Tour de Taiwan 2011: Stage 6 Results

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Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) is the new race leader. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Adam Semple (Drapac) powers to victory in the sprint finale. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Stage six winner Adam Semple (Drapac) on the podium. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Stage six podium (l-r): Mart Ojavee, points leader; Adam Semple, stage winner; Mehdi Sohrabi, GC leader; and Adam Phelan, best young rider. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Thumbs up from new race leader Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Adam Semple (Drapac) wins stage six at the Tour de Taiwan. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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.

Full Results
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

Sprint 1 - Guanyu Primary School, 60km
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

Sprint 2 - National Erh-lin Vocational High School, 82.4km
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

Sprint 3 - Merida, 123.3km
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

Mountain 1 - 139 24k (Cat. 2) 14.2km
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

Mountain 2 - Baguashan Buddha (Cat. 3) 136.1km
1	Adam Semple (Aus) Drapac	3	pts
2	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	2
3	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea	1

Teams
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

General classification after stage 6
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

Points classification
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

Mountains classification
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

Teams classification
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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