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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 2 - February 3: Kangar - Kulim, 166.2 km
Bella volata Panaria!
Mad Max Richeze repeats the feat
By Anthony Tan in Kulim, Malaysia
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As the mercury rose, so did the competition among the sprinters. Today in Kulim, Ceramiche Panaria Navigare made no mistake, banking on proven Langkawi performer Maximiliano Richeze who delivered with interest, as he launched himself with 250 metres remaining, confidently chose his line down the centre of the road, and remained unchallenged. A distant second was South African Daryl Impey, a hair's breadth separating he and yesterday's winner Alberto Loddo.
"We started the stage with the intention of winning it today," declared Richeze. "It was either me or [Ruben] Bongiorno."
"Yesterday, we tried a different strategy - we didn't pull the train properly, and [stage winner] Loddo took advantage of this. "So we changed our approach: instead of racing for second or third place, we decided only one of us would sprint [for the win], and it was deemed it would be me.
"With two kilometres to go Bongiorno told me he didn't feel too good, so we decided the lead-out [train] would be for myself. I felt very strong; at 250 metres [to go] I gave my all - and I made it."
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Asked if the wide-open roads towards the finish suited his sprinting style, Richeze replied eagerly, "Si, si! Even on the small hills, I'm usually good, and with the parcours today, I felt at ease."
The triumph gave Richeze's team a triple victory as the Argentine became the new points and race leader, both on a count-back and both against previous maillot jaune Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni), repeating his opening stage win from the 2006 LTdL. But with a mountain-top finish to Brinchang, Cameron Highlands on tomorrow's menu du jour, he won't be leader for long; in fact, the topic wasn't even raised at today's post-race press conference!
"I am very happy to have won again in Malaysia. [A win in] this race says a lot for me; I'm lucky that I managed to get the yellow jersey again," was all Richeze would say, under no illusion on his chances tomorrow.
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Koji Fukushima continues to lead the Asian rider and mountains classifications, the latter he's on par with his brother Shinichi. Though like Richeze, Koji shouldn't get too comfortable in his polka-dot maillot, who admitted: "I'm afraid of the mountains because I'm not so good; I want to try my best, though - I will attack again, because I want to make the race.
"We want to prove that Asian riders can match the European professionals," said Fukushima, patting Richeze on shoulder as he spoke, signaling a mark of respect. "Today, we attacked but our team also has a good sprinter, so it's difficult to formulate a strategy. But there are many stages for all of [our abilities]."
However the real story is one that awaits: What will tomorrow bring?
How it unfolded
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With no overnight illness preventing any rider from starting today, 136 colourfully clad men in lycra rolled out of Kangar for the first road stage on the Malaysian mainland. While considerably longer than yesterday's quick 80k loop around Langkawi, the journey to Kulim was not dissimilar in its parcours: three hotspot sprints and one Cat. 4 climb were littered along the 166 kilometre parcours, and a 47.6 metre variation in elevation. Flat for the first 86 kilometres, the final undulating century would prove the most testing.
High temps seemed to make for a fast start, as numerous singles, couples and groups tried their chances. Following this bagarre, two men skipped away from the pack, and with just 25 kilometres covered, Sergey Kolesnikov (Unibet.com) and Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) had built a very handy lead approaching two and a half minutes.
After the second sprint in Alor Setar (km 49.3), Kolesnikov and Fukushima were 4'02 ahead of the peloton, who had temporarily gone into sleep mode. Though they weren't totally comatose, keeping the break at bay, somewhere between 4-4½ minutes up till the third and final sprint in Gurun (km 86.0).
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Cresting the day's sole KOM that signaled 50 kilometres left to race, the distance between the lead pair and the bunch was down to 2'40. Once again, a bunch finish became a likely conclusion. Or did it...
The wide roads leading to Kulim provided a perfect opportunity for the fast men of the Tour de Langkawi, as the speedometer needle began ticking up around the 65 km/h mark. With 15 kilometres remaining, it was peloton groupé, but Koji Fukushima bridged across to his bro Shinichi and the Russian, creating an interesting last-ditch twist.
Quickly establishing a half-minute advantage and holding it for 10 kilometres, the scenario looked quite promising - but after yesterday, Panaria were having none of it, setting up their man Maximiliano Richeze for his first stage victory of the season. In a ferociously fast finale, the Argentine chose his line straight down the centre of the road, showing a superior turn of speed to triumph over Daryl Impey (South Africa) and overnight leader Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni), who, by the day's end, lost his lead to Richeze by less than one second.
Photography
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- Hey! Aren't you a little young to be taking me around on the back of the motor-bike?
- Shaun Higgerson (South Australia.com) awaits the start to stage two
- Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) was feeling the heat even before racing began
- Excuse me sir that's Fabio Duarte of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team
- The fruits of Malaysia on show at Le Tour de Langkawi
- The peloton early into stage two
- Riders in the peloton were in for a long day in the saddle
- Sergey Kolesnikov (Unibet.com) and Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) were in the lead for over 100ks of the 166km stage
- Riders head towards a piece of Malaysian infrastructure
- The peloton in search of the leading duo
- A couple of French riders take time-out for a chat in the peloton
- It was so hot on stage two one of the riders kindly offered this writer one of his drinks
- The peloton make their way through one of the country towns in Malaysia
- Malaysians love their football just as much as their cycling…a Chelsea supporter on the Tour
- Yoann Le Boulanger pinches a bidon from Bouyges Telecom teammate Thomas Voeckler (1)
- Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) leads breakaway mate Sergey Kolesnikov (Unibet.com) out of some road-works
- Commissaires, police and media-bikes go off-road on the Tour
- Riders race through road-works during the second stage of the Tour
- Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems) finds the going tough on the gravel
- The sprint is on for third-place at a Genting King of the Mountains points part of the stage
- South Australia.com riders Gene Bates, Wes Sulzberger and Nic Sanderson (far left) sandwich a Bouygues Telecom rider on day two
- The leading pair with only a one minute gap to the peloton with thirty kilometres remaining
- Some locals at the finish enjoying seeing the Tour visit their home-town
- Ceramiche Panaria Navigare are celebrating as Maximiliano Richeze charges to the line
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare) takes out stage two of the Tour
- Happy teammates and crew-member of Ceramiche Panaria Navigare make their way towards the podium
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare) steps onto the red carpet to collect his prize
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) in his blue jersey of the best placed Asian rider on the Tour
- Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) is the leader of the Genting King of the Mountains competition by this much
- Wait! I am Maximiliano Richeze, the man with the Hollywood name and leader of the Petronas Sprint Points competition
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare) is the new leader of the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi
- Jean-Francois Quenet (L) interperets media questions Argentinian Maximiliano Richeze and Shinichi Fukushima of Japan at the post-race press conference
Images by Greg Chang
- Cyclingnews photographer Shane Goss on the back of the moto
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The crowds in Kulim await the arrival of the peloton
- Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare)
- Richeze soaks in the view from the podium
- Richeze in the leader's jersey
- Maximiliano Richeze and Asian leader Koji Fukushima on the podium with Pat McQuaid
- UCI president Pat McQuaid
Results
1 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 3.55.41 2 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 4 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 5 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 7 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 8 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 9 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 11 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 12 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 13 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 14 Franck Renier (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 15 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 16 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 17 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 19 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 20 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 21 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 24 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 25 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 26 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 27 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 30 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 31 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 32 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 33 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 34 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 35 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 36 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 37 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 38 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 39 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 41 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 42 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 43 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 44 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 45 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 46 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 47 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 48 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 49 Didier Rous (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 50 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 51 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 52 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 53 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 54 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 55 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 56 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 57 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 58 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 59 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 60 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 61 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 62 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 63 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 64 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 65 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 66 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 67 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 68 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 69 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 70 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 71 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 72 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 73 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 74 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 75 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 76 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 77 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 78 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 79 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 80 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 81 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 82 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 83 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 84 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 85 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 86 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 87 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 88 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 89 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 90 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 91 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 92 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 93 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 94 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 95 David George (RSA) South Africa 96 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 97 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 98 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 99 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 100 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 101 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 102 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 103 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 105 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 106 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 107 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 108 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 109 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 110 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 111 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 112 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 113 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 114 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 115 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 116 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 117 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 118 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 119 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 120 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 121 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 122 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 123 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 124 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 125 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 126 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 127 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 128 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 129 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 0.22 130 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 0.57 131 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 132 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 133 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 134 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 5.26 135 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 15.34 Asian rider 1 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 3.55.41 2 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 4 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 5 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 6 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 7 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 8 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 9 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 10 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 11 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 12 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 14 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 16 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 17 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 18 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 19 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 20 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 21 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 22 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 23 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 24 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 25 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 26 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 27 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 28 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 29 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 30 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 31 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 32 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 33 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 34 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 35 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 36 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 37 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 38 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 39 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 40 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 41 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 42 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 43 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 44 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 45 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 46 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 47 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 48 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 49 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 50 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 51 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 52 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 53 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 54 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 55 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 56 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 0.57 57 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 58 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 5.26 59 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 15.34 Mountains 1 - Bukit Selambau 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 pts 2 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 2 3 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 1 Sprint 1 - Padang Sera 1 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 2 4 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1 Sprint 2 - Independence Sprint Alor Setar 1 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 5 pts 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3 3 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 2 4 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 Sprint 3 - Gurun 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 pts 2 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 3 3 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 2 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1 Teams 1 Crédit Agricole 11.47.03 2 Unibet.com 3 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 4 Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 6 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 7 Française des Jeux 8 Vitória ASC 9 SouthAustralia.com 10 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 11 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 12 South Africa 13 MNCF Development 14 Team Slipstream 15 Korea National Team 16 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 17 Letua Cycling Team 18 Skil Shimano 19 Polygon Sweetnice 20 AG2R Prévoyance 21 Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Malaysia National Team 23 Azad University Team Asian teams 1 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 11.47.03 2 MNCF Development 3 Korea National Team 4 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 Letua Cycling Team 6 Polygon Sweetnice 7 Giant Asia Racing Team 8 Malaysia National Team 9 Azad University Team 10 Discovery Channel Marco Polo General Classification 1 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 5.44.50 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 3 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 0.05 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 0.08 5 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 6 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 0.09 7 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.11 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 0.12 9 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 0.13 10 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 11 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 12 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.14 13 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 14 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 16 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 17 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 18 Franck Renier (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 19 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 20 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 22 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 23 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 24 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 25 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 26 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 27 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 28 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 29 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 30 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 32 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 33 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 34 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 35 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 36 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 37 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 38 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 39 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 40 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 41 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 42 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 43 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 44 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 46 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 47 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 48 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 49 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 50 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 52 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 53 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 54 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 55 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 56 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 57 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 59 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 60 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 61 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 62 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 63 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 64 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 65 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 66 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 67 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 68 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 69 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 70 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 71 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 72 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 73 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 74 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 75 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 76 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 77 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 78 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 79 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 80 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 81 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 82 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 83 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 84 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 85 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 87 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 88 David George (RSA) South Africa 89 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 90 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 91 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 92 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 93 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 94 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 95 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 96 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 98 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 99 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 100 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 101 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 102 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 103 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 104 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 105 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 106 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 107 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 108 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 109 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 110 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 111 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 114 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 115 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 116 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 117 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 118 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.29 119 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 0.36 120 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 0.41 121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 1.00 122 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.03 123 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 124 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.06 125 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.08 126 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.11 127 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 128 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 129 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 130 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2.13 131 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 2.28 132 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 2.58 133 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 3.16 134 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.37 135 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 15.48 Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5.44.55 2 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.06 3 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 0.08 4 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 5 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 0.09 6 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 7 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 9 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 11 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 12 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 13 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 15 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 16 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 17 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 18 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 19 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 20 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 21 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 22 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 23 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 24 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 25 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 26 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 27 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 28 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 29 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 30 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 31 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 32 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 33 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 34 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 35 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 36 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 37 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 38 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 39 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 40 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 41 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 42 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 43 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 44 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 45 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 46 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 47 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 48 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 0.24 49 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 0.58 50 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.01 51 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.03 52 Sawai Safwan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.06 53 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 54 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 55 Tong Yu (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 56 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2.08 57 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 2.23 58 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.32 59 Maleki Mizan Hassan (Irn) Azad University Team 15.43 Mountains classifications 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 pts 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 3 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 2 4 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2 5 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 6 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 1 Sprint classifications 1 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 28 pts 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 28 3 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22 4 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 20 5 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 18 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 16 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 8 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 14 9 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 14 10 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11 11 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 10 12 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 10 13 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 9 14 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 9 15 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 8 16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 8 17 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 7 18 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 19 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 20 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 21 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5 22 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 5 23 Franck Renier (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 5 24 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 25 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Équipe Bouygues Telecom 3 27 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 3 28 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 2 29 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 2 30 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 31 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 32 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 33 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 34 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1 Teams classification 1 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 17.15.12 2 Crédit Agricole 3 Unibet.com 4 SouthAustralia.com 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 South Africa 7 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 8 Letua Cycling Team 9 Française des Jeux 10 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 11 Vitória ASC 12 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 13 Team Slipstream 14 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 15 Korea National Team 16 MNCF Development 17 Polygon Sweetnice 18 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 19 Skil Shimano 20 Azad University Team 21 AG2R Prévoyance 22 Giant Asia Racing Team 23 Malaysia National Team 0.49 Asian teams classification 1 Letua Cycling Team 17.15.12 2 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 3 Korea National Team 4 MNCF Development 5 Polygon Sweetnice 6 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7 Giant Asia Racing Team 8 Azad University Team 9 Malaysia National Team 0.49 10 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 0.57
