometre climb up the Cameron Highlands
- It was all uphill and Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) had opened up a nice break
- Three chasing riders left over from the original break give chase to Charteau
- Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) looks like he is going to enjoy a drink in the hot conditions on day three of the Tour
- South Africa were on the front of the peloton and Coco-Cola was the drink trying to add life to their chances
- Leader Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) on the climb in the Cameron Highlands
- Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) gives it his all trying to chase down Credit Agricole's Anthony Charteau
- Everyone's a photographer
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) takes out a brilliant stage win up the Cameron Highlands
- Serguei Klimov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) from Russia has all eyes on him as he approaches the finish
- Mmm…now who do you think is the sexiest rider on the Le Tour de Langkawi?
- Stage winner Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) covered the 133.20kms in 3h40'51"
- Lets go shopping… Petronas Sprint Points leader Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) from Japan
- Yeah! That jersey is all mine and now I've got it, I'm going to try and hold onto it right to the end
- New Tour leader Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) has his yellow jersey zipped up for him on the podium
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Charteau takes stage three
- Charteau follows Fukashima
- Jose Serpa
- Jose Rujano in his new Unibet colours
- The start of the race in Kuala Kansar
- Charteau on the podium in yellow
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) enjoys his podium time
Results
1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.40.51 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 3.54 3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.29 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.31 6 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 7 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 10 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 4.36 11 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 12 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.38 13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 15 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 16 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 17 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 18 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 19 David George (RSA) South Africa 20 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 21 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 22 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 23 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.54 24 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5.09 25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.11 26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 27 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 5.13 28 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 29 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 5.16 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5.21 32 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 5.24 33 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 6.04 34 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 6.13 35 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 6.15 36 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6.25 37 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 6.39 38 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.41 39 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6.46 40 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 6.53 41 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 6.58 42 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7.01 43 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 8.05 44 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8.32 45 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 46 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 10.33 47 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 10.49 48 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 49 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 10.51 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 11.23 51 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 11.50 52 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.58 53 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 56 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 57 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 58 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 59 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 61 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 62 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 63 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 64 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 65 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 66 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.02 67 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 68 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 69 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 70 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 71 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 72 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 73 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 76 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 77 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 78 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 79 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 80 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12.09 81 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 82 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 12.32 83 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 13.14 84 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 85 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13.17 86 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 13.25 87 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 14.00 88 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14.12 89 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 14.51 90 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.06 91 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.48 92 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 15.54 93 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 17.36 94 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 17.45 95 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 18.02 96 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 22.11 97 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 98 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 22.35 99 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 23.07 100 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 23.39 101 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 24.09 102 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 24.57 103 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 104 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 105 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24.59 106 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25.04 107 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 25.12 108 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 25.21 109 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 110 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 111 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 112 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 113 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 114 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 115 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 116 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 117 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 118 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 119 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 120 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 121 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 122 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 26.39 123 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.43 124 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 26.54 125 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 27.07 126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 127 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 128 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 129 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.30 130 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 27.34 Asian rider 1 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.45.27 2 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 0.02 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 4 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 0.37 6 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 0.45 8 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 0.48 9 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.49 10 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 2.03 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.10 12 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 2.17 13 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 2.22 14 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.25 15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.56 16 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 5.57 18 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.13 19 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.15 20 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.47 21 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 7.22 22 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 23 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 24 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 7.26 25 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 26 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 27 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7.33 28 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 8.38 29 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 30 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8.41 31 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9.24 32 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 9.36 33 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 10.15 34 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 10.30 35 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 13.00 36 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 13.09 37 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 13.26 38 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 17.59 39 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 19.03 40 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 19.33 41 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 20.21 42 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 43 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20.28 44 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 20.36 45 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 20.45 46 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 47 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 48 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 49 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 50 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 51 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 52 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 22.03 53 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.07 54 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.31 55 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.54 56 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 22.58 Sprint 1 - Sungai Siput 1 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3 3 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 4 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 1 Sprint 2 - Independence Sprint, Chemor 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 pts 2 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 3 3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2 4 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 1 Sprint 3 - Ipoh 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 pts 2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 3 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 2 4 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 1 Mountains 1 - Border, Perak-Pahang 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 12 3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10 4 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 8 5 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 6 6 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 4 7 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 2 8 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 1 Mountains 2 - Equatorial Hotel 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 pts 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 12 3 David George (RSA) South Africa 10 4 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 8 5 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 6 6 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4 7 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Teams 1 Crédit Agricole 11.12.15 2 Giant Asia Racing Team 4.12 3 SouthAustralia.com 4.43 4 Team Slipstream 4.50 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.24 6 Azad University Team 6.59 7 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 9.26 8 Skil Shimano 9.51 9 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 10.50 10 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 11.14 11 Unibet.com 11.17 12 Française des Jeux 12.03 13 AG2R Prévoyance 13.00 14 Korea National Team 16.01 15 South Africa 19.00 16 Vitória ASC 20.03 17 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 20.22 18 MNCF Development 22.23 19 Polygon Sweetnice 22.31 20 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 28.47 21 Letua Cycling Team 31.09 22 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 50.34 23 Malaysia National Team 54.37 Asian teams 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 11.16.27 2 Azad University Team 2.47 3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5.14 4 Korea National Team 11.49 5 MNCF Development 18.11 6 Polygon Sweetnice 18.19 7 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 24.35 8 Letua Cycling Team 26.57 9 Malaysia National Team 50.25 General Classification 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.25.43 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.00 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.39 4 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4.43 5 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.45 10 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.48 11 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 4.50 13 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 14 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 15 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 16 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 17 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 David George (RSA) South Africa 19 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 20 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 21 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.06 23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.20 24 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5.21 25 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.23 26 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 5.24 28 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5.25 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.28 30 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 31 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 6.16 32 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 6.25 33 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6.37 35 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6.41 36 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 6.51 37 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.53 38 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 7.05 39 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 7.10 40 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7.12 41 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 7.16 42 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 7.50 43 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 8.17 44 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8.44 45 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 8.59 46 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 10.45 47 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 11.01 48 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 49 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 11.03 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 11.35 51 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 12.02 52 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 12.08 53 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.09 54 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.10 55 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 56 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 57 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 60 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 61 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 62 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 63 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 64 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 67 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 12.13 68 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.14 69 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 70 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 71 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 72 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 73 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 76 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 77 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 78 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.21 79 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 80 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 12.41 81 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 13.11 82 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13.26 83 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 84 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13.29 85 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 13.37 86 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 14.12 87 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14.24 88 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 15.16 89 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.18 90 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 16.06 91 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.10 92 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 17.02 93 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 17.48 94 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 17.57 95 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 18.14 96 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 22.09 97 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 22.23 98 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 22.47 99 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 23.51 100 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 24.55 101 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 25.09 102 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 103 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.10 104 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25.18 105 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 25.24 106 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 25.33 107 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 108 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 109 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 110 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 111 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 112 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 113 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 114 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 115 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 116 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 117 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 25.55 118 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.10 119 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 26.13 120 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26.22 121 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 26.51 122 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.55 123 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 27.06 124 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.16 125 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 27.19 126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 127 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.42 128 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 27.46 129 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 130 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 31.56 Asian rider classifcation 1 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9.30.31 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.02 3 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 4 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 0.36 6 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 0.37 7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.37 8 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.49 9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.53 10 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 2.03 11 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 2.17 12 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 2.22 13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.24 14 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 3.02 15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.56 16 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 4.11 17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 5.57 18 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.13 19 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.15 20 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.47 21 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 7.22 22 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 23 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 24 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 7.25 25 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 7.26 26 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7.33 27 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 8.23 28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8.38 29 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 30 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8.41 31 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9.24 32 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 9.36 33 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 10.30 34 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 12.14 35 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 13.00 36 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 13.09 37 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 13.26 38 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 17.59 39 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 19.03 40 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 20.21 41 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 42 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20.30 43 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 20.36 44 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 20.45 45 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 46 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 47 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 48 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 49 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.22 50 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 21.34 51 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 22.03 52 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.07 53 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.28 54 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.54 55 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 22.58 56 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 27.08 Team Classification 1 Crédit Agricole 28.27.27 2 Giant Asia Racing Team 4.12 3 SouthAustralia.com 4.43 4 Team Slipstream 4.50 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.24 6 Azad University Team 6.59 7 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 9.26 8 Skil Shimano 9.51 9 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 10.50 10 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 11.14 11 Unibet.com 11.17 12 Française des Jeux 12.03 13 AG2R Prévoyance 13.00 14 Korea National Team 16.01 15 South Africa 19.00 16 Vitória ASC 20.03 17 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 20.22 18 MNCF Development 22.23 19 Polygon Sweetnice 22.31 20 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 28.47 21 Letua Cycling Team 31.09 22 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 50.34 23 Malaysia National Team 55.26 Asian rider classification 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 28.31.39 2 Azad University Team 2.47 3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5.14 4 Korea National Team 11.49 5 MNCF Development 18.11 6 Polygon Sweetnice 18.19 7 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 24.35 8 Letua Cycling Team 26.57 9 Malaysia National Team 51.14 Points classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 29 pts 2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 28 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 28 4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24 5 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 6 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 20 7 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 19 8 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 9 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 18 10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 11 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 14 12 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 14 13 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 14 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 12 15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 16 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11 17 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 10 18 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 10 19 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 20 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 9 21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 8 22 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 23 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 7 24 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 7 25 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 26 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 27 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 28 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 29 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5 30 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 5 31 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 32 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 33 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 5 34 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 35 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 5 36 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 37 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3 38 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 3 39 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 2 40 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 2 41 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 42 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 43 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 2 44 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 45 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 46 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 1 47 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 48 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 pts 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 18 3 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 16 4 David George (RSA) South Africa 10 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10 6 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 8 7 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 8 8 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 6 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 10 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4 11 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 4 12 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 13 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 2 14 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 2 15 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2 16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 17 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 18 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 1 19 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 1
