Unfriendly Jogert wins Stage 4

18/08/2002

RUNE Jogert from Team Krone won the 134.3kn Fourth Stage of the Gamuda
Eagle Tour in Langkawi when he broke free from the main bunch about 25
metres from the finish line yesterday.
Jogert clocked three hours two minutes and 11 seconds for the stage win
from a group of riders, including Malaysians, who finished bunched for
second.
After receiving his jersey on the podium, overall leader Italian Simone
Mori of Team Jura Suisse took the winner to task for being "unfriendly".
Mori retained the Red Jersey he won after the gruelling Gunung Raya
climb and now has an accumulated time of 8:13.30 to his credit. He is
followed closely by Iranian Ghad Mizbani who has an overall of 8:14:11.
Mizbani was crowned `King of the Mountains' after conquering third and
fourth category climbs in yesterday's Fourth Stage.
The Iranian will get to keep the jersey for the reminder of the race
because in today's Stage Five, there are no climbs.
It was a fast and furious race and Team Jura Suisse riders made a pact
with the other teams to have riders pace the race and help each other
along the route.
Jura riders helped and received help from the Iranians and the
Albanians, among others, but Krone riders kept their distance and so it
was easy for them to win the stage because they did not help pace the
race.
"I don't understand this new trend because in cycling it is a practice
where teams help pace each other. I am not saying that Jura needs help,
because my team-mates are all good riders and can keep the pace, but what
the Krone rider did was ..... anyway, we (Jura riders) don't need help and
will show our strength tomorrow," said Simone.
The Irish luck kept shining and Philip Deigna was again at the top of
the podium to receive his second consecutive green jersey for winning the
under 23 overall title. The under-23 stage was won by Tore Bekken.
The Ireland National team also still lead the Team stage classification
when they clocked a total of 9:06:33. RESULTS
Stage 4: 1 Rune Jogert (Krone-KRO) 3 hours 02 minutes 11 seconds, 2 Paul
Redenbach (Team Down Under-TDU) 3:02:11, 3 Paul Griffin (Irl) 3:02:11s, 4
Christian Pomer (Aut) 3:02:11, 5 Tore Bekken (Kro) 3:02:11, 6 Matnur
Muslimin (Sel) 3:02:11, 7 Christoph Kerschbaum (Aut) 3:02:11, 8 Mohd
Mahadzir Hamad (Sel) 3:02:11, 9 Mehdi Sahrabi (Iri) 3:02:11, 10 Nor
Effandy Rosli (KL) 3:02:11.
Overall standings: 1 Simone Mori (Jura Suisse-JUR) 8:13:30, 2 Ghader
Mizbani (Iri) 8:14:11, 3 Glen Chadwick (Tdu) 8:14:46, 4 Tonton Susanto
(Ina) 8:14:55, 5 Paul Griffin (Irl) 8:15:07, 6 Andreas Knapp (Aut)
8:15:18, 7 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) 8:15:20, 8 Joachim Vollmann (Aut) 8:15:46, 9
Philip Deignan (Irl) 8:15:46, 10 Gabriel Rasch (Krone-KRO) 8:16:06s.
King of the Sprints: 1 Paul Griffin (Irl) 35 points, 2 Rune Jogert (Kro)
32, 3 Tommy Evans (Irl) 28.
King of the Mountains: 1 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) 24, 2 Simone Mori (Jur)
16, 3 Jamsran Ulzii Orshikh (Gnt) 12.
Team Classification: 1 Ireland 24:47:03s, 2 Iran 24:47:38, 3 Austria
24:48:13.
Under-23 Overall: 1 Philip Deignan (Irl) 8:15:46s, 2 Suhardi Hassan
(Mas) 8:16:35, 3 Josef Benetseder (Aut) 8:17:49.
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