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14th Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 9-15, 2009
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Stage 3 - February 11: Melaka - Melaka, 186 km
Gavazzi scores hattrick of wins
By Daniel Benson in Melaka, Langkawi
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It was Groundhog Day on stage three of the Tour of Langkawi as Italian sprinter Mattia Gavazzi swept his third win in as many days. In a carbon-copy of stage one and two, Gavazzi and his Diquigiovanni-Androni squad allowed a small group to escape in the opening kilometres, only for the bunch to regroup and the race leader to leave his rivals a clean pair of heels at the finish.
"This is my team's victory not just mine. We worked from start to finish and I wouldn't have been on the podium today without them," Gavazzi said at the finish. The sprinter is the first rider to win three stages in a row at Langkawi since Alberto Loddo in 2007.
In blistering heat riders headed south of Melaka on a 186km round trip. Once again, the attacks came thick and fast from the Asian teams. However, it was Garmin's Ricardo Van Der Velde who broke clear with Ali Ahmed (Malaysia National Team) and Kyu Seok Suh (Seoul Cycling) quickly in tow.
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"It was a joke," Van Der Velde said at the finish. "I didn't really think I'd get away, but when I turned around I had a gap. I guess the bunch weren't too interested in me and when the two guys made it across I knew we were going to be the break of the day."
The threesome quickly built up a lead in the opening kilometres along the flat carriageways towards Muar.
"I was trying to make sure we had a steady rhythm, but the others were going too hard and too quickly. I kept telling them to take it easy and that we'd have more chance if we just built the lead steadily," Van Der Velde told Cyclingnews.
Back in the Garmin-Slipstream team car, director sportif Johnny Weltz was trying to ensure his rider wasn't doing too much of the work. "We wanted to ease the pressure on the rest of our team because the next two days are going to be much harder. Having Ricardo up the road helped us. I wanted him to make sure he was only doing the same amount of work as the others."
As the race moved further into the rolling countryside and on its loop back to Melaka, the peloton began to take responsibility for the chase. Gavazzi's team pulled on the front.
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"I thought the pace wasn't particularly fast. I've done harder recovery rides but when we started to chase there was a noticeably difference," said Cervélo's Dan Fleeman. But as the escape peaked at 8:35, the peloton began to up the pace.
"We were working well together," Van Der Velde said, "but when the Malaysian guy popped off the back me and the Seoul rider knew that our time was almost up."
The pack finally swooped for its prey with 15 kilometres to go, on the outskirts of Melaka. Current leader of the Asian rider classification, Dmitriy Gruzdev immediately attacked. The Kazakh, who many pundits are tipping as a future star used his brute strength to pull clear but with just a handful of seconds over the pack his time in front was over quickly.
As the riders headed into the finishing straight the almost inevitable – and by now repetitive – sight unfolded as Gavazzi ripped through the field to collect his third stage win.
Runner-up Chris Sutton was left disappointed after another second place, but the Australian was full of praise for his sprinting rival. "We just went back to basics and I nearly pulled it off. I got a bit of a clean run in the sprint, but I just haven't quiet got that bit of zap. Mattia is pretty quick but given my day I know I can roll him. I suppose you can say the best bike rider on the day won, again."
For the third stage in a row the final word went to Diquigiovanni Team Manager Gianni Savio. "Today was a sprint but tomorrow it could be totally different. We could perhaps see Mattia repay the work his team have done for him and pull for someone like Serpa on the climbs. We will see tonight after I talk to my team."
Tomorrow the riders face their first testing stage of the race. They will tackle two category climbs on a 221km stage from Melaka to Bandar Bar Bangi.
Photography
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- Pre-stage entertainment in Melaka.
- The Kazakhstan boys chose thongs for the sign-on in Melaka.
- Shoes that are pedaling over 1,000 kilometres around Malaysia.
- The peloton awaits the start to stage three…hang on, they're rickshaws!
- A rider from EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design checks out the rickshaws for handling before stage three.
- I love my shoes: South African Janse Van Rensburg shows off his riding shoes in Melaka.
- The Malaysian Beatles?
- The peloton leaves Melaka on the 186-kilometre out-and-back stage.
- A breakaway trio formed in the first twenty kilometres and local rider Ali Ahmed Fallanie took time out to wave to his supporters.
- The leading trio of Kyu Suh Seok (Seoul Cycling), Ricardo Van Der Velde (Garmin-Slipstream) and Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Malaysian National Team) descend a bridge with the gap growing.
- The peloton had let three riders escape early on the 186 kilometre stage.
- Bartosz Huzarski (ISD) from Poland is in 53rd place just 30 seconds down on the tour leader after three stages.
- Jackson Rodriguez (Diquigiovanni-Androni) working hard on the front of the peloton for his tour leader and teammate in yellow Mattia Gavazzi
- The peloton on a small rise through a plantation with a break of three riders seven minutes up the road.
- The peloton is warned of a tight right-hander coming up.
- The tour leader Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) spent a lot of time at the rear of the peloton during stage three.
- Garmin-Slipstream's Ricardo Van Der Velde cools himself down during a hot day in the leading break.
- Australian team members (l-r): Gene Bates, Jai Crawford and Richie Porte stretch their legs on the front of the peloton.
- A Malaysian police officer watches the tour go by.
- Gene Bates (Australian National Team) gives the thumbs-up to the tour with the smiling Federico Canuti (CSF-Group Navigare) by his side.
- The chasing peloton passes through a township heading into the final forty kilometres and closing the gap to the lead trio.
- Burning rubber: The lead trio didn't have far to look for some tyre replacements with the rubber literally dripping off the trees in Malaysia!
- The charge to the line and Gavazzi (yellow) edges out Chris Sutton (right) again to complete a hat-trick of stages.
- Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) from Italy maintains his lead in the tour and averaged 40.81 km/h during stage three.
- Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazahkstan National Team) remains in the blue jersey of the leading Asian rider on the tour.
- Italian Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) has won back the green jersey of the Milo Sprint Points champion on the tour.
- Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) holds onto an eighteen-second lead over Australian Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream) after three stages.
- The tour's competition leaders with the podium girls in Melaka.
Images by Evis Chu/Photosport International
- The main bunch in stage three of the Tour de Langkawi.
- Team Diquigiovanni-Androni is control the race
- Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Team Malaysia) tries to get way.
- Marcel Wyss (Cervélo Test Team) carriers water bottles to his teammates.
- A crash right before the finish line.
- Mattia Gavazzi (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) wins his third stage at the Tour de Langkawi.
- Janse Van Rensburg (Team South Africa) wins the red polka dot jersey of best climber.
- Malaysia's students cheer on the riders of the Tour de Langkawi.
Images by Bruno Bade/www.ltdl.com.my
- Gavazzi and Savio enjoy the ride to the start line in the Carrefour parking lot.
- Roundabouts add to confusion in races sometimes, and Malaysia is no exception.
- It is not the Tour de France but there are still many fans out on the road.
- Diquigiovanni-Androni in the familiar position at the front of the race.
- The fans wave as the peloton rushes by.
- Gavazzi ones again beats Sutton once again.
Results
1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.33.29 (40.81km/h) 2 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 5 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 6 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 7 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 8 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 9 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 10 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 13 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 15 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 16 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 17 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 18 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 19 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 20 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 23 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 24 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 25 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 26 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 27 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 28 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 29 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 30 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 31 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 32 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 33 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 34 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 36 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 37 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 38 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 39 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 40 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 41 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 42 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 43 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 44 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 45 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 46 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 47 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 48 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 50 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 51 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 53 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 54 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 55 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 56 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 57 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 58 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 59 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 60 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 62 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 63 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 64 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 65 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 66 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 67 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 68 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 69 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 70 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 71 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 72 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 73 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 74 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 75 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 76 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 77 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 78 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 79 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 80 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 81 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 83 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 84 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 85 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 86 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 87 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 88 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 89 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 90 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 91 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 92 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 93 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 94 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 95 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 96 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 97 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 98 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 99 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 100 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 101 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 102 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.14 103 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 104 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 0.16 105 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 106 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 107 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.18 108 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.19 109 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.22 110 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.23 111 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.53 112 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1.05 113 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 114 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 115 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 2.46 116 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.14 117 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 118 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 119 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 26.58 Points Muar - 34.5km 1 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 5 pts 2 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3 3 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 2 4 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 Bukit Kepong - 91.3km 1 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 5 pts 2 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 3 3 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 4 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 1 Tangkak - 132.4km 1 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 5 pts 2 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 3 3 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 4 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 Mountains Kesang - 105.5km, cat 4, 61m 1 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4 pts 2 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 2 3 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1 Asian rider 1 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 4.33.29 2 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 4 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 6 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 10 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 11 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 12 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 13 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 14 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 16 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 17 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 18 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 19 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 20 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 21 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 22 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 23 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 24 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 25 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 26 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 27 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 28 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 29 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 30 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 31 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 32 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 33 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 34 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 35 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 36 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 37 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 38 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 39 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.14 40 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 0.16 41 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 42 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.18 43 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1.05 44 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 45 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 46 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 2.46 47 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 48 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team Teams 1 ISD 13.40.27 2 Vorarlberg - Corratec 3 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4 Malaysia National Team 5 Doha Team 6 AG2R La Mondiale 7 Fuji-Servetto 8 South Africa National Team 9 Kazakhstan National Team 10 Garmin Slipstream 11 Seoul Cycling 12 MNCF Cycling Team 13 Cervélo TestTeam 14 Iran National Team 15 Letua Cycling Team 16 CSF Group Navigare 17 Diquigiovanni-Androni 18 Australia National Team 19 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 20 China National Team Asian teams 1 Malaysia National Team 13.40.27 2 Doha Team 3 Kazakhstan National Team 4 Seoul Cycling 5 MNCF Cycling Team 6 Iran National Team 7 Letua Cycling Team 8 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 9 China National Team General classification after stage 3 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11.21.54 2 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0.18 3 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 0.20 4 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 5 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 0.21 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0.22 7 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.23 8 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 0.29 9 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 0.30 11 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 12 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 14 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 15 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 16 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 17 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 18 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 19 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 20 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 21 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 22 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 23 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 24 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 25 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 26 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 27 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 28 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 29 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 30 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 31 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 32 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 33 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 34 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 35 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 36 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 37 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 38 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 39 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 40 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 41 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 43 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 44 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 45 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 46 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 47 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 48 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 50 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 52 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 53 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 54 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 55 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 56 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 57 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 58 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 59 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 60 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 61 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 62 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 63 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 64 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 65 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 66 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 68 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 69 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 70 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 71 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 72 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 73 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 74 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 75 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 76 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 77 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 78 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 79 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 80 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 81 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 82 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 83 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 84 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 85 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 86 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 87 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 88 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 89 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 90 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 91 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 92 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 93 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 94 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 95 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 96 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 97 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 98 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 99 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 100 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 0.38 101 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.40 102 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 0.41 103 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.43 104 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 0.46 105 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 106 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 0.50 107 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.52 108 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.53 109 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.57 110 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.08 111 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.23 112 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1.45 113 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.50 114 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 115 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3.03 116 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 3.15 117 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3.16 118 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14.16 119 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 27.28 Points classification 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 45 pts 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 39 3 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 31 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 26 5 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 21 6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 20 7 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 19 8 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 19 9 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 18 10 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 16 11 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 15 12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 14 13 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 14 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 13 15 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 13 16 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 17 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 12 18 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 11 19 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 10 20 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 21 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 9 22 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 8 23 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 8 24 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 7 25 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 7 26 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 27 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 28 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 5 29 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 5 30 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4 31 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 32 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 3 33 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2 34 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 2 35 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 36 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 37 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 1 38 Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team 1 39 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 7 40 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 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 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4 4 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 5 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 6 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 2 7 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 2 8 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 9 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1 10 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Asian rider classification 1 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 11.22.17 2 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.06 3 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 0.07 4 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 7 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 8 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 9 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 10 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 11 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 12 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 13 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 14 Xitao Ji (Chn) China National Team 15 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 16 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 17 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 18 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 19 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 20 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 21 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 22 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 23 Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 24 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 25 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 26 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 27 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 28 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 29 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 30 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 31 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 32 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 33 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 34 Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 35 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 36 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 37 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 38 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.17 39 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 0.18 40 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 0.20 41 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 0.23 42 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 0.27 43 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 0.34 44 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1.22 45 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.27 46 Jang Gyung Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 47 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2.52 48 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 2.53 Teams classification 1 South Africa National Team 34.07.12 2 Diquigiovanni-Androni 3 Garmin Slipstream 4 Vorarlberg - Corratec 5 Malaysia National Team 6 China National Team 7 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8 ISD 9 Doha Team 10 MNCF Cycling Team 11 Cervélo TestTeam 12 Kazakhstan National Team 13 Iran National Team 14 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 15 Seoul Cycling 16 Fuji-Servetto 17 Australia National Team 18 AG2R La Mondiale 19 CSF Group Navigare 20 Letua Cycling Team Asian teams classification 1 Malaysia National Team 34.07.12 2 China National Team 3 Doha Team 4 MNCF Cycling Team 5 Kazakhstan National Team 6 Iran National Team 7 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 8 Seoul Cycling 9 Letua Cycling Team
