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October 22, Stage 3: Xinglong - Wenchang 161.6km
Veelers leads Skil 1-2 in Wenchang

A crash in the home straight brought several riders down at the finish to stage three in Wenchang.


A 1-2 for the Netherlands: Tom Veelers (left) and Kenny Van Hummel both of Skil Shimano celebrate their first and second placings in stage three.


Tom Veelers (Skil Shimano) from the Netherlands takes out stage three in Wenchang.


The celebrations continue for the pair down the home straight in Wenchang.


Frenchman Justin Jules (Velo Club/La Pomme Marseille) releases the champers and holds onto his tour leader's yellow jersey after three stages.


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1 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3:53:30
2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano
3 Mohd Harrif Salleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
4 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
5 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
6 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System
7 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
8 Danielle Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC
9 Rico Rogers (NZl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
10 Kazuhiro Mori (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team

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October 23, Stage 4: Wenchang - Haikou 163.8km
Locke rides his luck to solo win


Thomas Palmer (Drapac Professional Cycling Team) crashed out of stage three leading into the finish and the sprinter found himself on bidon duties the following day.


The peloton sprints for pride in Haikou.



Deon Locke (Champion Systems) has battled injury over the years but has always been an aggressive rider and never afraid to ride alone - today it paid off!


An exhausted Deon Locke (Champion Systems) lies on the ground as the peloton go by in Haikou.


Dim Sims anyone? Solo breakaway Deon Locke (Champion Systems) enters the outskirts of Haikou and the finish to stage four holding onto a slender one minute lead on three riders.


It was a fantastic effort from Deon Locke (Champion Systems) to win the stage. It may be bitter sweet though as Locke was dumped from the team recently. This win will surely help his chances of securing a ride on another team.


Deon Locke (Champion Systems) leads Florian Salzinger (Atlas Personal-Jakroo) with Alexander Schmitt (Team Eddy MerckxIndeland) partly obscured in their daring breakaway.


Velo Club/La Pomme Marseille were on the front of the peloton looking after their tour leader in yellow, Justin Jules.


Stuart Shaw leads Drapac Professional Cycling teammate Darren Lapthorne around a bend on stage four of the tour.


Stage winner Deon Locke is congratulated by Champion Systems teammate Holger Burkhardt in Haikou.


Tour leader Justin Jules (Velo Club/La Pomme Marseille) corners in front of tour fans on stage four.


Stage four spray (l-r): Wong Kam Po (Hong Kong China Team), Deon Locke (Champion Systems) and Ma Hainjun (China National Team).


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1 Deon Locke (Aus) Champion System 3:50:07
2 Ma Hainjun (Chn) China 0:00:05
3 Wong Kam Po (HKg) Hong Kong 0:00:10
4 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0:00:15
5 Justin Jules (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
6 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano
7 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
8 Danielle Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC
9 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN Qhubeka
10 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 - Sanofi

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October 24, Stage 5: Haikou - Chengmai 151.6km
Stage 5

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The South African team of MTN Qhubeka relax prior to the start of stage five in Haikou.


South African rider Stanley Namanyana (MTN Qhubeka) towers over most people on the tour.


Riders from the Terengganu Cycling Team were well pleased with their stage winner Anuar Manan (far left).


Stage five podium (l-r): Harif Saleh (2nd,Terengganu Cycling Team), Anuar Manan (1st,Terengganu Cycling Team) and Rico Rogers (3rd,Giant Kenda). มีนักแข่งกีวี ลูกทีม Giant asia ของคุณตั้มด้วย..


The podium spray was on for all in Chengmai with (l-r): Saleh, Manan and Rogers out to get each other with the champagne..


A Malaysian double: Stage winner Anuar Manan (left) and Terengganu Cycling teammate and runner-up Harif Saleh celebrate their feat in Chengmai.


Anuar Manan (centre) of the Terengganu Cycling Team gets the edge on his rivals in the sprint to the line.


Anuar Manan (Terengganu Cycling Team) takes out stage five in Chengmai.


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1 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team 3:21:25
2 Mohd Harrif Salleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
3 Rico Rogers (NZl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
4 Danielle Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC
5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano
6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
7 Peter Erdin (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo
8 Adiq Othman (Mas) Drapac
9 Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
10 Marko Kump (Slo) Geox-TMC

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October 25, Stage 6: Chengmai - Danzhou 201.8km
Van Hummel quickest in Danzhou

รูปเล็กอีกแล้ว..

Humming along: Kenny 'The Hummer' Van Hummel (Skil Shimano) enjoys his first stage win on the tour this year.


Tour leader Justin Jules (yellow) of Velo Club/La Pomme Marseille in the peloton on stage six in Chengmai.


The peloton had to complete three laps of a street circuit in Chengmai before leaving the city bound for Danzhou.


Tour leader Justin Jules (yellow) of Velo Club/La Pomme Marseille in the peloton on stage six in Chengmai.


2010 five-time stage winner Kenny Van Hummel (Skil Shimano) takes out his first stage of the 2011 edition in Danzhou.


South African rider Stanley Namanyana (MTN Qhubeka) is one of the Chinese favourites on the race.


The team from Giant Kenda prior to the start of stage six in Chengmai.


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1 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3:54:22
2 Mohd Harrif Salleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
3 Peter Erdin (Swi) Atlas Personal-Jakroo
4 Rico Rogers (NZl) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
5 Verschoor Maarten (Ned) Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
6 Marko Kump (Slo) Geox-TMC
7 Mori Kazuhiro (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
8 Chen Zhian (Chn) Chinese 361°Cycling Team
9 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac
10 Christian Poos (Lux) Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.de

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October 26, Stage 7: Danzhou - Dongfang 196km
Van Hummel on the double at Tour of Hainan

Number one in Dangfong: Kenny 'The Hummer' Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) delivered the goods again on stage seven.


Muradjan Halmuratov (Giant Kenda) signs on for stage seven in Danzhou.


Big Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) displays a mighty fine bandage after his crash nearing the finish to stage six.


Podium party time (l-r): Chan Jae Jang (Terengganu Cycling Team), 2nd; Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano), 1st; and Danielle Colli (Geox-TMC), 3rd.


Cop that: Colli, Jae Jang and Van Hummel get into the spirit of a podium champagne fight in Dangfong.


(l-r): Danielle Colli (Geox-TMC), Chan Jae Jang (Terengganu Cycling Team), Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana), Maurizio Gorato (Geox-TMC), Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Justin Jules (Velo Club-La Pomme Marseille) on the podium in Dongfang.


Tour leader Justin Jules (Velo Club-La Pomme Marseille) makes his way towards the press conference in Dongfang.


Skil-Shimano, this time complete with Tom Veelers, after he missed the post-stage team pic yesterday when he crashed before the finish.


Mmm...not a bad signature if I don't say so myself: Aisan Racing Team's Nakajima Yasuharu checks out his signature and hands the pen to a teammate in Danzhou.


Kenny 'The Hummer' Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) signs on in Danzhou. Van Hummel scored in yesterday's stage into the city.


Velo Club-La Pomme Marseille's Julien Antomarchi makes sure of his signature in Danzhou.


The tour leader Justin Jules (Velo Club-La Pomme Marseille) was an up-and-coming tennis player back in France before he took up cycling four years ago.


Malaysian rider Harrif Saleh (Terengganu Cycling Team) shows the Aussie a thing or two with his 'Skippy' tricks on the bike in Danzhou.


Malaysian sprinter Harrif Saleh (Terengganu (Cycling Team) has already made the podium here three times and is now in party mode.


It's Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) narrowly on the line again to win his second stage of the tour in Dangfong.


1 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4:36:52
2 Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Terengganu Cycling Team
3 Danielle Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC
4 Justin Jules (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille
5 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
6 Mori Kazuhiro (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team
7 Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
8 Kamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
9 Mohd Harrif Salleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
10 Ayabe Takeaki (Jpn) Aisan Racing Team

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October 27, Stage 8: Dongfang - Sanya 184.7km
Iglinskiy moves into overall lead

Chen Yuanjun (China 361 Team) didn't have to worry about security in Dongfang prior to the start of stage eight.


Not so much joy for former tour leader, Justin Jules (Velo Club/La Pomme Marseille), who missed the break and suffered badly on the penultimate stage. A downcast Jules is seen here with team-manager Arvis Piziks.


Astana's Valentin Iglinskiy copped plenty of champagne on the podium in Sanya - but he didn't mind a bit.


Sprint king Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) has taken over the green jersey competition after the penultimate stage into Sanya.


Maurizio Gorato (GEOX/TMC) has done well to grab back the polka-dot jersey and with only a street circuit to come tomorrow in Sanya will be crowned the tour's best climber.


Sprint king Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) has taken over the green jersey competition after the penultimate stage into Sanya.


Australian Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Professional Cycling) caught up with some of the local school children in Dongfang.


The race split in two early into the stage and a large group contested the sprint to the finish in Sanya.


Valentin Iglinskiy (2nd from right) of Astana takes the stage but only just.


Astana's Valentin Iglinskiy will now go back-to-back in Tours of Hainan barring any mishaps in the final stage around Sanya tomorrow.


1 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 4:27:45
2 Danielle Colli (Ita) Geox-TMC
3 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN Qhubeka
4 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac
5 Sylwester Janiszewski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
6 Adiq Othman (Mas) Drapac
7 Wang Meiyin (Chn) China National Team
8 Kamil Zielinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
9 Chan Jae Jang (Kor) Terengganu Cycling Team
10 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx-Indeland

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Tour of Hainan, China,
October 28, Stage 9: Sanya 88.2km
Stage 9

The boys from Astana gather in the shade beneath a palm in Sanya on a hot and steamy final day of the tour.


Tour winner Valentin Iglinskiy (left) is congratulated by Astana teammate Andrey Zeits in Sanya.


Pro-Tour team Astana have shown their strength on the tour once again with a powerful display in the penultimate stage yesterday deciding the race.


The Astana team pose for many photos after their success in Hainan.


A man in demand: Tour winner Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) speaks to media after his win in Sanya.

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Locals peruse the area as Valentin Iglinskiy is interviewed in the background.


Tour winner Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) with the Coca-Cola girls in Sanya.


The final podium (l-r):Rico Rogers (2nd,Giant Kenda), Kenny Van Hummel (1st,Skil Shimano) and Justin Jules (3rd,Velo Club/La Pomme Marseille).


Maurizio Gorato (GEOX/TMC) took out the polka-dot jersey in the King of the Mountains competition.

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Now Kenny, you have done this enough times: Sprint Champion of the tour Kenny 'The Hummer' Van Hummel (Skil Shimano) finds the last bottle of the tour a little more difficult to open than previous ones.


This is a repeat: 2010 winner Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) has done it again in 2011!


Tour winner Valentin Iglinskiy (yellow) with his Astana support staff and team-manager Alexandr Shefer (far left).


Local dancers entertained the crowd post-presentations in Sanya.

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Valentin Iglinskiy is congratulated on his win by an Astana staff member.


It's all over for another year in Hainan and Valentin Iglinskiy (centre in yellow) of Astana is the champion again.


Brothers in arms: The Iglinskiy brothers from Astana, Maxim (left) and tour winner Valentin.

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Drapac Professional Cycling relax before the final stage in Sanya.


Competition jerseys on the startline in Sanya (l-r): Maurizio Gorato (KOM), Valentin Iglinskiy (Tour GC), Wang Meiyin (best placed Asian behind Iglinskiy) and Kenny Van Hummel (Sprints).


Astana on the front of the peloton around the streets of Sanya.

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Two riders tried to sneak away from the peloton early into the six lap street circuit race around Sanya.


Astana were always on or near the front of the peloton during the final stage in Sanya.


Tour winner Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) in control on the final day.

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Yeung Ying Hon (Hong Kong China Team) made a daring move with a lap to go.


The peloton corner out of the home straight in Sanya.


The South African team of MTN Qhubeka came to the party with Astana and helped out at the front of the field heading into the final lap.

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The peloton charge to the line for the final time beneath the searing sun in Sanya.


Kenny Van Hummel (green) of Skil Shimano takes out his third stage of the tour on the final day in Sanya.


Gee, where is this hotel? I need to get these beers to the Astana boys before their after-tour party starts.