| 2017 Tour de Langkawi | |
| Series: | 2017 UCI Asia Tour |
| Date: | 22 February – 1 March 2017 |
| Stages: | 8 |
| Distance: | 1,222.2 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 29h 04' 57"[1] |
| First: | Ryan Gibbons |
| First Nat: | RSA |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Cameron Bayly |
| Second Nat: | AUS |
| Third: | Alberto Cecchin |
| Third Nat: | ITA |
| Points: | Ryan Gibbons |
| Points Nat: | RSA |
| Points Color: | blue |
| Mountains: | John Ebsen |
| Mountains Nat: | DEN |
| Mountains Color: | red green |
| Team Color: | yellow_number |
| Previous: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 Tour de Langkawi was the 22nd 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 2017 UCI Asia Tour.
The race was won by South African rider Ryan Gibbons for,[2] taking the first professional wins of his career. He won the race by 33 seconds ahead of Australia's Cameron Bayly, while the podium was completed by Italian rider Alberto Cecchin, a further two seconds behind for the squad.
19 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2017 Tour de Langkawi. One UCI WorldTeam – was invited to the race, along with six UCI Professional Continental and eleven UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by one national selection teams. Each team had a maximum of six riders:[3]
The itinerary for the race was released on 22 December 2016.[4] It comprised eight stages, and a total distance of 1222.2km (759.4miles).
| scope=col | Stage | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Route | scope=col | Distance | scope=col colspan="2" | Type | scope=col | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1 | 22 February | Kuala Berang to Kuala Terengganu | 124.8km (77.5miles) | Flat stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 2 | 23 February | Jerteh to Gerik | 208.1km (129.3miles) | Hilly stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 3 | 24 February | Serdang to Pantai Remis | 118km (73miles) | Flat stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 4 | 25 February | Seri Manjung to Cameron Highlands | 174.4km (108.4miles) | Mountain stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 5 | 26 February | Meru Raya to Kuala Kubu Bharu | 151.5km (94.1miles) | Flat stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 6 | 27 February | Senawang to Muar | 176.3km (109.5miles) | Flat stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 7 | 28 February | Malacca to Rembau | 148.1km (92miles) | Hilly stage | ||||||
| scope=row | 8 | 1 March | Setiawangsa to Putrajaya | 121km (75miles) | Flat stage |
In the 2017 Tour de Langkawi, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Langkawi, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green and red jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.
The fourth jersey represented the Asian rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders from Asia were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time, while there was also an Asian-only variant for the teams as well.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Asian rider classification | Team classification | Asian team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Sunderland | Scott Sunderland | Scott Sunderland | Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Marzuki | Shiki Kuroeda | |||
| 2 | Travis McCabe | Ryan Gibbons | Ryan Gibbons | John Ebsen | Yevgeniy Gidich | |||
| 3 | Jakub Mareczko | Scott Sunderland | ||||||
| 4 | Mekseb Debesay | |||||||
| 5 | Ryan Gibbons | Ryan Gibbons | ||||||
| 6 | Enrico Barbin | Hideto Nakane | ||||||
| 7 | Jakub Mareczko | Jakub Mareczko | ||||||
| 8 | Travis McCabe | Ryan Gibbons | ||||||
| Final | Ryan Gibbons | Ryan Gibbons | John Ebsen | Hideto Nakane | ||||