2013 Tour de Langkawi explained

2013 Tour de Langkawi
Series:	2012–13 UCI Asia Tour
Race No:	10
Season No:	32
Date:	21 February–2 March 2013
Stages:	10
Distance:	1469.7
Unit:	km
Speed:	42.19
First:	Julián Arredondo
First Nat:	COL
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Pieter Weening
Second Nat:	NED
Third:	Sergio Pardilla
Third Nat:	ESP
Points:	Francesco Chicchi
Points Nat:	ITA
Points Color:	blue
Mountains:	Wang Meiyin
Mountains Nat:	CHN
Mountains Color:	red
Previous:	2012
Next:	2014

The 2013 Tour de Langkawi was the 18th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. The LTdL 2013, which carries the slogan "Can You Feel The Heat?" and "The Heat is On!", was officially begun on 21 February in Kangar and ended on 2 March in Kuala Terengganu.^[1]

The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2012–13 UCI Asia Tour calendar. The race was organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, via the National Sports Council (NSC) in association with the Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF).

Julián Arredondo of Colombia won the overall race, 1' 15" clear of Dutch cyclist Pieter Weening and Sergio Pardilla of Spain was third overall. In the race's other classifications, Italian rider Francesco Chicchi won the blue jersey for points classification and Wang Meiyin of China won the red jersey for mountains classification and white jersey for Asian rider classification. won the teams classification and won the Asian teams classification.

Teams

22 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 Tour de Langkawi. Five UCI ProTeams were invited to the race, along with six UCI Professional Continental and nine UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by two national selection teams.^{[2] [3]}

UCI ProTour teams

UCI Professional Continental teams

UCI Continental teams

• Aisan Racing Team
  • • OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team

National teams

• Indonesia
• Malaysia

Stages

The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1469.7 kilometres.^[1]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	21 February	Kangar to Kulim	162.7km (101.1miles)	Theo Bos	Bryan Coquard	Andrea Guardini
2	22 February	Serdang to Kuala Kangsar	117.8km (73.2miles)	Theo Bos	Andrea Guardini	Aidis Kruopis
3	23 February	Sungai Siput to Cameron Highlands	140.7km (87.4miles)	Wang Meiyin	Julián Arredondo	Nathan Haas
4	24 February	Tapah to Kapar	168km (104miles)	Francesco Chicchi	Andrea Guardini	Aidis Kruopis
5	25 February	Proton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands	110.3km (68.5miles)	Julián Arredondo	Pieter Weening	Víctor Niño
6	26 February	Mentakab to Kuantan	217.5km (135.1miles)	Tom Leezer	Jung Ji-Min KSPO Cycling Team	Michał Gołaś
7	27 February	Kuantan to Dungun	149.8km (93.1miles)	Andrea Guardini	Francesco Chicchi	Aidis Kruopis
8	28 February	Kuala Terengganu to Tanah Merah	164.5km (102.2miles)	Bryan Coquard	Andrew Fenn	Francesco Chicchi
9	1 March	Pasir Puteh to Kuala Berang	123.6km (76.8miles)	Bryan Coquard	Francesco Chicchi	Allan Davis
10	2 March	Tasik Kenyir to Kuala Terengganu Criterium	114.8km (71.3miles)	Francesco Chicchi	Rico Rogers Synergy Baku Cycling Project	Graeme Brown

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Theo Bos	Theo Bos	Theo Bos	Wang Meiyin	Wang Meiyin		KSPO Cycling Team
2	Theo Bos	Seo Joon-yong
3	Wang Meiyin	Wang Meiyin	Wang Meiyin	Wang Meiyin
4	Francesco Chicchi	Andrea Guardini
5	Julián Arredondo	Julián Arredondo	Julián Arredondo
6	Tom Leezer	Wang Meiyin
7	Andrea Guardini
8	Bryan Coquard
9	Bryan Coquard
10	Francesco Chicchi	Francesco Chicchi
Final		Julián Arredondo	Francesco Chicchi	Wang Meiyin	Wang Meiyin

Final standings

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)
	Rider	Team	Time
1			34h 53' 07"
2			+ 1' 15"
3			+ 2' 10"
4			+ 2' 30"
5			+ 2' 40"
6			+ 2' 43"
7			+ 2' 49"
8			+ 2' 55"
9			+ 2' 58"
10			+ 2' 58"

Final general classification (11–109)
	Rider	Team	Time
11			+ 3' 19"
12			+ 3' 30"
13			+ 3' 38"
14			+ 3' 58"
15			+ 4' 24"
16			+ 4' 34"
17			+ 4' 38"
18			+ 5' 24"
19			+ 5' 38"
20			+ 5' 40"
21			+ 7' 06"
22			+ 8' 44"
23			+ 9' 12"
24			+ 10' 53"
25			+ 11' 09"
26			+ 12' 02"
27			+ 12' 06"
28			+ 12' 09"
29			+ 12' 14"
30			+ 12' 28"
31			+ 13' 03"
32			+ 13' 29"
33			+ 13' 35"
34			+ 13' 54"
35			+ 14' 17"
36			+ 14' 36"
37			+ 15' 40"
38			+ 16' 16"
39			+ 16' 18"
40			+ 16' 47"
41			+ 17' 21"
42			+ 17' 54"
43			+ 18' 32"
44			+ 20' 00"
45			+ 20' 04"
46			+ 20' 26"
47			+ 20' 29"
48			+ 21' 43"
49			+ 21' 59"
50			+ 22' 40"
51			+ 23' 59"
52			+ 24' 06"
53			+ 25' 09"
54			+ 25' 55"
55			+ 26' 02"
56			+ 30' 10"
57			+ 32' 07"
58			+ 32' 22"
59			+ 33' 42"
60			+ 34' 16"
61			+ 35' 57"
62			+ 36' 18"
63			+ 37' 31"
64			+ 37' 41"
65			+ 37' 50"
66			+ 38' 35"
67			+ 39' 12"
68			+ 39' 27"
69			+ 39' 42"
70			+ 40' 19"
71			+ 40' 25"
72			+ 41' 16"
73			+ 41' 31"
74			+ 41' 54"
75			+ 41' 54"
76			+ 42' 09"
77			+ 42' 35"
78			+ 42' 54"
79			+ 43' 47"
80			+ 43' 56"
81			+ 44' 55"
82			+ 45' 06"
83			+ 45' 42"
84			+ 45' 45"
85			+ 46' 23"
86			+ 46' 43"
87			+ 46' 44"
88			+ 46' 49"
89			+ 46' 55"
90			+ 47' 10"
91			+ 47' 43"
92			+ 47' 46"
93			+ 48' 07"
94			+ 48' 20"
95			+ 48' 46"
96			+ 49' 14"
97			+ 49' 20"
98			+ 49' 20"
99			+ 49' 20"
100			+ 49' 20"
101			+ 50' 03"
102			+ 50' 13"
103			+ 50' 29"
104			+ 50' 33"
105			+ 54' 42"
106			+ 56' 11"
107			+ 56' 52"
108			+ 01h 00' 02"
109			+ 01h 10' 31"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			96
2			89
3			76
4			69
5			64
6			51
7			47
8			46
9			39
10			37
			37

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			48
2			45
3			32
4			24
5			19
6			16
			16
8			13
9			12
10			10
			10
			10

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			34h 55' 47"
2			+ 18"
3			+ 58"
4			+ 1' 44"
5			+ 4' 26"
6			+ 8' 29"
7			+ 9' 29"
8			+ 11' 14"
9			+ 11' 37"
10			+ 11' 56"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		104h 48' 19"
2		+ 09' 00"
3		+ 13' 00"
4		+ 15' 00"
5		+ 16' 28"
6		+ 17' 01"
7		+ 17' 59"
8		+ 18' 02"
9		+ 21' 55"
10		+ 23' 51"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1		104h 57' 19"
2		+ 7' 34"
3		+ 15' 29"
4		+ 27' 09"
5		+ 35' 46"
6		+ 36' 42"
7		+ 40' 40"
8		+ 50' 25"
9		+ 01h 30' 17"
10		+ 02h 15' 40"

Stage results

Stage 1

21 February 2014 — Kangar to Kulim, 162.7km (101.1miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			4h 00' 17"
2	Bryan Coquard		+ 0"
3	Andrea Guardini		+ 0"
4	Steele Von Hoff		+ 0"
5	Jacob Keough		+ 0"
6	Aldo Ino Ilesic		+ 0"
7	Anuar Manan		+ 0"
8	Francesco Chicchi		+ 0"
9	Hossein Najafi		+ 0"
10	Mauro Abel Richeze		+ 0"

Stage 2

28 February 2014 — Serdang to Kuala Kangsar, 117.8km (73.2miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			2h 54' 48"
2	Andrea Guardini		+ 0"
3	Aidis Kruopis		+ 0"
4	Bryan Coquard		+ 0"
5	Andrew Fenn		+ 0"
6	Francesco Chicchi		+ 0"
7	Steele Von Hoff		+ 0"
8	Hossein Nateghi		+ 0"
9	Fabian Schnaidt		+ 0"
10	Omar Bertazzo		+ 0"

Stage 3

23 February 2013 — Sungai Siput to Cameron Highlands, 140.7km (87.4miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			3h 50' 01"
2	Julián Arredondo		+ 0"
3	Nathan Haas		+ 0"
4	Wesley Sulzberger		+ 0"
5	Pieter Weening		+ 0"
6	Yonathan Monsalve		+ 0"
7	Pieter Serry		+ 0"
8	Fortunato Baliani		+ 0"
9	Tsgabu Grmay		+ 0"
10	Dennis Van Niekerk		+ 0"

Stage 4

24 February 2013 — Tapah to Kapar, 168km (104miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Francesco Chicchi		3h 44' 22"
2			+ 0"
3	Aidis Kruopis		+ 0"
4	Raymond Kreder		+ 0"
5	Andrew Fenn		+ 0"
6	Aldo Ino Ilesic		+ 0"
7	Ruslan Tleubayev		+ 0"
8	Anuar Manan		+ 0"
9	Takeaki Ayabe		+ 0"
10	Kazuhiro Mori		+ 0"

Stage 5

25 February 2013 — Proton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands, 110.3km (68.5miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			3h 11' 41"
2	Pieter Weening		+ 0"
3	Víctor Niño		+ 0"
4	Sergio Pardilla		+ 0"
5	Peter Stetina		+ 0"
6	Amir Kolahdozhagh		+ 0"
7	Tsgabu Grmay		+ 0"
8	Fortunato Baliani		+ 0"
9	John Ebsen		+ 0"
10	Nathan Haas		+ 0"

Stage 6

26 February 2013 — Mentakab to Kuantan, 217.5km (135.1miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tom Leezer		4h 33' 42"
2	Jung Ji-Min	KSPO Cycling Team	+ 0"
3	Michał Gołaś		+ 0"
4	Jackson Rodríguez		+ 0"
5	Travis Meyer		+ 0"
6			+ 0"
7	Allan Davis		+ 0"
8	Jacob Keough		+ 0"
9	Harrif Salleh		+ 0"
10	Anuar Manan		+ 0"

Stage 7

27 February 2013 — Kuantan to Dungun, 149.8km (93.1miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			3h 37' 17"
2	Francesco Chicchi		+ 0"
3	Aidis Kruopis		+ 0"
4	Allan Davis		+ 0"
5	Andrew Fenn		+ 0"
6	Steele Von Hoff		+ 0"
7	Graeme Brown		+ 0"
8	Bryan Coquard		+ 0"
9	Taiji Nishitani		+ 0"
10	Rico Rogers		+ 0"

Stage 8

28 February 2013 — Kuala Terengganu to Tanah Merah, 164.5km (102.2miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bryan Coquard		3h 36' 47"
2	Andrew Fenn		+ 0"
3	Francesco Chicchi		+ 0"
4			+ 0"
5	Rico Rogers		+ 0"
6	Omar Bertazzo		+ 0"
7	Raymond Kreder		+ 0"
8	Hossein Nateghi		+ 0"
9	Anuar Manan		+ 0"
10	Jani Tewelde Weldegabir		+ 0"

Stage 9

1 March 2013 — Pasir Puteh to Kuala Berang, 123.6km (76.8miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bryan Coquard		+ 02h 42' 11"
2	Francesco Chicchi		+ 0"
3	Allan Davis		+ 0"
4	Raymond Kreder		+ 0"
5	Fabian Schnaidt		+ 0"
6	Jacob Keough		+ 0"
7	Anuar Manan		+ 0"
8	Park Sung Baek		+ 0"
9	Rico Rogers		+ 0"
10	Hossein Nateghi		+ 0"

Stage 10

2 March 2013 — Tasik Kenyir to Kuala Terengganu, 114.8km (71.3miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			2h 39' 04"
2	Rico Rogers		+ 0"
3	Graeme Brown		+ 0"
4	Allan Davis		+ 0"
5	Andrew Fenn		+ 0"
6	Anuar Manan		+ 0"
7	Fabian Schnaidt		+ 0"
8	Omar Bertazzo		+ 0"
9	Kazuhiro Mori		+ 0"
10	Mohamed Harrif Salleh		+ 0"

List of teams and riders

A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 2013 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 132 riders, a total of 109 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Terengganu.^[1]

• Koldo Fernández
• Nathan Haas
• Raymond Kreder
• Caleb Fairly
• Peter Stetina
• Steele Von Hoff

• Andrea Guardini
• Alexsandr Dyachenko
• Assan Bazayev
• Alexey Lutsenko
• Andrey Kashechkin
• Ruslan Tleubayev

• Allan Davis
• Luke Durbridge
• Aidis Kruopis
• Travis Meyer
• Wesley Sulzberger
• Pieter Weening

• Theo Bos
• Graeme Brown
• Jetse Bol
• Tom Leezer
• Jos van Emden
• Marc Goos

• Bert Grabsch
• Andrew Fenn
• Michał Gołaś
• Serge Pauwels
• Pieter Serry
• Carlos Verona

• Francesco Chicchi
• Pierpaolo De Negri
• Stefano Borchi
• Michele Merlo
• Jonathan Monsalve
• Junya Sano

• Jacob Keough
• Aldo Ino Ilešič
• John Murphy
• Jeff Louder
• Jonathan Clarke
• Lucas Euser

• Adiq Husainie Othman
• Chad Beyer
• Chris Butler
• Gregor Gazvoda
• Craig Lewis
• Fabian Schnaidt

• Yukiya Arashiro
• Bryan Coquard
• Cyril Gautier
• Perrig Quémeneur
• Kévin Reza
• Pierre Rolland

• Tomás Gil
• Carlos José Ochoa
• Jackson Rodríguez
• Omar Bertazzo
• Patrick Facchini
• Diego Rosa

• Dennis Van Niekerk
• Jacques Janse van Rensburg
• Jani Tewelde
• Meron Russom
• Sergio Pardilla
• Tsgabu Grmay

Synergy Baku Cycling Project

• Anuar Manan
• Rico Rogers
• Kirill Pozdnyakov
• Dan Craven
• John Ebsen
• Connor McConvey

• Ghader Mizbani
• Hossein Nateghi
• Mehdi Sohrabi
• Saeid Safarzadeh
• Alireza Asgharzadeh
• Amir Kolahdozhagh

• Ng Yong Li
• Jang Sun-jae
• Víctor Niño
• Vidal Celis Zabala
• Alex Destribois
• Óscar Pujol

• Harrif Salleh
• Zamri Salleh
• Umardi Rosdi
• Saiful Anuar Aziz
• Saufi Mat Senan
• Shahrul Mat Amin

OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team

• Loh Sea Keong
• Josapheus Rabou
• Phuchong Sai-Udomsin
• Goh Choon Huat
• Ho Jun Rong
• Low Ji Wen

• Julián Arredondo
• Fortunato Baliani
• Shinichi Fukushima
• Manabu Ishibashi
• Mauro Abel Richeze
• Tanzou Tokuda

Aisan Racing Team

• Takeaki Ayabo
• Taiji Nishitani
• Kazuhiro Mori
• Yasuharu Nakajima
• Shimpei Fukuda
• Masakazu Ito

• Park Sung-Baek
• Choi Seung-Woo
• Seo Joon-Yong
• Yeon Je-Sung
• Jung Ji-Min
• Kwon Soon-Yeong

• Wang Meiyin
• Li Fuyu
• Xing Fu
• Liu Yilin
• Liu Jianpeng
• Wang Bo

Malaysia

• Lutfi Md Fauzan
• Amir Mustafa Rusli
• Rauf Nur Misbah
• Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal
• Afif Ahmad Zamri
• Yusrizal Usoff

Indonesia

• Aiman Cahyadi
• Dadi Suryadi
• Hari Fitrianto
• Endra Wijaya
• Robin Manulang
• Fatahillah Abdullah

External links

• • 2013 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013 Tour de Langkawi — Stages. cyclingarchives.com . 8 March 2013.
2. News: Five ProTour teams to spice up Tour de Langkawi this year. 21 February 2013. 21 February 2013. The Star Online.
3. Web site: Le Tour de Langkawi 2013 — Participating Teams . 2013-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130213010127/http://www.ltdl.com.my/2013_therace/team.asp . 2013-02-13 . dead .