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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 6 - July 16: Guide - Xining, 115 km
Rutkiewicz plucks win away from Hamilton; Askari remains in yellow
By Paul Verkuylen in Xining, China
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After sitting back and letting the mountain goats blast over the top of the Haute Category climb of Laji Mountain, Poland's Marek Rutkiewicz caught the leading trio with a group of five riders just five kilometres from the finish. Waiting until the last possible moment he passed Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) to take the sixth stage into Xining.
Rutkiewicz and his four companions bridged across to the leaders, Hamilton, Ahad Kazemi Sarai and Ghader Mizbani Iranagh ( both Tabriz Petrochemical Team), on the 50 kilometre descent of the Laji mountain. With just 1.5 kilometres remaining, Hamilton attacked the group, hoping to sap the energy of the others, giving Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) a chance to take the stage and the valuable bonus seconds on offer.
Rutkiewicz had a similar plan to attack, but Hamilton's move prompted him to alter his plan. Bridging across to Hamilton, he waited until 50 meters to go before passing a labouring Hamilton and Hossien Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team).
"I wanted to attack with one kilometer remaining," Rutkiewicz explained. "But Tyler Hamilton attacked with Askari. I chased the attack and caught them with 500 meters to the finish and finished it off from there.
"Before the finish I wouldn't have thought that I could have beaten Tyler in a sprint, but he was tired after his attack with one kilometer to go, and I had more power."
The profile of today's stage, on paper looked to be perfectly suited to the climbers like Hamilton, Sevilla, Askari and Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Tabriz Petrochemical Team), and indeed it was these four riders who animated the stage. However due to the long descent into the finish those who were unable to keep the pace of the leaders on the climb were able to rejoin the leaders and fight it out for the win.
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"Over the top of the mountain I was in maybe seventh place. For me it was very hard at the start of the climb. After a few kilometers it got better," Rutkiewicz said.
The 27 year old used the experience he gained from riding the race four years ago to pace himself up the climb and within striking distance of the leaders.
"The attacks were hard, but for me riding steady was a better strategy."
Hamilton, riding in the services of Sevilla, was part of a break on the lower slopes of the climb, marking the two Iranians, Ghader Mizbani Iranagh and Ahad Kazemi Sarai. Initially part of a six rider break, the tempo set by the Iranians, was too high for all but Hamilton. They crested the climb well ahead of the chasing group, but due to the long descent were unable to maintain their advantage until the finish.
"We had a good gap over the top. Those two are mountain goats," Hamilton said of his companions. "Unfortunately we got caught. Coming up to the finish I gave it a little bit of stick with a K and a half to go. I tried but no luck."
"I am feeling a little better everyday. Yesterday I wasn't so bad on the climb; today I think I was even a bit better. I was just marking the Iranian's.
"I stayed with them and kept them in check. Then I got the green light to work with them. Had we stayed away I could have taken the jersey. But I think that we have a better chance of taking the race with Oscar."
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The yellow jersey holder, although he didn't wear it today due to sizing mix up before the start, remains firmly on the shoulder of Askari after he finished third on the stage.
Askari's Tabriz Petrochemical Team could be happy with how the day panned out. Not only did they retain the leader's jersey, they also picked up the King of the Mountains jersey.
"Today was a good day for our team," Askari said.
"I felt good up the climb. We rode today for the mountain jersey and we took it.
"We won't control the race tomorrow. There are 15 riders who are on almost the same time. Who ever wants to go can go. Our team is not so good on the flat. We don't need to keep the jersey tomorrow."
How it unfolded
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The peloton was again depleted today, with two riders abandoning the race due to injury. Jai Crawford (Marco – Polo) didn't start while Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly) abandoned after just four kilometer with tendonitis in his knee.
While the stage was relatively short at just 115 kilometers, with around 60 kilometers of climbing it was definitely not an easy stage.
Things got off to a slow start, but once the peloton hit the start of the climb, it began to heat up.
Initially a group of five riders went off the front which included, Matija Kvasina (Perutnina Ptuj), Erik Hoffmann (Giant Asia Racing Team), Michael Creed (Rock Racing), Roger Beuchat (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni) and Wu Chen (Qinghai,China). These five were later joined by Hamilton and Mizbani Iranagh.
Later in the climb as the lead group whittled down to just Hamilton and Mizbani, Kazemi Sarai bridged across to the two and drove the group towards the summit.
This trio began the descent towards the finish in Xining with a good lead over the chasing group, but with Rhys Pollack (Marco Polo) and Dave McCann (Giant Asia Racing) forcing the pace of the chase group, their lead was slowly eaten away.
The 25 kilometer, relatively flat run into the line was all the five chaser needed to finally make contact with the leaders, just five kilometers from the finish.
A larger group of 20 riders was not too far behind at this stage, so all eight riders put in the work to remain ahead. By the time Rutkiewicz hit the finish line to win they were only 25 seconds ahead of the group.
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- A Qinghai China team member gears up for a wet day in the hills.
- The start area.
- The peloton make their way through the arid landscape before the climb started.
- The peloton with an insight to where they were heading.
- Freddy Rodriguez (Rock Racing) waits for team mate Tyler Hamilton after his mechanical early on.
- Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) had a burst of speed early on, but was soon reeled in.
- The peloton rode through some scenic country side today.
- Plenty of towns folk came out to see the riders.
- Looking down to the riders at the base of the climb.
- A small group broke away as they started to ascend.
- It all looked peaceful, but for the riders it was certainly not.
- Gabriele Missaglia (Serramenti) has been quit so far this race, but is not far off the GC lead.
- The riders make their way up, to nearly 4000m.
- The leading trio included Ahad Kazemi with Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) and Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing).
- Lucas Persson (Collstrop) struggled up the climb and lost his Polka Dot jersey today.
- The main group on the middle slopes.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) was keeping an eye on leader Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) just ahead of the main group.
- Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) in front of the leading trio.
- Marek Rutkiewwicz (Poland) takes the win in front of Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing).
- Marek Rutkiewwicz (Poland) tells his team mates of the final sprint.
- Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) talks to Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) on how they didn’t win the stage.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) enters the podium to receive the Asian Classification jersey.
- Ahad Kazemi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) is the new KOM leader.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) retained the Sprint jersey.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) looking splendid in yellow.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) leaves the podium, another day in yellow.
Results
1 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 2.51.45 (40.175 km/h) 2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 4 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.03 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 6 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 7 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 8 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 9 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 0.25 10 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 11 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 12 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 13 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 14 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 15 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 16 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 17 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 18 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 19 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 20 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 21 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 22 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 23 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 24 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 25 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 26 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 27 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 28 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 29 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 0.29 30 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 0.31 31 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.25 32 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 7.29 33 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 7.30 34 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 35 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 36 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 37 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 38 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 39 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 40 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 41 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 42 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 43 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 44 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 45 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 46 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 14.22 47 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 48 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 49 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 50 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 51 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 52 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 53 Yue Tu (Chn) China 54 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 55 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 56 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 57 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 58 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 59 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 60 Peng Liu (Chn) China 61 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 62 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 63 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 64 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 65 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 66 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 67 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 68 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 69 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 70 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 71 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 72 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 73 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 74 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 75 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 76 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 77 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 16.24 78 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 20.36 79 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 24.24 80 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 81 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 82 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 83 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 26.29 84 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 84 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 86 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 87 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 88 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 89 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 90 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 91 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 92 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 93 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 94 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 95 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 96 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 97 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 98 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 99 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 100 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 102 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 103 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 104 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 105 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 106 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 107 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 108 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 109 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 110 Bo Liu (Chn) China 111 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 112 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 113 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 114 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 115 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 116 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 117 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 118 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 119 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 120 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 121 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 27.45 122 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 34.01 DNS Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek DNF Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing DNF Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing DNF Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team Points 1 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 16 pts 2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 14 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 13 4 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 12 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 11 6 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10 7 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 9 8 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8 9 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 7 10 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6 11 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 5 12 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 13 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 3 14 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 2 15 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 1 Mountains 1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 9 pts 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 7 3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 5 4 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 2 6 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 Teams 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8.35.21 2 Rock Racing 0.26 3 Poland 0.44 4 Ukraine 1.09 5 Perperutnina Ptuj 6 Coscycle Collstrop 7 Uzbekistan 8.13 8 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.14 9 Giant Asia Racing Team 21.49 10 Skil-Shimano 22.11 11 PSK Whirlpool - Author 12 Qinghai 29.03 13 TKT cosmote Kastro 29.16 14 Denmark 31.05 15 China 36.08 16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 41.10 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 43.00 18 Hong Kong Team 19 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 52.55 20 Pezula Racing 1.19.21 Asian Teams 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8.35.21 2 Uzbekistan 8.13 3 Qinghai 29.03 4 China 36.08 5 Hong Kong Team 43.00 General classification after stage 6 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 16.32.27 2 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.09 3 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 0.14 4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 0.15 5 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 0.21 6 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.27 7 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 8 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.34 9 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.35 10 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.37 11 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 0.43 12 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 0.51 13 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.54 14 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 0.56 15 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.59 16 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 1.04 17 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.05 18 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 2.04 19 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.25 20 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2.29 21 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 2.36 22 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 4.30 23 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5.04 24 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 5.39 25 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.57 26 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 8.06 27 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 8.12 28 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 9.41 29 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 12.23 30 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 12.37 31 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 12.44 32 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 12.45 33 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12.46 34 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 12.48 35 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 13.55 36 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 14.49 37 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 14.56 38 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 16.46 39 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 17.41 40 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 17.48 41 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.21 42 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 19.36 43 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 19.47 44 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 19.53 45 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 20.26 46 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 21.50 47 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 22.24 48 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 24.46 49 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 24.52 50 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 25.03 51 Peng Liu (Chn) China 25.33 52 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 26.04 53 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27.11 54 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 28.03 55 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 28.16 56 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 31.20 57 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 31.25 58 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 31.46 59 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 32.12 60 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 32.14 61 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 33.15 62 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 33.24 63 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 34.00 64 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 38.08 65 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 38.18 66 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 39.18 67 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 40.03 68 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 40.36 69 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 41.37 70 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 42.00 71 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 42.22 72 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 43.04 73 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 43.32 74 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 44.16 75 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 45.32 76 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 46.17 77 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 46.22 78 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 46.34 79 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 46.52 80 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 48.25 81 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 48.36 82 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 49.15 83 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 49.29 84 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 51.37 85 Yue Tu (Chn) China 53.30 86 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 53.58 87 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 54.54 88 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 55.00 89 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 55.08 90 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 55.24 91 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 58.00 92 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 58.06 93 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 59.06 94 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 59.08 95 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.01.08 96 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.02.05 97 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.02.09 98 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.03.42 99 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 1.05.31 100 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.06.58 101 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.07.00 102 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.07.33 103 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.07.44 104 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.07.55 105 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.10.02 106 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 1.10.03 107 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.10.45 108 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.12.14 109 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.14.37 110 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 1.14.48 111 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.15.21 112 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 1.15.57 113 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.18.18 114 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 1.21.32 115 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.22.21 116 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.27.19 117 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 1.29.04 118 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.30.42 119 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.31.26 120 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.37.59 121 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.38.09 122 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.58.05 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 58 pts 2 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 45 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 41 4 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 38 5 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 37 6 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 32 7 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30 8 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 30 9 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29 10 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 28 11 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 24 12 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 23 13 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 23 14 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 22 15 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 22 16 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20 17 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 20 18 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18 19 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 16 20 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 16 21 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 22 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 13 23 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 13 24 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 11 25 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 26 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 27 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10 28 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 10 29 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 30 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 10 31 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 9 32 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 8 33 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8 34 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 8 35 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 36 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 6 37 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5 38 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 5 39 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 40 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 5 41 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 42 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 43 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 44 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 45 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 46 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 2 47 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1 Mountains classification 1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 3 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 15 4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 5 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 5 7 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 8 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3 9 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 11 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 12 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1 13 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1 14 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China Teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 49.38.21 2 Poland 1.03 3 Coscycle Collstrop 1.35 4 Rock Racing 2.13 5 Ukraine 3.27 6 Perperutnina Ptuj 5.38 7 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.20 8 Uzbekistan 18.50 9 PSK Whirlpool - Author 22.49 10 Skil-Shimano 33.09 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 33.23 12 Denmark 41.32 13 China 56.54 14 TKT cosmote Kastro 1.17.26 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.30.37 16 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.37.32 17 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 1.46.29 18 Qinghai 1.52.11 19 Hong Kong Team 2.02.21 20 Pezula Racing 2.31.02 Asian teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 49.38.21 2 Uzbekistan 18.50 3 China 56.54 4 Qinghai 1.52.11 5 Hong Kong Team 2.02.21
