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14th Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 9-15, 2009
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Stage 4 - February 12: Melaka - Bangi, 221km
Samai storm ruins Gavazzi's parade
By Daniel Benson in Bangi, Langkawi
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Indonesian sprinter Samai took his country's first win on stage four of the Tour of Langkawi, 221 kilometres from Melaka to Bandar Baru Bangi. The pint-sized Letua rider crossed the line ahead of general classification leader Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) and Nolan Hoffman (South Africa). Gavazzi extended his lead to 23 seconds over Hoffman and will lead the race in tomorrow's blockbuster stage to Genting Highlands.
"I think that this is the best day for me in the Tour of Langkawi this year and my career. I've been here for one month training, so I wanted to prove that I'm the best in Asia here. I think I've done that here today," Samai said.
Samai, 28, capped a superb day for Asian cycling, with five of the day's break coming from the continent. His Letua teammate, New Zealander Jeremy Yates, took the lead in the mountains competition.
The race's longest stage travelled from the centre of Melaka, along the coast until and then inland towards the first tough test of the race. There were two categorised climbs before a long descent to the finish.
The day began in typical Langkawi fashion with riders trying to escape the bunch right from the gun. A determined Diquigiovanni-Androni train hampered any break's chances until kilometre 50, where Gavazzi bagged points at the first intermediate sprint. An eight-man break containing Yukiya Arashiro, René Weissinger, Shinichi Fukushima, Hyoen Gu Kim, Jeremy Yates, Mustafa Rusli, Christoff Van Heerden and Serjii Matveyev moved off the front.
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The group gathered pace as it built up a lead over the undulating coastal route. In the main group Cervélo Test Team and the Australian National squad watched each other at the head. As the break gained time – peaking at six minutes before the first climb of the day – the stage was excitingly poised.
At the front, Yates was burying himself as he tried to sweep up mountain points on the first climb of Bukit Tangga. He was closely followed by South Africa's Van Heerden. Back in the bunch, riders were starting to wilt under the pressure of the climbs. The lead held at six minutes as the leaders descended at over 90kmh.
Timothy Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) showed his intent with two small digs from the peloton, but his attacks were quickly neutralised. The bunch was finally set on organising a chase and the lead quickly tumbled on the category two climb to Genting Peres.
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The leaders were beginning to slow. As they reached the one kilometre to go banner, Yates and Van Heerden found themselves with a 15-second lead over the remnants of the break.
Julien Loubet (AG2R La Mondiale) launched an attack from the bunch that saw him make contact with the leaders on the descent. "I had to try something. I wanted to break things up as much as I could for our other climbers and I was willing to sacrifice myself for the team," the Frenchman said at the finish.
On the long descent Yates and Van Heerden fought to extend their advantage. The bunch crested the climb just over a minute in arrears, but with a gasping Gavazzi and many of the sprinters still gripping on.
"I wasn't the best climber, but I was able to get away at the top. We just buried ourselves hoping we could stay away but the peloton were pulling so hard," Van Heerden said.
With four kilometres to go and the remnants of the break back in the peloton, the exposed roads began sapping at the duo's legs and it was only a matter of time before the race was back together again.
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Gavazzi, the winner of the previous three stages had it all in his favour as he swung to the middle of the road in the final 150 metres. However, a crash that took out Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream) caused the Italian to hesitate and it gave Samai the perfect opportunity to dive home for the biggest win of his career.
"Coming up to the finish I had a great position. I was sitting third wheel and I thought 'oh, I've got this one.' Some guys came around the right and a couple on the left, so I made my move. Then someone came from the left and straight to the right – taking out my front wheel. I just went down," said a battered Sutton.
Gavazzi was gracious in defeat: "I have to congratulate Samai on his win – he took is chance well. There was hesitation, and then there was a hole behind me and one rider came from this hole – that's how I lost the race."
Tomorrow the riders tackle the daunting stage from Petaling Jaya to Genting Highlands. Only 102km in length, its finish at Genting – 1679 metres above sea-level – will see the overall contenders go head-to-head for the first time.
Photography
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- The team of EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design pose for a photo prior to stage four in Melaka.
- The Malaysian National team and the MNCF Cycling Team pose for a photo in Melaka.
- The team of Fuji-Servetto in Melaka prior to stage four of the tour.
- Janse Van Rensburg (South African National Team) in his Genting King of the Mountains jersey prior to stage four.
- Shinichi Fukushima (EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design) was considering a move to get into a breakaway group on stage four.
- The number one dossard of Diquigiovanni-Androni's Manuel Belletti.
- Local schoolchildren were flying the flag for Malaysia during stage four of the tour.
- Malaysian National Team's Mohd Zamri Saleh had his gloves strapped to the handle-bars early into stage four.
- The peloton were all together at around the twenty-five kilometre mark of the 221 kilometre stage.
- The peloton pass through a village on their 221 kilometre trek, the longest stage of the tour.
- A group of eight riders broke away from the peloton at around the fifty kilometre mark.
- Sergii Matveyev (ISD) has his photo taken (twice) as he speeds into town.
- Escape duo: Shinichi Fukushima, l, of EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design and Gu Hyeon Kim (Seoul Cycling) in the lead group.
- The peloton roll through around four minutes behind a lead group of eight riders.
- Christoff Van Heerden (South Africa), Yukiya Arashiro (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), and René Weissinger (Vorarlberg-Corratec) charge towards the finish of an intermediate sprint point at Port Dickson.
- Tour leader Mattia Gavazzi and Diquigiovanni-Androni teammate Luca Celli share a moment in the peloton.
- The breakaway group was making life difficult for the peloton on the longest stage of the tour which included a cat 2 and 3 hill climbs.
- Christoff Van Heerden (South Africa) cools off whilst Jeremy Yates (LeTua Cycling Team) contemplates a banana.
- Yates from New Zealand decides against the banana and digs deep into the musette.
- French snapper Bruno Bade displays all the skills involved when trying to photograph riders on a hill climb.
- The chasing peloton on the category three climb at Bukit Tangga.
- Tour leader Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) had one of those days in the saddle when things didn't go his way but he would remain in yellow after the stage.
- New Zealander Jeremy Yates (LeTua Cycling Team) takes the points at the top of the category two climb at Genting Peres after 172 kilometres.
- Shinichi Fukushima (EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design) was hopeful to get into the break and he did.
- Julien Loubet (AG2R La Mondiale) gets over the category two climb at Genting Peres and goes in search of the leaders.
- Gyung Gu Jang (Seoul Cycling Team) from Korea fell heavily early into the descent at Genting Peres and was taken to hospital in an ambulance and withdrew from the tour.
- Jackson Rodriguez (Diquigiovanni-Androni) and Tonton Susanto (LeTua Cycling Team) tried to get across to two leaders in the final twenty kilometres.
- René Weissinger (Vorarlberg-Corratec) and Jeremy Yates (LeTua Cycling Team) were holding a slender lead on two chasers and the peloton with a little over 15 kilometres to the finish.
- Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream) crashes heavily at 70 km/h in the mad dash to the line in Bandar Baru Bangi.
- Samai (LeTua Cycling Team) takes out stage four into Bandar Baru Bangi.
- A fist pumping Samai was delighted with his stage win and put an end to Mattia Gavazzi's hope of a fourth straight stage win.
- Samai's LeTua Cycling's teammate, Jeremy Yates, was wrapped with the stage win after he rode strongly in the break and himself claimed the King of the Mountains jersey for his efforts.
- A dejected Chris Sutton walks across the finish line after crashing out of the stage in the sprint. Garmin-Slipstream teammate Ricardo Van Der Velde is on hand for consoling.
- A bloodied Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream) walks back to the team-car.
- Jeremy Yates's hard work on the stage didn't go un-noticed as his teammate and stage winner, Samai, is also interviewed (background).
- Stage winner Samai (LeTua Cycling Team) averaged 42.08 km/h on the 221 kilometre trip
- LeTua Cycling team's Samai is the new leader in the best Asian rider on the tour.
- New Zealander Jeremy Yates (LeTua Cycling Team) is the new leader of the Genting King of the Mountains competition.
- Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) remains in the Milo Sprint Points jersey after four stages.
- The podium in Bandar Baru Bangi after the fourth stage.
- Samai, Gavazzi and Yates on the podium in Bandar Baru Bangi.
Images by Evis Chu/Photosport International
- Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream) crashes in the final 50m of the stage.
- Samai (LeTua Cycling Team) wins stage four while Nolan Hoffman (South Africa National Team) expresses his displeasure.
- Samai (LeTua Cycling Team) and Jeremy Yates (Letua Cycling Team) wear the best Asian rider's jersey and best climber's jersey respectively.
- Fans and photographers observe the passing peloton.
- Miyataka Shimizu ( EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design) tries to bridge to the lead group.
- Samai (LeTua Cycling Team) is very pleased with his stage win.
Results
1 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5.15.09 (42.08kmh) 2 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 4 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 5 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 8 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 9 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 10 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 11 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 12 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 13 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 14 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 15 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 16 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 17 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 18 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 19 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 20 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 21 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 22 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 23 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 24 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 26 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 27 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 28 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 29 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 30 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 31 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 32 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 33 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 34 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 35 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 36 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 37 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 38 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 39 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 40 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 41 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 42 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 43 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 44 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 45 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 46 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 47 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 48 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 49 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 50 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 51 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 52 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 53 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 54 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 55 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 56 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 57 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 59 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 60 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 61 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 62 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 63 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 64 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 65 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 66 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 67 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 68 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 69 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 70 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 71 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 72 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 73 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 74 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 75 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 76 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 77 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 78 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 79 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 80 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 81 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 82 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 83 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 84 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 85 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 86 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 87 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 88 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 89 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 90 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 91 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 92 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 93 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 94 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 95 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 96 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 97 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 98 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.33 99 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 4.20 100 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 101 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 5.39 102 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6.22 103 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 8.02 104 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 105 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 106 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 107 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 108 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 109 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 8.16 110 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 12.34 111 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18.00 112 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 113 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 114 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 115 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 116 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25.18 117 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream DNF Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling DNF Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team Points Akedemi Laut Malaysia (ALAM) - 37.7km 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 pts 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 3 3 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Port Dickson - 69.2km 1 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 5 pts 2 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 3 3 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 4 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Seremban - 103.4km 1 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 3 3 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 2 4 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Bukit Tangga - 125.7km, cat 3, 367m 1 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 6 pts 2 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 4 3 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 2 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 1 Genting Peres - 172.0km, cat 2, 459m 1 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 10 pts 2 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 7 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 4 4 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Asian rider 1 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5.15.09 2 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 4 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 5 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 6 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 7 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 8 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 10 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 11 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 12 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 13 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 14 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 15 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team Teams 1 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 15.45.27 2 Doha Team 3 ISD 4 Australia National Team 5 AG2R La Mondiale 6 China National Team 7 Vorarlberg - Corratec 8 MNCF Cycling Team 9 Kazakhstan National Team 10 South Africa National Team 11 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 12 Iran National Team 13 Seoul Cycling 14 Letua Cycling Team 15 Diquigiovanni-Androni 16 Fuji-Servetto 17 Garmin Slipstream 18 Cervélo TestTeam 19 CSF Group Navigare 20 Malaysia National Team 8.02 Asian teams 1 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 15.45.27 2 Doha Team 3 China National Team 4 MNCF Cycling Team 5 Kazakhstan National Team 6 Iran National Team 7 Seoul Cycling 8 Letua Cycling Team 9 Malaysia National Team 8.02 General classification after stage 4 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16.36.54 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 0.23 3 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0.27 4 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 0.29 5 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 6 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 0.30 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0.31 8 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 0.35 9 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 0.37 10 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 0.38 11 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 13 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 0.39 14 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 15 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 16 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 17 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 18 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 19 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 20 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 21 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 23 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 24 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 25 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 26 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 27 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 28 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 29 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 30 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 31 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 32 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 33 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 34 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 35 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 36 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 37 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 39 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 40 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 41 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 42 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 43 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 44 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 45 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 46 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 47 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 48 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 49 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 50 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 51 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 52 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 54 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 56 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 57 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 58 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 59 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 60 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 61 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 62 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 63 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 64 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 65 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 66 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 67 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 68 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 69 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 70 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 71 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 72 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 73 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 74 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 75 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 76 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 77 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 78 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 79 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 80 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 81 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 82 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 83 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 84 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 85 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 0.47 86 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.49 87 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.52 88 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 0.55 89 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 90 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 0.59 91 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 92 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.02 93 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.06 94 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 1.12 95 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.17 96 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.59 97 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3.25 98 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 4.57 99 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 6.18 100 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7.01 101 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 7.32 102 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 8.37 103 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8.41 104 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 105 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 106 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 8.52 107 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 8.55 108 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 9.56 109 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 13.13 110 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14.58 111 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 18.59 112 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 113 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 114 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 19.32 115 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.24 116 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25.57 117 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 27.37 Points classification 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 64 pts 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 55 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 36 4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 32 5 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 25 6 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 25 7 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 23 8 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 22 9 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 19 10 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 20 11 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 19 12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 19 13 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 18 14 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 15 15 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 15 16 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 17 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 13 18 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 19 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 12 20 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 12 21 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 11 22 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 10 23 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 24 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 9 25 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 8 26 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 8 27 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 8 28 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 7 29 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 7 30 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 31 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 32 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 33 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 3 34 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 3 35 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 3 36 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2 37 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 38 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 2 39 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 40 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 2 41 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 42 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 1 43 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 44 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 Mountains classification 1 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 16 pts 2 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 11 3 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 6 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 5 5 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 4 6 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4 7 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 8 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 2 9 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 2 10 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 2 11 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 12 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 13 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 14 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 15 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1 16 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Asian rider classification 1 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 16.37.23 2 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.09 3 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 4 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 0.10 5 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 6 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 7 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 8 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 9 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 10 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 11 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 12 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 13 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 14 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 15 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 17 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 18 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 19 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 20 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 21 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 22 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 23 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 24 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 25 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 26 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 27 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.20 28 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.23 29 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 0.26 30 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 0.30 31 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 32 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.37 33 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.43 34 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.30 35 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 2.56 36 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6.32 37 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 8.08 38 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8.12 39 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 40 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 41 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 8.23 42 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 8.26 43 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 9.27 44 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18.30 45 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 46 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20.55 Teams classification 1 South Africa National Team 49.52.39 2 ISD 3 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 4 Vorarlberg - Corratec 5 Doha Team 6 Garmin Slipstream 7 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8 China National Team 9 MNCF Cycling Team 10 Australia National Team 11 AG2R La Mondiale 12 Cervélo TestTeam 13 Iran National Team 14 Fuji-Servetto 15 Kazakhstan National Team 16 Diquigiovanni-Androni 17 Seoul Cycling 18 CSF Group Navigare 19 Letua Cycling Team 20 Malaysia National Team 8.02 Asian teams classification 1 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 49.52.39 2 Doha Team 3 China National Team 4 MNCF Cycling Team 5 Iran National Team 6 Kazakhstan National Team 7 Seoul Cycling 8 Letua Cycling Team 9 Malaysia National Team 8.02
