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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 10 - July 20: XN Circuit Race, 110 km
Rasmussen makes it four as Hamilton takes overall victory
By Paul Verkuylen in Xining, China
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The final stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake once again welcomed Denmark’s Alex Rasmussen to the winner podium as he claimed his fourth stage victory. Rasmussen, who wrapped up the points classification with his win, raced towards the finish at over 70 km/h to take the stage ahead of a disappointed Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano) and Emiliano Donadello (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni).
Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) finished mid pack to take the overall victory, his first in a Tour since the 2004 Tour of Romandie.
Rasmussen held only a slender two point lead over Jure Kocjan (Perutnina Ptuj) in the point’s classification heading into the final sprint. If Kocjan finished first he held a chance of taking the jersey from Rasmussen, providing the Dane finished lower than third. The large crowd was well aware of this and gathered around the finish hoping to see whether Kocjan could upset Rasmussen, who had led the standing from the opening stage.
"I was thinking about that in the beginning, but then I knew I could beat him in the end," said Rasmussen. "I would rather win the stage and the jersey would come by itself."
Rasmussen will now return to Denmark to finish his preparations for the Olympic Games 4000 metre team’s pursuit title, full of confidence in both himself and the rest of the team. The rider will return to Beijing next month for the Olympic Games.
"The circuit race was perfect [for us]; five kilometers and four corners, you could just sit and relax," he said. "Also the high speed is perfect for the track riders."
"Today, Rasmussen was so fast," a dejected Siedler said. "The sprint was over 70 km/h. I don’t think that anybody had a chance to catch him today."
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Hamilton was happy to have secured the overall title, even if there was never really were any tense moments during the stage. The American had expected Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) to try and steal back the 10 seconds he was trailing Hamilton by.
"It is a special win," admitted Hamilton. "It has been a long time. I think that there are a lot of people that didn’t think that I could reach a level like this.
"The goal coming in was to win the race, whether it was myself, Oscar Sevilla or Michael Creed," Hamilton explained. "A victory for a team-mate is a victory for me and I am pretty sure it goes the other way too. It is nice to repay my team-mates, the staff and especially Michael Ball."
Hamilton hopes to continue his progression back to the top of the sport, seeing this win a stepping stone. "There are always bigger and better things, it is like positive dissatisfaction," he said. "I am never 100 percent satisfied."
Oscar Sevilla had been the designated Rock Racing leader before the start of the Tour. A fall in the second stage left him bruised and battered, but the Spaniard maintained his high overall position while Hamilton was sitting just a few seconds back.
In the first mountain stages it became apparent that Sevilla was not going to be allowed any freedom by the other overall contenders. Hamilton set off with Rutkiewicz in the eighth stage with that in mind and took the stage victory and overall lead.
"After he [Sevilla] crashed, he couldn’t get out of the saddle as much as he normally could," said Michael Creed, Hamilton’s team-mate. Tyler was riding really strong and people focused on Sevilla a bit much which left the door open for Tyler."
"It is good to have a rider like Oscar," Fred Rodriguez added. "He is willing to sacrifice himself for his team-mates. He knew he was strong and probably could win, but once Tyler had the jersey, he was able to give everything that he had for him."
How it unfolded
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A fast and open circuit, lined by thousands of fans greeted the peloton for the final stage of the Tour. The five kilometer circuit was so open that it was almost unnecessary for the riders to touch their brakes as they speed through the final 110 kilomters.
Rock Racing with the help of the GE Marco Polo team controlled the race as a number of riders attempted to go clear of the peloton. But due to the fast roads and enthusiastic peloton, no one was able to escape.
After half the race had been completed, a group of six took advantage of the tired legs in the peloton and gained a gap of around 30 seconds. The move played right into Rock Racings hands as the sprinters team’s then took over pace setting.
"It was good when the break finally established so a team with a sprinter would take over and that’s what happened with Skil-Shimano," Creed explained.
With Skil-Shimano holding the break at a consistent 30 second lead, to prevent any attacks and subsequent surges in pace, it never looked likely that the break would succeed. Skil were chasing their second stage victory and were pinning their hopes on Siedler in the sprint.
With three laps to go, the break had been pulled back to with in 20 seconds as the sprinters began moving to the front of the peloton. Just one lap later the break had been caught as the pace began to increase for the final burst to the line.
As the bell rung, Skil-Shimano had their entire train on the front as the Danes made their move up the outside. In the final 500 meters Rasmussen blast down the right hand side of the road at an amazing pace to claim his fourth win by a bike length.
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- The jersey holders await the start out the front.
- The riders snake their way around the course.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) played it safe today staying near the front.
- Marco Polo did a lot out the front despite only having three team members.
- The bunch round a bend.
- The break on the wide streets of Xining.
- Skil-Shimano was keen for a win the finish the tour off with.
- PSK Whirlpool also had a turn on the front.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) on his way to overall victory.
- With one lap remaining the favourites were getting prepared, but Denmark was no where to be seen.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) came through with the goods again to take a strong win.
- Although keeping in touch with the leaders all tour Dave McCann (Giant Asia) couldn't crack his opponents.
- Bill Clinch from Australia prepares his notes for the presentation.
- The crowds were out in force today. What better way to spend a Sunday.
- Although not finishing in yellow Hossein Askari (Tabriz) seemed happy to have the Asian jersey.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) speaks to the press.
- The final stage podium.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz) celebrates in the Asian leader’s jersey.
- Ahad Kazemi (Tabriz) in the Polka Dot jersey.
- A young fan keeps his eyes on the presentation ceremonies.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark), a deserved winner of the Sprint jersey.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) lets loose with the champagne.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) was pleased with his overall win after a tough ten days in the saddle.
Results
1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 1.59.09 2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 7 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 9 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 10 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 11 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 12 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 13 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 14 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 15 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 16 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 17 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 18 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 19 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 20 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 21 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 22 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 23 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 24 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 25 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 26 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 27 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 28 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 29 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 30 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 31 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 32 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 33 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 34 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 35 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 36 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 37 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 38 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 39 Yue Tu (Chn) China 40 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 41 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 42 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 43 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 44 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 45 Bo Liu (Chn) China 46 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 47 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 48 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 49 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 50 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 51 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 52 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 53 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 54 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 55 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 56 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 57 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 58 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 59 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 60 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 61 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 62 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 63 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 64 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 65 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 66 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 67 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 68 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 69 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 70 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 71 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 72 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 73 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 74 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 75 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 76 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 77 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 78 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 79 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 80 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 81 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 82 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 83 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 84 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 85 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 86 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 87 Peng Liu (Chn) China 88 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 89 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 90 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 91 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 92 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 93 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 94 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 95 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 96 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 97 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 98 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 99 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 100 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 101 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 102 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 103 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 104 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 105 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 106 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.18 107 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 0.19 108 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 0.22 109 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 0.25 110 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.29 111 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 0.31 112 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 0.34 113 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.47 114 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 0.59 115 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.06 116 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.10 117 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 118 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.36 119 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing DNF Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team Sprints Sprint 1 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 5 pts 2 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3 3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 1 Sprint 2 1 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 pts 2 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 3 3 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1 Sprint 3 1 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 5 pts 2 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 3 3 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1 Finish 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 16 pts 2 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 14 3 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 13 4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 5 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 11 6 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 7 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 9 8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 8 9 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 7 10 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 6 11 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 12 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 4 13 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 3 14 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 2 15 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 1 Teams 1 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 5.57.27 2 Poland 3 Perperutnina Ptuj 4 Ukraine 5 Coscycle Collstrop 6 Skil-Shimano 7 Pezula Racing 8 Giant Asia Racing Team 9 TKT cosmote Kastro 10 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 11 PSK Whirlpool - Author 12 Qinghai,China 13 Hong Kong Team 14 China 15 Denmark 16 Rock Racing 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 18 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 19 Uzbekistan 20 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 1.36 Asian team 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5.57.27 2 Qinghai,China 3 Hong Kong Team 4 China 5 Uzbekistan Final General classification 1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 30.50.38 2 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 0.10 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.08 4 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.17 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1.22 6 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.26 7 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.36 8 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.52 9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 1.56 10 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 2.05 11 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 2.14 12 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 2.24 13 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 3.08 14 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 3.17 15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3.25 16 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 3.44 17 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 3.59 18 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 5.20 19 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5.38 20 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6.12 21 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7.30 22 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.53 23 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 13.01 24 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 13.44 25 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 15.35 26 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 16.04 27 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 17.27 28 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 18.52 29 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 19.12 30 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 19.26 31 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 19.43 32 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20.07 33 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 20.20 34 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21.04 35 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 22.06 36 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 23.50 37 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 24.08 38 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 24.48 39 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 27.00 40 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 27.35 41 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 34.09 42 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 34.53 43 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 36.12 44 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 37.22 45 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 37.44 46 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 39.30 47 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 40.37 48 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 42.22 49 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 43.17 50 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 43.39 51 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 44.34 52 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 45.21 53 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 49.37 54 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 50.05 55 Peng Liu (Chn) China 50.30 56 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 51.22 57 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 51.54 58 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 52.08 59 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 52.14 60 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 53.44 61 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 54.24 62 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 1.00.10 63 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 1.03.52 64 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 1.07.20 65 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.09.17 66 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.12.17 67 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.14.25 68 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 1.15.09 69 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 1.15.11 70 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.15.18 71 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.16.32 72 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 1.16.34 73 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.16.38 74 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.17.39 75 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.17.58 76 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 1.18.01 77 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.18.57 78 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.22.10 79 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.23.59 80 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.24.18 81 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.24.38 82 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 83 Yue Tu (Chn) China 1.28.03 84 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.28.11 85 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 1.29.11 86 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 1.29.41 87 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 1.29.50 88 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.31.37 89 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 1.33.32 90 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 1.35.01 91 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 1.36.14 92 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.36.42 93 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.38.25 94 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.41.31 95 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.42.31 96 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 1.42.42 97 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.42.56 98 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.44.18 99 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.45.21 100 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.45.42 101 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.46.46 102 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 1.47.17 103 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.47.22 104 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.51.43 105 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.52.03 106 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.54.07 107 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 1.55.32 108 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 1.56.27 109 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.58.54 110 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.59.14 111 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 2.01.07 112 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.03.13 113 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 2.12.11 114 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 2.14.10 115 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.15.34 116 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.19.28 117 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.26.25 118 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.30.11 119 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.32.52 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 89 pts 2 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 82 3 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 56 4 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 54 5 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49 6 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 45 7 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 45 8 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 45 9 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 44 10 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 44 11 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 41 12 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 40 13 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 40 14 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 39 15 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 37 16 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30 17 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 26 18 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 24 19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 20 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 24 21 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 23 22 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 23 23 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 22 24 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20 25 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 19 26 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 18 27 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 18 28 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 17 29 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 16 30 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 16 31 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 16 32 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 15 33 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 14 34 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 13 35 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 13 36 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 12 37 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 11 38 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 11 39 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 40 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 41 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 10 42 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 10 43 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 9 44 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 9 45 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 8 46 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 8 47 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 5 48 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 49 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 4 50 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 51 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 3 52 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 3 53 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 54 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 55 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 2 56 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2 57 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1 58 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 59 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 1 60 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1 61 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 1 62 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 63 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 1 Mountains classification 1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29 3 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 22 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 17 5 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 15 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 8 7 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 6 8 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 9 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 11 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1 12 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 13 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1 14 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 Teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 92.36.18 2 Poland 2.45 3 Coscycle Collstrop 3.15 4 Ukraine 3.51 5 Perperutnina Ptuj 5.26 6 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 11.55 7 PSK Whirlpool - Author 31.22 8 Uzbekistan 31.43 9 Rock Racing 34.25 10 Denmark 1.05.18 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 1.09.58 12 Skil-Shimano 1.30.14 13 TKT cosmote Kastro 1.44.43 14 China 1.51.47 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.38.42 16 Qinghai,China 2.39.10 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 2.48.22 18 Hong Kong Team 3.04.02 19 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 3.32.48 20 Pezula Racing 4.00.53 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30.51.46 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 3 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 4.12 4 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 12.36 5 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 18.35 6 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19.56 7 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 23.00 8 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 23.40 9 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 25.52 10 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 33.01 11 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 44.13 12 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 48.29 13 Peng Liu (Chn) China 49.22 14 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 50.46 15 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 1.02.44 16 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.11.09 17 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.14.10 18 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.15.24 19 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.15.30 20 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.21.02 21 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.23.30 22 Yue Tu (Chn) China 1.26.55 23 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.27.03 24 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.40.23 25 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.41.23 26 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.44.13 27 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.45.38 28 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.46.14 29 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.50.55 30 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.58.06 31 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.59.59 32 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.02.05 33 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.14.26 34 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.31.44 Asian team classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 92.36.18 2 Uzbekistan 31.43 3 China 1.51.47 4 Qinghai,China 2.39.10 5 Hong Kong Team 3.04.02
