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13th Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 7-17, 2008
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Stage 1 - February 9: Alor Setar - Kepala Batas, 182.6 km
Sprightly Sprick claims biggest career win
GC battle likely over for all bar 19
By Ben Abrahams in Kepala Batas, Malaysia
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After joining a 19-man breakaway only 15 kilometres into today's stage, Frenchman Matthieu Sprick could never have imagined he'd be in yellow by the day's end. But that's exactly what happened as the Bouygues Telecom rider broke free from his breakaway companions with three kilometres remaining to claim only his second victory as a professional and by far the biggest of his four-year career.
"I was a bit surprised by my condition," confessed Sprick, a two-time Tour de France competitor. "This is the first serious race of the year, but I can see that my condition is very good and I hope to keep that good condition until the end of the race."
As Sprick had time to celebrate down the finishing straight in Kapala Batas, 21 year-old Australian Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) sprinted to a strong second, leading home a group of 18 riders eight seconds behind the winner. Thereafter it was more than 20 minutes before the next man appeared, meaning that the battle for overall honours in the race's 13th edition will likely be contested by no more than 19 riders, with the Stage 8 summit finish to Bukit Fraser the only one capable of really shaking up the general classification.
Today's tropical temperatures and stifling humidity obviously did not phase the young Aussie, though, who looked surprisingly fresh at the post-race press conference. "Last week we were racing in Qatar so I knew it would be great preparation for the racing here since it was more of a flat circuit," said Docker, who now wears the green sprinter's jersey. "I enjoyed the circuit today, it was very picturesque and the weather was beautiful, just like back home in Australia.
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"I know there's a bit of a climb towards the end of the week," he added. "I definitely hadn't thought about the overall. Everyone in the team will be on the attack so I guess we'll have to sit down tonight [and talk tactics]. But yeah, I did feel strong in the sprint at the end which I was really pleased about."
Unsurprisingly, Sprick also refused to be drawn into any notion of maintaining the lead from start to finish - a tall order with 25 teams each containing only six riders. "It's going to be hard to defend the jersey because there are many, many stages left," he said. "On GC I'm not many seconds in front, just five actually and that's not much. We'll see what happens with the hot spot sprints tomorrow."
Joining Sprick and Docker on the podium as Best Asian Rider was perennial attacker Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo - GDR), who gladly lapped up the crowd's applause as Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best' boomed out across the finishing area. "I feel very good but it was very hot today - it's not easy," said a smiling Shinichi. "I tried to go for the intermediate sprints... I don't think about the Asian rider's jersey but it's good to have. I'm very happy."
And despite today's stage not going the sprinters' way, Tinkoff fastman Alberto Loddo did show at least some of the form which saw him defeat Tom Boonen (Quick Step) at the Tour of Qatar by comfortably winning the bunch sprint from Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom) and Danilo Hondo (Serramenti PVC).
How it unfolded
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Under partly cloudy skies and searing temperatures hitting 33 degrees Celsius, 148 riders from 25 teams rolled out beside Alor Setar's central mosque at 10 minutes past midday for the ceremonial start to Stage 1. Today's parcours presented no serious difficulties; the short rise over a freeway bridge probably the biggest climb of the entire day.
After a nine kilometre neutralised section hostilities started early with M. Fauzan Ahmaq Lutti (Malaysian National Team) and Herwin Jaya (Polygon Sweet Nice) going clear almost as soon as the flag was dropped. The pair didn't last long though and were back in the fold after three kilometres as the speed rose to 50 km/h.
Aussie Gene Bates (Drapac Porsche) was next try his luck at kilometre 10, along with Shinichi Fukishima (Meitan Hompo), Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti PVC) and Sung Baek Park (Seoul Cycling). As these four were hauled back at km 17, 19 riders broke free in what turned out to be the day's big move.
Those represented were: Jean-Marc Marino (Crédit Agricole), Ruslan Ivanov and Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti PVC), Ian McCleod (South African National Team), Alex Coutts (Giant Asia Racing Team), Yauhen Sobal (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Hidenori Nodera and Tomoya Kano (Skil-Shimano), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Gustavo Cesar (Karpin Galicia), Matt Wilson and Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1), Diego Nosotti (NGC Medical), Zakkari Dempster (South Australia.com - AIS), Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo - GDR), Bernard Sulzberger (Letua Cycling Team), Baek Sung Park (Seoul Cycling), Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) and Jeremy Yates (New Zealand National Team).
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Sensing a potentially race deciding break, the peloton battled to keep the gap manageable before the elastic finally snapped at km 29 and the gap blew out to 2'52. By km 46 the 19 leaders were well and truly out of sight at 7'08 from the peloton.
Malaysian Cycling Federation rider Mohd Hariff Salleh then launched a kamikaze solo move to nowhere and was dangling precariously between the groups approaching the first intermediate sprint at Kangar after 58.9 kilometres. Unfortunately for Salleh, the break was working well; swapping through and off at 60 km/h as the gap hit 8'39. Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) took the sprint ahead of fellow Aussies Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche), Bernard Sulzberger (Letua Cycling Team) and Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS).
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After 75 kilometres the break had 10'48 on lone ranger Salleh with the peloton at 11'50 being paced by Spanish squad Karpin Galicia. By the second sprint at km 104.9, taken again by Wilson from Sulzberger and Marino, the gap was nearly a quarter of an hour.
Fukushima got his reward for an aggressive ride at the third sprint, with the three second bonus enough to give the Japanese the Best Asian Rider's jersey by the day's end.
As the gap ballooned still further, the 19 leaders were content to maintain status quo until three kilometres out when Sprick's surprise move caught the other's napping and the Frenchman was gone. Rounding the final left hander at 300 metres out, the Bouygues rider had time to spare as Docker took second from Diego Nosotti.
Mohd Misbah Nur showed there's plenty of fight left in the Malaysian National Team, delighting the crowd by coming in alone minutes ahead of the main peloton led through by Alberto Loddo, who won five stages at last year's edition.
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- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telekom) storms to the victory three seconds ahead of the 18 man break that put over 20 minutes into the field.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telekom) accepts his awards for the stage win.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telekom) all smiles as he dons the yellow race leaders jersey.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telekom) waves to the crowd from the top step of the podium.
- The podium (L-R): Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telekom), and Diego Nosotti (NGC Medical - OTC).
- Stage one started in front of the Zahir Mosque in Alor Setar.
- The bike of Robert Williams (Drapac Porsche) - a Dura-Ace equipped Giant
- The Bouygues Telecom Team at the start in Alor Setar.
- The Cavalcade preceding the race rolls out in style.
- Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo / GDR) signs in prior to the start.
- Giovanni Savio (Serramenti PVC) talks with one of his former riders, Walter Pedrazaz (Tinkoff).
- Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo / GDR) signs an autograph for an eager fan.
- Dato Sri Azalina Dato Othman Said, the Minister of Youth and Sports waves a flag at the start.
- The peloton didn't seem to be worried about the break as they kept a moderate pace in the early going.
- Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche) attempts to keep cool in the hot Malaysian sun.
- An Islamic Azad University rider heads down the expressway off ramp in the early part of the race.
- Enthusiastic fans lined the route waving flags and cheering for the riders
- A look from the caravan as the team vehicles make their way to the finish.
- The racers were met by a large cheering crowd lining the barricades at the finish.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) celebrates his victory as he rolls across the line.
- Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) walks with an official towards the podium presentation.
- Mohd Rauf, Nur Misbah (Malaysian National Team) finishes alone between the breakaway and the field.
- The bunch sprint was not without incident.... Here three riders hit the deck in the final meters.
- Yukiya Arashiro (Metan Hompo / GDR) is looked after by the medical staff after a crash in the final meters.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) enjoys the spoils of his victory.
- Diego Nosotti (NGC Medical / OTC) receives his awards and gets a handshake on the podium.
- Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) sports his new green jersey and answers questions from the media.
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Koji Fukushima (Meitan Hompo - GDR) plays his harmonica for a local at the start to stage one in Alor Setar
- Tinkoff Credit Systems sprint ace, Alberto Loddo, retreats to a relaxing place before stage one of the Tour
- The New Zealand National team pose for a photo in Alor Setar before the opening stage
- Diego Nosotti (NGC Medical OTC) leaves the podium after signing on for the opening stage of the Tour
- The Malaysian police have everything under control during the Tour de Langkawi
- The peloton roll through a Malaysian township some eight minutes behind a lead group of nineteen riders
- The leading group of nineteen riders opened up a gap of around four and a half minutes after 35 kilometres of the 182.6 kilometre stage
- Australian Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) takes a drink in the searing heat whilst in the lead group
- Frenchman Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) was in the lead group and looking comfortable
- Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo - GDR) cools himself down beneath the hot Malaysian sun in the lead group
- The leaders had increased the time-gap to over 15 minutes in the final half of the stage
- Time for something to eat: Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) digs into his musette at the feed-station
- Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) struggles with his musette at a feed-station near the half-way mark of the stage
- Now what sort of goodies have I got in here?: Ian McLeod (South African National Team) looks for something to eat in his musette whilst in the lead group
- Japanese cycling photographer, Yuzura Sunada, cruises over a bridge with his media five moto-pilot at the helm
- Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo-GDR) offers Sung Baek Park (Seoul Cycling) something to eat in the lead group
- Alex Coutts (Giant Asia Racing Team) from Great Britian found himself in the leading group of nineteen riders
- Australian Bernard Sulzberger (Letua Cycling Team) was glad his late arrival onto the Tour was worth the effort with a spot in the top ten after the first stage
- Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) zips up and gets ready for an assault on the stage victory
- Riders charge towards the final intermediate sprint point before speeding into the finish in Kepala Batas
- Locals grabbed every vantage point possible to watch the Tour speed by during the opening stage
- New Zealander Jeremy Yates (New Zealand National Team) out of the saddle and heading towards fourth place on the stage
- Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti PVC) was keeping a close watch on any attacks from behind in the lead group
- Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) from Australia riding towards eighth place overall on the Tour after day one
- Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) from Australia was showing his Herald Sun Tour victory in Australia late last year was no fluke with third place overall after the opening stage
- You little beauty: Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) was wrapped to sneak away in the final three kilometres and take stage one of the Tour for France
- Take that: Tanel Kangert (Ag2R La Mondiale) from Estonia cops a shower from the local fire brigade to cool down after the stage
- Stop, no more please: Filippo Savini (CSF Group-Navigare) from Italy is wet enough after being showered and cooled down after stage one beneath the Malaysian sun
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), winner of the opening stage of the 2008 Tour de Langkawi
- Shinichi Fukushima (Meitan Hompo -GDR) is the leading Asian rider on the Tour after the opening stage
- Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) is the Milo Sprint points leader after the opening stage
- A happy Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) from the state of Victoria in Australia on the podium as the Milo Sprint points leader and second overall on the GC
- Frenchman Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) is the Tour leader after the 182.60 kilometre opening stage from Alor Setar to Kepala Batas
- The peloton corner of the highway around a minute down on the leading group at the twenty-five kilometre mark
- The peloton cross a bridge with the Alor Setar Tower in the background
- The leading group were going further towards the finish at Kepala Batas with around twenty kilometres remaining
- Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) brought his own rainbow with him from Australia to go with his cold shower at the finish in Kepala Batas
- Yukiya Arashiro (141) of the Meitan Hompo-GDR team crashed in the home straight and was forced to retire from the race after day one
- Random anti-doping test for Skill Shimano's Yusuke Hatanaka from Japan at the finish in Kepala Batas
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Azalina Othman was in attendance as well.
- Alberto Loddo won too many stages as to go unnoticed this year.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) pickd up the first win of the season.
- The podium of stage one with the proud winner Sprick in the middle.
- The field leaves for the first stage.
- Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) takes the first stage.
- Matt Wilson (Team Type one) cools off.
- Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) celebrates the win.
- Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) in the break.
- Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) takes the first yellow of the tour.
- Wilson takes the first sprint along the road.
- A local cyclist watches as the buch whizzes past.
- A crash marred the finish of stage one.
- Credite Agricole rider receives his feed for the day.
Results
1 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.10.55 (43.66 km/h) 2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 0.03 3 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 4 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 6 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 8 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 10 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 11 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 13 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 14 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 17 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 19 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 20 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.48 21 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.03 22 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 25 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 26 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 27 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 28 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 29 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 30 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 31 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 32 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 33 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 34 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 35 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 37 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 39 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 40 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 41 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 42 Chris. Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 43 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 44 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.08 45 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 23.11 47 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 48 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 49 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 50 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 51 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 52 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 53 Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia 54 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 55 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 56 Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 57 Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 59 Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1 60 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 61 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 62 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 63 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 64 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 65 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 66 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 67 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 68 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 69 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 70 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 71 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 72 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 73 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 74 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 75 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 76 Dennis van Niekerk (RSA) South African National Team 77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista 79 Moises Aldape (Mex) Team Type 1 80 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia 81 David George (RSA) South African National Team 82 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 83 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 84 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 85 Erik Hoffmann (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 86 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 87 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 89 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 90 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 91 Jacobus Venter (RSA) South African National Team 92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 93 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) South African National Team 94 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 95 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 96 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 97 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 98 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 99 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 100 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 101 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 102 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 103 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 104 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 105 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 106 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 107 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 108 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 109 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 110 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 111 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 112 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team 113 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 114 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 115 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 116 Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 117 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 118 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 119 Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team 120 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 121 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 122 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 123 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 124 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 125 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 126 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 127 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 128 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 129 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 130 Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team 131 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 132 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 133 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 134 Julio Cuapio Perez (Mex) CSF Group Navigare 135 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 136 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 137 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 138 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 139 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 140 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 141 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 142 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 143 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 144 Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team 145 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR DNF Robin Schmuda (Ger) Team Ista DNF Kin Weng Thum (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team DNF Tsun Kai Lam (Hkg) Hongkong National Team Sprints Sprint 1 - Kangar 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 5 pts 2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 3 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 2 4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 1 Sprint 2 - Mergong 1 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 5 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 3 3 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Sprint 3 - Gurun 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 pts 2 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 3 3 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 2 4 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 1 Asian riders 1 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4.10.58 2 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 3 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.45 6 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.00 7 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 8 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 9 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 10 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 12 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 13 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 15 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 16 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 17 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 19 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.08 20 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 24 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 25 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 26 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 27 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 28 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 29 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 30 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 31 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 32 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 33 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 34 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 35 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 36 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 37 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 38 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 39 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 40 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 41 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 42 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 43 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 44 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 45 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 46 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 47 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 48 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 49 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 50 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 51 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 52 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 53 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 54 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 55 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 56 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR Teams 1 Serramenti PVC 12.55.54 2 Skil - Shimano 3 Team Type 1 4 Bouygues Telecom 13.18.51 5 Letua Cycling Team 13.18.54 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Seoul Cycling 13.19.02 8 Meitan Hompo - GDR 9 Drapac Porche 10 Giant Asia Racing Team 11 Karpin Galicia 13.19.10 12 NGC Medical - OTC 13 South African National Team 14 Crédit Agricole 15 New Zealand National Team 16 SouthAustralia.Com - AIS 17 Malaysia National Team 13.40.47 18 Hong Kong National Team 13.42.02 19 MNCF Cycling Team 20 CSF Group-Navigare 13.42.10 21 Polygon Sweet Nice 22 Team Ista 23 AG2R La Mondiale 13.42.18 24 Trek Marco Polo 25 Islamic Azad University Asian teams 1 Seoul Cycling 13.19.02 2 Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 Malaysia National Team 13.40.47 4 Letua Cycling Team 13.41.54 5 Hong Kong National Team 13.42.02 6 MNCF Cycling Team 7 Polygon Sweet Nice 13.42.10 8 Trek Marco Polo 13.42.18 9 Islamic Azad University General classification after stage 1 1 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.10.45 2 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 0.05 3 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 0.07 4 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 0.09 5 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 0.10 6 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0.11 8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 0.12 9 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.13 11 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 12 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 13 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 14 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 15 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 19 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Team Type 1 20 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.58 21 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.13 22 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 25 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 26 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 27 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 28 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 29 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 30 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 31 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 32 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 33 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 34 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 35 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 37 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 39 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 40 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 41 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 42 Chris. Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista 43 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 44 Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.18 45 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 23.21 47 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 48 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 49 Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 50 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 51 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 52 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 53 Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia 54 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 55 Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista 56 Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 57 Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58 Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 59 Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1 60 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 61 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia 62 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 63 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 64 Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia 65 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 66 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 67 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 68 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 69 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 70 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 71 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 72 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 73 Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista 74 Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista 75 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 76 Dennis van Niekerk (RSA) South African National Team 77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista 79 Moises Aldape (Mex) Team Type 1 80 David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia 81 David George (RSA) South African National Team 82 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 83 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 84 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 85 Erik Hoffmann (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 86 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 87 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 89 Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 90 Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 91 Jacobus Venter (RSA) South African National Team 92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 93 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) South African National Team 94 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 95 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 96 Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team 97 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 98 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 99 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 100 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 101 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 102 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 103 Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 104 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 105 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 106 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South African National Team 107 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 108 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 109 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 110 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 111 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 112 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team 113 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 114 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 115 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 116 Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 117 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 118 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 119 Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team 120 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 121 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 122 William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 123 Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 124 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 125 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 126 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 127 Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1 128 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 129 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 130 Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team 131 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 132 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 133 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 134 Julio Cuapio Perez (Mex) CSF Group Navigare 135 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 136 Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 137 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 138 Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 139 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 140 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 141 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 142 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 143 Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 144 Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team 145 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR Points classification 1 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 17 pts 2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 3 Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 15 4 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS 14 5 Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 13 6 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 13 7 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 13 8 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 9 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 9 10 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9 11 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 12 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 6 13 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 5 14 Ian McCleod (RSA) South African National Team 4 15 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 16 Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Asian riders classification 1 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 4.10.55 2 Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.03 3 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 5 Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.48 6 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.03 7 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 8 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 9 Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling 10 Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11 Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 12 Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 13 Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team 14 Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 15 Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 16 Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 17 Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 19 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.11 20 M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22 Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 23 Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling 24 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 25 San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 26 Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 27 Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 28 HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling 29 Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 30 Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 31 Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling 32 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 33 Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 34 Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 35 Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 36 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 37 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 38 Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team 39 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 40 Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 41 Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team 42 Tanha Saeidi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 43 Farshad Salehian (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 44 Mizan Maleki (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 45 Amir Zargari (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 46 Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 47 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 48 Kovij Fahridi (IRI) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team 49 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team 50 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 51 Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 52 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 53 Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team 54 M. Fauzan Ahmed Lutti (Mas) Malaysia National Team 55 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 56 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR Teams classification 1 Serramenti PVC 12.55.54 2 Skil - Shimano 3 Team Type 1 4 Bouygues Telecom 22.57 5 Letua Cycling Team 23.00 6 Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Seoul Cycling 23.08 8 Meitan Hompo - GDR 9 Drapac Porche 10 Giant Asia Racing Team 11 Karpin Galicia 23.16 12 NGC Medical - OTC 13 South African National Team 14 Crédit Agricole 15 New Zealand National Team 16 SouthAustralia.Com - AIS 17 Malaysia National Team 44.53 18 Hong Kong National Team 46.08 19 MNCF Cycling Team 20 CSF Group-Navigare 46.16 21 Polygon Sweet Nice 22 Team Ista 23 AG2R La Mondiale 46.24 24 Trek Marco Polo 25 Islamic Azad University Asian teams classification 1 Seoul Cycling 13.19.02 2 Meitan Hompo - GDR 3 Malaysia National Team 21.45 4 Letua Cycling Team 22.52 5 Hong Kong National Team 23.00 6 MNCF Cycling Team 7 Polygon Sweet Nice 23.08 8 Trek Marco Polo 23.16 9 Islamic Azad University
