The nature of the stage is pretty basic following 100 or so flattish kilometres of racing, we get to the long hard ascent of this mythical climb up to the holiday resort in Genting.
This year the there is a bit of flat atop the climb before a final drag to the finish adding a different dimension to this stage. We do have a very early sprint that could be another contest between the big three sprinters - though whatever the outcome there Bouygues are the team who will likely try to control the race.
Here is a summery of the GC contenders and where they stand today.
1. Martin
3. Larsson at 17 seconds
4. Peraud at 38 seconds
8. Castano at 54 seconds
9. Ratiy at 54 seconds
10. Iglinski at 57 seconds
12. Kilun at 1 minute
15. Ji at 1 minute and six seconds
16. Serpa at 1 minute and seven seconds
17. Dyachenko at 1 minute and eleven seconds
20. Osella at 1 minute and 20 seconds
28. Alizadeh at 1 minute and 29 seconds
30. Niyonshitu at 1 minute and 31 seconds
32. Soler at 1 minute and 31 seconds
46. Bosisio at 1 minute and 42 seconds
64. Ardila Cano at 2 minutes and 28 seconds
The early sprint chance for the sprinters is denied as three riders nip away.
Hayakawa seems hell bent on making a name for himself and wins the first sprint. Richeze follows him along with Laidler.
This type of break comfortably suits the pack, though two riders Scheit and Priamo try to bridge to the lead three.
Hayakawa nabs the five points up for grabs at the early 4th cat climb.
It moves the Japanese to 11 KoM points in total and up to provisional 4th, Richeze takes second and Laidler third.
The two chasers join the lead three with 80km to go and they move through the two sprint points with the following results.
Sprint 1:
1st Hayakawa, 2nd Richeze, 3rd Priamo
Sprint 2:
1st Priamo, 2nd Scheit, 3rd Richeze
Racing towards the Genting climb JK cycling have problems holding themselves in the pack with Itami, Jang, Choi and Baumann dropped.
Here is the brute.
25km to go and our lead five have just a couple of minutes advantage,
The JK cycling four have been joined by several sprinters.
Manarelli, Guarneiri, Lo Cicero, Zabel, Lorenzetto, Andraito and Manan are the riders who simply wish out and to ride their own tempo.
LukOil and ING are the teams setting the packs tempo.
23km to go: We can see our first foreys as Jiriakov, Meintjes and Soler go on the attack.
LukOil shut this down quickly with Vorontsov doing most of the work.
21.5km left: With the break in view another move by Repsol as Ardila Cano attacks
It's a determined attack by the Colombian who lost time yesterday at the end of the stage.
Jiriakov, Soler and Shikai are trying to follow. They are taking advantage as the LukOil pack get stuck mopping up the break, however they cannot match Ardila Cano who goes lone solo ahead of the rest.
20km to go then and more attacks pour out of the pack.
Alizadeh is now trying to move clear, Sauber and Repsol really active. Kilun, Niyonshitu, Shikai and Osella are also gamely trying.
Race leader Tony Martin is sitting a long way back as the pack is splintering all over the place.
His teammate Roelandts is definitely dropped as the lead peloton is down to just 48 riders.
Are we reaching breaking point here? The big favourite climbers think so as Ji, Serpa, Castano, Iglinski, Alizadeh and Osella push on hard.
Martin is getting marooned in a group that is detached from the leaders here, he is surrounded by second tier climbers like Lewis, Aru so he may have to settle for this.
15.5km to go: Ji has caught Ardila Cano with Serpa, Castano and Iglinski on his wheel. Alizadeh is struggling to hold on behind.
About 45 seconds behind we have a group of 12 riders.
Osella, Soler, Ratiy, Khripta, Bosisio, Niyonshuti, Dyachenko, Larsson, Vorontsov, Jiriakov, Delgado, Kilun with Priedler just off the back.
behind this at another 45 seconds back is.
Alarcon (solo), a struggling Peraud, Rusli, Masuda and Shikai
The yellow jersey group is another minute behind this.
It looks like we have our splits here, the lead five of Ji, Serpa, Castano, Iglinski and Ardila Cano emerge from the tunnel near the top of Genting with 30 seconds on the game Alizadeh and nearly two minutes on the rest.
It looks like a bad day here for Ratiy who should really be living with those ahead, he calls teammate Delgado to help with the chase.
He is leading a group of ten ( Ratiy, Delgado, Soler, Khripta, Niyonshuti, Vorontsov,
= Bososio, Osella, Dyachenko and Larsson).
Kilun and Jiriakov have been dropped with Priedler, actually Kilun seems to be dropping back to help Peraud.
10km to go: Ratiy realises hanging around in his group is proving fruitless and strikes out alone.
9km to go: Up front Ardila Cano begins to struggle paying the price for his early attack.
The gaps here are:
Serpa, Ji, Iglinski, Castano lead
Ardila Cano at 16 seconds
Alizedah at 59 seconds
Ratiy at 1.25
Larsson, Bososio, Osella, Dyachenko, Delgado, Khripta, Vorontsov, Soler and Niyonshuti at 2.20
Kilun, Peraud, Jiriakov, Rusli, Masuda, Prielder at 3.45
Alarcon and Shikai at 4.54
Group Martin at 8.46
last group containing Lo Cicero at 17.51
8km to go: They reach the lip of the climb and Ji just cannot hold.
Relief for him we have stopped the climbing for now so he rejoins.
6.5km left: we are still about 3km from that final climbing section and Ardila Cano is working hard to bridge with Ratiy - Alizadeh just 50 seconds back.
Larsson leads his group but they are over two and a half minutes back now.
Ratiy drops Alizedah as he determinedly pushes on.
3km to go: Ratiy just has not quite bridged.
Ji, Castano, Iglinski, Serpa and Ardila Cano lead
Ratiy at 30 seconds
Alizedah at 45 seconds
group Larsson at 2.51
group Peraud at 4.05.
Onto this last steep section then and with 2km to go Ji and Ardila Cano begin to sag their shoulders.
Ratiy is coming how much will that solo effort hurt him?
1.5km left:
That gap is 20 seconds.
In the front three Castano is at 54 seconds on GC, Iglinski is at 57 seconds and Serpa is at 67 seconds. Castano and Iglinski could take the GC lead without actually beating Serpa but they have to beat each other.
Under the kite and it’s between these three.
Serpa has led out but Castano is now coming round with Iglinski lurking menacingly.
500m left.
Serpa struggles having led out as Castano and Iglinski do battle.
There is the line, Iglinski just hasn’t got it to make a move.
Castano celebrates a fantastic win.
Iglinski is right on his wheel for second, Serpa is distanced in third with Ratiy a tired fourth place.
Ji drops Ardila Cano in the finale with Alizadeh a very brave seventh.
Solar leads the Larsson group home.
Peraud is further back with riders scattered all over the Genting climb.
Tony Martin is left to lead his own group in way back.
A fantastic day of hard racing.
Stage results
Castano can add his name to the legends of winners of Genting. He and Iglinski rode the last section smartly behind Serpa. Ratiy missed the move, who knows what he could have done had he gone with it. Asia has some climbers to cheer though with Ji and this new name Alizadeh. TTers Larsson and Peraud really suffered.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Carlos Castaño
ING Cycling - Project
3h32'45
2
Maxim Iglinski
LukOil-Rostelekom
s.t.
3
José Serpa
Evian-MIAT
+ 29
4
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1'08
5
Jianhua Ji
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 1'37
6
Alex Ardila Cano
Repsol-Cativen
+ 1'53
7
Hossein Alizadeh
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 2'23
8
Mauricio Soler
Repsol-Cativen
+ 4'05
9
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 4'24
10
Marco Osella
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
11
Gabriele Bosisio
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
s.t.
12
Yeison Delgado
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
13
Andriy Khripta
LukOil-Rostelekom
s.t.
14
Denis Vorontsov
LukOil-Rostelekom
s.t.
15
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
16
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
17
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 5'48
18
Dimitri Jiriakov
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
19
Jean-Christophe Peraud
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
20
Nariyuki Masuda
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 6'18
21
Roman Kilun
Oz Cycling Project
+ 6'37
22
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
23
Pablo Andres Alarcon
PFG-Armavia
+ 10'39
24
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Cannondale
s.t.
25
Kin-San Wu
Oz Cycling Project
+ 11'38
26
Nino Schurter
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 11'52
27
Yousef Mirza Banihammad
PFG-Armavia
+ 12'03
28
Chun Kai Feng
PFG-Armavia
s.t.
29
Craig Lewis
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 12'14
30
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
31
Moris Possoni
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 12'46
32
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
33
Danilo Di Luca
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 13'01
34
Vassilis Adamou
PFG-Armavia
s.t.
35
Meiyin Wang
PFG-Armavia
s.t.
36
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 13'45
37
Evgeni Popov
LukOil-Rostelekom
s.t.
38
Michael Rodriguez Galindo
Repsol-Cativen
+ 14'00
39
Fabio Aru
ING Cycling - Project
s.t.
40
Michael Torckler
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
41
Joshua Edmondson
Meiji - Cannondale
s.t.
42
Nicolas Brolin
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
43
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 15'34
44
Simon Gerrans
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
45
Stefano Locatelli
Bouygues Telecom
+ 15'54
46
Blaise Sonnery
Evian-MIAT
+ 16'42
47
Daniel Ricardo Diaz
Evian-MIAT
+ 17'26
48
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 19'15
49
Dennis Van Niekerk
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 19'23
50
Johann Rabie
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 19'32
51
David Garbelli
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 19'40
52
Assan Bazajev
ING Cycling - Project
+ 19'48
53
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 20'01
54
Edward King
ING Cycling - Project
+ 21'09
55
Adrian Laidler
Oz Cycling Project
+ 21'20
56
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
57
Simon Galle
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
58
Giacomo Scarponi
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
59
Ben King
ING Cycling - Project
s.t.
60
Romain Bardet
Evian-MIAT
+ 21'45
61
Stefan Kung
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
62
Hossein Nateghi
Meiji - Cannondale
s.t.
63
Sam Harrison
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
64
Mauro Richeze
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
s.t.
65
Jurgen Roelandts
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
66
Tom David
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 22'29
67
Clément Lhotellerie
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
68
Michael Hepburn
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
70
Aleksandr Bespalov
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 22'52
71
Daniel Schorn
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
72
Marcos Crespo
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
73
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
74
Iban Mayo
Control Team
s.t.
75
Michael Schwarzmann
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
76
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 23'17
77
Luca Ascani
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
s.t.
78
Dylan Groenewegen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
79
Benedikt Mundle
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
80
Josh Atkins
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
81
James Oram
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
82
Daniele Di Nucci
ING Cycling - Project
s.t.
83
Andrea Dal Col
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
s.t.
84
Fernando Briceno
Repsol-Cativen
s.t.
85
Daniel Vesely
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
86
Roberto Ferrari
Repsol-Cativen
s.t.
87
Maxime Daniel
Evian-MIAT
s.t.
88
Joost Van Leijen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
89
Matteo Priamo
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
90
Heiko Redecker
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
91
Pieter Jacobs
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
92
Simone Masciarelli
ING Cycling - Project
s.t.
93
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
94
Karel Hnik
Cisco Cycling Team
s.t.
95
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
96
Taiji Nishitani
Meiji - Cannondale
s.t.
97
Thomas Murray
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
98
Xavier Quevedo
Repsol-Cativen
s.t.
99
Oleksandr Lobov
LukOil-Rostelekom
s.t.
100
Simon Yates
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
s.t.
101
Hugues Mottin
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
102
Aleksei Bauer
LukOil-Rostelekom
s.t.
103
Haimar Zubeldia
Control Team
s.t.
104
Nacer Bouhanni
Meiji - Cannondale
s.t.
105
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
s.t.
106
Wouter Weylandt
Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
107
Francisco Mancebo
Control Team
s.t.
108
Adrien Petit
Evian-MIAT
s.t.
109
Victor Shishelov
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 25'32
110
Suk-Young Choi
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 25'53
111
Gyung Gu Jang
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
s.t.
112
Tom Scully
Oz Cycling Project
+ 26'22
113
Ralf Matzka
PFG-Armavia
+ 28'33
114
Sonomtseren Delgerbayar
Oz Cycling Project
s.t.
115
Angel Vicioso
Control Team
+ 28'47
116
Oscar Freire
Control Team
s.t.
117
Kenji Itami
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 29'27
118
Mirko Lorenzetto
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
119
Jacopo Guarnieri
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 29'42
120
Eric Baumann
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 31'36
121
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
122
Ivano Lo Cicero
PFG-Armavia
s.t.
123
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Evian-MIAT
s.t.
124
Anuar Manan
Meiji - Cannondale
s.t.
125
Rafael Andriato
Repsol-Cativen
s.t.
GC
This was always looking likely to be the decisive day with the time trial gaps paling into insignificance towards the top of the standings. Larsson remains in the top 10, Peraud who really struggled is down to 17th. Tony Martin meanwhile is well down in 24th, Bouygues have had a sobering day on Genting for sure.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Carlos Castaño
ING Cycling - Project
21h14'49
2
Maxim Iglinski
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 11
3
José Serpa
Evian-MIAT
+ 54
4
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 1'28
5
Jianhua Ji
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 2'09
6
Hossein Alizadeh
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 3'18
7
Alex Ardila Cano
Repsol-Cativen
+ 4'00
8
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 4'07
9
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 5'01
10
Mauricio Soler
Repsol-Cativen
+ 5'02
11
Marco Osella
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 5'10
12
Yeison Delgado
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 5'11
13
Denis Vorontsov
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 5'15
14
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 5'21
15
Gabriele Bosisio
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 5'32
16
Andriy Khripta
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 5'34
17
Jean-Christophe Peraud
Oz Cycling Project
+ 5'52
18
Amir Mustafa Rusli
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 6'46
19
Roman Kilun
Oz Cycling Project
+ 7'03
20
Nariyuki Masuda
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 7'15
21
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 7'57
22
Dimitri Jiriakov
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 8'02
23
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 11'06
24
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 11'40
25
Craig Lewis
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 12'43
26
Kin-San Wu
Oz Cycling Project
+ 12'44
27
Nino Schurter
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 12'52
28
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 13'37
29
Moris Possoni
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 13'50
30
Danilo Di Luca
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 13'53
31
Evgeni Popov
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 14'50
32
Pablo Andres Alarcon
PFG-Armavia
+ 14'56
33
Michael Rodriguez Galindo
Repsol-Cativen
s.t.
34
Joshua Edmondson
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 15'00
35
Michael Torckler
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 15'01
36
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 15'03
37
Fabio Aru
ING Cycling - Project
+ 15'26
38
Yousef Mirza Banihammad
PFG-Armavia
+ 16'16
39
Simon Gerrans
Oz Cycling Project
+ 16'34
40
Chun Kai Feng
PFG-Armavia
s.t.
41
Vassilis Adamou
PFG-Armavia
+ 16'58
42
Stefano Locatelli
Bouygues Telecom
+ 17'12
43
Meiyin Wang
PFG-Armavia
+ 17'31
44
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 18'04
45
Nicolas Brolin
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 18'17
46
Blaise Sonnery
Evian-MIAT
+ 19'22
47
Daniel Ricardo Diaz
Evian-MIAT
+ 19'42
48
Johann Rabie
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 19'51
49
Assan Bazajev
ING Cycling - Project
+ 19'59
50
David Garbelli
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 20'06
51
Jurgen Roelandts
Bouygues Telecom
+ 21'13
52
Dennis Van Niekerk
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 21'49
53
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 22'08
54
Ben King
ING Cycling - Project
+ 22'13
55
Edward King
ING Cycling - Project
+ 22'26
56
Simon Galle
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 22'35
57
Hossein Nateghi
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 22'43
58
Stefan Kung
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 22'48
59
Tom David
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 23'20
60
Luca Ascani
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 23'24
61
Daniel Schorn
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 23'35
62
Matteo Priamo
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 23'50
63
Adam Petrie-Armstrong
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 24'15
64
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 24'21
65
Taiji Nishitani
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 24'24
66
Adrien Petit
Evian-MIAT
s.t.
67
Thomas Murray
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 24'35
68
Mauro Richeze
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 24'39
69
Marcos Crespo
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 24'41
70
Romain Bardet
Evian-MIAT
s.t.
71
Aleksandr Bespalov
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 24'42
72
Daniel Vesely
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 24'46
73
Clément Lhotellerie
Bouygues Telecom
+ 24'49
74
Nacer Bouhanni
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 24'57
75
Adrian Laidler
Oz Cycling Project
+ 25'04
76
Simone Masciarelli
ING Cycling - Project
+ 25'08
77
Phan Age Haugard
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 25'11
78
Simon Yates
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 25'26
79
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 25'35
80
Sam Harrison
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 25'57
81
Giacomo Scarponi
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 26'15
82
Wouter Weylandt
Bouygues Telecom
+ 26'16
83
Oleksandr Lobov
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 26'23
84
Daniele Di Nucci
ING Cycling - Project
+ 26'24
85
Michael Hepburn
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 26'40
86
Hugues Mottin
Bouygues Telecom
+ 26'42
87
Pieter Jacobs
Bouygues Telecom
+ 27'21
88
Michael Schwarzmann
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
s.t.
89
Andrea Dal Col
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 27'24
90
Fernando Briceno
Repsol-Cativen
+ 27'28
91
James Oram
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 27'31
92
Tom Scully
Oz Cycling Project
+ 27'36
93
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 27'38
94
Xavier Quevedo
Repsol-Cativen
+ 27'48
95
Dylan Groenewegen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 27'49
96
Roberto Ferrari
Repsol-Cativen
+ 27'56
97
Heiko Redecker
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 28'03
98
Victor Shishelov
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 28'14
99
Karel Hnik
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 28'32
100
Maxime Daniel
Evian-MIAT
+ 29'43
101
Aleksei Bauer
LukOil-Rostelekom
+ 29'52
102
Mirko Lorenzetto
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 30'14
103
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 30'27
104
Jacopo Guarnieri
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
+ 31'06
105
Josh Atkins
Cisco Cycling Team
+ 31'13
106
Benedikt Mundle
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 31'33
107
Sonomtseren Delgerbayar
Oz Cycling Project
+ 32'46
108
Joost Van Leijen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
+ 32'49
109
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 32'53
110
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 33'14
111
Ralf Matzka
PFG-Armavia
+ 33'32
112
Eric Baumann
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 34'09
113
Gyung Gu Jang
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 34'23
114
Suk-Young Choi
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 34'41
115
Ivano Lo Cicero
PFG-Armavia
+ 35'49
116
Rafael Andriato
Repsol-Cativen
+ 36'00
117
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Evian-MIAT
+ 36'36
118
Anuar Manan
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 36'41
119
Kenji Itami
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
+ 39'56
120
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
+ 1h01'47
121
Iban Mayo
Control Team
+ 1h07'30
122
Francisco Mancebo
Control Team
+ 1h07'51
123
Angel Vicioso
Control Team
+ 1h11'48
124
Haimar Zubeldia
Control Team
+ 1h13'14
125
Oscar Freire
Control Team
+ 1h14'00
Points
The big news today is all the riders made it, the big sprinters forming a nice gruppeto and slogging their way up it.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Jurgen Roelandts
Bouygues Telecom
0
99
2
Assan Bazajev
ING Cycling - Project
0
64
3
Jacopo Guarnieri
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
0
58
4
Tony Martin
Bouygues Telecom
0
45
5
Ivano Lo Cicero
PFG-Armavia
0
45
6
Mirko Lorenzetto
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
0
42
7
Carlos Castaño
ING Cycling - Project
25
41
8
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
12
36
9
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Evian-MIAT
0
29
10
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
0
25
11
Rick Zabel
VolksWagen-Mapei
0
24
12
Maxim Iglinski
LukOil-Rostelekom
20
23
13
Rafael Andriato
Repsol-Cativen
0
22
14
Michael Torckler
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
0
21
15
Eric Baumann
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
0
21
16
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
14
20
17
Marcos Crespo
Vattenfall Cycling
0
20
18
Anuar Manan
Meiji - Cannondale
0
20
KoM
Iglinski honoured the king of the mountains and his new team leadership role with a fine performance only just edged out by the experienced Castano
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Maxim Iglinski
LukOil-Rostelekom
14
30
2
Carlos Castaño
ING Cycling - Project
20
24
3
Benedikt Mundle
Sauber Petronas Racing
0
14
4
José Serpa
Evian-MIAT
12
12
5
Dimitri Jiriakov
Sauber Petronas Racing
0
12
6
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
5
11
7
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
10
10
8
Maxime Daniel
Evian-MIAT
0
10
9
Jianhua Ji
Meiji - Cannondale
8
8
10
Alex Ardila Cano
Repsol-Cativen
6
6
11
Chun Kai Feng
PFG-Armavia
0
6
12
Josh Atkins
Cisco Cycling Team
0
6
13
Joost Van Leijen
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
0
6
14
Hossein Alizadeh
Sauber Petronas Racing
5
5
15
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
0
5
16
Mauricio Soler
Repsol-Cativen
4
4
17
Clément Lhotellerie
Bouygues Telecom
0
4
18
Aleksandr Dyachenko
Cisco Cycling Team
3
3
19
Mauro Richeze
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
3
3
20
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
0
3
21
David Garbelli
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
0
2
22
Marco Osella
Cisco Cycling Team
2
2
23
Simone Masciarelli
ING Cycling - Project
0
2
24
Hugues Mottin
Bouygues Telecom
0
2
25
Gabriele Bosisio
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
1
1
26
Adrian Laidler
Oz Cycling Project
1
1
27
Gyung Gu Jang
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
0
1
Youth
Ratiy really should have been with the big leaders, but battled hard eventually overhaulling Alizadeh in the battle up Genting. Preidler proves best of the rest riding ahead of Shikai. Further down a number of Armavia youngsters did okay, you'd have to question them dropping back yesterday.
Name
Team
General Time
Vadim Ratiy
VolksWagen-Mapei
21h16'17 (1)
Hossein Alizadeh
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 1'50 (2)
Georg Preidler
VolksWagen-Mapei
+ 6'29 (3)
Chen Shikai
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 9'38 (4)
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 12'09 (5)
Pablo Andres Alarcon
PFG-Armavia
+ 13'28 (6)
Michael Rodriguez Galindo
Repsol-Cativen
+ 13'28 (7)
Joshua Edmondson
Meiji - Cannondale
+ 13'32 (8)
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 13'35 (9)
Fabio Aru
ING Cycling - Project
+ 13'58 (10)
Yousef Mirza Banihammad
PFG-Armavia
+ 14'48 (11)
Chun Kai Feng
PFG-Armavia
+ 15'06 (12)
Vassilis Adamou
PFG-Armavia
+ 15'30 (13)
Stefano Locatelli
Bouygues Telecom
+ 15'44 (14)
Meiyin Wang
PFG-Armavia
+ 16'03 (15)
Aaron Gate
Team Cadbury - Schweppes
+ 16'36 (16)
Daniel Ricardo Diaz
Evian-MIAT
+ 18'14 (17)
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 20'40 (18)
Ben King
ING Cycling - Project
+ 20'45 (19)
Stefan Kung
Sauber Petronas Racing
+ 21'20 (20)
Teams
LukOil have been really determined over the last couple of days to make their mark and indeed they have here with a strong climbing performance. VolksWagen had numbers but will be disappointed there was no controlling the big move, Sauber were really impressive.
