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Last Updated: Jul 18th, 2008 - 09:01:43 |
Pezula Racing rider Ciarán Power was a good tenth in the bunch gallop which decided the seventh stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake in China today, finishing in the same time as the victor Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano). Stefan Löffler (Giant Asia Racing Team) and Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano) were second and third on the 214 kilometre leg to Xining.
David McCann was next best of the Irish riders in 37th place and remains in an excellent second overall, just nine seconds behind Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team). He is also seventh in the points ranking and tenth in the mountains classification.
Martyn Irvine and his foreign Pezula Racing team-mates Kieran Page and Cameron Jennings also finished in the main bunch.
The 2.HC race continues tomorrow with a 150.8 kilometres race from Xining to Menyuan. The riders will cross a hors categorie climb 42 kilometres from the finish and this is certain to shake things up. McCann will try to take over the race lead, but he and Askari are certain to find themselves under attack from Rock Racing duo Oscar Sevilla and Tyler Hamilton, who are third and fourth overall.
The race concludes on Sunday.
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Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC), China, July 11-20:
Stage 7 - July 17: Xining - Minhe-Ledu-Pingan – Xining:
1, Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) 214 kilometres in 4 hours 45 mins 13 secs
2, Stefan Löffler (Giant Asia Racing Team)
3, Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano)
4, Nicholas Sanderson (Jelly Belly Cycling Team)
5, Metlushenko Yuriy (Ukraine)
6, Alex Rasmussen (Denmark)
Other:
10, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing)
37, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team)
40, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing)
46, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing)
62, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing) all same time
DNF: Derek Burke (Pezula Racing)
Teams:
1, Skil-Shimano, 14 hours 15 mins 39 secs
2, Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni
3, China
Other:
10, Pezula Racing, same time
13, Giant Asia Racing Team, same time
General classification after stage 7:
1, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 21 hours 17 mins 40 secs
2, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 9 secs
3, Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Rock Racing) at 14 secs
4, Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) at 15 secs
5, Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) at 21 secs
6, Rhys Pollock (GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek) at 27 secs
Other:
72, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing) at 43 mins 4 secs
86, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing) at 53 mins 58 secs
88, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing) at 55 mins
92, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing) at 58 mins 6 secs
Points classification:
1, Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 68 pts
2, Blazej Janiaczyk (Poland) 45
3, Michael Morkov Christensen (Denmark) 44
Other:
7, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 32
Mountains classification:
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
Other:
10, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 1
Teams classification:
1, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, 63 hours 54 mins
2, Poland, at 1 min 3 secs
3, Coscycle Collstrop, at 1 min 35 secs
4, Rock Racing, at 2 mins 13 secs
5, Ukraine, at 3 mins 27 secs
6, Perperutnina Ptuj, at 5 mins 38 secs
Other:
11, Giant Asia Racing Team, at 33 mins 23 secs
20, Pezula Racing, at 2 hours 31 mins 2 secs
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17/7/08 MCCANN SECOND OVERALL IN TOUR OF QINGHAI LAKE
David McCann heads into today’s seventh stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake aiming to make up the nine seconds which separate him and former team-mate Hossein Askari, and take over the race lead.
The Giant Asia racing team rider was as close as two seconds to the jersey, but Askari finished third yesterday behind Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) and Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing). McCann was three seconds back in seventh and once the bonuses were calculated, the gap had increased to the current amount.
McCann showed his excellent form when he finished second to Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) in last Friday’s 3.8 kilometre prologue in Xining. The latter repeated his win the following day, while McCann finished two seconds back in the main group. He was seventeenth on day three, 14 seconds behind the victor Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina Ptuj), then came home in the peloton at the end of stage four. Eleventh one day later continued his solid showing and moved him from fourth to second overall.
The Pezula Racing team have also been competing in the race. They missed the opening prologue due to flight problems but were given the time of the slowest rider and allowed to continue. However arriving at the world’s highest race without time to acclimatise has clearly made things very difficult for the team.
Ciarán Power has registered the best performance thus far, netting 21st in the stage four bunch sprint.
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Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC), China, July 11-20:
Stage 1 - July 11: Xining prologue:
1, Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 3.8 kilometres in 4 mins 3.83 secs (56.3km/h)
2, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 10.07 secs
3, Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Rock Racing) at 12.72 secs
4, Charles Bradley Huff (Jelly Belly Cycling Team) at 13.92 secs
5, Michael Creed (Rock Racing) at 16.01 secs
6, Gregor Gazvoda (Perutnina Ptuj) at 18.06 secs
Other:
130, Morgan Fox (Pezula Racing) at 1 min 36.82 secs
130, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing)
130, Derek Burke (Pezula Racing)
130, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing)
130, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing)
130, David O’Loughlin (Pezula Racing)
130, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing)
Stage 2 - July 12: Xining - Qinghai Lake Hotel:
1, Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 145.5 kilometres in 3 hours 29 mins 19 secs
2, Matej Stare (Perutnina Ptuj)
3, Hossein Nateghi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) both same time
4, Michael Morkov Christensen (Denmark) at 2 secs
5, Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano)
6, Michal Golas (Cycle Collstrop) both same time
Other:
43, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) same time
88, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing) at 3 mins 47 secs
89, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing) same time
102, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing) at 7 mins 55 secs
117, David O’Loughlin (Pezula Racing)
120, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing) both same time
133, Morgan Fox (Pezula Racing) at 23 mins 30 secs
134, Derek Burke (Pezula Racing) same time
Stage 3 - July 13: Qinghai Lake Hotel - Bird Island:
1, Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina Ptuj) 120.6 kilometres in 3 hours 7 mins 23 secs
2, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) at 2 secs
3, Michael Morkov Christensen (Denmark) at 6 secs
4, Emiliano Donadello (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni)
5, Gabriele Missaglia (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni)
6, Blazej Janiaczyk (Poland) all same time
Other:
17, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 14 secs
38, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing) same time
56, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing) at 46 secs
62, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing) at 2 mins 14 secs
67, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing) same time
83, David O’Loughlin (Pezula Racing) at 12 mins 6 secs
91, Derek Burke (Pezula Racing)
93, Morgan Fox (Pezula Racing) both same time
Sprints:
Sprint 1:
1, Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukraine) 5 pts
2, Kristjan Fajt (Perutnina Ptuj) 3
3, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 1
Stage 4 - July 14: Bird Island – Xihaizhen:
1, Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 152.4 kilometres in 3 hours 10 min 46 secs
2, Hossein Nateghi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
3, Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano)
4, Jure Kocjan (Perutnina Ptuj)
5, Emiliano Donadello (Serramenti Diquigiovanni-Androni)
6, Blazej Janiaczyk (Poland) all same time
Other:
21, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing) same time
28, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team)
53, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing)
59, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing)
72, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing) all same time
127, David O’Loughlin (Pezula Racing) at 14 mins 40 sec
131, Derek Burke (Pezula Racing) at 19 mins
Points:
Sprint 1:
1, Michael Morkov Christensen (Denmark) 5 pts
2, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 3
3, Stanislav Kozubek (Psk Whirlpool – Author) 1
Stage 5 - July 15: Xihaizhen - Guide County:
1, Volodymyr Zagorodnyy (Ukraine) 172.4 kilometres in 3 hours 48 mins 42 secs
2, Jure Kocjan (Perutnina Ptuj) at 9 secs
3, Matej Stare (Perutnina Ptuj)
4, Petr Bencik (Psk Whirlpool – Author)
5, Blazej Janiaczyk (Poland)
6, Sergey Rudaskov (Cycle Collstrop) all same time
Other:
11, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) same time
70, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing) at 11 min 26 secs
84, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing) at 18 mins 42 secs
85, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing) at 20 mins 20 secs
104, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing) same time
120, Derek Burke (Pezula Racing) at 35 mins 52 secs
DNF: David O'Loughlin (Pezula Racing)
Stage 6 - July 16: Guide – Xining:
1, Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) 115 kilometres in 2 hours 51 mins 45 secs (40.175 km/h)
2, Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing)
3, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) both same time
4, Rhys Pollock (GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek) at 3 secs
5, Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Rock Racing)
6, Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
Other:
7, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) same time
87, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing) at 26 mins 29 secs
93, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing)
97, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing)
107, Derek Burke (Pezula Racing)
112, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing) all same time
General classification after stage 6
1, Hossein Askari (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) 16 hours 32 mins 27 secs
2, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 9 secs
3, Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Rock Racing) at 14 secs
4, Tyler Hamilton (Rock Racing) at 15 secs
5, Marek Rutkiewicz (Poland) at 21 secs
6, Rhys Pollock (GE - Marco Polo Team P/B Trek) at 27 secs
Other:
72, Ciaran Power (Pezula Racing) at 43 mins 4 secs
86, Kieran Page (Pezula Racing) at 53 mins 58 secs
88, Cameron Jennings (Pezula Racing) at 55 mins
92, Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing) at 58 mins 6 secs
111, Joshua Page (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 1 hour 15 mins 21 secs
122, Derek Burke (Pezula Racing) at 1 hou 58 mins 5 secs
Points classification:
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
Mountains classification:
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
Other:
10, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 1
Teams classification:
1, Tabriz Petrochemical Team, 49 hours 38 mins 21 secs
2, Poland, at 1 min 3 secs
3, Coscycle Collstrop, at 1 min 35 secs
4, Rock Racing, at 2 mins 13 secs
5, Ukraine, at 3 mins 27 secs
6, Perperutnina Ptuj, at 5 mins 38 secs
Other:
11, Giant Asia Racing Team, at 33 mins 23 secs
20, Pezula Racing, at 2 hours 31 mins 2 secs
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