Pagliarini scores another at Langkawi
- By Neal Rogers
- Published Feb. 13, 2004
- Updated Feb. 11, 2008 at 9:13 PM UTC
Port Dickson-Shah Alam (96.4km)
Brazilian sprinter Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) took a chaotic mass sprint at the end of the Tour de Langkawi’s eighth stage Friday, edging out Enrico Degano of Barloworldin a photo finish. Graeme Brown (Panaria) finished third, while Gord Fraserof Health Net-Maxxis took fourth.
It was Pagliarini’s second field sprint victory in as many days, bothexecuted to perfection without the use of a teammate’s lead-out. When askedabout the aggressive sprint, which saw Panaria’s Ruben Bongiorno and Wismilack’sMatnur Matnur crash in the final 500m, Pagliarini laughed.
“All the sprints are crazy,” the 24-year-old South American said. “Ijust took advantage of the other sprinters when I could.”
Like Pagliarini, nearly all the sprinters’ teams had Health Net-Maxxisto thank for leading out the entire peloton from more than 7km to the finishonly to be swallowed up within the final kilometer, leaving Fraser on hisown and begging the question: Did Health Net spend too much energy, toosoon?
“Perhaps, but it’s always better safe than sorry,” Fraser answered.“We’re going to get this thing right sometime, maybe not here at Langkawi,but in America. It’s good practice for us. Unfortunately it didn’t developinto a stage win for us today, but I’m very happy with the way my guysare riding.”
A short (96.4km), flat and windy stage spent mainly on closed-off motorways,the two-hour race started in the heat of the afternoon — 3:44pm — providingan evening finish in the town of Shah Alam, 40km from Malaysia’s capitalof Kuala Lumpur and home to the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.
With winds blowing in from the front and across both sides, and Saturday’sHors Categorie climb up Genting Highlands looming ahead, riders weren’tparticularly thrilled about the idea of going hard, but with the firstof three intermediate sprints just 4km from the start there was littlechoice.
With the points jersey locked up, Fraser was content to let BelgianGert Vanderaerden take the first two intermediate sprints, leapfroggingover race leader Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) to second in thecompetition.
The largest time gap of the day never extended beyond two minutes, belongingto a three-man group of Canada’s Peter Wedge, China’s Jianshi Luo and HealthNet’s Mike Sayers. Wedge and Sayers broke away at the 32km point and werejoined by Luo 9km later; by kilometer 49 Sayers sat up, and shortly afterthe peloton was back together.
But from 7km to go it was Sayers and his Health Net teammates at thefront, driving the peloton at speeds of nearly 70kph. Behind Health Net’strain appeared an unusual amount of jockeying for position as the packcame in to the finishing straight.
“My Health Net-Maxxis team did a great job for me in the last 10km,”Fraser said. “They did a great, great, great job. I got on Graeme Brown’swheel with 500 to go, and it was looking pretty good, but for some reasonhis lead-out didn’t go when they really should have, and we got swampedby [Formaggi-Pinzolo’s Ivan] Quaranta and some of the Palmans guys, andthen the festivities began at that point. I didn’t see any hands off thebars, but it was really physical, really for what I thought were not reallyfair reasons. It was head-butting for the sake of head-butting, I thought,and I think Luciano just found the right way through and had a good sprint.”
At the finish both Pagliarini and Degano threw their arms in the air,but a quick look at the photo confirmed that the win belonged to the Brazilian.Afterwards, the smiling Pagliarini – ever the showman – rode a wheelieto the podium to the delight of the crowd.
Although a short stage, it was another day of defending the leader’sjersey for Colombia-Selle Italia. Still, race leader Marlon Perez – ninthin the sprint today – insists the team is feeling good after working hardfor three consecutive days, keeping the pace high to contain any surpriseattacks that might endanger his overall lead.
“We’ve had three hard days working at the front to defend the jerseybut we all feel good and are confident about Genting,” Perez said.
Jersey Update: Yellow (Overall leader): No major changes today. Relax-Bodysol’s Hector Guerra Garcia sits second, 36 seconds behind, with Perez’s teammate Freddy Gonzalez third, 46 seconds down. Blue (Points): Blue jersey wearer Gord Fraser added 7 points to his tally by taking second-place at the first two intermediate sprints. Forurth-place at the finish gave Fraser another 12, bringing his total to an unassailable 100, while Vanderaerden sits second with 56. Polka Dot (KOM): Perez continues to lead this competition with 33 points. But, as in days past, Perez’s teammate – second-placed Ruber Marin, with 32 – dons the climber’s jersey. White, Red and Blue (Top Asian rider): Iran’s Ghader Mizbani has worn the jersey since stage 2′s ascent into the Cameron Highlands. Mizbani remains in 17th overall, 2:49 down.
Team Standings
1. Barloworld
2. Colombia Selle-Italia, at 1:38
3. Relax-Bodysol, at 3:29
4. Canadian National, at 8:20
5. Lampre, at 8:20
Stage 9 Preview
The backbreaking climb up to Malaysia’s resort city of Genting Highlandsis expected to be a dramatic battle for the Tour’s big names. For climbersand the favorites, the last 25km of the route – a brutal ascent to thefinish at the First World Hotel – will be the most crucial battleground.With two accomplished climbers in the top three overall positions, it’sColombia-Selle Italia’s race to lose. “We can’t make any mistakes tomorrow,”said team director Gianni Savio. “We must ride 100 percent like professionals.”
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Results
Stage 8 Results
1. Luciano Pagliarini, Lampre, 2:01:03
2. Enrico Degano, Team Barloworld
3. Graeme Brown, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
4. Gordon Fraser, Health Net Pro, Presented By M
5. Graziano Gasparre, De-Nardi
6. Philip Deignan, Ireland
7. Gert Vanderaerden, Palmans-Collstrop
8. Sama’I Sama’I, Wismilak
9. Marlon Perez, Colombia Selle-Italia
10. Antonio Rizzi, De-Nardi
11. Charles Dionne, Canada
12. Matteo Carrara, Lampre
13. Michele Gobbi, De-Nardi
14. Daryl Impey, South Africa
15. Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti, Malaysia
16. Eugene Moriarty, Ireland
17. Alfie Catalan, PCF
18. Michel Van Haecke, Palmans-Collstrop
19. Freddy Gonzalez, Colombia Selle-Italia
20. Rosli Nor Affendy, Malaysia
21. Nacor Burgos Rojo, Relax Bodysol
22. Wawan Setyobudi, Wismilak
23. Neil Mcdonald, South Africa
24. Amir Zargari, Iran
25. Rhyan Tanguilig, PCF
26. Ian Mcleod, South Africa
27. Hector Guerra Garcia, Relax Bodysol
28. Ivan Quaranta, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
29. Brett Lancaster, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
30. Jans Koerts, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo
31. Enrico Grigoli, De-Nardi
32. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
33. Fortunato Baliani, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
34. Dave Bruylandts, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo
35. Kurt Van De Wouwer, Palmans-Collstrop
36. Luis F. Laverde Jimenez, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
37. Sergio Barbero, Lampre
38. Javier Florencio Cabre, Relax Bodysol
39. Johan Van Summeren, Relax Bodysol
40. Wladimir Belli, Lampre
41. Ryan Cox, Team Barloworld
42. Razali Shahrulneeza, Malaysia
43. Ruber Marin, Colombia Selle-Italia
44. Garcia Oscar Laguna, Relax Bodysol
45. Makoto Iijima, Japan
46. Tiaan Kannemeyer, Team Barloworld
47. Michele Scotto D’Abusco, Lampre
48. Susanto Tonton, Wismilak
49. David George, Team Barloworld
50. Zbigniew Piatek, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo
51. Eric Wohlberg, Canada
52. Sean Sullivan, Team Barloworld
53. Yoshiyuki Abe, Japan
54. Santiago Blanco Gil, Relax Bodysol
55. Yasutaka Tashiro, Japan
56. Yongbiao Zhu, China
57. Tomoya Kano, Japan
58. Merculio Ramos, PCF
59. Albert Primero, PCF
60. Nicholas White, South Africa
61. Paul Griffin, Ireland
62. Germ Van Der Burg, Bert Story-Piels
63. Ghader Mizbani, Iran
64. Ben Day, Palmans-Collstrop
65. Jasper Lenferink, Bert Story-Piels
66. Guozhang Wang, China
67. Alessandro Cortinovis, Lampre
68. Musa Musairi, Malaysia
69. Jianshi Luo, China
70. Xiaojun Shao, China
71. Jurgen Van De Walle, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo
72. Arne Kornegoor, Bert Story-Piels
73. Moises Duenas Nevado, Relax Bodysol
74. Jeremy Maartens, South Africa
75. Hassan Maleki, Iran
76. Denis Lynch, Ireland
77. Peter Wuyts, Palmans-Collstrop
78. Tanha Abbas Saeidi, Iran
79. Coen Loos, Bert Story-Piels
80. Frederic Gabriel, Palmans-Collstrop
81. Jaco Odenaal, South Africa
82. Lloyd Lucien Reynante, PCF
83. Mauricio Ardila, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo
84. Ahad Kazemi, Iran
85. Jock Green, Team Barloworld
86. John Lieswyn, Health Net Pro, Presented By M
87. Victor Espiritu, PCF
88. Reinhardt Duplessis, South Africa
89. David O’Loughlin, Ireland
90. Marco Pinotti, Lampre
91. Andoni Aranaga, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo
92. Roland Green, Canada
93. Xueli Jiang, China
94. Ronald Gorantes, PCF
95. Gregory Henderson, Health Net Pro, Presented By M
96. Corrado Serina, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
97. David Mccann, Ireland
98. Huberlino Mesa Estapa, Colombia Selle-Italia
99. Dominique Perras, Canada
100. Ismail Mohd Sazlee, Malaysia, 2:01:40
101. Sergiy Matveiev, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 2:01:03
102. Cory Lange, Canada
103. Giulini Sulpizi, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
104. Peter Wedge, Canada
105. Devis Miorin, De-Nardi
106. Fabio Gilioli, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
107. Alexandre Lavallee, Canada, 2:01:51
108. Rafael Nuritdinov, De-Nardi, 2:01:03
109. Kazuyuki Manabe, Japan
110. Shinichi Fukushima, Japan
111. Mario Manzoni, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
112. Domenico Gualdi, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
113. Michael Sayers, Health Net Pro, Presented By M
114. Danny Pate, Health Net Pro, Presented By M
115. Ano Pedersen, Wismilak, 2:02:46
116. Jan Van Velzen, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo
117. Scott Moninger, Health Net Pro, Presented By M
118. Scott Guyton, Wismilak
119. Trent Wilson, Colombia Selle-Italia
120. Jeremy Hunt, Palmans-Collstrop
121. Matteo Cappe, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 2:02:49
122. Russel Van Hout, Colombia Selle-Italia
123. Brice Jones, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 2:01:03
124. Ruben G. Bongiorno, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
125. Matnur Matnur, Wismilak
Overall
1. Marlon Perez, Colombia Selle-Italia, 23:36:51
2. Hector Guerra Garcia, Relax Bodysol, 23:37:27
3. Freddy Gonzalez, Colombia Selle-Italia, 23:37:37
4. Ryan Cox, Team Barloworld, 23:37:42
5. Nicholas White, South Africa, 23:37:52
6. Tiaan Kannemeyer, Team Barloworld, 23:38:08
7. Kurt Van De Wouwer, Palmans-Collstrop, 23:38:10
8. David George, Team Barloworld, 23:38:26
9. Dave Bruylandts, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo, 23:38:52
10. Javier Florencio Cabre, Relax Bodysol, 23:38:58
11. David Mccann, Ireland, 23:38:59
12. Wladimir Belli, Lampre, 23:39:06
13. Fortunato Baliani, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 23:39:19
14. Eric Wohlberg, Canada, 23:39:19
15. Roland Green, Canada, 23:39:40
16. John Lieswyn, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 23:39:40
17. Ghader Mizbani, Iran, 23:39:40
18. Ruber Marin, Colombia Selle-Italia, 23:40:03
19. Johan Van Summeren, Relax Bodysol, 23:40:04
20. Philip Deignan, Ireland, 23:40:11
21. Luis F. Laverde Jimenez, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 23:40:33
22. Susanto Tonton, Wismilak, 23:40:38
23. Santiago Blanco Gil, Relax Bodysol, 23:40:40
24. Antonio Rizzi, De-Nardi, 23:40:43
25. Nacor Burgos Rojo, Relax Bodysol, 23:41:09
26. Moises Duenas Nevado, Relax Bodysol, 23:41:26
27. Jurgen Van De Walle, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo, 23:41:32
28. Ian Mcleod, South Africa, 23:41:36
29. Sergio Barbero, Lampre, 23:41:49
30. Tomoya Kano, Japan, 23:41:53
31. Ahad Kazemi, Iran, 23:42:09
32. Michele Scotto D’Abusco, Lampre, 23:42:11
33. Zbigniew Piatek, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo, 23:42:21
34. Jock Green, Team Barloworld, 23:42:33
35. Sean Sullivan, Team Barloworld, 23:43:00
36. Charles Dionne, Canada, 23:43:03
37. Reinhardt Duplessis, South Africa, 23:43:25
38. Razali Shahrulneeza, Malaysia, 23:43:36
39. Michel Van Haecke, Palmans-Collstrop, 23:44:02
40. Yasutaka Tashiro, Japan, 23:44:45
41. Jan Van Velzen, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo, 23:46:08
42. Frederic Gabriel, Palmans-Collstrop, 23:47:06
43. Garcia Oscar Laguna, Relax Bodysol, 23:47:17
44. Shinichi Fukushima, Japan, 23:47:35
45. Alessandro Cortinovis, Lampre, 23:48:08
46. Rhyan Tanguilig, PCF, 23:48:11
47. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 23:48:16
48. Graziano Gasparre, De-Nardi, 23:48:35
49. Matteo Carrara, Lampre, 23:49:02
50. Huberlino Mesa Estapa, Colombia Selle-Italia, 23:49:05
51. Victor Espiritu, PCF, 23:49:06
52. Gordon Fraser, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 23:49:44
53. Xiaojun Shao, China, 23:50:49
54. Michele Gobbi, De-Nardi, 23:50:52
55. Lloyd Lucien Reynante, PCF, 23:50:59
56. Xueli Jiang, China, 23:51:18
57. Jaco Odenaal, South Africa, 23:53:16
58. Makoto Iijima, Japan, 23:53:47
59. Enrico Degano, Team Barloworld, 23:54:05
60. Paul Griffin, Ireland, 23:54:07
61. Devis Miorin, De-Nardi, 23:54:22
62. Marco Pinotti, Lampre, 23:54:31
63. David O’Loughlin, Ireland, 23:55:03
64. Mauricio Ardila, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo, 23:55:19
65. Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti, Malaysia, 23:55:42
66. Danny Pate, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 23:56:30
67. Yoshiyuki Abe, Japan, 23:56:50
68. Peter Wedge, Canada, 23:57:59
69. Matteo Cappe, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 23:58:02
70. Neil Mcdonald, South Africa, 23:58:07
71. Gert Vanderaerden, Palmans-Collstrop, 23:58:23
72. Brett Lancaster, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 23:58:27
73. Dominique Perras, Canada, 23:58:46
74. Jeremy Maartens, South Africa, 23:59:20
75. Denis Lynch, Ireland, 23:59:42
76. Amir Zargari, Iran, 23:59:44
77. Ronald Gorantes, PCF, 23:59:54
78. Guozhang Wang, China, 23:59:54
79. Tanha Abbas Saeidi, Iran, 24:00:09
80. Luciano Pagliarini, Lampre, 24:00:10
81. Andoni Aranaga, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo, 24:00:27
82. Scott Moninger, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 24:00:48
83. Coen Loos, Bert Story-Piels, 24:00:48
84. Yongbiao Zhu, China, 24:01:11
85. Jeremy Hunt, Palmans-Collstrop, 24:01:55
86. Daryl Impey, South Africa, 24:01:59
87. Kazuyuki Manabe, Japan, 24:02:09
88. Jasper Lenferink, Bert Story-Piels, 24:02:23
89. Rafael Nuritdinov, De-Nardi, 24:02:24
90. Rosli Nor Affendy, Malaysia, 24:02:32
91. Brice Jones, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 24:03:17
92. Mario Manzoni, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 24:04:11
93. Albert Primero, PCF, 24:04:17
94. Gregory Henderson, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 24:04:38
95. Michael Sayers, Health Net Pro, Presented By M, 24:05:11
96. Cory Lange, Canada, 24:05:19
97. Eugene Moriarty, Ireland, 24:06:04
98. Jans Koerts, Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdo, 24:06:09
99. Germ Van Der Burg, Bert Story-Piels, 24:06:10
100. Jianshi Luo, China, 24:06:49
101. Matnur Matnur, Wismilak, 24:06:52
102. Enrico Grigoli, De-Nardi, 24:07:03
103. Ivan Quaranta, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 24:07:10
104. Arne Kornegoor, Bert Story-Piels, 24:07:12
105. Merculio Ramos, PCF, 24:07:21
106. Peter Wuyts, Palmans-Collstrop, 24:07:22
107. Ismail Mohd Sazlee, Malaysia, 24:07:39
108. Sergiy Matveiev, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 24:07:53
109. Graeme Brown, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 24:07:58
110. Musa Musairi, Malaysia, 24:08:03
111. Ben Day, Palmans-Collstrop, 24:08:12
112. Corrado Serina, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 24:08:19
113. Russel Van Hout, Colombia Selle-Italia, 24:08:47
114. Wawan Setyobudi, Wismilak, 24:08:48
115. Hassan Maleki, Iran, 24:08:54
116. Domenico Gualdi, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 24:09:19
117. Alexandre Lavallee, Canada, 24:09:45
118. Sama’I Sama’I, Wismilak, 24:09:56
119. Giulini Sulpizi, Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave, 24:10:18
120. Alfie Catalan, PCF, 24:10:36
121. Fabio Gilioli, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 24:12:34
122. Ano Pedersen, Wismilak, 24:15:13
123. Scott Guyton, Wismilak, 24:16:09
124. Trent Wilson, Colombia Selle-Italia, 24:17:17
125. Ruben G. Bongiorno, Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 24:23:08
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Neal Rogers
An interest in all things rock 'n' roll led Neal into music journalism while attending UC Santa Cruz. After several post-grad years spent waiting tables, surfing and mountain biking, Neal moved to San Francisco, working stints as a bike messenger and at a software start-up. He moved to Colorado in 2001, taking an editorial internship at VeloNews. He never left, and is now Velo's editor in chief. When not traveling the world covering races, Neal can be found riding his bike, skiing, cooking, or attending a concert. Follow him on Twitter at @nealrogers.