LE TOUR DE LANGKAWI 2009 STAGE THREE RESULTS

MELAKA (Malaysia), Feb 11 (Bernama) -- Following are stage three results of
the 2009 Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) cycling championship in Melaka, a distance
of 186km, Wednesday.

Top 10 Finishers:
1. Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) 4 hours 33 minutes 29 seconds
2. Chris Sutton (Garmin Slipstream) 4'33:29s
3. Aurelien Clerc (AG2R) 4'33:29s
4. Nolan Hoffman (South Africa) 4'33:29s
5. Denys Kostyuk (ISD) 4'33:29s
6. Rene Hasselbacher (Vorarlberg-Corratec) 4'33:29s
7. Hilton Clarke(Fuji-Servetto) 4'33:29s
8. Igor Abakoumov (ISD) 4'33:29s
9. Samai Amari (Le Tua) 4'33:29s
10.Yohann Gene (BBOX Bouygues Telecom) 4'33:29s
....
14. Mohd Zamri Saleh (Malaysia) 4'33:29s
16. Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Malaysia) 4'33:29s
20. Wan Mohammed Najmee Wan Mohamad (Malaysia) 4'33:29s

Top 10 Riders Overall (Yellow jersey):

1. Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) 11'21:54s
2. Chris Sutton (Garmin Slipstream) 11'22:12s
3. Nolan Hoffman (South Africa) 11'22:14s
4. Ricardo Van der Velde (Garmin Slipstream) 11'22:14s
5. Alexandr Pliuschin (AG2R) 11'22:15s
6. Aurelian Clerc (AG2R) 11'22:16s
7. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan) 11'22:17s
8. Christian Meier (Garmin Slipstream) 11'22:23s
9. Roman Zhiyentayev (Kazakhstan) 11'22:23s
10.Hossien Nateghi (Iran) 11'22:24s

Top 10 Asian Riders Overall (Blue jersey):

1. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan) 11'22:17s
2. Roman Zhiyentayev (Kazakshtan) 11'22'23s
3. Hossien Nateghi (Iran) 11'22.24s
4. Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (Malaysia) 11'22.24s
5. Yukiya Arashiro (BBOX Bouygues Telecom) 11'22.24s
6. Mohd Faris Abdul Razak (MNCF) 11'22.24s
7. Hui Guo (China) 11'22.24s
8. Samai Amari (Le Tua) 11'22.24s
9. Mehdi Sohrabi (Iran) 11'22.24s
10.Amir Mustafa Rusli (Malaysia) 11'22.24s

SPRINT CATEGORY (Green jersey):

1. Mattia Gavazzi (Diquigiovanni-Androni) 45 points
2. Nolan Hoffman (South Africa) 39 points
3. Chris Sutton (Garmin Slipstream) 31 points

KING OF MOUNTAINS (POLKA DOT) CATEGORY (Red jersey):

1. Janse Van Rensburg J (South Africa) 6 points
2. Jaco Venter (South Africa) 4 points
3. Seok Kyu Suh (Seoul Cycling) 4 points

TOP 10 TEAMS OVERALL:

1. South African 34'07:12s
2. Diquigiovanni-Androni 34'07:12s
3. Garmin Slipstream 34'07:12s
4. Vorarlberg-Corratec 34'07:12s
5. Malaysia 34'07:12s
6. China 34'07:12s
7. BBOX Bouygues Telecom 34'07:12s
8. ISD 34'07:12s
9. Doha 34'07:12s
10.MNCF 34'07:12s

ASIAN TEAMS OVERALL:

1. Malaysia 34'07:12s
2. China 34'07:12s
3. Doha 34'07:12s
4. MNCF 34'07:12s
5. Kazakhstan 34'07:12s
6. Iran 34'07:12s
7. EQA-Meitan Hompo 34'07:12s
8. Seoul 34'07:12s
9. Le Tua 34'07:12s

-- BERNAMA