Veteran Wong Kam-po proved he is still a force to be reckoned with in the region by winning the second stage of the Tour of Taiwan yesterday.
The Asian road-race champion, riding for the Hong Kong team, who will celebrate his 39th birthday tomorrow, outpaced four other riders in the final sprint to clinch the 131-kilometre stage in New Taipei City in two hours, 58 minutes and 37 seconds.
The group had broken away from the peloton with 20km left.
German rider Dirk Muller of Nutrixxion Abus was second and Floris Goesinnen of the Netherlands, who rides for Drapac Cycling third. All three were credited with the same time.
Wong (pictured) said his prime target remained achieving the best possible team overall performance.
'I have not set any specific objective in the general classification,' he said. 'I do hope to take one more stage, which would be great, but we come here as a team and of course I want to see Hong Kong do well.