2008 Tour de Langkawi

2008 Tour de Langkawi

2007–08 UCI Asia Tour, race 9 of 26
Race details
Dates	9–17 February 2008
Stages	9
Distance	1,377.4 km (855.9 mi)
Winning time	31h 20' 28"
Results
Winner  Ruslan Ivanov (MDA) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)   Second  Matthieu Sprick (FRA) (Bouygues Télécom)   Third  Gustavo César (ESP) (Karpin–Galicia) Points  Aurélien Clerc (SUI) (Bouygues Télécom) Mountains  Filippo Savini (ITA) (CSF Group–Navigare)   Team Diquigiovanni–Androni
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The 2008 Tour de Langkawi was the 13th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 9 February in Alor Setar and ended on 17 February in Kuala Lumpur. This race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC race category and was highest ranked stage race on the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour.^[1][2][3]

Moldova's Ruslan Ivanov emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Matthieu Sprick second and Gustavo César third. Aurélien Clerc won the points classification category and Filippo Savini won the mountains classification category. Diquigiovanni–Androni won the team classification category.^[1][2][3]

The cyclists competed in 9 stages, covering a distance of 1,377.4 kilometres. The route for the Tour was unveiled on 17 December 2007 and revised on 31 December 2007. The traditional final race, criterium in Merdeka Square was also brought back to the race schedule.^[1][2][3] On January 23, 2008, it was announced that the route for Stage 8 Maran to Genting Highlands had been replaced with a route from Temerloh to Fraser's Hill due to the cyclist's safety reason. For the first time in the Tour's history, Genting Highlands route was not included in the race schedule.^[4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	9 February	Alor Setar to Kepala Batas	182.6 km (113.5 mi)	Matthieu Sprick (FRA)	Mitchell Docker (AUS)	Diego Nosotti (ITA)
2	10 February	Butterworth to Sitiawan	159.7 km (99.2 mi)	Jeremy Hunt (GBR)	Matteo Priamo (ITA)	Gustavo César (ESP)
3	11 February	Sitiawan to Banting	209.4 km (130.1 mi)	Lee Won-Jae (KOR)	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Xing Yandong (CHN)
4	12 February	Port Dickson to Batu Pahat	169 km (105.0 mi)	Danilo Hondo (GER)	Mauro Abel Richeze (ARG)	Marco Corsini (ITA)
5	13 February	Johor Bahru to Bandar Penawar	139.9 km (86.9 mi)	Alberto Loddo (ITA)	Mauro Abel Richeze (ARG)	Aurélien Clerc (SUI)
6	14 February	Bandar Penawar to Kuala Rompin	182.8 km (113.6 mi)	José Serpa (COL)	Alexandre Usov (BLR)	Johnnie Walker (AUS)
7	15 February	Kuala Rompin to Kuantan	126.6 km (78.7 mi)	Alexandre Usov (BLR)	Hassan Maleki (IRI)	Takashi Miyazawa (JPN)
8	16 February	Temerloh to Fraser's Hill	127 km (78.9 mi)	Filippo Savini (ITA)	Ruslan Ivanov (MDA)	José Serpa (COL)
9	17 February	Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Criterium	80.4 km (50.0 mi)	Mauro Abel Richeze (ARG)	Jeremy Hunt (GBR)	Enrico Rossi (ITA)

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Matthieu Sprick	Matthieu Sprick	Mitchell Docker	not available	Shinichi Fukushima	Diquigiovanni–Androni	Seoul Cycling Team
2	Jeremy Hunt		Gustavo César				Meitan Hompo-GDR
3	Lee Won-Jae		Anuar Manan
4	Danilo Hondo
5	Alberto Loddo		Aurélien Clerc
6	José Serpa			Christoph Meschenmoser	Park Sung-Baek		Seoul Cycling Team
7	Alexandre Usov	Mitchell Docker
8	Filippo Savini	Ruslan Ivanov		Filippo Savini	Shinichi Fukushima
9	Mauro Abel Richeze
Final		Ruslan Ivanov	Aurélien Clerc	Filippo Savini	Shinichi Fukushima	Diquigiovanni–Androni	Seoul Cycling Team

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ruslan Ivanov (MDA)	Diquigiovanni–Androni	31h 20' 28"
2	Matthieu Sprick (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 29"
3	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin–Galicia	+ 32"
4	Jeremy Yates (NZL)	New Zealand	+ 36"
5	Yauhen Sobal (BLR)	Tinkoff Credit Systems	+ 48"
6	Mitchell Docker (AUS)	Drapac–Porsche Development Program	+ 56"
7	Jackson Rodríguez (VEN)	Diquigiovanni–Androni	+ 01' 03"
8	Jean-Marc Marino (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 01' 09"
9	Ian McCleod (RSA)	South Africa	+ 01' 44"
10	Matt Wilson (AUS)	Team Type 1	+ 01' 48"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
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

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Filippo Savini	CSF Group–Navigare	25
2	Ruslan Ivanov	Diquigiovanni–Androni	20
3	José Serpa	Diquigiovanni–Androni	16
4	Carlos José Ochoa	Diquigiovanni–Androni	12
5	Walter Pedraza	Tinkoff Credit Systems	10
6	Jeremy Yates	New Zealand	8
7	Gustavo César	Karpin–Galicia	6
8	Matthieu Sprick	Bouygues Télécom	5
9	Christoph Meschenmoser	Team ISTA	4
10	Mehdi Faridi	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	4

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Shinichi Fukushima	Meitan Hompo-GDR	31h 21' 18"
2	Tomoya Kano	Skil–Shimano	+ 17"
3	Hidenori Nodera	Skil–Shimano	+ 01' 30"
4	Park Sung-Baek	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 04' 30"
5	Kim Gu-Hyeon	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 20' 00"
6	Mehdi Faridi	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	+ 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 Cycling Team	+ 23' 16"

A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 148 riders, a total of 131 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.^[1][2][3]