Tour de Taiwan 2011: Stage 7 Results

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Rico Rogers (Giant Kenda Cycling Team) wins stage seven of the Tour de Taiwan. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Race leader Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) signs an autograph. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Stage seven podium (l-r): Mart Ojavee, points leader; Rico Rogers, stage winner; Mehdi Sohrabi, overall leader; Adam Phelan, best young rider. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) remains in the leader's yellow jersey. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Stage seven winner Rico Rogers (Giant Kenda Cycling Team) on the podium. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Malaysia) wins the third intermediate sprint ahead of Michael Sherer (Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth) (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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The Tabriz Petrochemical Team sets tempo in the peloton. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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The pelton in action during stage seven of the Tour de Taiwan. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Malaysia) and Michael Sherer (Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth) on the attack. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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The peloton awaits the start of stage seven. (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

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Stage seven winner Rico Rogers (Giant Kenda Cycling Team) (Image credit: Tour de Taiwan)

New Zealand's Rico Rogers (Giant Kenda Cycling Team) prevailed in the field sprint deciding stage seven after a textbook lead-out from teammate and defending Tour de Taiwan champion David McCann. Rogers topped Wei-Cheng Lee (Action Cycling Team) and race leader Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) for the victory in Kaohsiung.

"My condition was not good in the first couple of days as I was struggling with a cold. But today, David [McCann] led me out perfectly to a good position and I just went for it. It was good teamwork all around," said Rico.

Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) remains in the overall lead and added a further two seconds to his advantage over teammate Markus Eibegger on general classification. The Iranian leads Eibegger by six seconds while David McCann holds third overall, 24 seconds off the pace.

"Another good day, another good race, so we will see whether I can still keep the jersey tomorrow or on the last day of the race [into Taipei City]," said Sohrabi.

Last year's champion David McCann believes he can still win this year's Tour de Taiwan, however. "I don't think that he (Sohrabi) can win it. At the last stage there's a final climb [up Yangmingshan, a Cat. 1)] which I think I can win with more than a minute advantage," said McCann. "I'm more concerned with Markus [Eibegger]. He is a good climber and I think that he will pose the bigger threat [to my title defence]."

With no KOMs on the day, Sohrabi also retains the king of the mountain's lead as well as the blue jersey for the best-ranked Asian rider.

Full Results
1	Rico Rogers (NZl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	2:44:41
2	Wei-Cheng Lee (Tpe) Action Cycling Team
3	Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
4	Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
5	Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System
6	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp
7	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan
8	Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea
9	Eun Seong Jeong (Kor) Korea
10	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea
11	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Japan
12	Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan
13	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Japan
14	Shih-Hsin Hsiao (Tpe) Action Cycling Team
15	Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports
16	Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp
17	Wel Van Ruud (Ned) Netherlands
18	Fan Hsin Chu (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
19	Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth
20	Amir Rusli (Mas) Drapac
21	Markus Eibegger (Aut) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
22	Bambang Suryadi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
23	Mohd Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia
24	Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia
25	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan
26	Junpei Murakami (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
27	David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
28	Springintveld Joost (Ned) Netherlands
29	Davide Torosantucci (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
30	Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac
31	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong
32	Adam Semple (Aus) Drapac
33	Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System
34	Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac
35	Che-Wei Hu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan
36	Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan
37	Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia
38	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports
39	Chia-Chun Chen (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team
40	Chun-Kai Feng (Tpe) Action Cycling Team
41	Kun-Hung Hung (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan
42	Vriend Rudy (Ned) Netherlands
43	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
44	Yat Wai Chan (HKg) Hong Kong
45	Kyung Gu Jang (Kor) Korea
46	Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
47	Cheng-Yen Chen (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan
48	Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
49	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
50	Chi Ho Yuen (HKg) Hong Kong
51	Wen-Lung Chien (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team
52	Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
53	Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
54	Vries, De Harm (Ned) Netherlands
55	Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
56	Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac
57	Kin San Wu (HKg) Champion System
58	Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
59	Shih-Chang Huang (Tpe) Action Cycling Team
60	Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Drapac
61	Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System
62	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan
63	Hyosuk Gong (Kor) Korea
64	Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports
65	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
66	Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
67	Yi-Hao Tseng (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan
68	Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan
69	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
70	Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong
71	Boris Shpilevskiy (Rus) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
72	Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
73	En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports
74	Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System
75	Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice
76	Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth
77	Burger Leon (Ned) Netherlands
78	Ghader Mizbani Eranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
79	Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth
80	Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System
81	Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia
82	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong
83	Siu Wah Ko (HKg) Hong Kong	0:00:13
84	Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:00:15
85	Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:00:16
86	Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp
87	Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:00:30
88	James McCallum (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:00:42
89	Sai Fei Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:00:53
90	Julian Kyer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:01:15
91	Hao Liu (Chn) Max Success Sports

Sprint 1 - Chiayi County Hall, 12.7km
1	Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac	5	pts
2	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea	3
3	David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	2
4	Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System	1

Sprint 2 - Beimen Visitor Center, 51.3km
1	Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	5	pts
2	Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia	3
3	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea	2
4	Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System	1

Sprint 3 - Lover's Wharf, 101.1km
1	Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia	5	pts
2	Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	3
3	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea	2
4	Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System	1

Teams
1	Korea	8:14:03
2	Japan
3	Giant Kenda Cycling Team
4	Action Cycling Team
5	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
6	d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
7	Drapac
8	Team Senter-Merida Taiwan
9	Malaysia
10	Netherlands
11	Champion System
12	Max Success Sports
13	Shimano Racing Team
14	Hong Kong
15	Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth
16	Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:00:16

General classification after stage 7
1	Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	20:18:25
2	Markus Eibegger (Aut) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	0:00:06
3	David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	0:00:24
4	Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Drapac	0:00:51
5	Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac	0:01:13
6	Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac	0:01:27
7	Shinri Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:01:33
8	Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac	0:01:34
9	Junya Sano (Jpn) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:01:35
10	Junpei Murakami (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:01:37
11	Daniel Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:01:40
12	Henry Frusto (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:01:41
13	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:01:43
14	Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
15	Davide Torosantucci (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
16	Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	0:01:44
17	Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Japan
18	Chun Hing Chan (HKg) Hong Kong	0:01:45
19	Hyosuk Gong (Kor) Korea	0:01:46
20	Peng Da Jiao (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:01:49
21	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea	0:02:07
22	Kyung Gu Jang (Kor) Korea	0:02:09
23	Adam Semple (Aus) Drapac	0:02:13
24	Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:02:17
25	Po-Hung Wu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan	0:02:20
26	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong	0:02:21
27	Takeaki Ayabe (Jpn) Japan	0:02:22
28	Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	0:02:23
29	Ying Hon Yeung (HKg) Hong Kong	0:02:26
30	Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team
31	Hsin-Hua Huang (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan	0:02:27
32	Kenji Itami (Jpn) Japan	0:02:29
33	Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Japan	0:02:31
34	Chi Ho Yuen (HKg) Hong Kong	0:02:32
35	Chun-Kai Feng (Tpe) Action Cycling Team	0:02:35
36	Wei-Cheng Lee (Tpe) Action Cycling Team	0:02:59
37	Kin San Wu (HKg) Champion System	0:03:10
38	Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia	0:03:12
39	Dean Windsor (Aus) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:03:14
40	Kazuki Aoyanagi (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:03:32
41	Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System	0:03:57
42	Amir Rusli (Mas) Drapac	0:04:05
43	En Huang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:04:11
44	Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia	0:04:43
45	Taiji Nishitani (Jpn) Japan	0:04:50
46	Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	0:04:58
47	Vries, De Harm (Ned) Netherlands	0:05:13
48	Ghader Mizbani Eranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	0:05:14
49	Sung Baek Park (Kor) Korea	0:05:34
50	Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:07:06
51	Shih-Chang Huang (Tpe) Action Cycling Team	0:07:11
52	Ryan Sherlock (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	0:08:38
53	Burger Leon (Ned) Netherlands	0:09:00
54	Julian Kyer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:09:31
55	Mohd Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia	0:09:45
56	Yat Wai Chan (HKg) Hong Kong	0:10:05
57	Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:10:33
58	Hui Zhang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:11:03
59	Shih-Hsin Hsiao (Tpe) Action Cycling Team	0:11:41
60	Kun-Hung Hung (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan	0:11:59
61	Eun Seong Jeong (Kor) Korea	0:12:31
62	Chia-Chun Chen (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team	0:12:35
63	Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:14:30
64	Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:15:08
65	Fan Hsin Chu (Tpe) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	0:16:14
66	Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:17:46
67	Che-Wei Hu (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan	0:17:50
68	Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice	0:18:07
69	Hao Liu (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:18:37
70	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:19:07
71	Springintveld Joost (Ned) Netherlands	0:19:47
72	Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System	0:20:59
73	Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System	0:21:01
74	Yi-Hao Tseng (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan	0:23:51
75	Vriend Rudy (Ned) Netherlands	0:24:59
76	Wel Van Ruud (Ned) Netherlands	0:25:41
77	Sai Fei Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports	0:25:59
78	Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System	0:26:47
79	Behnam Khalili Khosroshahi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	0:27:32
80	Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System	0:28:07
81	James McCallum (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	0:29:59
82	Cheng-Yen Chen (Tpe) Team Senter-Merida Taiwan	0:30:10
83	Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	0:34:42
84	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan	0:35:16
85	Bambang Suryadi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice	0:35:33
86	Siu Wah Ko (HKg) Hong Kong	0:35:47
87	Rico Rogers (NZl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	0:38:58
88	Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia	0:39:44
89	Boris Shpilevskiy (Rus) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	0:41:56
90	Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	0:48:04
91	Wen-Lung Chien (Tpe) Exustar Cycling Team	0:49:51

Points classification
1	Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System	34	pts
2	Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Korea	30
3	Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	20
4	Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac	11
5	Michael Sherer (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	10
6	Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac	9
7	Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Champion System	9
8	Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah (Mas) Malaysia	8
9	Roger Beuchat (Swi) Champion System	8
10	David McCann (Irl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	7
11	Markus Eibegger (Aut) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	6
12	Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac	5
13	Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan	5
14	Wai Man Chau (HKg) Champion System	5
15	Sea Keong Loh (Mas) Malaysia	5
16	Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice	5
17	Vriend Rudy (Ned) Netherlands	5
18	Jai Crawford (Aus) Giant Kenda Cycling Team	4
19	Kam Po Wong (HKg) Hong Kong	3
20	Ghader Mizbani Eranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	3
21	Bernardo Riccio (Ita) d'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo	3
22	Boris Shpilevskiy (Rus) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	3
23	Chun-Kai Feng (Tpe) Action Cycling Team	2
24	Michael Creed (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	2
25	Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Sharp	2
26	Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team	1
27	Michael Friedman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - OptumHealth	1
28	Kun Jiang (Chn) Max Success Sports	1
29	Sai Fei Xue (Chn) Max Success Sports	1
30	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	60:57:43
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	0:18:07
16	Netherlands	0:26:22