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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 4 - July 14: Bird Island - Xihaizhen, 152.4 km
Sweet revenge for Rasmussen as he takes his third stage
By Paul Verkuylen in Xihaizhen, China
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Showing his class after a disappointing stage yesterday, Alex Rasmussen showed again that he is the fastest sprinter in this year race, taking the fourth stage ahead of Hossein Nateghi and Sebastian Siedler into Xihaizhen. Rasmussen blasted off the front in the final 200 meters to take his third victory in four stages by a bike length.
"This was definitely payback from yesterday," Rasmussen told Cyclingnews after the finish. "We planned this whole day, but we wanted to do the sprint for Michael instead so he could get the bonus seconds and get the yellow. The way things turned out at the end it was me who won."
Once again the Danish squad animated the stage and had things under control until the final kilometer when a series of attacks resulted in a bit of chaos.
"We were going to have four guys from the second last corner and then we were going to go full gas to the last corner and then I would lead-out Michael the last 200 meters," Rasmussen explained.
"There were so many guys fighting for position so it was too hard. With 200 meters to go I just went full gas and didn't look back."
Hossein Nateghi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) crossed the line slightly adrift of the Danish powerhouse, but was none the less very happy with the result. "In the last kilometer it was hard," he said. "I don't have the team which can lead me out for the sprint.
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"I am getting more confident as the stages go, but Alex is a strong rider."
Siedler was also caught out in the hectic final kilometer, forced to close a gap before the sprint and taking the edge off his speed.
"It was a very fast finale," Siedler said. "I lost my team in the second to last corner. I had to chase hard myself to get to the front which took it out of me. I wasn't so fresh for the sprint."
Safely tucking into the leading group of riders was overnight leader Kristjan Fajt. After a tough day yesterday the Slovenian was preserving his energy for the tough stages to come.
"I feel a little tired. On the start it was very cold and that was a problem," he said.
"I didn't sprint because there were a few crashes and I didn't want to risk losing the jersey. Tomorrow is one hard stage. I have a strong team but there are a lot of good riders in this race."
How it unfolded
Once again the riders faced a cold a wet start to the stage in Bird Island. They would traverse their way, first along Qinghai Lake before heading inland over a small mountain range to Xihaizhen, where China tested the A-bomb back in the 1960's.
A number of small attacks in the opening kilometers never eventuated to anything major. Then after an hour of racing three riders, Li Fu Yu (Marco Polo), Lucas Persson (Cycle Colcstrop) and Chen Wu (Qinghai, China) went clear of the bunch.
Initially the attack was not making too much headway, but a crash in the main field which brought down a number of riders aided in them gaining almost two minutes in a matter or kilometers. The peloton slowed as a result of the crash as they waited for the fallen to pick themselves up and rejoin the peloton.
They gained a maximum of 3'22" at 87km, as the Danish squad was riding tempo on the front of the field.
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As they headed towards the mountains their lead began to slowly decrease as the pace of the peloton picked up. Fajt's Perutnina team were reluctant to chase the three leaders as none were a major threat to the yellow jersey and a win by Michael Morkov Christensen would have catapulted him into the overall lead thanks to the bonus seconds on offer.
With that in mind the Danish squad chased the three down, finally catching them with around 10 kilometers remaining.
"We wanted to catch the break-away because it seemed that Perutnina didn't want to defend the jersey, as they would still keep the yellow jersey if we didn't catch them," Rasmussen explained.
With just a slightly 10 kilometers remaining to the finish the Danes applied pressure to the front of the bunch. Their aim was initially to put Christensen in a position to take the leaders jersey, but when that failed they turned to plan B - a stage win with Rasmussen.
Results
1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 3.10.46 2 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 6 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 7 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 9 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 10 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 11 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 12 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 13 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 14 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 15 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 16 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 17 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 18 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 19 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 21 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 22 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 23 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 24 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 25 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 26 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 27 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 28 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 29 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 30 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 31 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 32 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 33 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 34 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 35 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 36 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 37 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 38 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 39 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 40 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 41 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 42 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing 43 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 44 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 45 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 46 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 47 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 48 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 49 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 50 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 51 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 52 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 53 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 54 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 55 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 56 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 57 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 58 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 59 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 60 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 61 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 62 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 63 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 64 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 65 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 66 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 67 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 68 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 69 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 70 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 71 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 72 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 73 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 74 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 75 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 76 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 77 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 78 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 79 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 80 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 81 Peng Liu (Chn) China 82 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 83 Yue Tu (Chn) China 84 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 85 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 86 Bo Liu (Chn) China 87 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 88 Scarfe Dale (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.21 89 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 0.25 90 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.38 91 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.40 92 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.42 93 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 94 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.49 95 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 96 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 1.11 97 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.32 98 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.51 99 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 1.54 100 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 2.46 101 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 7.25 102 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 103 Pria Lars ROM Cosmote Kastro 104 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 105 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 106 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 107 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 108 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 109 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 8.34 110 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 111 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 112 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 113 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 114 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 115 Nebojsa Jovanovic SRB Cosmote Kastro 116 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 117 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 118 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 119 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 120 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 121 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 122 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 123 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 124 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 125 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 126 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 10.05 127 David O'loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 14.40 128 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 129 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 130 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 131 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 19.00 Points Sprint 1 1 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 5 pts 2 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 3 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 1 Sprint 2 1 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 5 pts 2 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 3 3 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 Finish 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 16 pts 2 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 14 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 13 4 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 12 5 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 11 6 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 10 7 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9 8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8 9 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 7 10 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 6 11 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 5 12 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 4 13 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 3 14 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 2 15 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 Mountains Mountains 1 - Cat 3 1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 3 pts 2 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2 3 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 Mountains 2 - Cat 2 1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 5 pts 2 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 3 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2 4 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1 Teams 1 Sdaserramenti Diquigiovanni-Andr 9.32.18 2 Coscycle Collstrop 3 Poland 4 Perperutnina Ptuj 5 Ukraine 6 Pskpsk Whirlpool - Author 7 Giant Asia Racing Team 8 Skil-Shimano 9 Denmark 10 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 11 Rock Racing 12 Hong Kong Team 13 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 14 Pezula Racing 15 Tktcosmote Kastro 16 Uzbekistan 17 China 18 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.59 19 Qinghai,China 7.50 20 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 8.34 Asian teams 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 9.32.18 2 Hong Kong Team 3 Uzbekistan 4 China 5 Qinghai,China 7.50 General classification after stage 4 1 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 9.51.51 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.04 3 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 0.06 4 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 5 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.12 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 7 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 9 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.14 10 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 0.18 11 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.20 12 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 0.21 13 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.22 14 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.24 15 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.25 16 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 18 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 0.26 19 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.28 20 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.29 21 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 22 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 0.31 23 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 24 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 25 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.32 26 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.34 27 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 0.35 28 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 0.36 29 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 30 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 31 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.37 32 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 33 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 0.38 34 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 0.39 35 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.40 36 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 37 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.42 38 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.52 39 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.53 40 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 0.57 41 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.45 42 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 1.56 43 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2.07 44 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 2.22 45 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 2.24 46 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.40 47 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 2.49 48 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 2.52 49 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 3.23 50 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 4.45 51 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 5.13 52 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 5.18 53 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 5.28 54 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 5.52 55 Peng Liu (Chn) China 6.32 56 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 7.18 57 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 7.49 58 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.10 59 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.14 60 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 8.17 61 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 8.21 62 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 8.28 63 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 8.48 64 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 8.51 65 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 9.58 66 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 10.29 67 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 11.26 68 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 69 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 11.44 70 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 12.17 71 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 72 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.19 73 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 74 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 12.21 75 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 12.23 76 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 12.24 77 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 78 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 79 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 12.26 80 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 12.27 81 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 12.28 82 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 12.30 83 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 12.37 84 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 85 Nebojsa Jovanovic SRB Cosmote Kastro 12.43 86 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.44 87 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 12.45 88 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.52 89 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 13.13 90 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 14.28 91 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 16.20 92 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 16.21 93 Scarfe Dale (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 17.38 94 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 18.42 95 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 19.20 96 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 20.03 97 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 20.09 98 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 20.18 99 Bo Liu (Chn) China 20.20 100 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing 20.25 101 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 20.29 102 Yue Tu (Chn) China 20.35 103 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.40 104 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.43 105 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 20.44 106 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 20.52 107 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.53 108 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 21.02 109 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 21.04 110 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21.15 111 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 22.06 112 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 22.36 113 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 26.11 114 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 26.52 115 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 27.36 116 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 27.57 117 Pria Lars ROM Cosmote Kastro 28.08 118 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 28.20 119 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 28.29 120 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 29.09 121 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 29.10 122 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 29.14 123 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 29.17 124 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 125 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 31.38 126 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 34.34 127 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 35.30 128 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 35.47 129 David O'loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 35.58 130 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 40.39 131 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 55.53 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 48 pts 2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 33 3 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 31 4 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 29 5 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29 6 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 24 7 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 23 8 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 22 9 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 10 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 18 11 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 12 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 17 13 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 16 14 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 16 15 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15 16 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 17 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 13 18 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 19 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 20 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 21 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 10 22 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 23 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 9 24 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 8 25 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 26 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 7 27 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 6 28 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5 29 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 5 30 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 5 31 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 5 32 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 33 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 5 34 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 4 35 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 36 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 37 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 38 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 39 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 2 40 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 41 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 42 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 1 43 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1 44 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 Mountains classification 1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 15 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 7 3 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 4 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 5 5 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 6 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 7 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1 8 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 9 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1 10 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 Teams classification 1 Denmark 29.36.03 2 Perperutnina Ptuj 0.14 3 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 0.24 4 Skil-Shimano 0.29 5 Sdaserramenti Diquigiovanni-Andr 0.30 6 Rock Racing 0.34 7 Poland 0.43 8 Coscycle Collstrop 0.50 9 Pskpsk Whirlpool - Author 1.02 10 Giant Asia Racing Team 2.40 11 Ukraine 2.51 12 Uzbekistan 3.12 13 China 7.13 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.22 15 Tktcosmote Kastro 21.44 16 Pezula Racing 22.04 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 25.27 18 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 33.25 19 Qinghai,China 43.18 20 Hong Kong Team 45.16 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 9.51.55 2 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.21 3 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 4 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 5 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 0.31 6 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.33 7 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2.03 8 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.36 9 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 5.48 10 Peng Liu (Chn) China 6.28 11 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.15 12 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 12.20 13 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 12.22 14 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 12.23 15 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 12.33 16 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.40 17 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 12.41 18 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.48 19 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 16.16 20 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 18.38 21 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19.59 22 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 20.14 23 Bo Liu (Chn) China 20.16 24 Yue Tu (Chn) China 20.31 25 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.36 26 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.39 27 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21.11 28 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 22.02 29 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 26.07 30 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 27.53 31 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 28.16 32 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 29.05 33 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 29.06 34 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 29.13 35 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 31.34 36 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 35.43 Asian teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 29.36.27 2 Uzbekistan 2.48 3 China 6.49 4 Qinghai,China 42.54 5 Hong Kong Team 44.52
