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14th Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, February 9-15, 2009
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Stage 6 - February 14: Batang Kali - Shah Alam, 147.6 km
No guesses as Gavazzi wins again
By Daniel Benson in Shah Alam
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Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) won stage six of the Tour of Langkawi, 147.6 kilometres from Batang Kali to Shah, taking a photo finish sprint ahead of Aurélien Clerc (AG2R) and Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream). The Italian has won an incredible four stages in the race, while his teammate, Jose Serpa, leads the overall going into tomorrow's final stage.
After yesterday's mountain exploits and with Genting Highlands acting as a fitting backdrop for the start, the riders set off from Batang Kai, moving south for what promised to be a flat and fast encounter. And despite the previous day's efforts the bunch lived up to expectations, covering the first few kilometres at over 53 km/h and with riders attacking from the gun.
"Now that the overall has been spread out and we've seen a lot of riders lose time, we could see a really frantic start. Lots of teams will be launching riders up the road," said Ireland's Philip Deignan at the start.
After a quiet day in the mountains on stage 5, the Chinese team was the first to try its luck but with a number of teams controlling matters at the front each attempt was quickly closed down, and by kilometre 35 the peloton was back together again.
It wasn't long before the first serious group succeeded with nine riders going clear after the fourth category climb of Bukit Badong. The break, containing Hilton Clarke (Fuji-Survetto), Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare), Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Slipstream), Shinichi Fukushima (EQA), Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R), Johann Rabie (South Africa), Pascal Hungerbühler (Vorarlberg – Corratec), Jose Angel Gómez Marchante (Cervélo TestTeam). It looked to have the quality to stay away but with the Cervélo rider lying just 3:37 and in ninth place overall, the peloton was quickly brought back into action, holding the group at 1:30, as Australia and Diquigiovanni-Androni set the pace.
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"I was telling Merchante to get outta there but he didn't want to go," said Meyer. "There was no way we'd get away with him. So I hit him with an attack and got a gap."
Meyer didn't go alone and was joined by Clarke, Baliani and Fukushima as the remnants of the group, and a reluctant Merchante, sat up and waited for their inevitable fate.
"It was perfect with four of us clear. Everything to me would have made sense, I thought that the bunch was going to have a rest day and that we were going to go away and have a chance," said Clarke. Tearing across the wide Malaysian roads, the four riders held their lead but with ISD joining the pursuit the gap never exceeded 1:15.
"They had no one to sprint for and no one for in the general classification. They've done nothing all week and then they ride their asses off. For what? It makes no sense," said Garmin director sportif Johnny Welz, at the finish.
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As they headed passed the 15 kilometre to go banner it was all over but with ISD happy to sit-up, Oscar Pujol (Cervélo TestTeam) and Juan José Cobo (Fuji-Survetto) slipped clear. The pair didn't last long, with the sprinters' teams gathering at the front.
They led the bunch and with a sharp left-hander going into the final 250 metres a sprint was inevitable. Gavazzi peeled off Belletti's wheel but with Clerc holding the centre and Sutton edging through with one final push on the far side, both the Australian and Italian were left lifting their arms in victory. After a seemingly endless wait Gavazzi was awarded the win.
"My teammates had done a lot and with 40 kilometres to go we realised the breakaway was not far away. Since I was feeling good my teammates wanted to make one final effort to come to a bunch sprint finish," said the stage winner.
"I was a bit tired and I made a mistake during the sprint, that's why it was so tight. It's the fourth stage [win] for me and I will think about tomorrow, however the main goal will be to bring the yellow jersey to the final win, but that also means to keep the bunch together and that means I will try again to win tomorrow. But for now we are very happy with what we have and we will see what happens tomorrow."
Tomorrow's final stage will see the riders take part in a 80.4-kilometre criterium in Kuala Lumpur.
Photography
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- Malaysian National Team and MNCF Cycling Team are made up of riders from all around Malaysia.
- Jai Crawford (left) pins his number onto his Genting King of the Mountains jersey while Australian National Team teammate Timothy Roe studies the GC results.
- José Serpa (Diquigiovanni-Androni) from Colombia would take a 27-second lead into the penultimate stage.
- Ruben Bongiorno (CSF-Group Navigare) at the sign-on in Batang Kali for stage six of the tour.
- Richie Porte (Australian National Team) could finish in the top ten in only his second year of stage racing, Porte finished in the top ten in the 2008 Tour Down Under.
- Oscar Pujol Munoz (55) and J A Marchante Gomez (53) of Cervélo Test Team watch the acrobatics of a motor-cross rider on the start line in Batang Kali.
- Tour leader José Serpa (Diquigiovanni-Androni) with some local dancers in Batang Kali.
- Shimano neutral service cars await the start to stage six of the tour.
- Christian Meier (Garmin-Slipstream) from Canada drives the peloton in the early stages of stage six.
- The tour leader José Serpa gets some assistance from Diquigiovanni-Androni teammate Mattai Gavazzi (right) after striking trouble early into stage six.
- Miyataka Shimizu (EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design) leads Mehdi Sohrabi (Iran) and Sergii Matveyev (ISD) in an early breakaway attempt.
- Tour leader José Serpa (Diquigiovanni-Androni) corners back in the peloton on the 147.6km stage six from Batang Kali to Shah Alam.
- Having a cow of a time: The peloton narrowly missed being cleaned up by a herd of runaway cows during stage six.
- Thirty seconds earlier and all hell would have broken loose as a herd of cows decided they're not waiting for the Tour de Langkawi.
- José Serpa (yellow) was never too far away from his nearest rival on the GC, Jai Crawford (red), during the stage.
- Jai Crawford (Australian National Team) wore the Genting King of the Mountains jersey on the stage as it's competition leader José Serpa wore the tour leader's yellow jersey.
- The peloton stretched out on the wide open road around 1:50 minutes behind a leading quartet.
- ISD drive the peloton as Australia's Gene Bates takes onboard musettes after the feed-station.
- Shinichi Fukushima (EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design) got himself into another break on stage six.
- The Italy-based ISD squadra were driving the peloton in search of the leading four.
- A young Malaysian boy watches the peloton speed under an overpass in search of the leaders around a minute up the road.
- Fukushima, Hilton Clarke (Fuji-Servetto), Fortunato Baliani (CSF-Group Navigare), and Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Slipstream) formed from a nine rider group to begin their own quest for stage victory.
- ISD power the peloton towards the leaders nearing thirty kilometres to the finish.
- Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Slipstream) from Australia is a talented track star back home and was right at home on the road in the lead group which was trying to steal the stage.
- Chris Sutton (left) of Garmin-Slipstream raises his front wheel on the line in a tight finish with AG2R La Mondiale's Aurélien Clerc and Diquigiovanni-Androni's Mattai Gavazzi (right).
- Now that's close (l-r): Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream), Aurélien Clerc (Ag2R La Mondiale) and Mattai Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) hit the line dead-locked in the finish to stage six.
- That's number four boys: Diquigiovanni-Androni's Mattai Gavazzi (right) pumps the air after narrowly winning stage six.
- Riders cool themselves off after another hot day in the saddle compliments of a Malaysian fire brigade in Shah Alam.
- I'm glad that's over: AG2R La Mondiale's Guillaume Bonnafond feels the strain of racing in the hot and humid conditions here in Malaysia.
- The peloton was smokin' so much on stage six that the local fire brigade had to put them out after the stage to Shah Alam.
- Stage winner Mattai Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) from Italy on the podium in Shah Alam.
- Tonton Susanto (LeTua Cycling Team) remains in the blue jersey as the best placed Asian rider on the tour.
- Colombian José Serpa (Diquigiovanni-Androni) will take out the Genting King of the Mountains competition on the tour.
- Try this on for size José: José Serpa (Diquigiovanni-Androni) accepts his yellow jersey as the tour leader in Shah Alam.
- Gavazzi in green; Serpa in yellow; Susanto in blue.
Images by Evis Chu/Photosport International
- The Malaysian fans were happy to see the riders.
- The snake-like road in stage six.
- Cows had little respect for the race but at least crossed after the riders.
- The yellow, green sprinter's and red polka dot jersey holders ride together.
- Team ISD leads the bunch to chase down the break.
- In the last 10km to the finish the peloton broke apart.
- The photo finish with winner Gavazzi on the right, next to Clerc and Sutton, the latter even lifting his front wheel in the effort.
- The jerseys after stage six with (l-r) Gavazzi (sprints), Serpa (overall) and Tonton Susanto (Best Asian rider).
- The peloton single-filed most of the fast stage six.
Images by Bruno Bade/www.ltdl.com.my
- A few more stage victories and Diquigiovanni will be running out of hands to count them.
- Colombian José Serpa in the leader's jersey with one day remaining.
- Serpa gets lots of help from everybody in his quest to finally win the GC.
- Gavazzi wins another medal
- The top three were so tight that the results was only announced after a thorough review of the finish shot.
- The four-man break that dominated the day
- The peloton had no eyes for the scenery.
- Green and yellow in one team makes everyone happy at Diquigiovanni.
Results
1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.07.33 (47.22 km/h) 2 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 4 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 6 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 7 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 10 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 11 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 12 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 14 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 15 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 16 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 17 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 18 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 19 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 20 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 21 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 23 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 24 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 25 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 26 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 27 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 28 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 29 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 30 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 31 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 32 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 33 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 34 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 35 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 36 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 37 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 38 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 39 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 40 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 41 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 43 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 44 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 45 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 46 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 47 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 48 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 49 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 50 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.09 51 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 52 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 53 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 54 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 55 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 56 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 57 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 58 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 59 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 60 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 61 Pascal Hunger Buhler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 62 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 63 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 66 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 67 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 68 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 69 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 70 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 71 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 72 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 73 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 74 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 75 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 76 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 77 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 78 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 79 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 80 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 81 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 82 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 83 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 84 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 85 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 86 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 87 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 88 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 89 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 90 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 91 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 92 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 93 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 94 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 95 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 96 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 97 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 98 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 0.21 99 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 100 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 101 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.09 102 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.55 103 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 104 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 0.58 105 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.01 106 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 107 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.56 108 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 2.04 109 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3.53 110 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 3.35 111 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 5.51 HD Peng Liu (Chn) China National Team 23.34 DNF Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare DNF Hyeon Kim Gu (Kor) Seoul Cycling DNF Abdelmalek Madani (Alg) Doha Team Mountains Bukit Badong, cat 4 - km 36.8km 1 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 pts 2 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 2 3 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 1 Sprints Bestari Jaya - km 40.9 1 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 5 pts 2 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3 3 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2 4 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 1 Kuala Selangor - km 87.5 1 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 5 pts 2 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3 3 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 2 4 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Ijok - km 105.8 1 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 5 pts 2 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 3 3 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 2 4 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 1 Asian rider 1 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.07.33 2 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 4 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 5 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 6 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 7 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 8 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 9 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 10 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 11 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 12 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 13 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 14 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 16 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 17 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 18 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 0.09 19 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 20 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 21 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 22 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 23 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 24 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 25 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 26 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 27 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 28 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 29 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 30 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 31 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 32 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 33 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 34 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 35 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 36 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 37 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 38 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 39 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 40 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 41 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 0.21 42 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 43 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1.01 44 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 3.35 Teams 1 South Africa National Team 9.22.39 2 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 3 Garmin Slipstream 4 Fuji-Servetto 5 AG2R La Mondiale 6 Diquigiovanni-Androni 7 Doha Team 8 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9 Australia National Team 10 ISD 11 Vorarlberg - Corratec 0.09 12 Cervélo TestTeam 13 Malaysia National Team 14 China National Team 15 Kazakhstan National Team 16 MNCF Cycling Team 17 Seoul Cycling 18 CSF Group Navigare 0.18 19 Letua Cycling Team 20 Iran National Team 0.27 Asian teams 1 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 9.22.39 2 Doha Team 3 Malaysia National Team 0.09 4 China National Team 5 Kazakhstan National Team 6 MNCF Cycling Team 7 Seoul Cycling 8 Letua Cycling Team 0.18 9 Iran National Team 0.27 General classification after stage 6 1 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 22.43.52 2 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 0.27 3 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.47 4 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 0.54 5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.22 6 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 2.38 7 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 2.44 8 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.16 9 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3.37 10 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 3.44 11 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 3.45 12 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.13 13 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4.25 14 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 5.06 15 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 5.42 17 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 5.56 18 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 6.30 19 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 6.39 20 Tim Roe (Aus) Australia National Team 6.48 21 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 6.51 22 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 6.57 23 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7.10 24 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 7.16 25 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 7.30 26 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 27 Johann Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Team 8.29 28 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9.01 29 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 9.04 30 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 9.05 31 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 9.10 32 Floch Guillaume Le (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9.14 33 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9.23 34 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 9.43 35 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 9.57 36 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 9.59 37 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 10.22 38 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 10.28 39 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 10.35 40 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 10.56 41 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 10.57 42 Pascal Hunger Buhler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 11.06 43 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 11.10 44 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 11.13 45 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 11.21 46 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11.38 47 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa National Team 11.47 48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 11.58 49 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 12.30 50 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 13.03 51 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13.54 52 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 13.57 53 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 14.10 54 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 14.19 55 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 15.44 56 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 15.56 57 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 16.15 58 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 16.22 59 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 16.30 60 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 16.50 61 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 17.08 62 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 17.39 63 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 17.41 64 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 17.56 65 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 18.35 66 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 18.44 67 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 18.47 68 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 18.51 69 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 18.58 70 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 19.17 71 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 19.20 72 Adam Semple (Aus) Australia National Team 19.45 73 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 19.59 74 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 20.21 75 Joaquin Novoa Menedex (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 20.48 76 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21.22 77 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 21.33 78 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 21.47 79 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 80 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 21.53 81 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 21.56 82 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 83 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 84 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 21.58 85 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 22.05 86 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 22.10 87 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 22.17 88 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 22.45 89 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 22.46 90 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 23.06 91 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 23.12 92 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 23.19 93 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 23.52 94 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 95 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 25.02 96 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 25.24 97 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 25.59 98 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 26.49 99 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 28.46 100 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 29.37 101 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 30.20 102 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 31.55 103 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 31.57 104 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 32.35 105 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 35.17 106 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 36.29 107 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 38.29 108 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 41.56 109 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 42.21 110 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 42.51 111 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 43.44 Points classification 1 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 84 pts 2 Nolan Hoffman (RSA) South Africa National Team 71 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 50 4 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 46 5 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 33 6 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 29 7 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 27 8 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 26 9 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD 25 10 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 23 11 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 23 12 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 22 13 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD 20 14 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 19 15 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 18 16 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 16 17 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 18 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 15 19 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15 20 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 15 21 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 14 22 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 14 23 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 13 24 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 13 25 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 12 26 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 12 27 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 12 28 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11 29 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 30 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 10 31 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 9 32 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 9 33 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 9 34 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 9 35 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 8 36 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam 8 37 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 8 38 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 8 39 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team 8 40 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 8 41 Gene Bates (Aus) Australia National Team 8 42 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 7 43 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 7 44 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6 45 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 6 46 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 6 47 Sergii Matveyev (Ukr) ISD 5 48 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 5 49 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 5 50 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 5 51 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 4 52 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 4 53 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 3 54 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 55 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 3 56 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 3 57 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 3 58 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3 59 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 2 60 Guillermo R Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 2 61 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2 62 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 2 63 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Australia National Team 2 64 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 2 65 Luca Celli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 66 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 67 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 1 68 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 pts 2 Jai Crawford (Aus) Australia National Team 22 3 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 4 Jeremy Yates, (NZl) Letua Cycling Team 17 5 Janse Van Rensburg J (RSA) South Africa National Team 12 6 Frederrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 12 7 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa National Team 11 8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10 9 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 10 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 5 11 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 5 12 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 4 13 Jaco Venter (RSA) South Africa National Team 4 14 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 15 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 16 Gomez Marchante J A (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3 17 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 2 18 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 2 19 René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 2 20 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 2 21 Richie Porte (Aus) Australia National Team 2 22 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 23 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam 1 24 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1 25 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 1 26 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1 Asian rider classification 1 Tonton Susanto, (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 22.46.36 2 Hosein Askari (IRI) Iran National Team 2.22 3 Gong Hyo Suk (Kor) Seoul Cycling 3.12 4 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Iran National Team 3.46 5 Jianhua Ji (Chn) China National Team 4.07 6 Alexander Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 4.26 7 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 6.20 8 Hong Yoo Ki (Kor) Seoul Cycling 6.26 9 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 7.13 10 Roman Zhiyentayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7.44 11 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran National Team 7.51 12 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 8.26 13 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 8.37 14 Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 10.19 15 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran National Team 11.13 16 Mohd Faris Abdu Razak (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 11.35 17 Misbah M Rauf Nur (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 13.12 18 Choi Jin Yong (Kor) Seoul Cycling 14.06 19 Gang Xu (Chn) China National Team 14.24 20 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 14.55 21 Guo Hui (Chn) China National Team 15.12 22 Nikolay Slonov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 15.51 23 Nepomnyachshiy Y (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 16.00 24 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 16.03 25 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 16.14 26 Nor Rizuan Zainal (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 17.15 27 Ali Ahmed Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia National Team 17.37 28 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China National Team 19.03 29 Hossien Nateghi (IRI) Iran National Team 19.12 30 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 19.33 31 Samai (Ina) Letua Cycling Team 21.08 32 Mohd Razif Mohd Salleh, (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 33 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom 22.18 34 Mohd Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 22.40 35 Park Sung Baek (Kor) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 23.15 36 Suh Seok Kyu (Kor) Seoul Cycling 24.05 37 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team 26.53 38 Hosein Alizadeh (IRI) Iran National Team 27.36 39 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Malaysia National Team 29.11 40 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 29.51 41 Lim Yew Meng (Mas) Letua Cycling Team 33.45 42 Anuar Manan (Mas) Malaysia National Team 39.12 43 Wan Mohammed Najmee W (Mas) Malaysia National Team 39.37 44 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia National Team 41.00 Teams classification 1 Diquigiovanni-Androni 68.14.16 2 Australia National Team 7.19 3 Fuji-Servetto 11.19 4 Cervélo TestTeam 11.39 5 Garmin Slipstream 15.14 6 South Africa National Team 18.32 7 Iran National Team 19.31 8 AG2R La Mondiale 20.45 9 Letua Cycling Team 22.40 10 Kazakhstan National Team 23.33 11 Seoul Cycling 24.30 12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 26.36 13 ISD 27.24 14 Vorarlberg - Corratec 29.06 15 CSF Group Navigare 31.07 16 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 32.27 17 China National Team 33.46 18 MNCF Cycling Team 37.46 19 Doha Team 49.40 20 Malaysia National Team 1.09.22 Asian teams classification 1 Iran National Team 68.33.47 2 Letua Cycling Team 3.09 3 Kazakhstan National Team 4.02 4 Seoul Cycling 4.59 5 EQA - Meitan Hompo - Graphite Design 12.56 6 China National Team 14.15 7 MNCF Cycling Team 18.15 8 Doha Team 30.09 9 Malaysia National Team 49.51
