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9th Tour of South China Sea - 2.5
China, December 26, 2004-January 1, 2005
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Stage 4 - December 29: Zhongshan, 88 km
Marco Polo team report
By Remko Kramer
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Today's stage was in a Californian-looking boulevard, with palm trees and brand new wide roads. The streets of the course were surrounded by nice looking apartment buildings and some guarded private properties with large villas. And nearby was an 18 hole golf course. This shows how fast things are changing in China, especially in this southern part, near Hong Kong.
It seems that most of the riders were still pretty fresh, because the tempo was high again and there were non-stop attacks and counter attacks. But most groups were caught back within a lap. The laps were 4 km each and went up a little rise with a headwind, and the finish was downhill with a nice s-bend at 200 metres before the finish.
With about 7 laps to go, a bigger group formed with threats for the yellow jersey of Masahiko Mifune. Ngai Chi (Dereck) Wong, the number two, and again four Kazakhs drove the break. But with strong efforts of Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh, Rhys Pollock and John Tonks from the Marco Polo Cycling Team, and a little help from the Russians who also missed the break, the group was caught with four laps to go.
From then the peloton got hectic again for the coming mass sprint. With about 2 km to go, on the uphill section, riders went down again and at least 10 riders crashed and some more were blocked. The Russians with Kudentsov, the Germans with yesterday's winner Sieberg and the Danes pulled the sprint and behind them the battle was on. Then Max Nielsen from the Danish Glud and Marstrand team took over and nobody could beat him in the last 200 metres. Second was Marcel Sieberg of Ked-Bianchi Berlin and third was Sergey Kudentsov from Moskou City Sports.
Masahiko Mifune from the Marco Polo Cycling Team still holds the yellow, but Kazakh Alexey Lyako is getting close in the points classification. He was top three in each of the four points sprints today!
Photography
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Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
- Racing on California style streets in China
- The peloton racing through the s-bend.
- Kin San Wu from the Hong Kong National Team and other riders don't look happy with the hard tempo up the rise.
- Max Nielsen from Glud and Marstrand winning stage 4 of the Tour of South China Sea.
Results
1 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 2.23.01 2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 3 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 4 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 5 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 6 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 7 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 8 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 9 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 10 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 11 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 12 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan 13 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 14 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak 15 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team 16 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 17 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 18 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team 19 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 20 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 21 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 22 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection 23 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan 24 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 25 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 26 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth 27 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA 28 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA 29 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong 30 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 31 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 32 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 33 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 34 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport 35 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan 36 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 37 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 38 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport 39 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 40 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 41 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport 42 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 43 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 44 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 45 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA 46 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 47 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth 48 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 49 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 50 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 51 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 52 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 53 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong 54 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 55 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 56 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 57 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan 58 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA 59 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 60 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 61 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 62 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 63 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 64 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 65 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 66 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 67 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 68 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 69 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 70 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 71 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team 72 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 73 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA 74 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 75 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 76 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 77 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak 78 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 79 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 80 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 81 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 82 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 83 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 84 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 85 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 86 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 87 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 88 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan 3.57 89 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth 3.59 90 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong 91 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan 4.58 92 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport DNF Russell Brooks (Aus) City of Perth DNF Martin Liska (Svk) Dukla Trencin DNF Bradley Hall (Aus) City of Perth General classification after stage 4 1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 9.14.04 2 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.06 3 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 0.18 4 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 0.38 5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 0.42 6 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 0.44 7 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 0.54 8 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 9 Chi Yin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 11 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 12 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 13 Petr Lazar (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 14 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Bicisport 15 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 16 Nathan Jones (Aus) City of Perth 17 Laurent Arn (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 1.06 18 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1.14 19 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 1.56 20 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 21 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 22 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 1.58 23 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 2.13 24 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 2.30 25 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 2.36 26 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 2.40 27 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 28 Kin San Wu (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 29 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) Yunnan 30 Heng Wa Choi (Mac) Macau-Beijing Selection 31 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japanese National Team 32 Gangzhao Gao (Chn) Guangdong 33 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 34 Timothy Decker (Aus) Bicisport 35 Martin Blaha (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 36 Ronny Hartz (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 37 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 38 Xitao Ji (Chn) PLA 39 Steven Mouritz (Aus) City of Perth 40 Jianshi Luo (Chn) PLA 41 Sascha Richter (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 42 Quanjun Meng (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 43 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 44 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 45 Shuaijun Chang (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 46 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 47 David John Tonks (GBr) Marco Polo Cycling Team 48 Xueli Jiang (Chn) Yunnan 49 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 50 Markus Kammermann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 51 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 52 Oliver Mattmann (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 53 Wawam Setyobudi (Ina) Wismiliak 54 Jozef Zabka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 55 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 56 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 57 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 58 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 59 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 60 Fengxiong Pan (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 61 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 62 Trent Stevenson (Aus) Bicisport 2.51 63 Zhihang Jian (Chn) Guangdong 64 Feng Yang (Chn) Yunnan 2.57 65 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 66 Guijun Shi (Chn) PLA 3.04 67 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 3.17 68 Haijun Ma (Chn) PLA 3.35 69 Jie Zhu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 3.59 70 Pavel Subrt (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 4.01 71 Guo Hui (Chn) PLA 4.12 72 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.18 73 Anno Pedersen (Ned) Wismiliak 74 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 75 Robert Mitosinka (Svk) Dukla Trencin 5.10 76 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 6.01 77 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 78 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport 79 Yunfeng Li (Chn) Yunnan 6.37 80 Sebastian Freese (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 9.08 81 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 18.12 82 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 18.22 83 Yinhui Guo (Chn) Yunnan 84 Milan Branicky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 85 Marel Mixa (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 86 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team 20.00 87 Go Takashima (Jpn) Japanese National Team 30.42 88 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 42.19 89 Gang Wu (Chn) Guangdong 43.03 90 Martin Depiazzi (Aus) City of Perth 47.02 91 Biao Yang (Chn) Yunnan 48.01 92 Xiuming Cui (Chn) Guangdong 1.11.44 Points classification 1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Marco Polo Cycling Team 45 pts 2 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 44 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 43 4 Max Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 39 5 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 28 6 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 27 7 Ngai Ching Derek Wong (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 25 8 Alexander Hatuntsev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 20 9 Vladislav Borisov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 20 10 Jun Chen (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 14 11 Yan Liu (Chn) Guangdong 14 12 Marco Von Kanel (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 12 13 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 11 14 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 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 Michael Smith Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 7 20 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 7 21 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) ASC Dukla Praha 6 22 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Moscow City Sports 6 23 Xiaoyong Han (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 6 24 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 5 25 Takumi Beppu (Jpn) Japanese National Team 5 26 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5 27 Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismiliak 4 28 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 4 29 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 4 30 Tong Yu (Chn) Macau-Beijing Selection 3 31 Yuichi Sato (Jpn) Japanese National Team 3 32 Sulistiyono (Ina) Wismiliak 3 33 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismiliak 3 34 Heath Keenan (Aus) Bicisport 3 35 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan National Team 2 36 Mat Nur (Ina) Wismiliak 2 37 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Moscow City Sports 2 38 Gregor Gut (Swi) Swiss National Track Team 2 39 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1 40 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Pocari Sweat Hong Kong 1 41 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin 1 42 Cang Xu (Chn) Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 1 43 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Bicisport 1 Teams classification 1 Moscow City Sports Association 27.43.38 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 Macau-Beijing Selection 5.50 13 Wismilak Cycling Team 14 Hong Kong & Shanghai Sports Institute 6.34 15 Yunnan 16 PLA 17 City of Perth Cycling Team 9.04 18 Guangdong 46.24
