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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 6 - February 7: Kuala Terengganu - Cukai, 141.5 km
"Yeeeaaah!" Alberto's lucky Loddo-ry
Selle Italia: "We have everything to gain and nothing to lose"
By Anthony Tan in Cukai, Malaysia
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Such was the yell that emanated from the mouth of today's winner as he crossed the line in Cukai. And so far, it seems the only person challenging Alberto Loddo is Alberto Loddo himself.
Once again, the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia sprinter made a mockery of the rest of the sprinters at the Le Tour de Langkawi. Besting Maximiliano Richeze (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare) and American Brad Huff (Team Slipstream) with apparent ease to claim his fourth stage victory, the 28 year-old is now one away from equalling Australian Graeme Brown's five-win record he earned in 2005.
"I won't say how many wins I will take," answered Loddo on his chances, "but if the team keeps working the same way, there might be another win or more.
"The Selle Italia team will also try and win the overall GC with Pedraza or Serpa; at this stage, we have everything to gain and nothing to lose," he said.
Team manager Gianni Savio, who has seen his fair share of talents come and go from his team, said he expected his reborn sprint signing to do well in Malaysia, but not this well: "I thought Alberto would be like this in this race, but I didn't think he could win four stages," he admitted.
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"Our philosophy is to do the best we can, and we don't work to set a record," continued Savio. "We want to be protagonists in this race, because we respect the adversaries, we respect the organisers and we respect the people - so we always try to make a show, a 'spectaccolo'."
Nevertheless, a fifth stage victory is well within reach. But with Richeze arguably his only real challenger here, how would he fare against the big boys at a race like the Giro d'Italia?
Replied Loddo, "The Giro d'Italia is a big race and I really hope our team gets a start, especially because this year it starts in my home region; I hope to do as well in the Giro as I have done here."
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However, despite being another sprinters' stage tomorrow, Loddo won't have the entire team at his disposal - climbers Walter Pedraza and José Serpa are due to meet their destiny in Genting two days from now. "Sure, and we'll try to win with Alberto," Savio said, "but it was not easy yesterday, it was absolutely not easy today, and I think it will be more difficult tomorrow, because more riders are attacking each day, and it is very difficult to control the attacks. Also, Pedraza and Serpa are our men for Genting."
Speaking of Genting, equipe Crédit Agricole should be confident that barring disaster, they can pull off the overall win with maillot jaune Anthony Charteau, his four-minute advantage over Pedraza a very handy lead indeed. "I had a feeling my legs were going okay today," said Charteau, "and as I said yesterday and the day before, I'm waiting for Genting to see if I can win or not.
"I'm not nervous, because it's going to be a purely physical effort. The team trusts me, and I know it will be a hard climb, where I will have to stay focused all the way; it will be a win or lose situation but now I'm confident."
How it unfolded
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The sixth stage hugged the coastal route all the way down the eastern peninsula, from yesterday's finish in Kuala Terengganu to Cukai, located smack-bang in the middle of this palm tree-lined seaboard. No rain this morning, but a thick cover of cloud offered the 127-strong peloton some respite before the glazing sun would wipe much of this out as the day wore on.
A relatively short stage at 141 kilometres, the organisers nevertheless managed to include three hotspot sprints and one Cat. 3 mountains prime at Kijal, its position 14 kilometres from the finish a potential springboard for a late-stage breakaway.
After the usual bagarre, five riders - Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux), Mike Creed (Team Slipstream), Yoshimasa Hirose (Skil Shimano) and Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) - escaped after 30 kilometres and opened up a maximum lead of three minutes at km 43. Maillot jaune Anthony Charteau's Crédit Agricole team were helped by Tinkoff Credit Systems and Vitoria to keep the break in check, with the quintet finally giving in after 100 kilometres.
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11 kilometres later and with just 30k to go, Shinchi's bro Koji took flight with Tinkoff's Salvatore Commesso, opening up a nice gap of just over a minute and holding off the now fast-moving peloton over the KOM in Kijal. However by this stage, their pair were less than 30 seconds ahead of the bunch, who had them within sight.
Another four made it across with 6k to go, but the new move was short lived and it became peloton groupé once again, for the third time in as many days. The bunch sprint was a formality for Alberto Loddo, who opened the afterburners with roughly 250 metres remaining and chose his line down the right-hand barriers, producing a superior turn of speed for his fourth stage victory at the Le Tour de Langkawi.
"In the final kilometre, I was well positioned," said Loddo. "I was in third wheel till 500 [metres] to go. One rider from South Africa [Rupert Rheeder] was at the front coming into the final corner, but I had no problems overtaking him.
Photography
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- Benoit Poilvet and William Bonnet of the Credit Agricole team browse over the stage route prior to the start
- Tour leader Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) prepares for the start of stage seven in Kuala Terengganu
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) relaxes before the start of stage seven with a four minute lead over his nearest rival
- A lone spectator shelters from the sun as riders depart the start
- Malaysian students capture the Tour leader on their mobile phones
- Corn nuts are on the burner as the peloton speeds by
- The peloton speeds over a bridge during the 141km stage six from Kuala Terengganu to Cukai
- A photographer snaps an early break on the flat stage six of the Tour
- A young fan awaits the Le Tour de Langkawi
- Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo) and Salvatore Commesso (Tinkoff Credit Systems) try to pinch a break in the final thirty kilometres
- The charge to the line and the finish to stage six in Cukai
- It's another stage win for Italy's Alberto Loddo of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team
- Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) on the podium again in Cukai
- Hossein Askari (Giant Asia Racing Team) remains the best placed Asian rider overall on the Tour
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) is still the leader of the Genting King of the Mountains Championship
- Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) stills leads the Petronas Sprint Points Championship
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) from France is still the Tour leader with four stages remaining
- On the podium in Cukai (L-R): Hossein Askari (best placed Asian rider), Anthony Charteau (Tour leader), and Alberto Loddo (sprint points leader)
- That's four stage wins on the board for Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni), he needs one more to equal Australia's Graeme Brown's record of five from 2005
Results
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 3.00.57 2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 3 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 7 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 8 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 10 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 12 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 14 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 15 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 16 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 18 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 19 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 20 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 21 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 22 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 23 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 24 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 26 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 27 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 29 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 30 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 33 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 34 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 35 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 36 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 37 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 38 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 39 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 40 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 41 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 42 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 43 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 44 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 45 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 46 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 47 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 48 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 49 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 50 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 51 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 52 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 53 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 54 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 55 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 56 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 57 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 58 David George (RSA) South Africa 59 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 60 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 61 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 62 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 64 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 65 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 66 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 68 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 69 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 70 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 71 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 72 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 73 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 74 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 75 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 76 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 77 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 78 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 79 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 80 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 81 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 82 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 83 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 84 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 85 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 86 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 87 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 88 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 89 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 90 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 91 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 92 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 93 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 94 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 95 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 96 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 97 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 98 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 99 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 100 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 101 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 102 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 103 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 104 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 106 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 107 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 109 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 110 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 111 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 112 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 113 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 114 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 115 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 116 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 117 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 118 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 119 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 120 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 121 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.22 122 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 1.01 123 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.24 124 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 125 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5.31 Asian rider 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3.00.57 2 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 3 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 4 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 5 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 7 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 9 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 10 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 11 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 12 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 13 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 14 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 15 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 16 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 17 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 19 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 20 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 23 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 24 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 25 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 26 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 27 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 28 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 29 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 30 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 31 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 32 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 33 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 34 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 35 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 36 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 37 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 39 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 40 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 41 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 42 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 43 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 44 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 45 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 46 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 47 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 48 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 49 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 50 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 51 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 52 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 53 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.24 Sprint 1 - Merchang 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 5 pts 2 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 3 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 2 4 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1 Sprint 2 - Independence sprint, Rantau Abang 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 pts 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3 3 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 2 4 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1 Sprint 3 - Paka 1 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 5 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 3 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 2 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1 Mountains - Kijal 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 pts 2 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 3 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 4 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1 Teams 1 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 9.02.51 2 Unibet.com 3 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 Letua Cycling Team 5 Korea National Team 6 SouthAustralia.com 7 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 8 Vitória ASC 9 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 10 Team Slipstream 11 Crédit Agricole 12 Polygon Sweetnice 13 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 14 Skil Shimano 15 MNCF Development 16 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 17 AG2R Prévoyance 18 Française des Jeux 19 South Africa 20 Malaysia National Team 21 Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 23 Azad University Team Asian teams 1 Letua Cycling Team 9.02.51 2 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 3 Korea National Team 4 MNCF Development 5 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 6 Polygon Sweetnice 7 Malaysia National Team 8 Azad University Team 9 Giant Asia Racing Team General classification after stage 6 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.22.45 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 4.00 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.39 4 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4.43 5 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 6 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.45 10 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 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 4.50 14 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 15 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 16 David George (RSA) South Africa 17 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 19 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 20 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 21 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 22 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.05 23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.18 24 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5.21 25 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.23 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 5.24 29 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5.25 30 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 5.26 31 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 6.16 32 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6.22 33 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 6.25 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6.37 35 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6.43 36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.53 37 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 7.05 38 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 7.10 39 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7.12 40 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 7.16 41 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 7.50 42 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8.44 43 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 10.45 44 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 10.59 45 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 11.01 46 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 11.03 47 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 11.14 48 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 11.35 49 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 11.58 50 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 12.02 51 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 12.08 52 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 53 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.09 54 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 55 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 12.10 56 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 57 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 58 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 59 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 61 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 62 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 63 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 65 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 12.11 66 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 12.13 67 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 12.14 68 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 69 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 70 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 71 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12.40 73 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 12.41 74 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.43 75 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 13.11 76 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 77 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 13.26 78 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 79 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13.29 80 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 13.37 81 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 14.12 82 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14.24 83 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 15.09 84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 15.16 85 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.18 86 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 16.04 87 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 17.02 88 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 17.48 89 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 17.57 90 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 18.14 91 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.46 92 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 21.51 93 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 22.23 94 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 22.47 95 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 23.51 96 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 24.25 97 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.06 98 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 25.09 99 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 100 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25.18 101 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 25.29 102 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 25.32 103 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 25.33 104 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 105 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 106 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 107 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 108 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 109 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 110 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 111 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 25.55 112 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.10 113 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 26.13 114 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 26.50 115 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26.55 116 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 27.06 117 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 27.15 118 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.16 119 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 27.19 120 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 27.42 121 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 27.46 122 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 29.29 123 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 29.52 124 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 31.56 125 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 33.17 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 20.27.32 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 1.35 8 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 1.50 9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1.56 10 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 2.18 11 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 2.23 12 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 2.25 13 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 3.03 14 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.57 15 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 5.58 16 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.14 17 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.16 18 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 6.27 19 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 6.48 20 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 7.23 21 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 22 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 7.27 23 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 7.53 24 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 8.24 25 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 8.39 26 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 27 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 8.42 28 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9.25 29 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 9.37 30 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 10.22 31 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 10.31 32 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 12.15 33 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 13.01 34 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 13.10 35 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 13.27 36 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 18.00 37 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 19.04 38 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 20.22 39 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development 40 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20.31 41 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 20.46 42 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 43 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 44 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 45 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.23 46 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 22.03 47 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.08 48 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.29 49 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 22.55 50 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team 22.59 51 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 24.42 52 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 25.05 53 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 27.09 Points classification 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 74 pts 2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 70 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 48 4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48 5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 45 6 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream 45 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 8 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 31 9 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 30 10 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26 11 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 24 12 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 24 13 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 21 14 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 21 15 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 16 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 17 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 18 18 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 16 19 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 16 20 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 15 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 22 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 14 23 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 14 24 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 25 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 12 26 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 27 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 11 28 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 29 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 9 30 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development 9 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 32 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 8 33 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 34 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 7 35 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 7 36 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 37 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 38 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 39 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 40 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 5 41 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5 42 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 5 43 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 44 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 45 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 5 46 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 4 47 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 48 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 49 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 3 50 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 3 51 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 3 52 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 3 53 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3 54 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 55 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 2 56 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 2 57 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 2 58 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 59 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 2 60 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 61 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 62 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 1 63 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 1 64 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1 65 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1 Mountains classification 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 22 3 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 19 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 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 12 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 4 13 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 14 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 2 15 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 2 16 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice 2 17 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 18 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1 19 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 1 20 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 1 Team classification 1 Crédit Agricole 61.18.33 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 61.25.32 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
