Any concerns that the general classification of the 2011 Tour de Langkawi could essentially be settled a full five days from the end of the race were put to rest today, when a hard fought mountain battle on the climb of Genting Highlands resulted in small time gaps and a tight GC.
Back to back mountain-top finishes in the race have shaken up the overall standings, but with five flat days ahead, the race remains very much on and any one of a number of riders could be crowned the final winner in Kuala Lumpur next Tuesday.
Today’s stage saw overnight leader Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) crack and place only 38th at the top of the hors category Genting Highlands, one of the steepest climbs in cycling. He lost six minutes 19 seconds to the stage winner Jonnatha Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) and runner-up Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua), who took over the yellow jersey.
Nino Corredor is, at 42 years of age, the oldest competitor in the race, and is a full 23 years older than the youngest, Lachlan Morton. The 19 year old also fared well today, netting a superb seventh at the top of the mist-covered climb and thus highlighting his bright talent.
Monsalve is 21 years of age and therefore also very young. He and Nino were part of a seven man group of riders who were together at the end of the 124.3 kilometre stage, and who pulled clear in the sprint for the line. He was delighted to take those honours.
“I would like to thank the team, the masseurs, the mechanics – everyone has worked really well for me,” he said. “Especially Emanuele Sella, who did a great job on the climb. I want to thank [team manager] Gianni Savio who gave me the confidence. I did everything that he said. I remained on the wheel of Pozzovivo, and in the sprint I played it well with the help of Sella. He [Savio] told me that I can win the race today and we made it.”
Monsalve took the stage and the mountains jersey, while Nino Corredor took the yellow jersey. He returned in September 2009 from a two year ban for EPO and is aiming for a big result in Malaysia before finally retiring from professional-level racing.
“To tell the truth, I am very happy today. I am very happy to lead the Tour de Langkawi and to be in Malaysia. I didn’t know much about the country before I came, and it is even better than what I expected,” he said.
“I am very happy with today and now I hope I will be able to maintain the lead until the end of the Tour. This is my last race at continental level and so I hope for the best…after this I will return to Columbia and race at amateur level.”
Early attackers aiming to open big lead:
Gambling on the GC favourites watching each other rather than thinking of the stage win, six riders went clear just three kilometres after the start in Tapah. Hilton Clarke (United Healthcare), Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano), Benjamin Gourgue (Landbouwkrediet), Gu Jang Kyung (Korea), Sea Keong Loh (Malaysian national team) and Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka) combined together and pulled away from the peloton.
Van Hummel took the first intermediate sprint, with Potgieter taking the remaining two. The Aisan team of race leader Takeaki Ayabe and the Colnago squad of Domenico Pozzovivo were riding behind and so the gap didn’t rise much above three minutes. It had dropped to one minute 50 by the bottom of Genting Highlands, where the slopes soon split both the break and the bunch.
Jang and Gourgue dropped their former breakaway companions and pushed towards the top; Gourgue soon fell back, while Jan was caught and then dropped by French climber Pierre Rolland (Europcar). He was chased by nine riders, namely Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli), Jonnatha Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli), Pozzovivo, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team), Ghader Mizbani and Hozzein Askari (both Tabriz Petrochemical Team), Alex Coutts (Giant Kenda), Amir Zargari, Rahim Emami, Mirsamad Pourseyedi (all Azad University team), Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development team) and Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka).
Rolland raced on past the five kilometres to go point and was joined soon afterwards by Morton, who was riding superbly for a 19 year old. The two rode well together and opened a 20 seconds gap over the Sella-led group, but were caught by the chasers with over two kilometres to go.
Pozzovivo attacked but was brought back; Monsalve was then strongest in sprint for the line, with himself and Nino Corredor opening gaps over the others.
The two will duel for the yellow jersey tomorrow, with several other riders also being close enough to strike. Nino Corredor is riding well and promised he’d do what he could to hold on.
“The remainder of the race is relatively flat. I will count on my team, pay attention to the riders who are close to me on GC. I think I have good form, but I have to pay attention – it is very tight,” he said.
Apart from the GC contenders, those disputing the points jersey will also be sprinting for the primes. Double stage winner Andrea Guardini holds the blue sprinter’s jersey but is actually level on points with Malaysian favourite Anuar Manan. They are set to have a major battle in the five remaining stages.
“Fortunately we have had two stages with breakaways. The riders in the breaks took the points and that gave us two rest days and I managed to recover, get some energy back for the five coming stages,” he said. “These five stages will be very hard for me…I am not talking about the course as it is flat but there are many points up for grabs. There will be many sprints and I will try to retain this lead, mostly with stage finishes. I will also have to ride for intermediate sprints.”
Tomorrow’s sixth stage stretches 106.7 kilometres from Rawang to Putrajaya and features just two fourth category climbs, as well as three intermediate sprints. A bunch sprint is the most likely outcome, but there will be plenty of hard racing along the way in the clashes for the yellow and green jerseys.
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Tour de Langkawi, Malaysia, 2.HC (January 23 – Feb 2):
Stage 5, Tapah to Genting Highlands, January 27:
1, Jonathan Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) 124.3 km 3 hours 33 mins 31 secs
2, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team)
3, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) at 1 secs
4, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) at 3 secs
5, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team)
6, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) at 5 secs
7, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) at 8 secs
8, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 17 secs
9, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at mins 31 secs
10, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) at 33 secs
11, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 42 secs
12, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) at 1 min 4 secs
13, Jose Mendes (CCC Polsat Polkowice) at 1 min 25 secs
14, Alex Coutts (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team)
15, Markus Eibegger (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 1 min 43 secs
16, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) at 1 min 46 secs
17, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team)
18, Kirk Carlsen (Chipotle Development Team) at 2 mins 5 secs
19, Geert Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet) at 2 mins 17 secs
20, Perrig Quemeneur (Team Europcar) at 2 mins 29 secs
21, M. Saufi Mat Senan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 2 mins 35 secs
22, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at 2 mins 38 secs
23, Andrei Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team) at 2 mins 57 secs
24, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) at 3 mins 10 secs
25, Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) at 3 mins 14 secs
26, Ramin Mehrabani Azar (Suren Cycling Team) at 3 mins 24 secs
27, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 3 mins 29 secs
28, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 3 mins 36 secs
29, Gang Xu (Max Success Sports Cycling)
30, Yong Li Ng (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 3 mins 43 secs
31, Sébastian Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet) at 4 mins 6 secs
32, Guillaume Bourgeois (Team Champion System) at 4 mins 12 secs
33, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 4 mins 20 secs
34, Othman M. Adiq (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 4 mins 31 secs
35, Max Jenkins (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 5 mins 13 secs
36, Farshad Salehian (Azad University Cycling Team) at 5 mins 15 secs
37, Luca Barla (Androni Giocattoli) at 6 mins 8 secs
38, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) at 6 mins 19 secs
39, David Pell (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 6 mins 28 secs
40, Puchong Sai-Udomsin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 6 mins 45 secs
41, M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 7 mins 23 secs
42, Manuele Caddeo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 7 mins 32 secs
43, Antonio Santoro (Androni Giocattoli)
44, Hamid Shirisisan (Suren Cycling Team) at 8 mins 18 secs
45, Kin San Wu (Team Champion System) at 8 mins 23 secs
46, Hao Liu (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 8 mins 30 secs
47, Wei Kei Chang (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 8 mins 54 secs
48, Jun Rong Ho (Singapore National Team) at 8 mins 57 secs
49, Guillaume Le Floch (Team Europcar) at 10 mins 21 secs
50, Lukasz Bodnar (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
51, David McCann (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 10 mins 54 secs
52, Deon Locke (Team Champion System) at 10 mins 57 secs
53, Shinichi Fukushima (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 11 mins 15 secs
54, Kenichi Suzuki (Aisan Racing Team)
55, Rusli Amir Mustafa (Malaysia National Team)
56, Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) at 11 mins 23 secs
57, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka)
58, Gianluca Mirenda (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 11 mins 25 secs
59, Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team)
60, Abulfazl Nazari Daghalian (Suren Cycling Team) at 13 mins 47 secs
61, Choon Haut Goh (Singapore National Team) at 13 mins 57 secs
62, Kihong Yoo (Korea National Team) at 14 mins 17 secs
63, Benjamin Gourgue (Landbouwkrediet)
64, James Tennent (MTN Qhubeka) at 14 mins 38 secs
65, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 14 mins 58 secs
66, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team)
67, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
68, Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 15 mins 5 secs
69, Nur Misbah M. Rauf (Malaysia National Team) at 15 mins 58 secs
70, Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 17 mins 5 secs
71, Meysam Ameli (Suren Cycling Team)
72, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) at 17 mins 16 secs
73, Adrian Chuah (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 17 mins 33 secs
74, Zainal Mohd Nur Rizuan (Malaysia National Team) at 18 mins 12 secs
75, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) at 20 mins 31 secs
76, Darren Low (Singapore National Team) at 20 mins 59 secs
77, Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 22 mins 8 secs
78, Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling)
79, David Veilleux (Team Europcar) at 23 mins 34 secs
80, Mohd Harrif Salleh (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 25 mins 30 secs
81, Suhardi Hassan (Malaysia National Team)
82, Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka)
83, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team)
84, Anuar Manan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 25 mins 34 secs
85, Alias Ahmad Fakhrullah (Malaysia National Team) at 25 mins 36 secs
86, Bartlomiej Matysiak (CCC Polsat Polkowice) at 25 mins 55 secs
87, Dene Rogers (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team)
88, Ebrahim Javani (Suren Cycling Team)
89, Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
90, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka)
91, Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 25 mins 57 secs
92, Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet)
93, Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
94, Vahid Ghaffari (Suren Cycling Team)
95, Joeri Stallaert (Landbouwkrediet)
96, Thomas Palmer (Drapac Professional Cycling)
97, Ji Wen Low (Singapore National Team)
98, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team)
99, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
100, Stuart Shaw (Drapac Professional Cycling)
101, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
102, Otavio Bulgarelli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
103, Raymond Kreder (Chipotle Development Team)
104, Matthias Friedemann (Team Champion System)
105, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano)
106, Omar Lombardi (Colnago-CSF Inox)
107, Blazej Janiaczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
108, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
109, Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team)
110, Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Azad University Cycling Team)
111, Rafai Ratajczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
112, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
113, Samuel Witmitz (Le Tua Cycling Team)
114, Alessandro De Marchi (Androni Giocattoli)
115, Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling)
116, Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing Team)
117, Shinpei Fukuda (Aisan Racing Team)
118, Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar)
119, Roberto De Patre (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 26 mins 12 secs
120, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 26 mins 14 secs
121, Mohd Salleh Mohd Razif (Le Tua Cycling Team)
122, André Schulze (CCC Polsat Polkowice) at 27 mins 30 secs
123, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) at 27 mins 58 secs
Proton sprint #1 at Sungkai (km 19.2):
1, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) 5 pts
2, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka) 3
3, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) 2
4, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 1
Proton sprint # 2 at Slim River (km 41.7):
1, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka) 5 pts
2, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) 3
3, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 2
4, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) 1
Proton sprint # 3 at Tanjung Malim (km 62.3):
1, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka) 5 pts
2, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) 3
3, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) 2
4, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 1
KOM (HC) at Genting Highlands:
1, Jonathan Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) 25 pts
2, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) 20
3, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) 16
4, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) 12
5, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) 10
6, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) 8
7, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) 6
8, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) 5
9, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 4
10, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) 3
11, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 2
12, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 1
Asian riders:
1, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) 3 hours 33 mins 32 secs
2, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) at 2 secs
3, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 30 secs
4, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) at 32 secs
5, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 41 secs
6, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) at 1 min 45 secs
7, M. Saufi Mat Senan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 2 mins 34 secs
8, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at 2 mins 37 secs
9, Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) at 3 mins 13 secs
10, Ramin Mehrabani Azar (Suren Cycling Team) at 3 mins 23 secs
Teams:
1, Azad University Cycling Team, 10 hours 42 mins 23 secs
2, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, at 1 min 6 secs
3, Chipotle Development Team, at 2 mins 9 secs
4, Androni Giocattoli, at 4 mins 23 secs
5, Max Success Sports Cycling, at 9 mins 35 secs
6, Team Europcar, at 12 mins 4 secs
7, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 14 mins 53 secs
8, Korea National Team, at 15 mins 38 secs
9, Skil Shimano Cycling Team, at 15 mins 57 secs
10, Landbouwkrediet, at 18 mins 50 secs
11, Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team, at 19 mins 23 secs
12, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 19 mins 26 secs
13, Colnago CSF INOX Pro, at 21 mins 4 secs
14, Team Champion System, at 21 mins 42 secs
15, Suren Cycling Team, at 23 mins 39 secs
16, MTN Qhubeka, at 24 mins 14 secs
17, Drapac Professional Cycling, at 31 mins 17 secs
18, United Healthcare Pro Cycling, at 32 mins 54 secs
19, CCC Polsat Polkowice, at 35 mins 51 secs
20, Aisan Racing Team, at 41 mins 41 secs
21, Singapore National Team, at 42 mins 3 secs
22, Malaysia National Team, at 42 mins 39 secs
23, Farnese Vini - Neri Sotttoli, at 1:1 min 29 secs
Asian teams:
1, Azad University Cycling Team, 10 hours 42 mins 23 secs
2, Max Success Sports Cycling, at 9 mins 35 secs
3, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, at 14 mins 21 secs
4, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 14 mins 53 secs
5, Korea National Team, at 15 mins 38 secs
6, Suren Cycling Team, at 23 mins 39 secs
7, Aisan Racing Team, at 41 mins 41 secs
8, Singapore National Team, at 42 mins 3 secs
9, Malaysia National Team, at 42 mins 39 secs
10, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 45 mins 40 secs
General classification after stage 5:
1, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) 15 hours 59 mins 46 secs
2, Jonathan Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) at 2 secs
3, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) at 19 secs
4, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) at 22 secs
5, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team)
6, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) at 27 secs
7, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 44 secs
8, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 50 secs
9, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) at 52 secs
10, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 53 secs
11, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) at 1 min 23 secs
12, Jose Mendes (CCC Polsat Polkowice) at 1 min 44 secs
13, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) at 1 min 54 secs
14, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team) at 1 min 58 secs
15, Kirk Carlsen (Chipotle Development Team) at 2 mins 21 secs
16, Markus Eibegger (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 2 mins 35 secs
17, Alex Coutts (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 2 mins 37 secs
18, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) at 2 mins 55 secs
19, Perrig Quemeneur (Team Europcar) at 3 mins 28 secs
20, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at 3 mins 30 secs
21, Geert Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet) at 3 mins 48 secs
22, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling)
23, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
24, Gang Xu (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 3 mins 55 secs
25, Andrei Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team) at 3 mins 59 secs
26, Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) at 5 mins 8 secs
27, Ramin Mehrabani Azar (Suren Cycling Team) at 5 mins 15 secs
28, Guillaume Bourgeois (Team Champion System) at 5 mins 58 secs
29, M. Saufi Mat Senan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 6 mins 3 secs
30, Max Jenkins (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
31, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 6 mins 5 secs
32, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) at 6 mins 21 secs
33, Farshad Salehian (Azad University Cycling Team) at 7 mins 9 secs
34, David Pell (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 8 mins 6 secs
35, Sébastian Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet) at 8 mins 13 secs
36, Yong Li Ng (Le Tua Cycling Team)
37, Manuele Caddeo (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 9 mins 0 secs
38, M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 9 mins 13 secs
39, Othman M. Adiq (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 10 mins 12 secs
40, Puchong Sai-Udomsin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 10 mins 13 secs
41, Antonio Santoro (Androni Giocattoli) at 11 mins 3 secs
42, Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team) at 11 mins 42 secs
43, David McCann (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 11 mins 46 secs
44, Kin San Wu (Team Champion System) at 11 mins 51 secs
45, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) at 12 mins 19 secs
46, Hamid Shirisisan (Suren Cycling Team) at 14 mins 0 secs
47, Wei Kei Chang (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 14 mins 55 secs
48, Deon Locke (Team Champion System) at 14 mins 56 secs
49, Kenichi Suzuki (Aisan Racing Team) at 15 mins 4 secs
50, Jun Rong Ho (Singapore National Team) at 16 mins 9 secs
51, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 16 mins 34 secs
52, Hao Liu (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 17 mins 39 secs
53, Kihong Yoo (Korea National Team) at 17 mins 45 secs
54, Abulfazl Nazari Daghalian (Suren Cycling Team) at 19 mins 28 secs
55, Guillaume Le Floch (Team Europcar) at 19 mins 30 secs
56, Rusli Amir Mustafa (Malaysia National Team) at 19 mins 50 secs
57, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team) at 20 mins 15 secs
58, Benjamin Gourgue (Landbouwkrediet) at 20 mins 28 secs
59, Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) at 20 mins 32 secs
60, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) at 20 mins 43 secs
61, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) at 20 mins 54 secs
62, Nur Misbah M. Rauf (Malaysia National Team) at 21 mins 51 secs
63, Luca Barla (Androni Giocattoli) at 22 mins 22 secs
64, Angelo Pagani (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 24 mins 14 secs
65, Gianluca Mirenda (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 24 mins 36 secs
66, Choon Haut Goh (Singapore National Team) at 26 mins 49 secs
67, Lukasz Bodnar (CCC Polsat Polkowice) at 27 mins 30 secs
68, Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 28 mins 17 secs
69, Taiji Nishitani (Aisan Racing Team) at 30 mins 4 secs
70, Raymond Kreder (Chipotle Development Team) at 31 mins 46 secs
71, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) at 31 mins 53 secs
72, Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet) at 31 mins 54 secs
73, Adrian Chuah (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 32 mins 41 secs
74, David Veilleux (Team Europcar) at 32 mins 43 secs
75, Shinichi Fukushima (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 32 mins 50 secs
76, Joeri Stallaert (Landbouwkrediet) at 33 mins 11 secs
77, Anuar Manan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 34 mins 22 secs
78, Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 34 mins 42 secs
79, Meysam Ameli (Suren Cycling Team)
80, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) at 34 mins 45 secs
81, Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 35 mins 0 secs
82, Bartlomiej Matysiak (CCC Polsat Polkowice) at 35 mins 4 secs
83, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 35 mins 6 secs
84, Blazej Janiaczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
85, Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
86, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 35 mins 36 secs
87, Kazuhiro Mori (Aisan Racing Team) at 35 mins 42 secs
88, Zainal Mohd Nur Rizuan (Malaysia National Team) at 35 mins 49 secs
89, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 36 mins 4 secs
90, Vahid Ghaffari (Suren Cycling Team) at 37 mins 8 secs
91, Darren Low (Singapore National Team) at 38 mins 36 secs
92, Stuart Shaw (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 38 mins 49 secs
93, Thomas Palmer (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 39 mins 6 secs
94, Damien Gaudin (Team Europcar)
95, Abbas Saeidi Tanha (Azad University Cycling Team) at 39 mins 8 secs
96, James Tennent (MTN Qhubeka) at 39 mins 37 secs
97, Mohd Harrif Salleh (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) at 43 mins 2 secs
98, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team) at 43 mins 3 secs
99, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 43 mins 6 secs
100, Suhardi Hassan (Malaysia National Team) at 43 mins 7 secs
101, Dene Rogers (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) at 43 mins 32 secs
102, Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
103, Matthias Friedemann (Team Champion System) at 43 mins 34 secs
104, Rafai Ratajczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice)
105, Omar Lombardi (Colnago-CSF Inox)
106, Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
107, Otavio Bulgarelli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli)
108, Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling) at 44 mins 39 secs
109, Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka) at 46 mins 43 secs
110, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) at 47 mins 2 secs
111, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka)
112, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team) at 47 mins 12 secs
113, Ji Wen Low (Singapore National Team)
114, Shinpei Fukuda (Aisan Racing Team)
115, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) at 47 mins 29 secs
116, André Schulze (CCC Polsat Polkowice) at 48 mins 45 secs
117, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) at 49 mins 6 secs
118, Alias Ahmad Fakhrullah (Malaysia National Team) at 49 mins 17 secs
119, Samuel Witmitz (Le Tua Cycling Team)
120, Mohd Salleh Mohd Razif (Le Tua Cycling Team) at 49 mins 33 secs
121, Roberto De Patre (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) at 51 mins 7 secs
122, Alessandro De Marchi (Androni Giocattoli) at 51 mins 26 secs
123, Ebrahim Javani (Suren Cycling Team) at 1:5 mins 48 secs
Points classification:
1, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 51 pts
2, Anuar Manan (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 51
3, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) 35
4, Christoff Van Heerden (MTN Qhubeka) 34
5, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 30
6, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) 28
7, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) 26
8, Jonathan Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) 25
9, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) 23
10, André Schulze (CCC Polsat Polkowice) 22
11, Chan Jae Jang (Korea National Team) 21
12, Mohd Harrif Salleh (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 20
13, Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 19
14, Luca Barla (Androni Giocattoli) 18
15, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) 17
16, Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka) 16
17, Sea Keong Loh (Malaysia National Team) 15
18, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 15
19, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) 14
20, Deon Locke (Team Champion System) 13
21, Bradley Potgieter (MTN Qhubeka) 13
22, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) 13
23, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) 13
24, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) 13
25, Hamid Shirisisan (Suren Cycling Team) 12
26, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) 12
27, Raymond Kreder (Chipotle Development Team) 12
28, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 11
29, Christopher Jones (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 11
30, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) 9
31, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team) 9
32, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) 8
33, Elia Favilli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 7
34, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) 6
35, Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development Team) 6
36, Joeri Stallaert (Landbouwkrediet) 6
37, Rhys Pollock (Drapac Professional Cycling) 6
38, Kirk Carlsen (Chipotle Development Team) 5
39, Jose Mendes (CCC Polsat Polkowice) 5
40, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) 5
41, Andrea Pasqualon (Colnago-CSF Inox) 5
42, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 4
43, Dene Rogers (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) 4
44, Guillaume Bourgeois (Team Champion System) 3
45, Hui Zhang (Max Success Sports Cycling) 3
46, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 3
47, Alireza Haghi (Azad University Cycling Team) 3
48, Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 3
49, Alex Coutts (Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team) 2
50, M. Shahrul Mat Amin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 2
51, Robert Forster (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 2
52, Mohd Salleh Mohd Razif (Le Tua Cycling Team) 2
53, Roberto De Patre (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 2
54, Markus Eibegger (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 1
55, Rafai Ratajczyk (CCC Polsat Polkowice) 1
56, Otavio Bulgarelli (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 1
57, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) 1
58, Samuel Witmitz (Le Tua Cycling Team) 1
Mountains classification:
1, Jonathan Monsalve (Androni Giocattoli) 45 pts
2, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) 35
3, Libardo Nino Corredor (Le Tua Cycling Team) 28
4, Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF Inox) 25
5, Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) 21
6, Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team) 18
7, Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 16
8, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) 16
9, Dennis Van Niekerk (MTN Qhubeka) 14
10, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) 14
11, Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) 10
12, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 10
13, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) 10
14, Emanuele Sella (Androni Giocattoli) 8
15, Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling) 8
16, Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) 6
17, Adi Putera Yusof (Singapore National Team) 6
18, Andrei Krasilnikau (Chipotle Development Team) 4
19, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 4
20, Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) 4
21, Boris Shpilevsky (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 4
22, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) 3
23, Alex Howes (Chipotle Development Team) 3
24, Puchong Sai-Udomsin (Terengganu ProAsia Cycling) 3
25, Othman M. Adiq (Drapac Professional Cycling) 2
26, Guillaume Le Floch (Team Europcar) 2
27, Takeaki Ayabe (Aisan Racing Team) 1
28, Gianluca Mirenda (Farnese Vini-Neri Sotttoli) 1
29, Floris Goesinnen (Drapac Professional Cycling) 1
30, Paolo Locatelli (Colnago-CSF Inox) 1
Asian rider classification:
1, Rahim Emami (Azad University Cycling Team) 16 hours 8 secs
2, Ghader Mizbani (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 28 secs
3, Hyosuk Gong (Korea National Team) at 30 secs
4, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 31 secs
5, Amir Zargari (Azad University Cycling Team) at 1 min 32 secs
6, Mirsamad Pourseyedi G. (Azad University Cycling Team) at 2 mins 33 secs
7, Gu Jang Kyung (Korea National Team) at 3 mins 8 secs
8, Pengda Jiao (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 3 mins 26 secs
9, Gang Xu (Max Success Sports Cycling) at 3 mins 33 secs
10, Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) at 4 mins 46 secs
Teams classification:
1, Azad University Cycling Team, 48 hours 3 mins 33 secs
2, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, at 4 secs
3, Chipotle Development Team, at 32 secs
4, Androni Giocattoli, at 5 mins 55 secs
5, Max Success Sports Cycling, at 9 mins 35 secs
6, Korea National Team, at 17 mins 52 secs
7, Team Europcar, at 20 mins 6 secs
8, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 21 mins 15 secs
9, Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team, at 24 mins 43 secs
10, Skil Shimano Cycling Team, at 24 mins 47 secs
11, Colnago CSF INOX Pro, at 26 mins 23 secs
12, Landbouwkrediet, at 28 mins
13, Team Champion System, at 28 mins 40 secs
14, Suren Cycling Team, at 34 mins 35 secs
15, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 36 mins 51 secs
16, United Healthcare Pro Cycling, at 37 mins 28 secs
17, Aisan Racing Team, at 47 mins 24 secs
18, Drapac Professional Cycling, at 49 mins 3 secs
19, CCC Polsat Polkowice, at 52 mins 3 secs
20, MTN Qhubeka, at 53 mins 3 secs
21, Malaysia National Team, at 1 hours 12 mins 19 secs
22, Singapore National Team, at 1 hours 17 mins 19 secs
23, Farnese Vini - Neri Sotttoli, at 1 hours 30 mins 45 secs
Asian teams classification:
1, Azad University Cycling Team, 48 hours 3 mins 33 secs
2, Max Success Sports Cycling, at 9 mins 35 secs
3, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, at 14 mins 3 secs
4, Korea National Team, at 17 mins 52 secs
5, Terengganu ProAsia Cycling, at 21 mins 15 secs
6, Suren Cycling Team, at 34 mins 35 secs
7, Aisan Racing Team, at 47 mins 24 secs
8, Malaysia National Team, at 1 hours 12 mins 19 secs
9, Singapore National Team, at 1 hours 17 mins 19 secs
10, Le Tua Cycling Team, at 1 hours 26 mins 13 secs