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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC

China, July 11-20, 2008

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Stage 5 - July 15: Xihaizhen - Guide County, 172.4 km

Zagorodnyy takes a flyer as Askari moves into the lead

By Paul Verkuylen in Guide, China

Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukraine)
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Volodymyr Zagorodnyy was crowned the winner of the tough stage 5 into Guide with a well timed attack 15 kilometers from the line. While the leaders were looking at one another as the first two groups merged on the descent of the Laji Mountain, Zagorodnyy (Ukraine) sensed an opportunity to take the stage and made a decisive move which resulted in him taking the stage solo ahead of the Perutnina duo of Jure Kocjan and Matej Stare.

The first real mountain stage of the Tour was animated by the Iranian team, Tabriz Petrochemical's as they took the first three places on the 3800 meter haute category climb over Laji Mountain. With a 50 kilometer descent to the finish in Guide however, it was an almost impossible task for the leading group of eight, which contained Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) Ghadar Mizbani Iranagh, Hossein Askari and Ahad Kazemi Sarai (all Tabriz Petrochemical's), to hold off the 18 strong group just 59 seconds behind.

It took the chasing group, which included Zagorodnyy, 30 kilometers to make contact with the leaders and just five more for Zagorodnyy to make his move. He quickly gained a 30 second advantage, before time trialing his way past the Chinese Danxi mountain range into Guide. At the finish the group had him within their sights, but it was too little too late as he began celebrating his win with 200 meters to go.

"[It was a really] difficult stage," Zagorodnyy explained. "I really suffered on the climb, but the long descent gave our group a chance to return to the front group of eight riders. Once I was there, it allowed me to recover and think about winning [the stage]."

Zagorodnyy had thoughts of riding well, but winning seemed more of a dream than a reality. "Before the day began I thought I'd go well; I was feeling good, but the winning the stage wasn't even in my mind.

"When [the two groups came together], I saw no-one really looking like they were going to attack; someone was bound to go soon, so I thought it might as well be me - I had just as much chance as anybody else."

For overnight leader, Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina Ptuj) the stage quickly turned into a nightmare as the Iranian team forced the pace on the long climb. After just 97 kilometers of racing Fajt was in the third group on the road, 1'30" behind the leaders.

Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing)
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Fajt eventually crested the climb over two minutes behind the Iranian trio, which now included the virtual leader on the road, Hossein Askari. With two large groups in front of him, he watched the lead disappear as they put a further 2'48" between themselves and him. He would eventually finish 4'48" and slip to 28th on the General Classification.

Sensing the yellow was his for the taking Askari put his Iranian team on the front of the group and quickly distanced himself from Fajt. The new leader was happy with his performance, but holds no illusions that it is going to be easy to hold the jersey until the final stage.

"The strategy was to take the points in the mountains competition," Askari said. "To hold the yellow jersey we need a strong team for the flat stages, so it will be difficult. We will try and keep the jersey."

The Iranian knows all to well that to win this race, he needs to be consistent and also have a strong team behind him. Two years ago he finished second behind Maarten Tjallingii by just two seconds.

"It is difficult to say [if I can keep the jersey], we have some long flat stages and we need strong riders for those," he explained.

How it unfolded

For only the second time this Tour the riders were greeted with fine and sunny conditions. They left Xihaizhen at 10am heading towards the first major climb of the race. A warm and sunny 33 degrees was waiting for them in Guide.

Unlike the previous three stages, everyone seemed content to cruise to the foot of the climb in the peloton. There were a few attacks but none gained more than a few seconds.

A crash involving the mountains leader, Lucas Persson (Cycle Collstrop), became the catalyst for him to launch the first serious attack of the stage. He took seven riders with him and built up a lead of one minute after 73 kilometers.

"I just crashed, then I came back up to the bunch again and I attacked directly," Persson explained.

Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
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Sensing the danger of the attack, Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) launched himself out of the peloton with three riders. Sevilla's group eventually caught the leading group around five kilometers from the summit, but by then the three Iranian had already cleared out of the leading group in search of the mountains points.

Persson was suffering as the attacks went but still managed to crest the climb in the second group. "We were going quite hard. Then in the final five kilometers the big guys came from the back and it was hard to change speed again.

"The altitude made it hard but I had a lot of pain from the crash."

With three main groups on the road and just two minutes separating them, there was no time to relax as they began the long descent to the finish. The first two groups eventually came back together, but the third was short of horsepower and only saw their gap to the front grow.

With 20 kilometers remaining the leading group grew to 26 riders, as Zagorodnyy made his move for the win.

Photography

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Results

1 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine                          3.48.42
2 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                               0.09
3 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                   
4 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                           
5 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland                                      
6 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                              
7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                               
8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni          
9 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland                                      
10 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni          
11 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                         
12 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine                                  
13 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine                                  
14 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                    
15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                  
16 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                        
17 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland                                      
18 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing                            
19 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                    
20 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team            
21 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                 
22 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek                  
23 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop                               
24 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni              
25 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek              0.31
26 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark                      1.42
27 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                             1.44
28 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                
29 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                                   
29 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan                             
31 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan                                   
32 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                              
33 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine                               1.46
34 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                                
35 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                4.48
36 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark                                  
37 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro                                
38 Peng Liu (Chn) China                                              
39 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China                                            
40 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                 
41 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan                              
42 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team                               
43 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                               
44 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China                                      
45 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 
46 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                        
47 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                      
48 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                   
49 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark                                    
50 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan                                  
51 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni                
52 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      
53 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                       
54 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark                                      
55 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                
56 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro                            
57 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                                
58 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                         
59 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                               
60 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team                          
61 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni              
62 Song Baoqing (Chn) China                                          
63 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team                       
64 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                      
65 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                                   
66 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China                                     4.58
67 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team                              11.26
68 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano                                       
69 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                               
70 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing                                  
71 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing                                
72 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China                                  17.11
73 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro                      17.41
74 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China                            18.42
75 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China                                   
76 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan                                
77 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland                                     
78 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China                                      
79 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine                                    
80 Yue Tu (Chn) China                                                
81 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                  
82 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team                               
83 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                    
84 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing                              
85 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing                            20.20
86 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan                                    
87 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      
88 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro                               
89 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                       
90 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                                      
91 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark                           
92 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                    
93 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing                                
94 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team                              
95 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                             
96 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano                                       
97 Liang Zhang (Chn) China                                           
98 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro                                    
99 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland                                        
100 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                               
101 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                          
102 Bo Liu (Chn) China                                               
103 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland                                        
104 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing                                  
105 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland                                      
106 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                
107 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                      
108 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             
109 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                 
110 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine                                    
111 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine                                  
112 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek            
113 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China                                     
114 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team                       
115 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni        
116 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team                         
117 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark                              35.52
118 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team                               
119 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro                           
120 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing                                  
121 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                                 
122 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek                
123 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 
124 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team              
125 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                          
126 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China                                        
127 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop                     
DNF Scarfe Dale (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                           
DNF Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                          
DNF David O'Loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing                             
DNS Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek                     
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1
1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                                      5 pts
2 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team               3
3 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine                                  1
 
 
Sprint 2
1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                                      5 pts
2 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team               3
3 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing                            1
 
Finish
1 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine                               16 pts
2 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                 14
3 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                 13
4 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                         12
5 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland                                    11
6 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                            10
7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                              9
8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni         8
9 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland                                     7
10 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni         6
11 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                        5
12 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine                                 4
13 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine                                 3
14 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                   2
15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                 1
 
Mountains
 
1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                 9 pts
2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                    7
3 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team            5
4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni          3
5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing                            2
6 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                  1
 
Teams
 
1 Ukraine                                                    11.26.24
2 Poland                                                         0.09
3 PSK Whirlpool - Author                                             
4 Coscycle Collstrop                                                 
5 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni                                   
6 Tabriz Petrochemical Team                                          
7 Rock Racing                                                    1.46
8 Perperutnina Ptuj                                              4.48
9 Uzbekistan                                                     7.58
10 Giant Asia Racing Team                                        9.27
11 Denmark                                                      11.00
12 Skil-Shimano                                                 11.02
13 China                                                        14.06
14 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek                                 20.42
15 TKT cosmote Kastro                                           26.59
16 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                     29.38
17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS                                              
18 Hong Kong Team                                               34.38
19 Qinghai,China                                                40.23
20 Pezula Racing                                                50.10
 
Asian teams
 
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team                                  11.26.33
2 Uzbekistan                                                     7.49
3 China                                                         13.57
4 Hong Kong Team                                                34.29
5 Qinghai,China                                                 40.14
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team             13.40.46
2 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                      0.02
3 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                               0.06
4 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing                         0.07
5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni      0.08
6 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland                                  0.14
7 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                               0.17
8 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek               0.20
9 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team         0.21
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                          0.22
11 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                0.25
12 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine                              0.26
13 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland                                 0.27
14 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team             0.28
15 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                    0.30
16 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                  
17 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland                                  0.32
18 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine                              0.35
19 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni      0.36
20 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                      0.38
21 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark                      1.35
22 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan                         1.56
23 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                             2.00
24 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                               2.07
25 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan                               2.08
26 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni          2.20
27 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine                               3.55
28 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                            4.35
29 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark                                4.47
30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                4.55
31 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                             5.03
32 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                               5.06
33 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China                                        5.10
34 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                            5.11
35 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni          5.12
36 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                    5.27
37 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  5.28
38 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team               6.42
39 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan                          7.15
40 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team                      7.24
41 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark                              7.27
42 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                     7.58
43 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China                                    10.37
44 Peng Liu (Chn) China                                         11.07
45 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          11.38
46 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine                           11.54
47 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop                          12.13
48 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                        12.19
49 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team            12.45
50 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj                          12.52
51 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                          13.26
52 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team           13.50
53 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                              
54 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing                           14.03
55 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team                  15.04
56 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing                             16.31
57 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark                                 16.56
58 Song Baoqing (Chn) China                                     16.59
59 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni                
60 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan                             17.12
61 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro                                
62 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro                       17.18
63 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China                                 17.19
64 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team                          17.20
65 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                  17.48
66 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland                                19.07
67 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing                           20.01
68 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                         20.19
69 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team                   20.29
70 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland                                   21.04
71 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             21.52
72 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland                                  22.03
73 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek             22.54
74 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro                      22.56
75 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author               23.42
76 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                 24.38
77 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark                      24.52
78 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                 25.37
79 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing                              27.25
80 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano                                  27.34
81 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                           27.56
82 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni    28.21
83 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing                         28.27
84 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland                                    28.35
85 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China                                  29.50
86 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team                             30.56
87 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                                 31.27
88 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing                            31.33
89 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                      31.51
90 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team                              31.56
91 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                  32.31
92 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine                              32.35
93 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano                                  34.35
94 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan                           34.49
95 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China                              37.11
96 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine                               38.58
97 Yue Tu (Chn) China                                           39.04
98 Liang Zhang (Chn) China                                      40.25
99 Bo Liu (Chn) China                                           40.27
100 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing                          40.32
101 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                41.00
102 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 41.11
103 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team              41.22
104 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team                           42.13
105 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop                44.00
106 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China                           44.40
107 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China                                47.39
108 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                       47.43
109 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team                         47.46
110 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan                              48.04
111 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro                              48.15
112 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team                        49.16
113 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine                               49.24
114 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China                                51.45
115 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team                    54.41
116 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark                              54.59
117 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro                         55.37
118 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS                     55.48
119 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team                          56.19
120 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing                            56.31
121 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek     1.00.46
122 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro                    1.02.31
123 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China                                 1.03.59
124 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team       1.04.04
125 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team          1.04.53
126 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek         1.11.26
127 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing                           1.31.32

Points
 
1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark                                     58 pts
2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni        41
3 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland                                    40
4 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark                         31
5 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                 31
6 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                  29
7 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                 27
8 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                               24
9 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                        23
10 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni       23
11 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                        22
12 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                            22
13 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing                          19
14 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team             18
15 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                  17
16 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine                              16
17 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark                                  16
18 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                              16
19 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team               15
20 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                            13
21 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni        11
22 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing                                 11
23 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                11
24 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                           10
25 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                             10
26 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                             9
27 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop                              8
28 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine                                 8
29 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   8
30 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland                                    7
31 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland                                    7
32 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing                                 6
33 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China                                     6
34 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine                                  5
35 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland                                        5
36 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark                                   5
37 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine                                 4
38 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine                                  4
39 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author                   3
40 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team               3
41 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                   3
42 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team                 3
43 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro                          2
44 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek                 1
45 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                                  1
46 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team                       1
47 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China                                      1

Mountains classification
 
1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop                              15 pts
2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                   14
3 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                12
4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team            5
5 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                5
6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing                            3
7 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni          3
8 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                2
9 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj                                  1
10 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek                 1
11 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                            1
12 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China                                      1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team                                  41.03.00
2 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni                               0.06
3 Poland                                                         0.19
4 Coscycle Collstrop                                             0.26
5 PSK Whirlpool - Author                                         0.38
6 Rock Racing                                                    1.47
7 Ukraine                                                        2.18
8 Perperutnina Ptuj                                              4.29
9 Denmark                                                       10.27
10 Uzbekistan                                                   10.37
11 Skil-Shimano                                                 10.58
12 Giant Asia Racing Team                                       11.34
13 China                                                        20.46
14 TKT cosmote Kastro                                           48.10
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team                                     49.27
16 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek                                 53.34
17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS                                         54.32
18 Pezula Racing                                              1.11.41
19 Hong Kong Team                                             1.19.21
20 Qinghai,China                                              1.23.08

Asian rider classification
 
1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team             13.40.46
2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team         0.21
3 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team              0.28
4 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan                          1.56
5 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan                                2.08
6 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China                                         5.10
7 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                6.42
8 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan                           7.15
9 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China                                     10.37
10 Peng Liu (Chn) China                                         11.07
11 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team           13.50
12 Song Baoqing (Chn) China                                     16.59
13 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan                             17.12
14 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China                                 17.19
15 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team                          17.20
16 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team                 24.38
17 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China                                  29.50
18 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team                             30.56
19 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team                              31.56
20 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan                           34.49
21 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China                              37.11
22 Yue Tu (Chn) China                                           39.04
23 Liang Zhang (Chn) China                                      40.25
24 Bo Liu (Chn) China                                           40.27
25 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team               41.22
26 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team                            42.13
27 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China                            44.40
28 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China                                 47.39
29 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team                          47.46
30 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan                               48.04
31 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team                         49.16
32 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China                                 51.45
33 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team                           56.19
34 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China                                  1.03.59
35 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek          1.11.26
 
Asian teams classification
 
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team                                  41.03.00
2 Uzbekistan                                                    10.37
3 China                                                         20.46
4 Hong Kong Team                                              1.19.21
5 Qinghai,China                                               1.23.08

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