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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- The race was under with sunny skies today.
- The school kids were out in force.
- The flowers thought it was a nice day as well.
- Lucas Persson (Collstrop) on the lower slopes of the climb.
- Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina Ptuj) took off on his own, to try and reach the lead group.
- The climb was impressive, nearly reaching 4000m.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) was looking strong.
- The riders started to spread out as they ascended.
- Sergey Rudaskov (Collstrop) went out on his own, half way up the climb.
- A great day for racing, after the last two days with wind and rain.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) leads Lucas Persson (Cycle Collstrop).
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) was looking strong, with several team mates close by.
- Ahad Kazemi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) reached the top first.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) and six others joined together just before the descent.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) leads the front group on the descent.
- The riders rode through some arid terrain on the run in to Guide.
- Driving hard, the lead group were working hard to hold of the others.
- When the leaders were caught, Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) went to the front in chase of Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukraine).
- Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukraine) took off with around 15km to go.
- Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukraine) takes a brave win.
- The race for second and third place.
- The place getters.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) retained his Asian jersey.
- Lucas Persson (Collstrop) on the podium in his Polka Dot jersey.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) had a bit of fun on the podium when he received his Sprinters jersey.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) sprays the champagne as the new leader of the tour.
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
