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14th Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 9-15, 2009
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Stage 2 - February 10: Senawang - Melaka, 160.9 km
Galloping Gavazzi grabs win two
By Daniel Benson in Melaka
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Mattia Gavazzi stormed to his second win at the Tour of Langkawi on stage two from Senawang to Melaka. The race leader repeated his stage-one winning antics with a frantic dash to the line ahead of Nolan Hoffman (South Africa) and Aurélien Clerc (AG2R La Mondiale).
A tired looking Gavazzi was delighted with his win. "I had a look at the race manual last night and I knew what to expect in the last kilometre or two. There were uneven paving stones and a few sharp bends to watch out for but nothing dangerous and I had great support from [teammate] Manuel Belletti and it made my sprint easier," the Italian said.
After a relatively easy first day all 119 riders rolled out from Senawang for the 160.9km stage to Melaka, and like yesterday a flurry of early attacks from the national teams marked the beginning kilometres. None of the escapees was granted much freedom from the chasing bunch but once the peloton crested the stage's category three climb up to Bukit Inas, a two-man break formed. Two of the race's strongest teams began to show themselves, with Cervélo TestTeam's Oscar Pujol and AG2R's Moldovan national champion Alexandr Pliuschin pulling clear.
On the winding, rural roads the two worked well, sharing the pace and bonus points on offer as a small group tried an unsuccessful attempt to bridge across. At the 50km mark the duo had built up a steady 2:30 lead and as they moved deeper into the local picture-postcard countryside, they stretched their advantage out to a maximum of 7:10 at 83km.
This brought the peloton back into life and on the flat roads leading into Tampin Gavazzi's Diquigionvanni-Androni squad moved to the front and began to organise a chase. With help eventually coming from Garmin Slipstream and CSF Group Navigare the break began to lose time as their advantage started to crumble in the sweltering condition.
Sprinters dash break's dream
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With 10km to go the gap dipped below one minute for the first time, as the race hit the the outskirts of Maleka and finally the group was reeled in within the final four kilometres.
"It was my plan to get into the break even though I tried yesterday from 15 kilometres out," Pliuschin told Cyclingnews at the finish. "We wanted more riders with us but we worked well together and communicated with each other. Yeah, I'm deflated. I really thought we'd make it right up until the bunch surrounded us," said the 22-year-old.
With the escape over the sprinters' teams swarmed to the head of the field and it came down to another sprint showdown on the uneven paving stones that lined the last kilometre, with Gavazzi slicing through the middle of the field and taking his second stage of the race and third win of the year.
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South Africa's Nolan Hoffman finished second and was left reeling after another near miss: "Coming into the last kilometre and a half I thought I was in with a chance but I was flicked off Gavazzi's wheel in the last bend and trying to recover was too difficult. I can't believe I even kept the bike up in the finishing straight. My legs were good but not good enough to beat Gavazzi. He's just got something we don't have in the final dash. Third yesterday, and second day, I've still got my eyes on the top of the podium for tomorrow."
Once again the day belonged to the Italian. "A win in Argentina and two here, what can I say? My next race is the Tour of Sardinia but my dream is to do well at Tirreno-Adratico. We're here for more stage wins though, but it will be difficult to control every day like we did today."
But again the last word went to Gavazzi's team director Gianni Savio. "For forty kilometres we worked very, very hard. Roldopho Serpa pulled all day for us. Why did we win? We won because we're such a close knit team and I'm so happy we've picked up our second stage in two days."
Gavazzi leads the overall standing by ten seconds from Nolan Hoffan, with Alexandr Pliuschin a further second back in third. Tomorrow's stage will see the riders head south into the state of Jahor for an undulating 186km.
Photography
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- Hang on a minute. You guys look all the same!
- Crossing the line: Riders duck under a police-tape near the sign-on in Senawang.
- The peloton's personal photographer perhaps?
- Tour leader Mattia Gavazzi shares a joke with Diquigiovanni-Androni teammate Jose Serpa prior to stage two in Senawang.
- The team Diquigiovanni-Androni poses with local dancers in Senawang.
- As usual the exposure is on the tour leader in yellow, Mattia Gavazzi from Italy, heading into the second stage.
- Alexander Pliuschin (AG2R La Mondiale) was ready for a long day in the saddle.
- Daniel Fleeman (Cervélo Test Team) is the only rider from Great Britain in this year's Le Tour de Langkawi.
- Ruben Bongiorno (CSF-Group Navigare) from Argentina signs on in Senawang prior to stage two of the tour.
- Luca Celli (Diquigiovanni-Androni) leads the peloton around a bend early into the 160.9 kilometre stage from Senawang to Melaka.
- The yellow jersey of the tour leader, Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) corners in the peloton.
- Locals flying the flag for Malaysia during stage two of the tour.
- Gene Bates (L) of the Australian National Team will be looking to make an impact on the GC when the tour heads up the Genting Highlands.
- Ian McLeod (L) of the South African National Team requires assistance after breaking a chain near a King of the Mountains climb on stage two.
- The peloton makes its way up a steep climb early into the second stage.
- Riders begin to struggle a kilometre from the summit.
- The field began to splinter on a tough climb about 25 kilometres into the stage.
- There was little room for overtaking on the narrow roads after the descent.
- Ricardo Van Der Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) tows a Chinese National Team rider towards a leading duo.
- Alexander Pliuschin (Ag2R La Mondiale) rode superbly in his break with Cervelo Test Team's Oscar Pujol Munoz.
- The peloton passes through Tampin some four-and-a-half minutes behind the two leaders.
- Huge crowds line the roads through the Malaysian townships to watch the tour go by.
- Tour leader Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) was relaxed back in the peloton.
- A Bouygues Telecom crew member at the feed station and handing out much needed supplies to riders on another hot day in the saddle.
- Hungry? Igor Abakoumov (ISD) tucks into some food during the 160.9 kilometre stage.
- Roman Zhiyentayev (Kazakhstan National Team) takes an on-road shower to cool down during his attempt to catch the leaders with Garmin-Slipstream's Ricardo Van Der Velde
- Oscar Pujol Munoz (Cervelo Test Team) and Alexander Pliuschin (AG2R La Mondiale) were finally caught with four-and-a-half kilometres to go after a great attempt to pinch the win.
- Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) has time to look around for challengers as he sprints to the line in Melaka.
- Italian in-form sprinter Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) takes his second stage of the tour.
- Stage winner Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) achieved an average speed of 43.44 km/h for the 160.9 kilometres.
- Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan National Team) is the leader of the best placed Asian rider on the tour.
- Genting King of the Mountains leader, Janse Van Rensburg (South Africa), makes his way towards the podium.
- Janse Van Rensburg (South Africa National Team) tries on his Genting King of the Mountains jersey.
- Well done mate: Tour leader Mattia Gavazzi applauds teammate Luca Celli after his efforts on the stage. Celli crossed the line more than eight minutes behind his winning teammate.
- Diquigiovanni-Androni's Mattia Gavazzi is the leader of the Milo Sprint Points competition after two stages.
- Coke adds life: Tour leader and stage two winner, Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) takes a well deserved drink after his win into Melaka.
Images by Bruno Bade/www.ltdl.com.my
- `The start of the stage
- Diquigiovanni kept the breaks in check.
- Gavazzi was concentrated throughout the stage.
- The bunch led by Diquigiovanni
- Gavazzi in winning pose
- Double winner Gavazzi with victory symbol.
Images by Evis Chu/Photosport International
- Mattia Gavazzi was again attentive and his team helped a lot to reel the break in.
- Gavazzi won his second stage in as many days.
- The fire department came to the rescue of the exhausted riders after another tough race in hot and humid conditions.
- Gianni Savio likes it a lot that his boys are controlling and winning the races.
- The .local kids enjoy the race action
Results
1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.42.13 (43.44 km/h) 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 5 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 6 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 10 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 11 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 12 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 14 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 15 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 16 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 17 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 18 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 19 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 20 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 21 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 22 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 23 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 24 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 25 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 26 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 27 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 28 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 29 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 30 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 31 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 32 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 33 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 34 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 35 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 36 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 37 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 38 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 39 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 40 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 41 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 42 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 43 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 44 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 45 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 46 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 47 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 48 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 49 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 50 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 51 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 52 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 53 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 54 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 55 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 56 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 57 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 58 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 60 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 61 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 62 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 64 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 66 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 67 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 68 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 69 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 70 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 72 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 74 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 76 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 77 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 78 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 79 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 80 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 81 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 82 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 84 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 85 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 86 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 87 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 88 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 89 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 90 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 91 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 92 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 93 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 94 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 95 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 96 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 97 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 98 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 99 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 100 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 101 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 102 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 103 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 104 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 105 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 106 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 107 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 108 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 109 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 110 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 111 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 112 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 113 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 114 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 115 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.10 116 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 117 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.25 118 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 119 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8.12 Mountains Bukit Inas, cat 3 - km 24.2 1 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 6 pts 2 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 3 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 2 4 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Points Tampin - km 58.9 1 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 5 pts 2 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3 3 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 4 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Masjid Tanah - km 97.8 1 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 5 pts 2 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3 3 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 2 4 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 Cheng - km 120.8 1 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 5 pts 2 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3 3 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 Asian rider 1 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.42.13 2 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 3 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 4 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 6 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 8 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 10 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 11 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 12 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 13 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 14 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 15 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 16 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 17 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 18 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 19 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 20 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 21 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 22 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 23 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 24 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 25 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 26 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 27 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 28 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 29 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 30 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 31 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 32 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 33 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 34 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 35 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 36 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 37 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 38 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 39 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 40 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 41 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 42 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 43 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 44 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 45 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 46 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.10 47 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 48 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.25 Teams 1 South Africa National Team 11.06.39 2 Vorarlberg - Corratec 3 Garmin Slipstream 4 MNCF Cycling Team 5 ISD 6 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 7 Doha Team 8 Iran National Team 9 Kazakhstan National Team 10 Diquigiovanni-Androni 11 China National Team 12 Cervélo TestTeam 13 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 14 Australia National Team 15 Malaysia National Team 16 Fuji-Servetto 17 Letua Cycling Team 18 AG2R La Mondiale 19 Seoul Cycling 20 CSF Group Navigare Asian teams 1 MNCF Cycling Team 11.06.39 2 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3 Doha Team 4 Iran National Team 5 Kazakhstan National Team 6 China National Team 7 Malaysia National Team 8 Letua Cycling Team 9 Seoul Cycling General classification after stage 2 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6.48.35 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 0.10 3 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 0.11 4 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.13 5 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0.14 6 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 7 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 8 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 0.15 9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0.16 10 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 0.19 11 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 13 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 0.20 14 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 15 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 16 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 17 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 18 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 19 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 20 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 21 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 22 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 23 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 24 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 25 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 26 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 27 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 28 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 29 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 30 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 31 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 32 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 33 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 34 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 35 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 36 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 37 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 38 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 39 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 40 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 41 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 42 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 43 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 44 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 45 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 46 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 47 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 48 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 49 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 50 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 51 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 52 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 53 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 54 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 55 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 56 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 57 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 58 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 59 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 62 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 63 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 64 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 65 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 66 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 67 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 68 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 69 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 70 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 71 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 72 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 73 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 74 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 75 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 76 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 77 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 78 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 79 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 80 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 81 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 82 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 83 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 84 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 85 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 86 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 87 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 88 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 89 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 90 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 91 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 92 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 94 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 95 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 96 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 97 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 98 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 99 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 100 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 101 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 102 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 103 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 104 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 105 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 106 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 107 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 108 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 109 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 110 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 111 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 112 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.30 113 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 114 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.37 115 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.39 116 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.40 117 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 118 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.45 119 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10.52 Points classification 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 30 pts 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 27 3 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 18 4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 17 5 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 16 6 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 15 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 13 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 13 9 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 13 10 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 11 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 12 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 12 13 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 11 14 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 10 15 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 10 16 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 10 17 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 18 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 9 19 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 9 20 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 8 21 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 22 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 5 23 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 24 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 3 25 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 3 26 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2 27 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 2 28 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 29 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 30 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 1 31 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 32 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 6 pts 2 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 4 3 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 4 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 5 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 2 6 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 7 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Asian rider classification 1 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 6.48.48 2 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 0.02 3 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.06 4 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 0.07 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 7 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 9 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 10 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 11 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 12 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 13 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 14 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 15 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 16 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 17 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 18 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 19 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 20 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 21 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 22 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 23 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 24 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 25 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 26 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 27 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 28 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 29 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 30 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 31 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 32 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 33 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 34 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 35 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 36 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 37 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 38 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 39 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 40 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 41 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 42 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 43 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.17 44 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 45 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.24 46 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.27 47 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 48 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.32 Teams classification 1 South Africa National Team 20.26.45 2 Malaysia National Team 3 Vorarlberg - Corratec 4 Garmin Slipstream 5 China National Team 6 ISD 7 MNCF Cycling Team 8 Cervélo TestTeam 9 Iran National Team 10 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 11 Doha Team 12 Fuji-Servetto 13 Kazakhstan National Team 14 Diquigiovanni-Androni 15 AG2R La Mondiale 16 CSF Group Navigare 17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 18 Australia National Team 19 Letua Cycling Team 20 Seoul Cycling Asian teams classification 1 Malaysia National Team 20.26.45 2 China National Team 3 MNCF Cycling Team 4 Iran National Team 5 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 6 Doha Team 7 Kazakhstan National Team 8 Letua Cycling Team 9 Seoul Cycling
