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12th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC

Malaysia, February 2-11, 2007

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Stage 3 - February 4: Kuala Kangsar - Cameron Highlands, 133.2 km

Crédit Agricole with strength in numbers

Chapeau lone warrior Anthony Charteau!

By Anthony Tan in Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole)
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In one fell swoop, the lean, mean, green team of Crédit Agricole have virtually cemented their place at the top step of the 2007 Tour de Langkawi podium when the race concludes in Kuala Lumpur, one week from today.

133 kilometres beforehand, making the early break was all 27 year-old Anthony Charteau was concerned about. But on the long, 40 kilometre-long climb to Kg. Raja, each of his four breakaway companions dropped off the pace and fell by the wayside. The idea was that he would wait at the top for team leader Francesco Bellotti for the final climb to Brinchang - but with a significant advantage, Charteau was given carte blanche to give it all he had.

"Clearly, Francesco Bellotti came here to win after finishing second in the Tour de Langkawi last year," said Charteau on the game plan prior to the start of the race. "We also had the intention of looking after Benoît Poilvet, who is riding really strongly after our off-season training camp.

"I'm not a bad climber myself and I can also play a role, so initially I was here just to go with the breaks, because I'm not in the best shape just yet. When it became obvious the advantage was significant, it was decided it was enough for me to keep going on my own after the first climb."

That's exactly what Charteau did, earning not only a magnificent stage victory and becoming the first Frenchman to wear the leader's jersey in the history of the race, but retaining a massive four-minute advantage over second-placed Colombian Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) and a half-minute more on the Bouygues Telecom pair of Yoann Le Boulanger and Thomas Voeckler.

And guess what? Three of Charteau's team-mates finished right behind this lot - including supposed sprinter William Bonnet!

With four of their riders now in the top 10 on GC, to say anyone other than one of this quartet will win overall next Sunday would take a very ballsy punter indeed. The only way this could happen would be for an all-out, combined assault from the Gianni Savio's Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni squad and Bouygues Telecom on the eighth stage to Genting Highlands, and a complete Crédit Agricole collapse. Possible, but highly unlikely.

"Considering the lead I have now, I will play to win overall," declared Charteau. "The training camp we did in the off-season has paid off, and to have four riders in the top ten will make things easier to defend the yellow jersey. It's going to hard; I don't know much about the Colombian rider [Walter Pedraza] who's now second [on GC], but I presume he climbs well.

"On Genting, everything will depend on my condition on that day: it's true I have a good advantage and that it might be possible to win overall. But if I don't, Bellotti is a really good climber and he likes these kind of gradients, like Genting, so if I'm not able to do it, he will."

Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo)
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Perhaps the only sour note for Crédit Agricole was the relegation of Bonnet for drafting, who was provisional points leader after the stage ended. Following a successful protest from Koji Fukushima's Nippo-Meitan Hompo team, the quirky Japanese rider retains the points jersey, though regardless, it's not what these guys flew 3,308 miles for.

Said Fukushima: "For our team, our objective is to win one stage of the Tour de Langkawi, so we are not so concerned about the [points] jersey. Today was a very, very hard stage and Anthony Charteau was very strong. The problem is," he added with a grin, "tomorrow, I want to attack again, so I will ask my directeur to let me go."

On the days till Genting, Charteau said: "I'm not worried about the flat stages - at Crédit Agricole, we're used to riding hard on the flat."

How it unfolded

All 135 riders who finished yesterday's stage signed in for today's Cameron Highlands sufferfest. Kicking off at 12:30pm from Kuala Kangsar, the 133 kilometre journey involved three intermediate sprints and two Cat. 1 KOMs, ending with a nasty 7k pinch to Brinchang.

And boy doesn't that feel
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A fast start (yes, we're beginning to sound like a broken record player...) saw 45 kilometres covered in the opening hour, but 17 kilometres before that, five riders - Anthony Charteau (Crédit Agricole), Michael Creed (Slipstream), Yukiya Arashiro and Koji Fukushima (Nippo-Meitan Hompo), and Won Jae Lee (Korea National Team) - left the grasp of le peloton.

Believing the break not to be dangerous, 9 minutes and 15 seconds was their advantage by km 60, with Creed dropped at the base of the first climb shortly thereafter. 10k later (km 70), a surge by Charteau saw the Frenchman alone, as a trio trailed in his wake. By the crest of the climb, Charteau was five minutes ahead of this Nippon-Korean chase group, eight minutes ahead of Loh Sea Keong (Discovery Channel Marco Polo), and 9'35 ahead of Walter Pedraza (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni), who attacked the main bunch a few kilometres from the summit.

Continuing to blaze a trail that eventually lead to glory, Charteau was also first over the next climb, followed by Fukushima, Arashiro, Lee and Pedraza. Succeeding his team-mate Saul Raisin in Brinchang one year ago, the Frenchman celebrated with arms aloft, 3'54 over a hard-chasing Pedraza and 4'29 on Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom).

Photography

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Results

1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        3.40.51
2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                   3.54
3 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        4.29
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                               
5 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         4.31
6 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                                                      
7 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                                  
8 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                 
9 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                                  
10 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                 4.36
11 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                          
12 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                              4.38
13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                                           
14 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                            
15 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team                                           
16 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team                                         
17 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                          
18 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                         
19 David George (RSA) South Africa                                                     
20 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                         
21 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream                                                
22 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
23 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     4.54
24 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                             5.09
25 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            5.11
26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                            
27 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team                                        5.13
28 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team                                             
29 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream                                                 5.16
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                                
31 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                     5.21
32 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team                                   5.24
33 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                              6.04
34 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                                         6.13
35 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                           6.15
36 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                  6.25
37 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team                                         6.39
38 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 6.41
39 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                         6.46
40 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development                                       6.53
41 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC                                                    6.58
42 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                        7.01
43 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                        8.05
44 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                8.32
45 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                               
46 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                         10.33
47 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                      10.49
48 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC                                                    
49 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                  10.51
50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                      11.23
51 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com                                                   11.50
52 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      11.58
53 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
54 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC                                                    
55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                                
56 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                                
57 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                                       
58 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team                                                
59 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               
60 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development                                         
61 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC                                                     
62 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC                                                  
63 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                             
64 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                        
65 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
66 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           12.02
67 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team                                               
68 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa                                                      
69 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                                    
70 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa                                                 
71 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice                                            
72 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                                  
73 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                                             
74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
75 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa                                                   
76 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                              
77 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                                   
78 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                      
79 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa                                            
80 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                            12.09
81 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                           
82 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream                                               12.32
83 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development                                   13.14
84 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                              
85 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                    13.17
86 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                   13.25
87 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                         14.00
88 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     14.12
89 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                            14.51
90 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                             15.06
91 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        15.48
92 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                            15.54
93 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team                                          17.36
94 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                               17.45
95 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                   18.02
96 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                               22.11
97 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                                
98 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                           22.35
99 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                          23.07
100 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team                                  23.39
101 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team                             24.09
102 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                 24.57
103 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                               
104 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development                                          
105 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   24.59
106 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                   25.04
107 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development                                         25.12
108 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                            25.21
109 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                          
110 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                           
111 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                        
112 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                                            
113 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                           
114 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                          
115 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                                   
116 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team                                         
117 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                        
118 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                     
119 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                          
120 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa                                                  
121 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                           
122 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development                                      26.39
123 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                     26.43
124 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC                                                 26.54
125 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream                                           27.07
126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                              
127 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream                                                    
128 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                      
129 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                 27.30
130 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team                              27.34

Asian rider
 
1 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                               3.45.27
2 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team                                      0.02
3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                          
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                                              
7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                      0.45
8 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team                                    0.48
9 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                   1.49
10 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team                                         2.03
11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                         2.10
12 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development                                       2.17
13 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC                                                    2.22
14 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                        2.25
15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                3.56
16 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                               
17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                          5.57
18 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                       6.13
19 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                   6.15
20 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                       6.47
21 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team                                            7.22
22 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development                                         
23 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                             
24 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team                                           7.26
25 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                                    
26 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                              
27 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                             7.33
28 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development                                    8.38
29 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                              
30 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     8.41
31 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                          9.24
32 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                      9.36
33 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                            10.15
34 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                             10.30
35 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team                                          13.00
36 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                               13.09
37 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                   13.26
38 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                           17.59
39 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team                                   19.03
40 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team                              19.33
41 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                           20.21
42 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development                                           
43 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                    20.28
44 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development                                          20.36
45 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                             20.45
46 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                           
47 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                         
48 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                           
49 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team                                          
50 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                           
51 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                            
52 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development                                       22.03
53 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                      22.07
54 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                  22.31
55 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                  22.54
56 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team                               22.58

Sprint 1 - Sungai Siput
 
1 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                                5 pts
2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                             3
3 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         2
4 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC                                                     1
 
Sprint 2 - Independence Sprint, Chemor
 
1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                             5 pts
2 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream                                                    3
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                            2
4 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                               1
 
Sprint 3 - Ipoh
 
1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                             5 pts
2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                              3
3 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream                                                    2
4 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                               1
 
Mountains 1 - Border, Perak-Pahang
 
1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                             15 pts
2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                            12
3 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                           10
4 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                               8
5 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                      6
6 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC                                                        4
7 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa                                                      2
8 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream                                                    1
 
Mountains 2 - Equatorial Hotel
 
1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                             15 pts
2 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                     12
3 David George (RSA) South Africa                                                    10
4 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                          8
5 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                         6
6 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                                                     4
7 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            2
8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                            1

Teams
 
1 Crédit Agricole                                                              11.12.15
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                                                         54.37

Asian teams
 
1 Giant Asia Racing Team                                                       11.16.27
2 Azad University Team                                                             2.47
3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                                               5.14
4 Korea National Team                                                             11.49
5 MNCF Development                                                                18.11
6 Polygon Sweetnice                                                               18.19
7 Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                                           24.35
8 Letua Cycling Team                                                              26.57
9 Malaysia National Team                                                          50.25

General Classification
 
1 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                        9.25.43
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 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                      4.48
11 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                     
12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                      4.50
13 Michael Lange (USA) Team Slipstream                                                 
14 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                         
15 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream                                                
16 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team                                         
17 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team                                           
18 David George (RSA) South Africa                                                     
19 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                                           
20 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                            
21 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                         
22 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     5.06
23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                            5.20
24 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                             5.21
25 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                        5.23
26 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           
27 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team                                        5.24
28 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team                                         5.25
29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            5.28
30 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream                                                     
31 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                              6.16
32 José 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                                         6.41
36 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team                                         6.51
37 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 6.53
38 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development                                       7.05
39 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC                                                    7.10
40 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                        7.12
41 William Ford (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                           7.16
42 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team                                   7.50
43 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                        8.17
44 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                8.44
45 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                           8.59
46 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                         10.45
47 Jose Rodrigues (Por) Vitória ASC                                               11.01
48 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                           
49 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                  11.03
50 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                      11.35
51 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com                                                   12.02
52 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa                                                 12.08
53 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   12.09
54 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          12.10
55 Pol Nabben (Ned) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                                       
56 Micael Isidoro (Por) Vitória ASC                                                    
57 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC                                                  
58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                                  
59 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team                                                
60 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                                
61 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                        
62 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                             
63 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development                                         
64 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC                                                     
65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                           
66 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                                
67 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                               12.13
68 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                           12.14
69 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                                  
70 Artemiy Timofeev (Rus) Polygon Sweetnice                                            
71 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                                   
72 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) South Africa                                            
73 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team                                               
74 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                              
75 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) South Africa                                                 
76 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                                             
77 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa                                                   
78 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      12.21
79 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                 
80 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream                                               12.41
81 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                         13.11
82 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                         13.26
83 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development                                        
84 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                    13.29
85 Fabio Duarte (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                   13.37
86 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                         14.12
87 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     14.24
88 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                 15.16
89 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                             15.18
90 Julio Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                            16.06
91 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        16.10
92 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                            17.02
93 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team                                          17.48
94 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                               17.57
95 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                   18.14
96 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                           22.09
97 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                               22.23
98 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                           22.47
99 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team                                   23.51
100 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                 24.55
101 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                          25.09
102 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development                                          
103 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   25.10
104 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team                             25.18
105 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development                                         25.24
106 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                   25.33
107 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                          
108 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                          
109 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                                   
110 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                                            
111 Mariusz Wiesiak (Pol) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                           
112 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team                                         

113 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                           
114 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                     
115 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                 
116 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                           
117 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa                                             25.55
118 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                   26.10
119 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                         26.13
120 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                     26.22
121 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development                                      26.51
122 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                     26.55
123 Pedro Costa (Por) Vitória ASC                                                 27.06
124 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                 27.16
125 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream                                               27.19
126 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                              
127 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                 27.42
128 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team                              27.46
129 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream                                                
130 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                   31.56

Asian rider classifcation
 
1 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                               9.30.31
2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                      0.02
3 Saeidtanha Abbas (Irn) Azad University Team                                          
4 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Giant Asia Racing Team                                          
5 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team                                         0.36
6 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Letua Cycling Team                                          0.37
7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                      1.37
8 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                   1.49
9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                          1.53
10 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team                                         2.03
11 Rusli Amir Mustafa (Mas) MNCF Development                                       2.17
12 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Vitória ASC                                                    2.22
13 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                        2.24
14 S.Rezaei S.Mostafa (Irn) Azad University Team                                   3.02
15 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                3.56
16 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                           4.11
17 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                          5.57
18 Yevgeniv Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                       6.13
19 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweetnice                                   6.15
20 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                       6.47
21 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea National Team                                            7.22
22 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                             
23 Abd Razak Mohd Faris (Mas) MNCF Development                                         
24 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                                7.25
25 Ki Hong You (Kor) Korea National Team                                           7.26
26 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                             7.33
27 Sang Jin Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                          8.23
28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                          8.38
29 Abd Aziz Saiful Anuar (Mas) MNCF Development                                        
30 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                     8.41
31 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                          9.24
32 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                      9.36
33 Ahmad Lutfi Md Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia National Team                             10.30
34 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                            12.14
35 Saryana Amin (Ina) Letua Cycling Team                                          13.00
36 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                               13.09
37 Md Nor Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                   13.26
38 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                           17.59
39 Faridikovij Mahdi (Irn) Azad University Team                                   19.03
40 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                           20.21
41 Ruslan Mohd Jasmin (Mas) MNCF Development                                           
42 Nur Misbah Mohd Rauf (Mas) Malaysia National Team                              20.30
43 Basri Harnizam (Mas) MNCF Development                                          20.36
44 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                      20.45
45 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                           
46 Jeong Seok Chung (Kor) Korea National Team                                          
47 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                  
48 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                            
49 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                    21.22
50 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                      21.34
51 Salleh Mohd Zamri (Mas) MNCF Development                                       22.03
52 Ali Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team                                      22.07
53 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                  22.28
54 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                  22.54
55 S. Rezaei S.Moezeddin (Irn) Azad University Team                               22.58
56 Chon Te Chiang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                                    27.08

Team Classification
 
1 Crédit Agricole                                                              28.27.27
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 rider classification
 
1 Giant Asia Racing Team                                                       28.31.39
2 Azad University Team                                                             2.47
3 Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                                               5.14
4 Korea National Team                                                             11.49
5 MNCF Development                                                                18.11
6 Polygon Sweetnice                                                               18.19
7 Hong Kong Pro Cycling                                                           24.35
8 Letua Cycling Team                                                              26.57
9 Malaysia National Team                                                          51.14

Points classification
 
1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                            29 pts
2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria Navigare                               28
3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                      28
4 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        24
5 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                               20
6 Brad Huff (USA) Team Slipstream                                                    20
7 Luis Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com                                                    19
8 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                             18
9 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa                                                     18
10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                            15
11 Walter Pedraza (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                    14
12 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea National Team                                          14
13 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         13
14 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                                12
15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          11
16 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                     11
17 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                                 10
18 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                       10
19 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                                9
20 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                                9
21 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                        8
22 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                               8
23 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                                7
24 Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa                                                  7
25 Yokihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                                    6
26 Mashahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil Shimano                                             6
27 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                          6
28 Md Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                      6
29 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream                                                5
30 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia                         5
31 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                         5
32 Gene Bates (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                                5
33 Amir Zargari (Irn) Azad University Team                                            5
34 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                               5
35 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream                                                   5
36 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                                          3
37 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Nippo-Meitan Hompo                                           3
38 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com                                                       3
39 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) SouthAustralia.com                                           2
40 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea National Team                                              2
41 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       2
42 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              2
43 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) Discovery Channel Marco Polo                                   2
44 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team                                          1
45 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                           1
46 Paulo Barroso (Por) Vitória ASC                                                    1
47 Elia Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          1
48 Manan Anuar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team                                               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
12 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                           2
13 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com                                                 2
14 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa                                                     2
15 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice                                                2
16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                           1
17 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                              1
18 Gilberto Sampaio (Por) Vitória ASC                                                 1
19 Mike Creed (USA) Team Slipstream                                                   1

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