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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 2 - July 12: Xining - Qinghai Lake Hotel, 145.5 km
Danish domination; Rasmussen makes it two from two
By Paul Verkuylen in Qinghai Lake, China
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For the second stage in succession, Denmark's Alex Rasmussen was untouchable, powering to his second stage win at Qinghai Lake. After a perfect lead-out from his team, Rasmussen launched himself at the line with 200 meters to go to take the victory clearly ahead of Matej Stare (Perutnina) and Hossein Nateghi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team). The Danish squad are seemingly untouchable as they put their finishing touches on their Olympic Games preparations.
Rasmussen was clearly elated after the finish with his second win, praising his team for the work they put in to set him up.
"It felt good, really, really good!" he explained.
"We had the team on the front from thirty kilometers to go, just rolling around easy. Then with 10 kilometers to go we got an echelon going a bit faster.
"With three kilometers to go we went to the front with four guys. We stretched it out in the wind so it was a perfect lead-out. The altitude made it very hard, but you also sprint faster so you can do a longer sprint. Up here 300 meters doesn't feel as long as at sea level," he explained.
Rasmussen's is not very well know for his climbing capabilities, but with the help of the experience which he gained here last year plus the effort of his team-mates he was able to put himself into a position to take the stage and hold the yellow leaders jersey.
"I had some problems over the mountain like last year, but I just took it easy and kept my heart rate down. I had three guys to help me after the mountain and we picked up the front group after about 10 kilometres in the down hill so it was perfect."
In the same stage last year Rasmussen finished over 14 minutes behind the winner, but this year it was clear to see that he is coming into top form, just in time for the Olympics. With two more stage suited to a bunch sprint to come Rasmussen will try for a hat trickof wins tomorrow but is realistic about his chances of holding onto the leader's jersey until the conclusion of the race.
"Last year I was sixth in the same stage [tomorrow's stage] and then third in the next stage so I will go for two more stages. Then I am probably going to lose the jersey on the mountain stage and then we will ride for somebody else," he explained.
Two riders, Lucas Persson (Cycle Collstrop) and Hossein Jahabanian (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) escaped early on in the stage claiming both the mountain sprint and the intermediate sprint on offer.
The pair quickly gained a 30 second gap after just 20 minutes of racing. They built their lead up to a maximum of 5'17" with just 65km covered. Just after the intermediate sprint, the pair were reeled in by the peloton, lead by the Danish team, who used the wide open roads and cross winds to their advantage.
Persson was the strongest climber of the pair and used his strength on the climb to claim the first mountains jersey of the race.
"We were able to hold a good tempo the whole time," Persson explained. "It was just unfortunate that [Jahabanian] got tired and we dropped a lot of speed.
"The climb went well and normally I am good on the climbs but I was unsure of my condition. Two weeks ago I had my appendix removed. I attacked in the beginning to see if I could do something."
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Sevilla down
Behind Rasmussen a crash with 300 meters to go brought down general classification favourite, Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing). A spectator attempting to take a picture of the finish stepped out onto the road and into the path of Sevilla. The impact snapped the forks of his De Rosa and left him with injuries to his hip and wrist. He was taken to hospital for further observations and it is not yet known the extent of his injuries. (Stayed tuned for an update in our next edition of news).
How it unfolded
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With the Pezula Racing team finally making it to Xining last night, the race got underway with the full roster of riders.
After just five kilometers of racing, Lucas Persson (Cycle Collstrop) and Hossein Jahabanian (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) escaped from the peloton and quickly built up a lead of over 30 seconds.
The peloton seemed intent on letting the pair have their time in the sun as they stretched their lead out to 3'35" after just 25km of racing.
But by the time they crested the climb, which saw them rise 1100 meters on 87km the peloton had pulled them back to 1'29".
From there, with the wide open roads and rolling hills, combined with the cross winds the peloton quickly pulled the pair back, and with 30 kilometers remaining the race was all back together.
The Danish team sensed a great opportunity to add to Rasmussen's prologue win and quickly set about stretching the main field out. They kept the field together for the remainder of the stage and set up Rasmussen perfectly to take the stage win in a sprint.
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- Perutnina PTU looked ready to race this morning.
- Denmark manager Heiko Salzwedel talks tactics with the team.
- The peloton roll out of Xining.
- The peloton pass through downtown Xining.
- The early break included Lucas Persson (Collstrop) and Hossein Jahabanian (Tabriz PET).
- Denmark was on front before the climbing started.
- The peloton on the lower slopes.
- Denmark was keen to keep the yellow jersey today.
- The two man break head to the hills.
- The peloton ride through terrain that has made this race known for.
- The peloton under some higher ground.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) leading over the top of the climb in chase of the break.
- The locals came out despite the cool temperatures.
- The break going for gold but they would soon be caught will 30km to go.
- The main group in hot pursuit.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) was looking good, but was unaware of his fate to come.
- With 20km to go Denmark was back on the front.
- The peloton catch a glimpse of Qinghai Lake.
- With 7km to go it was any ones guess who would take the win.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) makes it two from two.
- Hossein Nateghi (Perutnina PTU) is the new Asian Leader.
- Lucas Persson (Cycle Collstrop) in the KOM jersey.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) retained the sprint jersey.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) is starting to enjoy winning this race.
Results
1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 3.29.19 2 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 4 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 0.02 5 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 6 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 7 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 8 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.05 9 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 10 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 11 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 13 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 14 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 15 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 16 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 17 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 18 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 21 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 22 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 23 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 24 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 25 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 26 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 27 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 28 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 29 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 30 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 31 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 32 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 33 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 34 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 35 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 36 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 37 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 38 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 39 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 40 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 41 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 42 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 43 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 44 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 45 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 46 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 47 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 48 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 49 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 50 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 51 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 52 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 53 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 54 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 55 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 56 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 57 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 58 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 59 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 60 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 61 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 62 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 63 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 64 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 65 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 66 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 67 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 68 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 69 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 70 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 71 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 72 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 73 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 74 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 75 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 76 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 77 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 78 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 79 Nebojsa Jovanovic SRB Cosmote Kastro 80 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 81 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 82 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 0.51 83 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 1.20 84 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.05 85 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 3.47 86 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 87 Peng Liu (Chn) China 88 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 89 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 90 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 4.50 91 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 92 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 93 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 94 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 95 Scarfe Dale (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 96 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 97 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 7.55 98 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 99 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 100 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 101 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 102 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 103 Pria Lars ROM Cosmote Kastro 104 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 105 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing 106 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 107 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 108 Marko Tomic SRB Cosmote Kastro 109 Yue Tu (Chn) China 110 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 111 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 112 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 113 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 114 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 115 Bo Liu (Chn) China 116 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 117 David O'loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 118 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 119 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 120 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 121 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 122 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 123 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 124 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 125 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 126 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 127 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 128 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 129 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 130 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 14.15 131 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 132 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 19.42 133 Morgan Fox (Irl) Pezula Racing 23.30 134 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 135 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 0.05 Points Sprint 1 1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 5 pts 2 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 3 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 1 Finish 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 16 pts 2 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 3 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 13 4 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 12 5 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 6 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 10 7 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 9 8 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 8 9 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 7 10 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 6 11 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 5 12 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 13 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 14 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 15 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1 Mountains 1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 7 pts 2 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 3 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 4 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1 Teams 1 Denmark 10.28.04 2 Perperutnina Ptuj 0.03 3 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 4 Coscycle Collstrop 0.05 5 Skil-Shimano 6 Poland 7 Sdaserramenti Diquigiovanni-Andr 0.08 8 Ukraine 9 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 10 Rock Racing 11 Pskpsk Whirlpool - Author 12 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 13 Uzbekistan 14 Giant Asia Racing Team 15 Qinghai,China 16 China 3.50 17 Tktcosmote Kastro 4.53 18 Hong Kong Team 7.58 19 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20 Pezula Racing 15.22 Asian teams 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 10.28.07 2 Uzbekistan 0.05 3 Qinghai,China 4 China 3.47 5 Hong Kong Team 7.55 6 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 14.15 General classification after stage 2 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 3.33.12 2 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.25 3 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 0.28 4 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.29 5 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.30 6 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 0.31 7 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.33 8 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.34 9 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 10 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.36 11 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 0.37 12 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 13 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.38 14 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.39 15 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.40 16 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 17 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 18 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 19 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 20 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.41 21 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 22 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 23 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 24 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 25 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 0.42 26 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 27 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 28 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 29 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 0.43 30 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 31 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 32 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 33 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.44 34 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 0.45 36 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 37 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 38 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.46 39 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 0.47 40 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 41 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.48 42 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 43 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 44 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 45 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.49 46 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 0.50 47 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 48 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 0.51 49 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 50 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 0.52 51 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 52 Nebojsa Jovanovic SRB Cosmote Kastro 53 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 54 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 55 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 56 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 57 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 58 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.53 59 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 60 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 61 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 62 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 0.54 63 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 64 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 0.55 65 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 66 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 67 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.56 68 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 69 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.57 70 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.58 71 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.59 72 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 73 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.00 74 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.01 75 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 76 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 77 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.02 78 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.05 79 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 80 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 1.08 81 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 82 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.09 83 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.16 84 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 1.23 85 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 2.02 86 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 4.35 87 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 4.45 88 Peng Liu (Chn) China 4.48 89 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 5.22 90 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 5.29 91 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 5.34 92 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 93 Scarfe Dale (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 5.41 94 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 5.44 95 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 5.50 96 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 6.01 97 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 6.02 98 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.19 99 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.28 100 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 101 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.29 102 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 8.33 103 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 8.35 104 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 8.37 105 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.38 106 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.39 107 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 8.42 108 Bo Liu (Chn) China 8.44 109 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.45 110 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 8.47 111 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 8.48 112 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing 8.49 113 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 8.53 114 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 8.57 115 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 8.58 116 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 8.59 117 Yue Tu (Chn) China 118 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 9.00 119 Marko Tomic SRB Cosmote Kastro 9.03 120 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 9.04 121 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 9.06 122 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 9.07 123 Pria Lars ROM Cosmote Kastro 124 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 125 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 126 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 9.14 127 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 9.19 128 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 9.42 129 David O'loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 130 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 131 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 15.16 132 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 15.37 133 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 20.29 134 Morgan Fox (Irl) Pezula Racing 25.17 135 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 32 pts 2 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 15 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 14 3 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 3 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 6 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 13 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 13 8 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 9 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 9 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 11 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 10 11 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 13 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 9 13 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 9 15 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 8 15 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 8 17 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 6 17 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 6 19 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 5 20 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 5 20 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 5 22 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 4 22 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 24 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 24 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 24 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 27 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 28 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1 28 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 7 pts 2 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 3 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 4 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1 Teams classification 1 Denmark 10.40.54 2 Rock Racing 0.18 3 Perperutnina Ptuj 0.31 4 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 0.36 5 Giant Asia Racing Team 0.40 6 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.44 7 Skil-Shimano 0.45 8 Sdaserramenti Diquigiovanni-Andr 0.46 9 Coscycle Collstrop 0.50 10 Poland 0.54 11 Ukraine 12 Pskpsk Whirlpool - Author 1.02 13 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 1.07 14 Qinghai,China 1.11 15 Uzbekistan 1.12 16 China 4.55 17 Tktcosmote Kastro 6.19 18 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.17 19 Hong Kong Team 9.40 20 Pezula Racing 19.32 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3.33.41 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.11 3 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.12 4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.14 6 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.19 7 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 8 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 0.22 9 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 10 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 0.23 11 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.24 12 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 13 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.27 14 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 0.31 15 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.32 16 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.33 17 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.36 18 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 0.39 19 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 0.40 20 Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.47 21 Peng Liu (Chn) China 4.19 22 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 4.53 23 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 5.21 24 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 5.32 25 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 5.33 26 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 8.13 27 Bo Liu (Chn) China 8.15 28 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 8.29 29 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 8.30 30 Yue Tu (Chn) China 31 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 8.31 32 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 8.35 33 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 8.37 34 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 8.38 35 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 36 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 8.50 37 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 15.08 Asian teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 10.41.30 2 Qinghai,China 0.35 3 Uzbekistan 0.36 4 China 4.19 5 Hong Kong Team 9.04 6 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 15.52
