2009 Tour de Langkawi explained

2009 Tour de Langkawi
Series:2008–09 UCI Asia Tour
Race No:17
Season No:31
Date:9–15 February 2009
Stages:7
Distance:1,031.7
Unit:km
Speed:42.33
First:José Serpa
First Nat:COL
First Color:yellow
Second:Jai Crawford
Second Nat:AUS
Second Team:Australia
Third:Jackson Rodríguez
Third Nat:VEN
Points:Mattia Gavazzi
Points Nat:ITA
Points Color:green
Mountains:José Serpa
Mountains Nat:COL
Mountains Color:polkadot
Previous:2008
Next:2010

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 Rodríguez third. Mattia Gavazzi won the points classification category and José Serpa won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.

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.

StageDateCourseDistanceStage result
WinnerSecondThird
19 February Putrajaya to Senawang133.8km (83.1miles)
210 February Senawang to Malacca160.9km (100miles)
311 February Malacca186km (116miles)
412 February Malacca to Bangi221km (137miles)
513 February Petaling Jaya to Genting Highlands102km (63miles)
614 February Batang Kali to Shah Alam147.6km (91.7miles)
715 February Kuala Lumpur Criterium80.4km (50miles)

Classification leadership

StageWinnerGeneral classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Asian rider classification
Team classificationAsian team classification
1Mattia GavazziMattia GavazziMattia GavazziJaco VenterDmitriy GruzdevSouth AfricaMalaysia
2Mattia GavazziJacques Janse van Rensburg
3Mattia Gavazzi
4Samai AmariJeremy YatesSamai AmariEQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design
5José SerpaJosé SerpaJosé SerpaTonton SusantoIran
6Mattia Gavazzi
7Yohann Gène
FinalJosé SerpaMattia GavazziJosé SerpaTonton SusantoIran

Final standings

General classification

RiderTeamTime
124h 22' 12"
2Australia+ 27"
3+ 47"
4+ 54"
5+ 01' 22"
6South Africa+ 02' 29"
7+ 02' 44"
8+ 03' 16"
9+ 03' 37"
10Australia+ 03' 44"

Points classification

RiderTeamPoints
197
2 Nolan HoffmanSouth Africa82
3 Aurélien Clerc62
4 Chris Sutton49
5 Hilton Clarke37
6 René Haselbacher34
7 Miyataka ShimizuEQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design33
8 Yukiya Arashiro30
9 Christoff Van HeerdenSouth Africa27
10 Daniel Musiol27

Mountains classification

RiderTeamPoints
125
2 Jai CrawfordAustralia22
3 Jackson Rodríguez20
4 Jeremy Yates17
5 Jacques Janse van RensburgSouth Africa12
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff12
7 Christoff Van HeerdenSouth Africa11
8 Johann Tschopp10
9 Carlos José Ochoa8
10 Tonton Susanto5

Asian rider classification

RiderTeamTime
124h 24' 56"
2 Hossein AskariIran+ 02' 13"
3 Gong Hyo-SukSeoul Cycling Team+ 03' 12"
4 Ghader MizbaniIran+ 03' 37"
5 Ji JianhuaChina+ 03' 58"
6 Alexandr ShushemoinKazakhstan+ 04' 13"
7 Hong Yoo-KiSeoul Cycling Team+ 06' 17"
8 Nazar JumabekovKazakhstan+ 06' 20"
9 Shinichi FukushimaEQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design+ 07' 03"
10 Roman ZhiyentayevKazakhstan+ 07' 35"

Team classification

TeamTime
173h 09' 16"
2Australia+ 07' 19"
3Fuji–Servetto+ 11' 19"
4Cervélo TestTeam+ 11' 30"
5+ 15' 14"
6South Africa+ 18' 32"
7Iran+ 19' 04"
8+ 20' 45"
9+ 22' 22"
10Kazakhstan+ 23' 24"

Asian team classification

TeamTime
173h 28' 20"
2+ 03' 18"
3Kazakhstan+ 04' 20"
4Seoul Cycling Team+ 05' 17"
5EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design+ 13' 23"
6China+ 14' 33"
7MNCF Cycling Team+ 18' 33"
8Malaysia+ 50' 09"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com. cyclingnews.com. 7 March 2013.
  2. Web site: 2009 Tour de Langkawi — Stages. cyclingarchives.com . 7 March 2013.
  3. Web site: 2009 Tour de Langkawi Results. ltdl.com.my. 7 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110129050820/http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/2009/index.htm. 29 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.