IMPORTANT WIN FOR MCCANN IN TOUR OF INDONESIA

Earlier this month David McCann won the Tour of Indonesia, a nine day, 2.2 ranked event. The Giant Asia rider showed excellent consistency throughout, ending the race a comfortable 2 minutes and 45 seconds ahead of Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Polygon Sweet Nice). Compatriots Stephen Gallagher and Paul Griffin were second and eighth on stages, respectively, with Griffin taking fifth overall. The Kerry rider was 5 minutes and 16 seconds back.

The Giant Asia team finished clear leaders in the team classification, beating second-placed Polygon Sweet Nice by 19 minutes and 14 seconds. McCann was fifth in the mountains classification and Griffin eighth, while Gallagher, McCann and Griffin were 8th, 9th and 13th in the points ranking.

Griffin was best placed on day one, finished 13th in the bunch sprint which concluded the Jakarta Criterium. McCann took tenth the following day, crossing the line in the same time as winner Sergey Kudentsov (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team). He then continued his strong ride by taking fourth on stage three, with Griffin 13th.

McCann was fourth again on stage four, two places ahead of Griffin. Both finished 38 seconds behind the leading duo Shinichi Fukushima (Japan National Cycling Team) and Jimes Sprage (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club).

The following day Gallagher went close to a stage win, finishing in the same time as winner Jacob Nielsen of the BACP Team. Griffin and McCann both came home in the group sprinting for fourth, 4 minutes and 54 seconds back. McCann was now second overall, just 55 seconds behind Fukushima, and made the jump into the race lead when he placed third behind Ulzii-Orshikh Jamsran (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) and Makoto Iijima (Japan National Cycling Team) on stage six. Griffin was eighth.

McCann was himself eighth the following day, 2 minutes and 3 seconds behind the winner Fatahilah Abdulllah (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club), while both Griffin and Gallagher finished 14 seconds further back in the main bunch sprinting for tenth.

A big sprint settled the penultimate stage, a 112 kilometre leg from Jember to Banyuwangi. McCann and Griffin were 21st and 22nd. The Irish national champion then wrapped up an excellent overall victory when he and Griffin came home in the main bunch on the final day of racing.

The points gained in the 2.2 ranked event meant that McCann moved up two places to a notable fourth place in the UCI Asia Tour rankings, as released on the 25th of September. He has 228 points, as compared to his Giant Asia team-mate Ghader Mizbani, who is leading with 434.32 points.

Gallagher is 38th and Griffin is 118th. The Giant Asia racing team is a long way ahead of the rest of the field, amassing 1379.64 points as compared to Skil-Shimano’s 397.


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Tour of Indonesia (2.2, August 27-September 4):


Stage 1 - August 27: Jakarta Criterium, Senayan:

1, Andre Schulze (BACP Team) 54.6 kilometres in 1 hour 13 mins 1 sec
2, Tobias Erler (Giant Asia Racing Team)
3, Sergey Kudentsov (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team)
4, Masahiko Mifune (Japan National Cycling Team)
5, Ahmad Haidar (LeTua Cycling Club)
6, Eddy Hollands (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) all same time

Irish:

13, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team)
27, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team)
43, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) also all same time



Stage 2 - August 28: Bandung – Cirebon:

1, Sergey Kudentsov (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) 133.1 kilometres in 3 hours 6 mins 35 secs
2, Shinichi Fukushima (Japan National Cycling Team)
3, Seyed Mustafa Seyed Rezaei (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University)
4, Masahiko Mifune (Japan National Cycling Team)
5, Jacob Nielsen (BACP Team)
6, Ulzii-Orshikh Jamsran (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) all same time

Irish:

10, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) also same time
40, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 2 mins 36 secs
90, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 11 mins 49 secs


Stage 3 - August 29: Cirebon – Purwokerto:

1, Makoto Iijima (Japan National Cycling Team) 187.5 kilometres in 4 hours 57 mins 18 secs
2, Uwe Hardter (BACP Team) same time
3, Ulzii-Orshikh Jamsran (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) at 50 secs
4, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team)
5, Sirous Hashem Zade Varzeghani (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University)
6, Fatahilah Abdulllah (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club) all same time


Other Irish:

13, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) also same time
61, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 14 mins 30 secs


Stage 4 - August 30: Purwokerto – Solo:

1, Shinichi Fukushima (Japan National Cycling Team) 245.1 kilometres in 6 hours 37 mins 24 secs
2, Jimes Sprage (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club) same time
3, Koji Fukushima (Japan National Cycling Team) at 7 secs
4, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 38 secs
5, Uwe Hardter (BACP Team)
6, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) both same time

Other:

43, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 20 mins 33 secs


Stage 5 - August 31: Solo – Madiun:

1, Jacob Nielsen (BACP Team) 108.9 kilometres in 2 hours 29 mins 48 secs
2, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) same time
3, Tobias Erler (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 1 min 31 secs
4, Sergey Kudentsov (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) at 4 mins 54 secs
5, Ulzii-Orshikh Jamsran (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team)
6, Makoto Iijima (Japan National Cycling Team) both same time

Other Irish:

24, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team)
32, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) also both same time


Intermediate sprint at Sragen (28.2km)

1, Jacob Nielsen (BACP Team 5 pts
2, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team 3
3, Tobias Erler (Giant Asia Racing Team 2
4, Andre Schulze (BACP Team 1

Intermediate sprint at Ngawi (76.2km)

1, Jacob Nielsen (BACP Team 5 pts
2, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team 3
3, Tobias Erler (Giant Asia Racing Team 2
4, Andre Schulze (BACP Team 1


General classification after Stage 5:

1, Shinichi Fukushima (Japan National Cycling Team) 18 hours 29 mins 31 secs
2, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 55 secs
3, Daniel Llyod (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 1 min 5 secs
4, Seyed Mustafa Seyed Rezaei (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University) at 1 min 10 secs
5, Uwe Hardter (BACP Team) at 2 mins 37 secs
6, Jimes Sprage (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club) at 3 mins 7 secs


Stage 6 - September 1: Madiun – Malang:

1, Ulzii-Orshikh Jamsran (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) 183.6 kilometres in 4 hours 36 mins 4 secs
2, Makoto Iijima (Japan National Cycling Team)
3, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team)
4, Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Polygon Sweet Nice)
5, Mahawong Prajak (Siam Bara Cycling Team)
6, Sirous Hashem Zade Varzeghani (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University) all same time

Other Irish:

8, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 2 mins 19 secs
80, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 31 mins 25 secs


General classification after Stage 6:

1, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 23 hours 6 mins 26 secs
2, Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Polygon Sweet Nice) at 2 mins 30 secs
3, Daniel Llyod (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 2 mins 43 secs
4, Makoto Iijima (Japan National Cycling Team) at 4 mins 2 secs
5, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 5 mins 1 sec
6, Seyed Mustafa Seyed Rezaei (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University) at 5 mins 13 secs


Stage 7 - September 2: Malang – Jember:

1, Fatahilah Abdulllah (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club) 181 kilometres in 4 hours 29 mins 1 sec
2, Iwan Setiawan (Customs Cycling Team)
3, Rohmat Nugraha (Dodol Garut Picnic Cycling Team)
4, Budi Santoso (Polygon Sweet Nice)
5, Seyed Javad Mousavi (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University)
6, Umardi Rosdi (LeTua Cycling Club) all same time

Other:

8, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 2 mins 3 secs
65, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 2 mins 17 secs
66, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) same time


Stage 8 - September 3: Jember – Banyuwangi:

1, Sergey Kudentsov (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) 112 kilometres in 2 hours 17 mins 30 secs
2, Tobias Erler (Giant Asia Racing Team)
3, Heksa Priya Prasetya (Customs Cycling Team)
4, Seyed Mustafa Seyed Rezaei (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University)
5, Fatahilah Abdulllah (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club)
6, Wawan Setyobudi (Pengda ISSI Jogyakarta) all same time

Other:

21, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team)
22, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) both also same time
59, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 2 mins 43 secs


Intermediate sprint at Kalibaru (52.1km)

1, Fatahilah Abdulllah (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club) 5 pts
2, Sergey Kudentsov (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) 3
3, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 2
4, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) 1


Stage 9 - September 4: Gilimanuk – Denpasar:

1, Wawan Setyobudi (Pengda ISSI Jogyakarta) 135 kilometres in 3 hours 22 mins 36 secs
2, Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Polygon Sweet Nice)
3, Ahmad Haidar (LeTua Cycling Club)
4, Daniel Llyod (Giant Asia Racing Team)
5, Masahiko Mifune (Japan National Cycling Team)
6, Mohammad Nor Rizuan (LeTua Cycling Club) all same time

Irish:

37, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team)
50, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) also both same time
62 Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 2 mins 22 secs


Final General classification:

1, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 33 hours 17 mins 35 secs
2, Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Polygon Sweet Nice) at 2 mins 45 secs
3, Seyed Mustafa Seyed Rezaei (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University) at 5 mins 13 secs
4, Daniel Llyod (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 5 mins 14 secs
5, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 5 mins 16 secs
6, Ulzii-Orshikh Jamsran (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) at 8 mins 59 secs

Other:

45, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) at 1 hour 17 mins 11 secs

(67 finishers)


Team classification

1, Giant Asia Racing Team, 99 hours 58 mins 42 secs
2, Polygon Sweet Nice, at 19 mins 14 secs
3, Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University, at 20 mins 55 secs


Points classification

1, Fatahilah Abdulllah (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club) 30 pts
2, Sergey Kudentsov (Greenfield Fresh Milk Team) 25
3, Masahiko Mifune (Japan National Cycling Team) 17

Other;

8, Stephen Gallagher (Giant Asia Racing Team) 6
9, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 4
13, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) 2


Mountains classification:

1, Mehdi Faridi Goviz (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University) 22 pts
2, Seyed Mustafa Seyed Rezaei (Sport Dept of Islamic Azad University) 21
3, Jimes Sprage (Bintang Kranggan Cycling Club) 20

Irish:

5, David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) 16
8, Paul Griffin (Giant Asia Racing Team) 9


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UCI Asia Tour rankings, 25/9/06

1, Ghader Mizbani (Iran) 434.32 points
2, Hossein Askara (Iran) 356.32
3, Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Iran) 259.32
4, David McCann (Ireland) 228
5, Maarten Tjallingii (Netherlands) 189
6, Omar Hasanein (Syria) 188.66

Other:

38, Stephen Gallagher (Ireland) 53
118, Paul Griffin (Ireland) 15