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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 8 - July 18: Xining - Menyuan, 150.8 km
Hamilton claim first win since ‘04
By Paul Verkuylen in Menyuan, China
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Rock Racing’s Tyler Hamilton took his first win since returning to competition in 2007 in a thrilling finale, after the two leaders were caught on the Haute category climb’s descent. Hamilton escaped with Stage 6 winner Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) on the descent, with the pair holding a one minute advantage over the last 20 kilometres to the line.
"Oscar [Sevilla] came back and the Polish rider [Rutkiewicz] was just five seconds in front, so I jumped across," Hamilton explained. "He is a mean descender, really fast. I had a hard time just holding his wheel when he was in the tuck. A great guy to be away with, he was riding at 100 percent.
"I let him take a little longer pulls," he added. "I think that he was faster than me in the sprint, but I let him work a little bit harder."
The win catapulted Hamilton into the overall lead and Rutkiewicz into second. Hamilton held fourth just 15 seconds down heading into the stage, while Rutkiewicz was in fifth a further six seconds behind. Hamilton now leads Rutkiewicz by 10 seconds, courtesy of the time bonus at the finish, with Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) now 1’08" down in third.
The duo’s attack caught overnight leader Askari by surprise. With just one other rider in the leading group, the Iranian was unable to close the gap.
"This is not such a good feeling," Askari said. "To have two riders go away in the downhill to win was not good."
Askari now sits in third overall, but with just one more mountain stage remaining and Hamilton’s form improving as the race goes by, it will be a tough ask for him to try to take the jersey back. "It will be a little difficult for us tomorrow," he admitted. "Rock racing are very strong and I think that he will take the jersey all the way to the line.
"Now we will ride for the mountains jersey," he said.
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After the last two mountain stages came back together on the descent, Hamilton gambled that the same thing would happen today. "I didn't have the acceleration to go with the Iranians," he said. "They have proven that they are the strongest climbers in the race. So I just rode my own tempo.
"I stayed with the main bunch and Dave McCann - he is really strong, I take my hat off to him," he added. "Tomorrow will be hard, one day at a time. I am really happy."
Rutkiewicz was pleased with second on the day and in the overall, admitting that it was an unexpected result. "I was second today, but that’s okay," he said. "I am very happy, that I’m second on the general classification. Before the stage I didn't think that I would be able to be in second after the stage.
"I was two minutes in front of the peloton [at the start of the main climb of the day], I attacked before the climb," he added. "It was good because it gave me some leeway. It was a very good situation for me."
"We were going for the general classification and were really going for it," explained Rutkiewicz. "I had my team manager screaming in my ear to go."
How it unfolded
Some 121 riders started the eighth stage heading towards Menyuan via a large mountain range that resembled the Alps. An early escape of 16 riders built up a lead of two minutes but by the time they hit the early slopes of the climb the lead was slashed to just a few hundred metres.
The early hairpins of the climb, which went on for nearly 30 kilometres, were used as a launch pad for another group of riders, including Rutkiewicz to get away. The 11-strong group built up a lead of two minutes as they made their way along the shallower slopes of the climb towards the final 15 kilometres, which could rival any of the more famous climbs in Europe.
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Askari was the first to try and blow the field apart behind the lead group. His accelerations were enough to separate himself, his Tabriz Petrochemical team-mate Ghader Mizbani Iranagh and Venezualan climber Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni) from the main overall contenders.
This group caught and passed the front group as the gradient got steeper. Rodriguez took maximum points over the top ahead of Mizbani Iranagh and Askari. The trio’s lead was not enough however, as a large group were able to catch them on the descent. This group included Hamilton, Rutkiewicz, David McCann (Giant Asia), Rhys Pollock (GE - Marco Polo) and Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing).
Sevilla was the first to attack the group in pursuit of the stage win and the overall, but was quickly brought back by the Tabriz Petrochemical Team. Rutkiewicz then took his chance as Hamilton jumped across to him. This pair, working well together, proceeded to build up a one minute lead, which they held right to the line.
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- Gabriele Missaglia (Serramenti ) relaxes before an important day in the saddle.
- The peloton on the flatter part of the stage.
- Marco Polo took to the front to reel back the escape.
- Some curious farmers came out to see the action.
- On the lower slopes the intensity was showing for the back markers.
- The peloton cross a bridge before the real climbing began.
- The break were the first to see what was ahead.
- Sergey Rudaskov (Collstrop) went to the front of the break.
- Gabriele Missaglia (Serramenti) leads the main group as they head upwards.
- Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) leads the race two thirds up the climb.
- The lead group head to the clouds.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) leads the main chase group.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) and Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) descend into the valley below.
- The scenery was great, but there was no time for sight seeing today.
- With Hamilton (Rock Racing) and Rutkiewicz (Poland) away the chasers were wasting time by arguing.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) leads with 15km to go.
- Matej Stare (Perutnina) went alone to try and reach the leaders.
- The leaders were looking good with 10km to go.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) takes his first win since 2004. He now leads the overall classification by 10 seconds.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) congratulates Hamilton on his win.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) after the race.
- Matej Stare (Perutnina) is congratulated after his big effort in the closing kilometres.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) sprays the champagne.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) is in a good position to take out the overall honours.
Results
1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 3.36.56 2 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 3 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.01 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.11 5 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 6 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 7 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 1.13 8 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 9 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 11 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 12 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 13 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 14 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 15 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 16 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 18 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 20 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 21 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.25 22 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.27 23 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 24 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 25 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 26 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 27 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 28 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.40 29 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 30 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 31 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 32 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 33 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 2.43 34 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 5.06 35 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 36 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 37 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 38 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 7.49 39 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 40 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 41 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 42 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 43 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 44 Peng Liu (Chn) China 9.38 45 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 46 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 47 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 48 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 49 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 50 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 51 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 52 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 53 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 54 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 55 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 56 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 57 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 58 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 59 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 9.44 60 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 9.46 61 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.02 62 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 63 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 12.15 64 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 65 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 13.21 66 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 67 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 68 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 69 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 16.27 70 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 19.14 71 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 72 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 73 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 74 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 75 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 76 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 77 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 78 Yue Tu (Chn) China 79 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 80 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 81 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 82 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 20.29 83 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 20.31 84 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 20.34 85 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 86 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 87 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 88 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 89 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 90 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 91 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 92 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 93 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 94 Bo Liu (Chn) China 95 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 96 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 97 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 98 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 99 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 100 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 101 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 102 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27.48 103 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 104 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 105 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 106 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 107 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 108 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 109 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 110 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 111 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 112 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 113 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 113 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 115 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 116 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 117 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 118 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 119 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 120 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team DNF Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine Points Sprint 1 1 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 3 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 1 Finish 1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 16 pts 2 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 14 3 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 13 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12 5 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 11 6 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 10 7 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 9 8 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 8 9 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 7 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 6 11 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 12 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 4 13 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 3 14 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 2 15 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1 Mountains 1 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 9 pts 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 7 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 3 5 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1 Teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 74.48.27 2 Poland 1.17 3 Coscycle Collstrop 1.47 4 Ukraine 3.39 5 Perperutnina Ptuj 5.26 6 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.44 7 Rock Racing 19.01 8 Uzbekistan 27.07 9 PSK Whirlpool - Author 29.25 10 Denmark 54.04 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 1.06.34 12 Skil-Shimano 1.14.24 13 China 1.21.20 14 TKT cosmote Kastro 1.27.18 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.57.17 16 Qinghai,China 2.12.52 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 2.16.06 18 Hong Kong Team 2.30.13 19 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 2.40.47 20 Pezula Racing 3.21.47 Asian team 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10.54.27 2 Uzbekistan 8.17 3 Qinghai,China 20.41 4 China 24.26 5 Hong Kong Team 27.52 General classification after stage 8 1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 24.54.41 2 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 0.10 3 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.08 4 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.17 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1.22 6 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1.26 7 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.35 8 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.36 9 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 1.49 10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 1.57 11 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 2.02 13 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 14 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2.07 15 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 2.11 16 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 2.26 17 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 3.44 18 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 3.47 19 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5.38 20 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6.12 21 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 7.19 22 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7.30 23 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 11.33 24 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 12.16 25 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 14.07 26 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 15.42 27 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 16.04 28 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 17.39 29 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 17.51 30 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 18.08 31 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 18.15 32 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 18.56 33 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20.07 34 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 20.23 35 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 20.30 36 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21.04 37 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 22.06 38 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 22.22 39 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 22.33 40 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 25.22 41 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 25.25 42 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 26.00 43 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 27.21 44 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 29.26 45 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 29.59 46 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 33.06 47 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 33.52 48 Peng Liu (Chn) China 35.06 49 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 35.21 50 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 35.47 51 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 36.02 52 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36.44 53 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 37.49 54 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 38.19 55 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38.20 56 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 41.19 57 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 41.33 58 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 41.52 59 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 45.52 60 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 48.03 61 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 49.33 62 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 50.01 63 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 51.55 64 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 52.43 65 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 53.13 66 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 53.44 67 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 58.32 68 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 58.42 69 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 59.02 70 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 59.33 71 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 59.45 72 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 59.47 73 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.01.10 74 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.02.31 75 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 1.02.37 76 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.03.33 77 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.03.59 78 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.04.57 79 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.07.17 80 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 1.08.16 81 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.08.54 82 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.09.14 83 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.09.40 84 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.11.03 85 Yue Tu (Chn) China 1.12.39 86 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 1.13.47 87 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.14.02 88 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.14.03 89 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 1.14.17 90 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 1.14.26 91 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 1.15.04 92 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 1.16.19 93 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 1.18.29 94 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.18.30 95 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 1.19.37 96 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.21.18 97 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 1.22.51 98 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.24.11 99 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.26.07 100 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.26.57 101 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.27.07 102 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.27.29 103 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.28.31 104 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.29.14 105 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 1.31.06 106 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 1.35.17 107 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.36.39 108 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.37.45 109 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.38.28 110 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.38.47 111 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.39.57 112 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.42.50 113 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.44.32 114 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 1.49.15 115 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.51.08 116 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.55.02 117 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 1.56.47 118 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.01.59 119 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.05.49 120 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.06.50 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 68 pts 2 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 50 3 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 47 4 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 44 5 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 41 6 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 41 7 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 38 8 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 37 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 36 10 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 35 11 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 32 12 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 31 13 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 31 14 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30 15 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29 16 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27 17 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 26 18 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 24 19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 20 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 23 21 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20 22 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 19 23 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 19 24 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 18 25 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 16 26 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 16 27 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 16 28 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 15 29 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 30 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 13 31 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 13 32 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 12 33 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 34 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 35 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 10 36 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 37 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10 38 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 9 39 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 9 40 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 8 41 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8 42 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 6 43 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5 44 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 45 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 5 46 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 47 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 4 48 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 4 49 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 50 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 51 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 52 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 2 53 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2 54 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 55 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1 56 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 57 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 1 Mountains classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 22 pts 2 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21 3 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19 4 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 15 5 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 8 7 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 6 8 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 9 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 4 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 11 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1 12 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 13 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1 14 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 Teams 1 Perperutnina Ptuj 10.54.15 2 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.12 3 Coscycle Collstrop 0.24 4 Ukraine 5 Poland 0.26 6 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.36 7 PSK Whirlpool - Author 6.48 8 Uzbekistan 8.29 9 TKT cosmote Kastro 10.04 10 Denmark 12.44 11 Rock Racing 17.00 12 Qinghai,China 20.53 13 China 24.38 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 26.52 15 Hong Kong Team 28.04 16 Giant Asia Racing Team 33.23 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 38.46 18 Skil-Shimano 41.27 19 Pezula Racing 50.57 20 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 53.22 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 24.55.49 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 3 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.39 4 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 11.08 5 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 17.07 6 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 19.15 7 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19.56 8 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 21.25 9 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 24.17 10 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 32.44 11 Peng Liu (Chn) China 33.58 12 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 36.41 13 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 37.11 14 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 40.11 15 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 46.55 16 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 52.36 17 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 57.24 18 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.00.02 19 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.01.23 20 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.02.51 21 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.03.49 22 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.09.55 23 Yue Tu (Chn) China 1.11.31 24 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.12.54 25 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.23.03 26 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.24.59 27 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.25.59 28 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.26.21 29 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.35.31 30 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.36.37 31 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.37.20 32 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.37.39 33 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.38.49 34 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.50.00 35 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.05.42 Asian teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 74.48.27 2 Uzbekistan 27.07 3 China 1.21.20 4 Qinghai,China 2.12.52 5 Hong Kong Team 2.30.13
