2019 Tour de Langkawi

The 2019 Tour de Langkawi (officially Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th edition of the Tour de Langkawi road cycling stage race.^[1] It is part of the 2019 UCI Asia Tour. It began on the 6th of April in Kuala Lumpur and finished on the 13th of April in Kuah.

2019 Tour de Langkawi

2019 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates	6 April – 13 April 2019
Stages	8
Distance	1,227.5 km (762.7 mi)
Winning time	29h 15' 53"
Results
Winner  Benjamin Dyball (AUS) (Team Sapura Cycling)   Second  Keegan Swirbul (USA) (Floyd's Pro Cycling)   Third  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) (Vino–Astana Motors) Points  Travis McCabe (USA) (Floyd's Pro Cycling) Mountains  Angus Lyons (AUS) (Oliver's Real Food Racing)   Team Floyd's Pro Cycling
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Teams

Four UCI ProTeams, sixteen UCI Continental teams and two national teams make up the twenty-two teams that participated in the race.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

No WorldTeams were invited.

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM
• Bardiani–CSF

UCI Continental Teams

• Floyd's Pro Cycling
• Team Sapura Cycling
• Terengganu Inc. TSG
• Oliver's Real Food Racing
• Vino–Astana Motors
• St George Continental Cycling Team
• Team Ukyo
• Interpro Cycling Academy
• Brunei Continental Cycling Team
• Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
• ProTouch
• St George Continental Cycling Team
• Mitchelton–BikeExchange
• KSPO Bianchi Asia
• Customs Cycling Team
• Giant Cycling Team
• Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team

National Teams

• Malaysia
• Japan

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	6 April	Kuala Lumpur to Tampin	176.9 km (109.9 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Marcus Culey (AUS)
2	7 April	Senawang to Melaka	200.6 km (124.6 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Mohd Harrif Saleh (MAS)
3	8 April	Muar to Putrajaya	192.6 km (119.7 mi)		Flat stage	Travis McCabe (USA)
4	9 April	Shah Alam to Genting Highlands	114.2 km (71.0 mi)		Mountain stage	Benjamin Dyball (AUS)
5	10 April	Tanjung Malim to Taiping	200.1 km (124.3 mi)		Flat stage	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)
6	11 April	Bagan to Alor Setar	130.8 km (81.3 mi)		Flat stage	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)
7	12 April	Pantai Cenang, Langkawi to Pantai Cenang, Langkawi	106.8 km (66.4 mi)		Flat stage	Simone Bevilacqua (ITA)
8	13 April	Dataran Lang to Kuah	103.8 km (64.5 mi)		Flat stage	Marco Benfatto (ITA)
Total			1,227.5 km (762.7 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

6 April 2019 — Kuala Lumpur to Tampin, 176.9 km (109.9 mi)

Stage 1 Result[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marcus Culey (AUS) Team Sapura Cycling 4h 20' 40" 2  Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 5" 3  Clint Hendricks (AUS) ProTouch + 5" 4  Moreno Marchetti (ITA) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM + 5" 5  Michael Freiberg (AUS) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 5" 6  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 5" 7  Matthew Zenovich (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team + 5" 8  Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 5" 9  Vladislav Kulikov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 5" 10  Grigoriy Shtein (KAZ) Vino–Astana Motors + 5"

General classification after Stage 1[3] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marcus Culey (AUS) Team Sapura Cycling 4h 20' 27" 2  Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver's Real Food Racing + 9" 3  Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 12" 4  Clint Hendricks (AUS) ProTouch + 14" 5  Moreno Marchetti (ITA) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM + 18" 6  Michael Freiberg (AUS) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 18" 7  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 18" 8  Matthew Zenovich (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team + 18" 9  Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 18" 10  Vladislav Kulikov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 18"

Stage 2

7 April 2019 — Senawang to Melaka, 200.6 km (124.6 mi)

Stage 2 Result[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Mohd Harrif Saleh (MAS) Terengganu Inc. TSG 4h 53' 20" 2  Andrea Guardini (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 3  Kazushige Kuboki (JPN) Japan + 0" 4  Marco Benfatto (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 0" 5  Chen Zhiwen (CHN) Giant Cycling Team + 0" 6  Mamyr Stash (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 0" 7  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 8  Andriy Kulyk (UKR) Gazprom–RusVelo + 0" 9  Blake Quick (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team + 0" 10  Jayde Julius (RSA) ProTouch + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Marcus Culey (AUS) Team Sapura Cycling 9h 13' 47" 2  Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver's Real Food Racing + 9" 3  Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 12" 4  Michael Freiberg (AUS) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 13" 5  Clint Hendricks (AUS) ProTouch + 14" 6  Kim Ji-Hun (KOR) KSPO Bianchi Asia + 16" 7  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 18" 8  Moreno Marchetti (ITA) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM + 18" 9  Jayde Julius (RSA) St George Continental Cycling Team + 18" 10  Alistair Donohoe (AUS) ProTouch + 18"

Stage 3

8 April 2019 — Muar to Putrajaya, 192.6 km (119.7 mi)

Stage 3 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling 4h 49' 39" 2  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 2" 3  Andrea Guardini (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 2" 4  Mohd Harrif Saleh (MAS) Terengganu Inc. TSG + 2" 5  Kazushige Kuboki (JPN) Japan + 2" 6  Chen Zhiwen (CHN) Giant Cycling Team + 2" 7  Maris Bogdanovics (LAT) Interpro Cycling Academy + 2" 8  Andriy Kulyk (UKR) Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team + 2" 9  Blake Quick (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team + 2" 10  Michael Freiberg (RSA) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 2"

General classification after Stage 3[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling 14h 03' 28" 2  Marcus Culey (AUS) Team Sapura Cycling + 4" 3  Michael Freiberg (AUS) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 13" 4  Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri (MAS) Malaysia + 13" 5  Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver's Real Food Racing + 13" 6  Clint Hendricks (AUS) ProTouch + 14" 7  Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 18" 8  Jayde Julius (RSA) St George Continental Cycling Team + 18" 9  Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 18" 10  Robbie Hucker (AUS) Team Ukyo + 18"

Stage 4

9 April 2019 — Shah Alam to Genting Highlands, 114.2 km (71.0 mi)

Stage 4 Result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Benjamin Dyball (AUS) Team Sapura Cycling 3h 22' 2" 2  Hernán Ricardo Aguirre (COL) Interpro Cycling Academy + 23" 3  Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 44" 4  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) Vino–Astana Motors + 59" 5  Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) Japan + 1' 19" 6  Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 1' 34" 7  Sam Crome (AUS) Team Ukyo + 1' 56" 8  Luca Raggio (ITA) Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM + 2' 11" 9  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 2' 18" 10  Freddy Ovett (AUS) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 2' 21"

General classification after Stage 4[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Benjamin Dyball (AUS) Team Sapura Cycling 17h 25' 42" 2  Hernán Ricardo Aguirre (COL) Interpro Cycling Academy + 27" 3  Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 50" 4  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) Vino–Astana Motors + 1' 05" 5  Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) Japan + 1' 29" 6  Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 1' 40" 7  Sam Crome (AUS) Team Ukyo + 2' 06" 8  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 2' 28" 9  Freddy Ovett (AUS) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 2' 31" 10  Serghei Tvetcov (ROM) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 2' 42"

Stage 5

10 April 2019 — Tanjung Malim to Taiping, 200.1 km (124.3 mi)

Stage 5 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Pelucchi (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec 4h 27' 11" 2  Blake Quick (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team + 0" 3  Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 0" 4  Mohd Harrif Saleh (MAS) Terengganu Inc. TSG + 0" 5  Michael Bresciani (ITA) Bardiani–CSF + 0" 6  Maris Bogdanovics (LVA) Interpro Cycling Academy + 0" 7  Clint Hendricks (RSA) ProTouch + 0" 8  Grigoriy Shtein (KAZ) Vino–Astana Motors + 0" 9  Craig Wiggins (AUS) St George Continental Cycling Team + 0" 10  Jayde Julius (RSA) ProTouch + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Benjamin Dyball (AUS) Team Sapura Cycling 21h 52' 53" 2  Hernán Ricardo Aguirre (COL) Interpro Cycling Academy + 27" 3  Keegan Swirbul (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 50" 4  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) Vino–Astana Motors + 1' 05" 5  Nariyuki Masuda (JPN) Japan + 1' 29" 6  Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 1' 40" 7  Sam Crome (AUS) Team Ukyo + 2' 06" 8  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec + 2' 28" 9  Freddy Ovett (AUS) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast + 2' 31" 10  Travis McCabe (USA) Floyd's Pro Cycling + 2' 38"

Stage 6

11 April 2019 — Bagan to Alor Setar, 130.8 km (81.3 mi)

Stage 7

12 April 2019 — Pantai Cenang, Langkawi to Pantai Cenang, Langkawi, 106.8 km (66.4 mi)

Stage 8

13 April 2019 — Dataran Lang, Langkawi to Kuah, Langkawi, 103.8 km (64.5 mi)

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification
1	Marcus Culey	Marcus Culey	Marcus Culey	Angus Lyons	Grigoriy Shtein	Team Sapura Cycling
2	Mohd Harrif Saleh				Kim Ji-Hun
3	Travis McCabe	Travis McCabe	Travis McCabe		Sofian Nabil Mohd Bakri	ProTouch
4	Benjamin Dyball	Benjamin Dyball			Vadim Pronskiy	Floyd's Pro Cycling
5	Matteo Pelucchi
6	Matteo Pelucchi
7	Simone Bevilacqua
8	Marco Benfatto
Final		Benjamin Dyball	Travis McCabe	Angus Lyons	Vadim Pronskiy	Floyd's Pro Cycling

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the Asian rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Benjamin Dyball (AUS)	Team Sapura Cycling	29h 15' 53"
2	Keegan Swirbul (USA)	Floyd's Pro Cycling	+ 50"
3	Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)	Vino–Astana Motors	+ 1' 05"
4	Hernán Aguirre (COL)	Interpro Cycling Academy	+ 1' 07"
5	Nariyuki Masuda (JAP)	Japan	+ 1' 29"
6	Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS)	Gazprom–RusVelo	+ 1' 40"
7	Sam Crome (AUS)	Team Ukyo	+ 2' 06"
8	Alessandro Bisolti (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	+ 2' 27"
9	Freddy Ovett (AUS)	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	+ 2' 31"
10	Travis McCabe (USA)	Floyd's Pro Cycling	+ 2' 36"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Travis McCabe (USA)	Floyd's Pro Cycling	91
2	Matteo Pelucchi (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	68
3	Mohd Harrif Saleh (MAS)	Terengganu Inc. TSG	62
4	Marco Benfatto (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec	54
5	Blake Quick (AUS)	St George Continental Cycling Team	42
6	Maris Bogdanovics (LAT)	Interpro Cycling Academy	42
7	Youcef Reguigui (ALG)	Terengganu Inc. TSG	40
8	Clint Hendricks (RSA)	ProTouch	35
9	Paolo Simion (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	33
10	Craig Wiggins (AUS)	St George Continental Cycling Team	32

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Angus Lyons (AUS)	Oliver's Real Food Racing	59
2	Kwon Soon Young (KOR)	KSPO Bianchi Asia	27
3	Benjamin Dyball (AUS)	Team Sapura Cycling	25
4	Hernán Ricardo Aguirre (COL)	Interpro Cycling Academy	22
5	Marcus Culey (AUS)	Team Sapura Cycling	18
6	Keegan Swirbul (USA)	Floyd's Pro Cycling	16
7	Nik Mohamad Azman Zulkifli (MAS)	Malaysia	12
8	Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)	Vino–Astana Motors	12
9	Daniel Savini (ITA)	Bardiani–CSF	10
10	Nariyuki Masuda (JPN)	Japan	10

Asian rider classification

Final Asian rider classification (1–10)^[8]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)	Vino–Astana Motors	29h 16' 58"
2	Nariyuki Masuda (JPN)	Japan	+ 24"
3	Stepan Astafyev (KAZ)	Vino–Astana Motors	+ 3' 33"
4	Muhamad Zawawi Azman (MAS)	Team Sapura Cycling	+ 4' 43"
5	Grigoriy Shtein (KAZ)	Vino–Astana Motors	+ 4' 55"
6	Li Jinsong (CHN)	Giant Cycling Team	+ 6' 22"
7	Nik Mohamad Azman Zulkifli (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 7' 02"
8	Yuma Koishi (JPN)	Team Ukyo	+ 8' 00"
9	Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (MAS)	Team Sapura Cycling	+ 9' 16"
10	Mohamad Esmail Chaichi Raghimi (IRN)	Customs Cycling Team	+ 10' 22"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1	Floyd's Pro Cycling	87h 54' 20"
2	Team Sapura Cycling	+ 1' 08"
3	Vino–Astana Motors	+ 4' 59"
4	Team Ukyo	+ 6' 04"
5	Pro Racing Sunshine Coast	+ 15' 49"
6	St George Continental Cycling Team	+ 17' 54"
7	ProTouch	+ 18' 17"
8	Gazprom–RusVelo[template problem]	+ 24' 02"
9	Terengganu Inc. TSG	+ 27' 18"
10	Bardiani–CSF	+ 30' 45"