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Tour of Thailand - 2.2
Thailand, January 24-29, 2006
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Stage 3 - January 26: Sukhothai - Khaokho, 198.17 km
Fuyu Li leading international Thailand Tour
Marco Polo Cycling Team report
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Chinese Marco Polo rider Fuyu Li had his international breakthrough in the 3rd stage in the Tour of Thailand. In the first mountaintop finish of the Tour, Fuyu managed to beat Iranian Hossein Askari in the sprint to the line. Fuyu Li is the winner of the gold medal at the China Games, just recently in 2005.
Fuyu and Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh from Mongolia were the Marco Polo riders present in a 19-rider breakaway in the 165 km stage between Sukhothai and Khao Kho in the north of Thailand. On the last climb Fuyu attacked on a steep section, and found only Askari in his wheel with 15 km to go. As Askari did not want to work to bring Fuyu the yellow jersey, the Chinese Marco Polo rider had to do all the work by himself. In the final sprint he still beat the Iranian rider for the stage win.
"I am so excited, it is great to be in the yellow jersey tomorrow. It is still a long way, with three long stages waiting, but I am pretty confident as we have a very strong team to defend my lead. I want to thank my team mates especially for helping me!"
Fuyu showed great form already in the last stage of the Tour of Siam, that ended just days ago. After working for Tour leader Thomas Rabou of Marco Polo for a few days, he managed to still get in an 8th place in the hard uphill finish of the final stage! Thomas Rabou won the individual classification and the Marco Polo team took the team classification in the Tour of Siam.
It hasn't happened for years that a Chinese rider won a stage and took the lead in an international Tour outside of China. Fuyu is right on schedule to qualify for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The Tour of Thailand is an international race, ranked in the second category of the UCI (International Cycling Union) calendar.
The first stage in the Tour was won by Irish rider David McCann, the second stage by Park Sun Baek of Korea. The race will finish on the 29th of January in Bangkok.
Photography
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Images by Francis Cerny/Marco Polo Cycling
- Marco Polo Cycling Team rider Fuyu Li from China is now leading the Tour of Thailand.
Results
1 Fuyu Li (Chn) Marco Polo 4.12.20 (39.28 km/h)
2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing
3 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Giant Asia Racing 1.36
4 Kuan-Hua Lai (Tpe) Chinese Taipei 1.50
5 Brad Hall (Aus) Perth 2.26
6 Won Jae Lee (Kor) Korea
7 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Perth 3.39
8 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
9 Jae In Kin (Kor) Korea 4.55
10 Kuei-Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei
11 Steven Mouritz (Aus) Perth
12 Anuawar Ahmad Haidar (Mas) Letua Malaysia
13 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Matrix (Japan) 6.28
14 Iman Suparman (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang 8.36
15 Se Yong Oh (Kor) Korea 9.45
16 Tetsuya Ishida (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance
17 Robin Neil Reid (NZl) Marco Polo
18 Ryah Ariehaan (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic
19 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia
20 Viacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice
21 Edmund Hollands (Aus) Perth
22 Ruslan Mohd. Jasmin (Mas) Malaysia 10.17
23 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea
24 Masanari Komuro (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance
25 Seok Kyo Suh (Kor) Korea
26 Korakot Rittiman (Tha) Thailand All Star
27 Lex Nederlof (Ned) De Ysselstreek
28 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice
29 Lossea Keong (Mas) Marco Polo
30 Santoro Budi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
31 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance
32 Kouyun Narutchai (Tha) Thailand All Star
33 Sebastiaan Wittenberg (Ned) De Ysselstreek
34 Redianto (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang
35 Mohd. Zahit Mohd.Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia
36 Dwi Haryanto (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic
37 Pittayathornlert Tanet (Tha) Thailand All Star
38 Ali Mohd. Fallanie (Mas) Malaysia
39 Weng Kin Thum (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx
40 Danny Feng (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx
41 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Profiline (Germany)
42 David McCann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing
43 Mumuh Muhsin (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang
44 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Giant Asia Racing
45 Hintho Youthaporn (Tha) Thailand All Star
46 Anno Pederson (Ned) BACP Dodol Picnic
47 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)
48 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing
49 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) De Ysselstreek
50 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo
51 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysia
52 Fitrianto Hari (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
53 Yusuke Higuma (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance
54 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshkh (Mgl) Marco Polo
55 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing
56 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Marco Polo
57 Amin Suryana (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic 10.36
58 Rahman Mohd Asril (Mas) Letua Malaysia 11.16
59 Ahmad Lutfi MD.Fauzan (Mas) Malaysia
60 Erik Averesch (Ned) De Ysselstreek 12.16
61 Gary Choong Kin Wah (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx
62 Fraser Yong (Can) Chinese Taipei
63 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn) Matrix (Japan) 13.16
64 Cecep Erifiandi (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic
65 Kouji Nagano (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)
66 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Matrix (Japan)
67 Bualoi Okart (Tha) Thailand All Star
68 Andri Rosadi (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang 13.29
69 Nicolas Dale Swallow (GBr) Singapore Cycleworx 14.10
70 Duaij Salman Duaij (Brn) Bahrain
71 Jung Seok Chung (Kor) Korea 14.28
72 Agus Sopian (Ina) BACP Dodol Picnic 14.34
73 Tobias Dorrer (Ger) Profiline (Germany) 14.44
74 Karsten Keunecke (Ger) Profiline (Germany)
75 Zainal Mohd Nor Riruan (Mas) Letua Malaysia 15.07
76 Kotaro Iwakura (Jpn) Daihatsu Bonne Chance
77 Ahmed Salman Duaij (Brn) Bahrain
78 Mansoor Moh'd Mansoor (Brn) Bahrain
79 Ali Hassan Mansoor (Brn) Bahrain 17.51
80 Rene Gruner (Ger) Profiline (Germany)
81 Simon Lim Kien Chuan (Mas) Singapore Cycleworx 18.34
82 Joseph Svarc Gregory (USA) Singapore Cycleworx
83 Marcel Mobus (Ger) Profiline (Germany)
84 Janaka Sumith Kumara (Sri) Sri Lanka Air Force
85 Amil Silva (Sri) Sri Lanka Air Force 19.45
86 Marc Hulshof (Ned) De Ysselstreek
87 Darren Harry (Aus) Perth
88 Rosdi Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas) Letua Malaysia 23.04
89 Achmad Husni Afandi (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang 23.41
90 Sujith De Silva (Sri) Sri Lanka Air Force
Outside time limit
TC Chia-Hung Yang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei
TC Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Bahrain
TC Jamal Ahmed Al-Doseri (Brn) Bahrain
TC Abd Malik Mohd Shafari (Mas) Letua Malaysia
TC Taha Alawi (Brn) De Ysselstreek
TC Rosseli Mohd Khairul-Khadimin (Mas) Letua Malaysia
DNF Burhanudin Nunung (Ina) Benteng Muda - Tangerang
DNF Chun-Te Chiang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei
DNF Po-Sen Chiu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei
General classification after stage 3
1 Fuyn Li (Chn) Marco Polo
2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing
