Tyler Hamilton tæt på sejr

nullRock Racing deltager i øjeblikket i det kinesiske løb Tour of Qinghai Lake, hvor danske Alex Rasmussen indtil videre har vundet tre flotte etaper, og på dagens 6. etape, der rummede en stigning uden for kategori nemlig Laji bjerget, var Hamilton lige ved og næsten.

Det blev til en 2. plads i samme tid som vinderen Marek Rutkiewicz fra det polske nationalhold, hvilket bragte Hamilton op på 4. pladsen i klassementet 15 sekunder efter den førende rytter Hossein Askari fra Tabriz Petrochemical Team.

Michael Mørkøv kørte endnu engang en meget flot bjergetape, da han var forreste mand i anden gruppe, der kun var 25 sekunder efter de forreste. Dermed er Mørkøv kun godt to minutter efter på 18. pladsen og er dermed stadigvæk med i kampen om klassementet.

I morgen skal rytterne ud på løbets længste etape på 214 kilometer. Der kommer ikke nogle stigninger undervejs, så det kan være at holdet vælger at køre for Alex Rasmussens chancer i en massespurt. Både fredag og lørdag er vendes der så tilbage til hårde bjerge, inden løbet slutter med en paradeetape på søndag.

Resultat af 6.etape
1 Marek Rutkiewicz - Poland 2.51.45 (40.175 km/t)
2 Tyler Hamilton - Rock Racing
3 Hossein Askari - Tabriz Petrochemical Team
4 Rhys Pollock - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.03
5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera - Rock Racing
6 Ahad Kazemi Sarai - Tabriz Petrochemical Team
7 David McCann - Giant Asia Racing Team
8 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team
9 Michael Morkov Christensen - Denmark 0.25
10 Jure Kocjan - Perutnina Ptuj
11 Blazej Janiaczyk - Poland
12 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy - Ukraine
13 Bartosz Huzarski - Poland
14 Stanislav Kozubek - Psk Whirlpool - Author
15 Starchyk Volodymyr - Ukraine
16 Thierry Hupond - Skil-Shimano
17 Tom Criel - Cycle Collstrop
18 Ivoljatov Yuriy - Uzbekistan
19 Pakhtusov Anatoliy - Ukraine
20 Khalmuratov Muradjan - Uzbekistan
21 Michael Lange - Jelly Belly Cycling Team
22 Gabriele Missaglia - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni
23 Jackson Rodriguez - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni
24 Matej Stare - Perutnina Ptuj
25 Liu Biao - Qinghai,China
26 Sergey Lagutin - Cycle Collstrop
27 Sergey Rudaskov - Cycle Collstrop
28 Gregor Gazvoda - Perutnina Ptuj
29 Michael Creed - Rock Racing 0.29
30 Oleksandr Kvachuk - Ukraine 0.31
31 Kristjan Fajt - Perutnina Ptuj 0.25
32 Mukmenov Eldar - Uzbekistan 7.29
33 Abdurahimov Azizbek - Uzbekistan 7.30
34 Lucas Persson - Cycle Collstrop
35 Roger Beuchat - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni
36 Rongxi Zou - China
37 Fumiyuki Beppu - Skil-Shimano
38 Nebojsa Jovanovic - Cosmote Kastro
39 Michal Golas - Cycle Collstrop
40 Matija Kvasina - Perutnina Ptuj
41 Mariusz Witecki - Poland
42 Wolter Henrik - Cosmote Kastro
43 Petr Bencik - Psk Whirlpool - Author
44 Erik Hoffmann - Giant Asia Racing Team
45 Reza Bagheri - Tabriz Petrochemical Team
46 Wu Chen - Qinghai,China 14.22
47 Yuan Wei - Qinghai,China
48 Jiri Skrobanek - Cosmote Kastro
49 Peter John Herzig - FRF Couriers - NSWIS
50 Ruisong Zhang - Qinghai,China
51 Chun Hing Chan - Hong Kong Team
52 Robert Cater - FRF Couriers - NSWIS
53 Yue Tu - China
54 Karimov Ismailjon - Uzbekistan
55 Ji Cheng - Skil-Shimano
56 Chris Jory - FRF Couriers - NSWIS
57 Michael Faerk Christensen - Denmark
58 Mitja Mahoric - Perutnina Ptuj
59 Shengjun Wu - Qinghai,China
60 Peng Liu - China
61 Nicholas Sanderson - Jelly Belly Cycling Team
62 Kin San Wu - Hong Kong Team
63 King Wai Cheung - Hong Kong Team
64 Hossein Jahabanian - Tabriz Petrochemical Team
65 Benjamin Johnson - FRF Couriers - NSWIS
66 Wang Yip Tang - Hong Kong Team
67 Tom Veelers - Skil-Shimano
68 Kristjan Koren - Perutnina Ptuj
69 Wenlong Zhang - China
70 Jakub Danacik - Psk Whirlpool - Author
71 Song Baoqing - China
72 Frantisek Kloucek - Psk Whirlpool - Author
73 Alex Coutts - Giant Asia Racing Team
74 Ruslan Ivanov - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni
75 Leopold Konig - Psk Whirlpool - Author
76 Martin Mares - Psk Whirlpool - Author
77 Brian Vandborg - Denmark 16.24
78 Joshua Page - Giant Asia Racing Team 20.36
79 Kam Po Wong - Hong Kong Team 24.24
80 Ying Hon Yeung - Hong Kong Team
81 Robert Radosz - Poland
82 Mirko Selvaggi - Cycle Collstrop
83 Marcin Gebka - Poland 26.29
84 Fotis Antonarakis - Cosmote Kastro
84 Turaev Mavlon - Uzbekistan
86 Van Ulden Bernard - Jelly Belly Cycling Team
87 Cameron Jennings - Pezula Racing
88 Christoph Springer - Cosmote Kastro
89 Jens-Erik Madsen - Denmark
90 Yi Lu - Qinghai,China
91 Vahid Chaffare - Tabriz Petrochemical Team
92 Doug Ollerenshaw - Rock Racing
93 Martyn Irvine - Pezula Racing
94 Pria Lars - Cosmote Kastro
95 Luca Solari - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni
96 Alex Rasmussen - Denmark
97 Ciaran Power - Pezula Racing
98 Casper Jorgensen - Denmark
99 Naumenko Dmytro - Ukraine
100 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly Cycling Team
101 Matthew Rice - Jelly Belly Cycling Team
102 Hossein Nateghi - Tabriz Petrochemical Team
103 Zabava Volodymyr - Ukraine
104 Liang Zhang - China
105 Metlushenko Yuriy - Ukraine
106 Sergio Hernandez - Rock Racing
107 Derek Burke - Pezula Racing
108 Sergey Koudentsov - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek
109 Jason Hegert - FRF Couriers - NSWIS
110 Bo Liu - China
111 Sebastian Siedler - Skil-Shimano
112 Kieran Page - Pezula Racing
113 Robert Wagner - Skil-Shimano
114 Xitao Ji - Qinghai,China
115 Long Jin - Skil-Shimano
116 Marcin Osinski - Poland
117 Loh Sea Keong - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek
118 Emiliano Donadello - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni
119 Stefan Löffler - Giant Asia Racing Team
120 Daniel Kreutzfeldt - Denmark
121 Ho Ting Kwok - Hong Kong Team 27.45
122 Charles Bradley Huff - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 34.01

Udgået
DNS Jai Crawford - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek
DNF Troels Ronning Vinther - Cycle Collstrop
DNF Fred Rodriguez - Rock Racing
DNF Kayle Leo Grande - Rock Racing
DNF Nick Reistad - Jelly Belly Cycling Team

Samlet stilling
1 Hossein Askari - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 16.32.27
2 David McCann - Giant Asia Racing Team 0.09
3 Oscar Sevilla Ribera - Rock Racing 0.14
4 Tyler Hamilton - Rock Racing 0.15
5 Marek Rutkiewicz - Poland 0.21
6 Rhys Pollock - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 0.27
7 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.28
8 Matej Stare - Perutnina Ptuj 0.34
9 Ahad Kazemi Sarai - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 0.35
10 Gabriele Missaglia - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 0.37
11 Blazej Janiaczyk - Poland 0.43
12 Sergey Lagutin - Cycle Collstrop 0.51
13 Stanislav Kozubek - Psk Whirlpool - Author 0.54
14 Starchyk Volodymyr - Ukraine 0.56
15 Jure Kocjan - Perutnina Ptuj 0.59
16 Pakhtusov Anatoliy - Ukraine 1.04
17 Jackson Rodriguez - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 1.05
18 Michael Morkov Christensen - Denmark 2.04
19 Khalmuratov Muradjan - Uzbekistan 2.25
20 Thierry Hupond - Skil-Shimano 2.29
21 Tom Criel - Cycle Collstrop 2.36
22 Oleksandr Kvachuk - Ukraine 4.30
23 Kristjan Fajt - Perutnina Ptuj 5.04
24 Michael Creed - Rock Racing 5.39
25 Michael Lange - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5.57
26 Mariusz Witecki - Poland 8.06
27 Petr Bencik - Psk Whirlpool - Author 8.12
28 Mukmenov Eldar - Uzbekistan 9.41
29 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy - Ukraine 12.23
30 Fumiyuki Beppu - Skil-Shimano 12.37
31 Rongxi Zou - China 12.44
32 Michal Golas - Cycle Collstrop 12.45
33 Roger Beuchat - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 12.46
34 Sergey Rudaskov - Cycle Collstrop 12.48
35 Gregor Gazvoda - Perutnina Ptuj 13.55
36 Abdurahimov Azizbek - Uzbekistan 14.49
37 Leopold Konig - Psk Whirlpool - Author 14.56
38 Ruslan Ivanov - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 16.46
39 Ivoljatov Yuriy - Uzbekistan 17.41
40 Liu Biao - Qinghai,China 17.48
41 Tom Veelers - Skil-Shimano 19.21
42 Bartosz Huzarski - Poland 19.36
43 Lucas Persson - Cycle Collstrop 19.47
44 Jakub Danacik - Psk Whirlpool - Author 19.53
45 Matija Kvasina - Perutnina Ptuj 20.26
46 Alex Coutts - Giant Asia Racing Team 21.50
47 Martin Mares - Psk Whirlpool - Author 22.24
48 Wolter Henrik - Cosmote Kastro 24.46
49 Nebojsa Jovanovic - Cosmote Kastro 24.52
50 Wenlong Zhang - China 25.03
51 Peng Liu - China 25.33
52 Kristjan Koren - Perutnina Ptuj 26.04
53 Nicholas Sanderson - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 27.11
54 Erik Hoffmann - Giant Asia Racing Team 28.03
55 Hossein Jahabanian - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 28.16
56 Casper Jorgensen - Denmark 31.20
57 Song Baoqing - China 31.25
58 Chun Hing Chan - Hong Kong Team 31.46
59 Reza Bagheri - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 32.12
60 Benjamin Johnson - FRF Couriers - NSWIS 32.14
61 Hossein Nateghi - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 33.15
62 Brian Vandborg - Denmark 33.24
63 Daniel Kreutzfeldt - Denmark 34.00
64 Frantisek Kloucek - Psk Whirlpool - Author 38.08
65 Mirko Selvaggi - Cycle Collstrop 38.18
66 Michael Faerk Christensen - Denmark 39.18
67 Peter John Herzig - FRF Couriers - NSWIS 40.03
68 Doug Ollerenshaw - Rock Racing 40.36
69 Stefan Löffler - Giant Asia Racing Team 41.37
70 Ji Cheng - Skil-Shimano 42.00
71 Mitja Mahoric - Perutnina Ptuj 42.22
72 Ciaran Power - Pezula Racing 43.04
73 Luca Solari - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 43.32
74 Wu Chen - Qinghai,China 44.16
75 Robert Radosz - Poland 45.32
76 Robert Cater - FRF Couriers - NSWIS 46.17
77 Kin San Wu - Hong Kong Team 46.22
78 Sergio Hernandez - Rock Racing 46.34
79 Sebastian Siedler - Skil-Shimano 46.52
80 Robert Wagner - Skil-Shimano 48.25
81 Marcin Osinski - Poland 48.36
82 Karimov Ismailjon - Uzbekistan 49.15
83 Christoph Springer - Cosmote Kastro 49.29
84 Shengjun Wu - Qinghai,China 51.37
85 Yue Tu - China 53.30
86 Kieran Page - Pezula Racing 53.58
87 Emiliano Donadello - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 54.54
88 Cameron Jennings - Pezula Racing 55.00
89 Marcin Gebka - Poland 55.08
90 Kam Po Wong - Hong Kong Team 55.24
91 Alex Rasmussen - Denmark 58.00
92 Martyn Irvine - Pezula Racing 58.06
93 Ruisong Zhang - Qinghai,China 59.06
94 Metlushenko Yuriy - Ukraine 59.08
95 Long Jin - Skil-Shimano 1.01.08
96 Yuan Wei - Qinghai,China 1.02.05
97 Chris Jory - FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.02.09
98 King Wai Cheung - Hong Kong Team 1.03.42
99 Zabava Volodymyr - Ukraine 1.05.31
100 Liang Zhang - China 1.06.58
101 Bo Liu - China 1.07.00
102 Jeremy Powers - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.07.33
103 Matthew Rice - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.07.44
104 Vahid Chaffare - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 1.07.55
105 Ho Ting Kwok - Hong Kong Team 1.10.02
106 Jiri Skrobanek - Cosmote Kastro 1.10.03
107 Wang Yip Tang - Hong Kong Team 1.10.45
108 Ying Hon Yeung - Hong Kong Team 1.12.14
109 Turaev Mavlon - Uzbekistan 1.14.37
110 Pria Lars - Cosmote Kastro 1.14.48
111 Joshua Page - Giant Asia Racing Team 1.15.21
112 Naumenko Dmytro - Ukraine 1.15.57
113 Xitao Ji - Qinghai,China 1.18.18
114 Jens-Erik Madsen - Denmark 1.21.32
115 Jason Hegert - FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.22.21
116 Sergey Koudentsov - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.27.19
117 Fotis Antonarakis - Cosmote Kastro 1.29.04
118 Yi Lu - Qinghai,China 1.30.42
119 Van Ulden Bernard - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.31.26
120 Loh Sea Keong - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1.37.59
121 Charles Bradley Huff - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.38.09
122 Derek Burke - Pezula Racing 1.58.05

Pointkonkurrencen
1 Alex Rasmussen - Denmark 58 pts
2 Blazej Janiaczyk - Poland 45
3 Gabriele Missaglia - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 41
4 Michael Morkov Christensen - Denmark 38
5 Jure Kocjan - Perutnina Ptuj 37
6 David McCann - Giant Asia Racing Team 32
7 Hossein Askari - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 30
8 Oscar Sevilla Ribera - Rock Racing 30
9 Hossein Nateghi - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 29
10 Matej Stare - Perutnina Ptuj 28
11 Kristjan Fajt - Perutnina Ptuj 24
12 Marek Rutkiewicz - Poland 23
13 Emiliano Donadello - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 23
14 Petr Bencik - Psk Whirlpool - Author 22
15 Sebastian Siedler - Skil-Shimano 22
16 Volodymyr Zagorodnyy - Ukraine 20
17 Tyler Hamilton - Rock Racing 20
18 Charles Bradley Huff - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 18
19 Michal Golas - Cycle Collstrop 16
20 Casper Jorgensen - Denmark 16
21 Nicholas Sanderson - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 15
22 Rhys Pollock - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 13
23 Mirko Selvaggi - Cycle Collstrop 13
24 Jackson Rodriguez - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 11
25 Michael Creed - Rock Racing 11
26 Robert Wagner - Skil-Shimano 11
27 Ahad Kazemi Sarai - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 10
28 Sergey Rudaskov - Cycle Collstrop 10
29 Gregor Gazvoda - Perutnina Ptuj 10
30 Bartosz Huzarski - Poland 10
31 Sergey Lagutin - Cycle Collstrop 9
32 Lucas Persson - Cycle Collstrop 8
33 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 8
34 Starchyk Volodymyr - Ukraine 8
35 Tom Veelers - Skil-Shimano 8
36 Xitao Ji - Qinghai,China 6
37 Oleksandr Kvachuk - Ukraine 5
38 Stanislav Kozubek - Psk Whirlpool - Author 5
39 Marcin Gebka - Poland 5
40 Jens-Erik Madsen - Denmark 5
41 Pakhtusov Anatoliy - Ukraine 4
42 Metlushenko Yuriy - Ukraine 4
43 Hossein Jahabanian - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3
44 Vahid Chaffare - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 3
45 Van Ulden Bernard - Jelly Belly Cycling Team 3
46 Christoph Springer - Cosmote Kastro 2
47 Tom Criel - Cycle Collstrop 1

Bjergkonkurrencen
1 Ahad Kazemi Sarai - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 21 pts
2 Hossein Askari - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 17
3 Lucas Persson - Cycle Collstrop 15
4 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 12
5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera - Rock Racing 5
6 Tyler Hamilton - Rock Racing 5
7 Hossein Jahabanian - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 5
8 Jackson Rodriguez - Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 3
9 Kristjan Fajt - Perutnina Ptuj 2
10 David McCann - Giant Asia Racing Team 1
11 Rhys Pollock - GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek 1
12 Matej Stare - Perutnina Ptuj 1
13 Sergey Rudaskov - Cycle Collstrop 1
14 Wu Chen - Qinghai,China

Holdkonkurrencen
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 49.38.21
2 Poland 1.03
3 Coscycle Collstrop 1.35
4 Rock Racing 2.13
5 Ukraine 3.27
6 Perperutnina Ptuj 5.38
7 Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni 8.20
8 Uzbekistan 18.50
9 PSK Whirlpool - Author 22.49
10 Skil-Shimano 33.09
11 Giant Asia Racing Team 33.23
12 Denmark 41.32
13 China 56.54
14 TKT cosmote Kastro 1.17.26
15 Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1.30.37
16 FRF Couriers - NSWIS 1.37.32
17 GE - Marco Polo Team Pb Trek 1.46.29
18 QH 1.52.11
19 Hong Kong Team 2.02.21
20 Pezula Racing 2.31.02