February 11/06 8:34 am - Tour de Langkawi: Stage 9

Posted by Editoress on 02/11/06
 

Tour de Langkawi Malaysia

Courtesy Team Navigators Insurance

Today's 16.2-Km individual time trial was the last chance for any of the GC contenders to improve their position, in this surprise-laden 2006 race. With all of the mountains behind them, the riders took to the pan-flat course in hopes of upsetting the leader board and putting their mark on the event. With only 23-seconds separating 2nd through 5th places, the pressure was hot.

Navigators' new recruit Bernard Van Ulden came close with another stellar ride, just missing the podium by a scant 5-seconds after spending an hour at the top of the leader board as the early best-time. As expected, at day's end the top positions were taken by time trial specialists, with the winner, Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), the only rider to go under 20-minutes. In the GC race, Navigators' Cesar Grajales improved his position by one spot to move up into 4th Overall. Teammate Mark Walters also improved his position by one spot, putting him in 12th in the Overall standings.

Tomorrow's 56-Km final stage in Kuala Lumpur shouldn't see any changes in the classifications, but, with all of the surprises that have occurred in the past 9-days, anything can happen.

Stage 9: Melaka ITT, 16.2km

1. Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare, 19:39.96
2. David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia, at 0:32.77
3. Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom, 0:36.94
4. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance, 0:41.70
5. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud, 0:42.15
6. Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole, 0:50.10
7. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole, 0:50.25
8. Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 0:53.44
9. Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain, 0:54.11
10. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole, 0:59.86

11. Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance, 1:01.43
13. Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole, 1:09.55
20. Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance, 1:28.17
40. Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance, 2:06.90
64. Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance, 2:34.43
66. Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance, 2:43.22

GC

1. David George (RSA) South Africa, 26:43:55
2. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole, at 1:52
3. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 1:56
4. Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators Insurance, 2:31
5. Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 3:11
6. Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 4:20
7. Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam, 4:41
8. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom, 4:46
9. Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling:Co:Uk, 4:57
10. Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole, 5:15

11. Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole, 7:41
12. Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance, 8:30
78. Burke Swindlehurst (USA) Navigators Insurance, 50:27
91. Shawn Milne (USA) Navigators Insurance, 58:48
93. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance, 1:00:52
104. Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance, 1:16:49

Points GC

1. Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof Akud, 77 pts
2. Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 51
3. David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia, 46
4. Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 46
5. Samuele Marzoli (Ita) LPR, 46

Mountains GC

1. David George (RSA) South Africa, 37 pts
2. Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa, 35
3. Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam, 30
4. David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia, 28
5. Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 25

Team GC

Selle Italia Diquigiovanni, 80:21:01
2. Credit Agricole, at 2:46
3. South Africa, 12:32
4. Recyling:Co:Uk, 33:01
5. Bouygues Telecom, 37:06
6. Relax-Gam, 39:57
7. Giant-Asia, 40:02
8. Navigators Insurance, 47:00
9. LPR, 56:14
10. Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, 1:04:39
11. Japan, 1:04:49
12. Ceramica Panaria-Navigare, 1:12:18
13. Ag2r Prevoyance, 1:13:24
14. Wiesenhof Akud, 1:21:27
15. Malaysia, 1:22:44
16. Great Britain, 1:29:41
17. Wismilak, 1:30:26
18. Equipe Asia, 1:38:06
19. Yawadoo Colba-Abm, 2:10:06
20. Casino Filipino, 2:22:50