2009 Tour de Langkawi

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2009 Tour de Langkawi
2008–09 UCI Asia Tour, race 17 of 31
Race details
Dates9–15 February 2009
Stages7
Distance1,031.7 km (641.1 mi)
Winning time24h 22' 12"
Results
Winner  José Serpa (COL) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)
  Second  Jai Crawford (AUS) (Australia)
  Third  Jackson Rodríguez (VEN) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)
Points  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)
Mountains  José Serpa (COL) (Diquigiovanni–Androni)
  Team Diquigiovanni–Androni
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The 2009 Tour de Langkawi was the 14th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. The race began on 9 February in Putrajaya and ended on 15 February in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. In fact this race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour calendar.[1][2][3]

Colombian cyclist, José Serpa emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Jai Crawford second and Jackson Rodriguez third. Mattia Gavazzi won the points classification category and José Serpa won the mountains classification category. Diquigiovanni–Androni won the team classification category.[1][2][3]

Teams[]

20 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2009 Tour de Langkawi.

‡: National teams

Stages[]

The cyclists competed in 7 stages, covering a distance of 1031.7 kilometres.[1][2][3]

Stage Date Course Distance Stage result
Winner Second Third
1 9 February Putrajaya to Senawang 133.8 km (83.1 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Chris Sutton (AUS)  Nolan Hoffman (RSA)
2 10 February Senawang to Malacca 160.9 km (100.0 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Nolan Hoffman (RSA)  Aurélien Clerc (SUI)
3 11 February Malacca 186 km (115.6 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Chris Sutton (AUS)  Aurélien Clerc (SUI)
4 12 February Malacca to Bangi 221 km (137.3 mi)  Samai Amari (INA)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Nolan Hoffman (RSA)
5 13 February Petaling Jaya to Genting Highlands 102 km (63.4 mi)  José Serpa (COL)  Jai Crawford (AUS)  Jackson Rodríguez (VEN)
6 14 February Batang Kali to Shah Alam 147.6 km (91.7 mi)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)  Aurélien Clerc (SUI)  Chris Sutton (AUS)
7 15 February Kuala Lumpur Criterium 80.4 km (50.0 mi)  Yohann Gène (FRA)  Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)  Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)

Classification leadership[]

Stage Winner General classification
Yellow jersey 		Points classification
Green jersey 		Mountains classification
Polka-dotted jersey 		Asian rider classification
Blue jersey 		Team classification Asian team classification
1 Mattia Gavazzi Mattia Gavazzi Mattia Gavazzi Jaco Venter Dmitriy Gruzdev South Africa Malaysia
2 Mattia Gavazzi Jacques Janse van Rensburg
3 Mattia Gavazzi
4 Samai Amari Jeremy Yates Samai Amari
5 José Serpa José Serpa José Serpa Tonton Susanto Diquigiovanni–Androni Iran
6 Mattia Gavazzi
7 Yohann Gène
Final José Serpa Mattia Gavazzi José Serpa Tonton Susanto Diquigiovanni–Androni Iran

Final standings[]

General classification[]

Rider Team Time
1  José Serpa (COL) Yellow jersey Diquigiovanni–Androni 24h 22' 12"
2  Jai Crawford (AUS) Australia + 27"
3  Jackson Rodríguez (VEN) Diquigiovanni–Androni + 47"
4  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) Fuji–Servetto + 54"
5  Johann Tschopp (SUI) Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 01' 22"
6  Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) South Africa + 02' 29"
7  Tonton Susanto (INA) LeTua Cycling Team + 02' 44"
8  Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin–Slipstream + 03' 16"
9  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) Cervélo TestTeam + 03' 37"
10  Richie Porte (AUS) Australia + 03' 44"

Points classification[]

Rider Team Points
1 Italy Mattia Gavazzi Green jersey Diquigiovanni–Androni 97
2 South Africa Nolan Hoffman South Africa 82
3 Switzerland Aurélien Clerc Ag2r–La Mondiale 62
4 Australia Chris Sutton Garmin–Slipstream 49
5 Australia Hilton Clarke Fuji–Servetto 37
6 Austria René Haselbacher Vorarlberg–Corratec 34
7 Japan Miyataka Shimizu 33
8 Japan Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Telecom 30
9 South Africa Christoff Van Heerden South Africa 27
10 Germany Daniel Musiol Vorarlberg–Corratec 27

Mountains classification[]

Rider Team Points
1 Colombia José Serpa Polka-dotted jersey Diquigiovanni–Androni 25
2 Australia Jai Crawford Australia 22
3 Venezuela Jackson Rodríguez Diquigiovanni–Androni 20
4 New Zealand Jeremy Yates LeTua Cycling Team 17
5 South Africa Jacques Janse van Rensburg South Africa 12
6 Sweden Fredrik Kessiakoff Fuji–Servetto 12
7 South Africa Christoff Van Heerden South Africa 11
8 Switzerland Johann Tschopp Bbox Bouygues Telecom 10
9 Venezuela Carlos José Ochoa Diquigiovanni–Androni 8
10 Indonesia Tonton Susanto LeTua Cycling Team 5

Asian rider classification[]

Rider Team Time
1 Indonesia Tonton Susanto Blue jersey LeTua Cycling Team 24h 24' 56"
2 Iran Hossein Askari Iran + 02' 13"
3 South Korea Gong Hyo-Suk Seoul Cycling Team + 03' 12"
4 Iran Ghader Mizbani Iran + 03' 37"
5 China Ji Jianhua China + 03' 58"
6 Kazakhstan Alexandr Shushemoin Kazakhstan + 04' 13"
7 South Korea Seoul Cycling Team + 06' 17"
8 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan + 06' 20"
9 Japan Shinichi Fukushima + 07' 03"
10 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan + 07' 35"

Team classification[]

Team Time
1 Diquigiovanni–Androni 73h 09' 16"
2 Australia + 07' 19"
3 Fuji-Servetto + 11' 19"
4 Cervélo TestTeam + 11' 30"
5 Garmin–Slipstream + 15' 14"
6 South Africa + 18' 32"
7 Iran + 19' 04"
8 Ag2r–La Mondiale + 20' 45"
9 LeTua Cycling Team + 22' 22"
10 Kazakhstan + 23' 24"

Asian team classification[]

Team Time
1 Iran 73h 28' 20"
2 LeTua Cycling Team + 03' 18"
3 Kazakhstan + 04' 20"
4 Seoul Cycling Team + 05' 17"
5 + 13' 23"
6 China + 14' 33"
7 + 18' 33"
8 Malaysia + 50' 09"

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "2009 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "2009 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "2009 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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