Last final stage result
Thanks Jono L. them Chinese mutulated it to this nick.
19.09.2010
2010 Tour of China - “Vanke” Tianjin Circuit Race 85km
On the day when Aaron Kemps (Fly V Australia) won the seventh and final stage in Tianjin, his points for finishing first was enough to place in the blue points jersey. It was Germany’s Dirk Muller, (Nutrition Sparkasse) who emerged as the hero of the day when he won the overall general classification of the Tour of China 2010. Muller has worn the yellow jersey for seven of the eight day race. Stage winner Aaron Kemps’s average speed was a rapid 48.548km/h (30m/h).
The Tianjin Circuit Race started at eleven o’clock this morning, the weather was sunny and not too hot. The course started on Haihe port and finished adjacent to the main train station, beside the river. There were countless landmarks along the 9 laps flat city circuit including a 100 yrs old steel bridge designed by the same man that designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The riders completed 85km for today’s stage.
The gap between Dirk Muller and David Tanner is 34 seconds; there should be no problem that Muller kept the yellow jersey. Fly V Australia team manager Hank Vogels said “Tanner will fight for yellow jersey until the last second, there is always something unpredictable like crash or puncture, we will never give up”.
The yellow jersey leader Dirk Muller said “Today the course have to pass through the tunnels and bridges which was quite dangerous, the team worked really well and our aim was just to protect the yellow jersey.”
From the first lap there was 4 man breakaway, the time advantages once reached nearly 30 seconds. German Nutrition Sparkasse maintained their control of the peloton and kept a close watch over the nearly challengers-David Tanner. At the 2km mark, the peloton caught the breakaway group which ended with a massive sprint. Aaron Kemps won the stage in a time of 1:45:03. Rico Rogers, (Giant Asia Racing) was 2nd place in a photo finish, the 38 yrs Tour de France veteran Leon Van Bon finishing a 3rd place which is his first time on podium during the Tour of China. The best ranked Asian rider is Hossein Askari, (Tabriz Petrochemical) 5th in GC, Kun Jiang, (China National) retained his Greater China jersey 8th in GC. King Wai Cheung, (Hong Kong) kept the polka-dot jersey.
Stage winner Aaron Kemps said, “It is my 3rd stage win this year, David Tanner’s lead out to 150m in front of finish line, then I launched my sprint rocket; our team is very happy with a stage win.
Hong Kong team leader Kam Po, Wong 11th in GC expressed his opinion about the Tour of China, “This year the course was mainly ridden on flat road and the distance is not long enough which was suited for the big guys from Europe. If possible, there should be more mountain stages and extended distance next year”.
The 37 yrs yellow jersey leader Muller said “I am very lucky during the Tour of China, there was no puncture nor crash happened to me, I have five yellow jerseys from other races, but the yellow from the Tour of China is definitely my favorite. The team worked really well during the Tour especially Sergej Fuchs who has done a brilliant job for me.”
King Wai Cheung 25 yrs, (Hong Kong) said “I am very happy with the King of the Mountain title, it is my dream to take part in the Tour of China but for me to win a jersey is really an exceptional experience”. Interestingly, Cheung is known for his sprinting instead of his climbing; Cheung took gold medal in 40km man points race in Doha Asia Sports Games.
The German Team Nutrition Sparkasse celebrated their performance in the Tour of China 2010 where apart from confirming their win of the yellow jersey through Dirk Muller, they also emerged as the best ranked overall team in the general classification.
Charlie Issendorf, vice president of sales and marketing of Champion System professional bike wear, he said "Champion System runs an international bike wear market, we based in China and made in China", so China is Champion System's foundation". Within these years, Champion System is very eager to sponsor cycling races, "it is the best way to promote brand awareness and publicity, I believe Tour of China could be one of worldwide top five cycling event within 5 years," added Charlie Issendorf.
Tianjin is a metropolis in Northeastern China and one of the five national central cities. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is thus under direct administration of the central government, and borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea.
A cycling race is more than just about which rider will emerge at the top of the General Classification and the Tour of China has not hide the fact the importance in finding the balance between sports and tourism as the peloton traverse the more than 2,098km from west to east.
Tonight there were a grand closing ceremony for the first edition Tour of China, we wish the Tour to be an annual cycling festival and improve infrastructure for the Provinces where ever the Tour might visit....
09/19 11:00 /Stage:7/Tianjin Circuit Race)/Distance:85 Km/Average :48.548 Km/h/Time Limit: 1:51:21
1 83 AUS19830910 KEMPS,Aaron FlyV 1:45:03 -13/-- --
2 124 NZL19780425 Rogers RICO GNT -- -9/-- --
3 141 NED19720128 VAN BON,Leon MPC -- -4/-- --
4 1 GER19781019 RADOCHLA,Steffen TSP -- -- --
5 82 AUS19840930 TANNER,David VAU -- -- --
6 106 THA19880323 Sai-udomsin,PHUCHONG GGA -- -- --
7 71 USA19890213 SUMMERHILL,Daniel USA -- -- --
8 35 EST19690717 KIRSIPUU,Jaan CKT -- -- --
9 6 GER19870221 FUCHS,Sergej TSP -- -- --
10 122 KGZ19740418 WACKER Eugen GNT -- -- --
11 116 INA19891126 Rastra DINAWAN,Patria PSN -- -- --
12 51 MGL19850617 TUGULDUR Tuulkhangai MGL -- -- --
13 11 DEN19780112 NIELSEN,Jacob GLU -- -- --
14 93 IRI19880124 ALIZADEH Hossein TPT -- -- --
15 13 DEN19870224 VINTHER Troels Rønning GLU -- -- --
16 55 MGL19890324 KHANGARID Naran MGL -- -- --
17 105 KOR19891028 KWON Jun Oh GGA -- -- --
18 131 HKG19730313 WONG Kam Po HKG -- -- --
19 61 NED19760520 CUPPENS,Tjarco FET -- -- --
20 22 NOR19870319 RAKE,Christer TJB -- -4/-- --
21 155 CHN19881026 **** Xiaoyong TYD -- -- --
22 121 IRL19730317 MCCANN David GNT -- -3/-- --
23 44 UKR19900818 KARNULIN DENYS UKR -- -- --
24 94 IRI19890206 Khosroshahi,Behnam KHALKH TPT -- -- --
25 12 DEN19840823 JØRGENSEN,Kasper Linde GLU -- -- --
26 135 HKG19880226 KWOK Ho Ting HKG -- -- --
27 3 GER19730804 MULLER,Dirk TSP -- -- --
28 113 INA19850207 JAYA,Herwin PSN -- -- --
29 176 CHN19890715 ZHANG Wenlong CHN -- -- --
30 42 UKR19890127 TOPCHANYUK ARTEM UKR -- -- --
31 174 CHN19850101 MA Haijun CHN -- -- --
32 92 IRI19750323 ASKARI Hossein TPT -- -- --
33 41 UKR19800913 SHEYDYK OLEKSANDR UKR -- -- --
34 175 CHN19820201 JI Xitao CHN -- -- --
35 101 JPN19801002 Takeshi Igarashi GGA -- -- --
36 164 CHN19881107 LIU Hao MSS -- -- --
37 125 THA19811119 MAHAWONG Prajak GNT -- -- --
38 132 HKG19910208 CHEUNG King Lok HKG -- -- --
39 31 SUI19720102 BEUCHAT,Roger CKT -- -- --
40 33 GER19871216 BURKHARDT,Holger CKT -- -- --
41 21 NOR19820604 REMME,Stian TJB -- -- --
42 54 MGL19880515 ULZIIBAATAR Jamsran MGL -- -- --
Last
97 86 RSA19860412 THOMSON,Jay FlyV1:46:02 -- +59
Did Not Finish/...
-- 53 MGL19880908 OCHIRBAATAR Tumurbaatar MGL -- -- --
General Classification 2010:
1 Dirk MÜLLER TSP (GER) 15:15:42 (Campeon)
2 David TANNER FlyV a "34
3 Daniel SUMMERHILL USA a "41
4 Hossein ASKARI TPT 46
5 Sergej FUCHS TSP 47
6 Christer RAKE (Team Joker Bianchi) 49
7 Troels Ronning VINTHER GLU 50
8 Kun JIANG CHN 50
9 Haijun MA CHN 52
10 David MCCANN GNT 53
Numbers Tour of China:
..../Started: 98
..../Ranked: 97
.../Out of Time Limits: 0
.../Did Not Start: 0
.../Did Not Finish: 1
..../Disqualified: 0
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