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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 1 - February 2: Langkawi Round Island, 81.4 km
Alberto Loddo: Keeping the faith
Born-again sprinter like a duck to water at Underwater World
By Anthony Tan in Langkawi island, Malaysia
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The might of Ceramiche Panaria Navigare's orange crush didn't seem to phase Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni's sprint man Alberto Loddo today. In picture-perfect tropical weather, the born-again cycling talent took full advantage of the Tour de Langkawi's perennial sprint train to overcome multiple stage winner Ruben Bongiorno and take the opening lead in the race's 12th edition.
"Until a kilometre to go, I stayed in roughly 20th wheel because we don't have a great [lead-out] train," explained Loddo. "Then with one kilometre to go, one of my team-mates brought me back to the front and I came off Bongiorno's wheel with 150 metres left."
One of Italy's best amateur sprinters before turning professional in 2002 for Lampre-Daikin, the 28 year-old was full of promise in his opening years, winning a stage of the Tour of Qatar as a neo-pro before being crowned overall winner a year later. But after that, success largely eluded Loddo, who quit the sport in 2004 after a season with Saunier Duval-Prodir - "he went a little bit crazy, didn't train well," said his current team manager Gianni Savio, "and so after three years, he finished racing."
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However in late 2005, when Loddo was working in a shop, a mutual friend called Savio and asked him to give his mate a second chance - an incredibly rare opportunity in cycling. "I decided to try him out, to give him this chance," said Savio, "and last year [2006] he won six stages for our team - one in Venezuela, four in Chile, one in France [at the Circuit de la Sarthe], and this year, he won again at the Vuelta al Tachira."
And again today outside Langkawi island's Underwater World, he repaid the faith, setting the stage for what is tipped to be a highly successful week for Savio's Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni outfit.
"It's really great feeling to win the opening stage, since I'm now in the leader's yellow jersey as well," said Loddo. "That's what I did in the Vuelta Tachira as well, where there was only one stage for sprinters, and it was also the first [stage].
"I'm happy with my form now, and I hope to keep this condition all the way to the Giro d'Italia," he added.
How it unfolded
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With the shadow of a massive eagle monument behind them and under relatively mild conditions, a 136-strong peloton left the start at Dataran Lang at 0930 hours. Before the race got underway, however, the field was already two short, AG2R Prévoyance's Philip Deignan and Sergey Kudentsov from Discovery Channel Marco Polo both not feeling up to the challenge of the 10-day trial in the tropics, and with an entire season ahead of them, no doubt thinking about preserving their chances in upcoming races.
The journey to Underwater World was not particularly tough, with three sprints and one Cat. 4 KOM en route to the finish, 81.4 kilometres later. At this time of year, few riders are at the top of their game, and while a bunch kick was the likely outcome, the sprint was going to be somewhat of a lottery.
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As in recent editions of this race, whenever you have a rider by the name of Koji Fukushima racing, you pretty much know what's going to happen. Friendly as always at the start, his fearless, attacking style making him a celebrity in this neck of the woods (far more so than in his native Japan), the 33 year-old played his cards early and showed his familiar tactics ain't going to change anytime soon.
Nowadays, the difference is that Koji-san is older and therefore stronger, his locomotive engine and hardened legs allowing his trademark suicide breakaways a small chance of success, as happened on one hot day in the 2005 LTdL. By the first hotspot sprint in Teluk Barau (km 33.2), Fukushima was already away, having left the field with Indonesian Herwin Jaya (Polygon Sweetnice) shortly beforehand.
The second and third intermediate sprints became a formality for Fukushima, taking the KOM bonus at Teluk Barau (km 36.2) to boot. But it appeared Koji wasn't content with two guaranteed jerseys by the day's end: he also wanted to win the stage, and when Jaya dropped off the pace with 15 kilometres remaining, that scenario appeared all the more likely.
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Though with the majority of the peloton unwilling to see an opening stage breakaway success, the Japanese rider was cruelly caught inside the 5km to go banner, bringing the situation back to status quo. Unsurprisingly, Ceramiche Panaria Navigare took up the responsibility from here on in and drove their sprint train all the way to the line for their men Ruben Bongiorno and Maximiliano Richeze. But on a slightly uphill finish, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni's Alberto Loddo was simply too quick, comfortably accounting for the Argentinean pairing, American youngster Brad Huff (Team Slipstream) and Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems), who finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Photography
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- The eagle has landed… and so has the 2007 Tour de Langkawi!
- Jonathon Clarke (South Australia.com) hasn't missed the boat and it's all aboard for the Tour de Langkawi
- Photographers line up to snap the start of the first stage of the 2007 Tour de Langkawi
- Hey! Where has everyone gone?
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) leads Herwin Jaya (Polygon Sweetnice) during their breakaway attempt on stage one
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) and Herwin Jaya (Polygon Sweetnice) on the hills around Langkawi island on day one of the Tour
- The peloton were closing in on the leading pair with twenty kilometres to go
- Riders charge to the line to finish stage one in Langkawi
- Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) from Italy wins the first stage of the 2007 Tour de Langkawi
- Stage winner Alberto Loddo (centre) is congratulated by his Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni teammates after his victory
- Put your hands together for the Tour leader, Alberto Loddo of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) is happy to be a part of the Tour and tried in-vain to steal the show on day one
- Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (L) and Umardi Rosdi Md Nor of the Letua Cycling team pose for a photo prior to stage one
- 2006 Tour winner David George (South Africa) will have the locals watching him again in 2007
- Ian McLeod (Francaise des Jeux) from South Africa finished in 21st place on stage one
- The peloton relax beneath the trees on the roads of Langkawi
- A Unibet.com rider leads his teammates back in the peloton during stage one
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) goes on the attack back in the peloton
- Could somebody please tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting!
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) was the best placed Asian rider overall on stage one
- An interested spectator amongst the crowd at the finish to stage one in Langkawi
- Yahoo! I've just won the first stage of the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi
- The crowd around the post-race press conference tent in Langkawi
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) shows his talent is not just restricted to riding a bike
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) with enthusiastic fans after stage one…nice shirt!
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
Results
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1.49.23 2 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 3 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 4 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 5 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 7 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 8 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 10 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 11 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 12 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 13 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 16 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 17 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 18 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 19 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 20 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 21 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 22 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 23 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 24 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 25 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 26 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 27 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 28 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 29 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 30 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 32 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 34 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 35 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 36 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 37 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 38 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 39 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 40 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 41 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 42 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 43 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 44 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 45 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 46 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 47 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 49 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 50 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 51 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 52 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 53 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 54 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 56 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 57 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 58 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 59 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 60 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 61 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 62 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 63 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 64 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 65 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 66 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 67 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 68 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 69 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 70 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 71 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 72 David George (RSA) South Africa 73 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 76 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 77 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 78 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 80 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 81 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 82 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 84 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 85 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 86 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 87 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 88 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 89 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 90 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 91 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 92 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 93 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 94 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 95 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 96 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 97 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 99 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 100 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 101 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 102 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 103 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 104 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 105 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 106 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 107 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 108 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 109 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 110 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 111 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 112 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 113 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 114 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 116 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 117 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 118 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 119 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 120 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 121 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.15 122 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 0.30 123 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.46 124 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 0.49 125 Md Yusof Abd Nasir (Mas) Malaysia National Team 126 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 127 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.54 128 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.57 129 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 130 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 131 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 132 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 133 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 2.05 134 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 135 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 2.14 136 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 2.44 Asian rider 1 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1.49.23 2 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 4 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 5 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 7 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 8 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 9 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 10 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 11 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 12 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 14 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 15 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 16 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 17 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 18 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 19 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 20 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 21 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 22 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 23 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 24 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 25 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 26 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 27 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 28 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 29 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 30 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 31 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 32 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 33 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 34 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 35 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 36 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 37 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 38 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 39 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 40 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 41 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 42 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 43 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 44 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 45 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 46 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 47 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 48 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 49 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 50 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 15 pts 51 Md Yusof Abd Nasir (Mas) Malaysia National Team 49 52 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 49 53 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 54 54 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 57 55 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 57 56 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 57 57 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 57 58 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 59 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2.05.00 60 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 2.14.00 Mountain 1 - (Cat 4) Teluk Burau Summit 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 pts 2 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2 3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Sprint 1 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 pts 2 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 3 3 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 2 4 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Sprint 2 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 pts 2 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 3 3 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 2 4 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 Sprint 3 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 pts 2 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 3 3 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 2 4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 Teams 1 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 5.28.09 2 SouthAustralia.com 3 Unibet.com 4 South Africa 5 Letua Cycling Team 6 Française des Jeux 7 Vitória ASC 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 10 Crédit Agricole 11 Team Slipstream 12 Korea National Team 13 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 14 Polygon Sweetnice 15 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 16 MNCF Development 17 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 18 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 19 Azad University Team 20 AG2R Prévoyance 21 Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Skil Shimano 23 Malaysia National Team 5.28.58 Asian team 1 Letua Cycling Team 5.28.09 2 Korea National Team 3 Polygon Sweetnice 4 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 MNCF Development 6 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 7 Azad University Team 8 Giant Asia Racing Team 9 Malaysia National Team 5.28.58 10 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 5.29.06 General classification 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1.49.13 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 0.01 3 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 0.04 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 0.06 5 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.09 6 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 7 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 8 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 0.10 9 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 12 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 14 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 16 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 17 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 20 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 21 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 22 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 23 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 24 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 25 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 26 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 28 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 29 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 30 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 31 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 32 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 33 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 34 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 35 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 36 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 38 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 39 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 40 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 41 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 42 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 43 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 44 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 45 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 46 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 47 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 48 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 49 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 50 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 51 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 52 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 53 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 54 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 55 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 56 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 57 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 58 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 59 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 60 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 61 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 62 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 63 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 64 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 65 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 66 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 67 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 68 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 69 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 70 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 71 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 72 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 73 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 74 David George (RSA) South Africa 75 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 78 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 80 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 82 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 83 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 84 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 86 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 87 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 88 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 89 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 90 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 91 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 92 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 93 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 94 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 95 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 96 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 97 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 98 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 101 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 102 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 103 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 104 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 105 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 106 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 107 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 108 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 109 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 110 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 111 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 112 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 113 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 114 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 116 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 117 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 118 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 119 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 120 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 121 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.25 122 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 0.40 123 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.56 124 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 0.59 125 Md Yusof Abd Nasir (Mas) Malaysia National Team 126 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 127 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.04 128 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 1.07 129 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 130 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 131 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 132 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 133 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2.09 134 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 2.15 135 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 2.24 136 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 2.54 Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.49.14 2 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.08 3 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 4 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 5 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.09 6 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 8 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 9 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 11 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 12 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 13 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 14 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 15 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 16 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 17 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 18 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 19 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 21 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 22 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 23 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 24 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 25 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 26 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 27 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 29 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 30 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 31 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 32 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 33 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 34 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 35 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 36 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 37 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 38 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 39 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 40 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 41 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 42 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 43 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 44 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 45 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 46 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 47 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 48 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 49 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 50 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.24 51 Md Yusof Abd Nasir (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.58 52 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 53 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.03 54 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 1.06 55 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 56 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 57 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 58 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 59 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2.08 60 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 2.23 Points classification 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 15 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15 3 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 14 4 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 13 5 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 12 6 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 7 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 10 8 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 9 9 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 9 10 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 11 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 7 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 13 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 14 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 4 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 16 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 2 17 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 2 18 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 2 19 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 20 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 1 21 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 23 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 pts 2 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2 3 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Team classification 1 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 5.28.09 2 SouthAustralia.com 3 Unibet.com 4 South Africa 5 Letua Cycling Team 6 Française des Jeux 7 Vitória ASC 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 10 Crédit Agricole 11 Team Slipstream 12 Korea National Team 13 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 14 Polygon Sweetnice 15 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 16 MNCF Development 17 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 18 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 19 Azad University Team 20 AG2R Prévoyance 21 Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Skil Shimano 23 Malaysia National Team 0.49 Asian team 1 Letua Cycling Team 5.28.09 2 Korea National Team 3 Polygon Sweetnice 4 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 MNCF Development 6 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 7 Azad University Team 8 Giant Asia Racing Team 9 Malaysia National Team 0.49 10 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 0.57
