2008 Jelajah Malaysia

2008 Jelajah Malaysia

2007–08 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates	7–13 January 2008
Stages	7
Distance	1,352.2 km (840.2 mi)
Winning time	21h 32' 38"
Results
Winner  Tonton Susanto (INA) (LeTua Cycling Team)   Second  Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)   Third  Fredrik Johansson (SWE) (Differdange–Apiflo Vacances) Points  Anuar Manan (MAS) (LeTua Cycling Team) Mountains  Hossein Askari (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)   Team Tabriz Petrochemical Team
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The 2008 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 7 to 13 January 2008. There were seven stages with a total of 1,352.2 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

Tonton Susanto of Indonesia won the race, followed by Ghader Mizbani of Iran second and Fredrik Johansson of Sweden third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Hossein Askari of Iran won the mountains classification. Tabriz Petrochemical Team won the team classification.

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 120 riders, a total of 91 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.

Stages[]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	7 January	Putrajaya to Port Dickson	179.7 km (111.7 mi)	Li Fuyu (CHN)	Marcel Strauss (SUI)	Jacob Nielsen (DEN)
2	8 January	Seremban to Malacca	139.5 km (86.7 mi)	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Serguei Kudentsov (RUS)	Kohei Uchima (JPN)
3	9 January	Malacca to Batu Pahat	163.8 km (101.8 mi)	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Hossein Nateghi (IRI)	Serguei Kudentsov (RUS)
4	10 January	Batu Pahat to Muar	178.8 km (111.1 mi)	Fredrik Johansson (SWE)	Kohei Uchima (JPN)	Tonton Susanto (INA)
5	11 January	Gemas to Karak	133.7 km (83.1 mi)	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Hossein Nateghi (IRI)	(LUX)
6	12 January	Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands	122.2 km (75.9 mi)	Hossein Askari (IRI)	David McCann (IRI)	Tonton Susanto (INA)
7	13 January	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	58 km (36.0 mi)	Yusuke Hatanaka (JPN)	Hossein Nateghi (IRI)	Hari Fitrianto (INA)

Classification leadership[]

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Malaysian rider classification	Team classification
1	Li Fuyu	Li Fuyu	Anuar Manan	Hossein Askari	Amir Rusli
2	Anuar Manan
3	Anuar Manan
4	Fredrik Johansson	Tonton Susanto			Suhardi Hassan	Japan
5	Anuar Manan
6	Hossein Askari					Tabriz Petrochemical Team
7	Yusuke Hatanaka
Final		Tonton Susanto	Anuar Manan	Hossein Askari	Suhardi Hassan	Tabriz Petrochemical Team

Final standings[]

General classification[]

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tonton Susanto	LeTua Cycling Team	21h 32' 38"
2	Ghader Mizbani	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 11"
3	Fredrik Johansson	Differdange–Apiflo Vacances	+ 04' 16"
4	Hossein Askari	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 05' 11"
5	Suhardi Hassan	Kuala Lumpur	+ 06' 22"
6	Dimitri Jiriakov		+ 07' 01"
7		Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 07' 08"
8	Hari Fitrianto	Polygon Sweet Nice	+ 08' 14"
9			+ 08' 15"
10	David McCann	Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 08' 42"

Points classification[]

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Anuar Manan	LeTua Cycling Team	29
2	Hossein Jahanbanian	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	21
3	Suhardi Hassan	Kuala Lumpur	15
4	Makoto Iijima	Japan	13
5	Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit	LeTua Cycling Team	12
6	Mohamed Harrif Salleh		12
7	Abbas Saeidi Tanha	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	8
8	Jacob Nielsen		6
9	Shinpei Fukuda	Japan	6
10	Mohamed Zamri Salleh		6

Mountains classification[]

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Hossein Askari	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	16
2	Tonton Susanto	LeTua Cycling Team	8
3	David McCann	Giant Asia Racing Team	6
4		Giant Asia Racing Team	5
5		Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	3
6		Indonesia	3
7	Ghader Mizbani	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	3
8	Dimitri Jiriakov		3
9	Suhardi Hassan	Kuala Lumpur	2
10	Hari Fitrianto	Polygon Sweet Nice	2

Malaysian rider classification[]

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Suhardi Hassan	Kuala Lumpur	21h 39' 00"
2			+ 01' 53"
3	Loh Sea Keong	Trek–Marco Polo	+ 07' 15"
4			+ 07' 22"
5			+ 07' 43"
6			+ 08' 39"
7	Amir Rusli		+ 09' 57"
8			+ 11' 55"
9	Mohd Nor Umardi Rosdi		+ 12' 01"
10	Ahmad Haidar Anuawar	LeTua Cycling Team	+ 13' 01"

Team classification[]

Stage results[]

Stage 1[]

7 January 2008 — Putrajaya to Port Dickson, 179.7 km (111.7 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Li Fuyu	Trek–Marco Polo	04h 12' 19"
2	Marcel Strauss		s.t.
3	Jacob Nielsen		s.t.
4		Giant Asia Racing Team	s.t.
5	Hossein Askari	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
6	Dimitri Jiriakov		s.t.
7	Makoto Iijima	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 01' 07"
8	Mehdi Sohrabi	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	s.t.
9	Ryan Ariehan	LeTua Cycling Team	s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 2[]

8 January 2008 — Seremban to Malacca, 139.5 km (86.7 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anuar Manan	LeTua Cycling Team	03h 07' 55"
2	Serguei Kudentsov	Trek–Marco Polo	s.t.
3	Kohei Uchima	Japan	s.t.
4	Mohamed Harrif Salleh		s.t.
5	Mohamed Zamri Salleh	Malaysia	s.t.
6	Li Fuyu	Trek–Marco Polo	s.t.
7	Shinpei Fukuda	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
8	Masakazu Ito	Japan	s.t.
9	Hossein Nateghi	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
10	Lex Nederlof		s.t.

Stage 3[]

9 January 2008 — Malacca to Batu Pahat, 163.8 km (101.8 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anuar Manan	LeTua Cycling Team	03h 55' 35"
2	Hossein Nateghi	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
3	Serguei Kudentsov	Trek–Marco Polo	s.t.
4		Giant Asia Racing Team	s.t.
5	Kohei Uchima	Japan	s.t.
6	Suhardi Hassan	Kuala Lumpur	s.t.
7	Shinpei Fukuda	Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
8		Differdange–Apiflo Vacances	s.t.
9		Indonesia	s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 4[]

10 January 2008 — Batu Pahat to Muar, 178.8 km (111.1 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fredrik Johansson	Differdange–Apiflo Vacances	04h 04' 31"
2	Kohei Uchima	Japan	+ 03"
3	Tonton Susanto	LeTua Cycling Team	s.t.
4		Trek–Marco Polo	s.t.
5	Suhardi Hassan	Kuala Lumpur	s.t.
6	Abbas Saeidi Tanha	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Ghader Mizbani	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
8	Kazushige Kuboki	Japan	s.t.
9	Tomoya Kano	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
10	Masakazu Ito	Japan	s.t.

Stage 5[]

11 January 2008 — Gemas to Karak, 133.7 km (83.1 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anuar Manan	LeTua Cycling Team	03h 00' 54"
2	Hossein Nateghi	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
3		Differdange–Apiflo Vacances	s.t.
4	Mehdi Sohrabi	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	s.t.
5		Differdange–Apiflo Vacances	s.t.
6		Matrix Powertag	s.t.
7	Li Fuyu	Trek–Marco Polo	s.t.
8		Trek–Marco Polo	s.t.
9	Lex Nederlof		s.t.
10	Mohamed Harrif Salleh		s.t.

Stage 6[]

12 January 2008 — Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands, 122.2 km (75.9 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Hossein Askari	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	03h 10' 11"
2	David McCann	Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 10"
3	Tonton Susanto	LeTua Cycling Team	+ 12"
4	Ghader Mizbani	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 14"
5	Hari Fitrianto	Polygon Sweet Nice	+ 01' 37"
6	Dimitri Jiriakov		s.t.
7			+ 01' 41"
8		Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 01' 46"
9		Trek–Marco Polo	+ 01' 59"
10	Søren Petersen		+ 02' 22"

Stage 7[]

13 January 2008 — Kuala Lumpur Criterium, 58 km (36.0 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Yusuke Hatanaka	Skil–Shimano	01h 07' 57"
2	Hossein Nateghi	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
3	Hari Fitrianto	Polygon Sweet Nice	s.t.
4			s.t.
5		Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 17"
6	Ahmad Haidar Anuawar	LeTua Cycling Team	s.t.
7		Differdange–Apiflo Vacances	s.t.
8		Matrix Powertag	s.t.
9	Mohamed Harrif Salleh		s.t.
10	Mehdi Sohrabi	Islamic Azad University Cycling Team	s.t.

External links[]

• Official website
• Palmares at cyclingarchives.com
• Results at cqranking.com