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Mehdi Sohrabi (Tabriz Petrochemical) won the ferocious bunch sprint to head off Ruslan Tleubayev (Kazakhstan National Team) and the Green jersey winner, Boris Shpilevskiy (Russian National Team) coming in third position.
How it unfolded - Punchy Sohrabi has final say
The win capped off the Iranian domination of the Tour with their team-mate Hossein Askari (Tabriz-Petrochemical) winning the overall honors at the Tour of Qinghai Lake (why don't these guys ever race in Europe? - ed). He was proud to be clad in the resplendent yellow jersey for his Tabriz team. The Croatian National Champion, Radoslav Rogina (Loborika) was second 44 seconds behind Askari. Jelly Belly p/b Kenda's Kiel Reijnen moved back up to third position with an outstanding ride winning two intermediate sprints to claim valuable bonus seconds to get back past Mitja Mahoric (Slovenian National Team).
Sprint king Boris Shpilevskiy in the Green Jersey on the final day in Xining city
More than 50,000 people turned out to watch the final stage of the Qinghai Lake Tour held in the town centre of Xining. Racing was fast and furious from the gun – averaging close to 50km/h. Numerous breakaway attempts were reeled in by the Tabriz Petrochemical Team who patrolled on the front. It was not till after the halfway mark of the 66km event, that a breakaway of five consisting of Joe Cooper (Subway-Avanti), Jiang Kun (Chinese National Team), Thomas Rabou (Team Type 1) Vitaliy Kondrut (ISD-Neri) and Gregor Gazvoda (KTM-Gebruder Weiss). Their ambitious attempt was thwarted by a hard charging peloton, led by the Tabriz Petrochemical Team, that was interested in a bunch finish. The speed in the last few laps was over 50km/h and provided the local Xining residents with some blurry action.
TT1 founds their legs and started blurring our camera with their speed!
"TPT worked very hard to bring back the break in the closing stages of the race and then we left it to the Russians and Amore & Vita to put together the leadout trains in the last lap. It worked well for us that the Amore & Vita train went a little early… Shpilevskiy was behind them and then our guy" said Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical), "Askari surprised the Amore & Vita guys by doing an early lead out at 500m to go and this made it all lined up and good for our sprinter in the last 200m."
China National team (red and yellow) rode a very agressive race
Erler also said "it was a strange race initially as the Croatian team wanted to slip the bunch at the mid-stage as they thought the Yellow jersey was out the back. So I led Askari back up to the front to show them that Yellow was still in the bunch."
Subway-Avanti's Joe Cooper on the breakaway:
"I saw it forming up the road, a couple of guys already away – then I was like I gotta be there just to give myself a chance of a result. I just picked my moment and jumped across – I took someone with me and we took two straights to get across. We started working for the 2.5 laps we were away for. It was hard work, it was on the rivet from the word go – full gas" he said. "Once we were caught, I had nothing left and just cruised to the finish line."
Subway Avanti's Joe Cooper suffering but making up ground
The Tabriz Petrochemical Team Manager was extremely proud of his team for taking the overall win, the Best Asian rider and the best Mountain climber. "Our team is about team-work and the Yellow jersey was our main focus and the win today by Mehdi was a pleasant bonus," he said. "We are extremely happy with our achievements this year." The Tabriz team is looking to go to France in August for some racing and then return for the Tour de China in October.
Askari (TPT) surprises the bunch and even takes the final sprint
The world's highest, and probably toughest, epic stage race has now come to an end with the riders completing almost 1,200kms over the nine days at an average elevation of over 3,000m. Riders and spectators were treated to some fantastic scenery and hospitality along the way as you can see from the numerous photographs displayed here on cyclingnewsasia.
The final jerseys (l-r): Hossein Askari (Yellow Jersey - TPT), Ghader Mizbani (Mountains - TPT), Boris Shpilevskiy (Sprint - Russia)
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note: The truck that was transporting the bikes from Stage eight back to the base broke down in the middle of the mountains and had many riders worried about not starting the final stage - the truck finally rolled in at around mid-night amidst cheers from the mechanics and team managers who had stayed up waiting for the arrival of the bikes. They then had to service the bikes for the last stage!
Final Stage Results
名次 号码 编码 姓名 队名 成绩 奖/罚 差距 赛段个人成绩/
Bib Num. Rank Bib UCI UCICode Name Team Time B/P Diff. Individual Result For Stage
- 4 IRI19811012 SOHRABI,MEHDI TPT 1:17:51 -10/-- --
- 75 KAZ19870307 TLEUBAYEV RUSLAN KAZ -- -8/-- --
- 117 RUS19820820 SHPILEVSKIY BORIS RUS -- -4/-- --
- 96 CHN19831024 JIN,LONG SKS -- -- --
- 166 UKR19861024 BUTS VITALIY UKR -- -- --
- 42 HKG19880226 KWOK,HO TING HKG -- -- --
- 66 ITA19860605 DE NEGRI PIER PAOLO ISD -- -- --
- 127 SLO19780220 STARE MATEJ SLO -- -- --
- 4 UKR19820313 KOSTYUK DENYS ISD -- -- --
- 181 USA19870115 DUGAN,WILLIAM TT1 -- -- --
- 151 UKR19760104 METLUSHENKO YURIY AMO -- -- --
- 84 NED19850309 DE JONGE,MAARTEN CJP -- -- --
- 182 NED19850504 VERSCHOOR MARTIJN TT1 -- -- --
- 21 CRO19790303 ROGINA RADOSLAV LOB -- -- --
- 131 SRB19830325 DER ZSOLT ZAN -- -- --
- 54 CZE19880826 KRATOCHVILA JAKUB KTM -- -- --
- 162 UKR19870829 VASYLYUK ANDRIY UKR -- -- --
- 204 CHN19881026 DONG XIAOYONG TYD -- -- --
- 197 CHN19870613 YU SHIJIE CHN -- -- --
- 196 CHN19831027 TU YUE CHN -- -- --
- 164 UKR19850103 GOMENUK VOLODYMYR UKR -- -- --
- 62 UKR19850403 KRIVTSOV DMYTRIY ISD -- -- --
- 71 KAZ19840512 IGLINSKIY VALENTIN KAZ -- -- --
- 124 SLO19840301 KERKEZ VLADIMIR SLO -- -- --
- 87 NED19900420 POSTHUMA,JELLE CJP -- -- --
- 7 IRI19880124 ALIEADEH,HOSSEIN TPT -- -- --
- 132 SRB19850124 HASANOVIC ESAD ZAN -- -- --
- 156 UKR19790206 BILEKA VOLODYMYR AMO -- -- --
- 192 CHN19891213 JIANG KUN CHN -- -3/-- --
- 193 CHN19860213 JIAO PENGDA CHN -- -- --
- 85 NED19870704 DE BEER,PIM CJP -- -- --
- 175 USA19860601 REIJNEN KIEL JBC -- -6/-- --
- 65 AUS19860718 CLARKE SIMON ISD -- -- --
- 125 SLO19760512 MAHORIC MITJA SLO -- -1/-- --
- 25 CRO19841208 BLAŽEVIC DARKO LOB -- -- --
- 144 IRI19850919 BARATI RASOUL GNT -- -- --
- 1 KAZ19730316 MIZOROV,ANDREY TPT -- -- --
- 141 IRL19730317 MCCANN DAVID GNT -- -- --
- 176 USA19861104 MAZICH SEAN JBC -- -2/-- --
- 187 ITA19780806 FRATTINI,DAVIDE TT1 -- -- --
- 142 KGZ19740418 WACKER EUGEN GNT -- -- --
- 106 NZL19890327 WILLIAMSON JAMES SWA -- -- --
- 22 CRO19800615 DANCULOVIC TOMISLAV LOB -- -- --
- 95 CHN19870115 JI,CHENG SKS -- -- --
- 72 KAZ19870226 SHUSHEMOIN ALEXANDR KAZ -- -- --
- 77 KAZ19831215 SLADKOV YEVGENIY KAZ -- -- --
- 32 DEN19840823 JORGENSEN KASPER LINDE GLU -- -- --
- 26 CRO19790608 MIHOLJEVIC HRVOJE LOB -- -- --
- 155 UKR19790609 GRECHYN SERGIY AMO -- -- --
- 91 NOR19850717 WILMANN,FREDERIK SKS -- -- --
- 94 FRA19841110 HUPOND,THIERRY SKS -- -- --
- 41 HKG19730313 WONG,KAM PO HKG -- -- --
- 5 IRI19750323 ASKARI,HOSSEIN TPT -- -- --
- 165 UKR19900628 PREVAR OLEKSANDR UKR -- -- --
- 74 KAZ19860330 ZHIYENTAYEV ROMAN KAZ -- -- --
- 23 CRO19870726 DURASEK KRISTIJAN LOB -- -- --
- 52 SLO19811015 GAZVODA GREGOR KTM -- -- --
- 24 CRO19840803 KISERLOVSKI EMANUEL LOB -- -- --
- 201 CHN19850101 MA HAIJUN TYD 1:18:00 -- +9
- 107 NZL19870420 HORGAN SAMUEL SWA -- -- --
- 145 THA19811119 MAHAWONG PRAJAK GNT -- -- --
- 3 IRI19751206 MIZBANI IRANAGH,GHADER TPT -- -- --
- 82 NED19891012 VAN WINDEN,STEFAN CJP -- -1/-- --
- 123 SLO19771207 GOLCER JURE SLO -- -- --
- 114 RUS19851031 KOMKOV DANIL RUS -- -- --
- 16 NED19911020 BOUNIDA,KHALID MPC -- -- --
- 111 RUS19821023 PUZANOV DMITRY RUS -- -- --
- 205 CHN19900716 WU PEILUN TYD -- -- --
- 173 USA19790911 VAN ULDEN BERNARD JBC -- -- --
- 47 HKG19910505 CHOI,KI HO HKG -- -- --
- 134 SRB19911216 KOZOMARA NIKOLA ZAN -- -- --
- 76 KAZ19900701 KUZMIN SERGEY KAZ -- -- --
- 43 HKG19810424 CHAN,CHUN HING HKG -- -- --
- 113 RUS19850407 RESHETKO EVGENY RUS -- -- --
- 146 IRI19820517 EMAMI RAHIM GNT -- -- --
- 6 IRI19760402 JAHANBANIAN KAMNABI,HOSSEIN TPT -- -- --
- 97 CHN19851214 HAN,FENG SKS -- -- --
- 143 GBR19830925 COUTTS ALEX GNT -- -- --
- 195 CHN19850729 LIU BO CHN -- -- --
- 161 UKR19871030 KONONENKO MYKHAYLO UKR -- -- --
- 206 CHN19890318 CHEN WU TYD -- -- --
- 2 GER19790517 TOBIAS,ERLER TPT -- -- --
- 153 UKR19800413 STARCHYK VOLODYMYR AMO -- -- --
- 194 CHN19831213 LIU PENG CHN -- -- --
- 37 DEN19880121 OSTERGAARD NIKI GLU -- -- --
- 34 DEN19890706 JUUL-JENSEN CHRISTOPHER GLU -- -- --
- 202 CHN19870618 WU SHENGJUN TYD -- -- --
- 73 KAZ19870301 JUMABEKOV NAZAR KAZ -- -- --
- 163 UKR19900904 SOSNITSKYY ANATOLIY UKR -- -- --
- 207 CHN19890117 DANG TING TYD 1:18:07 -- +16
- 186 UKR19770205 KOBZARENKO,VALERIY TT1 -- -- --
- 122 SLO19820120 ZRIMSEK JURE SLO -- -1/-- --
- 101 NZL19821027 DROWER ERIC SWA -- -- --
- 92 FRA19880416 GENIEZ,ALEXANDRE SKS -- -- --
- 27 CRO19790825 DEMARIN MASSIMO LOB -- -- --
- 116 RUS19840905 FILIPPOV ALEXANDER RUS -- -- --
- 126 SLO19821119 OMULEC ANDREJ SLO -- -- --
- 45 HKG19850903 CHEUNG,KING WAI HKG -- -- --
- 121 SLO19820507 FAJT KRISTJAN SLO -- -- --
- 191 CHN19840128 XU GANG CHN -- -- --
- 83 NED19890616 LINDEMAN,BERT-JAN CJP -- -- --
- 86 NED19810620 DE HAAN,SIERK JAN CJP -- -- --
- 67 ITA19860205 MANCUSO SALVATORE ISD -- -- --
- 152 POL19830720 DABROWSKI JAROSLAW AMO -- -- --
- 14 AUS19891023 LOVELOCK JONATHAN MPC 1:18:12 -- +21
- 31 DEN19780112 NIELSEN JACOB GLU 1:18:22 -- +31
- 154 MEX19830703 COLEX TEPOX BERNARDO AMO -- -- --
- 61 UKR19830723 KVACHUK OLEKSANDR ISD 1:17:51 -- --
- 185 USA19870202 STEWART,SCOTT TT1 1:18:38 -- +47
- 157 RUS19780905 BORISOV VLADISLAV AMO 1:18:50 -- +59
- 103 NZL19741228 SMALLMAN IAN SWA 1:18:59 -- +1:08
- 44 HKG19880730 YEUNG,YING HON HKG -- -- --
- 63 UKR19840215 KONDRUT VITALIY ISD 1:20:08 -2/-- +2:17
- 102 NZL19851227 COOPER JOSEPH SWA 1:22:51 -- +5:00
- 184 NED19831212 RABOU,THOMAS TT1
赛段/Stage:9 (西宁绕圈赛/Xining Circuit Race)
距离/Distance:66 Km
速度/Average: 50.867 Km/h
关门/Time Limit: 1:24:04
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