Semple sprints to victory
By Cycling News
Sohrabi takes over race lead
Adam Semple (Drapac) won stage six at the Tour de Taiwan, outkicking Dean Downing (Rapha Condor-Sharp) and Chan Jae Jang (Korea) in the field sprint finale.
"I don't think that it was an easy ride," said Semple. "The Iranian team is very strong. They have been in front of the race the whole time long and they are tough to beat.
"So today we had to ride smart and we worked hard together to ride our own race. At the end, I thought of attacking at the 20km mark but the manager [Giramondo] Agostino told me not to. And at the end, I was led out superbly by [Floris] Goesinnen which made it easier for me."
Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) took over the leader's jersey from teammate Markus Eibegger after picking up bonus seconds during the stage. The Iranian now has a two-second advantage over Eibegger while defending champion David McCann (Giant Kenda Cycling Team) remains in third overall, 21 seconds back.
"I cannot say that I will win the GC this year as there are several more days left to the tour and there will be riders wanting to make things happen for themselves," said Sohrabi.
1 | Adam Semple (Aus) Drapac | 3:06:30 |
2 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | |
3 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea | 0:00:02 |
4 | Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | |
5 | Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Japan | |
6 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
7 | Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
8 | Shih-Hsin Hsiao (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | |
9 | Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
10 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
11 | Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan | |
12 | Mohd Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia | |
13 | David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
14 | Rico Rogers (NZl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
15 | Markus Eibegger (Aut) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
16 | Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong | |
17 | Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System | |
18 | Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | |
19 | Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac | |
20 | Junpei Murakami (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
21 | Wei-Cheng Lee (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | |
22 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
23 | Hyosuk Gong (Kor) Korea | |
24 | Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports | |
25 | Burger Leon (Ned) Netherlands | |
26 | Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System | |
27 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac | |
28 | Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
29 | Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
30 | Chun-Kai Feng (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | |
31 | Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | |
32 | Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan | |
33 | Bambang Suryadi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | |
34 | Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports | |
35 | Kenji Itami (Jpn) Japan | |
36 | Chi Ho Yuen (HKg) Hong Kong | |
37 | Fan Hsin Chu (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
38 | Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | |
39 | Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
40 | Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
41 | Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Drapac | |
42 | Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | |
43 | Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System | |
44 | Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong | |
45 | Chia-Chun Chen (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team | |
46 | Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
47 | Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports | |
48 | Amir Rusli (Mas) Drapac | |
49 | Davide Torosantucci (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
50 | Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong | |
51 | Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp | |
52 | Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac | |
53 | Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia | |
54 | Ghader Mizbani Eranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
55 | Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
56 | Kun-Hung Hung (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | |
57 | Shih-Chang Huang (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | |
58 | Springintveld Joost (Ned) Netherlands | |
59 | Hao Liu (Chn) Max Success Sports | |
60 | Vries, De Harm (Ned) Netherlands | |
61 | En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports | |
62 | Che-Wei Hu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:00:27 |
63 | Kyung Gu Jang (Kor) Korea | |
64 | Vriend Rudy (Ned) Netherlands | |
65 | Cheng-Yen Chen (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | |
66 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia | 0:00:35 |
67 | Wen-Lung Chien (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team | 0:00:36 |
68 | Yat Wai Chan (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:00:49 |
69 | Sai Fei Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports | |
70 | Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia | |
71 | Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System | |
72 | Yi-Hao Tseng (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:00:57 |
73 | Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:01:07 |
74 | Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:01:11 |
75 | Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
76 | Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:01:13 |
77 | Wel Van Ruud (Ned) Netherlands | |
78 | Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:01:18 |
79 | Julian Kyer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | |
80 | Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:01:20 |
81 | Kin San Wu (HKg) Champion System | 0:01:28 |
82 | James McCallum (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:01:29 |
83 | Eun Seong Jeong (Kor) Korea | 0:01:34 |
84 | Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan | 0:01:39 |
85 | Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan | |
86 | Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea | |
87 | Boris Shpilevskiy (Rus) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 0:01:44 |
88 | Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:01:48 |
89 | Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:01:53 |
90 | Siu Wah Ko (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:02:13 |
91 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 0:02:34 |
DNF | Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Polygon Sweet Nice | |
DNF | Shu-Ming Liu (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team |
1 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 5 | pts |
2 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea | 3 | |
3 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 2 | |
4 | Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System | 1 |
1 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 5 | pts |
2 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 3 | |
3 | Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System | 2 | |
4 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea | 1 |
1 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia | 5 | pts |
2 | Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong | 3 | |
3 | Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 2 | |
4 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 1 |
1 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 6 | pts |
2 | Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong | 4 | |
3 | Bambang Suryadi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | 2 | |
4 | Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac | 1 |
1 | Adam Semple (Aus) Drapac | 3 | pts |
2 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 2 | |
3 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea | 1 |
1 | Drapac | 9:19:34 |
2 | Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 0:00:02 |
3 | Japan | |
4 | Shimano Racing Team | |
5 | Action Cycling Team | |
6 | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
7 | d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
8 | Champion System | |
9 | Hong Kong | |
10 | Max Success Sports | |
11 | Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | |
12 | Netherlands | |
13 | Korea | 0:00:27 |
14 | Malaysia | 0:00:35 |
15 | Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:01:07 |
16 | Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:01:18 |
1 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 17:33:48 |
2 | Markus Eibegger (Aut) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 0:00:02 |
3 | David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 0:00:21 |
4 | Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Drapac | 0:00:47 |
5 | Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac | 0:01:09 |
6 | Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac | 0:01:26 |
7 | Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:01:29 |
8 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac | 0:01:30 |
9 | Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 0:01:31 |
10 | Junpei Murakami (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:01:33 |
11 | Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:01:36 |
12 | Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 0:01:37 |
13 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:01:39 |
14 | Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | |
15 | Davide Torosantucci (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | |
16 | Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 0:01:40 |
17 | Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan | |
18 | Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:01:41 |
19 | Hyosuk Gong (Kor) Korea | 0:01:42 |
20 | Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports | 0:01:45 |
21 | Kyung Gu Jang (Kor) Korea | 0:02:05 |
22 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea | 0:02:07 |
23 | Adam Semple (Aus) Drapac | 0:02:09 |
24 | Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:02:13 |
25 | Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:02:16 |
26 | Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:02:17 |
27 | Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Japan | 0:02:18 |
28 | Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 0:02:19 |
29 | Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:02:22 |
30 | Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
31 | Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:02:23 |
32 | Kenji Itami (Jpn) Japan | 0:02:25 |
33 | Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan | 0:02:27 |
34 | Chi Ho Yuen (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:02:28 |
35 | Chun-Kai Feng (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | 0:02:31 |
36 | Wei-Cheng Lee (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | 0:03:01 |
37 | Kin San Wu (HKg) Champion System | 0:03:06 |
38 | Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:03:10 |
39 | Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia | 0:03:13 |
40 | Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:03:28 |
41 | Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System | 0:03:53 |
42 | Amir Rusli (Mas) Drapac | 0:04:01 |
43 | En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports | 0:04:07 |
44 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia | 0:04:39 |
45 | Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan | 0:04:46 |
46 | Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:04:54 |
47 | Vries, De Harm (Ned) Netherlands | 0:05:09 |
48 | Ghader Mizbani Eranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 0:05:10 |
49 | Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea | 0:05:30 |
50 | Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:07:02 |
51 | Shih-Chang Huang (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | 0:07:07 |
52 | Julian Kyer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:08:12 |
53 | Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 0:08:34 |
54 | Burger Leon (Ned) Netherlands | 0:08:56 |
55 | Mohd Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia | 0:09:41 |
56 | Yat Wai Chan (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:10:01 |
57 | Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:10:13 |
58 | Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports | 0:10:59 |
59 | Shih-Hsin Hsiao (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | 0:11:37 |
60 | Kun-Hung Hung (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:11:55 |
61 | Eun Seong Jeong (Kor) Korea | 0:12:27 |
62 | Chia-Chun Chen (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team | 0:12:31 |
63 | Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:14:10 |
64 | Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports | 0:15:04 |
65 | Fan Hsin Chu (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 0:16:10 |
66 | Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:17:12 |
67 | Che-Wei Hu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:17:46 |
68 | Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | 0:18:03 |
69 | Hao Liu (Chn) Max Success Sports | 0:18:33 |
70 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:19:03 |
71 | Springintveld Joost (Ned) Netherlands | 0:19:43 |
72 | Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System | 0:20:55 |
73 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 0:20:57 |
74 | Yi-Hao Tseng (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:23:47 |
75 | Vriend Rudy (Ned) Netherlands | 0:24:55 |
76 | Sai Fei Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports | 0:25:02 |
77 | Wel Van Ruud (Ned) Netherlands | 0:25:37 |
78 | Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System | 0:26:43 |
79 | Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 0:27:28 |
80 | Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System | 0:28:03 |
81 | James McCallum (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:29:13 |
82 | Cheng-Yen Chen (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:30:06 |
83 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 0:34:38 |
84 | Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan | 0:35:12 |
85 | Bambang Suryadi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | 0:35:29 |
86 | Siu Wah Ko (HKg) Hong Kong | 0:35:30 |
87 | Rico Rogers (NZl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 0:39:04 |
88 | Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia | 0:39:40 |
89 | Boris Shpilevskiy (Rus) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 0:41:52 |
90 | Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:47:50 |
91 | Wen-Lung Chien (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team | 0:49:47 |
1 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 32 | pts |
2 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea | 23 | |
3 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 20 | |
4 | Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac | 11 | |
5 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac | 9 | |
6 | Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System | 8 | |
7 | Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System | 8 | |
8 | Markus Eibegger (Aut) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 6 | |
9 | Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan | 5 | |
10 | David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 5 | |
11 | Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System | 5 | |
12 | Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia | 5 | |
13 | Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | 5 | |
14 | Vriend Rudy (Ned) Netherlands | 5 | |
15 | Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 4 | |
16 | Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong | 3 | |
17 | Ghader Mizbani Eranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 3 | |
18 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 3 | |
19 | Boris Shpilevskiy (Rus) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 3 | |
20 | Chun-Kai Feng (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | 2 | |
21 | Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 2 | |
22 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 2 | |
23 | Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 2 | |
24 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 1 | |
25 | Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 1 | |
26 | Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports | 1 | |
27 | Sai Fei Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports | 1 | |
28 | Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 1 |
1 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 33 | pts |
2 | Markus Eibegger (Aut) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 11 | |
3 | Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan | 11 | |
4 | Chun-Kai Feng (Tpe) Action Cycling Team | 11 | |
5 | Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong | 9 | |
6 | Hyosuk Gong (Kor) Korea | 9 | |
7 | Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong | 8 | |
8 | Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac | 8 | |
9 | Kyung Gu Jang (Kor) Korea | 6 | |
10 | Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 6 | |
11 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 6 | |
12 | Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | 4 | |
13 | Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac | 4 | |
14 | Adam Semple (Aus) Drapac | 3 | |
15 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp | 3 | |
16 | Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System | 3 | |
17 | Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea | 2 | |
18 | David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 2 | |
19 | Bambang Suryadi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice | 2 | |
20 | Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 2 | |
21 | Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea | 1 | |
22 | Chi Ho Yuen (HKg) Hong Kong | 1 | |
23 | Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac | 1 | |
24 | Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 1 | |
25 | Ghader Mizbani Eranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 1 | |
26 | Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 1 | |
27 | Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports | 1 |
1 | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 52:43:40 |
2 | Drapac | 0:00:38 |
3 | Giant Kenda Cycling Team | 0:02:01 |
4 | d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo | 0:02:22 |
5 | Shimano Racing Team | 0:02:25 |
6 | Japan | 0:02:32 |
7 | Korea | 0:03:38 |
8 | Hong Kong | 0:04:06 |
9 | Champion System | 0:04:14 |
10 | Max Success Sports | 0:05:38 |
11 | Team Senter-Merida Taiwan | 0:06:37 |
12 | Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth | 0:07:50 |
13 | Action Cycling Team | 0:10:18 |
14 | Malaysia | 0:13:33 |
15 | Rapha Condor - Sharp | 0:17:51 |
16 | Netherlands | 0:26:22 |
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