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9th Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.2
Malaysia, February 6-15, 2004
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Stage 3 - February 8: Tapah - Raub, 171.2 km
24 year-old Lancaster pulls off 150 kilometre breakaway
Colombia Selle-Italia's Freddy Gonzalez becomes new race leader
By Anthony Tan in Raub
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On a stinking hot day in Malaysia, Australian teams pursuit world champion Brett Lancaster kept his cool, staging a successful 150 kilometre breakaway and finishing solo to take the first stage race victory in his short pro career.
Although intended as "a bit of a joke" as Lancaster phrased it afterwards, fellow countryman and former iTeamnova team-mate Scott Guyton (Wismilak) discussed the idea of going for the early break at the stage start in Tapah this morning: "Yeah, Scott and I were old team-mates two years ago, and I sort of said as a bit of a joke to go off the front, but I knew Scott was a strong rider," said Lancaster to Cyclingnews.
"We were working really strong, and they wasn't much happening behind. I knew we needed a big gap before the hill, and I have to give Scott a lot of credit for doing almost the first half of the climb on the front. I don't think he had the legs, but he buried himself to put me in the lead," added the gracious winner.
At the finish in Raub, Lancaster's maximum lead of ten minutes-plus had been slashed to a mere 33 seconds. But the boy from Shepparton, Victoria, couldn't have cared less: the beach-blonde Aussie zipped up his jersey, gradually raised his arms aloft with his head tilted skywards, and acknowledged the frenzied crowd of onlookers with a gleaming smile, finishing in the best way possible.
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On the tricky descent following the climb to Frasers Gap, overnight leader Marlon Perez (Colombia Selle-Italia) took a tumble on an off-camber corner, and although managing to return to his bike largely unhurt, Perez was unable to return to the first chasing group. Finishing 1'57 down on Lancaster and 1'22 down on team-mate Freddy Gonzalez, who finished fourth on the stage, Gonzalez is now the new leader of the Tour de Langkawi, with a 27 second advantage over South African Ryan Cox (Barloworld) and team-mate Perez.
"We were descending very very fast and we (Relax Bodysol rider Hector Guerra Garcia) got away, but I didn't have any idea what was happening behind until I got caught by the next group," explained Perez to Cyclingnews. It was only then that one of my team-mates told me Marlon had crashed, so I just had to keep going.
Asked if he and Perez's roles in the team are now reversed, Gonzalez said that his team will wait until Tuesday's time trial (Stage 5) before finalising their race plan. "With three riders in the first four [overall], we'll basically wait to after the time trial to see what the situation [in the team] will be, and we'll more or less take things from there," he said.
"At the moment, the team is riding very well. Things didn't really go to plan today, which obviously changed the situation, but our team is in a strong position overall for the rest of the week."
How it unfolded
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The 70 kilometre transfer from the 1471 metre summit of Tanah Rata, way up in the Cameron Highlands, where the riders and media stayed last night, down to sea level to the start in Tapah, could have made a story in itself: Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave and Bert Story-Piels' spares vans both required wheel changes half-way down the mountain, and with the smell of worn brake pads permeating the air, it appeared the race start was going to be a little later than expected.
But with all credit to the race organisers, who seemed to have brought everything bar the kitchen sink, all 131 riders made it on time for the midday start. With temperatures in the mid 30s and humidity hovering at 95 per cent, many riders unaccustomed to the first real Malaysian weather since the race began three days ago were hibernating in their comfort of their air-conditioned team cars until the very last minute. Cyclingnews diarist John Lieswyn was just one of them.
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The hot Malay weather unleashed a few Hot Rods with aggressive racing right from the get-go, but with all three intermediate sprints packed into the first 73 kilometres, the sprinters' teams of Panaria-Margres and Health Net were keeping it together for their men Graeme Brown and Gord Fraser, and any breaks were annulled faster than a marriage with Jennifer Lopez.
However, no-one save two riders knew of what was about to unfold. Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) and Scott Guyton (Wismilak) rode off the front of the peloton in a premeditated, seemingly crazy move at km 25, and less than half an hour later at km 60, the Aussie duo's lead was a tad over five minutes. With the peloton slow to react and the former iTeamNova team-mates swapping off like clockwork, the pairing continued to build on their advantage right until the base of the climb of Frasers Gap (km 115.5), their lead now a massive 9'17.
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Once on the climb, many pundits expected the lanky Guyton, a recent winner of the Tour of Southland in New Zealand, to ride away from Lancaster, a member of the world record-breaking teams pursuit quartet last year in Stuttgart - but quite the opposite happened, in fact. Sensing a lull in their pace-setting, the 24 year-old Lancaster left Guyton in his wake before the halfway mark on the climb, and treated the remaining 53 kilometres to the finish in Raub as if his life depended on winning. "We got a time check up the climb and the bunch had pulled another couple of minutes out of us, so I said to him [Guyton]: 'I'm going to have to go mate' - and I just took off," said Lancaster to Cyclingnews.
Meanwhile back in the peloton, Colombia Selle-Italia's Freddy Gonzalez and Hector Guerra Garcia (Relax Bodysol) had crested the 20.8 kilometre climb of Frasers Gap a handful of seconds clear of a select group of 16 riders, which included Gonzalez's team-mate and yellow jersey Marlon Perez, the overnight leader crashing out soon afterwards on the treacherous, rain-slicked descent. By the time Little Freddy knew the race leader was in trouble however, it was too late: he and Guerra Garcia were 20 kilometres from home, and the duo had merged with the chase group being driven by the Palmans-Collstrop trio of Gert Vanderaerden, Michel Van Haecke and Kurt Van De Wouwer.
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After Lancaster crossed the line triumphant to clock up the first win of his pro career, cycling veteran Gordon Fraser came storming across the line 33 seconds later, outsprinting Gert Vanderaerden (Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop) for second place. The 16 others in the initial chase group of 18 arrived between two and sixteen seconds behind the Canadian fast-man, who now leads the points classification.
"Once Scott and Brett were up the road, I knew I could take a couple more points in the sprint bonuses and then see how I went on the climb," said Fraser to Cyclingnews. "I know from 2000, I crested [the climb] OK and was third on the stage with two other guys away, so it was kind of like deja-vu for me.
"I'm very happy to be in the points jersey, and hopefully with the flat stages ahead, I can go for the stage win because I have a bit of a lead in the points [classification], which is the other objective. But I think the first thing for me now is to take this points jersey all the way to the end (looks across to Graeme Brown sitting on the fence, with a grin on his face)... but that's if Graeme doesn't give me a hard time!"
Photography
Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Rolling around the start town of Tapah.
- Some local Malay dancers, this time sans Trent Wilson (Colombia Selle-Italia) and his director Gianni Savio.
- And this is how he feels at the start - Susanto Tonton (Wismilak) takes in plenty of fluids before the second-longest stage of the TMLTdL.
- Roland Green (Canada) keeps his cool with an innovative ice-pack placed around his neck.
- Finally, after an animated start, a break goes for good with Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) and Scott Guyton (Wismilak).
- The 131-strong peloton make their way to Raub, at this stage unconcerned by the break containing Lancaster and Guyton.
- Lancaster larger than life - Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) on the big screen as he time trials his way to his first pro win.
- Eurosport's cycling commentator David Duffield keeps the crowd in Raub entertained, or at least partially amused.
- Thank you fans - and there are plenty of them, too.
- Can't believe it - Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) struggles to cope with what he has just achieved.
- Dehydrated but delighted, Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) is interviewed by Cycling Australia's Gennie Sheer straight after the finish.
- Fortunato Baliani (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) wasn't quite so fortunate on today's stage, coming down along with a number of others on the descent following Frasers Gap.
- Ughhh, can't breathe - Ben Day (Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop) struggled with the heat today, finishing in 61st place, 3'58 down on Brett Lancaster.
- Not a good image for the next Coke TV commercial - South Africans Jaco Odenaal and Nicholas White find little respite in an icy-cold can of Coke.
- A disappointed Marlon Perez (Colombia Selle-Italia) may have gone down, but he's certainly not out of the race.
- Courage under fire - Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) showed true Aussie grit out on the road to Raub today.
- Ghader Mizbani (Iran) salutes the crowd as best Asian rider.
- Despite his high-speed crash, Marlon Perez (Colombia Selle-Italia) still keeps his lead in the mountains classification.
- New leader on points, Gordon Fraser (Health Net/Maxxis) walks to the podium, ready to receive his new jersey.
- Freddy Gonzalez (Colombia Selle-Italia) stands tall (or as tall as the petite Colombian can go) as the new race leader.
- The leaders of the various classifications salute the crowd.
- Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) speaks to Cyclingnews after his win in Raub today.
- A winning smile - Brett Lancaster (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) shows off his pearly whites.
- Ghader Mizbani (Iran) a humble leader of the Asian rider competition.
Images by Shane Stokes/www.irishcycling.com
- Traditional dancers entertained the crowds at the start
- Young muslim spectators were among the thousands at the sign-on area
- Hibernian Team Ireland rider Philip Deignan before the drop of the flag
- The sparkling bikes of the Italian Lampre team, lined up and ready for action
- Sprinter Ivan Quaranta is a friendly guy, here lining up with some young spectators
- Thousands of spectators turned out
- Some attractive faces in the crowd!
- There was a mixture of many different religions and cultures at the finish
- The big screen kept the audience entertained while they waited for the arrival of the race.
- Irish rider Philip Deignan is only 20 but he rode strongly again today, taking sixth on the stage and moving up to 12th overall
- Health Net Pro Gordon Fraser was second, 33 seconds down
- Former British pro Tim Harris is acting as rider liason, and is here translating the answers of new yellow jersey Freddy Gonzalez (Colombia Selle Italia) for the international press
- Fellow Aussie Graeme Brown was keen to get a momento of the occasion
- Stage 3 winner Brett Lancaster was delighted with his excellent victory
Images by Mark Sharon/msharonuk@hotmail.com
- Brett Lancaster braves the wet on Fraser's Hill en route to victory
- Brett Lancaster describes how he got to where he is today
- Gord Fraser reflects on his near miss with a win
- Gord Fraser's bike attracts some admirers
Results
1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 4.03.59 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.33 3 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 4 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 0.35 5 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 6 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 7 Javier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax Bodysol 8 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 9 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 10 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 11 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 12 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 13 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 14 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 0.40 15 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 0.42 16 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax Bodysol 0.43 17 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 0.49 18 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 0.35 19 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 20 Charles Dionne (Can) Canada 1.27 21 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 1.28 22 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 23 Jock Green (RSA) Team Barloworld 24 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 25 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 26 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) De Nardi 27 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 28 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan 29 Michele Scotto D'abusco (Ita) Lampre 30 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 31 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa 32 Enrico Degano (Ita) Team Barloworld 33 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 34 Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Iran 35 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 36 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 37 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 38 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 39 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 40 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 41 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 42 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Relax Bodysol 43 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 44 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 45 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 46 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 47 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 48 Reinhardt Duplessis (RSA) South Africa 49 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 50 Roland Green (Can) Canada 51 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 1.57 52 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 53 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 54 Rhyan Tanguilig (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 55 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 56 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 57 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 58 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2.56 59 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 3.04 60 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 3.09 61 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 3.58 62 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Bodysol 4.21 63 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5.11 64 Neil Mcdonald (RSA) South Africa 5.24 65 Jaco Odenaal (RSA) South Africa 66 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 6.08 67 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net presented by Maxxis 68 James Perry (RSA) Team Barloworld 69 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 70 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 7.57 71 Huberlino Mesa Estapa (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 72 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 8.21 73 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 74 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 75 Rosli Nor Affendy (Mas) Malaysia 8.23 76 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 77 Alfie Catalan (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 78 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 79 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 80 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 81 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 82 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 83 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 84 Xiaojun Shao (Chn) China 85 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 86 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 87 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 88 Germ Van Der Burg (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 89 Amir Zargari (Irn) Iran 8.27 90 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 91 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 92 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 93 Coen Loos (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 94 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland 95 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 96 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 97 Tanha Abbas Saeidi (Irn) Iran 98 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 99 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 100 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 101 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 102 Giulini Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 103 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 104 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 105 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 106 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 107 Sergiy Matveiev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 108 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 109 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 110 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 111 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 112 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 113 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 114 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 115 Alexandre Lavallee (Can) Canada 116 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 117 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 118 Dominique Perras (Can) Canada 119 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 120 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 121 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 122 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 123 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 124 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 125 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Japan 126 Ano Pedersen (Ned) Wismilak 11.29 127 Hassan Maleki (Irn) Iran 128 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 13.21 129 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 14.59 130 Saeid Chehrzad (Irn) Iran 20.19 131 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 21.01 Points 1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 15 pts 2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 14 3 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 13 4 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 12 5 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 11 6 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 10 7 Javier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax Bodysol 9 8 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 8 9 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 7 10 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 6 11 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 5 12 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 4 13 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 3 14 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 15 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 1 Sprints HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Sungkai 1 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 pts 2 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 3 3 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 2 4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Slim River 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 5 pts 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3 3 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 2 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Proton City 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 5 pts 2 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3 3 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 2 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 1 Mountains KOM Cat 1 at Gap Rest House 1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 15 pts 2 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 12 3 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 10 4 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 8 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 6 6 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 4 7 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 2 Asian rider 1 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 4.05.27 2 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan 3 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 4 Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Iran 5 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 6 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 7 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 8 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 9 Rhyan Tanguilig (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 0.29 10 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 11 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 12 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 1.41 13 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 4.40 14 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 6.29 15 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 6.53 16 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 17 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 18 Rosli Nor Affendy (Mas) Malaysia 6.55 19 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 20 Alfie Catalan (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 21 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 22 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 23 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 24 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 25 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 26 Xiaojun Shao (Chn) China 27 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 28 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 29 Amir Zargari (Irn) Iran 6.59 30 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 31 Tanha Abbas Saeidi (Irn) Iran 32 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 33 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 34 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Japan 35 Hassan Maleki (Irn) Iran 10.01 36 Saeid Chehrzad (Irn) Iran 18.51 Teams 1 Palmans-Collstrop 12.13.40 2 Relax Bodysol 0.02 3 Team Barloworld 0.16 4 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 0.20 5 De-Nardi 1.48 6 Lampre 1.53 7 South Africa 1.55 8 Canada 2.40 9 Chocolade Jacques 2.41 10 Japan 11 Colombia Selle-Italia 2.46 12 Health Net Pro, 6.26 13 Ireland 7.54 14 Iran 9.40 15 Paclassificationor-Casino Filipino 10.03 16 China 11.15 17 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 14.51 18 Wismilak 16.05 19 Malaysia 16.58 20 Bert Story-Piels 23.26 Asian teams 1 Japan 12.16.21 2 Iran 6.59 3 Paclassificationor-Casino Filipino 7.22 4 China 8.34 5 Wismilak 13.24 6 Malaysia 14.17 General classification after stage 3 1 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 10.23.14 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 0.27 3 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 4 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 0.41 5 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 0.46 6 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 0.50 7 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 1.00 8 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.05 9 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 1.24 10 Javier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax Bodysol 1.34 11 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 1.39 12 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 1.45 13 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 1.46 14 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 1.53 15 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 16 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.55 18 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax Bodysol 2.19 19 Roland Green (Can) Canada 2.28 20 Michele Scotto D'abusco (Ita) Lampre 2.39 21 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 22 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3.00 23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 3.03 24 Jock Green (RSA) Team Barloworld 3.04 25 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 26 Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Iran 27 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa 28 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 29 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Relax Bodysol 30 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 31 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 3.24 32 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) De Nardi 33 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 3.33 34 Charles Dionne (Can) Canada 3.58 35 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 3.59 36 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 4.28 37 Reinhardt Duplessis (RSA) South Africa 4.52 38 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 5.21 39 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 5.36 40 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 6.15 41 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 42 James Perry (RSA) Team Barloworld 7.44 43 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 7.50 44 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 7.55 45 Huberlino Mesa Estapa (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 8.57 46 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 9.01 47 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Bodysol 9.08 48 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 9.38 49 Rhyan Tanguilig (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 9.39 50 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 9.42 51 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 52 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 9.49 53 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 10.10 54 Xiaojun Shao (Chn) China 10.54 55 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 56 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 11.02 57 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 11.10 58 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan 11.34 59 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 11.51 60 Dominique Perras (Can) Canada 12.37 61 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 62 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13.11 63 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 13.14 64 Jaco Odenaal (RSA) South Africa 13.38 65 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 14.25 66 Enrico Degano (Ita) Team Barloworld 14.44 67 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 15.37 68 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 16.14 69 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 16.15 70 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 16.41 71 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 16.48 72 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 16.54 73 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 18.22 74 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 18.27 75 Tanha Abbas Saeidi (Irn) Iran 18.33 76 Neil Mcdonald (RSA) South Africa 18.40 77 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 19.04 78 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 19.18 79 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 19.47 80 Amir Zargari (Irn) Iran 20.22 81 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 20.46 82 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 83 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 84 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 85 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 20.55 86 Rosli Nor Affendy (Mas) Malaysia 21.39 87 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 21.43 88 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland 89 Coen Loos (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 90 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 91 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 92 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 93 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 94 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 95 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Japan 96 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 22.41 97 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 23.16 98 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 24.29 99 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net presented by Maxxis 100 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 24.46 101 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 25.26 102 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 26.13 103 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 27.12 104 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 27.39 105 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 27.41 106 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 107 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 108 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 109 Germ Van Der Burg (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 110 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 111 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 112 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 27.44 113 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 27.45 114 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 115 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 116 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 117 Giulini Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 118 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 119 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 120 Sergiy Matveiev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 121 Alexandre Lavallee (Can) Canada 122 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 123 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 124 Hassan Maleki (Irn) Iran 29.38 125 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 29.39 126 Ano Pedersen (Ned) Wismilak 30.47 127 Alfie Catalan (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 32.06 128 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 32.39 129 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 34.27 130 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 40.19 131 Saeid Chehrzad (Irn) Iran 43.19 Points classification 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 28 pts 2 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 26 3 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 22 4 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 21 5 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 19 6 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 19 7 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 16 8 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 13 9 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 12 10 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 11 11 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 11 12 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 10 13 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 10 14 Javier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax Bodysol 10 15 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 10 16 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 10 17 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 7 18 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 6 19 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 20 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 5 21 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 5 22 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 5 23 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 5 24 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 4 25 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 3 26 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 3 27 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 3 28 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 2 29 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 2 30 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 1 31 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1 32 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 1 Mountains classification 1 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 27 pts 2 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 26 3 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 20 4 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 19 5 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 15 6 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 14 7 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 10 8 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 10 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 8 10 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 6 11 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 6 12 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 4 13 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 2 14 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 2 15 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Bodysol 2 16 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 1 17 Michele Scotto D'abusco (Ita) Lampre 1 Asian rider classification 1 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 10.25.07 2 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 0.46 3 Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Iran 1.11 4 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 2.06 5 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 2.35 6 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 4.22 7 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 6.02 8 Rhyan Tanguilig (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 7.46 9 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 7.49 10 Xiaojun Shao (Chn) China 9.01 11 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 12 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan 9.41 13 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 9.58 14 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 13.44 15 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 14.21 16 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 16.29 17 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 16.34 18 Tanha Abbas Saeidi (Irn) Iran 16.40 19 Amir Zargari (Irn) Iran 18.29 20 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 18.53 21 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 19.02 22 Rosli Nor Affendy (Mas) Malaysia 19.46 23 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Japan 19.50 24 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 22.53 25 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 24.20 26 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 25.19 27 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 25.48 28 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 29 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 30 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 31 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 32 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 25.52 33 Hassan Maleki (Irn) Iran 27.45 34 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 27.46 35 Alfie Catalan (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 30.13 36 Saeid Chehrzad (Irn) Iran 41.26 Teams classification 1 Team Barloworld 31.11.58 2 Colombia Selle-Italia 0.24 3 Relax Bodysol 1.12 4 Lampre 4.32 5 Chocolade Jacques 5.51 6 South Africa 6.26 7 Canada 7.14 8 De-Nardi 8.32 9 Palmans-Collstrop 9.05 10 Japan 15.24 11 Ireland 15.40 12 Health Net Pro, 20.37 13 Iran 21.14 14 China 25.50 15 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 28.26 16 Paclassificationor-Casino Filipino 28.50 17 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 38.27 18 Malaysia 39.28 19 Wismilak 55.19 20 Bert Story-Piels 1.09.45 Asian teams classification 1 Japan 31.27.22 2 Iran 5.50 3 China 10.26 4 Paclassificationor-Casino Filipino 13.26 5 Malaysia 24.04 6 Wismilak 39.55
