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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 4 - February 5: Gua Musang - Kota Bharu, 178.1 km
Twice is nice: Loddo thrives in chaos
By Anthony Tan in Kota Bharu, Malaysia
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Or should that be 'Loddo surviving in chaos'? Unfortunately, crashes are part and parcel of the wild world of bunch sprinting, and today's finish in Kota Bharu was no exception. When you add to the mix a large variation in ability, as is the case at the Le Tour de Langkawi, the danger is multiplied.
Despite the inherent dangers, however, the show must go on, and it was opening stage winner Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) who put on the day's best performance, avoiding the mayhem to thrive in chaos. Showing a clean pair of wheels against Ceramiche Panaria Navigare arch-rival Maximiliano Richeze - the team now down one man courtesy of Ruben Bongiorno's exit yesterday - and South African Daryl Impey, with American Brad Huff (Team Slipstream) taking his second fourth place, the 28 year-old Italian told the press one is good, but twice is nicer.
"First of all," began Loddo, "I have to thank my team-mates who lead me out till the final metres; they rode to perfection for me."
"Was the win easier than his first?" he was asked.
"Easier? No. Before the finale, I started talking with the [managers in the] team car and told them I was feeling good, so everyone worked hard to bridge the gap. There was still one rider away very close to the finish, but we managed to close the gap.
"In actual fact, I didn't even realise there had been a crash until later; I stayed in the first positions when it happened. I really hope no-one is seriously injured," said Loddo, before it was announced Française des Jeux's Lilian Jégou had come off worst with a broken hand.
Loddo also finds himself the new sprints leader, just a point away from Mad Max Richeze, though like most of the teams here without a real GC contender, Panaria have come here for stage wins - anything else is a bonus. But with their other star sprinter Bongiorno waving arrivederci after the stage to the Cameron Highlands, the team will have to start working overtime to equal their success of years gone past.
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Unsurprising for a quality outfit, race leader Anthony Charteau's Crédit Agricole squad had no problems controlling the race today, indicating they'll most likely continue to ride this way for the next three stages.
"The first 60 kilometres were difficult, because we only have a team of six riders," said the Frenchman. "It's not so easy to control the race with just six guys.
"It's out of the question that I will attack or sprint for bonus seconds," answered Charteau about the game plan till Genting. "We'll try to control the bunch in the same way we did today, or let some breakaway go with riders who aren't a threat on GC. But we have no plan to attack before the next mountain stage - that's where everything will happen."
Asked if there's any chance of knocking Charteau off his perch come Genting, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni direttore sportivo Gianni Savio replied: "Yesterday, Charteau won in spectacular fashion and was very strong, so I think he will have the condition of yesterday in Genting.
"It will be very difficult for us to be first in the overall classification, but we will try; in cycling, one rider has good condition one day, and another day, he has less condition." Savio's mouth turned to a slightly cunning smile before adding, "We hope he has less condition in Genting..."
While the overall race may be decided, an interesting competition is the Asian rider classification, currently being led by Hossein Askari (Giant Asia Racing Team). Just two minutes separates the top ten riders, who are spread amongst six teams - making it a fiercely fought competition that will no doubt be sorted out following the stage to Genting.
How it unfolded
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There were a few casualties from yesterday's stage to the Cameron Highlands: there were no abandons, but five riders didn't make the time cut, resulting in 130 riders lining up in Gua Musang for today's flat stage to Kota Bharu.
Surprise surprise - many attacks began right from the get-go, with Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare), Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Nicholas White and David George (South Africa) and José Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) taking flight early on, although with the latter two danger men on GC, they were brought back after 19 kilometres.
At Felda Ciku (km 49.6), Hossein Askari (Giant Asia Racing Team) became the new leader on the Asian rider classification, winning the first of the day's three intermediate sprints. Breakaways continued to try their luck but none were successful till Tiaan Kannemeyer (South Africa), Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom), Luis Rodriguez and Stijn Vandenbergh (Unibet.com), Fabio Duarte (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia), Serguei Klimov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Huub Duyn (Team Slipstream) got away roughly 30 kilometres later, enjoying a 1'38 lead by km 90.
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As Crédit Agricole policed the peloton for their maillot jaune Anthony Charteau, and to a lesser extent Tinkoff Credit Systems, the septet gained only a maximum two and a half minutes advantage at km 115. Inexorably, the break was destined to be caught heading into Kota Bharu, but not before Klimov and Drancourt resisted the chase-down, the former holding on for dear life until just two kilometres to go.
Courtesy of great teamwork, the final sprint was comfortably won by Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni), who made light work of Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare) and Daryl Impey (South Africa); however, the stage was marred by a small pile-up that saw at least three riders hit the deck.
Worst off was Française des Jeux's Lilian Jégou, the Frenchman carted off to hospital and later diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his hand. Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com) and Amir Zargari (Azad University Team) were also casualties, but at the time of writing, only Jégou was confirmed as a non-starter for tomorrow's 167 kilometre fifth stage to Kuala Terengganu.
Photography
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- Micael Isidoro and Gilberto Sampaio of the Vitoria ASC team just after the roll-out of Gua Musang for stage four
- The locals here in Malaysia are going absolutely ballistic over the Tour…Where are you Paul Sherwen?
- The Tour speeds by hundreds of School-children on the edge of the road near Gua Musang
- The peloton on a rise during the 178.20km stage four
- Team-cars and media-bikes follow the Tour over another rise during an undulating stage four
- A rider from the Hong Kong Pro Cycling team gets his coca-cola fix…A Coke carrying domestique
- Tour leader in yellow, Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) follows a wheel in the peloton
- Hands up those who need a drink on another hot day during the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi
- It's those two again… Micael Isidoro and Gilberto Sampaio from the Vitoria ASC team in the peloton
- The peloton give chase to a leading group around one and a half minutes up the road
- Back in the peloton during stage four of the Tour
- The charge to the line and there is plenty happening
- Alberto Loddo checks to see his gap whilst chaos is happening behind him
- Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) takes out his second stage win of the Tour
- Wes Sulzberger (right) is consoled by South Australia.com teammate Shaun Higgerson after crashing in the sprint to the line
- Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) from Tasmania looks over his bike after biting the bitumen in the frantic charge to the finish-line
- A Francaise des Jeux crew member brings Lilian Jegou's bike back to the finish after Jegou cannoned into the barricades in the charge to the line
- Amir Zargari (Azad University Team) receives treatment after crashing in the hectic finish in Kota Bharu
- A battered and bloodied Amir Zargari (Azad University Team) recovers after his fall
- Sergey Kolesnikov (Unibet.com) would have been happy to feel the water on him after being in the lead break for most of the day
- Pierre Drancourt (Equipe Bouygues Telecom) makes the most of the water-spray that riders have been given after stages here under the Malaysian sun
- Stage winner Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) on the podium in Kota Bharu
- Hossein Askari (Giant Asia Racing Team) is the best Asian rider overall after stage four
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) in his Genting King of the Mountains Championship leader's jersey
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) from France remains in yellow after the fourth stage with a lead of four minutes
- Alberto is having a Loddo fun on the Tour… no, really!
- Pat McQuaid, the President of the UCI, fends off journalists' questions at the post-stage press conference
Images by John Pierce/Photo Sport International
- The Adrea TV Hostess
- School children cheer the passing peloton.
- The podium
- Malaysian children lined the course.
- Alberto Loddo winning
- Amir Zargari (Azad University Team) after his crash
- Alberto Loddo gives a winning salute.
Results
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.00.58 2 Maximilian Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 4 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 6 Msahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 8 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 9 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 10 Nickolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Ahmad Haidar Anwar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 12 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 13 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 14 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 15 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 16 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 17 Franck Renier (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 18 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 19 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 20 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 21 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 23 Saiful Anuar Abd Aziz (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 24 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitoria ASC 27 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 28 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 29 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 31 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 32 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 33 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 34 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 35 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitoria ASC 36 Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 37 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 38 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 39 Ian McLeod AFS Française des Jeux 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 41 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 42 Jose Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 43 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 44 Johannes Jacobus Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 45 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 47 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 48 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 49 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 50 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 51 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitoria ASC 52 David Navas (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 53 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 54 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitoria ASC 55 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 56 David George (RSA) South Africa 57 Didier Rous (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 58 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 59 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 60 S Moezeddin S Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran National Team 61 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 62 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 63 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 64 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 65 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 66 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 67 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 68 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 69 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 70 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 71 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 72 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 73 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 74 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 75 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 76 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 77 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 78 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 79 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 80 Chun Te Ching (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 81 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 82 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 83 Md Asril A Rahman (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 84 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 85 Michael Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 86 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 87 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 88 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 89 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team 90 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 91 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 92 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 93 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 94 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 95 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 96 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 97 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitoria ASC 98 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 99 Hidenori Nodero (Jpn) Skil Shimano 100 S Mostafa S Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran National Team 101 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 102 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 103 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 104 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 105 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 106 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 107 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 108 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 109 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 110 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitoria ASC 111 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 112 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 113 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 114 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 115 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 116 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 117 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 118 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 119 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 120 San Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 121 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (IRI) Iran National Team 122 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Belli. Wladimir (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 124 Mahdi Faridkovij (IRI) Iran National Team 125 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 2.15 126 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 2.36 127 Mohd Faris Abd Razak (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 2.59 128 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 3.36 129 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 130 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux Asian rider 1 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 4.00.58 2 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 5 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 7 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 8 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 9 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 10 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 11 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 12 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 13 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 16 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 17 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 18 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 19 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 20 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 21 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 22 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 23 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 24 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 25 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 26 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 27 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 28 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 29 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 30 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 31 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 32 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 33 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 34 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 35 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 36 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 37 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 39 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 40 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 41 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 42 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 43 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 44 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 45 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 46 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 47 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 48 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 49 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 50 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 51 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 52 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 53 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 2.15 54 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 2.59 55 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 3.36 56 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team Sprint 1 - Independence sprint Felda Ciku 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 pts 2 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 3 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 2 4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Sprint 2 - Kuala Krai 1 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 5 pts 2 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 3 3 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 4 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1 Sprint 3 - Machang 1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 5 pts 2 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 3 3 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 2 4 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Teams 1 Unibet.com 12.02.54 2 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 3 Korea National Team 4 South Africa 5 MNCF Development 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 8 Crédit Agricole 9 Letua Cycling Team 10 SouthAustralia.com 11 Polygon Sweetnice 12 Vitória ASC 13 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 14 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 15 Team Slipstream 16 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 17 Française des Jeux 18 AG2R Prévoyance 19 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 20 Skil Shimano 21 Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Malaysia National Team 23 Azad University Team Asian teams 1 Korea National Team 12.02.54 2 MNCF Development 3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4 Letua Cycling Team 5 Polygon Sweetnice 6 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 7 Malaysia National Team 8 Giant Asia Racing Team 9 Azad University Team General classification after stage 4 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.26.41 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.00 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 4.39 4 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4.43 5 Ian McLeod AFS Française des Jeux 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.45 10 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.47 11 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.48 12 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 4.50 14 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 15 Timmy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 16 David George (RSA) South Africa 17 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 19 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 20 Abbas Saeidi Tanha (IRI) Iran National Team 21 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.05 23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.20 24 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 5.21 25 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.23 26 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 27 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 5.24 28 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5.25 29 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 5.26 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.28 31 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 6.16 32 Jose 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 6.43 36 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 6.51 37 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.53 38 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 7.05 39 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitoria ASC 7.10 40 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7.12 41 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 7.16 42 S Mostafa S Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran National Team 7.50 43 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 8.17 44 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8.44 45 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 10.45 46 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitoria ASC 10.59 47 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 11.01 48 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 11.03 49 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 11.14 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 11.35 51 Jose Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 12.02 52 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 12.04 53 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.08 54 Lazlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 55 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.09 56 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 12.10 57 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitoria ASC 58 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 59 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 60 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitoria ASC 61 Didier Rous (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 62 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 63 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 64 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitoria ASC 67 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 12.11 68 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 12.13 69 Franck Renier (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 12.14 70 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 71 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 72 Johannes Jacobus Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 73 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 75 David Navas (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 76 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 77 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.21 78 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 79 Michael Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 12.41 80 San Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 13.11 81 Saiful Anuar Abd Aziz (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 13.26 82 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 83 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13.29 84 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 13.37 85 Msahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 14.12 86 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14.24 87 Mohd Faris Abd Razak (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 15.09 88 Belli. Wladimir (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 15.16 89 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.18 90 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 16.06 91 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 17.02 92 Md Asril A Rahman (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 17.48 93 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 17.57 94 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 18.14 95 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Equipe Bouygues Telecom 18.46 96 Maximilian Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 22.03 97 Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 22.23 98 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 22.47 99 Mahdi Faridkovij (IRI) Iran National Team 23.51 100 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 24.45 101 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 25.09 102 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 103 Nickolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.10 104 Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25.18 105 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 25.24 106 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com-AIS 25.33 107 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 108 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 109 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 110 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 111 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 112 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 113 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 114 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 115 Hidenori Nodero (Jpn) Skil Shimano 116 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 25.55 117 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.10 118 Alexandre Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 26.13 119 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26.22 120 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Malaysia MNCF Development Team 26.50 121 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.55 122 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitoria ASC 27.06 123 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.16 124 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 27.19 125 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 126 Ahmad Haidar Anwar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.42 127 S Moezeddin S Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran National Team 27.46 128 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 129 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 29.09 130 Chun Te Ching (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 31.56 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 13.31.28 2 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.01 3 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 0.03 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 0.38 7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.38 8 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.50 9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.56 10 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 2.04 11 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 2.18 12 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 2.23 13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.25 14 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 3.03 15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.57 16 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 5.58 17 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.14 18 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.16 19 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 6.27 20 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.48 21 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 7.23 22 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 23 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 7.26 24 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 7.27 25 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7.34 26 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 8.24 27 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 8.39 28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 29 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8.42 30 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9.25 31 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 9.37 32 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 10.22 33 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 10.31 34 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 12.15 35 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 13.01 36 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 13.10 37 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 13.27 38 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 18.00 39 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 19.04 40 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 20.22 41 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 42 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20.31 43 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development 20.37 44 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 20.46 45 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 46 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 47 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 48 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.23 49 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 21.35 50 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 22.03 51 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.08 52 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.29 53 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.55 54 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 22.59 55 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 24.22 56 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 27.09 Points classification 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 43 pts 2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 42 3 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 32 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 31 5 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26 7 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 25 8 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 9 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 19 10 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 11 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 18 12 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 16 13 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 16 14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 15 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 14 16 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 13 17 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 18 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 12 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 12 20 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 21 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 10 22 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 23 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 9 24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 8 25 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 26 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 8 27 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 7 28 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 7 29 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 30 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 31 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 6 32 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 33 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 34 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 5 35 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5 36 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 5 37 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 38 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 39 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team 5 40 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 41 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 42 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 5 43 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 44 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 45 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 3 46 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 3 47 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 3 48 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3 49 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 2 50 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 2 51 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 52 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 2 53 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 54 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 55 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 1 56 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 57 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 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 Teams classification 1 Crédit Agricole 40.30.21 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 team classification 1 Azad University Team 40.37.20 2 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.27 3 Giant Asia Racing Team 3.58 4 Korea National Team 9.02 5 MNCF Development 15.24 6 Polygon Sweetnice 15.32 7 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 21.48 8 Letua Cycling Team 24.10 9 Malaysia National Team 48.27
