Unofficial Points Standing

Accumalated points per cyclist
(before the last stage)

1. USA Nick Schreiber 18 points

2. RSA Terence Parkin 10 points

3. FRA Brugola Bernard 5 points

3. USA Trevor Kosa 5 points

3. TWN Cheng Huai 5 points

6. FRA David Cloux 1 point

Official Results Tour de Formosa Stage 4 2008

Cycling: 2008 Tour de Formosa - Stage 4
[Taidong to Haulien] - 6 Nov 2008

Name....................Team...........................Place.....Time
CHENG Huai Chinese Taipei ....1....4:57:10.15
SCHREIBER Nicholaus United States ....2....5:00:56.27
PARKIN Terence South Africa ....3....5:00:56.27
KOSA Trevor United States ....4....5:00:56.38
BARUGOLA Bernard France ....5....5:01:01.81
MERUNKA Josef Czech Republic ....6....5:01:10.49
ABRAHAMS Ashley South Africa ....7....5:12:16.76
CLOUX David France ....8....5:12:18.28
LIN Chung-Chi Chinese TaipeDNF-
VANBEEK Reece AustraliaDNF-
PASTRNEK Pavel Czech RepublicDNF-
CHIU Chi-Chuan Chinese TaipeiDNF-
LAI Chien-Hao Chinese TaipeiDNF-
LI Chung-Yu Chinese TaipeiDNF-

Stage 4 Tour de Formosa - Taipei

Photo of our 3 chaps in Taipei

(WDCC 2006 California USA)

Ashley, Johan & Terence

Fresh news from Taipei:
Sms SA 5.30 am From Johan: Our guys feel good, the whole group started and have completed 60km. 110 to go. They will speed up from now on, the weather bit better today, riding along the coastline.
Do u receive prizes in the evening? ... No medals, certificates and prizes gets handed out every morning.
Have u had time to visit anywhere? No the guys were tired and rested, but tomorrow rest day i am sure we will...
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WILL KEEP U POSTED!!
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Sms SA 6.12 am From Johan: 1 Aus Broke away! 2nd Group: 2RSA , 2FRA, 2USA 2TWN other 3 young TWN dropped now on 85km

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SMS SA 6.36 am From Johan: Sorry 2CRZ also included in 2nd group, one lost a chain, fixed and caught up with group.... AUS still leading .. we are on 95km another 30 km before climb .... 75km to go....

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SMS SA 7.48 am from Johan: 2nd Group caught up with AUS and passed him, 1AUS, 1FRA, 1RSA, 1TWN & 1CRZ dropped. The balance are riding very hard on the climbs... 40 km to go..the pack: 1RSA, 1 FRA, 2USA, 1CZE & 1TWN

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SMS SA 7.57 am From Johan: TWN broke away, 2nd group 2 USA,1CZE & 1RSA

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SMS SA 8.08 am From Johan: +/- 3 km left ... TWN lead with 2min, 2nd group the same....

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Unofficial Results: SMS @ SA 8.19 am

1. TWN

2. USA NICK

3. RSA Terence Parkin

4. USA

5. FRA

6.CZE

7. RSA Ashley Abrahams

8. FRA

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Well Done Terence & Ashley !!! ..... enjoy the "rest " day tomorrow

Stage 3 Taipei - Hot News !! -

Today see stage 3 of the tour,

SA 6.19 SMS from Johan, Ashley and Terrence looked good this morning at the start, they have done 60km already, +/- 120 to go @ 85km BIG and LONG climb waiting , the weather is same as yesterday... very hot... will keep u posted.

SA 8.16 SMS from Johan: The climb was heavy and long !! Only six cyclists remained after the descent!! Two from USA, Two from France, one SA, one Taiwan!! About 50 km to go. Ashley did his best to keep up but dropped off about half way. Terence , hou bene, hou !!

SA 10.22 SMS from Johan: Nick USA broke away to finish the race first in a time of 5h36. Four cyclists competed for the finish, Terence did a little sprinting and finished second !! His time : 5h42 !
Well done again Terence! You do us proud!
Ashley, don't give up, keep on going! Remember it's not just about winning, it's mostly about growing.


OFFICIAL Cycling - Results
Cycling: 2008 Tour de Formosa - Stage 3 [Kaohsiung to Taidong] - 5 Nov 2008
Kaohsiung TPE
NameTeamPlaceTime
SCHREIBER Nicholaus United States...1...5:36:16
PARKIN Terence South Africa...2...5:42:05
KOSA Trevor United States...3...5:42:05
BARUGOLA Bernard France...4...5:42:06
CHENG Huai Chinese Taipei...5...5:42:06
ABRAHAMS Ashley South Africa...DNF-
CHIU Chi-Chuan Chinese Taipei...DNF-
CLOUX David France...DNF-
LAI Chien-Hao Chinese Taipei...DNF-
LI Chung-Yu Chinese Taipei...DNF-
LIN Chung-Chi Chinese Taipei...DNF-
MERUNKA Josef Czech Republic...DNF-
PASTRNEK Pavel Czech Republic...DNF-
VANBEEK Reece Australia...DNF-

Geluk!!

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Official Results 4 Nov 2008

Cycling - ResultCycling: 2008 Tour de Formosa -
Stage 2 [Changhua to Kaohsiung] - 4 Nov2008Changhua TPE

NameTeamPlaceTime
SCHREIBER Nicholaus United States1.....4:35:01.91
PARKIN TerenceSouth Africa2....4:35:01.49
KOSA Trevor United States3....4:35:01.81
BARUGOLA Bernard France4....4:35:02.09
MERUNKA Josef Czech Republic5....4:36:48.44
CHENG Huai Chinese Taipei6....4:36:51.51
VANBEEK Reece Australia7....4:44:24.92
ABRAHAMS Ashley South AfricaDNF-
CHIU Chi-Chuan Chinese TaipeiDNF-
CLOUX David FranceDNF-
LAI Chien-Hao Chinese TaipeiDNF-
LI Chung-Yu Chinese TaipeiDNF-
LIN Chung-Chi Chinese TaipeiDNF-
PASTRNEK Pavel Czech RepublicDNF-

hot news from Johan

Both Terence and Ashley felt good this morning, they passed the 50km mark .....120 left!!! Ave 30-35kmph, Results..... will be posted later today... Jurg


Breaking news!! SA 7.45am 50km to go... SA, FRA and USA riding hard!! pack of 4. Ashley kept up to 90 km and lost bunch. Johan says Terrence looking good but ...these 4 hard riding guys make him nervous!!

Today's Results: From Johan: Today was HARD, Terrence 2nd, lost with narrow margin @ sprint, Nick USA took first with cm's...FRA 3rd time 4.35.01 temp 35-38 Degrees

Yesterdays official results:
Cycling - Result
Cycling: 2008 Tour de Formosa - Stage 1 [Taipei to Taizhong] - 3 Nov 2008 Taipei TPE
Name Team Place Time
SCHREIBER Nicholaus United States 1 3:45:42
BARUGOLA Bernard France 2 3:46:04
PARKIN Terence South Africa 3 3:46:04
CLOUX David France 4 3:46:57
KOSA Trevor United States 5 3:47:17
CHENG Huai Chinese Taipei 6 3:47:46
MERUNKA Josef Czech Republic 7 3:49:45
ABRAHAMS Ashley South Africa DNF -
CHIU Chi-Chuan Chinese Taipei DNF -
LAI Chien-Hao Chinese Taipei DNF -
LI Chung-Yu Chinese Taipei DNF -
LIN Chung-Chi Chinese Taipei DNF -
PASTRNEK Pavel Czech Republic DNF -
VANBEEK Reece Australia DNF -