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2006 Tour de Langkawi, Stage 3

Tour de Langkawi, Malaysia

Stage 3, Lumut - Cameron Highlands, 150.3K

5 February

Raisin Victorious in Highlands

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Raisin Takes First Pro Win, photo: First Cartel Sdn Bhd

Saul Raisin (Crédit Agricole) won today's Langkawi stage to Cameron Highlands, just as BiciRace.com suggested as a possibility in our race preview. The young American (23) is built for this type of terrain and proved he has the goods to win in Malaysian mountains.

The stage opened with 80K of flat roads before hitting the first of two linked climbs that would cover over 50K of climbing. Attack after attack in the opening hour gave way to the day's winning move. Raisin joined the mostly South African escape group and had his eyes on the first climb to Kg. Raja starting at kilometer 85.

As the peloton closed in from behind, the mountain goats made their way off the front. Soon it was only Raisin with two South Africans (George and Lill) on the Cameron Highlands. Raisin dropped his companions with the finish approaching and nailed his first career win. BRAVO Raisin from BiciRace.com!

Tomorrow is a bit of respite before the riders will tackle the beast of the east, the Genting Highlands. The climbers will get freaky on this 36K climb that tops out at 1699 meters.

Results: 4:03'55", 37.05 K/h
1 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole
2 David George (RSA) South Africa
3 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 0.17
4 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 0.32
5 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 0.37
6 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16
7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
8 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni
9 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators
10 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni
11 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.18
12 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 2.20
13 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.22
14 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk
15 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 3.20
16 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 3.22
17 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Japan 3.24
18 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 3.35
19 Julien Loubet (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.32
20 Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
21 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.53
22 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria-Navigare 5.37
23 Jens Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.39
24 Kristian House (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 5.44
25 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 5.51
26 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 7.05
27 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.47
28 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 9.54
29 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Équipe Asia
30 Susanto Tonton (Ina) Wismilak 10.21

GC:
1 David George (RSA) South Africa 9:47'06"
2 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 0.40
3 Cesar Grajales (Col) Navigators 2.22
4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
5 Walter Pedraza (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni
6 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
7 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.27
8 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recyling.Co.Uk 2.28
9 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators 3.27
10 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.59
11 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria-Navigare 5.42
12 Ryan Cox (RSA) South Africa 5.57
13 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Japan 7.07
14 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 7.22
15 Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa 7.44
16 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-Gam 7.53
17 David McCann (Irl) Giant-Asia 8.04
18 José Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 9.48
19 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant-Asia 9.52
20 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) LPR 10.52