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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

Alberto Loddo (left) of Tinkoff Credit Systems wins his first stage of 2008.
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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).

Zak Dempster (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) leads the peloton
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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.

Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) from Switzerland took the green jersey.
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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).

The Tour gets plenty of support from cheering fans
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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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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

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