Tour de Taiwan - 2.2

Taiwan, March 18-24, 2007

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Stage 3 - March 20: Chiayi - Chiayi, 130 km

Photography

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Riders pass by the Putzu Temple in Chiayi.
Christian Knorr (Continental Cycling Team Differdange) celebrates his stage victory.
A final dig by Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) couldn't stop Knorr from claiming victory today.
The peloton rolls through the 130 kilometre Stage 3.
The HealthNet guys were that keen to take a show they couldn't even wait 'till they got back to the hotel!
Shawn Milne (Health Net) leads the bunch early on Stage 3.
Hundreds of school children line the third stage.
Shawn Milne (Health Net) had a bad day suffering from radio problems.
Australia's Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) celebrates after inheriting the yellow jersey.
The Netherland's Tjarco Cuppens (Team PZ Racing) finished 30th.
The peloton takes one of the final corners in Chaiyl.
A large crowd gathers in Chiayi to cheer on the riders.
The peloton rolls out of Chiayi.
Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) begins to push hard as the finish nears.
Drapac Porsche has been at the head of the peloton
Tour de Taiwan's new leader: Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche).
Stage 2 winner Kam Po Wong (Hong Kong) leads the bunch.
The peloton passes through the third stage.
Results

1 Christian Knorr (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange    2.52.40
2 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                    
3 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
4 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                      
5 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                      
6 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
7 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team                               0.08
8 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team                      0.37
9 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                      
10 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                      
11 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                  
12 Andreas Mayr (Ger) Merida Europe Team                           0.50
13 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis              0.51
14 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche                                0.52
15 Christophe Masson (Fra) Continental Cycling Team Differdange        
16 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team                     0.54
17 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                0.55
18 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team                     0.57
19 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche                               
20 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                      1.58
21 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             2.06
22 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                             
23 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team                                      
24 Steffen Greger (Ger) Merida Europe Team                             
25 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                             
26 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                          
27 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                    
28 Md. Zamri Saller (Mas) Malaysian National Team                      
29 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                          
30 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team PZ Racing                                 
31 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                 
32 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                       
33 Yeon Je Sung (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                           
34 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
35 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                
36 Razak Moho Faris A. (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   
37 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysian National Team                        
38 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                         
39 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                       
40 Peter Schmid (Ger) Merida Europe Team                               
41 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                    
42 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche                               
43 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange           
44 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                       
45 Julian Rammler (Ger) Team PZ Racing                                 
46 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                           
47 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                        
48 Ho-Ting Kwok (HKg) e-MA Team                                        
49 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                 
50 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
51 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                    
52 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange              
53 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange           
54 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  
55 Juergen Kotulla (Ger) Merida Europe Team                            
56 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
57 Le Van Duan (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                    2.45
58 Do Tuan Anh (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                        
59 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Thai National Team                               
60 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                               
61 Kouya Tanaka (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                     
62 Kim Young Sik (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                          
63 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Thai National Team                     
64 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                    
65 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                             
66 Chris Lintaman (Can) Team PZ Racing                                 
67 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                 
68 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                    
69 Kazuyuki Matsunaga (Jpn) Team Okinawa                               
70 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                 
71 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
72 Benjamin Diemer (Ger) Merida Europe Team                            
73 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) Thai National Team                            
74 Ahmad Luffi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team                
75 Christian Gertz (Ger) Team PZ Racing                            3.23
76 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                        
77 Chi Sheng Huang (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                  
78 Jatupoom Lekawat (Tha) Thai National Team                       3.30
79 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
80 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                     
81 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                     3.56
82 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                       4.36
83 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team                      11.23
84 Daniel Thorsen (Aus) Drapac Porsche                            12.14
DNF Fan-Hsin Chu (Tpe) e-MA Team                                       
DNF Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                            
DNF Wei Chieh Liu (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                               
DNF Dang Trung Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                   
DNF Kai Tsun Lam (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                  
DNF Ho Van Phuc (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                       
DNS Stephan Janiel (Ger) Team PZ Racing                                
DNS Akira Sumot (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                 
 
General Classification after Stage 3
 
1 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche                             7.23.27
2 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                           0.05
3 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  0.09
4 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team                      1.03
5 Andreas Mayr (Ger) Merida Europe Team                            1.04
6 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche                            1.11
7 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                 1.40
8 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche                            2.05
9 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                       2.08
10 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                2.09
11 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange       2.16
12 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                      2.20
13 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                             
14 Christian Knorr (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange      2.41
15 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                         2.47
16 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                 2.48
17 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team                              2.56
18 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team                     3.25
19 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                 3.28
20 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                  
21 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                      
22 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis              3.42
23 Christophe Masson (Fra) Continental Cycling Team Differdange    3.43
24 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche                                    
25 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team                     3.45
26 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                3.46
27 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team PZ Racing                             4.39
28 Steffen Greger (Ger) Merida Europe Team                         4.55
29 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                         4.57
30 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                                 
31 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                    
32 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                
33 Md. Zamri Saller (Mas) Malaysian National Team                      
34 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                          
35 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange              
36 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                       
37 Yeon Je Sung (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                           
38 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team                                      
39 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                 
40 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
41 Matthew Crane (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                  
42 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                         
43 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysian National Team                        
44 Razak Moho Faris A. (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   
45 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                       
46 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                 
47 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
48 Juergen Kotulla (Ger) Merida Europe Team                            
49 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team                           
50 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                       
51 Peter Schmid (Ger) Merida Europe Team                               
52 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                        
53 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
54 Julian Rammler (Ger) Team PZ Racing                                 
55 Morten Knudsen (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange           
56 Ho-Ting Kwok (HKg) e-MA Team                                        
57 Kim Young Sik (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                      5.36
58 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Thai National Team                     
59 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                    
60 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Thai National Team                               
61 Ahmad Luffi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team                
62 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                 
63 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                 
64 Le Van Duan (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                        
65 Kazuyuki Matsunaga (Jpn) Team Okinawa                               
66 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
67 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) Thai National Team                            
68 Do Tuan Anh (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                        
69 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                    
70 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                               
71 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                             
72 Benjamin Diemer (Ger) Merida Europe Team                            
73 Kouya Tanaka (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                 5.46
74 Chris Lintaman (Can) Team PZ Racing                             6.06
75 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                    6.14
76 Chi Sheng Huang (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                  
77 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                 6.21
78 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
79 Jatupoom Lekawat (Tha) Thai National Team                           
80 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                     6.47
81 Christian Gertz (Ger) Team PZ Racing                            7.36
82 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                       8.36
83 Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Asia Racing Team                      14.14
84 Daniel Thorsen (Aus) Drapac Porsche                            15.30
 
Points classification
 
1 Shawn Milne (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                   36 pts
2 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche                                  35
3 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                             29
4 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                    27
5 Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Cycling Team Differdange          25
6 Robert McLachlan (Aus) Drapac Porsche                              22
7 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Team PZ Racing                                21
8 Andreas Mayr (Ger) Merida Europe Team                              21
9 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                   20
10 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Porsche                             20
11 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team                       17
12 Christian Knorr (Den) Continental Cycling Team Differdange        16
13 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                   16
14 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                           15
15 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                        13
16 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                13
17 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team                       12
18 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                        11
19 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              9
20 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                            8
21 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                    7
22 Kyle Gritters (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis                 7
23 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                   7
24 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                     6
25 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                            6
26 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                 5
27 Eddy Forner (Ita) Continental Cycling Team Differdange             5
28 Tom Southam (GBr) Drapac Porsche                                   2
29 Steffen Greger (Ger) Merida Europe Team                            2
30 Christophe Masson (Fra) Continental Cycling Team Differdange       1
31 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                                1
 
Asian rider classification
 
1 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                        7.23.32
2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team                      0.58
3 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                       2.03
4 Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                 2.04
5 Choi Suk Yoon (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                       2.15
6 Um Jung Il (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                              
7 Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                          2.42
8 Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                  2.43
9 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team                               2.51
10 Komsan Karnbanchee (Tha) Thai National Team                     3.20
11 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                 3.23
12 Masaru Fukuhara (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                  
13 Mai Cong Hieu (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                      
14 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team                     3.40
15 Takamitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                         4.52
16 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                                 
17 Kouhei Uchima (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                    
18 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                
19 Md. Zamri Saller (Mas) Malaysian National Team                      
20 Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                          
21 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                       
22 Yeon Je Sung (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                           
23 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team                                      
24 Takeshi Igarashi (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                 
25 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
26 Robert Wijaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                         
27 Hassan Suhardi (Mas) Malaysian National Team                        
28 Razak Moho Faris A. (Mas) Malaysian National Team                   
29 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                       
30 Kaoru Ouchi (Jpn) Team Skil-Shimano                                 
31 Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                               
32 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                       
33 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                        
34 Kenichi Suzuki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team                              
35 Ho-Ting Kwok (HKg) e-MA Team                                        
36 Kim Young Sik (Kor) Uijeongbu City Cycling                      5.31
37 Tanet Pitthayathonlert (Tha) Thai National Team                     
38 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                    
39 Okart Bualoi (Tha) Thai National Team                               
40 Ahmad Luffi Md. Fauzan (Mas) Malaysian National Team                
41 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team                                 
42 Kyoshi Miura (Jpn) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                 
43 Le Van Duan (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                        
44 Kazuyuki Matsunaga (Jpn) Team Okinawa                               
45 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
46 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) Thai National Team                            
47 Do Tuan Anh (Vie) Vietnam National Road Team                        
48 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                    
49 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                               
50 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                             
51 Kouya Tanaka (Jpn) Team Okinawa                                 5.41
52 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                    6.09
53 Chi Sheng Huang (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                  
54 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                 6.16
55 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
56 Jatupoom Lekawat (Tha) Thai National Team                           
57 Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysian National Team                     6.42
58 Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team                       8.31
 
Local rider classification
 
1 Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                           7.28.24
2 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                                 
3 Yin-Chih Wang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                        
4 Tsun-Kuei Chen (Tpe) e-MA Team                                       
5 Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                              
6 Kuei Hsiang Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team                        
7 Kao An Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                        
8 Wei Cheng Lee (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                 0.39
9 Yung-Hua Cheng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                              
10 King Feng Liu (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                    
11 Chi-Fu Liang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                               
12 Shih Chang Huang (Tpe) Taiwan Kinan CCD                             
13 Yu-Wei Huang (Tpe) e-MA Team                                    1.17
14 Chi Sheng Huang (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                  
15 Heng Hui Lin (Tpe) Taichung County Cycling Team                 1.24
16 Hsin-Hsien Lee (Tpe) Chinese Taipei CKT                             
 
Teams classification
 
1 Drapac Porsche                                               22.12.44
2 Health Net Presented By Maxxis                                   2.27
3 AISAN Racing Team                                                5.39
4 Hong Kong Team                                                   6.24
5 Continental Cycling Team Differdange                             6.31
6 Uijeongbu City Cycling                                           7.14
7 Giant Asia Racing Team                                           7.22
8 Merida Europe Team                                               8.35
9 Team Skil-Shimano/SHIMANO                                        9.43
10 Polygon Sweet Nice Team                                        10.22
11 Team Okinawa                                                   10.59
12 Vietnam National Road Team                                     12.17
13 Thai National Team                                                  
14 e-MA Team/e-MA                                                 12.28
15 Malaysian National Team                                             
16 Chinese Taipei CKT                                             13.07
17 Team PZ Racing                                                 13.29
18 Taiwan Kinan CCD                                               13.46
19 Taichung County Cycling Team