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Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.HC
China, July 11-20, 2008
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Stage 3 - July 13: Qinghai Lake Hotel - Bird Island, 120.6 km
Fajt's day in the rain
By Paul Verkuylen in Bird Island, China
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Kristjan Fajt pulled off an impressive victory in a windy and rain soaked stage from Qinghai Lake to Bird Island after a stage long break to take both the stage and the overall leader's jersey. The Slovanian broke clear of the peloton in the first 10 kilometers and was not seen again.
Shortly after the peloton left the small town of Qinghai Lake, in cold, wet and windy conditions, Fajt broke clear with Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukraine) building up a maximum advantage of seven minutes. As the pair approached the king of the mountains sprint with 20 kilometers to go their advantage was just 30 seconds. Fajt proceeded to drop Kvachuk and was joined by Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) as he crested the climb. From there they used the strong tailwind to their advantage, to keep the peloton in check and take the top two places on the stage and the overall.
Michael Morkov Christensen (Denmark) lead the peloton home just four seconds down on the leading pair.
"I got away in the beginning because our team wanted to attack during the stage," Fajt explained. "We built up a maximum lead of seven minutes but once we hit the headwind my companion [Kvachuk] wasn't as strong as I was."
Fajt proved to be too strong for Askari as well, as the pair approached the sprint to the line, with the peloton breathing down their neck, just 150 meters behind. Fajt opened up the sprint with 200 meters to go up the small rise to the finish and Askari, possibly feeling the effect of the past 20 km was unable to pass the 26 year old, Fajt.
Overnight leader, Alex Rasmussen was the victim of some bad luck as he punctured at an inopportune moment and was unable to rejoin the leading group due to the strong cross winds and some questionable tactics by Skil Shimano.
"I punctured just before we turned right into the cross winds," he explained. "Then I was caught behind in the second group and was not able to get to the front as the guys in that group were not strong enough to catch back on."
Rasmussen initially had his entire Danish team drop back to help him after his puncture, but as they were chasing back he was caught at the back of the group as some riders were getting dropped.Heiko Salzwedel, Denmark's sports director was unhappy with Skil-Shimano's tactics just as Rasmussen, the overall leader, punctured. "That is not normal," he told Cyclingnews. "I am not happy about that. It would not happen in another race."
How it unfolded
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The field left Qinghai Lake in cold, wet and windy conditions, facing 120.6km of reasonably flat and open roads. A few attacks were launched in the opening kilometers but none gained a real advantage until Kvachuk and Fajt launched themselves off the front with Yue Tu (China).
Tu was unable to maintain the early pace set by the pair and was caught by the peloton at around the 15km mark.
Fajt and Kvachuk worked well together and quickly opened up a 1'42" lead after just 20 kilometres. The peloton was happy to let the pair gain a large advantage of seven minutes, relying on the strong cross winds to put the pair in difficulty before pulling them back.
This strategy almost worked, but no one in the peloton counted on Fatj being so strong, and able to hold off the main field right until the end.
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With around 70km covered Rasmussen, wearing the leaders yellow jersey punctured as the Skil-Shimano team applied the pressure on the front.
The unwritten rule of waiting until the leader is safely back in the peloton before resuming racing, was seemingly lost on those at the front as they maintained the pressure.
Initially Rasmussen had his entire team helping him to regain contact with the first group. When he lost contact with them due to a gap opening between his team-mates and other riders in the group he was left to fend for himself until the end of the stage with just one other team-mate.
Although disappointed at losing the jersey, he vowed to come back tomorrow and attempt to win the stage. "I am disappointed, I wanted to keep the jersey for another two stages. I will be back tomorrow to try and win and put this behind me," he said.
The strong cross winds caused havoc with the peloton as it split into several groups. The first two eventually regrouped but the third never saw the front again.
The two leaders were also struggling in the cross winds, with their advantage quickly plummeting to just 30 seconds. On the only climb of the stage, Kvachuk was dropped by Fatj as Askari bridged across the gap and took out the mountain sprint.
From here the cross wind turned into a tailwind and the pair put the pedal to the metal and powered towards the finish in Bird Island. The main filed was unable to get themselves organised in time as Fatj crossed the line just four seconds clear of the main peloton.
Photography
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- the riders sign on in the rain.
- While still impressive the yellow rapeseed wasn’t as good this year due to the rain.
- The peloton rode under stormy skies this morning.
- The break of the day passes through a colourful display.
- The peloton continue their sojourn of Qinghai Lake.
- Yellow jersey wearer Alex Rasmussen (Denmark).
- Denmark seemed keen to hold onto the yellow jersey, and set out for the escape duo.
- Olekssandr Kvachuk (Ukraine) and Kristian Fajt (Perutnina PTU) worked well together.
- Crosswinds came into play splitting the peloton into three groups.
- Commissaries Phillip Marien watches over the riders.
- The second group head past some Tibetan flags on the shore of Qinghai Lake.
- Full steam ahead Rock Racing were keen for a win today, and actively chasing the break with 15km to go.
- The KOM passed under some Tibetan prayer flags.
- Oscar Sevilla (Rock Racing) out front and working hard.
- Kristian Fajt (Perutnina PTU) was joined by Hossein Askari ((Tabriz PET). It looked promising that they would hold off the bunch.
- Kristian Fajt (Perutnina PTU) takes out his biggest win to date.
- Kristian Fajt (Perutnina PTU) is congratulated by his team.
- Kristian Fajt (Perutnina PTU) being interviewed by foreign and local media.
- one funky monk.
- Hey what’s going on here?
- Bird Island locals came to see what all the fuss was about.
- One of the podium girls waits patiently for the ceremony to begin.
- Today’s place getters pose for a picture.
- Hossein Askari (Tabrix PET) is the new Asian leader.
- Lucas Persson (Collstrop) lets the champers fly in his new jersey.
- Kristian Fajt (Perutnina PTU) salutes the crowd after a well deserved win.
- Kristian Fajt (Perutnina PTU) wonders what tomorrow will bring.
Results
1 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3.07.23 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.02 3 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 0.06 4 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 6 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 0.09 10 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.11 11 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 12 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 13 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 0.14 15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 16 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 17 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 18 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 19 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 20 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 21 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 22 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 23 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 24 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 25 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 26 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 27 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 28 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 29 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 30 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 31 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 32 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 33 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 34 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 35 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 36 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 37 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 38 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 39 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 40 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 41 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 42 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 43 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 44 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 45 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 46 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 47 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 48 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 0.27 49 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.30 50 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 51 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 52 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 53 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 0.32 54 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 55 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 56 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 0.46 57 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 58 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.56 59 Peng Liu (Chn) China 2.14 60 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 61 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 62 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 63 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 64 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 65 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 66 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 67 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 68 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 69 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 70 Nebojsa Jovanovic SRB Cosmote Kastro 3.47 71 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 72 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 10.47 73 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 74 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.06 75 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 76 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 77 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 78 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 79 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 80 Pria Lars ROM Cosmote Kastro 81 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 82 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 83 David O'loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 84 Marko Tomic SRB Cosmote Kastro 85 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 86 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 87 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing 88 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 89 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 90 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 91 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 92 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 93 Morgan Fox (Irl) Pezula Racing 94 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 95 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 96 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 97 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 98 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 99 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 100 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 101 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 102 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 103 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 104 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 105 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 106 Bo Liu (Chn) China 107 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 108 Scarfe Dale (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 109 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 110 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 111 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 112 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 113 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 114 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 115 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 116 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 117 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 118 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 119 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 120 Yue Tu (Chn) China 121 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 122 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 123 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 124 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 125 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 126 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 127 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 128 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 129 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 130 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 131 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 132 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12.42 133 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 25.25 DNF Yan Dong Xing (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek DNF Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni Sprints Sprint 1 1 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5 pts 2 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3 3 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 Sprint 2 1 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 3 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 1 Finish 1 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 16 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 14 3 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 13 4 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12 5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 11 6 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 10 7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 9 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 7 10 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6 11 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 12 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 4 13 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 3 14 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 2 15 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 1 Mountains 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 pts 2 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 3 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 Teams 1 Perperutnina Ptuj 9.22.34 2 Sdaserramenti Diquigiovanni-Andr 0.01 3 Skil-Shimano 4 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 0.05 5 Poland 0.06 6 Coscycle Collstrop 0.17 7 Denmark 8 Pskpsk Whirlpool - Author 9 Rock Racing 0.33 10 Ukraine 2.14 11 Giant Asia Racing Team 2.17 12 Uzbekistan 13 China 2.35 14 Pezula Racing 2.49 15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12.22 16 Tktcosmote Kastro 15.42 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 24.01 18 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 19 Qinghai,China 34.34 20 Hong Kong Team 35.53 Asian team 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 9.22.39 2 Uzbekistan 2.12 3 China 2.30 4 Qinghai,China 34.29 5 Hong Kong Team 35.48 General classification after stage 3 1 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 6.41.05 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.04 3 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.08 4 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 0.09 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 0.12 6 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 7 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.14 9 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.16 10 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 0.17 11 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 0.18 12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.20 13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 0.21 14 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.22 15 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.24 16 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 17 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.25 18 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 19 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 20 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 0.26 21 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0.28 22 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.29 23 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.30 24 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 0.31 25 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 26 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Poland 27 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.32 28 Leopold Konig (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.34 29 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 0.35 30 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 0.36 31 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Poland 32 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 33 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.37 34 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 35 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Poland 0.38 36 Pakhtusov Anatoliy (Ukr) Ukraine 0.39 37 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.40 38 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 39 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.42 40 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Poland 0.45 41 Jakub Danacik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.52 42 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Perutnina Ptuj 43 Michael Lange (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0.53 44 Robert Radosz (Pol) Poland 0.57 45 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 0.58 46 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.05 47 Michael Faerk Christensen (Den) Denmark 1.59 48 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2.13 49 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 2.22 50 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 2.24 51 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.40 52 Martin Mares (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 2.41 53 Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team 2.49 54 Nebojsa Jovanovic SRB Cosmote Kastro 4.09 55 Robert Cater (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 4.19 56 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 4.40 57 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 5.13 58 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 5.18 59 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 5.28 60 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 5.52 61 Peng Liu (Chn) China 6.32 62 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 7.18 63 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 7.46 64 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 8.10 65 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.14 66 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop 8.21 67 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 8.28 68 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Rock Racing 8.48 69 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 9.58 70 Stefan Löffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team 10.29 71 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 11.17 72 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 11.26 73 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 11.36 74 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 12.10 75 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukr) Ukraine 12.17 76 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing 12.18 77 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.19 78 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 79 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 80 Brian Vandborg (Den) Denmark 12.21 81 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 12.23 82 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 12.24 83 Luca Solari (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 84 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 85 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 12.27 86 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 12.28 87 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 88 Peter John Herzig (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 89 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 12.29 90 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing 12.30 91 Jai Crawford (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 12.31 92 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 12.35 93 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 12.37 94 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 95 Wolter Henrik (Ger) Cosmote Kastro 96 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.38 97 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.41 98 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.44 99 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 12.45 100 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil-Shimano 16.21 101 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 16.58 102 Scarfe Dale (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 17.17 103 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 17.37 104 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 19.23 105 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 19.55 106 Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.04 107 Jason Hegert (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 20.09 108 Chris Jory (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 20.11 109 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.15 110 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 20.18 111 Bo Liu (Chn) China 20.20 112 Kayle Leo Grande (USA) Rock Racing 20.25 113 Zabava Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 20.29 114 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.34 115 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.35 116 Yue Tu (Chn) China 117 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 20.36 118 Marko Tomic SRB Cosmote Kastro 20.39 119 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.40 120 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 121 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.43 122 Pria Lars ROM Cosmote Kastro 123 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 124 Naumenko Dmytro (Ukr) Ukraine 125 Jiri Skrobanek (Cze) Cosmote Kastro 20.50 126 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 20.55 127 David O'loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 21.18 128 Fotis Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Kastro 26.52 129 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 27.13 130 Sergey Koudentsov (Rus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 32.05 131 Joshua Page (NZl) Giant Asia Racing Team 33.52 132 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 36.53 133 Morgan Fox (Irl) Pezula Racing Mountains classification 1 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 7 pts 2 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 3 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5 4 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 5 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 2 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 1 7 Rhys Pollock (Aus) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1 Points classification 1 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 32 pts 2 Michael Morkov Christensen (Den) Denmark 26 3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 25 4 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 24 5 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Poland 19 6 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17 7 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 16 8 David Mccann (Irl) Giant Asia Racing Team 15 9 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Rock Racing 15 10 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 15 11 Matej Stare (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 14 12 Emiliano Donadello (Ita) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12 13 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 12 14 Michael Creed (USA) Rock Racing 11 15 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11 16 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 10 17 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 10 18 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9 19 Joseph Lewis (Aus) FRF Couriers - NSWIS 9 20 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 21 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 8 22 Petr Bencik (Cze) Psk Whirlpool - Author 6 23 Nicholas Sanderson (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 6 24 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 6 25 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Ukraine 5 26 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 5 27 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing 5 28 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 5 29 Jure Kocjan (Slo) Perutnina Ptuj 5 30 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Denmark 5 31 Marcin Gebka (Pol) Poland 5 32 Starchyk Volodymyr (Ukr) Ukraine 4 33 Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukr) Ukraine 4 34 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 35 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3 36 Van Ulden Bernard (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3 37 Erik Hoffmann (Nam) Giant Asia Racing Team 1 38 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1 Teams classification 1 Denmark 20.03.45 2 Perperutnina Ptuj 0.14 3 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 0.24 4 Skil-Shimano 0.29 5 Sdaserramenti Diquigiovanni-Andr 0.30 6 Rock Racing 0.34 7 Poland 0.43 8 Coscycle Collstrop 0.50 9 Pskpsk Whirlpool - Author 1.02 10 Giant Asia Racing Team 2.40 11 Ukraine 2.51 12 Uzbekistan 3.12 13 China 7.13 14 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 20.22 15 Tktcosmote Kastro 21.44 16 Pezula Racing 22.04 17 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 24.28 18 Ge - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 24.51 19 Qinghai,China 35.28 20 Hong Kong Team 45.16 Asian rider classification 1 Hossein Askari (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 6.41.09 2 Khalmuratov Muradjan (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.21 3 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 4 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28 5 Rongxi Zou (Chn) China 0.31 6 Mukmenov Eldar (Uzb) Uzbekistan 0.33 7 Hossein Nateghi (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 2.09 8 Abdurahimov Azizbek (Uzb) Uzbekistan 2.36 9 Wenlong Zhang (Chn) China 5.48 10 Peng Liu (Chn) China 6.28 11 Karimov Ismailjon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 7.42 12 Shengjun Wu (Chn) Qinghai,China 11.13 13 Hossein Jahabanian (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.15 14 Song Baoqing (Chn) China 12.20 15 Kam Po Wong HGK Hong Kong Team 12.23 16 Wu Chen (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.24 17 Li Fu Yu (Chn) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 12.25 18 Ivoljatov Yuriy (Uzb) Uzbekistan 12.33 19 Reza Bagheri (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.34 20 Vahid Chaffare (Irn) Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12.37 21 Liu Biao (Chn) Qinghai,China 12.40 22 Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong Team 12.41 23 Xitao Ji (Chn) Qinghai,China 16.54 24 Ruisong Zhang (Chn) Qinghai,China 17.33 25 Turaev Mavlon (Uzb) Uzbekistan 19.19 26 Liang Zhang (Chn) China 20.14 27 Bo Liu (Chn) China 20.16 28 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.30 29 King Wai Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.31 30 Yue Tu (Chn) China 31 Yuan Wei (Chn) Qinghai,China 20.32 32 Wang Yip Tang (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.36 33 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong Team 20.39 34 Kin San Wu (HKg) Hong Kong Team 35 Yi Lu (Chn) Qinghai,China 20.51 36 Loh Sea Keong (Mas) GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 27.09 Asian team classification 1 Tabriz Petrochemical Tea 20.04.09 2 Uzbekistan 2.48 3 China 6.49 4 Qinghai,China 35.04 5 Hong Kong Team 44.52
