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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007
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Stage 9 - February 10: Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur, 170.5 km
Brutt strength: A tick in the box for Tinkoff
Charteau shows courage under fire
By Anthony Tan in Seremban, Malaysia
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Ever since they announced their entry into the professional peloton some months ago, Tinkoff Credit Systems have talked the talk. And it wasn't much more than that.
But on a stinking hot Saturday in Seremban, 25 year-old Pavel Brutt walked the walk. Held on a brutal up-and-down, 173 kilometre-long parcours, the super-strong Russian used a combination of determination and brute strength to first go away in the day's early move, open a lead that at one stage threatened the maillot jaune, before changing his tactics in an all-out assault for victory.
As Brutt crossed the line with his fist clenched low, three seconds clear of Sergey Kolesnikov (Unibet.com) and Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom), one could see from his facial expression that victory was significant. "It was a very difficult stage - I think it was nine and a half... no, ten," he smiled, asked to rate the difficulty of today's effort out of ten. "But to be the first Tinkoff rider to win a stage, I'm very happy."
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The Crédit Agricole team of race leader Anthony Charteau was clearly on the defensive today, and right from the get-go. But, unperturbed, the maillot jaune showed serious courage under fire, containing the Tinkoff assault and limiting his losses to just thirty-four seconds by the day's end.
"Today was an extremely hard stage - the attacks went early, and the composition of the breakaway was not exactly in our favour, so we had to work very hard behind," said Charteau.
"We thought after yesterday that Selle Italia would attack again, so although the Tinkoff riders were impressive, we still marked the Selle Italia riders. The heat as well as the terrain made it tough, but my advantage is that I like the heat, and I could see my adversaries were tiring at the end - I was feeling really good in the last kilometres of the race."
A 56 kilometre procession of sorts is all that's left before the 27 year-old Frenchman is crowned winner of the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi. It's a formality - and an opportunity for Alberto Loddo to grab a fifth stage win - but for Charteau, complete relief won't show till the race is done and dusted - which should be no later than 6:00pm tomorrow evening.
"I know I will have the yellow jersey tomorrow," Charteau said, his tone growing more confident by the minute. "I have a good team of riders behind me, and I think it's going to be more of a spectacle than a fight for GC."
How it unfolded
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By no means a cakewalk, the penultimate stage of the 2007 Le Tour de Langkawi was the last real opportunity to force any change at the top of the leaderboard. Over 173.1 kilometres, Stage 9 would be flat for only the first 80 clicks, before the riders faced some serious up-and-down action. Beginning with the Cat. 2 climb to Bukit Tangga, its peak at km 137.8, the riders would then be faced with a Cat.3 and Cat. 4 ascent in the closing 15 kilometres (km 157.6 and km 164). In short, a worthy test for the maillot jaune of Anthony Charteau.
A hot, hot 11.30am start in the political capital of Putrajaya kicked off proceedings for 111 riders, 13 short after yesterday's savage ride to Genting. Half and hour later, 13 riders went clear, including the names of Voeckler, Drancourt, Kolesnikov, Klimov, Brutt, Tomei, Duyn, Barroso, Kannemeyer, Clarke, Arashiro, Mostafa, and Park. Best-placed was Brutt at ninth overall, 5'08 behind Charteau at the start of the day.
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With only Crédit Agricole working in the peloton and the break working hard out front, courtesy of a strong young Russian connection, the gap between the two groups grew to a dangerous three minutes flat after 60 kilometres, also sparking a four-man counter containing Pasamontes, Rujano, George, Serpa and Commesso shortly thereafter. A few from the latter group made it across and by km 115, there were seven leading riders holding a tenuous 25 second advantage over the groupe maillot jaune: Drancourt, Kolesnikov, Brutt, Clarke, George, Tomei and Duyn.
Having only the strongest left helped to widen the elastic band, but Clarke, Tomei and Duyn became victims of the searing pace being set out front, creating a final selection of just four men - Pierre Drancourt (Bougyues Telecom), Kolesnikov (Unibet.com), Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems), and George (South Africa). With 25 kilometres to go, the break had just 45 seconds' advantage over the peloton, which was still around 30 strong and still contained the maillot jaune of Charteau. At km 152 (21k remaining), the four leaders still remained, although Unibet.com's Luis Pasamontes and José Rujano had attacked the groupe maillot jaune and were closing in fast.
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Beginning the second to last climb at Lenggeng, the front group had stretched out their advantage to 55 seconds, the best-placed now being defending champion George, 3'36 behind Charteau and fourth on GC. However, the South African's deficit to third-placed Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) was over two minutes, so, at this point, all were thinking only of a stage win.
Behind them, the peloton began breaking up, circumstances that worked to the advantage of the break. By the final climb to Bukit Mantin, Rujano had bridged to the leaders and led the five-strong group over the last prime of the day, which signalled just nine kilometres of downhill to go. At this point, a tenuous 50 seconds was all that separated break from bunch... would it be enough?
Some tricky corners leading into the streets of Seremban turned out to be the perfect recipe for wily Tinkoff man Pavel Brutt, who jumped his companions 800 metres from the line to deservedly win the stage from fellow Russian Kolesnikov and Drancourt. Thirty-four seconds later, a greatly reduced peloton of some 29 riders came over the line; Anthony Charteau's victory was now assured.
Photography
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- Malaysian band members await their call up for pre-stage entertainment in Putrajaya
- Tatts are back! Nic Sanderson (South Australia.com) displays his tattoo before the start of stage nine
- The South Australia.com team (L-R): Wes Sulzberger, Gene Bates, Nic Sanderson, William Ford and Jonathon Clarke; absent, Shaun Higgerson who became ill and has returned to Australia
- English photographer John Pierce snaps one of the new moto-pilots to will be introduced to the Tour next year - or so photographers hope
- Jai Crawford (Giant Asia Racing Team) from Tasmania, Australia is headed for his best career result so far. Crawford is currently placed fifth overall on the GC
- The Tour departs Putrajaya leaving one of Kuala Lumpur's most beautiful mosques behind
- Thirteen riders formed a break after around thirteen kilometres of the penultimate stage of the Tour
- The peloton wind their way beneath skinny palms searching for the leaders some two minutes up the road
- It was the hottest day of the Tour so far and I couldn't wait for the riders any longer before my ice-cream would melt…sorry guys
- Three riders opened up a gap on the first climb of the day which completely splintered the race after the intitial lead group were caught
- Sergey Kolesnikov (Unibet.com), David George (South Africa) and Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems) soon found themselves with a gap to the rest on the category two climb at Bukit Tangga
- Riders give chase to the leading trio on the category two climb up Bukit Tangga
- Tour leader Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) in yellow, back in a chasing group of riders on the climb at Bukit Tangga
- Commentator David Duffield from England entertains the crowd awaiting the riders to the finish in Seremban
- It was a brutt of a day with the mercury rising above forty degrees but it didn't stop this brutt from claiming the stage; Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems) from Russia wins stage nine
- Daryl Impey (right) of the South African team edges out Gene Bates (South Australia.com) for seventh place on stage nine
- Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems) on the podium in Seremban the winner of stage nine
- Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) gets a helping hand with his Genting King of the Mountains leader's jersey
- Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) points to the heavens after sewing up the Genting King of the Mountains Championship of the Tour
- Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) takes a twenty-four point lead into the final day in the Petronas Sprint Points Championship
- (L-R): Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) stretches whilst stage winner Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Alberto Loddo (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) compare trophies on the podium
- Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) will take a 01'02" lead into the final stage in Kuala Lumpur
- A podium moment with (L-R): Alberto Loddo (Sprint Points leader), Ghader Mizbani (Best Asian rider overall), Anthony Charteau (Tour leader), Walter Pedraza (King of the Mountains leader), and Pavel Brutt (stage winner)
- Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems) from Russia gives the thumbs-up to his stage victory at the post-stage press conference
Results
1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.07.08 2 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 0.03 3 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 David George (RSA) South Africa 5 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.05 6 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 0.10 7 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 0.34 8 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 11 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 12 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 13 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 14 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 15 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 16 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 17 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 18 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 19 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 20 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 22 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 27 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 28 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 29 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 30 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 31 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 33 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 34 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.41 35 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.42 36 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 0.46 37 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.02 38 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 4.05 39 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4.59 40 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 41 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 42 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 43 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 44 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 45 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 47 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 48 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 49 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 50 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 51 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 52 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 53 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 54 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 55 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 56 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 57 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 58 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 59 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 60 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 61 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 62 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 66 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 68 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 69 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 70 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 71 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 72 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 73 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 10.00 74 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 75 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 76 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 77 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 78 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 79 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 80 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 82 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 83 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 84 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 85 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 86 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 87 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 88 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 89 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 90 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 91 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 92 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 93 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 94 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 95 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 96 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 97 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 98 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 99 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 100 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 101 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 102 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 12.10 Asian rider 1 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 4.07.42 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 4 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 5 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 7 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.07 8 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 3.31 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 4.25 10 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 11 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 12 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 14 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 15 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 16 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 17 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 18 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 19 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 20 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 22 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 23 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 24 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 25 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 26 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 27 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 9.26 28 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 29 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 30 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 31 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 32 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 33 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 34 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 35 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 36 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 37 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team Sprint 1 - Kajang 1 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 2 4 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 1 Sprint 2 - Sg. Muntoh 1 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 5 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Sprint 3 - Jeram Toi 1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 pts 2 David George (RSA) South Africa 3 3 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 2 4 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 1 Mountains - Bukit Tangga 1 David George (RSA) South Africa 10 pts 2 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 3 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4 4 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 1 Mountains - Lenggeng 1 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4 3 David George (RSA) South Africa 2 4 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 1 Mountains - Bukit Mantin 1 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 4 pts 2 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 2 3 David George (RSA) South Africa 1 Teams 1 Unibet.com 12.21.42 2 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.50 3 South Africa 0.53 4 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 5 Giant Asia Racing Team 1.24 6 Vitória ASC 5.49 7 Française des Jeux 8 SouthAustralia.com 9 Skil Shimano 5.56 10 Team Slipstream 6.01 11 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 10.14 12 Korea National Team 13 AG2R Prévoyance 14 Crédit Agricole 10.50 15 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 16 Azad University Team 13.45 17 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 14.39 18 Polygon Sweetnice 15.15 19 Letua Cycling Team 20 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 29.42 21 MNCF Development 22 Malaysia National Team Asian teams 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 12.27.31 2 Korea National Team 4.25 3 Azad University Team 7.56 4 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 8.50 5 Letua Cycling Team 9.26 6 MNCF Development 23.53 7 Malaysia National Team General classification after stage 9 1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30.50.19 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 3.06 5 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.05 6 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.14 7 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.21 8 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 4.43 9 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 4.53 10 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 4.54 11 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 4.59 12 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.08 13 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.11 14 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.15 15 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 5.40 16 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 5.53 17 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream 5.56 18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 7.52 19 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream 7.53 20 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 7.56 21 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 9.42 22 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.03 23 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 10.52 24 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream 11.24 25 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 11.37 26 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC 13.04 27 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 13.51 28 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 13.55 29 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 14.03 30 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 14.26 31 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 15.42 32 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 15.52 33 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16.07 34 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 16.40 35 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 17.04 36 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.14 37 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 17.31 38 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 17.35 39 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 17.51 40 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 18.44 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.10 42 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 20.20 43 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 21.00 44 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.28 45 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 21.31 46 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 22.32 47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 22.35 48 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC 22.59 49 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 23.35 50 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 23.59 51 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26.03 52 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa 26.07 53 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.08 54 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.15 55 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 26.18 57 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 27.22 58 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 27.34 59 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 28.28 60 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC 28.37 61 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa 28.39 62 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.42 63 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.05 64 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 30.07 65 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC 30.17 66 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 30.18 67 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 30.50 68 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.18 69 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 31.24 70 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 31.36 71 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 31.43 72 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice 31.48 73 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 32.20 74 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 32.34 75 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 32.58 76 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 33.23 77 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 34.24 78 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 34.28 79 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 35.21 80 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 35.51 81 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36.35 82 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38.06 83 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 38.53 84 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 39.13 85 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 40.05 86 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 40.16 87 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 41.05 88 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 41.24 89 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 42.02 90 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 43.37 91 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa 44.53 92 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 45.15 93 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 45.45 94 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 46.55 95 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 47.08 96 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 47.47 97 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 47.58 98 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 50.25 99 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com 51.24 100 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC 53.01 101 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 53.06 102 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 53.24 Asian rider classification 1 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 30.54.33 2 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano 0.29 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.40 4 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 6.38 5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 7.23 6 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 9.37 7 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team 9.41 8 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 9.49 9 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team 10.12 10 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC 11.28 11 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano 12.50 12 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 16.06 13 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 16.46 14 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team 17.17 15 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice 18.18 16 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 19.21 17 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 22.04 18 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 23.08 19 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team 25.53 20 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 27.22 21 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 27.29 22 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano 28.06 23 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development 29.09 24 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo 30.14 25 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling 31.07 26 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development 31.37 27 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano 34.39 28 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development 34.59 29 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team 35.51 30 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano 36.02 31 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 36.51 32 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 37.10 33 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 41.01 34 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team 43.33 35 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team 46.11 36 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 48.52 37 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 49.10 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 58 4 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team 56 5 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48 6 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 37 7 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 36 8 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 34 9 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Mountains classification 1 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 39 pts 2 David George (RSA) South Africa 35 3 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia 33 4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 5 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com 26 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 22 7 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 8 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 11 9 Jay Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team 10 10 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 10 11 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 12 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team 9 13 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com 7 14 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo 6 15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano 6 16 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 17 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 18 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6 Teams classification 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 92.44.13 2 Unibet.com 4.30 3 Crédit Agricole 9.25 4 Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.57 5 Team Slipstream 11.59 6 SouthAustralia.com 15.32 7 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni 15.35 8 South Africa 23.29 9 Skil Shimano 26.17 10 Équipe Bouygues Telecom 26.45 11 Française des Jeux 29.00 12 Vitória ASC 34.06 13 Azad University Team 35.56 14 AG2R Prévoyance 38.05 15 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 38.47 16 Korea National Team 43.10 17 Polygon Sweetnice 53.38 18 Discovery Channel Marco Polo 56.10 19 Letua Cycling Team 1.12.45 20 MNCF Development 1.31.42 21 Ceramiche Panaria Navigare 1.43.49 22 Malaysia National Team 2.03.39 Asian teams classification 1 Giant Asia Racing Team 93.03.43 2 Azad University Team 16.26 3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo 19.17 4 Korea National Team 23.40 5 Letua Cycling Team 53.15 6 MNCF Development 1.12.12 7 Malaysia National Team 1.44.09
