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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 9 - July 19: Menyuan - Huzhu, 168.1 km
Kocjan takes win as team-mate makes wrong turn
By Paul Verkuylen in Xining, China
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The last mountain stage of the Tour once again came to a sprint finish, with Perutinina's Jure Kocjan triumphing over Jackson Rodriguez (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni), but it could have been different.
In the final 15 kilometres Kristjan Fajt (Perutinina) and Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukraine) attacked the lead group and built up a 40-second advantage. With just three and a half kilometres remaining, Fajt attacked Zagorodnyy and took a wrong turn directed by an official, resulting in the pair being passed by the chasing group. Fajt could be consoled by the fact that his team-mate won, but was left wondering if he could have taken his second stage of the Tour.
A shocked Kocjan was happy after finding out that his third place was indeed a win, even if it was at the expense of a team-mates glory.
"I though I was third today, because my team-mate [Kristjan Fajt] and Zagorodnyy were in front of us, but they made a wrong turn," he explained.
"When I came over the finish, they told me that I won."
Kocjan, a 23 year-old all rounder, was happy to have won after a disastrous beginning to the season. "I won two stages of the Vuelta Cuba in February, and then I fell and broke my arm. I was off my bike for two months."
Climbing in the leading group, Kocjan began thinking of the stage win once they crested the summit, with around 30 kilometers remaining.
"I am a good climber, and good at a small group sprints," he explained.
Kocjan's team-mate Fajt, winner of stage three where he also took the yellow jersey, was angry immediately following the finish. He had made a move inside the last four kilometers and was certain that he could hold of Zagorodnyy and the chasers for the win.
"The car turned right and I turned right too," he explained. "I could have won the stage; I was away on my own. We had about 30 or 40 seconds advantage and we were going 60 km/h - they would never have caught us."
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Philippe Marien, chief commissarie for the Tour was stunned and disappointed that the unfortunate situation occurred, but was required to uphold the UCI regulations when a situation like this occurs.
"There was never going to be a good decision," Marien explained. "But they could not win the stage, because the regulations state that the rider should know the circuit, even though that is a bit [of a tough rule].
"This is the less bad decision," he said.
The ninth stage took in the Tour's most exciting mountain, a 3448-metre ascent which included a section of 12 hairpin turns lined with thousands of screaming fans.
As expected the early break of nine riders was caught on the lower slopes of the climb before the Iranian Tabriz Petrochemical team launched its attack.
Hossien Askari attacked and rode to the top of the hors category climb with Tabriz Petrochemical team-mate Ghader Mizbani Iranagh, with the chase group containing Tyler Hamilton, Oscar Sevilla (both Rock Racing) and Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) trailing one minute behind.
Once over the top however the two leaders were dragged back by the chase group. First Mizbani Iranagh was pulled back then shortly later Askari was reeled in.
"Last night we decided that I would try and get away on the climb with a team-mate and build up a lead and try to stay away until the finish," Askari said. The idea was to get the time he lost to Hamilton the previous stage. "But Mizbani had a small problem today [sickness - Ed.] and we could not follow through with this strategy.
"So we decided that we would just take the mountain points."
Overnight leader, Hamilton was happy with how the day unfolded, but will not rest on his laurels until he reaches the finish line tomorrow.
"With the help of my whole team and especially Oscar Sevilla we controlled things," Hamilton said. "It's not over till it's over though. I have a ten second lead, so we will stay on our toes and control the situation [tomorrow] like we did today.
"I said that I wasn't going to try and follow [the Iranians] when they attacked. I knew that if I just rode my steady tempo I would be ok. When they did attack, I rode within myself and things worked out. They are really explosive so they can get the gap, but after that we pretty much kept them in check."
How it unfolded
The peloton left the start town of Menyuan two hours later than expected after a mix up involving the team hotels saw a number of teams have to return to the city of Xining last night and return in the morning.
Once they did get underway the action was quick to begin. A number of smaller attacks were reeled in before a group of four riders were able to gain a reasonable gap of around 30 seconds. Five more riders then sprang across the gap to make it nine.
With no threat to the overall in the group, they were allowed to build up a lead of over five minutes. Once the climb began however, the gap began to decrease rapidly as the Tabriz Petrochemical Team began to apply pressure on the front of the peloton.
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By the time they hit the steeper slopes and the hairpin turns, the group had been reeled in, allowing Askari and Mizbani Iranagh to make their move for the mountain points. Cresting the top with a lead of around one minute the pair tried in earnest to maintain the lead in order to take the yellow jersey back.
Mizbani Iranagh was suffering from the effects of a sore throat, and was unable to hold the pace set by his team-mate. He was the first to be reeled in by the chasing group, leaving Askari out front on his own.
The fast descent played into the hands of the chasing group, and with a little more than 30 kilometres left to cover, Askari was also taken back into the fold.
Once the group was all together the attacks for the stage win began, with Kristjan Fajt (Perutinina) and Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukraine) being the only two able to get away. They gradually built up a lead of around 40 seconds.
With just four kilometres remaining Fajt attacked his companion, quickly taking 15 seconds. But his attack would all be in vain as he, following the directions of a police marshal, took a wrong turn allowing the chasers to catch and pass both riders.
Unaware that they were sprinting for the stage win, Jure Kocjan sprinted to what he thought was third place behind his team-mate. It was later revealed that he claimed the stage.
Photography
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- The local band boys were there at the start of stage 9.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) signs on.
- The powerful Denmark team, in China for some pre Olympic Games racing.
- Fumiyuki Beppu (Skil-Shimano) awaits the start of the delayed days racing.
- Perutnina from Slovenia are having a great tour.
- The race gets underway bellow some main street decorations.
- Picture perfect scenery.
- The nine riders in the break make their way.
- Some local farmers give their encouragement.
- The break on the approach to the climb.
- Serramenti went to the front of the main group as they neared the main climb.
- Fumiyuki Beppu (Skil-Shimano) looks for the others as they start climbing.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) was near the front as the climb began, and looked comfortable.
- Switchback delight.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) was still looking strong as they neared the peak.
- Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) was hanging in there, but was struggling.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) was there to look after Hamilton.
- Hossien Askari (Tabriz) went on the attack, but to no avail.
- The yellow jersey was near the front after the descent.
- Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina) takes a look at his opposition.
- Jure Kocjan (Perutnina) on his way to a strong win.
- Jure Kocjan (Perutnina) applauds his win.
- Jure Kocjan (Perutnina) relaxes at the finish.
- Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina) is furious after being directed the wrong way, with a win a certainty.
- Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina) voices his concerns to his manager.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) celebrates on the podium.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) throws the flowers into the crowd.
- Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) with a few souvenirs in his back pocket.
Results
1 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3.56.48 2 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 4 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 7 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 8 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 9 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 11 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 12 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 13 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 15 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 16 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 18 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 19 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 20 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 0.12 21 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.17 22 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.19 23 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.22 24 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 1.28 25 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 26 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 27 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 28 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 29 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 30 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 31 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 32 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 33 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 34 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.33 35 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 36 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 37 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 38 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.35 39 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 40 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 41 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 42 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 43 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 44 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.43 45 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1.45 46 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.49 47 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 4.25 48 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 7.32 49 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 50 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 51 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 8.18 52 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 53 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 54 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 55 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 56 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 57 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 58 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 59 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 8.32 60 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 61 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 62 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 63 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 13.35 64 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 65 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 66 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 67 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 13.46 68 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 14.01 69 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 15.24 70 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 71 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 72 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 73 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 74 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 75 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 76 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 77 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 78 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 79 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 80 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 81 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 82 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 83 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 84 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 85 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 86 Peng Liu (Chn) China 87 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 88 Yue Tu (Chn) China 89 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 90 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 91 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 92 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 93 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 17.13 94 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 95 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 18.06 96 Bo Liu (Chn) China 19.53 97 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 21.10 98 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 99 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 100 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 101 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 102 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 24.26 103 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 104 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 105 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 106 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 107 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 108 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 109 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 110 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 111 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 112 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 113 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 114 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 115 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 116 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 117 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 118 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 119 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 120 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni Points Sprint 1 1 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 3 3 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 1 Finish 1 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 16 pts 2 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 14 3 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 13 4 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 12 5 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 11 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 10 7 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 9 8 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 8 9 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 7 10 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 6 11 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 5 12 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 4 13 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3 14 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 2 15 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1 Mountains Mountains 1 1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 9 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 7 3 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 5 4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 5 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 2 6 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 1 Teams 1 Perperutnina Ptuj 11.50.24 2 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 Ukraine 0.12 4 Coscycle Collstrop 1.28 5 Poland 6 PSK Whirlpool - Author 1.57 7 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3.11 8 Giant Asia Racing Team 3.24 9 Uzbekistan 4.36 10 Denmark 11.14 11 Rock Racing 15.24 12 Skil-Shimano 15.50 13 TKT cosmote Kastro 17.25 14 Qinghai,China 26.18 15 China 30.27 16 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 32.16 17 Hong Kong Team 33.49 18 Pezula Racing 39.06 19 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 41.25 20 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 50.25 Asian teams 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 11.50.24 2 Uzbekistan 4.36 3 Qinghai,China 26.18 4 China 30.27 5 Hong Kong Team 33.49 General classification after stage 9 1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 28.51.29 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 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.36 8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 1.57 9 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 2.05 11 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 2.14 12 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 2.24 13 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 3.08 14 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 3.17 15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3.25 16 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 3.44 17 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 3.59 18 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 5.20 19 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5.38 20 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6.12 21 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7.30 22 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.54 23 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 13.01 24 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 13.44 25 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 15.35 26 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 16.04 27 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 17.27 28 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 18.52 29 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 19.12 30 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 19.26 31 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 19.43 32 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 19.51 33 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20.07 34 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21.04 35 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 22.06 36 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 23.50 37 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 24.08 38 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 24.48 39 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 27.00 40 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 27.35 41 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 34.09 42 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 34.53 43 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 35.54 44 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 37.22 45 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 37.44 46 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 38.31 47 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 40.37 48 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 40.46 49 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 43.20 50 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 43.39 51 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 44.34 52 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 45.21 53 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 49.37 54 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 50.05 55 Peng Liu (Chn) China 50.30 56 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 51.22 57 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 51.54 58 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 52.08 59 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 52.14 60 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 53.44 61 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 54.24 62 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 1.00.10 63 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 1.03.27 64 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 1.07.20 65 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.08.07 66 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.12.17 67 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.14.27 68 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.14.56 69 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 1.15.09 70 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 1.15.11 71 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.16.32 72 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 1.16.34 73 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.16.38 74 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.17.39 75 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.17.58 76 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 1.18.01 77 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.18.10 78 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.18.57 79 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.22.10 80 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.23.59 81 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.24.18 82 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.24.38 83 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 84 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.27.37 85 Yue Tu (Chn) China 1.28.03 86 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 1.29.11 87 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 1.29.41 88 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 1.29.50 89 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.31.43 90 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 1.33.32 91 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 1.35.01 92 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 1.36.14 93 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.36.42 94 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.38.29 95 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.41.31 96 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.42.31 97 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 1.42.55 98 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 1.42.56 99 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.44.18 100 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 1.44.36 101 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.45.21 102 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.46.46 103 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 1.47.17 104 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.47.22 105 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.51.43 106 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.52.03 107 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.52.57 108 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 1.55.32 109 Pria Lars (Rom) Cosmote Kastro 1.56.27 110 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1.58.07 111 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.58.55 112 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 2.01.07 113 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.03.13 114 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 2.12.11 115 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 2.13.41 116 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.15.34 117 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.19.28 118 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.26.25 119 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.30.12 120 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.31.16 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 68 pts 2 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 63 3 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 50 4 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 45 5 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 44 6 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 44 7 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 41 8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 41 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 40 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 40 11 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 37 12 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 36 13 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 35 14 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 32 15 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30 16 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29 17 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27 18 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 26 19 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 24 20 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 21 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 24 22 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 23 23 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 20 24 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 19 25 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 19 26 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 18 27 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 17 28 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 16 29 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 16 30 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 16 31 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 15 32 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 15 33 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 14 34 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 13 35 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 13 36 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 12 37 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 11 38 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 11 39 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 40 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 41 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 10 42 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 9 43 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Ser) Cosmote Kastro 9 44 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 8 45 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 6 46 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 47 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 5 48 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 49 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 4 50 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 51 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 3 52 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 53 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 54 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 2 55 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2 56 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 57 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 1 58 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1 59 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1 60 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 1 Mountains classification 1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29 3 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 22 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 17 5 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 15 6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 8 7 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 6 8 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 9 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 10 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 3 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 classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 86.38.51 2 Poland 2.45 3 Coscycle Collstrop 3.15 4 Ukraine 3.51 5 Perperutnina Ptuj 5.26 6 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 11.55 7 PSK Whirlpool - Author 31.22 8 Uzbekistan 31.43 9 Rock Racing 34.25 10 Denmark 1.05.18 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 1.09.58 12 Skil-Shimano 1.30.14 13 TKT cosmote Kastro 1.44.43 14 China 1.51.47 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 2.38.42 16 Qinghai,China 2.39.10 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 2.48.22 18 Hong Kong Team 3.04.02 19 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 3.31.12 20 Pezula Racing 4.00.53 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 28.52.37 2 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 3 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 4.12 4 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 12.36 5 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 18.35 6 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19.56 7 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 23.00 8 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 23.40 9 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 25.52 10 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 33.01 11 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 44.13 12 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 48.29 13 Peng Liu (Chn) China 49.22 14 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 50.46 15 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 1.02.19 16 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.11.09 17 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.13.48 18 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.15.24 19 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.15.30 20 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.17.02 21 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.21.02 22 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.23.30 23 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 1.26.29 24 Yue Tu (Chn) China 1.26.55 25 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 1.40.23 26 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 1.41.23 27 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.44.13 28 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.45.38 29 Bo Liu (Chn) China 1.46.14 30 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.50.55 31 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.57.47 32 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 1.59.59 33 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.02.05 34 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 2.14.26 35 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 2.30.08 Asian teams classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 86.38.51 2 Uzbekistan 31.43 3 China 1.51.47 4 Qinghai,China 2.39.10 5 Hong Kong Team 3.04.02
