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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 8 - February 9: Proton, Shah Alam - Genting Highlands, 84.4 km
Serpa again brilliant, but Charteau holds strong on Genting
"The Tour de Langkawi is not finished," say Selle Italia
By Anthony Tan in Genting Highlands, Malaysia
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Despite breaking clear of the groupe maillot jaune more than 15 kilometres from the top of Malaysia's most infamous ascent, José Serpa's move was far from audacious: he had a job to do, he knew he could win. The only question remaining was this: would it be enough to win overall?
Angelically gliding up the gruelling 17 kilometre-long climb with team-mate Walter Pedraza and precocious Venezuelan climber José Rujano (Unibet.com), the trio rode Genting like a three-man team time trial, before Serpa left them both with four kilometres to go. The 27 year-old gave it everything, crossing the line 83 kilometres from today's start at the majestic Shah Alam with arms aloft, his index fingers pointed directly towards the sky above him - his second victory atop Genting in as many years.
"Our strategy was to attack at the beginning of the climb with the young Fabio Duarte," explained Serpa. "After, Walter Pedraza was followed by José Rujano, but our [final] card was me at the finish - I'm happy to win here for the second year."
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Pedraza arrived one minute and 16 seconds after; 28 seconds later was Rujano; 2'25 behind was defending champion David George from South Africa, who sprinted for the line; the Giant Asia duo of Jai Crawford and Ghader Mizbani rounding out the top six and finishing within three minutes of today's winner.
"I'm happy to reclaim the Asian rider's jersey - I had a good day today," said Mizbani, adding that the competition to be the best Asian rider is still very close, with just 40 seconds separating the top three.
"But where is the yellow jersey?" said MC David Duffield to the expectant audience, Frenchman Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole) only allowed to lose four minutes to retain his overall lead.
Charteau must have heard him. Because three minutes and thirty-six seconds after Serpa, the maillot jaune emerged from the mist, turned around to look back at the clock behind him, and defiantly punched the air with absolute delight.
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"It's been a terribly hard stage," said the Frenchman, who, unlike the previous four days, was now smiling with confidence. "The pain is something altogether different... it was really, really painful today, but it will remain a good day in cycling for me."
Continued Charteau, "I want to thank my team, who have done a fantastic job to help me keep the lead. Everything went according to what we expected; we knew Selle Italia would attack early - that was what they were supposed to do with the two super climbers they had. As for myself, I preferred to ride within myself and not go beyond my limits.
"Now I've got a one-minute lead... it's going to be another hard day tomorrow, and will require another day of teamwork - but I'm confident my team can do it again tomorrow," he said.
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Perhaps the biggest loser was yesterday's stage winner Shinichi Fukushima, the Nippo-Meitan Hompo rider falling as quickly out of overall contention as his came into it, losing nine and a half minutes and disappointingly dropping 22 places to end the day 24th overall. Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Ian McLeod (Française des Jeux), fourth and sixth at the start of the day, also fared less than well, dropping out of the top 10 on GC.
"I don't know if this is my best day as a cyclist," mused Charteau when asked the question. "I won a stage of the Tour of Catalunya, which is a UCI ProTour race and my first professional win. If, on Sunday, I win the Tour de Langkawi, it will be my first stage race [victory] and winning a stage race is something I've thought about for a long time. To stay in the wings of my team-mates is something I was not used to at first, but it will remain a great memory."
Two stages are all that remain before the 27 year-old Charteau is crowned winner of the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi, and while overall victory should be a formality, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia team manager Gianni Savio was adamant the race is not over.
"We hoped the leader had a bad day," Savio said, "but he defended very well and will probably be the winner. But also, the Tour de Langkawi is not finished; tomorrow is another day, and our team, Selle Italia, we can still attack."
How it unfolded
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At 10am this morning, hot and sunny conditions greeted the 124 remaining riders in front of the Proton Centre of Excellence at the Shah Alam mosque. Today's test was just 83 kilometres long, but with the climb of Genting looming in the distance, it was a tortuous one at that.
Just before the first Petronas sprint at km 17, four riders - Tiaan Kannemeyer (South Africa), Sergey Kolesnikov (Unibet.com), José Luis Arrieta (AG2R Prévoyance) and Steffen Weigold (Tinkoff Credit Systems) - went away, with another pair, Gene Bates (SouthAustralia.com) and Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramiche Panaria Navigare), coming along for the ride. With 49 kilometres covered, it was a super-fast first hour, keeping the distance between the break and peloton at a little more than a minute.
After 55 kilometres, Fabio Duarte (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) joined the sextet, before Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) also bridged the gap, only to attack his companions straight away. By the base of Genting, signalling 20 kilometres to go, four riders - Kolesnikov, Kannemeyer, José Rujano (Unibet.com) and Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) - were out in front, while the groupe maillot jaune was led by Crédit Agricole for their man Anthony Charteau.
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With 15k to go, a one-minute gap had opened up between Rujano and Pedraza (who had dropped Kolesnikov and Kannemeyer) and maillot jaune Charteau; a minute later, Pedraza's team-mate and danger man José Serpa joined the leaders to form a formidable lead trio.
10 kilometres from the finish, the groupe maillot jaune, who were impressively containing their losses by less than a minute, consisted of nine men: Charteau, Bellotti, Le Boulanger, Doi, Duggan, Crawford, Mizbani, Askari and Kolesnikov. Five clicks later, Rujano was dropped from the lead three, leaving the dynamic Colombian duo of Serpa and Pedraza to ride alone, with one assured of certain victory.
"In the car, we saw Walter was in a little bit of difficulty," said Selle Italia team manager Gianni Savio, "so we told him to continue with his 'passo', his own rhythm, and not use too much force. For this reason, José Serpa went alone."
And so four kilometres from the finish, that's exactly what he did, dancing a tune that could not be imitated and finishing 1'16 clear of Pedraza and 1'44 ahead of Rujano. Impressive rides were also achieved by David George (South Africa, 4th @ 2'25), the Giant Asia duo of Jai Crawford and Ghader Mizbani (5th and 6th @ 2'51 and 3'00), Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom, 7th @ 3'21), Yokihiro Doi (Skil Shimano, 9th @ 3'31) and, of course, maillot jaune Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole, 10th @ 3'36), who retained his lead as a result.
Photography
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- Is a big night out the key to climbing up Genting? Stage winner Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) finds the pre-stage entertainment a little tiring
- Riders are under race-control as they approach a Mosque in Kuala Lumpur
- The lead-group that formed on the roads out of Kuala Lumpur bound for the Genting Highlands
- Traffic in Kuala Lumpur came to a standstill as the Tour headed for the Genting Highlands
- The peloton head through a Petronas Sprint Point with the world's largest Indian temple at left
- Elephants watch the Tour speed by near Kuala Lumpur on stage eight…nah there not real
- The leaders beneath trees approaching the lower slopes of the Genting Highlands
- The peloton on the lower slopes approaching the climb up to Genting Highlands
- Jose Serpa (right) and Walter Pedraza of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team lead the Tour up the Genting Highlands
- Jose Rujano (Unibet.com) goes in search of the leading duo
- The yellow jersey group give chase to the leaders up Genting
- Tour leader Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) and Yoann Le Boulanger (Equipe Bouygues Telecom) feel the strain on the climb
- Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) takes out the stage to the Genting Highlands for the second year in a row
- Jai Crawford (Giant Asia Racing Team) from Tasmania rode brilliantly into fifth place on both the stage and GC classification
- Tour leader Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) punches the air after retaining the yellow jersey despite losing 3'36" to stage winner Jose Serpa
- Sprint Points leader Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) was happy to make the cut on the difficult stage up the Genting Highlands
- Paul Sherwen (right) interviews stage winner Jose Serpa (L) and his Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni team-manager Gianni Savio
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) recovers with his bike along-side after retaining the yellow jersey at the completion of stage eight
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (South Africa) recovers from the climb after being a part of the initial leading group of riders leaving Kuala Lumpur
- A delighted Jose Serpa (Serramneti PVC Diquigiovanni) on the podium in the Genting Highlands
- Ghader Mizbani (Giant Asia Racing Team) is now the best placed Asian rider on the GC
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) steps onto the podium to receive his Tour leader's yellow jersey
- Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) after his great climb is now the new leader of the Genting King of the Mountains Competition
- It was hard-work for Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) but he now leads the Genting King of the Mountains Competition
- Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) now lies 1'02" behind Tour leader Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) with two stages remaining
- Workmen getting higher on the finish-line scaffolding in the mist of the Genting Highlands
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) knows what it's like to try to defend the leader's jersey. But he won't re-live past Tour de France glory in Langkawi this year.
- The weather was beautiful for stage 8
- Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) attacks the climb
- Mike Creed (Slipstream) holds the wheel of Pedraza
- The South African team train
- Pedraza on his own
- Koji Fukashima suffering
- Jose Serpa alone on the road
- Jose Serpa has the top of the climb in sight
- Serpa on the steep part of the Genting Highlands climb
- Pedraza was happy with his team's performance on stage 8
- Jose Rujano (Unibet.com) was third
- David George (South Africa) had a great ride to come in fourth
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) turned himself inside out to keep the yellow jersey
- Charteau and his team worked hard to keep the lead
- Rujano leads Pedraza on the early part of the climb
- Charteau gets marked by the Giant Asia team
- Jose Serpa moved up to second on GC
- Charteau was excited to keep the jersey for another day
- The Selle Italia team gets honoured
Results
1 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 2.25.49 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1.16 3 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 1.44 4 David George (RSA) South Africa 2.25 5 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 2.51 6 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 3.00 7 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.21 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.28 9 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3.31 10 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.36 11 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 3.43 12 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.45 13 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.01 14 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4.15 15 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 4.26 16 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.29 17 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 4.30 18 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 19 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 4.46 20 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 5.09 21 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 6.14 22 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 6.38 23 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 24 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 6.39 25 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 6.41 26 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 7.18 28 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 29 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 7.22 30 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 7.43 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.16 32 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 33 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 8.28 34 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 8.35 35 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 8.43 36 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 8.56 37 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 9.09 38 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 9.12 40 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 9.30 41 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 9.34 42 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 9.35 43 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 44 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 9.38 45 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 9.52 46 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 10.39 47 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 10.40 48 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10.43 49 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 11.08 50 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 11.11 51 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 52 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 11.57 53 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 12.19 54 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.50 55 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 13.06 57 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 13.07 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.16 59 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 13.19 61 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13.36 62 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 13.44 63 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 13.54 64 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.08 65 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 14.22 66 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 14.31 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 15.00 68 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 15.07 70 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.17 71 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15.20 72 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 15.24 73 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 15.25 74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 75 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 76 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 77 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.44 78 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 15.48 79 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 16.28 80 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 16.39 81 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 16.44 82 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 83 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 17.08 84 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 85 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 17.18 86 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 87 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 17.20 88 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 17.22 89 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 17.43 90 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 18.09 91 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.15 94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18.27 96 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18.31 97 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 18.46 98 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 18.51 99 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 100 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 18.53 101 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 19.00 102 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 19.14 103 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 104 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 19.42 105 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 19.50 106 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 19.57 107 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 108 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 20.05 109 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 110 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 111 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 20.28 Asian rider 1 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 2.28.49 2 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.31 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.43 4 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 3.38 5 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 3.41 6 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 4.43 7 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 5.16 8 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 5.28 9 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5.43 10 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6.35 11 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6.38 12 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 6.52 13 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 7.40 14 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 7.43 15 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.11 16 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 9.19 17 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 10.06 18 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 10.36 19 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 10.54 20 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 11.22 21 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 12.07 22 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 12.17 23 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 12.25 24 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 12.48 25 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 13.44 26 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 14.08 27 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 28 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 14.20 29 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 14.22 30 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 14.43 31 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 15.09 32 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15.27 33 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15.46 34 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 15.51 35 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 36 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15.53 37 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 16.42 38 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 16.50 39 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 16.57 40 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 41 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 17.28 Sprint 1 - Buloh 1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 5 pts 2 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 3 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 2 4 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Sprint 2 - Independence Sprint - Batu Caves 1 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 3 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 2 4 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 1 Sprint 3 - Independence Sprint - Gombak 1 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 pts 2 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 3 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 2 4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 1 Mountains - Genting Finish 1 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 25 pts 2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 20 3 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 16 4 David George (RSA) South Africa 12 5 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 10 6 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 8 7 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5 9 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 4 10 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 11 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 2 12 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Teams 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 7.27.01 2 Unibet.com 0.54 3 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 4 Crédit Agricole 4.11 5 Team Slipstream 6.44 6 South Africa 10.35 7 SouthAustralia.com 10.36 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.02 9 Vitória ASC 13.50 10 Française des Jeux 16.44 11 Skil Shimano 17.29 12 AG2R Prévoyance 20.27 13 Azad University Team 20.48 14 Polygon Sweetnice 21.28 15 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 22.47 16 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 23.03 17 Korea National Team 24.34 18 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 31.14 19 Letua Cycling Team 31.57 20 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 32.46 21 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 35.53 22 Malaysia National Team 44.07 23 MNCF Development 45.13 Asian teams 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 7.35.21 2 Azad University Team 12.28 3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 14.43 4 Korea National Team 16.14 5 Letua Cycling Team 23.37 6 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 27.33 7 Malaysia National Team 35.47 8 MNCF Development 36.53 General classification after stage 8 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.42.37 2 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1.02 3 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1.34 4 David George (RSA) South Africa 3.39 5 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.05 6 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.14 7 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 4.43 8 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.54 9 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.08 10 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.14 12 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.15 13 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 5.22 14 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 5.36 15 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5.40 16 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 5.44 17 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 5.53 18 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 6.59 19 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.48 20 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 7.52 21 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 7.53 22 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 7.56 23 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8.25 24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 9.26 25 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 9.30 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.03 27 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 10.06 28 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 10.52 29 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 10.55 30 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 11.17 31 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 11.40 32 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 12.15 33 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 12.22 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12.39 35 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 13.04 36 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 13.10 37 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 14.03 38 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 15.52 39 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15.55 40 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16.07 41 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.42 42 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 17.04 43 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 17.06 44 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 17.31 45 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 18.07 46 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 18.08 47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 18.10 48 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 18.34 49 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 18.44 50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 19.10 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.12 52 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 20.52 53 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 20.53 54 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.20 55 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 21.24 56 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.38 57 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 21.42 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.50 59 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 21.53 61 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 21.58 62 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 22.10 63 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 22.12 64 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 22.22 65 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 22.57 66 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 23.08 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 23.32 68 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 23.57 69 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 23.59 70 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 24.03 71 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.17 72 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 25.23 73 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 25.42 74 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 25.52 75 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 25.55 76 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 77 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.53 78 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 27.09 79 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 27.18 80 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 27.33 81 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 27.55 82 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 28.37 83 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 29.27 84 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 29.47 85 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 29.59 86 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 30.03 87 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.43 88 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 31.39 89 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 32.36 90 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 34.11 91 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 35.38 92 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 35.40 93 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 35.51 94 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 36.20 95 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 36.59 96 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 37.29 97 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 37.51 98 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 38.32 99 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 38.40 100 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 38.41 101 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 39.15 102 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 40.06 103 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 40.28 104 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 40.50 105 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 40.59 106 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 41.58 107 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 42.43 108 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 43.00 109 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 43.30 110 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 43.35 111 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 43.48 Asian rider classification 1 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 26.46.51 2 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.29 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.40 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 5.12 5 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 5.16 6 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 6.38 7 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 6.41 8 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 7.03 9 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 7.26 10 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8.25 11 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 9.49 12 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 11.41 13 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 12.52 14 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 13.53 15 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 14.56 16 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 16.39 17 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 17.39 18 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 17.56 19 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 18.43 20 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 19.43 21 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 21.09 22 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 21.28 23 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 21.41 24 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 25 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 23.04 26 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 23.19 27 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 23.41 28 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 25.13 29 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 25.33 30 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 25.49 31 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 27.25 32 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 31.26 33 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 31.37 34 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 32.45 35 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 33.37 36 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 34.27 37 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team 35.52 38 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 36.36 39 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 36.45 40 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 39.16 41 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 39.34 Points classification 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 94 pts 2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 70 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 49 4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48 5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 45 6 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 7 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 31 8 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 30 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 29 10 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 28 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26 12 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 26 13 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 14 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 24 15 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 22 16 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 17 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 21 18 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 20 19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 20 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 18 21 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 22 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 16 23 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 16 24 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 25 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 16 26 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 16 27 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 15 28 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 15 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 30 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 31 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 13 32 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 13 33 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 13 34 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 13 35 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 36 David George (RSA) South Africa 12 37 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 12 38 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 12 39 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 12 40 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 11 41 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 10 42 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 10 43 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9 44 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 46 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 8 47 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 48 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 8 49 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 7 50 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 51 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 7 52 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 7 53 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 54 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream 5 55 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5 56 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 5 57 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 4 58 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 3 59 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 3 60 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 61 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 3 62 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3 63 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 3 64 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 3 65 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 2 66 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 1 67 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 1 68 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 1 69 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 1 70 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 1 Mountains classification 1 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 39 pts 2 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 33 3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 22 5 David George (RSA) South Africa 22 6 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 16 7 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 8 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 10 9 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10 10 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 9 11 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 12 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 13 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 14 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6 15 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 16 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 4 17 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4 18 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 4 19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 20 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 2 21 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 22 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 2 23 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 2 24 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 25 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 26 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 1 27 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 1 28 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream 1 Teams classification 1 Crédit Agricole 80.21.06 2 Giant Asia Racing Team 0.01 3 Unibet.com 5.55 4 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 6.10 5 Team Slipstream 7.23 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 10.32 7 SouthAustralia.com 11.08 8 Skil Shimano 21.46 9 Azad University Team 23.36 10 South Africa 24.01 11 Française des Jeux 24.36 12 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 25.33 13 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 27.17 14 AG2R Prévoyance 29.16 15 Vitória ASC 29.42 16 Korea National Team 34.21 17 Polygon Sweetnice 39.48 18 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 47.21 19 Letua Cycling Team 58.55 20 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 1.00.29 21 MNCF Development 1.03.25 22 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 1.15.32 23 Malaysia National Team 1.35.22 Asian teams classification 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 80.36.12 2 Azad University Team 8.30 3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10.27 4 Korea National Team 19.15 5 Letua Cycling Team 43.49 6 Hong Kong Pro Cycling 45.23 7 MNCF Development 48.19 8 Malaysia National Team 1.20.16
