After three days of domination by the European riders, Asian cycling jumped centre stage today when the Japanese rider Takeaki Ayabe scooped victory on the first of two mountain stages in this year’s Tour de Langkawi.
He was one of two Asian riders on the stage podium today, along with third-placed Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team). They were split by the veteran Colombian Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua cycling team), who was runner-up to Ayabe in the 20-rider sprint at the Cameroon Highlands.
“I really prefer climbing in the mountains. I am really happy to get the first stage win today,” Ayabe said.
“I was in about tenth position going to down the descent [towards the finish]. The road was really slippery because of the rain, it was really dangerous. There was some distance between the front riders, but when I chased them, I could ride very well, then I made a finishing sprint and won. I am very, very happy with this victory.”
The stage was run off under some very heavy rain and the roads were left slick and greasy. That made things dangerous, but he pushed as hard as he could. “Sometimes you think about risks as well, but today I didn’t think about that. I only thought that I would win, and this is why I was so happy to succeed today.”
In terms of success, his was a double triumph: he won the stage, and also took over the yellow jersey from Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini – Netta Sottoli). Losing the lead wasn’t a surprise to the double stage winner, who said that as a non climber, he expected it.
He’s in his first year as a professional and was nervous as to how he would get on.
His victory also earned him the yellow jersey, which he took by four seconds from Nino Corredor. Zargari is two seconds further back. A total of 25 riders remain within one minute; so there are still quite a number of contenders.
He crossed the line in a group 17 minutes 25 seconds back, and drops right down to 88th overall. “On a mountain like today, I can manage to get over it,” he said. “But tomorrow will be harder because it is a shorter stage and a tougher climb.” Like many he is worried about the uber-steep ascent up to Genting Highlands.
How it unfolded:
The pressure went on from the very start of the stage, with numerous attacks being fired off. A break of 18 riders clipped away prior to the first sprint at Seri Iskandar (km 21.6) and from this, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) beat team-mate Arran Brown for the points.
The peloton came back together at km 29 and a subsequent break was also reeled in prior to the second sprint. This went to Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical) ahead of Van Heerden. Ten riders then clipped away and pulled well ahead before the third and final intermediate sprint of the day; from this group, Chan Jane Jang (Korea National Team) edged out Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling). The others involved in the move were Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano), Damien Gaudin and Guillaume le Floch (Europcar), Shpilevsky, Van Heerden, Takashi Miyazava (Farneze Vini-NeriSottoli), Christopher Jones (United Healthcare) and Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling).
The break continued onwards and had an advantage of one minute 55 seconds at the start of the first category Kampung Raja climb. Albert Timmer, who had earlier taken top points on the third category Pos Slim climb (km 69.7), rocketed away and took the prime. He was caught after the top and Jang pushed on ahead with over 20 kilometres to go. However he too was reeled in by many riders before the prime of the hors category Bukit Brinchang, which came just 8.3 kilometres from the finish.
Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) beat Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF Inox Pro) and others there, following which the 20 man group began the slight descent down to the finish.
Emami’s grabbed the lead in the king of the mountains classification. “We are good climbers [on the team] and our tactic was to win on the hors category KOM,” he said. “I didn’t try on the little hills before. This climb was steep enough for me to go away, so I attacked and I was alone on that part.”
Ayabe played things perfectly to ensure he hit the line first, grabbing the biggest win of his career at 30 years of age. Nino Corredor is even older at 42 and was both disappointed and happy with his showing. “In the last kilometre I was hoping for a win, but unfortunately for me the Japanese rider was faster than me,” he said. “I have lost an opportunity to win the stage, but I am still happy because second on the stage is a good result for the team. I hope I will ride well tomorrow for the general classification.”
The race continues tomorrow with the toughest climb of the ten day event. The Genting Highlands ascent is certain to blow the peloton apart, and will put Ayabe’s new yellow jersey to the test.
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Tour de Langkawi, UCI 2.HC, Malaysia, Jan 23 – Feb 1st
Stage 4, Ayer Tawar to Cameron Highlands:
1, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) 137.6 kilometres in 3 hours 42 mins 15 secs
2, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team
3, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team
4, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano
5, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
6, Jonnatha Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli
7, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team
8, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
9, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) at 2 secs
10, Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team) at 5 secs
11, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 7 secs
12, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
13, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team)
14, Jose Mendes (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
15, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka)
16, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar)
17, Gang Xu (Max Success Sports Cycling)
18, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team)
19, Kirk Carlsen (Chipotle Development Team)
20, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team)
21, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 15 secs
22, Max Jenkins (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 38 secs
23, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at mins 40 secs
24, Alex Coutts (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team)
25, David McCann (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team)
26, Markus Eibegger (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
27, Perrig Quemeneur (Team Europcar) at 47 secs
28, Andrei Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team) at 50 secs
29, Manuele Caddeo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 1 min 16 secs
30, Geert Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet) at 1 min 19 secs
31, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 1 min 24 secs
32, David Pell (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 1 min 26 secs
33, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 1 min 35 secs
34, Guillaume Bourgeois (Team Champion System) at 1 min 36 secs
35, M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 1 min 39 secs
36, Ramin Mehrabani Azar (Suren Cycling Team)
37, Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) at 1 min 42 secs
38, Farshad Salehian (Azad University Cycling Team)
39, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) at 2 mins 46 secs
40, Kihong Yoo (Korea National Team) at 3 mins 16 secs
41, Kin San Wu (Team Champion System)
42, M. Saufi Mat Senan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling)
43, Puchong Sai-Udomsin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling)
44, Antonio Santoro (Androni Giocattoli) at 3 mins 19 secs
45, Kenichi Suzuki (Aisan Racing Team) at 3 mins 37 secs
46, Deon Locke (Team Champion System) at 3 mins 55 secs
47, Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team)
48, Sébastian Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet)
49, Yong Li Ng (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 4 mins 18 secs
50, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team) at 5 mins 6 secs
51, Abulfazl Nazari Daghalian (Suren Cycling Team) at 5 mins 29 secs
52, Othman M. Adiq (Drapac Professional Cycling)
53, Hamid Shirisisan (Suren Cycling Team) at 5 mins 37 secs
54, Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago-CSF Inox)
55, Raymond Kreder (Chipotle Development Team)
56, Nur Misbah M. Rauf (Malaysia National Team) at 5 mins 41 secs
57, Joeri Stallaert (Landbouwkrediet) at 5 mins 45 secs
58, Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet)
59, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
60, Wei Kei Chang (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 5 mins 49 secs
61, Benjamin Gourgue (Landbouwkrediet) at 5 mins 59 secs
62, Jun Rong Ho (Singapore National Team) at 7 mins 0 secs
63, Rusli Amir Mustafa (Malaysia National Team) at 8 mins 23 secs
64, Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) at 8 mins 57 secs
65, Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
66, Hao Liu (Max Success Sports Cycling)
67, Guillaume Le Floch (Team Europcar)
68, David Veilleux (Team Europcar)
69, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
70, Anuar Manan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling)
71, Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF Inox)
72, Blazej Janiaczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
73, Bartlomiej Matysiak (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
74, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano)
75, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 9 mins 28 secs
76, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka)
77, Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing Team) at 9 mins 33 secs
78, Vahid Ghaffari (Suren Cycling Team) at 10 mins 59 secs
79, Choon Haut Goh (Singapore National Team) at 12 mins 40 secs
80, Gianluca Mirenda (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
81, Stuart Shaw (Drapac Professional Cycling)
82, Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling)
83, Thomas Palmer (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 12 mins 57 secs
84, Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar)
85, Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Azad University Cycling Team) at 12 mins 59 secs
86, Adrian Chuah (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 14 mins 56 secs
87, Luca Barla (Androni Giocattoli) at 16 mins 2 secs
88, Lukasz Bodnar (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
89, Mohd Harrif Salleh (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 17 mins 25 secs
90, Meysam Ameli (Suren Cycling Team)
91, Suhardi Hassan (Malaysia National Team)
92, Darren Low (Singapore National Team)
93, Otavio Bulgarelli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
94, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
95, Dene Rogers (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team)
96, Zainal Mohd Nur Rizuan (Malaysia National Team)
97, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team)
98, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team)
99, Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
100, Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
101, Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
102, Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)
103, Matthias Friedemann (Team Champion System)
104, Rafai Ratajczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
105, Omar Lombardi (Colnago-CSF Inox)
106, Alessandro De Marchi (Androni Giocattoli)
107, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) at 21 mins 3 secs
108, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano)
109, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka)
110, Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka)
111, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
112, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team)
113, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox)
114, Shinichi Fukushima (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling)
115, Ji Wen Low (Singapore National Team)
116, James Tennent (MTN Qhubeka)
117, André Schulze (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
118, Shinpei Fukuda (Aisan Racing Team)
119, Samuel Witmitz (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 23 mins 8 secs
120, Jaan Kirsipuu (Team Champion System)
121, Mohd Salleh Mohd Razif (Le Tua Cycling Team)
122, Roberto De Patre (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 23 mins 14 secs
123, Alias Ahmad Fakhrullah (Malaysia National Team) at 23 mins 29 secs
124, Ebrahim Javani (Suren Cycling Team) at 39 mins 41 secs
Other:
DNS : Davy Commeyne (Landbouwkrediet)
DNF: Wang Yip Tang (Team Champion System)
DSQ : Crescenzo D'Amore (Androni Giocattoli)
DSQ : Vidal Celis Zabala (Le Tua Cycling Team)
Sprint 1 - Seri Iskandar:
1, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) 5 pts
2, Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka) 3
3, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team) 2
4, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 1
Sprint 2 - Batu Gajah:
1, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 5 pts
2, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) 3
3, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 2
4, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) 1
Sprint 3 - Simpang Pulai:
1, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team) 5 pts
2, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) 3
3, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 2
4, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) 1
KOM cat 3 at Pos Slim (km 68.7):
1, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) 6 pts
2, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 4
3, Guillaume Le Floch (Team Europcar) 2
4, Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling) 1
KOM cat 1 at Kampung Raja (km 105.2):
1, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) 15 pts
2, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) 12
3, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 10
4, Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 8
5, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team) 6
6, Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) 4
7, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) 2
8, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 1
KOM Cat HC at Bukit Brinchang (km 129.3):
1, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) 25 pts
2, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) 20
3, Jonnatha Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) 16
4, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) 12
5, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) 10
6, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) 8
7, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 6
8, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 5
9, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) 4
10, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team) 3
11, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) 2
12, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 1
Asian riders:
1, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) at 3 hours 42 mins 15 secs
2, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team)
3, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
4, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 7 secs
5, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
6, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team)
7, Gang Xu (Max Success Sports Cycling)
8, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team)
9, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at 40 secs
10, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 1 min 24 secs
Teams:
1, Chipotle Development Team, 11 hours 6 mins 57 secs
2, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, at 35 secs
3, Azad University Cycling Team, at 1 min 37 secs
4, Max Success Sports Cycling, same time
5, Androni Giocattoli, at 3 mins 9 secs
6, Korea National Team, at 3 mins 51 secs
7, United Healthcare Pro Cycling, at 6 mins 11 secs
8, Colnago CSF INOX Pro, at 6 mins 56 secs
9, Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team, at 6 mins 57 secs
10, Aisan Racing Team, at 7 mins 20 secs
11, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 7 mins 59 secs
12, Team Champion System, at 8 mins 35 secs
13, Team Europcar, at 9 mins 39 secs
14, Skil Shimano Cycling Team, at 10 mins 27 secs
15, Landbouwkrediet, at 10 mins 47 secs
16, Suren Cycling Team, at 12 mins 33 secs
17, CCC Polsat Polkowice, at 17 mins 49 secs
18, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 19 mins 2 secs
19, Drapac Professional Cycling, at 19 mins 23 secs
20, MTN Qhubeka, at 30 mins 26 secs
21, Farnese Vini - Neri Sotttoli, at 30 mins 53 secs
22, Malaysia National Team, at 31 mins 17 secs
23, Singapore National Team, at 36 mins 53 secs
Asian teams:
1, Tabriz Petrochemical Team 11 hours 8 mins 16 secs
2, Azad University Cycling Team, at 18 secs
3, Max Success Sports Cycling, same time
4, Korea National Team, at 2 mins 32 secs
5, Aisan Racing Team, at 6 mins 1 secs
6, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 6 mins 40 secs
7, Suren Cycling Team, at 11 mins 14 secs
8, Malaysia National Team, at 29 mins 58 secs
9, Singapore National Team, at 35 mins 34 secs
10, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 40 mins 51 secs
General classification after stage 4:
1, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team 1) at 2 hours 26 mins 17 secs
2, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 4 secs
3, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) at 6 secs
4, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 9 secs
5, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) at 10 secs
6, Jonnatha Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli)
7, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team)
8, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
9, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) at 12 secs
10, Kirk Carlsen (Chipotle Development Team) at 14 secs
11, Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team) at 15 secs
12, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) at 17 secs
13, Jose Mendes (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
14, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka)
15, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team)
16, Gang Xu (Max Success Sports Cycling)
17, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team)
18, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling)
19, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
20, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team)
21, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 25 secs
22, Max Jenkins (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 48 secs
23, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at 50 secs
24, Markus Eibegger (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
25, David McCann (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team)
26, Perrig Quemeneur (Team Europcar) at 57 secs
27, Andrei Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team) at 1 min 0 secs
28, Alex Coutts (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 10 secs
29, Manuele Caddeo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 1 min 26 secs
30, Geert Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet) at 1 min 29 secs
31, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 1 min 34 secs
32, David Pell (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 1 min 36 secs
33, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 1 min 43 secs
34, Guillaume Bourgeois (Team Champion System) at 1 min 44 secs
35, M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 1 min 48 secs
36, Ramin Mehrabani Azar (Suren Cycling Team) at 1 min 49 secs
37, Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) at 1 min 52 secs
38, Farshad Salehian (Azad University Cycling Team)
39, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) at 2 mins 56 secs
40, Puchong Sai-Udomsin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 3 mins 26 secs
41, M. Saufi Mat Senan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling)
42, Kin San Wu (Team Champion System)
43, Kihong Yoo (Korea National Team)
44, Antonio Santoro (Androni Giocattoli) at 3 mins 29 secs
45, Kenichi Suzuki (Aisan Racing Team) at 3 mins 47 secs
46, Deon Locke (Team Champion System) at 3 mins 57 secs
47, Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) at 4 mins 5 secs
48, Sébastian Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet)
49, Yong Li Ng (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 4 mins 28 secs
50, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team) at 5 mins 15 secs
51, Abulfazl Nazari Daghalian (Suren Cycling Team) at 5 mins 39 secs
52, Othman M. Adiq (Drapac Professional Cycling)
53, Hamid Shirisisan (Suren Cycling Team) at 5 mins 40 secs
54, Raymond Kreder (Chipotle Development Team) at 5 mins 47 secs
55, Nur Misbah M. Rauf (Malaysia National Team) at 5 mins 51 secs
56, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 5 mins 55 secs
57, Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet)
58, Wei Kei Chang (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 5 mins 59 secs
59, Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 6 mins 7 secs
60, Benjamin Gourgue (Landbouwkrediet) at 6 mins 9 secs
61, Jun Rong Ho (Singapore National Team) at 7 mins 10 secs
62, Joeri Stallaert (Landbouwkrediet) at 7 mins 12 secs
63, Rusli Amir Mustafa (Malaysia National Team) at 8 mins 33 secs
64, Anuar Manan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 8 mins 46 secs
65, David Veilleux (Team Europcar) at 9 mins 7 secs
66, Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano)
67, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
68, Hao Liu (Max Success Sports Cycling)
69, Guillaume Le Floch (Team Europcar)
70, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano)
71, Blazej Janiaczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
72, Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
73, Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF Inox)
74, Bartlomiej Matysiak (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
75, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) at 9 mins 29 secs
76, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 9 mins 37 secs
77, Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing Team) at 9 mins 43 secs
78, Vahid Ghaffari (Suren Cycling Team) at 11 mins 9 secs
79, Choon Haut Goh (Singapore National Team) at 12 mins 50 secs
80, Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling)
81, Stuart Shaw (Drapac Professional Cycling)
82, Thomas Palmer (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 13 mins 7 secs
83, Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar)
84, Gianluca Mirenda (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 13 mins 9 secs
85, Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Azad University Cycling Team)
86, Adrian Chuah (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 15 mins 6 secs
87, Luca Barla (Androni Giocattoli) at 16 mins 12 secs
88, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 17 mins 7 secs
89, Lukasz Bodnar (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
90, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) at 17 mins 29 secs
91, Mohd Harrif Salleh (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 17 mins 30 secs
92, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team) at 17 mins 31 secs
93, Dene Rogers (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 17 mins 35 secs
94, Matthias Friedemann (Team Champion System)
95, Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
96, Suhardi Hassan (Malaysia National Team)
97, Darren Low (Singapore National Team)
98, Rafai Ratajczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
99, Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
100, Meysam Ameli (Suren Cycling Team)
101, Omar Lombardi (Colnago-CSF Inox)
102, Zainal Mohd Nur Rizuan (Malaysia National Team)
103, Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
104, Otavio Bulgarelli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
105, Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 18 mins 40 secs
106, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) at 21 mins 3 secs
107, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 21 mins 4 secs
108, Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka) at 21 mins 11 secs
109, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) at 21 mins 13 secs
110, André Schulze (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
111, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team)
112, Ji Wen Low (Singapore National Team)
113, Shinpei Fukuda (Aisan Racing Team)
114, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka)
115, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox)
116, Shinichi Fukushima (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 21 mins 33 secs
117, Mohd Salleh Mohd Razif (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 23 mins 17 secs
118, Jaan Kirsipuu (Team Champion System) at 23 mins 18 secs
119, Samuel Witmitz (Le Tua Cycling Team)
120, Alias Ahmad Fakhrullah (Malaysia National Team) at 23 mins 39 secs
121, Roberto De Patre (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 24 mins 53 secs
122, James Tennent (MTN Qhubeka) at 24 mins 57 secs
123, Alessandro De Marchi (Androni Giocattoli) at 25 mins 27 secs
124, Ebrahim Javani (Suren Cycling Team) at 39 mins 51 secs
Points classification:
1, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 51 pts
2, Anuar Manan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 51
3, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) 34
4, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 30
5, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) 26
6, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) 24
7, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) 23
8, André Schulze (CCC Polsat Polkowice) 22
9, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team) 21
10, Mohd Harrif Salleh (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 20
11, Luca Barla (Androni Giocattoli) 18
12, Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka) 16
13, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 15
14, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) 14
15, Deon Locke (Team Champion System) 13
16, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) 13
17, Hamid Shirisisan (Suren Cycling Team) 12
18, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) 12
19, Raymond Kreder (Chipotle Development Team) 12
20, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 11
21, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) 10
22, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 10
23, Jonnatha Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) 10
24, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team) 9
25, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) 7
26, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 7
27, Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team) 6
28, Joeri Stallaert (Landbouwkrediet) 6
29, Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling) 6
30, Kirk Carlsen (Chipotle Development Team) 5
31, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) 5
32, Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago-CSF Inox) 5
33, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 4
34, Dene Rogers (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) 4
35, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) 3
36, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 3
37, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) 3
38, Guillaume Bourgeois (Team Champion System) 3
39, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team) 3
40, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 3
41, Jose Mendes (CCC Polsat Polkowice) 2
42, M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 2
43, Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 2
44, Mohd Salleh Mohd Razif (Le Tua Cycling Team) 2
45, Roberto De Patre (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 2
46, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) 1
47, Rafai Ratajczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice) 1
48, Otavio Bulgarelli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 1
49, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) 1
50, Samuel Witmitz (Le Tua Cycling Team) 1
Mountains classification:
1, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) 25 pts
2, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) 21
3, Jonnatha Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) 20
4, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) 20
5, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 16
6, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) 14
7, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) 12
8, Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) 10
9, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) 10
10, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) 8
11, Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 8
12, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 6
13, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team) 6
14, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 5
15, Andrei Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team) 4
16, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) 4
17, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 4
18, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team) 3
19, Puchong Sai-Udomsin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 3
20, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 2
21, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) 2
22, Othman M. Adiq (Drapac Professional Cycling) 2
23, Guillaume Le Floch (Team Europcar) 2
24, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) 1
25, Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling) 1
26, Gianluca Mirenda (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 1
27, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) 1
Asian riders classification:
1, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team 1) at 2 hours 26 mins 17 secs
2, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) at 6 secs
3, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 9 secs
4, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) at 17 secs
5, Gang Xu (Max Success Sports Cycling)
6, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team)
7, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling)
8, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
9, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at 50 secs
10, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 1 min 34 secs
11, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 1 min 43 secs
12, M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 1 min 48 secs
13, Ramin Mehrabani Azar (Suren Cycling Team) at 1 min 49 secs
14, Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) at 1 min 52 secs
15, Farshad Salehian (Azad University Cycling Team)
16, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) at 2 mins 56 secs
17, Puchong Sai-Udomsin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 3 mins 26 secs
18, M. Saufi Mat Senan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling)
19, Kin San Wu (Team Champion System)
20, Kihong Yoo (Korea National Team)
21, Kenichi Suzuki (Aisan Racing Team) at 3 mins 47 secs
22, Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) at 4 mins 5 secs
23, Yong Li Ng (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 4 mins 28 secs
24, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team) at 5 mins 15 secs
25, Abulfazl Nazari Daghalian (Suren Cycling Team) at 5 mins 39 secs
26, Othman M. Adiq (Drapac Professional Cycling)
27, Hamid Shirisisan (Suren Cycling Team) at 5 mins 40 secs
28, Nur Misbah M. Rauf (Malaysia National Team) at 5 mins 51 secs
29, Wei Kei Chang (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 5 mins 59 secs
30, Jun Rong Ho (Singapore National Team) at 7 mins 10 secs
31, Rusli Amir Mustafa (Malaysia National Team) at 8 mins 33 secs
32, Anuar Manan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 8 mins 46 secs
33, Hao Liu (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 9 mins 7 secs
34, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 9 mins 37 secs
35, Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing Team) at 9 mins 43 secs
36, Vahid Ghaffari (Suren Cycling Team) at 11 mins 9 secs
37, Choon Haut Goh (Singapore National Team) at 12 mins 50 secs
38, Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Azad University Cycling Team) at 13 mins 9 secs
39, Adrian Chuah (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 15 mins 6 secs
40, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) at 17 mins 29 secs
41, Mohd Harrif Salleh (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 17 mins 30 secs
42, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team) at 17 mins 31 secs
43, Suhardi Hassan (Malaysia National Team) at 17 mins 35 secs
44, Darren Low (Singapore National Team)
45, Meysam Ameli (Suren Cycling Team)
46, Zainal Mohd Nur Rizuan (Malaysia National Team)
47, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team) at 21 mins 13 secs
48, Ji Wen Low (Singapore National Team)
49, Shinpei Fukuda (Aisan Racing Team)
50, Shinichi Fukushima (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 21 mins 33 secs
51, Mohd Salleh Mohd Razif (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 23 mins 17 secs
52, Alias Ahmad Fakhrullah (Malaysia National Team) at 23 mins 39 secs
53, Ebrahim Javani (Suren Cycling Team) at 39 mins 51 secs
Teams classification:
1, Chipotle Development Team, 37 hours 19 mins 33 secs
2, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, at 35 secs
3, Azad University Cycling Team, at 1 min 37 secs
4, Max Success Sports Cycling,
5, Androni Giocattoli, at 3 mins 9 secs
6, Korea National Team, at 3 mins 51 secs
7, United Healthcare Pro Cycling, at 6 mins 11 secs
8, Colnago CSF INOX Pro, at 6 mins 56 secs
9, Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team, at 6 mins 57 secs
10, Aisan Racing Team, at 7 mins 20 secs
11, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 7 mins 59 secs
12, Team Champion System, at 8 mins 35 secs
13, Team Europcar, at 9 mins 39 secs
14, Skil Shimano Cycling Team, at 10 mins 27 secs
15, Landbouwkrediet, at 10 mins 47 secs
16, Suren Cycling Team, at 12 mins 33 secs
17, CCC Polsat Polkowice, at 17 mins 49 secs
18, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 19 mins 2 secs
19, Drapac Professional Cycling, at 19 mins 23 secs
20, MTN Qhubeka, at 30 mins 26 secs
21, Farnese Vini - Neri Sotttoli, at 30 mins 53 secs
22, Malaysia National Team, at 31 mins 17 secs
23, Singapore National Team, at 36 mins 53 secs
Asian teams classification:
1, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, 37 hours 20 mins 52 secs
2, Azad University Cycling Team,at 18 secs
3, Max Success Sports Cycling
4, Korea National Team, at 2 mins 32 secs
5, Aisan Racing Team, at 6 mins 1 secs
6, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 6 mins 40 secs
7, Suren Cycling Team, at 11 mins 14 secs
8, Malaysia National Team, at 29 mins 58 secs
9, Singapore National Team, at 35 mins 34 secs
10, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 40 mins 51 secs