[競賽]泰國鐵蛋養成班-DAY 4－台北．小．巨．蛋

Stage 2 - December 17: Nakhon Ratchasima - Chiang Mai, 184.8 km

Masahiko sprints to victory

By CYCLINGNEWS Steve Thomas in Thailand

Mifune Masahiko (Matrix Powertag) gave victory to Japan by sprinting to the win on stage two of the Tour of Thailand after a long, hot and flat day in the saddle in Northern Thailand. Under clear skies, the sun beat down on the riders for the 184.8 kilometre long route from Nakhon Ratchasima to Chiang Mai.

Stage two, despite misunderstood translations to the contrary, was in fact a flat day, and the mountains still lie ahead. With nothing to stand in their way, the riders put on a fast and furiously tough day of racing.

From the start, the Thai national team went on the attack, despite defending the yellow jersey of their team rider Prajak Mahawong. The chase resulted in a split in the field, with a large breakaway group going clear early on. With around 30 kilometres to go the group had a clear six minute lead, but the heat and the wind was taking its toll and the numbers had been whittled down to eight. With teams such as Iran and UAE not represented, the chase went into last-minute overdrive, crushing the lead and reeling the break back in within just a few kilometres.

Coming into the finish there were a couple of promising attacks, but the straight and open run to the line meant it was a tough task to stay clear, and a bunch sprint was to finish the day off. Japanese Matrix team rider Masahiko proved fastest, coming to the line half a bike length clear of Philippines rider Warren Davadilla to take the stage.

The overall lead stayed with Mahawong, although the local who races with the Japanese Nippo team doubts he will hold it for long; "I'm not so great in the hills, I think the riders from the Philippines could be the ones to watch." Translations permitting those hills will start on stage three.

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　　結束了又長又熱又平的賽事之後，三船雅彥(母體能量車隊)的衝刺在泰北為日本奪得了環泰第二站的冠軍。在這烈日當頭之下，長達184.8公里的戰爭，太陽旗終究在清邁飄揚。

　　第二站的路線和之前所知道的完全相反，仍然是無止境的平路。在一望無際的賽道上，選手們再度經歷了一場高速度的硬仗。

　　起跑之後，泰國國家隊的動作變的主動而積極，為的就是要保住隊友馬哈旺的黃杉，如此攻擊主要是希望能夠盡快加大集團的分裂。大約過了30公里之後，集團已經領先了六分多鐘，但烈日和強風不斷的掠奪選手們的力量，人數被削減至只剩8人。而在人數所剩無幾的伊朗和UAE用盡最後力量的追擊之下，將領先集團追到只剩下幾公里的差距。

　　來到終點線前，兩位選手嘗試攻擊，但終點前又直又寬的平路不可能讓他們如此稱心如意，終究以大集團衝刺進終點結束了今天的比賽。日本母體車隊的雅彥さん以半台車身的距離幹掉菲律賓的華倫德維迪拉證明他是最快的，奪下本站的冠軍。

　　馬哈旺仍然保持它的領先地位，不過日本的老隊友也認為他死巴著黃衫不放的局面不可能維持太久。"山路並不是我的專長，菲律賓國家隊的選手可能才是在下一站表現的主角"馬哈旺這樣說著。接下來就讓我們看看第三站的山路會帶來怎樣的改變。

Photography

The jersey leaders on the line at the start of stage two.

A lone Thai rider early in the stage, the bunch are soon to pull him back.

The main break of the day goes clear.

Zamri Saleh of Malaysia eventually lost contact with the break.

Thailand's race leader Mahawong talks to Japanese team and racing mates before the start.

The Thai riders were aggressive from the start.

The Iranian team was on the attack early on stage two.

The field baking under the hot Thai sun.

A Japanese rider clearly enjoying the day.

A Thai rider keeps cool with a cold bottle down the back of the jersey.

The break drives on but is doomed.

Jurai Segan of the Merida team made the break.

Tasji Yoshimitsu of the Matrix team drives the break.

The final eight breakaway riders just couldn't hang onto their lead.

Malaysia's Suhardi Hassan drove hard in the break and kept his sprint leaders jersey as reward.

Riders doused themselves with water to try and keep cool as the break was caught.

Mifune comes through on the line to take the stage.

Results

1 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag                                            4.44.53 (38.92 km/h)
2 Warren Davadilla (Phi) Philippines
3 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin
4 Roel de Vries (Ned) Ysselstreek
5 Ghafari Vahid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
6 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam
7 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan
8 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek
9 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing
10 Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Kuota Senges
11 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan
12 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
13 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling
14 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan
15 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges
16 Thomas Just (Den) Faeso Denmark
17 Matej Vyssna (Svk) Dukla Trencin
18 Badr Mohammed Banihammead (UAE) United Arab Emirates
19 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
20 Yen Lin Huang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing
21 Natthapon Jeebthaworn (Tha) Thailand
22 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Thailand
23 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark
24 Chaturat Phongphanat (Tha) All Star Thailand
25 Trung Hieu Dang (Vie) Vietnam
26 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia
27 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) All Star Thailand
28 Yousif Banihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates
29 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand
30 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia
31 Agung Alisyahbana (Ina) Customs Cycling
32 Panup Koonrungruangkit (Tha) Thailand
33 Yuli Haryanto (Ina) Customs Cycling
34 Soren Peterson (Den) Kuota Senges
35 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines
36 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing
37 Okan Bualoi (Tha) Thailand
38 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Japan
39 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia
40 Janaidi Bin Hashim (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore
41 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
42 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti (Mas) Malaysia
43 Seiichi Koshiumi (Jpn) Japan
44 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
45 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing
46 Muhammad Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia
47 Jurag Sagan (Svk) Dukla Trencin
48 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
49 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines
50 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Customs Cycling
51 Greg Svarc (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore
52 Danny Fang (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore
53 Morten Knudsen (Den) Faeso Denmark
54 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines
55 Cong Hieu Mai (Vie) Vietnam
56 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Philippines
57 Phat Dat Trinh (Vie) Vietnam
58 Partovi Mehdi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
59 Patnk Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin
60 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges
61 Ahad Sarai Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
62 Ryan Ariham (Ina) Faeso Denmark
63 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand
64 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin
65 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Ysselstreek
66 Alexander van Bavel (Ned) Ysselstreek
67 Wakumoto Masaki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
68 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Kuota Senges
69 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Ysselstreek
70 Omar Almansory (UAE) United Arab Emirates                                1.40
71 Li We Chen (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing                                              4.20
72 Mohamed Almurawwi (UAE) United Arab Emirates                          5.59
HD Nicholas Dale Swallow (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore
DNF Thanawat Somna (Tha) All Star Thailand

General classification after stage 2

1 Prajak Mahawong (Tha) Thailand
2 Irish Valenzuela (Phi) Philippines
3 Trung Hieu Dang (Vie) Vietnam
4 Nguyen Hung Mai (Vie) Vietnam
5 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin
6 Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia
7 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Japan
8 Jurag Sagan (Svk) Dukla Trencin
9 Shiri Sisan Hamid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
10 Badr Mohammed Banihammead (UAE) United Arab Emirates
11 Muhammad Rauf Nur Nisbah (Mas) Malaysia
12 Okan Bualoi (Tha) Thailand
13 Malaya van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Kuota Senges
14 Akira Kakinuma (Jpn) Japan
15 Phuchong Sai-Udomsin (Tha) Thailand
16 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Faeso Denmark
17 Soren Peterson (Den) Kuota Senges
18 Paul Griffin (Irl) Giant Asia Racing
19 Jahanbanian Hossein (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
20 Kuan Hua Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing
21 Lloyd Lucien Reynante (Phi) Philippines
22 Ahad Sarai Kazemi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
23 Jatuphoom Lekhawat (Tha) All Star Thailand
24 Thomas Just (Den) Faeso Denmark
25 Muhammad Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysia
26 Hsiang Kuei (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing
27 Masakazu Ito (Jpn) Japan
28 Partovi Mehdi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
29 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin
30 Morten Knudsen (Den) Faeso Denmark
31 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
32 Roel de Vries (Ned) Ysselstreek
33 Ghafari Vahid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
34 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Ysselstreek
35 Endra Wijaya (Ina) Customs Cycling
36 Christoph von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Kuota Senges
37 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
38 Yen Lin Huang (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing
39 Natthapon Jeebthaworn (Tha) Thailand
40 Chaturat Phongphanat (Tha) All Star Thailand
41 Trung Hieu Dang (Vie) Vietnam
42 Seree Ruangsiri (Tha) All Star Thailand
43 Yousif Banihammad (UAE) United Arab Emirates
44 Muhammad Faris Abdul Razak (Mas) Malaysia
45 Agung Alisyahbana (Ina) Customs Cycling
46 Panup Koonrungruangkit (Tha) Thailand
47 Yuli Haryanto (Ina) Customs Cycling
48 Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka (Jpn) Japan
49 Janaidi Bin Hashim (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore
50 Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lufti (Mas) Malaysia
51 Seiichi Koshiumi (Jpn) Japan
52 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
53 Daisuke Hioki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
54 Edi Purnomo (Ina) Customs Cycling
55 Greg Svarc (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore
56 Danny Fang (Sin) Cycleworx Singapore
57 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Philippines
58 Cong Hieu Mai (Vie) Vietnam
59 Ronald Gorantes (Phi) Philippines
60 Partovi Mehdi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochem
61 Patnk Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin
62 Matthias Berting (Ger) Kuota Senges
63 Ryan Ariham (Ina) Faeso Denmark
64 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned) Ysselstreek
65 Alexander van Bavel (Ned) Ysselstreek
66 Wakumoto Masaki (Jpn) Matrix Powetag
67 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Kuota Senges
68 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Ysselstreek
69 Matej Vyssna (Svk) Dukla Trencin
70 Omar Almansory (UAE) United Arab Emirates
71 Li We Chen (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing
72 Mohamed Almurawwi (UAE) United Arab Emirates

To be continue.........