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Iranian Cyclists Win Tour de Singkarak
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Islamic Azad University team swept the podium places in the individual classification of Tour de Singkarak seven-stage race.
Sealing an anticipated victory, the Islamic Azad University cycling team also dominated the field of 24 teams at the 2011 Tour de Singkarak by clock in a total time of 53 hours, 37 minutes and 46 seconds to be the fastest team in the seven-stage race and take home US$31,255.
Second place went to the Hong Kong team in a time of 54:10:41, while Indonesia's Prima Utama finished third in 54:13:51.
Azad University's Amir Zargari has participated in three editions of the Tour de Singkarak since its inaugural race in 2009. The 30-year-old rider and his Iranian teammates made sure nothing has changed.
Zargari topped the 734.5-kilometer race, as the Azad University team swept the podium places in the individual classification of the seven-stage race.
"I've been in this tour since it was inaugurated in 2009, so this is a great victory for me," Zargari, who finished third in the individual classification in last year's Tour, said on Sunday. "The team has also been working hard to help me win this."
Zargari had a total time of 17 hours, 52 minutes and 1 second. Rahim Emami finished second, 16 seconds behind, while Golakhour Pourseyedi was third, 1 minute and 42 seconds further back.
The team classification title went to Azad, as the Iranians continued to reign in the West Sumatra race. Azad's total time was 53:37:46, while Hong Kong-China placed second 32 minutes and 55 seconds behind.
An Iranian club won the last two editions of the Tour, courtesy of Tabriz Petrochemical team. But neither Tabriz nor two-time champion Ghader Mizbani were around to challenge for this year's team and individual titles.
That didn't matter as Zargari picked up where their countrymen left off.
Zargari never let go of the yellow jersey since he won the second stage. He finished 26th in the final stage on Sunday, a 70.8-km race from Lake Kembar to Lake Singkarak.
Prima Utama's Agung Alisyahbana secured the red-and-white jersey as the best local rider. He finished sixth overall with a time of 18:04:39.
"Despite the result, the tour has proven to be a great warm-up for us, the national team cyclists, before competing in the Southeast Asian Games (in November)," Agung said.
"The Iranians are still hard to beat, especially in the climbs, but I think we still can be better in next year's race."
Prima Utama, which features five national team riders, finished third overall in the team classification with a time of 54:13:51.
Pourseyedi won the King of the Mountain title, while Jang Chan-jae of Terengganu Pro-Asia claimed honors as the top sprinter.
The last stage was divided into two parts. The first, a 109.3-km race from Padang Panjang to Lake Kembar was won by Pourseyedi.
Jang won the second sub-stage, a race from Lake Kembar to Lake Singkarak.
This year's $75,000 race, which ran 743.5 kilometers, featured 120 riders from 17 countries. Eighty of the cyclists finished the tour.
Sealing an anticipated victory, the Islamic Azad University cycling team also dominated the field of 24 teams at the 2011 Tour de Singkarak by clock in a total time of 53 hours, 37 minutes and 46 seconds to be the fastest team in the seven-stage race and take home US$31,255.
Second place went to the Hong Kong team in a time of 54:10:41, while Indonesia's Prima Utama finished third in 54:13:51.
Azad University's Amir Zargari has participated in three editions of the Tour de Singkarak since its inaugural race in 2009. The 30-year-old rider and his Iranian teammates made sure nothing has changed.
Zargari topped the 734.5-kilometer race, as the Azad University team swept the podium places in the individual classification of the seven-stage race.
"I've been in this tour since it was inaugurated in 2009, so this is a great victory for me," Zargari, who finished third in the individual classification in last year's Tour, said on Sunday. "The team has also been working hard to help me win this."
Zargari had a total time of 17 hours, 52 minutes and 1 second. Rahim Emami finished second, 16 seconds behind, while Golakhour Pourseyedi was third, 1 minute and 42 seconds further back.
The team classification title went to Azad, as the Iranians continued to reign in the West Sumatra race. Azad's total time was 53:37:46, while Hong Kong-China placed second 32 minutes and 55 seconds behind.
An Iranian club won the last two editions of the Tour, courtesy of Tabriz Petrochemical team. But neither Tabriz nor two-time champion Ghader Mizbani were around to challenge for this year's team and individual titles.
That didn't matter as Zargari picked up where their countrymen left off.
Zargari never let go of the yellow jersey since he won the second stage. He finished 26th in the final stage on Sunday, a 70.8-km race from Lake Kembar to Lake Singkarak.
Prima Utama's Agung Alisyahbana secured the red-and-white jersey as the best local rider. He finished sixth overall with a time of 18:04:39.
"Despite the result, the tour has proven to be a great warm-up for us, the national team cyclists, before competing in the Southeast Asian Games (in November)," Agung said.
"The Iranians are still hard to beat, especially in the climbs, but I think we still can be better in next year's race."
Prima Utama, which features five national team riders, finished third overall in the team classification with a time of 54:13:51.
Pourseyedi won the King of the Mountain title, while Jang Chan-jae of Terengganu Pro-Asia claimed honors as the top sprinter.
The last stage was divided into two parts. The first, a 109.3-km race from Padang Panjang to Lake Kembar was won by Pourseyedi.
Jang won the second sub-stage, a race from Lake Kembar to Lake Singkarak.
This year's $75,000 race, which ran 743.5 kilometers, featured 120 riders from 17 countries. Eighty of the cyclists finished the tour.
