2009 Tour de Langkawi

2009 Tour de Langkawi
2008–09 UCI Asia Tour, race 17 of 31
Race details
Dates 9–15 February 2009
Stages 7
Distance 1,031.7 km (641.1 mi)
Winning time 24h 22' 12" (42.33 km/h or 26.30 mph)
Palmares
Winner  José Serpa (COL) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)
Second  Jai Crawford (AUS) (Australia)
Third  Jackson Rodríguez (VEN) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)

Points  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)
Mountains  José Serpa (COL) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)
Team Diquigiovanni–Androni

The 2009 Tour de Langkawi was the 14th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. The race began on 9 February in Putrajaya and ended on 15 February in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. In fact this race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour calendar.[1][2][3]

Colombian cyclist, José Serpa emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Jai Crawford second and Jackson Rodriguez third. Mattia Gavazzi won the points classification category and José Serpa won the mountains classification category. Diquigiovanni–Androni won the team classification category.[1][2][3]

Teams

20 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2009 Tour de Langkawi.

‡: National teams

Stages

The cyclists competed in 7 stages, covering a distance of 1031.7 kilometres.[1][2][3]

Stage Date Course Distance Stage result
Winner Second Third
1 9 February Putrajaya to Senawang 133.8 km (83.1 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Chris Sutton (AUS)  Nolan Hoffman (RSA)
2 10 February Senawang to Malacca 160.9 km (100.0 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Nolan Hoffman (RSA)  Aurélien Clerc (SUI)
3 11 February Malacca 186 km (115.6 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Chris Sutton (AUS)  Aurélien Clerc (SUI)
4 12 February Malacca to Bangi 221 km (137.3 mi)  Samai Amari (INA)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Nolan Hoffman (RSA)
5 13 February Petaling Jaya to Genting Highlands 102 km (63.4 mi)  José Serpa (COL)  Jai Crawford (AUS)  Jackson Rodríguez (VEN)
6 14 February Batang Kali to Shah Alam 147.6 km (91.7 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Aurélien Clerc (SUI)  Chris Sutton (AUS)
7 15 February Kuala Lumpur Criterium 80.4 km (50.0 mi)  Yohann Gène (FRA)  Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)

Classification leadership

Stage Winner General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Asian rider classification
Team classification Asian team classification
1 Mattia Gavazzi Mattia Gavazzi Mattia Gavazzi Jaco Venter Dmitriy Gruzdev South Africa Malaysia
2 Mattia Gavazzi Jacques Janse van Rensburg
3 Mattia Gavazzi
4 Samai Amari Jeremy Yates Samai Amari EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design
5 José Serpa José Serpa José Serpa Tonton Susanto Diquigiovanni–Androni Iran
6 Mattia Gavazzi
7 Yohann Gene
Final José Serpa Mattia Gavazzi José Serpa Tonton Susanto Diquigiovanni–Androni Iran

Final standings

Asian rider classification

Rider Team Time
1 Indonesia Tonton Susanto LeTua Cycling Team 24h 24' 56"
2 Iran Hossein Askari Iran + 02' 13"
3 South Korea Gong Hyo-Suk Seoul Cycling Team + 03' 12"
4 Iran Ghader Mizbani Iran + 03' 37"
5 China Ji Jianhua China + 03' 58"
6 Kazakhstan Alexandr Shushemoin Kazakhstan + 04' 13"
7 South Korea Hong Yoo-Ki Seoul Cycling Team + 06' 17"
8 Kazakhstan Nazar Jumabekov Kazakhstan + 06' 20"
9 Japan Shinichi Fukushima EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design + 07' 03"
10 Kazakhstan Roman Zhiyentayev Kazakhstan + 07' 35"

Team classification

Team Time
1 Diquigiovanni–Androni 73h 09' 16"
2 Australia + 07' 19"
3 Fuji-Servetto + 11' 19"
4 Cervélo TestTeam + 11' 30"
5 Garmin–Slipstream + 15' 14"
6 South Africa + 18' 32"
7 Iran + 19' 04"
8 Ag2r–La Mondiale + 20' 45"
9 LeTua Cycling Team + 22' 22"
10 Kazakhstan + 23' 24"

Asian team classification

Team Time
1 Iran 73h 28' 20"
2 LeTua Cycling Team + 03' 18"
3 Kazakhstan + 04' 20"
4 Seoul Cycling Team + 05' 17"
5 EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design + 13' 23"
6 China + 14' 33"
7 MNCF Cycling Team + 18' 33"
8 Malaysia + 50' 09"

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2009 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "2009 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "2009 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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