2016 Tour de Langkawi explained

2016 Tour de Langkawi
Series:	2016 UCI Asia Tour
Race No:	8
Season No:	41
Date:	24 February–2 March 2016
Stages:	8
Distance:	1177.9
Unit:	km
Time:	28h 31' 21"
Speed:	41.31
First:	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
First Nat:	RSA
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Daniel Jaramillo
Second Nat:	COL
Third:	Miguel Ángel López
Third Nat:	COL
Points:	Andrea Guardini
Points Nat:	ITA
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Wang Meiyin
Mountains Nat:	CHN
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Youth Color:	white
Team Color:	yellow_number
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 Tour de Langkawi was the 21st edition of an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1996. The race was run at the highest category apart from those races which make up the UCI World Tour, and was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.

Teams

22 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2016 Tour de Langkawi. Three UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, along with eight UCI Professional Continental and ten UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by one national selection teams.

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental teams

UCI Continental teams

• • • Aisan Racing Team
      • Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP
    • HKSI Pro Team

National teams

• Malaysia

Stages

The race comprises 8 stages, covering 1179 kilometres.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
Stage 1	24 February	Kangar – Baling	166.6km (103.5miles)	Andrea Guardini	Brenton Jones	Andrea Palini
Stage 2	25 February	Sungai Petani – Georgetown	158.1km (98.2miles)	Andrea Palini	Andrea Guardini	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Stage 3	26 February	Kulim – Kuala Kangsar	107.2km (66.6miles)	John Murphy	Francesco Chicchi	Jakub Mareczko
Stage 4	27 February	Ipoh – Cameron Highlands	129.4km (80.4miles)	Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno	Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diaz	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Stage 5	28 February	Tapah – Kuala Lumpur	148.8km (92.5miles)	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Palini	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Stage 6	29 February	Putrajaya – Rembau Town	147.6km (91.7miles)	Jakub Mareczko	Juraj Sagan	Dylan Page
Stage 7	1 March	Seremban – Parit Sulong	202.3km (125.7miles)	Andrea Guardini	Jakub Mareczko	Andrea Palini
Stage 8	2 March	Batu Pahat – Malacca City	119km (74miles)	Andrea Guardini	Jakub Mareczko	Shiki Kuroeda Aisan Racing Team

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Wang Meiyin	Wang Meiyin
2	Andrea Palini	Wang Meiyin		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP
3	John Murphy	Andrea Guardini
4	Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno	Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno	Adiq Husainie Othman
5	Andrea Guardini
6	Jakub Mareczko	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
7	Andrea Guardini
8	Andrea Guardini
Final		Reinardt Janse van Rensburg	Andrea Guardini	Wang Meiyin	Adiq Husainie Othman

Final standings

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)
	Rider	Team	Time
1			28h 31' 21"
2			+ 0' 18"
3			+ 0' 19"
4			+ 0' 23"
5			s.t
6			s.t
7			+ 0' 25"
8			+ 0' 29"
9			s.t
10			s.t

Final general classification (11–121)
	Rider	Team	Time
11			s.t
12			s.t
13			+ 0' 35"
14			+ 0' 38"
15			s.t
16			+ 0' 44"
17			s.t
18			+ 1' 03"
19			s.t
20			+ 1' 07"
21			+ 1' 10"
22			+ 1' 12"
23			+ 1' 13"
24			+ 1' 17"
25			+ 1' 21"
26		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 1' 36"
27			+ 1' 38"
28			+ 2' 09"
29			+ 2' 24"
30			+ 3' 01"
31			+ 3' 14"
32			+ 3' 58"
33			+ 4' 11"
34			+ 4' 15"
35			+ 4' 28"
36			+ 4' 29"
37			+ 4' 39"
38			+ 4' 42"
39			+ 4' 56"
40		HKSI Pro Team	+ 5' 08"
41			+ 5' 36"
42			+ 5' 44"
43			+ 5' 50"
44		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 6' 11"
45			+ 6' 31"
46			+ 6' 53"
47			+ 6' 54"
48			+ 7' 08"
49		Malaysia	+ 7' 37"
50		HKSI Pro Team	+ 7' 49"
51			+ 8' 17"
52			+ 9' 22"
53			+ 11' 28"
54			+ 11' 36"
55		Malaysia	+ 11' 42"
56		HKSI Pro Team	+ 12' 18"
57		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 12' 28"
58		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 12' 33"
59			+ 12' 45"
60			+ 14' 23"
61			+ 15' 03"
62		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 15' 20"
63			+ 15' 22"
64			+ 15' 23"
65			+ 15' 30"
66			+ 15' 50"
67			+ 16' 05"
68			+ 16' 07"
69			+ 16' 25"
70			+ 17' 07"
71			+ 17' 32"
72			+ 17' 37"
73			+ 18' 06"
74			+ 18' 15"
75			+ 18' 27"
76			+ 18' 34"
77			+ 19' 12"
78		HKSI Pro Team	+ 19' 33"
79			+ 20' 33"
80			+ 20' 55"
81			+ 20' 57"
82			+ 21' 11"
83			+ 21' 39"
84			+ 21' 41"
85			+ 22' 29"
86			+ 23' 27"
87			+ 23' 45"
88			+ 25' 26"
89			+ 26' 28"
90			+ 26' 32"
91			+ 26' 44"
92			+ 26' 47"
93		HKSI Pro Team	+ 27' 26"
94		Malaysia	+ 27' 53"
95			+ 28' 09"
96			+ 28' 23"
97			+ 28' 38"
98			+ 29' 54"
99			+ 31' 31"
100			+ 32' 41"
101			+ 32' 47"
102			+ 32' 49"
103			+ 33' 06"
104		Malaysia	+ 33' 46"
105			+ 33' 49"
106			+ 35' 41"
107			+ 36' 38"
108			+ 36' 47"
109		Malaysia	+ 36' 59"
110			+ 39' 10"
111			+ 39' 12"
112			+ 39' 49"
113			+ 42' 30"
114			+ 44' 16"
115			+ 45' 08"
116			+ 48' 31"
117			+ 49' 14"
118			+ 52' 05"
119			+ 53' 35"
120		HKSI Pro Team	+ 59' 15"
121			+ 1h 09' 52"

Points classification

Points classification (1–10)
	Rider	Team	Points
1			88
2			58
3			53
4			44
5			39
6			31
7			29
8			29
9			24
10			20

Points classification (11–54)
	Rider	Team	Points
11			18
12			17
13			17
14			16
15			15
16			14
17			13
18			11
19			11
20			10
21			9
22		Malaysia	9
23			8
24			8
25			8
26			8
27			7
28			7
29		HKSI Pro Team	6
30			6
31			5
32			5
33			5
34		HKSI Pro Team	5
35			5
36			5
37			4
38			4
39			4
40			3
41			3
42			3
43			2
44			2
45			2
46			2
47			2
48			2
49			1
50			1
51			1
52			1
53		Malaysia	1
54			1

Mountains classification

Mountains classification (1–10)
	Rider	Team	Points
1			49
2			31
3		Malaysia	28
4			21
5			17
6			13
7			12
8			12
9			12
10			10

Mountains classification (11–38)
	Rider	Team	Points
11		HKSI Pro Team	10
12			8
13			8
14			7
15			6
16			6
17			6
18			5
19			5
20			5
21			5
22			4
23			4
24			3
25			3
26			3
27			3
28			2
29			2
30			2
31			2
32		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	2
33			1
34			1
35			1
36			1
37			1
38			1

Asian rider classification

Asian rider classification (1–10)
	Rider	Team	Time
1			28h 32' 31"
2			+ 0' 02"
3			+ 0' 03"
4		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 0' 26"
5			+ 2' 04"
6			+ 3' 01"
7			+ 3' 05"
8			+ 3' 19"
9			+ 3' 29"
10			+ 3' 32"

Asian classification (11–55)
	Rider	Team	Time
11		HKSI Pro Team	+ 3' 58"
12			+ 4' 40"
13		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 5' 01"
14			+ 5' 21"
15		Malaysia	+ 6' 27"
16		HKSI Pro Team	+ 6' 39"
17			+ 7' 07"
18			+ 10' 18"
19			+ 10' 26"
20		Malaysia	+ 10' 32"
21		HKSI Pro Team	+ 11' 08"
22		Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP	+ 11' 18"
23			+ 14' 40"
24			+ 14' 55"
25			+ 14' 57"
26			+ 15' 57"
27			+ 16' 22"
28			+ 17' 05"
29			+ 17' 17"
30			+ 17' 24"
31			+ 18' 02"
32		HKSI Pro Team	+ 18' 23"
33			+ 21' 19"
34			+ 22' 17"
35			+ 22' 35"
36			+ 24' 16"
37			+ 25' 18"
38			+ 25' 22"
39		HKSI Pro Team	+ 26' 16"
40		Malaysia	+ 26' 43"
41			+ 26' 59"
42			+ 27' 28"
43			+ 28' 44"
44			+ 30' 21"
45			+ 31' 31"
46			+ 31' 39"
47		Malaysia	+ 32' 36"
48			+ 32' 39"
49		Malaysia	+ 35' 49"
50			+ 38' 00"
51			+ 43' 06"
52			+ 43' 58"
53			+ 47' 21"
54			+ 52' 25"
55		HKSI Pro Team	+ 58' 05"

Team classification

Team classification (1–10)
	Team	Time
1		85h 35' 15"
2		+0' 04"
3		+0' 26"
4		+1' 03"
5		+1' 40"
6		+2' 25"
7		+4' 55"
8		+6' 10"
9		+7' 43"
10		+8' 03"

Team classification (11–22)
	Team	Time
11		+8' 32"
12		+ 11' 52"
13		+ 14' 20"
14		+ 14' 44"
15		+ 19' 04"
16		+ 19' 15"
17		+ 20' 38"
18		+ 24' 39"
19		+ 30' 20"
20		+ 31' 05"
21		+ 36' 10"
22		+ 52' 09"

Asian team classification

Asian team classification (1–10)
	Team	Time
1		85h 40' 10"
2		+2' 48"
3		+3' 08"
4		+3' 37"
5		+ 9' 49"
6		+ 14' 09"
7		+ 14' 20"
8		+ 19' 44"
9		+ 25' 25"
10		+ 47' 14"

Riders who failed to finish

11 riders failed to finish the race.
Rider	Team
	Team 7Eleven-Sava RBP
	Malaysia

Stage results

Stage 1

24 February 2016 — Kangar, Perlis to Baling, Kedah, 166.6km (103.5miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			04h 15' 57"
2	Brenton Jones		s.t.
3	Andrea Palini		s.t.
4	John Murphy		s.t.
5	Dylan Page		s.t.
6	Michael Kolář		s.t.
7	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg		s.t.
8	Shimpei Fukuda		s.t.
9	Marco Benfatto		s.t.
10	Mohd Harrif Saleh		s.t.

Stage 2

25 February 2016 — Sungai Petani, Kedah to Georgetown, Penang, 158.1km (98.2miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Palini		03h 56' 02"
2			s.t.
3	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg		s.t.
4	Michael Kolář		s.t.
5	John Murphy		s.t.
6	Jakub Mareczko		s.t.
7	Graeme Brown		s.t.
8	Karol Domagalski		s.t.
9	Luca Pacioni		s.t.
10	George Harper		s.t.

Stage 3

26 February 2016 — Kulim, Kedah to Kuala Kangsar, Perak, 107.2km (66.6miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	John Murphy		02h 30' 31"
2	Francesco Chicchi		s.t.
3	Jakub Mareczko		s.t.
4	Michael Kolář		s.t.
5			s.t.
6	Shiki Kuroeda		s.t.
7	Shimpei Fukuda		s.t.
8	Brenton Jones		s.t.
9	Paolo Simion	Bardiani–CSF	s.t.
10	Andrea Palini		s.t.

Stage 4

27 February 2016 — Ipoh, Perak to Cameron Highlands, Pahang, 129.4km (80.4miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 25' 37"
2	Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diaz		+ 30"
3	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg		+ 35"
4	Francisco Mancebo		s.t.
5	Jonathan Clarke		s.t.
6	Giulio Ciccone	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	George Harper		s.t.
8	Jesper Hansen		s.t.
9	Luca Chirico	Bardiani–CSF	s.t.
10	Janez Brajkovič		s.t.

Stage 5

28 February 2016 — Tapah, Perak to Kuala Lumpur, 148.8km (92.5miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 18' 50"
2	Andrea Palini		s.t.
3	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg		s.t.
4	Erik Baška		s.t.
5	Brenton Jones		s.t.
6	Jakub Mareczko		s.t.
7	Paolo Simion		s.t.
8	Francesco Chicchi		s.t.
9	Dylan Page		s.t.
10	Anuar Manan		s.t.

Stage 6

29 February 2016 — Putrajaya to Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, 147.6km (91.7miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jakub Mareczko		03h 34' 01"
2	Juraj Sagan		s.t.
3	Dylan Page		s.t.
4	John Murphy		s.t.
5	Mohd Harrif Saleh		s.t.
6	Ryan Macanally		s.t.
7	Brenton Jones		s.t.
8	Francesco Chicchi		s.t.
9	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Andrea Palini		s.t.

Stage 7

1 March 2016 — Seremban, Negeri Sembilan to Parit Sulong, Johor, 202.3km (125.7miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			04h 47' 12"
2	Jakub Mareczko		s.t.
3	Andrea Palini		s.t.
4	Mohd Harrif Saleh		s.t.
5			s.t.
6	Paolo Simion	Bardiani–CSF	s.t.
7	John Murphy		s.t.
8	Shimpei Fukuda		s.t.
9	Marco Benfatto		s.t.
10	Michael Kolář		s.t.

Stage 8

2 March 2016 — Batu Pahat, Johor to Melaka, Loop 119km (74miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			02h 42' 55"
2	Jakub Mareczko		s.t.
3	Shiki Kuroeda		s.t.
4	Michael Kolář		s.t.
5	Andrea Palini		s.t.
6	John Murphy		s.t.
7	Brenton Jones		s.t.
8	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Matthew Goss		s.t.
10	Marco Benfatto		s.t.

External links

• Tour de Langkawi Official Website
• 2016 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com