2008 Tour de Langkawi
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The 2008 Tour de Langkawi will be 13th edition of Tour de Langkawi. The race will be start from February 9, 2008 in Alor Star, Kedah and will be end in Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on February 17, 2008. The tour organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and sanctioned by Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF), the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC).[1]
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[edit] Routes
The route unveiled on December 17, 2007 and revised on December 31, 2007. Compare to the original route, the Genting Highlands mountain stage held back to the stage 8, previously it staging in stage 2. The traditionally final race, criterium in Merdeka Square was bring back to the schedule.[2]
On January 23, 2008, the organisers altered the stage 8 route from Maran to Genting Highlands to Temerloh to Fraser's Hill after considering the crowd in Genting Highlands during Chinese New Year.[3]
| Stage | Date | Start | Finish | Distance (km) | Stage winner | GC Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 9 | Alor Star | Kepala Batas | 182.9 | Matthieu Sprick | Matthieu Sprick |
| 2 | February 10 | Butterworth | Sitiawan | 159.7 | Jeremy Hunt | Matthieu Sprick |
| 3 | February 11 | Sitiawan | Banting | 209.4 | Lee Won-jae | Matthieu Sprick |
| 4 | February 12 | Port Dickson | Batu Pahat | 175.5 | Danilo Hondo | Matthieu Sprick |
| 5 | February 13 | Johor Bahru | Bandar Penawar | 143.1 | Alberto Loddo | Matthieu Sprick |
| 6 | February 14 | Bandar Penawar | Kuala Rompin | 182.0 | José Serpa | Matthieu Sprick |
| 7 | February 15 | Kuala Rompin | Kuantan | 127.6 | Alexandre Usov | Mitchell Docker |
| 8 | February 16 | Temerloh | Fraser's Hill | 127.0 | Filippo Savini | Ruslan Ivanov |
| 9 | February 17 | Merdeka Square (Criterium) | 80.4 | Mauro Abel Richeze | Ruslan Ivanov | |
[edit] Results
[edit] Jersey progress
| Stage | Winner | General | Sprint | Mountain | Asia | Team | Team Asia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sprick | Sprick | Docker | S. Fukushima | Serramenti | Seoul Cycling | |
| 2 | Hunt | Cesar | Meitan Hompo | ||||
| 3 | Lee | Manan | |||||
| 4 | Hondo | ||||||
| 5 | Loddo | Clerc | |||||
| 6 | Serpa | Meschenmoser | Park | Seoul Cycling | |||
| 7 | Usov | Docker | |||||
| 8 | Savini | Ivanov | Savini | S. Fukushima | |||
| 9 | Richeze |
[edit] Final Standings
[edit] General
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ruslan Ivanov (MDA) |
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 31h20'28" |
| 2 |  Matthieu Sprick (FRA) |
Bouygues Télécom | 29" |
| 3 |  Gustavo Cesar (ESP) |
Karpin-Galicia | 32" |
| 4 |  Jeremy Yates (NZL) |
New Zealand | 36" |
| 5 |  Yauhen Sobal (BLR) |
Tinkoff Credit Systems | 48" |
| 6 |  Mitchell Docker (AUS) |
Drapac Porche | 56" |
| 7 |  Jackson Rodriguez (VEN) |
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 1'03" |
| 8 | Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) |
Crédit Agricole | 1'09" |
| 9 |  Ian McCleod (RSA) |
South Africa | 1'44" |
| 10 | Matt Wilson (AUS) |
Team Type 1 | 1'48" |
[edit] Sprint
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Aurélien Clerc |
Bouygues Télécom | 92 |
| 2 |  Anuar Manan |
LeTua Cycling Team | 60 |
| 3 | Alexandre Usov |
Ag2r-La Mondiale | 49 |
| 4 |  Park Sung-baek |
Seoul Cycling Team | 49 |
| 5 |  Marco Corsini |
NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte | 47 |
| 6 | Enrico Rossi |
NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte | 43 |
| 7 |  Takashi Miyazawa |
Meitan Hompo-GDR | 40 |
| 8 |  Jeremy Hunt |
Crédit Agricole | 38 |
| 9 | Sébastien Hinault |
Crédit Agricole | 35 |
| 10 | Nolan Hoffman |
South Africa | 34 |
[edit] Mountain
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filippo Savini |
CSF Group-Navigare | 25 |
| 2 | Ruslan Ivanov |
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 20 |
| 3 |  José Serpa |
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 16 |
| 4 | Carlos José Ochoa |
Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 12 |
| 5 | Walter Pedraza |
Tinkoff Credit Systems | 10 |
| 6 | Jeremy Yates |
New Zealand | 8 |
| 7 | Gustavo Cesar |
Karpin-Galicia | 6 |
| 8 | Matthieu Sprick |
Bouygues Télécom | 5 |
| 9 |  Christoph Meschenmoser |
Team ISTA | 4 |
| 10 |  Mehdi Faridi |
Islamic Azad University | 4 |
[edit] Asian General
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shinichi Fukushima |
Meitan Hompo-GDR | 31h21'18" |
| 2 | Tomoya Kano |
Skil-Shimano | 17" |
| 3 | Hidenori Nodera |
Skil-Shimano | 1'30" |
| 4 | Park Sung-baek |
Seoul Cycling Team | 4'30" |
| 5 | Kim Gu-hyeon |
Seoul Cycling Team | 20'00" |
| 6 | Mehdi Faridi |
Islamic Azad University | 22'00" |
| 7 |  Tonton Susanto |
LeTua Cycling Team | 22'04" |
| 8 | Gong Hyo-suk |
Seoul Cycling Team | 22'58" |
| 9 | Ng Yong Li |
Meitan Hompo-GDR | 23'02" |
| 10 | Amir Zargari |
Islamic Azad University | 23'16" |
[edit] Team General
| Rank | Team | Times |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli |
94h20'36" |
| 2 |  Team Type 1 |
10'27" |
| 3 |  Skil-Shimano |
12'22" |
| 4 | Bouygues Télécom |
21'42" |
| 5 | South Africa |
22'24" |
| 6 | Tinkoff Credit Systems |
25'26" |
| 7 | SouthAustralia.com-AIS |
28'08" |
| 8 | Seoul Cycling Team |
28'29" |
| 9 | Crédit Agricole |
28'39" |
| 10 | Meitan Hompo-GDR |
31'23" |
[edit] Asian Team General
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seoul Cycling Team |
94h49'05" |
| 2 | Meitan Hompo-GDR |
2'54" |
| 3 | Islamic Azad University |
26'06" |
| 4 | Malaysia |
32'05" |
| 5 | Polygon Sweet Nice |
32'51" |
[edit] Teams and riders
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[edit] References
- ^ A strikingly different formula for LTdL 2008 Genting comes early!. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
- ^ Le Tour de Langkawi 2008 Race Route Revised. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ No Genting stage for this year’s Tour of Langkawi. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- 13th Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com
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