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9th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5

China, December 26, 2004-January 1, 2005

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Stage 3 - December 28: Guangzhou, 110 km

Marco Polo team report

By Remko Kramer

Some victims of the mass crash:
Photo ©: Francis Cerny
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A cold day for the riders in the Tour of South China Sea. Luckily it stopped raining just before the race. The race course of 2.3 km was at the entrance road of a Zoo and went up and down a hill with a roundabout at 500 metres before the finish.

It didn't take long to warm up because the first break went from the start. And when one break was back the next one went. Kam Po Wong especially tried many times and was very strong. But he never got far because everybody else was anxious to make another move for their teams.

In the last laps, the peloton got ready for a mass sprint and the riders squeezed in on the corners. Then, going down the hill entering the roundabout, the breaks screamed...but nothing happened. This warning was not enough and 100 metres further, bicycles and wheels cracked and the riders flew all over the left half of the street. At least 15 riders went down, among them number two in the general classification, Russian Alexey Shmidt. His frame broke in two pieces!

Shmidt was still on the street when the rest of the peloton flew by into the last few hundred metres where the Danes were pulling the sprint, but German Marcel Sieberg took the victory ahead of Sergey Kudentsov from Moskou City Sports and Marco van Kamel of the Swiss National Track Team. Tour leader Masahiko Mifune sprinted to seventh place, doing so on the 13. He had a wheel change and couldn't shift the 11 he usually uses...

After the finish we were sent into the Zoo for a cooling-down lap and we could enjoy the view of bears, panthers and other exotic animals.

Photography

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Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera

Results

1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                    2.35.13
2 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                         
3 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                   
4 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                
5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                          
6 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                        
7 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team                     
8 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport                                      
9 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                        
10 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong               
11 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                       
12 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute             
13 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        
14 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA                                               
15 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                   
16 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak                                      
17 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                     
18 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team                     
19 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens              
20 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan                                        
21 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                          
22 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
23 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
24 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                          
25 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team              
26 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      
27 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               
28 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                   
29 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team                      
30 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens        
31 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                       
32 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team                         
33 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth                              
34 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                          
35 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     
36 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan                                          
37 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak                                  
38 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                           
39 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong                                     
40 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
41 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                        
42 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
43 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport                                   
44 Bradley Hall (Aus) City of Perth                                 
45 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                            
46 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth                               
47 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport                                   
48 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
49 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                
50 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
51 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                          
52 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  
53 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                       
54 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                     
55 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan                                         
56 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA                                            
57 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   
58 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport                                     
59 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                      
60 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                        
61 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                            
62 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak                                          
63 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth                                 
64 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute              
65 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport                                  
66 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA                                             
67 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                             
68 Martin Liska (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                 
69 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                   
70 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team                        
71 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
72 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak                                      
73 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
74 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak                                       
75 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                           
76 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                          
77 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan                                          
78 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     
79 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong                                     
80 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
81 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong                                      
82 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
83 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                               
84 Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth                               
85 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
86 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA                                          0.55
87 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute          1.19
88 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA                                            1.32
89 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   1.38
90 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team                       
91 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak                                    
92 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                   3.07
93 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                
94 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                        
95 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                    3.53
DNF Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Moscow City Sports                          
DNF Morten Christiansen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens              
DNF Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute      
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team              6.51.03
2 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong            0.06
3 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     0.10
4 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                  0.18
5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      0.42
6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                       0.44
7 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                        
8 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   0.54
9 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                      
10 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                      
11 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                     
12 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                       
13 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
14 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team              
15 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport                                   
16 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                   
17 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth                                 
18 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  1.06
19 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               1.14
20 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               1.56
21 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                            
22 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team               
23 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                      1.58
24 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak                                   2.13
25 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                    2.34
26 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team              2.36
27 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute         2.40
28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                          
29 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        
30 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
31 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team                     
32 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan                                        
33 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
34 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA                                               
35 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport                                   
36 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                          
37 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong                                     
38 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                               
39 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA                                            
40 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                            
41 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team                         
42 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
43 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                
44 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                     
45 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                  
46 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
47 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth                               
48 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team                        
49 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens        
50 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan                                         
51 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens              
52 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak                                  
53 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
54 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute              
55 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   
56 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                        
57 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  
58 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan                                          
59 Martin Liska (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                 
60 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                             
61 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak                                      
62 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute        
63 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak                                          
64 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                     
65 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport                              2.51
66 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong                                     
67 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                       2.57
68 Bradley Hall (Aus) City of Perth                                 
69 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport                                     
70 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA                                         3.04
71 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA                                          3.59
72 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                            4.01
73 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute          4.12
74 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   4.18
75 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA                                                
76 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak                                    
77 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin                         5.10
78 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                   5.47
79 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak                                  6.01
80 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                       
81 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport                                     
82 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                    9.08
83 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                  18.22
84 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan                                          
85 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                       
86 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                               
87 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                                 
88 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team                  20.00
89 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                   30.42
90 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                     42.19
91 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong                                     43.03
92 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth                              
93 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan                                           
94 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong                               1.07.45
95 Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth                               
 
Points classification
 
1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team                   44 pts
2 Alexey Shmidt (Rus) Moscow City Sports                          41
3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                         28
4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                        28
5 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                    20
6 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                      20
7 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                      19
8 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong              17
9 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                    15
10 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                      15
11 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team                12
12 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong                                        11
13 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens                   10
14 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                 10
15 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                             10
16 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                  9
17 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team                      8
18 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team                    8
19 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute            8
20 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team                       7
21 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                      6
22 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens       5
23 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak                                      4
24 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin                       4
25 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection                           3
26 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports                           3
27 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens             3
28 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                    3
29 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak                                     3
30 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport                                    3
31 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team              2
32 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports                      2
33 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                  1
34 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha                         1
35 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                       1
36 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin                                 1
37 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak                                         1
38 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport                                    1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Moscow City Sports Association                            20.34.35
2 Kazakstan National Team                                       0.08
3 Pocari Sweat Hong Kong                                        0.26
4 Marco Polo Cycling Team                                       0.32
5 ASC Dukla Praha                                               2.20
6 Glud & Marstrand Horsers                                      4.48
7 Japan National Team                                               
8 KED-Rad Team Berlin                                               
9 Dukla Trencin                                                     
10 Bicisport Australia                                          4.59
11 Swiss Track Team                                             5.00
12 City of Perth Cycling Team                                   5.05
13 Macau-Beijing Selection                                      5.50
14 Wismilak Cycling Team                                            
15 Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute                        6.34
16 Yunnan                                                           
17 PLA                                                              
18 Guangdong                                                   46.24