Thijs Zonneveld showed himself at the first opportunity that he had as a climber this year: in the second stage uphill finish of Tour of Siam.
In the mountain stage of Jelajah Malaysia, Thijs had dropped out sick, so he had missed out on that one. This time he was right there, where the action was. 

Koji Fukushima did his thing: escape early; long breakaway. He reached the finish alone. In the group behind Pol Nabben and Oggi sacrificed themselves to make sure Koji did not win minutes. Thijs got fifth and is 10th in GC now, just around one minute behind yellow jersey Koji Fukushima.

An interesting situation has now developed, with Giant and Nippo battling it out and chances for Discovery Channel Marco Polo to grab the chance when it comes.

Xing Yan Dong was in the long breakaway in stage 3 again, which did just not make it to the finish. Sergey missed the right wheel in the mass-sprint and could not be close to the victory this time, after his 3 2nd places and one thrid place so far in 2007...

Stage 4 (January 23): the queen's stage of the Tour: will Thijs be the man, or will Oggi do one of his heroic long breakaways again??