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13th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 7-17, 2008
Photography
Stage 9 - February 17: Kuala Lumpur Criterium, 80.4 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
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A young Malaysian
performs a local dance on the podium before racing.
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José Serpa (Serramenti PVC) from Colombia
was a crucial factor in getting his teammate, Ruslan Ivanov, into the Tour lead.
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Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti PVC)
from Venezuela.
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The peloton await the start to the final stage in Kuala Lumpur
as the mono-rail goes by in the background.
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An early break on the final day of the Tour
in Kuala Lumpur.
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The Tour leader, Ruslan Ivanov, is followed closely by
his Serramenti PVC teammate Danilo Hondo.
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The Serramenti PVC train roll through
with their Tour leader Ruslan Ivanov in yellow at the back.
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The Petronas Towers and mono-rail
in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.
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The Tour leader, Ruslan Ivanov (Serramenti PVC),
corners the streets of Kuala Lumpur.
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The Serramenti PVC train
on the streets of Kuala Lumpur.
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Things were hotting up on the final day of racing
when a power-box blew up in Kuala Lumpur.
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The breakaway riders
tried desperately to steal the show on the final day.
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Mauro Richeze (CSF Group Navigare) takes out the final
stage of the Tour in Kuala Lumpur.
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And he kept celebrating all the way down the
home straight.
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A happy Mauro Richeze (CSF Group Navigare) from Argentina
after winning the final stage sprint in Kuala Lumpur.
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Serramenti PVC team-manager, Giovanni Savio,
looking the part in his suit and ready to celebrate his team's performance on the Tour.
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Stage winner Mauro Richeze (CSF Group Navigare)
from Argentina on the podium in Kuala Lumpur.
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Italian Filippo Savini (CSF Group Navigare)
won the King of the Mountains competition of the Tour.
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The boys from Seoul Cycling team
won the best Asian team of the Tour.
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The best team on the GC went to Serramenti PVC
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Japanese rider Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR)
won the best placed Asian rider on the Tour.
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Switzerland's Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom)
won the Milo Sprint Points competition.
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The Tour winner, Ruslan Ivanov (Serramenti PVC),
looks to the heavens in appreciation of his victory in Malaysia.
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The Tour's jersey winners and final stage winner
on the podium in Kuala Lumpur.
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The podium is full of winners
after the final day of the 2008 Tour de Langkawi.
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I'm going to get some beers guys,
you all want to come back to my room and party?
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The 2008 Tour de Langkawi winner, Ruslan Ivanov,
of the Serramenti PVC team.
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The glamour of the 2008 Tour de Langkawi
in Malaysia.
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Ruslan Ivanov (Serramenti PVC) from the Maldives
rode into the Tour lead on the penultimate stage up Fraser's Hill.
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Three heads are better than one:
Italian Filippo Savini (CSF Group Navigare) scored his first major victory on the climb up Fraser's Hill on the penultimate stage of the Tour.
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Ruslan Ivanov, l, celebrates his Tour victory with
his Serramenti PVC mechanic in Kuala Lumpur.
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Jobs done: Serramenti PVC team-manager Giovanni Savio, l,
congratulates his Tour winner Ruslan Ivanov.
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Stage 8 - February 16: Temerloh - Bukit Fraser, 127.0 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Stage 7 - February 15: Kuala Rompin - Kuantan, 126.6 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
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The peloton pass through a Milo intermediate sprint point
on the 126.60 kilometre stage seven from Kuala Rompin to Kuantan.
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Wes Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) speeds along the roads
of Malaysia on stage seven.
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Well allright, I guess another one won't hurt:
Gu Hyeon Kim (Seoul Cycling) takes bidons on-board for teammates in the peloton.
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Hey! I want that bidon:
A Malaysian National Team support staff member helps Mohd Faris Abd Razak with supplies.
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In Malaysia, baik (pronounced bike) means good:
The 2008 Tour de Langkawi is all baik!
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Nikolay Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) from Russia
powers into a head-wind on stage seven of the Tour.
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Benjamin King (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) from Australia
was a silver medallist in the Australian Under 23 Time-Trial Championship in Victoria recently.
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Jean-Marc Marino (Credit Agricole) is just 13 seconds down on the Tour lead
and was attempting to sneak clear late on stage seven.
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The charge is on as riders sprint to the line for second place
in Pekan at the third and final Milo intermediate sprint of the day.
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Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) relenquished his Tour lead
on stage seven when Drapac Porsche's Mitchell Docker claimed time bonuses in two sprints.
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Blaise Sonnery (Ag2R La Mondiale) from France is currently 94th overall
some 23 minutes behind the new Tour leader, Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) of Australia.
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Australian Zakari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) is a danger to the Tour lead
in 12th place, 14 seconds behind, and wasn't allowed to sneak away from the peloton in the closing kilometres.
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The attacking Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR) tries to steal the show again
on stage seven putting a small time-gap into the peloton in the final twenty-five kilometres.
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Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom)(left) had surrendered the yellow jersey
on stage seven to Drapac Porsche's Mitchell Docker whose teammates were never far away closing in to the finish.
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Thirsty work for the South Africans:
Waylon Woolcock (left) and teammate Ian McCleod of the South African National Team take a drink before the run into the finish.
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Mauro Abel Richeze (CSF Group Navigare) leans into
Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems)...
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...leaving Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) with
nowhere to go but down...
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...as Loddo fell to the ground
as well...
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...but Richeze managed to
stay upright...
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...Loddo and Hondo landed
in difficult positions, but are both okay...
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...as other riders dive to
miss the fallen riders...
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...Hondo's glasses fly as Richeze
backs off...
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...letting Alexandre Usov (AG2r - La Mondiale)
take the victory.
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Chaos on the finish-line in Kuantan after a nasty fall
brought the peloton almost to a complete halt at the conclusion to stage seven.
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Germany's Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) came down in a nasty crash
just metres before the finish-line in Kuantan bringing another stage victory to a sudden end.
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Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) from Germany laments what could have been
another stage victory to him on the 2008 Tour de Langkawi.
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A Serramenti PVC teammate cools down Danilo Hondo
after he kissed the bitumen in Kuantan.
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An un-impressed Serramenti PVC team-manager, Giovanni Savio (right),
chats with his star sprinter Danilo Hondo after he crashed metres from the finish-line in Kuantan.
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Italian sprinting ace, Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems), had many emotions going through him
after he came down in a nasty pile-up at the finish to stage seven in Kuantan.
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Ouch! Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) took some bark off where it hurts
after colliding with CSF Group-Navigare's Mauro Abel Richeze close to the finish-line in Kuantan.
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There was nowhere to go:
Danilo Hondo (left) speaks with his Serramenti PVC team-manager Giovanni Savio about the crash near the finish-line in Kuantan.
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Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) is interviewed after the finish to stage seven:
Docker is the new leader in yellow of the 2008 Tour de Langkawi.
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After all the chaos there was a winner:
Stage seven winner of the Tour de Langkawi, Alexandre Usov of the Ag2R La Mondiale team.
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And a new Tour leader: Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) from Australia
will take a two second lead into the penultimate stage of the Tour.
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The stage seven podium (L-R): Auriel Clerc (Sprints), Alexandre Usov (Stage winner),
Mitchell Docker (Tour leader), Sung Baek Park (best Asian rider), and Chris Meschenmoser (King of the Mountains leader).
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Alexandre Usov (Ag2R La Mondiale) from Belarus
answers questions about his stage win at the post-stage press conference.
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It's been a big few weeks for Drapac Porsche of late on the racing scene and it just got bigger
with Mitchell Docker from Victoria in Australia taking over the yellow jersey as the Tour leader in Malaysia.
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Stage 6 - February 14: Bandar Penawar - Kuala Rompin, 182.8 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
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Johnnie Walker (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) from Australia couldn't wait to get into his feed-bag
and he was going to need it as he found himself in the winning break of sixteen riders
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The lead group make their way towards Kuala Rompin on a
182.20 kilometre journey from Bandar Penawar on stage six
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The lead group with a lead of over eight minutes
at around the 120 kilometre mark
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The leading group of sixteen riders contained no-one who was an immediate
danger to the yellow jersey of Bouygues Telecom's Matthieu Sprick
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Tour Technical Director Alan Rushton shows Japanese cycling photographer, Hitoshi Omae,
where the finish-line is in Kuala Rompin
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The charge is on for the finish to stage six and
Serramenti PVC's Jose Serpa is leading the way
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He has a kick as well as being able to climb: Colombian Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC)
takes out stage six in Kuala Rompin
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South African Nolan Hoffman (South Africa National Team) brings home the peloton
some four minutes and 28 seconds behind the winner, Jose Serpa
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Justin Kerr (224) of the New Zealand National Team found a Malaysian flag
to carry on stage six
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Jose Serpa (Serramenti PVC), the stage six winner of the Tour and at home on the flat
as much as he is in the mountains
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This way to the podium please: Sung Baek Park (Seoul Cycling) is the new wearer of the blue jersey
as the best placed Asian rider on the Tour
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Oooh, it's a tight fit: Chris Meschenmoser (Team Ista) from Germany is the leader
of the King of the Mountains competition which began on stage six
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Germany's Chris Meschenmoser (Team Ista) took the red jersey after being the first up
the category four climb at Jemaluang
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Switzwerland's Auriel Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) is all smiles and currently leads the Milo
Sprint Points competition by ten points from Letua Cycling's Anuar Manan
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Sprinting's not a difficult as this: Swiss sprinter and green jersey leader, Auriel Clerc (Bouygues Telecom)
squeezes into his Milo Sprints jersey
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Tour leader Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) gets a hand with the yellow jersey
from a Malaysian astronaut in Kuala Rompin
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The Tour jersey leaders on the podium (L-R): Meschenmoser, Serpa (stage winner), Sprick, Clerc and
Park
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Question time: The post stage press conference gets under-way in Kuala Rompin
with the Tour leader in yellow, Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) holding onto a one second lead with three stages remaining
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Stage 5 - February 13: Johor Bahru - Bandar Penawar, 139.9 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
Stage 4 - February 12: Port Dickson - Batu Pahat, 169.0 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
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Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) takes out stage four
of the Tour into Batu Pahat
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The Tour begins it's 169 kilometre fourth stage
to the approval of cheering school kids
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The peloton descend down a bridge
just after the start in Port Dickson
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Jose Perez Serpa (Serramenti PVC)
leads the peloton over a rise early into stage four
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Riders head over a rise during stage four which featured
many attacks
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Hua Kuan Lai (Giant Asia Racing Team)
has heaps of support at his side on stage four
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Malaysian children going ballistic…Paul Sherwen
where are you?
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I think it's this way?
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Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC)
goes on the attack during stage four from Port Dickson to Batu Pahat
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Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) from Germany
was looking for his first stage win of his comeback to the sport
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And there was a few of them!
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Gene Bates and Robbie Williams come to the aid of Mitchell Docker
their Drapac Porsche teammate after he crashed on stage four
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Budi Santoso (Polygon Sweet Nice) corners
in-front of some patient locals on stage four
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The peloton string out on the road to Batu Pahat
with two groups up the road
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New Zealand rider Paul Odlin makes his way out of there
after crashing in the charge to the finish-line in Batu Pahat
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You've got to hand it to the locals here in Malaysia,
they love their Tour de Langkawi
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The yellow jersey of the Tour leader, Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom)
safely tucked away back in the peloton
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Stage two winner Jeremy Hunt (Credit Agricole)
drives a group forward on stage four
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Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) was eager to het himself a stage win
and forced the pace on several occassions
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Riders giving their all in the chase
to bring back attacks on stage four
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Walter Pedraza (Tinkoff Credit Systems) powers
another attack on stage four
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Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) from Australia
is currently well placed inside the top ten
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The peloton descend a bridge in search of
four leading riders
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And it's Sunada! Yuzura Sunada, Japanese cycling photographer
takes out stage four, with the help of his moto-pilot
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Patient locals
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Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche), second overall, fell on stage four
but continued on to finish without losing any time
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Assistance for Mitchell Docker after he tumbled during stage four;
Docker is currently second overall on the GC
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Simon Clarke (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) leads David George (South Africa),
Diego Nosotti (NGC Medical -OTC) and Francesco Tomei (CSF Group-Navigare) in the break that slipped the peloton within the final thirty kilometres
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Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC) from Germany
on the podium after claiming stage four of the Tour
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Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR) steps up to the podium
to collect his Best Placed Asian rider's jersey
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Anuar Manan (Letua Cycling Team) remains in the Milo Sprint Points
leader's jersey
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Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) from France
holds onto the barest of margins now - just one second!
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The post stage press conference featuring (bottom-top):
Anuar Manan (Sprint Point leader), Danilo Hondo (stage winner), Matthieu Sprick (Tour leader), and Shinichi Fukushima (Best placed Asian rider), French journalist Jeff Quenet looks on
Images by
Hitoshi Omae
Images by
John Pierce/Photosport International
Stage 3 - February 11: Sitiawan - Banting, 209.4 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
John Pierce/Photosport International
Stage 2 - February 10: Butterworth - Sitiawan, 159.7 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
Greg Chang / PhotoSport International
Stage 1 - February 9: Alor Setar - Kepala Batas, 182.6 kmFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc
Images by
Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
Images by
John Pierce/Photosport International
Pre-race - February 8For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
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Kurt Jambretz /www.actionimages.cc
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