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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 7 - July 17: Xining - Minhe-Ledu-Pingan - Xining, 214 km
Veelers catches them napping
By Paul Verkuylen in Xining, China
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The Tour of Qinghai Lake’s longest stage came down to a thrilling finale as a last ditch attempt in the final 700 metres paid off for the Dutchman Tom Veelers. Holding off three sprinters as they made their dash to the line, Veelers crossed the line with just five metres in hand to take his first win for 2008 ahead of Stefan Loffler and Skil-Shimano team-mate Sebastian Siedler.
Veelers’ Skil - Shimano team played a tactically astute race today. First they placed a rider in the early break, which allowed the rest of the team to relax in the peloton. As the leading trio was caught inside 20 kilometres remaining they let the Danish team of green jersey Alex Rasmussen to control the bunch, giving Veelers the flexibility to follow any late attacks and take his own chance for the win.
"We were working for our leader Sebastian [Siedler], but there was one guy that slipped away about six of seven hundred metres from the finish," Veelers explained. "I chased him down and when I saw that nobody was on my wheel at the 500 metre to go sign I thought I would take my own chance."
Veelers, the 2006 under 23 Paris-Roubaix winner, gained only a small gap over the peloton but was able to hold onto his advantage. "I had about 10 or 15 metres and I kept five," he said.
Stefan Loffler crossed the line ahead of Veelers’ team-mate Siedler, disappointed with what could have been. "It was a very fast, long, hot day," he explained. "I wanted it [the win] but unfortunately Tom could stay away."
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For Rasmussen the relatively flat stage also didn’t work out as he planned. The green jersey wearer’s team was unable to control the peloton on the long run into the line due to the wide roads and a large peloton. In the end he was forced to open the sprint himself, sensing that Veelers move may stick.
"I took a chance with 500 metres to go, because I am pretty good at the long sprints, but somebody was immediately on my wheel," Rasmussen explained. "Then when I died he went past me with four more guys."
General classification leader Hossein Askari had a relatively quiet day today. Content to let the other teams do most of the work, as they chased a stage victory, Askari remained anonyms in the middle of the peloton.
The break away, which included Michael Morkov Christensen (Denmark), Ji Cheng (Skil-Shimano) and Bartosz Huzarski (Poland), became a threat to the jersey after they gained more than two minutes, as Christensen is just two minutes down on the overall. The break gained a maximum of almost six minutes at the 95 kilometre mark. With more than 120 kilometres still to cover, combined with the fast run into the finish, the jersey never really came under threat.
How it unfolded
Warm and sunny conditions greeted the peloton for the longest stage of the race at 215 kilometres. The out and back course was relatively flat and on good roads. It took 70 kilometres for an attack to finally get away from the peloton, but when the three riders, Christensen, Cheng and Huzarski did get away, they quickly built up a large gap.
When the race turned off the express way at the 80 kilometre mark the trio had a four minute lead over the peloton, making Christensen the virtual yellow jersey. As they made their way through the undulating terrain over the next 50 kilometres, their lead fluctuated up to six minutes before returning to around two minutes, where it remained until they reached the second sprint at 178 kilometres.
After Christensen took the second sprint, and the three second time bonus that came with it, the peloton lead by Giant Asia and Perutnina began eating into their lead at a rate which saw them being caught with 20 kilometres to the line. The fast run into the line was highlighted by a number of small attacks, none of which stuck until Veelers got away in the final kilometre.
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- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) signs on, to what could be another win for him.
- The Aussie boys posing for the camera.
- Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) relaxes before the start of today’s stage.
- the start line with yellow jersey wearer Hossein Askari (Tabriz PET) at the front.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) makes some adjustments in the neutral zone.
- Making their intentions noticed straight away, Perutnina attack right from the start.
- Half the race was on the freeway for stage 07.
- Bartosz Huzarski (Poland) and Martyn Irvine (Pezula) on the attack.
- The stage was flat but a reminder of the hills to come were not far away.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) has a chat with his manager.
- The three escapees exit a tunnel.
- The peloton ride past a factory at the half way point.
- Christensen Morkov (Denmark) leads the break.
- The race was held under blue skies for stage 07.
- Yellow jersey wearer Hossein Askari (Tabriz PET) stayed safe in the bunch.
- The peloton stretched out in pursuit of the escape group.
- The Tabriz PET team went to the front to make sure the escape was caught.
- The escape with around 25km to go.
- The peloton make their way up a small rise.
- With the escape in sight Perutnina took the reigns.
- The sprint, with Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) out wide.
- Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) celebrates his win.
- Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) is congratulated back at the team car.
- Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) was pretty happy with his win.
- The stage place getters have a chat on the podium.
- Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) in the Asian Jersey.
- KOM jersey wearer Ahad Kazemi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) on the podium.
- Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) in the sprinters jersey.
- A humble leader Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) on the podium.
Results
1 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.45.13 2 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 6 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 7 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 10 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 11 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 12 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 13 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 14 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 15 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 16 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 17 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 18 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 19 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 21 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 22 Bo Liu (Chn) China 23 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 24 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 25 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 26 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 27 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 28 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 29 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 30 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 31 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 32 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 33 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 34 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 35 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 36 Yue Tu (Chn) China 37 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 39 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 40 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 41 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 42 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 43 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 44 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 45 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 46 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 47 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 48 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 49 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 50 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 51 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 52 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 53 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 54 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 55 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 56 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 57 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 58 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 59 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 60 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 61 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 62 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 63 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 64 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 65 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 66 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 67 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 68 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 69 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 70 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 71 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 72 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 73 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 74 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 75 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 76 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 77 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 78 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 79 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 80 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 81 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 82 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 83 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 84 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 85 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 86 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 87 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 88 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 89 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 90 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 91 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 92 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 93 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 94 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 95 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 96 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 97 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 98 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 99 Peng Liu (Chn) China 100 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.15 101 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 0.16 102 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 103 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.18 104 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 0.23 105 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 0.25 106 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 107 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 0.32 108 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 109 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 0.34 110 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 111 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 113 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 0.05 114 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 0.09 115 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.33 116 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.40 117 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.53 118 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 2.15 119 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 120 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 2.16 121 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 9.00 DNF Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing Points Sprint 1 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 5 pts 2 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 3 3 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 1 Sprint 2 1 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 5 pts 2 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 3 3 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1 Finish 1 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 pts 2 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 13 4 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 5 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 11 6 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 10 7 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 9 8 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8 9 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 7 10 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 6 11 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 12 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 4 13 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 3 14 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2 15 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1 Teams 1 Skil-Shimano 14.15.39 2 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3 China 4 Hong Kong Team 5 Poland 6 Ukraine 7 Qinghai,China 8 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 9 Perperutnina Ptuj 10 Pezula Racing 11 Rock Racing 12 Coscycle Collstrop 13 Giant Asia Racing Team 14 TKT cosmote Kastro 15 PSK Whirlpool - Author 16 Uzbekistan 17 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 18 Denmark 19 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 20 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 1.08 Asian team 1 China 14.15.39 2 Hong Kong Team 3 Qinghai,China 4 Uzbekistan 5 Tabriz Petrochemical Team General classification after stage 7 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21.17.40 2 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.09 3 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 0.14 4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 0.15 5 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 0.21 6 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.27 7 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 8 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.34 9 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.35 10 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.37 11 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 0.43 12 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 0.51 13 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.54 14 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 0.56 15 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.59 16 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 1.04 17 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.05 18 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 2.00 19 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.25 20 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2.29 21 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 2.36 22 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 4.30 23 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5.04 24 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.57 25 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 6.13 26 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 8.06 27 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 8.12 28 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 9.41 29 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 12.23 30 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 12.37 31 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 12.44 32 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 12.45 33 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12.46 34 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 13.04 35 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 13.55 36 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 14.49 37 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 14.56 38 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 16.46 39 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 17.41 40 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 17.48 41 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.11 42 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 19.31 43 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 19.47 44 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 19.53 45 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 20.26 46 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 21.50 47 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 22.24 48 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 24.46 49 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 24.52 50 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 25.03 51 Peng Liu (Chn) China 25.33 52 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 26.29 53 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27.11 54 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 28.03 55 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 28.16 56 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 31.41 57 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 31.46 58 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 32.04 59 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 32.14 60 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 32.44 61 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 33.15 62 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 33.59 63 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 36.51 64 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 38.08 65 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 39.33 66 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 40.28 67 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 40.36 68 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 41.31 69 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 41.57 70 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 42.08 71 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 42.22 72 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 43.04 73 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 43.32 74 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 44.50 75 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 46.04 76 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 46.17 77 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 46.22 78 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 46.34 79 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 46.48 80 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 48.25 81 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 48.36 82 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 49.15 83 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 49.29 84 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 51.37 85 Yue Tu (Chn) China 53.30 86 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 53.58 87 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 54.54 88 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 55.00 89 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 55.08 90 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 55.24 91 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 58.00 92 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 58.06 93 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 59.06 94 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 59.08 95 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.01.31 96 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.02.05 97 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.02.09 98 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.03.42 99 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 1.05.31 100 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.06.58 101 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.07.00 102 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.07.48 103 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.08.02 104 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.10.02 105 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 1.10.37 106 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.10.45 107 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.12.14 108 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.14.37 109 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 1.14.48 110 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 1.16.37 111 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.16.49 112 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.17.30 113 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.18.18 114 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 1.21.32 115 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.22.21 116 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.27.19 117 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 1.29.04 118 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.30.42 119 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.34.16 120 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.38.09 121 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.39.07 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 68 pts 2 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 45 3 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 44 4 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 42 5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 41 6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 35 7 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 32 8 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 32 9 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30 10 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 30 11 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29 12 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 28 13 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27 14 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 26 15 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 26 16 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 24 17 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 18 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 23 19 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20 20 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 20 21 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 18 22 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 16 23 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 16 24 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 15 25 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 26 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 13 27 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 13 28 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 13 29 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 11 30 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 31 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 32 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10 33 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 10 34 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 35 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 9 36 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 8 37 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8 38 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 8 39 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 6 40 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5 41 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 5 42 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 43 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 5 44 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 45 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 4 46 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 3 47 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 48 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 49 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 50 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 2 51 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2 Mountains classification 1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 3 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 15 4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 5 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 5 7 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 8 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3 9 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 11 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 12 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1 13 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1 14 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 Teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 63.54.00 2 Poland 1.03 3 Coscycle Collstrop 1.35 4 Rock Racing 2.13 5 Ukraine 3.27 6 Perperutnina Ptuj 5.38 7 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.20 8 Uzbekistan 18.50 9 PSK Whirlpool - Author 22.49 10 Skil-Shimano 33.09 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 33.23 12 Denmark 41.32 13 China 56.54 14 TKT cosmote Kastro 1.17.26 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.30.37 16 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.37.32 17 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 1.47.37 18 Qinghai,China 1.52.11 19 Hong Kong Team 2.02.21 20 Pezula Racing 2.31.02 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21.17.40 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 3 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.35 4 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.25 5 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 9.41 6 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 12.44 7 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 14.49 8 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 17.41 9 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 17.48 10 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 25.03 11 Peng Liu (Chn) China 25.33 12 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 28.16 13 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 31.41 14 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 31.46 15 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 32.44 16 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 33.15 17 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 44.50 18 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 46.22 19 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 49.15 20 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 51.37 21 Yue Tu (Chn) China 53.30 22 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 55.24 23 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 59.06 24 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.02.05 25 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.03.42 26 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.06.58 27 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.07.00 28 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.10.02 29 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.10.45 30 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.12.14 31 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.14.37 32 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.17.30 33 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.18.18 34 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.30.42 35 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.39.07 Asian teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 63.54.00 2 Uzbekistan 18.50 3 China 56.54 4 Qinghai,China 1.52.11 5 Hong Kong Team 2.02.21
