2008 Jelajah Malaysia Explained

2008 Jelajah Malaysia
Series:	2007–08 UCI Asia Tour
Date:	7–13 January 2008
Stages:	7
Distance:	1352.2
Unit:	km
First:	Tonton Susanto
First Nat:	INA
First Color:	red
Second:	Ghader Mizbani
Second Nat:	IRI
Third:	Fredrik Johansson
Third Nat:	SWE
Points:	Anuar Manan
Points Nat:	MAS
Points Color:	blue
Mountains:	Hossein Askari
Mountains Nat:	IRI
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 7 to 13 January 2008. There were seven stages with a total of 1,352.2 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

Tonton Susanto of Indonesia won the race, followed by Ghader Mizbani of Iran second and Fredrik Johansson of Sweden third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Hossein Askari of Iran won the mountains classification. won the team classification.

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 120 riders, a total of 91 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.

Stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	7 January	Putrajaya to Port Dickson	179.7km (111.7miles)
2	8 January	Seremban to Malacca	139.5km (86.7miles)
3	9 January	Malacca to Batu Pahat	163.8km (101.8miles)
4	10 January	Batu Pahat to Muar	178.8km (111.1miles)
5	11 January	Gemas to Karak	133.7km (83.1miles)
6	12 January	Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands	122.2km (75.9miles)
7	13 January	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	58km (36miles)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Malaysian rider classification	Team classification
1	Li Fuyu	Li Fuyu	Anuar Manan	Hossein Askari	Amir Rusli	Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas
2	Anuar Manan
3	Anuar Manan
4	Fredrik Johansson	Tonton Susanto	Suhardi Hassan	Japan
5	Anuar Manan			Japan
6	Hossein Askari
7	Yusuke Hatanaka
Final		Tonton Susanto	Anuar Manan	Hossein Askari	Suhardi Hassan

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			21h 32' 38"
2			+ 11"
3			+ 04' 16"
4			+ 05' 11"
5			+ 06' 22"
6			+ 07' 01"
7			+ 07' 08"
8			+ 08' 14"
9			+ 08' 15"
10			+ 08' 42"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			29
2			21
3			15
4			13
5			12
6			12
7			8
8			6
9			6
10			6

Mountains classification

	Team	Points
1		16
2		8
3		6
4		5
5		3
6		3
7		3
8	Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas	3
9		2
10		2

Malaysian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			21h 39' 00"
2			+ 01' 53"
3			+ 07' 15"
4			+ 07' 22"
5			+ 07' 43"
6			+ 08' 39"
7			+ 09' 57"
8			+ 11' 55"
9			+ 12' 01"
10			+ 13' 01"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		64h 54' 33"
2		+ 09' 35"
3		+ 09' 50"
4		+ 16' 47"
5		+ 19' 32"
6		+ 21' 27"
7		+ 22' 00"
8		+ 22' 34"
9		+ 23' 35"
10		+ 27' 04"

Stage results

Stage 1

7 January 2008 — Putrajaya to Port Dickson, 179.7km (111.7miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			04h 12' 19"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			+ 01' 07"
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 2

8 January 2008 — Seremban to Malacca, 139.5km (86.7miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 07' 55"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 3

9 January 2008 — Malacca to Batu Pahat, 163.8km (101.8miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 55' 35"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 4

10 January 2008 — Batu Pahat to Muar, 178.8km (111.1miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			04h 04' 31"
2			+ 03"
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 5

11 January 2008 — Gemas to Karak, 133.7km (83.1miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 00' 54"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 6

12 January 2008 — Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands, 122.2km (75.9miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 10' 11"
2			+ 10"
3			+ 12"
4			+ 14"
5			+ 01' 37"
6			s.t.
7			+ 01' 41"
8			+ 01' 46"
9			+ 01' 59"
10			+ 02' 22"

Stage 7

13 January 2008 — Kuala Lumpur Criterium, 58km (36miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			01h 07' 57"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			+ 17"
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

External links

- Palmares at cyclingarchives.com
Results at cqranking.com