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October 11, Stage 1: Sanya 85.2km
Metlushenko sprints to victory in Sanya
Ukrainian takes stage one of Tour of Hainan
Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukrainian National Team) takes out the first stage in Sanya with a well timed sprint.
Photos
Skil Shimano's Kenny Van Hummel practices his microphone technique …
The podium (l-r): Kenny Van Hummel (2nd,Skil Shimano),Yuriy …
Yuriy Metlushenko (centre) of the Ukrainian National Team was …
Miss World entrants watch on as the placegetters from stage …
Van Hummel, Metlushenko and Merlo let fly with the champers …
Miss Spain follows Footon Servetto's Michele Merlo of Italy …
Miss Ukraine with Sprint Points leader and wearer of the green …
Lucky boy: Stage winner Yuriy Metlushenko is congratulated by …
Cop this: Stage winner Yuriy Metlushenko (Ukrainian National …
The charge to the line in Sanya with riders strung-out down …
Mario Gutierrez (Footon Servetto) from Spain broke clear from …
Astana was controlling the peloton heading into the final laps. …
The peloton head along the streets of Sanya during the opening …
Riders corner in Sanya during stage one of the 2010 Tour of …
The peloton speed past the flags of countries represented in …
Sergey Kudentsov (Polygon Sweetnice) from Russia felt the heat …
You're kidding me aren't you, how good is this: Johnnie Walker …
Fly V Australia's David Kemp gets to know Miss World Australian …
Miss World Australian entrant Ashleigh Francis meets the Fly …
Miss Malta (far left) and Miss Australia catch up with the boys …
Eugen Wacker (Giant Asia Racing Team) from Germany was showing …
The peloton make their way along the flat roads of Sanya during …
The race was run in searing heat and riders have a long tour …
Rico Rogers (71) of the Giant Asia Racing Team now resides in …
Yuri Metlushenko (Ukraine National Team) won stage 1 of the Tour of Hainan and took possession of the race leader's yellow jersey. The Ukrainian beat Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Michele Merlo (Footon-Servetto) in the sprint at the end of an 85km-long circuit race around Sanya. Tuesday's second stage sees the peloton cover 167.5km on the road to Wuzhishan.
Full results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Ukraine | 1:31:47 | |
| 2 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 3 | Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 4 | Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 5 | Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 6 | Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 7 | Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 8 | Roman Krasilnikov (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 9 | Ben Kersten (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 10 | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 11 | David Kopp (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 12 | Sean Mazich (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 13 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 14 | Alexander Schmitt (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 15 | Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 16 | Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 17 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 18 | Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 19 | Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 20 | Serhy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 21 | Michael Tronborg Kristensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 22 | Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 23 | Jin Long (Chn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 24 | Sergey Kuzin (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 25 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 26 | Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 27 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 28 | Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 29 | Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 30 | Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 31 | Ismail Ayoune (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 32 | Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 33 | Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 34 | Bradeley Hall (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 35 | Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 36 | Yassin Ait El Attar (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 37 | Pavel Stuchlik (Cze) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 38 | Mads Christensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 39 | Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 40 | Oleksandr Sheydyk (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 41 | Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 42 | Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 43 | Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 44 | Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 45 | Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 46 | Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 47 | Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 48 | Christian Moberg Jörgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 49 | Niki Ostergaard (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 50 | Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 51 | Ricky Eno Jorgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 52 | Florenz Knauer (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 53 | Nikolay Ivanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 54 | Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 55 | Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 56 | Oleh Solomko (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 57 | David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 58 | William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 59 | Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 60 | Zachary Davies (USA) Fly V Australia | ||
| 61 | Darren Rolfe (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 62 | Matnur Matnur (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 63 | Feng Han (Chn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 64 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 65 | Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 66 | Peilun Wu (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 67 | Evgeny Kovalev (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 68 | Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 69 | Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 70 | Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 71 | Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 72 | Pengfei Qi (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 73 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 74 | Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 75 | Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 76 | Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 77 | Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 78 | Phil Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia | ||
| 79 | Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 80 | Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 81 | Ming Xing Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 82 | Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 83 | Lahcen Saber (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 84 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 85 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 86 | Khalid Bounida (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 87 | Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 88 | Biao Liu (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 89 | Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 90 | Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 91 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 92 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 93 | Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 94 | Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 95 | Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 96 | Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 97 | Mohcine Ichou (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 98 | Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 99 | Jimmy Pranata (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 100 | Ting Deng (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 101 | Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 102 | Gang Xu (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 103 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 104 | Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 105 | Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 106 | Mohamed Elghoumari (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 107 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 108 | Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 109 | Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 110 | Patria Rastra (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 111 | Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 112 | Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 113 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 114 | Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 115 | Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 116 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 117 | Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 118 | Tomas Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | 0:03:49 | |
| 119 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 120 | Mario Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 121 | Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 122 | Dene Rogers (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team | 0:07:03 | |
| 123 | Tobias Erler (Ger) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 124 | Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | 0:12:03 | |
| 125 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 126 | Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 127 | Hossein Alizadeh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 128 | Rahim Ememi (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team |
General classification after stage 1
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Ukraine | 1:31:37 | |
| 2 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 0:00:04 | |
| 3 | Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian Federation | 0:00:05 | |
| 4 | Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon-Servetto | 0:00:06 | |
| 5 | David Kopp (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | 0:00:07 | |
| 6 | Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | 0:00:08 | |
| 7 | Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 8 | Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | 0:00:10 | |
| 9 | Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 10 | Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 11 | Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 12 | Roman Krasilnikov (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 13 | Ben Kersten (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 14 | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 15 | Sean Mazich (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 16 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 17 | Alexander Schmitt (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 18 | Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 19 | Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 20 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 21 | Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 22 | Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 23 | Serhy Hrechyn (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 24 | Michael Tronborg Kristensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 25 | Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 26 | Jin Long (Chn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 27 | Sergey Kuzin (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 28 | Robert Retschke (Ger) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 29 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 30 | Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 31 | Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 32 | Ismail Ayoune (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 33 | Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 34 | Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 35 | Bradeley Hall (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 36 | Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 37 | Yassin Ait El Attar (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 38 | Pavel Stuchlik (Cze) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 39 | Mads Christensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 40 | Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 41 | Oleksandr Sheydyk (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 42 | Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 43 | Valery Valynin (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 44 | Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 45 | Alexandre Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 46 | Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 47 | Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 48 | Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 49 | Christian Moberg Jörgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 50 | Niki Ostergaard (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 51 | Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 52 | Ricky Eno Jorgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO Radgivning | ||
| 53 | Florenz Knauer (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 54 | Nikolay Ivanov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 55 | Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 56 | Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 57 | Oleh Solomko (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 58 | David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 59 | William Dickeson (Aus) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 60 | Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 61 | Zachary Davies (USA) Fly V Australia | ||
| 62 | Darren Rolfe (Aus) Fly V Australia | ||
| 63 | Matnur Matnur (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 64 | Feng Han (Chn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 65 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 66 | Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 67 | Peilun Wu (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 68 | Evgeny Kovalev (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 69 | Daniel Westmattelmann (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 70 | Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 71 | Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 72 | Pengfei Qi (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 73 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 74 | Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 75 | Shinpei Fukuda (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 76 | Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 77 | Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team | ||
| 78 | Phil Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia | ||
| 79 | Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 80 | Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 81 | Ming Xing Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 82 | Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 83 | Lahcen Saber (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 84 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 85 | Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 86 | Khalid Bounida (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 87 | Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 88 | Biao Liu (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 89 | Eugen Wacker (Kgz) Giant Asia Racing Team | ||
| 90 | Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 91 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 92 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 93 | Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana | ||
| 94 | Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 95 | Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda | ||
| 96 | Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan | ||
| 97 | Mohcine Ichou (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 98 | Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 99 | Jimmy Pranata (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 100 | Ting Deng (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 101 | Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 102 | Gang Xu (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 103 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano | ||
| 104 | Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team | ||
| 105 | Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Continental Team Differdange | ||
| 106 | Mohamed Elghoumari (Mar) Morocco | ||
| 107 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 108 | Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports | ||
| 109 | Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 110 | Patria Rastra (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | ||
| 111 | Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota - Indeland | ||
| 112 | Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 113 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | ||
| 114 | Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 115 | Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ukraine | ||
| 116 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Russian Federation | ||
| 117 | Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 118 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Mas) Marco Polo Cycling Team | ||
| 119 | Mario Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 120 | Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto | ||
| 121 | Tobias Erler (Ger) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 122 | Tomas Smolen (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | 0:03:59 | |
| 123 | Dene Rogers (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team | 0:07:13 | |
| 124 | Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | 0:12:13 | |
| 125 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 126 | Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 127 | Hossein Alizadeh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team | ||
| 128 | Rahim Ememi (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team |