Hong Kong's Wong Kam-po retained fourth place overall in the Tour of Taiwan after two stages yesterday - but failed to make ground on the leaders.
Wong, who is looking to regain the Tour after winning the event in 1996, finished eighth in the fourth leg - a 90-kilometre road race from Chiayi to Alin - and then shared the same time as the race leaders in the fifth leg - a 60-kilometre criterium in Kaoshiung.
Wong, however, failed to put pressure on overall leader Tsen Seong Hoong of Malaysia.
The Hong Kong rider is now two minutes, 25 seconds behind Tsen but with three more stages to go, he has a chance of bridging the gap.
He was less than two minutes behind Tsen going into the fourth leg after winning the tough third stage on Tuesday.
The fourth stage was won by American Brian Whitson in two hours, 24 minutes and five seconds in a blanket finish.
Malaysian rider M. Kumaresan was second with Taiwan's Chen Keng-hsien third.
