April 21/09 16:43 pm - Tour of Malaysia: Stage 3, Routley 4th on Stage, moves to top 10
Posted by Editoress on 04/21/09
Stage 3 was the first day with some climbing. With an average speed for the first 2 days at just under 43km/h, fatigue and heat were expected to play into the day.
Will Routley (Jelly Belly) said a dangerous break got away with maybe 2 or 3 of the best climbers in it so the team (Jelly Belly) had to come to the front and set tempo to bring it back. It came down to a sprint and Will got a lead out from Matty Rice who dropped him of at 300m to go. Will did some 'smashing and crashing' with the Iranian (Sohrabi), the green jersey holder, for a 4th on the day. No bonus time for 4th, but a move up for Will into 10th in the overall.
Report courtesy Tony Routley
| Stage 3: Gerik to Tanah Merah, 172.7 km | |
| 1 Hossein Nateghi (Iri) Azad University | 4:05:30 |
| 2 Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team | |
| 3 Mehdi Sohrabi (Iri) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | |
| 4 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | |
| 5 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
| 6 Mohd. Saufi Mat Senan (Mas) Terengganu Toshiba Bike | |
| 7 Deon Locke (Aus) Ride Sport Racing | |
| 8 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | |
| 9 Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweetnice Team | |
| 10 David Pell (Aus) Savings & Loan Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 37 Kel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 0:13 |
| 64 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 12:24 |
| 116 Charles Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 26:24 |
| GC | |
| 1 Mehdi Sohrabi (Iri) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 12:41:43 |
| 2 Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Doha Team | at 0:15 |
| 3 Abbas Saeiditanha (Iri) Azad University | 0:19 |
| 4 Jai Crawford (Aus) Savings & Loan Cycling Team | 0:21 |
| 5 David Mccann (Irl) Ride Sport Racing | 0:23 |
| 6 James Spragg (GBr) Trek Marco Polo Cycling Team | 0:24 |
| 7 Hossein Askari (Iri) Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 0:24 |
| 8 Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Shimano Racing Team | 0:25 |
| 9 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Ride Sport Racing | 0:25 |
| 10 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 0:25 |
| 45 Kel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 17:05 |
| 117 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 50:28 |
| 118 Charles Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 1:04:28 |
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