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10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi - 2.HC
Malaysia, January 28-February 6, 2005
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Stage 7 - February 3: Maran - Raub, 167.7 km
Brown takes three as Di Biase does a Zabel
By Anthony Tan in Raub
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On the seventh stage of the Tour de Langkawi, Panaria speedster Graeme Brown proved he's not only the best sprinter in the race, he's not only the fastest sprinter in the race, but that he's also the most consistent, taking his third stage win of the 10-stage tour in front of maniacal crowd in Raub.
With the early breakaway was caught after almost 160 kilometres of chasing, it became a simple question of Brown or Bongiorno, but Moreno Di Biase (Colombia Selle Italia) was determined to spoil the ongoing orange fiesta - and almost did so. Thinking he'd won, the Italian took his hands off the bars, but just as he did so, Brown edged past di Biase to clinch the win by a tyre width.
"Apart from wearing the yellow jersey on the first day, I'm very happy with the win," said Brown modestly. "I think my team rode 160 kilometres on the front today, as did the Bridgestone [Anchor] team, so congratulations to them also; we [both] had to ride really hard today - it wasn't easy to bring back the break."
The usual mayhem that accompanies the final kilometres of a sprint finish seemed a little madder than usual today, with Brown informing Cyclingnews that one of the final corners that had to be negotiated wasn't even on the race map, which almost lead to a mass pile-up.
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"I lost [Brett] Lancaster's wheel with five or six hundred metres to go, and I was yelling at him to slow down - I actually thought everybody was going to crash for a second. I managed to hold it up, and luckily I got through in the end," he said.
Race leader Koji Fukushima echoed the Australian's comments about the solid performance of the two teams, Bridgestone Anchor harnessing the power of the golden fleece to hold the Malaysian maillot jaune for yet another day.
"I'm very glad and proud of my team; they are getting better and better [each day]," said the affable, always smiling 31 year-old. "The other teams tried to escape, but my brother and my director, Akira [Asada], made a team strategy to keep the jersey. It was very hard for my team-mates to control the race against very strong professional riders."
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It will be even harder for Koji's team to control the race tomorrow; the 17 kilometre-long, hors categorie Genting monster climbs to an eye-popping altitude of 1716 metres above sea level, and will most likely see two riders lose their lead in the individual and mountains classements, as well as the leaderboard of the teams and Asian rider classifications to change face.
But one of those riders under threat of losing his jersey, Kristian House, won't give up his spotted jersey without a fight. "The team did a great job of leading me out [for the sprint]," said House, who took fourth place in the only mountains prime of the day behind the three-man breakaway, and leads the competition by three points from Fukushima. "Tomorrow's going to be a hard day, and also the next day - I think it's going to be decisive - I'm going to give it everything."
How it unfolded
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Cloudy skies greeted the 132 riders left in the 10th Telekom Malaysia Tour de Langkawi in Maran this morning, although the incessant humidity provided only little respite from the heat. The 167.7 kilometre parcours contained no real major obstacles, but it was a particularly bumpy and windy one, undulating all the way to Raub, direction due west.
Soon after the official start at 11.30am, the Bridgestone Anchor team of race leader Koji Fukushima assumed their position at the head of the peloton, and were probably happy to see an early break of two riders go at the six kilometre mark. David Kopp (Wiesenhof) and Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), who represented no threat to the overall classification (53rd and 114th respectively), were then joined by Briton Dean Downing (Great Britain) six more kilometres later, and were soon three minutes clear of the bunch by km 25.
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At km 87, the trio's maximum advantage of 5 minutes and 50 seconds was attained, but as the kilometres wore on, so did the impetus within the break. However, it wasn't to say they weren't moving; after three hours' racing, the lead group had covered 131.7 kilometres (43.9 km/h).
Sensing the impending doom, Kopp took off with a tad over 25 to go, managing to hold off a peloton in full flight for a good dozen kilometres, with Sijmens and Downning consumed in the process. With 12 kilometres to go, the inevitable happened, and it became gruppo compatto once again; the question asked now was: Which Panaria rider would win?
Graeme Brown may have been content to let Ruben Bongiorno win the day before, but not so today. Despite some last-minute mayhem caused in part by a mostly intact peloton negotiating some tight finishing corners, Brownie dodged the peak-hour traffic and shot down the left hand side of the barriers at warp speed, edging past Moreno Di Biase (Colombia Selle Italia) and Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof) for his third stage win, Panaria's fifth for the week, and the team's 22nd victory at the Tour de Langkawi.
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- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) is a man of many talents, today entertaining the crowd with his harmonica playing.
- Colombia-Selle Italia DS Gianni Savio in colourful surroundings.
- Tom Southam (Barloworld) awaits today's start in Maran.
- Some more crazy kids.
- Domina Vacanze talk tactics.
- Russell Van Hout (Colombia-Selle Italia) will, like the rest of his team, be sacrificing everything for their leader Jose Rujano.
- Today's only breakaway head down the road.
- The break in action.
- Hungry photographers await their feed.
- Moreno Di Biase (Colombia-Selle Italia) was looking good for the win...
- ... but Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) was on the prowl, and a winner-in-waiting.
- It's going to be a close one.
- Moreno Di Biase (Colombia-Selle Italia) celebrates too early.
- Ecstasy and agony Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) takes a close win.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) on the winner's podium.
- Asian leader Alizera Haghi (Iran).
- Kristian House (Great Britain) gets a hand putting on his KOM jersey.
- Graeme Brown (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) is having a great tour.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) enjoys what could be his last day in yellow, with the Genting climb tomorrow.
- All the jersey winners.
- Hiyaaa! Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) holds his bike up high.
- Koji Fukushima (Bridgestone Anchor) at the press conference.
- Time to pack up.
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.45.44 2 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 3 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 5 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 6 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 9 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 10 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 11 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 Hassan Maleki (Iri) Iran 14 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 15 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 16 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 17 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 18 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 20 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 22 Alireza Haghi (Iri) Iran 23 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 24 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 25 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 26 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27 Houssein Askari (Iri) Iran 28 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 29 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 30 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 32 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 33 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 34 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 35 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 36 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 37 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 38 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 39 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 40 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 41 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 42 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 43 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 44 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 45 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 48 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 49 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 50 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 51 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 52 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 53 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 54 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 55 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 56 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 57 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 58 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 59 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 60 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 61 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 62 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 63 Mahdi Sohrabi (Iri) Iran 64 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 65 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 66 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 67 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 68 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 69 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 70 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 71 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 72 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 73 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 74 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 75 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 76 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 77 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 78 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Moezeddin Seyed (Iri) Iran 80 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 81 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 82 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 83 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 84 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 85 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 86 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 87 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 88 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 89 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 90 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 91 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 92 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 93 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 94 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 95 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 96 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 97 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Iran 98 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 99 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 100 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Iran 101 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 102 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 103 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 106 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 107 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 108 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 109 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 110 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 111 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 0.20 112 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 0.25 113 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 114 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 0.26 115 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 0.31 116 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 117 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 0.35 118 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 119 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 120 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.55 121 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 0.57 122 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 0.58 123 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.03 124 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 1.16 125 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 2.43 126 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 2.44 127 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4.03 128 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 129 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 130 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 131 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil DNF Adi Wibowo (Ina) Wismilak Sprints Jengka 1 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 pts 2 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 3 3 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 2 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 Jerantut 1 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 5 pts 2 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 3 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 Benta 1 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 pts 2 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 3 3 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 2 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 Mountains Cat 3 at Kg. Olak Batang 1 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 pts 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 3 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 2 4 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 1 Teams 1 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 11.17.12 2 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 3 Domina Vacanze 4 Iran 5 Credit Agricole 6 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Proton T-Bikes 8 Barloworld 9 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 10 Navigators Insurance 11 Wismilak 12 Malaysia 13 Colombia Selle Italia 14 Action 15 Discovery Channel 16 Great Britain 17 Wiesenhof 18 Liberty Seguros 19 Ireland 20 Bridgestone Anchor Asian rider 1 Hassan Maleki (Iri) Iran 3.45.44 2 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 3 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 Alireza Haghi (Iri) Iran 5 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 6 Houssein Askari (Iri) Iran 7 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 8 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 9 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 10 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 11 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 12 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 13 Mahdi Sohrabi (Iri) Iran 14 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 15 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 16 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 17 Moezeddin Seyed (Iri) Iran 18 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 20 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 21 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 22 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Iran 23 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 24 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Iran 25 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 26 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.55 27 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4.03 28 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 29 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor General classification after stage 7 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 22.11.31 2 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1.20 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 1.22 4 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 1.36 5 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 1.41 6 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.44 7 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 1.48 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.02 9 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2.04 10 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 2.14 11 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.15 12 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 13 Alireza Haghi (Iri) Iran 2.17 14 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 2.27 15 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2.37 16 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Action 17 Michael Creed (USA) Discovery Channel 2.43 18 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 19 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance 20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 2.44 21 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 2.47 22 Houssein Askari (Iri) Iran 2.50 23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.53 24 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.54 25 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros 26 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 2.58 27 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 3.00 28 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 3.03 29 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 3.09 30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.10 31 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 32 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros 3.13 33 Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel 3.22 34 Jeffry Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 3.23 35 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.24 36 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Iran 3.31 37 Mahdi Sohrabi (Iri) Iran 3.33 38 Rene Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 3.37 39 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 3.38 40 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 3.39 41 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 3.40 42 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 3.41 43 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 3.42 44 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 3.44 45 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.45 46 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 3.50 47 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 3.51 48 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 49 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 3.54 50 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.58 51 Jens Heppner (Ger) Wiesenhof 4.01 52 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.02 53 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.03 54 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 55 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 4.07 56 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 57 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 58 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 59 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 4.08 60 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.11 61 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 62 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 63 Moezeddin Seyed (Iri) Iran 64 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 65 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 4.12 66 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 4.13 67 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 4.14 68 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Iran 4.16 69 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.23 70 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 71 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 4.25 72 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 4.27 73 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.28 74 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.35 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.40 76 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Ireland 4.43 77 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.46 78 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.50 79 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 4.52 80 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 4.58 81 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 4.59 83 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.03 84 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5.04 85 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 5.10 86 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 5.12 87 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action 5.13 88 Martin Muller (Ger) Wiesenhof 89 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 5.14 90 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 5.15 91 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 92 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 93 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.17 94 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5.19 95 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 5.20 96 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 5.28 97 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 5.34 98 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 5.38 99 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 6.02 100 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 6.09 101 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 6.25 102 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 6.37 103 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 6.42 104 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6.51 105 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 6.56 106 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 7.01 107 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Wiesenhof 7.09 108 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 7.15 109 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7.30 110 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 7.45 111 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.09 112 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 8.59 113 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 9.49 114 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10.09 115 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10.17 116 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.28 117 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 10.44 118 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 11.09 119 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 11.24 120 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 12.14 121 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 15.22 122 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 15.40 123 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 16.34 124 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18.19 125 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 21.06 126 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 31.54 127 Hassan Maleki (Iri) Iran 32.39 128 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 34.34 129 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 34.40 130 Sean Lacey (Irl) Ireland 39.50 131 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 40.04 Points classification 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 96 pts 2 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 69 3 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 64 4 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 57 5 Antonio Salomone (Ita) Barloworld 45 6 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 40 7 Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action 34 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 9 Daniele Di Biase (Ita) Colombia Selle Italia 31 10 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 31 11 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31 12 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 29 13 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 29 14 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 25 15 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 25 16 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 23 17 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 18 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 20 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 19 21 Robert Hayles (GBr) Great Britain 18 22 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Navigators Insurance 15 23 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14 25 Jose Rujano (Ven) Colombia Selle Italia 13 26 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 12 27 David McKenzie (Aus) Wismilak 12 28 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 11 29 Marlon Perez Arango (Col) Colombia Selle Italia 10 30 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 9 31 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 9 32 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 9 33 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Action 9 34 Jens Renders (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 8 35 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Barloworld 8 36 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 8 37 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7 38 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 6 39 Mahdi Sohrabi (Iri) Iran 6 40 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 6 41 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 42 Christopher Bradford (Aus) Wismilak 6 43 Hassan Maleki (Iri) Iran 6 44 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 5 45 Alessandro D'Andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 5 46 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 5 47 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5 48 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 4 49 Houssein Askari (Iri) Iran 4 50 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 51 Thomas White (GBr) Great Britain 4 52 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 3 53 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 3 54 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 55 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 56 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action 3 57 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 3 58 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 3 59 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 60 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 2 61 Roger Aitken (Irl) Ireland 2 62 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 63 Benjamin John Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.Com-Sports Tech 1 64 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 1 65 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 1 66 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 67 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance 1 68 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 1 69 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 1 Mountains classification 1 Kristian House (GBr) Great Britain 33 pts 2 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 30 3 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Action 26 4 René Joergensen (Den) Barloworld 19 5 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 6 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 7 David Kopp (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 8 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 9 Julian Winn (GBr) Great Britain 5 10 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 4 11 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 4 12 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 13 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2 14 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance 2 15 Dean Downing (GBr) Great Britain 2 16 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1 18 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 1 19 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia Selle Italia 1 Team classification 1 Barloworld 66.39.34 2 Colombia Selle Italia 0.35 3 Discovery Channel 0.46 4 Navigators Insurance 1.32 5 Action 2.46 6 Bridgestone Anchor 2.55 7 Iran 2.58 8 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare 3.08 9 Domina Vacanze 3.17 10 Great Britain 3.43 11 Credit Agricole 3.45 12 Mr Bookmaker.Com-SportsTech 3.52 13 Liberty Seguros 4.04 14 Wismilak 4.59 15 Wiesenhof 5.09 16 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.26 17 Ireland 6.25 18 Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil 7.08 19 Proton T-Bikes 8.12 20 Malaysia 10.29 Best Asian rider classification 1 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 22.11.31 2 Alireza Haghi (Iri) Iran 2.17 3 Houssein Askari (Iri) Iran 2.50 4 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3.24 5 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Iran 3.31 6 Mahdi Sohrabi (Iri) Iran 3.33 7 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Wismilak 3.38 8 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4.07 9 Md. Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 10 Moezeddin Seyed (Iri) Iran 4.11 11 Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Iran 4.16 12 Md. Fauzah Lutfi (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.03 13 Hamad Md. Mahazir (Mas) Malaysia 5.12 14 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 5.15 15 Md. Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia 5.34 16 Rosli Nor Effandy (Mas) Malaysia 6.02 17 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 6.09 18 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Wismilak 7.15 19 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10.17 20 Samai Samai (Ina) Wismilak 12.14 21 Najmee Wan Mohammad (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 15.22 22 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 16.34 23 Yasutaka Tashiro (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 18.19 24 Yong Li Ng (Mas) Proton T-Bikes 21.06 25 Shinji Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 31.54 26 Hassan Maleki (Iri) Iran 32.39 27 Abd. Nasir Md. Yusof (Mas) Malaysia 34.34 28 Daud Md. Fuad (Mas) Malaysia 34.40 29 Ramle Md. Rizal (Mas) Malaysia 40.04 Asian Team classification 1 Bridgestone Anchor 66.42.29 2 Iran 0.03 3 Wismilak 2.04 4 Proton T-Bikes 5.17 5 Malaysia 7.34
