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13th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 7-17, 2008
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Stage 3 - February 11: Sitiawan - Banting, 209.4 km
Lee puts some Seoul into Langkawi
Historic day for Asian cycling as Loddo denied again
By Ben Abrahams in Banting, Malaysia
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Seoul Cycling's Jae Won Lee became only the fourth ever Asian rider to win a Tour de Langkawi stage after breaking clear from a five-man move in the final kilometre to claim the race's longest day and open a new chapter in Asian cycling history. Even more significant was the composition of today's winning breakaway as two Malaysians, a Chinese, Japanese and Korean combined to hold off all the peloton could muster and prove beyond doubt that Asian teams must now be taken seriously in modern competitive cycling.
The result is also a measure of the Tour de Langkawi's importance in this part of the world and an utterly convincing argument against its inclusion in the ProTour - a decision the race organisers were praising just last week. The gulf between other races in the far east and the European circuit - aside from China's Tour of Qinghai Lake - makes Langkawi an important stepping stone for Asian riders to prove themselves.
As a packed crowd looked on in admiration at the race's busiest finish area yet, the delighted winner explained his state of mind in the finale. "In the last five kilometres I got a message from the team manager, he gave me the encouragement to be strong and keep going, that's what helped my win today," said Lee. "My manager told me not to look behind, but I couldn't help it, I'm very happy to win."
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There was good reason to look behind, too, as the group also contained Malaysian sprinter Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team) and Japanese breakaway specialist Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo). Neither was capable of closing the gap with Manan forced to settle for second and receive the green points jersey as his consolation prize.
"I'm a bit disappointed with second," admitted the Letua rider, "because in the group of five I felt that I was the best sprinter, and that I'd have the advantage. But with one kilometre to go the Korean jumped away and I could not do anything about it. Still, I'm happy to be the first Malaysian to wear the green jersey."
Race leader Matthieu Sprick also praised the Asians' performance, the Frenchman maintaining his three second advantage on general classification with Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) leapfrogging back over Gustavo Ceasar (Karpin Galicia) into second overall. "I know that the Asians come to Europe sometimes, especially the Meitan Hompo team," he said. "They are known for being very aggressive riders and have a very good level [of fitness]. It's very good for cycling and for the Tour de Langkawi as well.
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"It was an ideal scenario for me when the breakaway riders were taking the bonus sprints," added Sprick. "My yellow jersey was not under threat. There's only 19 of us in contention now, but it took a long time before the breakaway went and that made the first part very hard."
For the third stage running, Tinkoff sprinter Alberto Loddo claimed the bunch sprint 1'09 behind the winner, and for the third stage running the Italian missed out on the stage victory. Loddo's fast twitch fibres may be beyond doubt, but the commitment afforded him by his Tinkoff team certainly is - especially considering the ease with which he cruised over the line today.
How it unfolded
Cloudy skies and cooler temperatures provided welcome relief for the 145 riders at this morning's start in Sitiawan. With 209.8 kilometres on the menu du jour, the race rolled out slightly earlier than usual at 11.20am. Despite the distance and soul destroying flat roads, there was no shortage of volunteers for the early move. However, special mention must again go to Malaysian National Team rider M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti - always the first man to attack and keep race radio on its toes.
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After one hour of racing 50.2 kilometres had been covered, and with such a high speed it wasn't surprising that no group had gained more than 100 metres in that time. It was obviously going to take something special to break the peloton's collective will and who better to do that than Mr. Breakaway himself, Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo).
The Japanese rider, winner of Stage 3 in the race's 2005 edition, let it fly after 66 kilometres and was quickly joined by Jae Won Lee (Seoul Cycling), Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team), Yan Xing Dong (Trek - Marco Polo) and M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Malaysia National Team) for a day of all-Asian breakaway action.
There wasn't total capitulation behind, though, and the lead grew steadily as Manan put his sprint skills on show to take the first points at Sg Besar after 78.9 kilometres. Dong, Lutti and Fukushima hoovered up the remaining points while reactions started to come from behind.
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Tanha Saeidi (Islamic Azad University) and Mohd Saleh (Malaysia National Team) joined forces in pursuit as did Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) and Swiss sprinter Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom). Saeidi and Salah got within two minutes of the leaders and the two pairs eventually merged as the gap fell back to 3'25. Still the average speed remained high, however, with 95 kilometres covered after two hours on the smooth hot-mix asphalt.
Italian squad CSF Group Navigare were now setting tempo and swept up the four breakaways after 120 kilometres. Undeterred by this latest capture, Aussie time trial specialist Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche) and Kuei Peng (Giant Asia) left the peloton's comfortable surroundings before the second sprint at 130.1 kilometres. Up front it was Manan bagging more points followed by Dong, Lutti and Fukushima.
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After 135 kilometres the front five had 2'03 on McDonald and Peng with the peloton a further minute down. Three hours into Langkawi's longest stage and the 46.3 km/h average began to tell as Peng was struggling to hang tough with McDonald. Approaching the 150 kilometre mark and Peng was totally spent, falling backwards while McDonald soldiered on alone. It was a valiant effort by the Drapac man, who closed to within 1'45 of the leaders but then began to feel the burn from his considerable effort.
Both riders were eventually reeled in as the gap to the leaders stretched above five minutes for the first time. Encouraged no doubt by memories of yesterday's disorganised chase, the Asian quintet forged ahead and with 2'54 at 15 kilometres to go it became a question of who would be Langkawi's fourth Asian stage winner.
Smart money was on Fukushima, but as shown yesterday smart money isn't always right at the Tour de Langkawi and keeping your Malaysian ringgit tucked away would be a wise decision. And so it proved as Lee ripped away over the river crossing into Benting to claim a historic victory by five seconds from a hard charging Manan and Dong.
Soon after the peloton hove into view but unfortunately for Alberto Loddo he was too late once again - the Tinkoff dinner table probably an awkward place to be this evening.
Photography
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- Mohd Rauf Misbah (Malaysian National Team) sure is going in the Tour so far. He lies 21st overall on the GC and is the leading rider on his team.
- The Tour leader, Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), takes a look at a Hindu Temple on the startline in Sitiawan before stage three
- Stage two winner, Jeremy Hunt (Credit Agricole), leaves a photographic studio in Sitiawan after placing an order to have his finish shot from the day before developed?
- The lead group of five riders close in on the finish to stage three to Banting
- Jae Won Lee (Seoul Cycling Team) takes out the 209.4 kilometre third stage from Sitiawan to Banting
- Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team) holds onto second place ahead of Yan Dong Xing (Trek Marco Polo) who is looking to the heavens for help
- Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) brings home the peloton one minute and nine seconds behind the breakaway five
- 'Police to Tour Director...Stage three of the Tour is now complete'
- You've got to have SEOUL: Jae Won Lee (Seoul Cycling Team) on the podium after his stage three win at an average speed of 44.54 kilometres
- Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo GDR) remains the leading Asian rider on the Tour after the third stage
- Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team) is the new leader of the Milo Sprint points competition on the Tour
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) from France holds onto a three second lead heading into the fourth stage
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) has a race time of 12 hours 24 minutes and 19 seconds after three stages
Images by Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
- The Malaysian National Team mechanic does his final preparations before the start of stage 3 .
- An Hindu temple just behind the starting line.
- Stage 3 started amidst many ornate cultural structures.
- The Malaysian National Team's Colnagos lined up and ready to go.
- The South African National Team is riding carbon Raleigh's this season.
- The Serramenti PVC squad poses for a picture at the start.
- These Indian performers danced on a bed of nails while balancing things on their heads... and we think cycling is difficult?!?.
- Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) waits patiently in the riders area prior to the start.
- The view from above as the riders begin stage 3.
- Hyo Suk Gong (Seoul Cycling) enjoys his music as he warms up.
- Dancers preformed a traditional Malaysian dance for the crowd at the start.
- The detailed traditional costumes were amazing.
- Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo – GDR) played his harmonica at rider sign in.
- Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) checks his blood sugar levels prior to the start. He is one of four riders on the team that has type 1 diabetes.
- Attacks were numerous near the close of the race.
- Abbass Tanha Saeidi (Islamic Azad University) enjoys his ride on today, the longest stage of the Tour.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) rode hard in the peloton carrying the responsibility of the yellow jersey .
- After a hard day powering the break it was Jae Won Lee (Seoul Cycling) winning the day.
- Jae Won Lee (Seoul Cycling) waves to the crowd from the awards stage.
- Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team) dons the Milo sprint leaders jersey.
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- The breakaway racing in the heat of Malaysia.
- The podium is dominated by Asian riders.
- Jae Won Lee cools off during the race.
- Or maybe he just got rid of extra weight so he could sneak off the front of the break and win the race?
- Sprick was well protected by his Bouygues Telecom team.
- Another big win for Asia as Jae Won Lee takes the top spot.
Results
1 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4.37.43 (44.54 km/h) 2 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.05 3 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.09 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 11 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 15 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 16 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 17 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 18 Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia 19 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 20 Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1 21 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 22 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 23 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 24 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 25 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 26 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 27 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 28 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 29 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 30 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 31 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 32 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 34 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 35 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 36 Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista 37 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 38 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 39 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 42 Moises Aldape (Mex) Team Type 1 43 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 44 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 45 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 46 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 48 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Chris. Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 50 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 51 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 52 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 53 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 54 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 55 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 56 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 57 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 58 Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 59 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 60 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 61 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 62 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 63 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 64 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 65 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 66 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 67 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 68 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 69 Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team 70 Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team 71 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 72 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 73 Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 74 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 75 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 76 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 77 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 78 Jacobus Venter (RSA) South African National Team 79 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 80 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 81 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 82 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 83 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 84 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia 85 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 86 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 87 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 88 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 89 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 90 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 91 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 92 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 93 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 94 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 96 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 97 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 98 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team 99 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 100 Dennis van Niekerk (RSA) South African National Team 101 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 102 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 103 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 104 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 105 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 106 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 107 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 108 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 109 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 110 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 111 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 112 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 113 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) South African National Team 114 David George (RSA) South African National Team 115 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 116 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 117 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 118 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 119 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 120 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 121 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 122 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 123 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 124 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 125 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 126 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 127 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 128 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 129 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 130 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 131 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 132 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 133 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 134 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 135 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 136 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 137 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 138 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 139 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 140 Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team 141 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 142 Julio Cuapio Perez (Mex) CSF Group Navigare 143 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 144 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 145 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2.11 Points Sprint 1, Sg. Besar 1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 3 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 1 Sprint 2, Kuala Selangor 1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 3 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 1 Sprint 3, Kapar 1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 5 pts 2 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3 3 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 1 Asian riders 1 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4.37.43 2 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.05 3 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 4 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 1.09 7 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 8 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 10 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 11 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 12 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 13 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 15 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 16 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 17 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 19 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 20 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 21 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 22 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 23 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 24 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 25 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 26 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 27 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 28 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 29 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 30 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 31 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 32 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 33 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 34 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 35 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 36 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 37 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 38 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 39 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 40 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 41 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 42 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 43 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 44 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 45 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 46 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 47 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 48 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 49 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 50 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 51 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 52 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 53 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 54 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 55 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 56 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team Teams 1 Seoul Cycling 13.55.27 2 Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.05 3 Malaysia N.T. 4 Letua Cycling Team 5 Trek Marco Polo 6 NGC Medical - OTC 1.09 7 Crédit Agricole 8 Drapac Porcshe 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Team Type 1 11 Team Ista 12 Hong Kong N.T. 13 Serramenti PVC 14 Karpin Galicia 15 Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 AG2R La Mondiale 17 MNCF Cycling Team 18 South African N.T. 19 Polygon Sweet Nice 20 SouthAustralia.Com - AIS 21 Giant Asia Racing Team 22 New Zealand N.T. 23 Islamic Azad University 24 CSF Group-Navigare 25 Skil - Shimano Asian teams 1 Seoul Cycling 13.55.27 2 Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.05 3 Malaysia N.T. 4 Trek Marco Polo 5 Letua Cycling Team 6 Hong Kong N.T. 1.09 7 MNCF Cycling Team 8 Polygon Sweet Nice 9 Islamic Azad University General classification after stage 3 1 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.24.19 2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 0.03 3 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 0.06 5 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.07 6 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.08 8 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 0.09 9 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0.11 10 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.12 11 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.13 13 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 15 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 17 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 18 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 19 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 20 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 21.53 21 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.58 22 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 22.02 23 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 22.08 24 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 22.11 25 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.13 26 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 23.05 27 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 23.09 28 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23.10 29 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.13 30 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 32 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 33 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 34 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 35 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 36 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 37 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 38 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 39 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Chris. Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 41 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 42 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 43 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 45 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 46 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 47 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 48 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 49 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 23.14 50 Moises Aldape (Mex) Team Type 1 23.15 51 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 52 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 53 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.18 54 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.19 56 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.21 57 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 58 Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia 59 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 60 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 61 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 62 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 63 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 64 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 65 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 66 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 67 Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 68 Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1 69 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 70 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 71 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 72 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 73 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 74 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 75 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 76 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 77 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 78 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 79 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 80 Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 81 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 82 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 83 Jacobus Venter (RSA) South African National Team 84 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 85 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 86 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia 87 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 88 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 89 Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista 90 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 91 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 92 Dennis van Niekerk (RSA) South African National Team 93 Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team 94 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 95 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 96 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 97 Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team 98 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 99 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 100 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 101 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 102 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 103 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 104 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 105 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 106 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 107 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) South African National Team 108 Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 109 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 110 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 111 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 112 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 113 David George (RSA) South African National Team 114 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 116 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 117 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 118 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 119 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team 120 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 121 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 122 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 123 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 124 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 125 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 126 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 127 Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team 128 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 129 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 130 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 131 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 132 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 133 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 134 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 135 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 136 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 23.38 137 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.41 138 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 23.43 139 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 23.44 140 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 24.02 141 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 24.30 142 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 25.09 143 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 26.11 144 Julio Cuapio Perez (Mex) CSF Group Navigare 26.34 145 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 27.58 Points classification 1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 31 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23 3 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22 4 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 21 5 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 20 6 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 20 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 18 8 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18 9 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 10 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 15 11 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 15 12 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 15 13 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 14 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 15 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 14 16 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14 17 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 14 18 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 13 19 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 13 20 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 12 21 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 22 Moises Aldape (Mex) Team Type 1 10 23 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 24 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 9 25 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 9 26 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 8 27 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 28 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 29 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 7 30 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 7 31 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 6 32 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 6 33 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 34 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 4 35 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 36 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 3 37 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 2 38 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 39 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 1 40 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 41 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 1 Asian riders classification 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 12.24.27 2 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.05 3 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 5 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 21.45 6 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.50 7 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 21.54 8 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 22.00 9 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 22.03 10 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.05 11 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 23.05 12 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 14 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 16 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 17 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 18 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 19 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 20 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 21 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 22 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 23.07 23 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 24 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.13 25 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 26 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 27 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 28 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 29 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 30 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 31 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 32 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 33 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 34 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 35 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 36 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 37 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 39 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 40 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 41 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 42 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 43 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 44 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 45 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 46 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 47 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 48 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 49 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 50 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 51 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 52 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 53 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 54 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.33 55 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 23.35 56 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 23.36 Teams classification 1 Serramenti PVC 37.36.30 2 Team Type 1 3 Skil - Shimano 0.06 4 Letua Cycling Team 22.02 5 Meitan Hompo - GDR 22.04 6 Seoul Cycling 22.05 7 Bouygues Telecom 23.03 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.06 9 Drapac Porcshe 23.08 10 Crédit Agricole 23.14 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 12 Karpin Galicia 23.16 13 NGC Medical - OTC 23.22 14 South African N.T. 15 New Zealand N.T. 16 SouthAustralia.Com - AIS 17 Malaysia N.T. 43.55 18 Trek Marco Polo 45.26 19 Hong Kong N.T. 46.14 20 MNCF Cycling Team 21 CSF Group-Navigare 46.16 22 Islamic Azad University 46.18 23 Team Ista 46.22 24 Polygon Sweet Nice 25 AG2R La Mondiale 46.30 Teams classification 1 Serramenti PVC 37.36.30 2 Team Type 1 3 Skil - Shimano 0.06 4 Letua Cycling Team 22.02 5 Meitan Hompo - GDR 22.04 6 Seoul Cycling 22.05 7 Bouygues Telecom 23.03 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.06 9 Drapac Porcshe 23.08 10 Crédit Agricole 23.14 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 12 Karpin Galicia 23.16 13 NGC Medical - OTC 23.22 14 South African N.T. 15 New Zealand N.T. 16 SouthAustralia.Com - AIS 17 Malaysia N.T. 43.55 18 Trek Marco Polo 45.26 19 Hong Kong N.T. 46.14 20 MNCF Cycling Team 21 CSF Group-Navigare 46.16 22 Islamic Azad University 46.18 23 Team Ista 46.22 24 Polygon Sweet Nice 25 AG2R La Mondiale 46.30 Asian team classification 1 Meitan Hompo - GDR 37.58.34 2 Seoul Cycling 0.01 3 Malaysia N.T. 21.51 4 Letua Cycling Team 22.58 5 Trek Marco Polo 23.22 6 Hong Kong N.T. 24.10 7 MNCF Cycling Team 8 Islamic Azad University 24.14 9 Polygon Sweet Nice 24.18
