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9th Telekom Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi - 2.2
Malaysia, February 6-15, 2004
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Stage 4 - February 9: Hulu Kelang - Tampin, 147.8 km
Sullivan strikes it rich, but a difficult day for the Colombians
By Anthony Tan in Tampin
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Today on the road from Hulu Kelang to Tampin, a distance of 147.8 kilometres down the Malaysian west coast, the Tour de Langkawi witnessed the second long-haul breakaway victory by an Australian rider in as many days. In what was largely a two-up time trial between De Nardi's Devis Miorin and Aussie Sean Sullivan (Barloworld), the 25 year-old used a combination of strength and cunning to clock up the first victory of his professional career under almost identical circumstances to countryman Brett Lancaster's win in Raub the previous day.
"The race started very fast; the first hour we were doing 45-50-55 k's an hour the whole time, and like we saw yesterday, it [the high speed] goes for a long time, then it eases up, then always a break goes," Sullivan recalled to Cyclingnews when asked on the possibility of a break going two days in a row so early in the stage.
"Then a break went with three that had Ryan Cox (Barloworld) in there, but because of his position on classement, he probably knew it wasn't going to go. So when he came back, I saw the opportunity to go across to the other two riders. We were there for a long time with about 45 seconds to one minute, and at one stage we virtually sat up and thought the break was going to come back, but after the second KOM (km 85.4), we thought we'd just keep riding and see what happens."
What happened further down the road surprised even Sullivan himself. Starting off the day at 5'36 behind race leader Gonzalez and with 20 kilometres remaining, Sullivan almost became the virtual race leader when he and Miorin (16'54 behind Gonzalez) were 5'14 ahead of the peloton. However, when the pair received word that Colombia Selle-Italia had sent all seven troops to the front of the bunch, Sullivan thought only of a stage win: "After the last KOM (km 116.7), I think we had about five and a half minutes, which was about as far as I was behind the leader, but I knew the peloton would always be riding faster than us towards the finish," he said.
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"We weren't absolutely sure we were going to win, but we knew it'd be close and we'd have a good chance. At about 10 kilometres to go, we were both trying to conserve energy, and by then, I just wanted to win the stage. It's my first win as a professional, so I'm happy!"
With victory just about guaranteed, the sprinters' teams weren't willing to chase, leaving much of the work in the latter half of the race to Colombia Selle Italia, who spent the last third of the race on the front riding hard tempo - something that didn't count on doing, and as race leader Freddy Gonzalez said after the stage, something that may cost them in tomorrow's 18 kilometre race of truth in the streets of Melaka.
"The team was not worried at first; we wanted to keep the break to around three minutes, but as it got towards the end of the race, we thought the sprinters' teams would lift up the pace and the break would come back, but we were surprised when none of the other teams took chase," said Gonzalez. "When the break went up to what was more or less a dangerous situation, over the three minute mark, that's when we had to work really hard as a team; we are already one rider down, so it wasn't really an easy stage for us."
How it unfolded
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With temperatures again returning to the low to mid 30s and sauna-like humidity, riders spent much of this morning's stage under the shade of the palm trees lining Zoo Negara at the stage start in Hulu Kelang. But with pythons, falcons and chimpanzees finding their homes invaded by the moving cavalcade that is the Tour de Langkawi, there was no time for nodding off.
Wide awake was national road champion Shinichi Fukushima (Japan) who appears to be following in his sibling's footsteps, his brother Koji notable for launching himself off the front straight after the neutral zone at virtually every opportunity in last year's race. Like Koji, however, Shinichi Fukushima's move bore no fruit apart from angry mutterings in the peloton. As Roland Green said to Cyclingnews before the stage, "No-one wants to be the first arsehole to attack." No-one told the brothers Fukushima that.
Like yesterday, Fukushima's early attack became a prelude to a smothering of countermoves, with the first serious break going clear after the first sprint (km 25.9) containing Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre), Devis Miorin (De Nardi) and Ryan Cox (Barloworld). However, with Cox lying just 27 seconds behind overnight leader Freddy Gonzalez (Colombia Selle-Italia), Cox retreated to the peloton, only to be replaced by team-mate Sean Sullivan, who bridged across to Cortinovis and Miorin at 40 kilometre mark.
Sensing danger, Colombia Selle-Italia Diretorre-Sportivo Gianna Savio motioned his men to the head of the main group, but the trio fought bravely over the first KOM at Mantin (km 57.9) and the next at Bukit Putus (km 85.4), their slender margin hovering ever so gently under the 60 second mark. Shortly before the second climb, Cortinovis (Lampre) was the first to crack, but Sullivan (Barloworld) and Miorin (De Nardi) soldiered on, and just over the top of Bukit Putus at km 90, their vigilance was rewarded as their lead crept over the magical one minute mark.
Ten kilometres later, Sullivan and Miorin's advantage had blown out to four minutes-plus as the elastic band between them and the peloton snapped. At km 114, Brice Jones, Michael Sayers (Health Net presented by Maxxis) and Albert Primero (Pagcor-Casino Filipino) took off in pursuit, but it was too few men, and way too late.
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Aiding the lead duo was a lack of cohesion back in the peloton. Quite unexpectedly from Colombia Selle-Italia's perspective, the sprinters' teams of Panaria-Margres, Lampre and Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave decided not to bother to give chase, leaving all the work in the hands of the six men - actually, five excluding race leader Freddy Gonzalez, who was dutifully excused from going balls-out beginning from the bottom of final climb in Senaling (km 113.7).
Nearing the finish in Tampin (km 147.8), victory by either Sullivan (Barloworld) or Miorin (De Nardi) was assured, with the pair treating the finish like a track sprint. The 25 year-old Barloworld rider knew Miorin was suffering from cramps, and in the end, Sullivan was simply too strong, surging past the Italian in the final 50 metres. A combination of cat-and-mouse tactics between Sullivan and Miorin and the en-bloc effort of Colombia Selle-Italia reduced the winning margin to 1'29 over fifth-placed Gordon Fraser (Health Net), who retained his ever-increasing lead in the points classification.
"I didn't feel super good for the sprint, so I wasn't that confident, and I figured having the points go up the road was a good thing for me and the jersey," said Fraser to Cyclingnews.
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"But it worked out for me in the sprint, so it was a weird day. No sprinter's team wanted to invest the work when you're not sprinting for first - it's too hard with the heat and stuff, so it was pretty conservative with the sprinters' teams in the finale. If there was a smaller gap, maybe there would be more interest to bring the break back with strong riders like Sean and Moirin. I've been burning a lot of matches, so it's good to see all the training I did back in Tucson over winter is paying off."
Photography
Images by Mark Gunter/Cyclingnews/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Cyclingnews journo Anthony Tan gets up close and personal with a rare falcon at Zoo Negara at the start of today's stage.
- Ruben Bongiorno (Ceramiche Panaria-Margres) looks like he's got his hands full.
- Ssssss! KOM leader Marlon Perez (Colombia Selle-Italia) gives a snake some of his own venom.
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) rubs the top of an orangutan's head for good luck, which just happened to work in his favour today.
- Ruber Marin (Colombia Selle-Italia) enjoying the morning's festivities at Zoo Nagara.
- Gordon Fraser (Health Net/Maxxis) has plenty of reason to smile, already well ahead in the points classification.
- Overnight leader Freddy Gonzalez (Colombia Selle-Italia) and his team have plenty to think about over the forthcoming days.
- The peloton spread out across the road in the neutral zone as they leave the town of Hulu Kelang.
- Ghader Mizbani (Iran), leader of the Asian rider classification, keeps a close eye on events up the road.
- With another animated start to the stage, the peloton was soon riding at full speed, with the first hour's racing completed at 46 km/h.
- The constant attacking made the going tough for riders at the back of the bunch.
- Marlon Perez (Colombia Selle-Italia) and his team-mates from Colombia Selle-Italia were unexpectedly treated to a difficult day in the saddle.
- The initial break of three riders - (L to R) Devis Miorin (De Nardi), Ryan Cox (Team Barloworld) and Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre).
- With danger man Ryan Cox (Barloworld) returning to the peloton, his team-mate Sean Sullivan (L) made for a handy replacement.
- Cory Lange (Canada) played out his duties as water carrier on the road to Tampin.
- The three leaders received a time check of 1'15 to the peloton; shortly afterwards, Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre) was unable to hold the pace set by Sullivan and Moirin.
- Eventual winner Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) used a combination of strength and cunning to claim victory today.
- The peloton cruise by, oblivious to the coconut palms lining the roadside.
- Sensing danger, Colombia Selle-Italia motioned their troops to the front of the peloton
- Devis Miorin (De Nardi) leads Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) into the streets of Tampin.
- After coming to almost a standstill, Moirin (L) and Sullivan (R) duke it out in the final 200 metres.
- And it's Sean Sullivan who easily outsprints Moirin, 1'03 ahead of third-placed Mike Sayers (Health Net).
- Sean Sullivan's smile was almost as cheeky as his sprint.
- The leaders of the various classifications salute the crowd.
Images by Mark Sharon/msharonuk@hotmail.com
- Freddy Gonzalez and teammat get to grips with a slippery customer
- Luciano Pagliarini can't be nervous of a "little" snake?
- Gord Fraser is nuzzled by a new "girlfriend"
- South African Champ David George gets some from a local
- Devis Miorin leads eventual stage winner Sean Sullivan up the second climb of the day
- The peloton in full flight chasing the breakaway pair
- Gordon Fraser is the target of journalists' questions
Results
1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 3.20.17 2 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.03 4 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.05 5 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 1.10 6 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1.29 7 Enrico Degano (Ita) Team Barloworld 8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 9 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 10 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 11 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 13 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net presented by Maxxis 14 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 15 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 16 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 17 Hassan Maleki (Irn) Iran 18 Charles Dionne (Can) Canada 19 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 20 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 21 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 22 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 23 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 24 Tanha Abbas Saeidi (Irn) Iran 25 Rosli Nor Affendy (Mas) Malaysia 26 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 27 Neil Mcdonald (RSA) South Africa 28 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 29 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 30 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 31 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 32 Rhyan Tanguilig (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 33 Javier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax Bodysol 34 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 35 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 36 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Japan 37 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 38 Alfie Catalan (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 39 Germ Van Der Burg (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 40 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 41 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 42 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 43 Amir Zargari (Irn) Iran 44 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 45 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 46 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 47 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 48 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) De Nardi 49 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 50 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 51 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 52 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan 53 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 54 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 55 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 56 Sergiy Matveiev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 57 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 58 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Bodysol 59 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 61 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 62 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 63 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 64 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 65 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa 66 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 67 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 68 Jock Green (RSA) Team Barloworld 69 James Perry (RSA) Team Barloworld 70 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 71 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 72 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 73 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 74 Giulini Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 75 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 76 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 77 Ano Pedersen (Ned) Wismilak 78 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 79 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 80 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 81 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 82 Xiaojun Shao (Chn) China 83 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 84 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 85 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 86 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 87 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 88 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 89 Michele Scotto D'abusco (Ita) Lampre 90 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 91 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 92 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 93 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax Bodysol 95 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 96 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 97 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 98 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 99 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 100 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Relax Bodysol 101 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 102 Reinhardt Duplessis (RSA) South Africa 103 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 104 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 105 Coen Loos (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 106 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 107 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 108 Jaco Odenaal (RSA) South Africa 109 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 110 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 111 Dominique Perras (Can) Canada 112 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 113 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 114 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 115 Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Iran 116 Alexandre Lavallee (Can) Canada 117 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 119 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 120 Roland Green (Can) Canada 121 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 122 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 123 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 124 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland 125 Huberlino Mesa Estapa (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 1.49 126 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 1.53 127 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 1.55 128 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 129 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave DNF Saeid Chehrzad (Irn) Iran DNS Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi Points 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 15 pts 2 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 14 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13 4 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 12 5 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 11 6 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 10 7 Enrico Degano (Ita) Team Barloworld 9 8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 8 9 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 7 10 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 6 11 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 12 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 4 13 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 14 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 2 15 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 1 Sprints HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Kajang 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 pts 2 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3 3 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 2 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Seremban 1 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 5 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 3 3 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 2 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1 HotSpot Sprint with bonuses at Kuala Pilah 1 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 5 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 3 3 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 2 4 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1 Mountains KOM Cat 4 at Mantin 1 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 4 pts 2 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 1 KOM Cat 2 at Bukit Putus 1 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 10 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 7 3 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 4 4 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 2 5 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 KOM Cat 3 at Senaling 1 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 6 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 4 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 2 4 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1 Asian Rider 1 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 3.21.27 2 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 0.19 3 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 4 Hassan Maleki (Irn) Iran 5 Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti (Mas) Malaysia 6 Tanha Abbas Saeidi (Irn) Iran 7 Rosli Nor Affendy (Mas) Malaysia 8 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan 9 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 10 Rhyan Tanguilig (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 11 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 12 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Japan 13 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 14 Alfie Catalan (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 15 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 16 Amir Zargari (Irn) Iran 17 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 18 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 19 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 20 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan 21 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Japan 22 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 23 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 24 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 25 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 26 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 27 Xiaojun Shao (Chn) China 28 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 29 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 30 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 31 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 32 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 33 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 34 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 35 Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Iran Teams 1 Team Barloworld 10.03.49 2 De-Nardi 3 Health Net presented by Maxxis 0.39 4 Pagor-Casino Filipino 1.10 5 Ireland 1.29 6 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 7 Wismilak 8 Malaysia 9 Iran 10 Palmans-Collstrop 11 Formaggi Pinzolo 12 South Africa 13 Relax Bodysol 14 Japan 15 Lampre 16 China 17 Chocolade Jacques 18 Colombia Selle-Italia 19 Canada 20 Bert Story-Piels Asian Team 1 Pagor-Casino Filipino 10.04.59 2 Wismilak 0.19 3 Malaysia 4 Iran 5 Japan 6 China General classification after stage 4 1 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 13.45.00 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 0.27 3 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 4 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 0.39 5 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 0.41 6 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 0.50 7 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 1.00 8 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 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 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 1.53 15 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 16 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.55 18 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax Bodysol 2.11 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 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 3.04 25 Jock Green (RSA) Team Barloworld 26 Ian Mcleod (RSA) South Africa 27 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Canada 28 John Lieswyn (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 29 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Relax Bodysol 30 Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Iran 31 Antonio Rizzi (Ita) De Nardi 3.24 32 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 33 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 3.33 34 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 3.39 35 Charles Dionne (Can) Canada 3.58 36 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Japan 3.59 37 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 4.28 38 Reinhardt Duplessis (RSA) South Africa 4.52 39 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 5.21 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 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 9.01 46 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Bodysol 9.08 47 Huberlino Mesa Estapa (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 9.17 48 Rhyan Tanguilig (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 9.39 49 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 9.42 50 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 51 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 9.49 52 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 10.09 53 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 10.54 54 Xiaojun Shao (Chn) China 55 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 11.02 56 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 11.06 57 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Japan 11.34 58 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 11.51 59 Dominique Perras (Can) Canada 12.37 60 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 13.00 61 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13.11 62 Jaco Odenaal (RSA) South Africa 13.38 63 Matteo Cappe (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 13.40 64 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 14.25 65 Enrico Degano (Ita) Team Barloworld 14.44 66 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 15.13 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 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 18.22 73 Fuyu Li (Chn) China 18.27 74 Tanha Abbas Saeidi (Irn) Iran 18.33 75 Neil Mcdonald (RSA) South Africa 18.40 76 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 18.48 77 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 19.04 78 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 19.47 79 Amir Zargari (Irn) Iran 20.22 80 Guozhang Wang (Chn) China 20.46 81 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 82 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 83 Peter Wedge (Can) Canada 84 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China 20.55 85 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 21.19 86 Rosli Nor Affendy (Mas) Malaysia 21.39 87 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 21.43 88 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 89 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn) Japan 90 Coen Loos (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 91 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 92 Denis Lynch (Irl) Ireland 93 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa 94 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 22.09 95 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 22.41 96 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 23.16 97 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 24.27 98 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net presented by Maxxis 24.29 99 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 100 Cory Lange (Can) Canada 25.26 101 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 26.13 102 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 27.12 103 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 27.39 104 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 27.41 105 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 106 Germ Van Der Burg (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 107 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 108 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 109 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 110 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 111 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 27.44 112 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 27.45 113 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 114 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 115 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 116 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 117 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 118 Sergiy Matveiev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 119 Giulini Sulpizi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 120 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 121 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan 122 Alexandre Lavallee (Can) Canada 123 Hassan Maleki (Irn) Iran 29.38 124 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 29.39 125 Ano Pedersen (Ned) Wismilak 30.47 126 Alfie Catalan (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 32.06 127 Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 32.39 128 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle-Italia 34.53 129 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 40.17 Points Competition 1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis 45 pts 2 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 26 3 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 24 4 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 23 5 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 22 6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 21 7 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 19 8 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 19 9 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 17 10 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 16 11 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 14 12 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 13 13 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 12 14 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 11 15 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 11 16 Albert Primero (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 11 17 Scott Guyton (NZl) Wismilak 10 18 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 10 19 Javier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax Bodysol 10 20 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 10 21 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 10 22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 10 23 Ruben Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 10 24 Enrico Degano (Ita) Team Barloworld 9 25 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 7 26 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 6 27 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 6 28 Danny Pate (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 5 29 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Team Barloworld 5 30 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 5 31 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 5 32 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 5 33 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 34 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 4 35 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 3 36 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 3 37 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 3 38 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net presented by Maxxis 3 39 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 2 40 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 2 41 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 2 42 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 2 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre 1 44 Daryl Impey (RSA) South Africa 1 45 Sama'i Sama'i (Ina) Wismilak 1 Mountains classification 1 Marlon Perez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 31 pts 2 Ruber Marin (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 28 3 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia Selle-Italia 20 4 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld 20 5 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax Bodysol 19 6 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 18 7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 15 8 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 15 9 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld 10 10 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor 10 11 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld 6 12 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 6 13 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 4 14 Santiago Blanco Gil (Spa) Relax Bodysol 4 15 Nicholas White (RSA) South Africa 2 16 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax Bodysol 2 17 Garcia Oscar Laguna (Spa) Relax Bodysol 2 18 Michael Sayers (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 2 19 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Palmans-Collstrop 1 20 Michele Scotto D'abusco (Ita) Lampre 1 21 Brice Jones (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis 1 Asian Rider classification 1 Ghader Mizbani (Irn) Iran 13.46.53 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 Xueli Jiang (Chn) China 9.01 11 Xiaojun Shao (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 22.34 25 Ismail Mohd Sazlee (Mas) Malaysia 24.20 26 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Wismilak 25.19 27 Hamad Mohd Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 25.48 28 Jianshi Luo (Chn) China 29 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 30 Musa Musairi (Mas) Malaysia 31 Merculio Ramos (Phi) Pagcor-Casino Filipino 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 Team classification 1 Team Barloworld 41.15.33 2 Colombia Selle Italia 2.07 3 Relax Bodysol 2.55 4 Lampre 6.10 5 Chocolade Jacques 7.34 6 South Africa 8.02 7 De-Nardi 8.46 8 Canada 8.57 9 Palmans-Collstrop 10.48 10 Japan 17.07 11 Ireland 17.23 12 Health Net presented by Maxxis 21.30 13 Iran 22.57 14 China 27.33 15 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 30.09 16 Paclassificationor 30.14 17 Formaggi Pinzolo 40.10 18 Malaysia 41.11 19 Wismilak 57.02 20 Bert Story Piels 1.11.28 Asian Team classification 1 Japan 41.32.40 2 Iran 5.50 3 China 10.26 4 Paclassificationor-Casino Filipi 13.07 5 Malaysia 24.04 6 Wismilak 39.55
