2009 Tour de Langkawi

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]

2009 Tour de Langkawi

2008–09 UCI Asia Tour, race 17 of 31
Race details
Dates	9–15 February 2009
Stages	7
Distance	1,031.7 km (641.1 mi)
Winning time	24h 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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Colombian cyclist, José Serpa emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Jai Crawford second and Jackson Rodríguez 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.

• Diquigiovanni–Androni
• Bbox Bouygues Telecom
• Garmin–Slipstream
• Ag2r–La Mondiale
• Fuji–Servetto
• Cervélo TestTeam
• CSF Group–Navigare
• ISD
• Vorarlberg–Corratec
• EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design
• Seoul Cycling Team
• Doha Team
• LeTua Cycling Team
• MNCF Cycling Team
• Malaysia ‡
• Australia ‡
• South Africa ‡
• Iran ‡
• Kazakhstan
• China ‡

‡: 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	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	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		EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design
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)	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	Mattia Gavazzi	Diquigiovanni–Androni	97
2	Nolan Hoffman	South Africa	82
3	Aurélien Clerc	Ag2r–La Mondiale	62
4	Chris Sutton	Garmin–Slipstream	49
5	Hilton Clarke	Fuji–Servetto	37
6	René Haselbacher	Vorarlberg–Corratec	34
7	Miyataka Shimizu	EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design	33
8	Yukiya Arashiro	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	30
9	Christoff Van Heerden	South Africa	27
10	Daniel Musiol	Vorarlberg–Corratec	27

Mountains classification

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

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tonton Susanto	LeTua Cycling Team	24h 24' 56"
2	Hossein Askari	Iran	+ 02' 13"
3	Gong Hyo-Suk	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 03' 12"
4	Ghader Mizbani	Iran	+ 03' 37"
5	Ji Jianhua	China	+ 03' 58"
6	Alexandr Shushemoin	Kazakhstan	+ 04' 13"
7	Hong Yoo-Ki	Seoul Cycling Team	+ 06' 17"
8	Nazar Jumabekov	Kazakhstan	+ 06' 20"
9	Shinichi Fukushima	EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design	+ 07' 03"
10	Roman Zhiyentayev	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	EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design	+ 13' 23"
6	China	+ 14' 33"
7	MNCF Cycling Team	+ 18' 33"
8	Malaysia	+ 50' 09"