2008 Tour de Langkawi

2008 Tour de Langkawi 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour 9 26 350px 9–17 February 2008 9 1377.4 km 31h 20' 28" Ruslan Ivanov MDA yellow AND 2008 Matthieu Sprick FRA EUC 2008 Gustavo César ESP XAC 2008a Aurélien Clerc SUI green EUC 2008 Filippo Savini ITA polkadot COG 2008 AND 2008 2007 2009 The 2008 Tour de Langkawi was the 13th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 9 February in Alor Setar and ended on 17 February in Kuala Lumpur. This race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC race category and was highest ranked stage race on the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/feb08/langkawi08/ 2008 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com cyclingnews.com 7 March 2013http://www.cyclingarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=6362 https://archive.today/20130410174612/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=6362 usurped April 10, 2013 2008 Tour de Langkawi — Stages cyclingarchives.com 7 March 2013http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/2008/2008-index.htm 2008 Tour de Langkawi Results ltdl.com.my 7 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20110129050809/http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/2008/2008-index.htm 29 January 2011 dead dmy-all Moldova's Ruslan Ivanov emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Matthieu Sprick second and Gustavo César third. Aurélien Clerc won the points classification category and Filippo Savini won the mountains classification category. AND 2008 won the team classification category. Stages The cyclists competed in 9 stages, covering a distance of 1,377.4 kilometres. The route for the Tour was unveiled on 17 December 2007 and revised on 31 December 2007. The traditional final race, criterium in Merdeka Square was also brought back to the race schedule. On January 23, 2008, it was announced that the route for Stage 8 Maran to Genting Highlands had been replaced with a route from Temerloh to Fraser's Hill due to the cyclist's safety reason. For the first time in the Tour's history, Genting Highlands route was not included in the race schedule.Samuel Eric No Genting stage for this year's Tour of Langkawi http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/1/23/sports/20090641&sec=sports 7 March 2013 The Star Online 23 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20121003184126/http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F1%2F23%2Fsports%2F20090641&sec=sports 3 October 2012 dead dmy-all StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird19 February Alor Setar to Kepala Batas182.6 km 1 onMatthieu Sprick FRAMitchell Docker AUSDiego Nosotti ITA210 February Butterworth to Sitiawan159.7 km 1 onJeremy Hunt GBRMatteo Priamo ITA Gustavo César ESP 311 February Sitiawan to Banting209.4 km 1 onLee Won-Jae KORAnuar Manan MAS Xing Yandong CHN 412 February Port Dickson to Batu Pahat169 km 1 onDanilo Hondo GER Mauro Abel Richeze ARG Marco Corsini ITA 513 February Johor Bahru to Bandar Penawar139.9 km 1 onAlberto Loddo ITA Mauro Abel Richeze ARG Aurélien Clerc SUI 614 February Bandar Penawar to Kuala Rompin182.8 km 1 onJosé Serpa COL Alexandre Usov BLR Johnnie Walker AUS 715 February Kuala Rompin to Kuantan 126.6 km 1 onAlexandre Usov BLR Hassan Maleki IRI Takashi Miyazawa JPN 816 February Temerloh to Fraser's Hill127 km 1 onFilippo Savini ITARuslan Ivanov MDAJosé Serpa COL917 February Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Criterium80.4 km 1 onMauro Abel Richeze ARGJeremy Hunt GBREnrico Rossi ITA Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classification25px|Yellow jerseyPoints classification25px|Green jerseyMountains classification25px|Polka-dotted jerseyAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification 1Matthieu SprickMatthieu SprickMitchell Dockernot availableShinichi FukushimaAND 2008Seoul Cycling Team2Jeremy HuntGustavo CésarMeitan Hompo-GDR3Lee Won-JaeAnuar Manan4Danilo Hondo5Alberto LoddoAurélien Clerc6José SerpaChristoph MeschenmoserPark Sung-BaekSeoul Cycling Team7Alexandre UsovMitchell Docker8Filippo SaviniRuslan IvanovFilippo SaviniShinichi Fukushima9Mauro Abel Richeze Final Ruslan Ivanov Aurélien Clerc Filippo SaviniShinichi FukushimaAND 2008Seoul Cycling Team Final standings General classification RiderTeamTime1Ruslan Ivanov MDA 20px|Yellow jerseyAND 200831h 20' 28"2Matthieu Sprick FRABBO 2008 + 29"3Gustavo César ESPXGZ 2008a + 32"4Jeremy Yates NZLNew Zealand + 36"5Yauhen Sobal BLRTCS 2008 + 48"6Mitchell Docker AUSDPC 2008 + 56"7Jackson Rodríguez VENAND 2008 + 01' 03"8Jean-Marc Marino FRAC.A 2008 + 01' 09"9 Ian McCleod RSASouth Africa + 01' 44"10Matt Wilson AUSTNN 2008 + 01' 48" Points classification RiderTeamPoints1SUI Aurélien Clerc 20px|Blue jerseyEUC 2008922MAS Anuar MananL2A 2008603BLR Alexandre UsovALM 2008494KOR Park Sung-BaekSeoul Cycling Team495ITA Marco CorsiniNGC 2008476ITA Enrico RossiNGC 2008437JPN Takashi MiyazawaMeitan Hompo-GDR408GBR Jeremy HuntC.A 2008389FRA Sébastien HinaultC.A 20083510RSA Nolan HoffmanSouth Africa34 Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints1ITA Filippo Savini 20px|Polka-dotted jerseyCSF 2008252MDA Ruslan IvanovAND 2008203COL José SerpaAND 2008164VEN Carlos José OchoaAND 2008125COL Walter PedrazaTCS 2008106NZL Jeremy YatesNew Zealand87ESP Gustavo CésarXGZ 2008a68FRA Matthieu SprickEUC 200859GER Christoph MeschenmoserTeam ISTA410IRI Mehdi FaridiIUA 20084 Asian rider classification RiderTeamTime1JPN Shinichi Fukushima Meitan Hompo-GDR31h 21' 18"2JPN Tomoya KanoSKS 2008 + 17"3JPN Hidenori NoderaSKS 2008 + 01' 30"4KOR Park Sung-BaekSeoul Cycling Team + 04' 30"5KOR Kim Gu-HyeonSeoul Cycling Team + 20' 00"6IRI Mehdi FaridiIUA 2008 + 22' 00"7INA Tonton SusantoL2A 2008 + 22' 04"8KOR Gong Hyo-SukSeoul Cycling Team + 22' 58"9MAS Ng Yong LiMeitan Hompo-GDR + 23' 02"10IRI Amir ZargariIUA 2008 + 23' 16" Team classification TeamTime1AND 200894h 20' 36"2TNN 2008 + 10' 27"3SKS 2008 + 12' 22"4EUC 2008 + 21' 42"5South Africa + 22' 24"6TCS 2008 + 25' 26"7SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 28' 08"8Seoul Cycling Team + 28' 29"9C.A 2008 + 28' 39"10Meitan Hompo-GDR + 31' 23" Asian team classification TeamTime1Seoul Cycling Team94h 49' 05"2Meitan Hompo-GDR + 02' 54"3IUA 2008 + 26' 06"4Malaysia + 32' 05"5Polygon Sweet Nice + 32' 51" List of teams and riders A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 148 riders, a total of 131 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur. yes 18em start C.A 2008 AUS Simon Gerrans FRA Sébastien Hinault GBR Jeremy Hunt FRA Jean-Marc Marino FRA Maxime Méderel IRL Nicolas Roche AND 2008 COL José Serpa GER Danilo Hondo MDA Ruslan Ivanov VEN Carlos José Ochoa VEN Jackson Rodríguez ITA Denis Bertolini South Africa RSA Ian McCleod RSA David George RSA Waylon Woolcock RSA Jacobus Venter RSA Nolan Hoffman RSA Dennis van Niekerk RTS 2008 GER Stefan Loefler GBR Alex Coutts GER Erik Hoffmann TPE Lai Kuan-Hua TPE Peng Kuei-Hsiang TCS 2008 RUS Pavel Brutt RUS Serguei Klimov ITA Alberto Loddo COL Walter Pedraza BLR Yauhen Sobal RUS Nikolai Trusov SKS 2008 JPN Hidenori Nodera JPN Tomoya Kano JPN Yoshimasa Hirose JPN Yusuke Hatanaka JPN Yoshiyuki Abe JPN Yoshinori Iino EUC 2008 FRA Mathieu Claude NED Stef Clement CHE Aurélien Clerc FRA Rony Martias FRA Matthieu Sprick CHE Johann Tschopp 18em break ALM 2008 BLR Alexandre Usov EST Tanel Kangert FRA Cédric Pineau FRA Jean-Charles Sénac FRA Blaise Sonnery BEL Stijn Vandenberg CSF 2008 ARG Guillermo Bongiorno MEX Julio Alberto Pérez ARG Mauro Abel Richeze ITA Filippo Savini ITA Francesco Tomei ITA Matteo Priamo XGZ 2008a ESP David García Dapena ESP Gustavo César ESP Ramon Troncoso ESP Juan Mouron ESP Alejandro Paleo RUS Vladimir Isaichev TNN 2008 AUS Matthew Wilson AUS Benjamin Brooks AUS Fabio Cazabria NZL Glen Chadwick MEX Moisés Aldape USA Ian MacGregor NGC 2008 ITA Enrico Rossi ITA Marco Corsini ITA Massimiliano Maisto SUI Stefan Trafelet ITA Diego Nosotti Team ISTA GER Rolf Hofbauer GER Nico Keinath GER Joerg Lehmann GER Christoph Meschenmoser GER Robin Schmuda GER Nikolai Schwarz SouthAustralia.com–AIS AUS Simon Clarke AUS Zakkari Dempster AUS William Ford AUS Benjamin King AUS Wesley Sulzberger AUS Johnnie Walker 18em break Meitan Hompo-GDR JPN Yukiya Arashiro JPN Koji Fukushima JPN Shinichi Fukushima JPN Takashi Miyazawa JPN Miyataka Shimizu MAS Ng Yong Li MPC 2008 AUS Jai Crawford RUS Serguei Kudentsov CHN Li Fuyu CHN Xing Yandong MAS Loh Sea Keong JPN Ken Onodera IUA 2008 IRI Abbas Saeidi Tanha IRI Amir Zargari IRI Hassan Maleki IRI Mehdi Faridi IRI Mehdi Sohrabi IRI Farshad Salehian L2A 2008 MAS Anuar Manan MAS Ahmad Haidar Anuawar AUS Bernard Sulzberger MAS Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit INA Tonton Susanto INA Ariehan Ryan Polygon Sweet Nice INA Hari Fitrianto INA Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi KAZ Vyacheslav Dyadichkin INA Herwin Jaya COL Vladimir Lopez INA Budi Santoso Seoul Cycling Team KOR Park Sung-Baek KOR Park Seon-Ho KOR Gong Hyo-Suk KOR Lee Won-Jae KOR Yoo Ki-Hong KOR Kim Gu-Hyeon 18em break MNCF Cycling Team MAS Amir Mustafa Rusli MAS Mohd Jasmin Ruslan MAS Mohd Saiful Anuar Abd Aziz MAS Mohamed Harrif Salleh MAS Thum Weng Kin MAS Harnizam Basri DPC 2008 AUS Stuart Shaw AUS Peter McDonald AUS Mitchell Docker AUS Robert Williams AUS Gene Bates AUS Mark O'Brien New Zealand NZL Jeremy Yates NZL Justin Kerr NZL Ashley Whitehead NZL Paul Odlin NZL Scott Lyttle NZL Joseph Chapman Hong Kong HKG Chan Chun Hing HKG Wu Kin San HKG Lam Kai Tsun HKG Tang Wang Yip HKG Ko Siu Wai HKG Yeung Ying Hon Malaysia MAS Suhardi Hassan MAS Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi MAS Mohamed Zamri Salleh MAS Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah MAS Mohd Faris Abd Razak MAS Muhamad Firdaus Daud end References Category:Tour de Langkawi Category:2008 in road cycling Category:2008 in Malaysian sport