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13th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 7-17, 2008
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Stage 5 - February 13: Johor Bahru - Bandar Penawar, 139.9 km
Loddo wins at last
By Greg Johnson and Ben Abrahams in Bandar Penawar, Malaysia
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Big things were expected from the Tinkoff Credit Systems squad heading into this year's Tour de Langkawi, and finally on today's fifth stage the team started to deliver with Italian sprinter Alberto Loddo taking a bunch-sprint victory. Loddo not only entered the tour as the in-form sprinter, the Italian also had history on his side after winning a record equaling five stages at last year's event.
"Today we went really well, we had [Serguei] Klimov in the break and that allowed us to rest a bit," said Loddo. "With one kilometre to go we were all together, at 400 metres I was alone, but at 300 metres to go I was able to jump from left to right and win quiet easily.
The Tinkoff Credit Systems squad entered the event as the strongest team in the race, with Loddo supported by Russians Pavel Brutt, a 2007 stage winner, and strongman Nikolay Trusov. The squad also has Loddo's 2007 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia team-mate Walter Pedraza on the squad, but the outfit has struggled to control the peloton at the end of each stage this year.
Loddo explained that a change in approach to today's stage was what helped with the team's victory. "The stage finish suited me really well today," he said. "There wasn't one metre of flat road today and we went always flat out, it was a very nervous race. There was never one minute to recover.
"It's good for my team and my team-mates who have kept confidence in me, I have paid them back today," he added.
Despite entering the tour as the in-form sprinter, Loddo said at the pre-race press conference there was no pressure to win at this year's event. The Italian had already claimed his first victory of the season at last month's Tour of Qatar, where Loddo beat the world's top sprinter Tom Boonen (Quick Step) to claim a stage win.
His pre-race comments aside, the lack of success in this year's race was clearly starting to get to Loddo. At last year's event, while riding for the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia squad, Loddo equaled Australian Graeme Brown's (Rabobank) record of most stage wins at the event, with a tally of five.
"I was desperate for winning," said Loddo. "The team has worked really well for me in the previous days. They have pulled a lot but with no result, I was especially disappointed yesterday because my team-mates made a lot of sacrifices and that was for nothing."
The close contest in most of the race's classifications, combined with the short stage distance, saw no meaningful break on the 139.9 kilometre stage. Action was hot in both the general and sprint classifications, however, with Bouygues Telecom's Aurélien Clerc claiming the green sprinter's jersey after a close battle with former leader Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team).
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Clerc dismissed suggestions that his efforts to claim the green jersey would affect his ability to help protect the one second general classification lead of team-mate Matthieu Sprick.
"Today was okay because the two sprints were at the beginning," he said. "For the team it's always better to have the second jersey in our team than in the other team. It was good for our team and it was good for me."
The Swiss rider added that while it would be nice to leave Malaysia with the green jersey, the yellow leader's jersey is the French ProTour outfit's main priority. "I think now I have the green jersey but it's not the main goal for our team," he said. "The first is to protect Mathieu, to try to win the overall, the second is to try to win stages.
"If Sunday evening I have the green jersey, it's okay," he added. "But I think if I protect Mathieu and sometimes I make the intermediate sprint and if I try to win stage, perhaps I win jersey at the end and it's okay."
Sprick's general classification lead came under attack by second placed Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche), with the Australian trying to claim bonus points at the intermediate sprints. Fortunately for the Frenchman a strong presence by Crédit Agricole in the sprints prevented the 21 year-old from claiming any time bonuses, leaving Docker trailing by a single second in the overall standings.
How it unfolded
A stone's throw from the wealthy Republic of Singapore, alongside the Straits of Johor, 143 lads in lycra signed on for today's fifth stage - the shortest of the race so far at 139 kilometres. Missing in action after their failure to finish yesterday was CSF Group Navigare pairing Ruben Bongiorno and Julio Cuapio Perez. However, the Argentine and Mexican still rode at least half of Stage 5 for training, leaving the start around 20 minutes before the race itself and cranking out a serious tempo before the peloton swept them up mid-distance.
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For the guys wearing race numbers it was business as usual when the flag dropped at 1:23 PM local time. Attacks, attacks and more attacks came one after another, but on the wide open freeways leaving Johor Bahru there was nowhere to hide and the peloton steamed toward the first Milo (like the chocolate drink) sprint after 18.6 kilometres.
Solid Swiss sprinter Aurélien Clerc hit the line first, making the Bouygues Telecom man maillot vert virtuel when classification leader Anwar Manan (Letua Cycling) failed to score. Aussie Mitch Docker was on the hunt for time bonuses too, hoping to overhaul race leader Matthieu Sprick, but the Drapac man was denied by Crédit Agricole's Sebastian Hinault and Jean-Marc Marino, having to settle for fourth.
Still more riders tried, but the never ending straights and leg-sapping drags meant this wasn't breakaway territory. Manan hit back at the second sprint after 39.4 kilometres, but right behind was Clerc who maintained a one point advantage overall. After one hour of racing 45.5 kilometres had been covered - not as fast as yesterday, but we never said it would be.
Seventy-five kilometres down and finally a group of 30 broke clear. But with two party-poopers present by the names of Hidenori Nodera (Skil-Shimano) and Diego Nosotti (NGC Medical) - the only riders posing a threat overall - this big group didn't stand much chance of staying clear.
That wouldn't stop them trying, though, and after Nosotti grabbed the third and final intermediate sprint at Bandar Penawar after 82.8 kilometres, the break had its maximum advantage of 53 seconds. As the peloton began to close in behind, Crédit Agricole's Nicolas Roche and Matteo Priamo (CSF Group Navigare) decided it was death or glory and flew the coup. Shortly afterwards the pair were joined by Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC), Serguei Klimnov (Tinkoff), Stefan Trafelet (NGC Medical) and Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS).
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Passing the 25 kilometre marker and the six leaders were nursing a precarious 26-second advantage until Roche broke away solo three kilometres later. The young Irishman was immediately hauled back, but jumped again with 15 to go, getting Colombian Serpa for company.
Roche finally left the South American behind at seven kilometres remaining, and as the time gaps held steady at 25 seconds it seemed there was some hope for the Irish time trial champion. It wasn't to be however, as the peloton gobbled up the Crédit Agricole man inside five kilometres, setting the stage for the tour's second bunch gallop.
And this time Alberto Loddo made no mistake. The pint-sized Tinkoff terrier hit the front early, but even allowing for the uphill finish, the Italian had so much gas there was ample time and space to celebrate in the final 10 metres. Rolling across the line some three minutes later was the exhausted figure of Roche, the 23 year-old getting a well-deserved cheer for his valiant effort today.
Photography
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- Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) wins the Stage 5 bunch sprint.
- Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) celebrates his Stage 5 victory.
- Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) receives a congratulatory hug from one of his support staff.
- Podium (L-R): Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom), and Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo - GDR).
- The Trek Marco Polo team discusses strategy prior to the start of stage five.
- The Team Type 1 guys were serious about their hydration.
- Once again, the pre-race entertainment did not disappoint.
- The riders prepare for the start of stage 5 along the ocean.
- Ben Brooks (Team Type 1) starts things early and jumps into the first break of the day.
- Today's stage took the riders out into some of the palm tree farms.
- A Crédit Agricole rider leads the green jersey ( Anuar Manan- Letua Cycling Team ) through a small town at the midpoint of today's stage.
- Yip Wang Tang (Hong Hong National Cycling Team) cruises through town.
- Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) was active in many of the breaks again today.
- The peloton enjoys the lush greenery of Malaysia.
- There were constant attacks on today's short stage that meandered through rural malaysia.
- The race leader, Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) kept a watchful eye on the group as his lead was only one second going into today's stage.
- Race leader Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) showed the strength
- Diego Nosotti (NGC Medical) bridged up to the break with a small group.
- A small break launched itself from the disorganized larger bunch not wanting to slow their pace.
- Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) rode an outstanding race today aggressively getting in nearly every move.
- The riders were a bit too busy to notice all the lush greenery surrounding the course.
- Today's short stage produced a very active race with many attacks; these six riders have a go with 20K to go.
- The pace was high, stringing the 143-rider peloton out along the palm tree lined roads.
- With ten kilometres to go it looked like these six riders would decide the race, but it all came back together in the last few kilometers.
- Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo – GDR) remained in the blue jersey after today's stage.
- Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) celebrates his victory on the top step of the podium.
- Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) picks up the green jersey for his sprinting prowess.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) hangs on to the yellow jersey by the narrowest of margins... One second separates him from Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche).
- Bouygues Telecom team-mates Aurélien Clerc and Matthieu Sprick pay the bills, putting their sponsor on the podium twice.
- Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) answers questions from the press at the conclusion of stage 5
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Meals on wheels: Rider's feed-bags hang off their bikes in Johor Bahru prior to the start of stage five
- Riders shelter from the heat in Johor Bahru before the start of stage five
- Commissaire Martin Bruin (left) and Race Director Michael Robb relax before the start to stage five in Johor Bahru
- The Drapac Porsche team discuss tactis heading into the fifth stage
- Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1) from Australia will be working hard for his teammates Glen Chadwick and Matt Wilson who are currently both in top twenty on GC
- Team Type 1 manager Ed Beamon can be well pleased with his charges so far on the Tour
- Taking pride in your work: Tour leader Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) shines his shoes in readiness for another day in the saddle
- Tour jersey leaders (L-R): Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) the Tour leader, Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team) Sprint points leader, and Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR) best placed Asian rider
- The Tour departs Johor Bahru bound for Bandar Penwar some 139 kilometres away
- Stop work meeting: Locals take a break from the job as the Tour goes by
- Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) takes the first of three all important intermediate sprints on stage five
- The peloton roll by excited local Malaysian school-children on their way to Bandar Penawar
- Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team) takes the second intermediate sprint on stage five
- Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche) goes on the attack on undulating roads during stage five
- Filippo Savini (CSF Group Navigare) from Italy in action during stage five
- Zak Dempster (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) leads the peloton towards the next intermediate sprint points section
- The yellow jersey safely tucked away in the peloton - or is he?
- Tour leader Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) gets assistance from a teammate after puncturing on stage five
- A helping hand: Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) pushes his teammate and Tour leader, Matthieu Sprick, back into action after the later punctured
- The Tour heads up a small rise on the undulating roads of stage five
- Diego Nosotti (right) of the NGC Medical-OTC takes out the third and final intermediate sprint ahead of Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom)
- The Tour gets plenty of support from cheering fans along the race route of the Tour de Langkawi
- Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR), currently the best placed Asian rider on the Tour, on the drop-bars and looking to attack
- The lead group hit the fifty kilometre to go sign around a minute ahead of the peloton
- The peloton in search of a leading group of riders approaching fifty kilometres to go
- Yoshimasa Hirose (53) and Skil Shimano teammate Yusuke Hatanaka back in the chasing peloton
- A leading group of riders tried to steal the stage from the chasing peloton
- The peloton close in on the lead group in the final 25 kilometres
- Alberto Loddo (far left) of Tinkoff Credit Systems takes out stage five in Bandar Penawar
- Alberto Loddo (left) of Tinkoff Credit Systems wins his first stage of 2008 but he is certainly used to winning in Malaysia
- Tinkoff Credit Systems Alberto Loddo, winner of stage five with an average of 44.86 kph
- Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR) squeezes into his blue Proton jersey for the best placed Asian rider overall
- Hey Matthieu, do you reckon we can win both the Tour and the green jersey?
- Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) is happy to be in the green jersey and may well be on the podium as a stage winner before the Tour ends
- Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) from Switzerland in his Milo Sprint Points leader's green jersey
- Frenchman Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) remains in a one second lead over Australian Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) after five stage
- Boys will be boys: The Tour leader Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) is raised to the crowd at the finish in Bandar Penawar
Results
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.07.53 (44.68 km/h) 2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 4 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 6 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 7 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 8 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 9 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 10 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 12 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 15 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 16 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 17 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 18 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 19 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 20 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 21 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 22 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 23 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 24 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 25 Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team 26 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 27 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 28 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 29 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 30 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 31 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 32 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 33 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 34 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 35 Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia 36 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 37 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 38 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 39 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 40 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41 Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1 42 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 43 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 44 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 45 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 46 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 47 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 48 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 51 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 52 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 53 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 54 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 55 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 56 Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 57 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 58 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 59 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 60 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 62 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 63 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 64 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia 65 Jacobus Venter (RSA) South African National Team 66 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 67 Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team 68 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 69 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 70 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 72 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 73 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 74 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 75 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 76 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 77 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 78 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 79 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 80 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 81 Dennis van Niekerk (RSA) South African National Team 82 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 83 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 85 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 86 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 87 Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 88 Moises Aldape (Aus) Team Type 1 89 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 90 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 91 Chris. Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 92 Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista 93 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 94 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 95 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 96 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 97 David George (RSA) South African National Team 98 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 99 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 100 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) South African National Team 101 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 102 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 103 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 104 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 105 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 106 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 107 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 108 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 109 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 110 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team 111 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 112 Ahmad (Mas) Malaysia National Team 113 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 114 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 115 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 116 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 117 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 118 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 119 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 120 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 121 Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 122 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 123 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 124 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 125 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 126 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 127 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 128 Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team 129 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 130 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.20 131 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 0.26 132 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.36 133 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.42 134 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.48 135 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.55 136 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 3.04 137 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 138 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 139 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 140 Ian MacGregor (Aus) Team Type 1 4.38 141 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 17.14 HD Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano HD Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team Points Sprint 1 - Ulu Tiram 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 3 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 1 Sprint 2 - Kota Tinggi 1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 2 4 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 1 Sprint 3 - Bandar Penawar 1 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 5 pts 2 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 4 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 1 Asian riders 1 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 3.07.53 2 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 3 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 4 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 5 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 6 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 7 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 8 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 9 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 10 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 11 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 12 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 13 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 15 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 16 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 17 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 18 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 19 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 20 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 21 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 24 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 25 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 26 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 27 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 28 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 29 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 30 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 31 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 32 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 33 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 35 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 36 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 37 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 38 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 39 Ahmad (Mas) Malaysia National Team 40 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 41 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 42 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 43 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 44 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 45 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 46 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 47 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 48 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 49 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 50 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 51 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 52 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.20 53 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.36 54 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 17.14 Teams 1 Meitan Hompo - GDR 9.23.39 2 Seoul Cycling 3 Letua Cycling Team 4 Hong Kong National Team 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 Credit Agricole 7 NGC Medical - OTC 8 SouthAustralia.Com - AIS 9 MNCF Cycling Team 10 Bouygues Telecom 11 Karpin Galicia 12 AG2R La Mondiale 13 Serramenti PVC 14 Malaysia National Team 15 Team Type 1 16 Trek Marco Polo 17 Polygon Sweet Nice 18 South African National Team 19 Giant Asia Racing Team 20 Islamic Azad University 21 Drapac Porsche 22 New Zealand National Team 23 Skil - Shimano 24 Team Ista 25 CSF Group-Navigare 0.48 Asian teams 1 Meitan Hompo - GDR 9.23.39 2 Seoul Cycling 3 Letua Cycling Team 4 Hong Kong National Team 5 MNCF Cycling Team 6 Malaysia National Team 7 Trek Marco Polo 8 Islamic Azad University 9 Polygon Sweet Nice General classification after stage 5 1 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.12.05 2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 0.01 3 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.03 4 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 0.04 5 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 0.06 6 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.07 7 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 0.08 10 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.10 11 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.11 12 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.12 13 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.13 14 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 17 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 19 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 20 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 21.50 21 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.58 22 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 22.02 23 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 22.11 24 Ahmad (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.13 25 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 22.59 26 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 23.02 27 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.03 28 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 23.05 29 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 23.09 30 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 31 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 23.12 32 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 23.13 33 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 34 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 35 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 36 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 37 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 38 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 39 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 40 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 41 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 42 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 43 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 44 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 45 Chris. Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 46 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 47 Moises Aldape (Aus) Team Type 1 23.15 48 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 49 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 50 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.17 51 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 52 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.18 53 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 David George (RSA) South African National Team 55 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 23.19 56 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 23.21 57 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 58 Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia 59 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 60 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 61 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 62 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 63 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 64 Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1 65 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 66 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 67 Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 68 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 69 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 70 Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team 71 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 72 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 73 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 74 Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista 75 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 76 Dennis van Niekerk (RSA) South African National Team 77 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 78 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 79 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia 80 Jacobus Venter (RSA) South African National Team 81 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 82 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 83 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 84 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 85 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 86 Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 87 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 88 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 89 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 90 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 91 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 92 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 93 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 94 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 95 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 96 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 97 Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team 98 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 99 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 100 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 101 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 102 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 103 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 104 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 105 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 106 Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 107 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) South African National Team 108 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 109 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 110 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 111 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team 112 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 113 Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team 114 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 115 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 116 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 117 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 118 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 119 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 120 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 121 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 23.38 123 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23.40 124 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 125 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.41 126 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 23.43 127 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 23.44 128 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 23.57 129 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 24.07 130 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 24.24 131 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 24.30 132 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 26.25 133 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 134 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.52 135 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 26.59 136 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 27.58 137 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 28.37 138 Ian MacGregor (Aus) Team Type 1 28.39 139 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 31.11 140 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 39.22 141 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 43.55 Points classification 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 54 pts 2 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 47 3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 37 4 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 34 5 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 28 6 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 26 7 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 8 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 24 9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 10 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 24 11 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23 13 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 22 14 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 22 15 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22 16 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 21 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 18 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 20 19 Ahmad (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18 20 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 15 21 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 15 22 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 14 23 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 24 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14 25 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 14 26 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 13 27 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 28 Moises Aldape (Aus) Team Type 1 10 29 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 10 30 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 31 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 32 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 33 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 9 34 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 8 35 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 8 36 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 7 37 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 6 38 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 6 39 David George (RSA) South African National Team 5 40 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 41 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 5 42 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 4 43 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 4 44 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 45 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 3 46 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 47 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 3 48 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 49 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 50 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2 51 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 2 52 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 53 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1 1 54 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 55 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 1 56 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 1 57 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1 Asian riders classification 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 19.12.13 2 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.02 3 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.05 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 5 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 21.42 6 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.50 7 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 21.54 8 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 22.03 9 Ahmad (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.05 10 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 23.05 11 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 12 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 13 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 15 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 16 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 17 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 19 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 20 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 21 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 23.07 22 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 23 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23.13 24 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 26 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 27 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 28 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 29 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 30 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 31 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 32 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 33 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 34 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 35 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 36 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 37 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 38 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 39 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 40 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 41 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 42 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 43 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 44 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 45 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 46 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 47 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23.32 48 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.33 49 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 23.35 50 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 23.36 51 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 23.49 52 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 24.16 53 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 31.03 54 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 39.14 Teams classification 1 Serramenti PVC 57.59.48 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 Porsche 23.08 10 Credit Agricole 23.14 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 12 Karpin Galicia 23.16 13 New Zealand National Team 23.22 14 NGC Medical - OTC 15 SouthAustralia.Com - AIS 16 South African National Team 17 Malaysia National Team 43.55 18 Trek Marco Polo 45.26 19 Hong Kong National Team 46.14 20 MNCF Cycling Team 21 Islamic Azad University 46.18 22 Team Ista 46.22 23 Polygon Sweet Nice 24 AG2R La Mondiale 46.30 25 CSF Group-Navigare 47.04 Asian teams classification 1 Meitan Hompo - GDR 58.21.52 2 Seoul Cycling 0.01 3 Malaysia National Team 21.51 4 Letua Cycling Team 22.58 5 Trek Marco Polo 23.22 6 Hong Kong National Team 24.10 7 MNCF Cycling Team 8 Islamic Azad University 24.14 9 Polygon Sweet Nice 24.18
