2009 Jelajah Malaysia Explained

2009 Jelajah Malaysia
Series:	2008–09 UCI Asia Tour
Date:	19–26 April 2009
Stages:	8
Distance:	1256.8
Unit:	km
First:	Timothy Roe
First Nat:	AUS
First Color:	yellow
First Team:	Savings & Loans Cycling Team
Second:	Jai Crawford
Second Nat:	AUS
Second Team:	Savings & Loans Cycling Team
Third:	Ghader Mizbani
Third Nat:	IRI
Points:	Anuar Manan
Points Nat:	MAS
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Abbas Saeiditanha
Mountains Nat:	IRI
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Previous:	2008
Next:	2010

The 2009 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 19 to 26 April 2009. There were eight stages with a total of 1,256.8 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

Timothy Roe of Australia won the race, followed by Jai Crawford of Australia second and Ghader Mizbani of Iran third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Abbas Saeiditanha of Iran won the mountains classification. won the team classification.

Stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	19 April	Kuala Selangor to Ipoh	176.8km (109.9miles)
2	20 April	Ipoh to Sungai Petani	192.7km (119.7miles)
3	21 April	Gerik to Tanah Merah	172.3km (107.1miles)
4	22 April	Pasir Mas to Kuala Terengganu	177.5km (110.3miles)
5	23 April	Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan	204.8km (127.3miles)
6	24 April	Gambang to Bera	136.1km (84.6miles)
7	25 April	Tanjung Malim to Genting Highlands	117km (73miles)
8	26 April	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	70.4km (43.7miles)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Malaysian rider classification	Malaysian team classification
1	Makoto Iijima	Makoto Iijima	Ahmad Haidar Anuawar	Makoto Iijima	Ahmad Haidar Anuawar	MNCF Continental Team
2	Mehdi Sohrabi	Mehdi Sohrabi	Malaysia		Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
3	Hossein Nateghi	Mehdi Sohrabi		Abbas Saeiditanha	Suhardi Hassan
4	Anuar Manan
5	Anuar Manan
6	Taiji Nishitani
7	Timothy Roe	Timothy Roe	Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal	Muhammad Rauf Nur Misbah
8	Hossein Nateghi	Anuar Manan		Muhammad Rauf Nur Misbah
Final		Timothy Roe	Anuar Manan	Abbas Saeiditanha	Muhammad Rauf Nur Misbah

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1		Savings & Loans Cycling Team	29h 31' 28"
2	Jai Crawford	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	+ 24"
3	Ghader Mizbani		+ 25"
4	Hossein Askari		+ 47"
5	David McCann	Ride Sport Racing	+ 01' 54"
6	Rafaâ Chtioui	Doha Cycling Team	+ 02' 12"
7	Hari Fitrianto	Polygon Sweet Nice	+ 02' 32"
8	Mehdi Sohrabi		+ 02' 42"
9	Will Routley		+ 02' 47"
10	Tonton Susanto		+ 03' 12"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			29
2	Mohd Nor Rizuan Zainal	Malaysian Armed Forces Cycling Team	24
3	Mehdi Sohrabi		20
4	Yusutuke Tanaka	Shimano Racing Team	16
5	Suhardi Hassan	Malaysia	15
6	Abbas Saeiditanha		12
7	Xing Yandong		10
8	Ahmad Fallanie Ali	Malaysia	10
9	Hossein Nateghi		9
10	David Pell	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	7

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			15
2	Mehdi Sohrabi		14
3	Hossein Nateghi		11
4	Ezzedine Lagab	Doha Cycling Team	9
5	Timothy Roe	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	8
6	David McCann	Ride Sport Racing	8
7	Ghader Mizbani		6
8	Jai Crawford	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	5
9	Ng Yong Li		5
10	Hossein Askari		4

Malaysian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1		Malaysia	29h 52' 24"
2	Suhardi Hassan	Malaysia	+ 17"
3	Mohd Saufi Mat Senan	Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team	+ 03' 07"
4	Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin	Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team	+ 04' 50"
5	Mohd Faris Abdul Razak	Malaysia	+ 14' 23"
6	Ng Yong Li		+ 16' 02"
7	Ahmad Fallanie Ali	Malaysia	+ 20' 13"
8	Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz	Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team	+ 20' 49"
9	Mohd Nor Rizuan Zainal	Malaysian Armed Forces Cycling Team	+ 21' 11"
10	Loh Sea Keong		+ 21' 17"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		88h 37' 12"
2		+ 09' 45"
3	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	+ 21' 35"
4	Ride Sport Racing	+ 23' 37"
5		+ 42' 01"
6	Shimano Racing Team	+ 44' 16"
7		+ 44' 54"
8		+ 48' 56"
9		+ 50' 39"
10	Malaysia	+ 55' 44"

Malaysian team classification

	Team	Time
1		89h 27' 51"
2	Malaysia	+ 05' 05"
3	Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team	+ 35' 26"
4	Malaysian Armed Forces Cycling Team	+ 01h 19' 17"
5	MNCF Continental Team	+ 01h 33' 55"

Stage results

Stage 1

19 April 2009 — Kuala Selangor to Ipoh, 176.8km (109.9miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 59' 55"
2	Amir Zargari		s.t.
3			+ 34"
4	Hossein Nateghi		s.t.
5	Yusuke Hatanaka	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
6	Hidenori Nodera	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
7	Mohammad Akmal Amrun	MNCF Continental Team	s.t.
8	Masamichi Yamamoto		s.t.
9	Parno	Indonesia	s.t.
10	Mohamed Harrif Salleh	Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team	s.t.

Stage 2

20 April 2009 — Ipoh to Sungai Petani, 192.7km (119.7miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			04h 36' 09"
2	Anuar Manan		s.t.
3	Rafaâ Chtioui	Doha Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Matthew Rice		s.t.
5	Jai Crawford	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	s.t.
6	David McCann	Ride Sport Racing	s.t.
7	Will Routley		s.t.
8	James Spragg		s.t.
9	Brad Hall	Tinelli Colossi Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Rastra Patria	Indonesia	s.t.

Stage 3

21 April 2009 — Gerik to Tanah Merah, 172.3km (107.1miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Hossein Nateghi		04h 05' 30"
2	Rafaâ Chtioui	Doha Cycling Team	s.t.
3			s.t.
4	Will Routley		s.t.
5	Yusuke Hatanaka	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
6	Mohd Saufi Mat Senan	Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Deon Locke	Ride Sport Racing	s.t.
8	Hidenori Nodera	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
9	Hari Fitrianto	Polygon Sweet Nice	s.t.
10	David Pell	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	s.t.

Stage 4

22 April 2009 — Pasir Mas to Kuala Terengganu, 177.5km (110.3miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anuar Manan		04h 09' 21"
2	Rafaâ Chtioui	Doha Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Serguei Kudentsov	Polygon Sweet Nice	s.t.
4	Masamichi Yamamoto		s.t.
5	David McCann	Ride Sport Racing	s.t.
6			s.t.
7	Muhamad Firdaus Daud	MNCF Continental Team	s.t.
8	Mohd Faris Abdul Razak	Malaysia	s.t.
9	Muhammad Zamani Mustarudin	MNCF Continental Team	s.t.
10	Aymen Ben Hassine	Doha Cycling Team	s.t.

Stage 5

23 April 2009 — Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan, 204.8km (127.3miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anuar Manan		04h 49' 40"
2	Mohamed Harrif Salleh	Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Serguei Kudentsov	Polygon Sweet Nice	s.t.
4	Nattaphon Jeebtahwora	Thailand	s.t.
5	Joel Pearson	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Shinpei Fukuda		s.t.
7			s.t.
8	Taiji Nishitani	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
9	Yusuke Hatanaka	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
10	Hossein Nateghi		s.t.

Stage 6

24 April 2009 — Gambang to Bera, 136.1km (84.6miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Taiji Nishitani	Aisan Racing Team	02h 52' 03"
2	Joel Pearson	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Shaun McCarthy	Ride Sport Racing	s.t.
4	Will Routley		s.t.
5	Ezzedine Lagab	Doha Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Wan Mohd Najmee Wan Mohd	Malaysia	s.t.
7	Masahiro Shinagawa	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
8	Yoshinori Iino	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
9	Shinpei Fukuda		s.t.
10	James Spragg		s.t.

Stage 7

25 April 2009 — Tanjung Malim to Genting Highlands, 117km (73miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1		Savings & Loans Cycling Team	03h 01' 21"
2	Ghader Mizbani		s.t.
3	Jai Crawford	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Hossein Askari		+ 35"
5	Andrey Mizurov		+ 54"
6	David McCann	Ride Sport Racing	+ 01' 23"
7	Rafaâ Chtioui	Doha Cycling Team	+ 01' 59"
8	Hari Fitrianto	Polygon Sweet Nice	s.t.
9	Takumi Beppu	Aisan Racing Team	+ 02' 02"
10	Will Routley		+ 02' 35"

Stage 8

26 April 2009 — Kuala Lumpur Criterium 70.4km (43.7miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Hossein Nateghi		01h 57' 08"
2	Mehdi Sohrabi		s.t.
3	Rafaâ Chtioui	Doha Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Mohd Faris Abdul Razak	Malaysia	s.t.
5	Masahiro Shinagawa	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
6	David McCann	Ride Sport Racing	s.t.
7	Yusuke Hatanaka	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
8	Hidenori Nodera	Shimano Racing Team	s.t.
9	Joel Pearson	Savings & Loans Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Kuei Hsiang Peng		s.t.

List of teams and riders

A total of 21 teams were invited to participate in the 2009 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 122 riders, a total of 97 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.