2008 Tour de Langkawi

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox". 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. Template:Cycling data AND won the team classification category.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Stages

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
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	9 February	Alor Setar to Kepala Batas	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
2	10 February	Butterworth to Sitiawan	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
3	11 February	Sitiawan to Banting	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
4	12 February	Port Dickson to Batu Pahat	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
5	13 February	Johor Bahru to Bandar Penawar	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
6	14 February	Bandar Penawar to Kuala Rompin	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
7	15 February	Kuala Rompin to Kuantan	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
8	16 February	Temerloh to Fraser's Hill	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
9	17 February	Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Criterium	Script error: No such module "convert".	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

Classification leadership

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

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete Yellow jersey	Template:Cycling data AND	31h 20' 28"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data BBO	+ 29"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data XGZ	+ 32"
4	Template:Flagathlete	New Zealand	+ 36"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data TCS	+ 48"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data DPC	+ 56"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data AND	+ 01' 03"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data C.A	+ 01' 09"
9	Template:Flagathlete	South Africa	+ 01' 44"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data TNN	+ 01' 48"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Aurélien Clerc Blue jersey	Template:Cycling data EUC	92
2	Template:Flagicon Anuar Manan	Template:Cycling data L2A	60
3	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Usov	Template:Cycling data ALM	49
4	Template:Flagicon Park Sung-Baek	Seoul Cycling Team	49
5	Template:Flagicon Marco Corsini	Template:Cycling data NGC	47
6	Template:Flagicon Enrico Rossi	Template:Cycling data NGC	43
7	Template:Flagicon Takashi Miyazawa	Meitan Hompo-GDR	40
8	Template:Flagicon Jeremy Hunt	Template:Cycling data C.A	38
9	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Hinault	Template:Cycling data C.A	35
10	Template:Flagicon Nolan Hoffman	South Africa	34

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Filippo Savini Polka-dotted jersey	Template:Cycling data CSF	25
2	Template:Flagicon Ruslan Ivanov	Template:Cycling data AND	20
3	Template:Flagicon José Serpa	Template:Cycling data AND	16
4	Template:Flagicon Carlos José Ochoa	Template:Cycling data AND	12
5	Template:Flagicon Walter Pedraza	Template:Cycling data TCS	10
6	Template:Flagicon Jeremy Yates	New Zealand	8
7	Template:Flagicon Gustavo César	Template:Cycling data XGZ	6
8	Template:Flagicon Matthieu Sprick	Template:Cycling data EUC	5
9	Template:Flagicon Christoph Meschenmoser	Team ISTA	4
10	Template:Flagicon Mehdi Faridi	Template:Cycling data IUA	4

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagicon Shinichi Fukushima	Meitan Hompo-GDR	31h 21' 18"
2	Template:Flagicon Tomoya Kano	Template:Cycling data SKS	+ 17"
3	Template:Flagicon Hidenori Nodera	Template:Cycling data SKS	+ 01' 30"
4	Template:Flagicon Park Sung-Baek	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 04' 30"
5	Template:Flagicon Kim Gu-Hyeon	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 20' 00"
6	Template:Flagicon Mehdi Faridi	Template:Cycling data IUA	+ 22' 00"
7	Template:Flagicon Tonton Susanto	Template:Cycling data L2A	+ 22' 04"
8	Template:Flagicon Gong Hyo-Suk	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 22' 58"
9	Template:Flagicon Ng Yong Li	Meitan Hompo-GDR	+ 23' 02"
10	Template:Flagicon Amir Zargari	Template:Cycling data IUA	+ 23' 16"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Template:Cycling data AND	94h 20' 36"
2	Template:Cycling data TNN	+ 10' 27"
3	Template:Cycling data SKS	+ 12' 22"
4	Template:Cycling data EUC	+ 21' 42"
5	South Africa	+ 22' 24"
6	Template:Cycling data TCS	+ 25' 26"
7	SouthAustralia.com–AIS	+ 28' 08"
8	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 28' 29"
9	Template:Cycling data C.A	+ 28' 39"
10	Meitan Hompo-GDR	+ 31' 23"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Seoul Cycling Team	94h 49' 05"
2	Meitan Hompo-GDR	+ 02' 54"
3	Template:Cycling data IUA	+ 26' 06"
4	Malaysia	+ 32' 05"
5	Polygon Sweet Nice	+ 32' 51"

List of teams and riders

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]