2008 Tour de Langkawi

The 2008 Tour de Langkawi was the 13th edition of Tour de Langkawi. The race started on February 9, 2008 in Alor Star, Kedah and ended in Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on February 17, 2008. The tour was organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and sanctioned by Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF), the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC). [cite web|url=http://www.ltdl.com.my/news/1712.asp |title=A strikingly different formula for LTdL 2008 Genting comes early! |accessdate=2007-12-19]

Routes

The route was unveiled on December 17, 2007 and revised on December 31, 2007. The traditional final race, criterium in Merdeka Square was also brought back to the schedule. [cite web|url=http://www.syklingensverden.com/baglercms.php?articleID=16373&catID=-1 |title=Le Tour de Langkawi 2008 Race Route Revised |accessdate=2008-01-01] On January 23, 2008, the organizers altered the stage 8 route from Maran to Genting Highlands to Temerloh to Fraser's Hill after considering the crowd in Genting Highlands during Chinese New Year. [cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/1/23/sports/20090641&sec=sports |title=No Genting stage for this year’s Tour of Langkawi |accessdate=2008-01-24]

Final Standings

General

Asian General

Teams and riders

;flagicon|FRA Crédit Agricole
*flagicon|AUS Simon Gerrans
*flagicon|FRA Sébastien Hinault
*flagicon|GBR Jeremy Hunt
*flagicon|FRA Jean-Marc Marino
*flagicon|FRA Maxime Mederel
*flagicon|IRL Nicholas Roche
;flagicon|VEN Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
*flagicon|COL José Serpa
*flagicon|GER Danilo Hondo
*flagicon|MDA Ruslan Ivanov
*flagicon|VEN Carlos José Ochoa
*flagicon|VEN Jackson Rodriguez
*flagicon|ITA Denis Bertolini
;flagicon|RSA South Africa
*flagicon|RSA Ian McCleod
*flagicon|RSA David George
*flagicon|RSA Waylon Woolcock
*flagicon|RSA Jacobus Venter
*flagicon|RSA Nolan Hoffman
*flagicon|RSA Dennis van Niekerk
;flagicon|TPE Giant Asia Racing Team
*flagicon|GER Stefan Loefler
*flagicon|GBR Alex Coutts
*flagicon|GER Erik Hoffmann
*flagicon|TPE Lai Kuan-Hua
*flagicon|TPE Peng Kuei-Hsiang
;flagicon|ITA Tinkoff Credit Systems
*flagicon|RUS Pavel Brutt
*flagicon|RUS Serguei Klimov
*flagicon|ITA Alberto Loddo
*flagicon|COL Walter Pedraza
*flagicon|BLR Yauhen Sobal
*flagicon|RUS Nikolai Trusov
;flagicon|NED Skil-Shimano
*flagicon|JPN Hidenori Nodera
*flagicon|JPN Tomoya Kano
*flagicon|JPN Yoshimasa Hirose
*flagicon|JPN Yusuke Hatanaka
*flagicon|JPN Yoshiyuki Abe
*flagicon|JPN Yoshinori Iino
;flagicon|FRA Bouygues Télécom
*flagicon|FRA Mathieu Claude
*flagicon|NED Stef Clement
*flagicon|CHE Aurélien Clerc
*flagicon|FRA Rony Martias
*flagicon|FRA Matthieu Sprick
*flagicon|CHE Johann Tschopp
;flagicon|FRA Ag2r-La Mondiale
*flagicon|BLR Alexandre Usov
*flagicon|EST Tanel Kangert
*flagicon|FRA Cédric Pineau
*flagicon|FRA Jean-Charles Sénac
*flagicon|FRA Blaise Sonnery
*flagicon|BEL Stijn Vandenberg
;flagicon|IRL CSF Group-Navigare
*flagicon|ARG Ruben Bongiorno
*flagicon|MEX Julio Alberto Pérez
*flagicon|ARG Mauro Abel Richeze
*flagicon|ITA Filippo Savini
*flagicon|ITA Francesco Tomei
*flagicon|ITA Matteo Priamo;flagicon|ESP Karpin-Galicia
*flagicon|ESP David Garcia
*flagicon|ESP Gustavo Cesar
*flagicon|ESP Ramon Troncoso
*flagicon|ESP Juan Mouron
*flagicon|ESP Alejandro Paleo
*flagicon|RUS Vladimir Isaychev
;flagicon|USA Team Type 1
*flagicon|AUS Matthew Wilson
*flagicon|AUS Benjamin Brooks
*flagicon|AUS Fabio Cazabria
*flagicon|NZL Glen Chadwick
*flagicon|MEX Moises Aldape
*flagicon|USA Ian MacGregor
;flagicon|SUI NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte
*flagicon|ITA Enrico Rossi
*flagicon|ITA Marco Corsini
*flagicon|ITA Massimiliano Maisto
*flagicon|SUI Stefan Trafelet
*flagicon|ITA Diego Nosotti
;flagicon|GER Team ISTA
*flagicon|GER Rolf Hofbauer
*flagicon|GER Nico Keinath
*flagicon|GER Joerg Lehmann
*flagicon|GER Christoph Meschenmoser
*flagicon|GER Robin Schmuda
*flagicon|GER Nikolai Schwarz
;flagicon|AUS SouthAustralia.com-AIS
*flagicon|AUS Simon Clarke
*flagicon|AUS Zakkari Dempster
*flagicon|AUS William Ford
*flagicon|AUS Benjamin King
*flagicon|AUS Wesley Sulzberger
*flagicon|AUS Johnnie Walker
;flagicon|JPN Meitan Hompo-GDR
*flagicon|JPN Yukiya Arashiro
*flagicon|JPN Koji Fukushima
*flagicon|JPN Shinichi Fukushima
*flagicon|JPN Takashi Miyazawa
*flagicon|JPN Miyataka Shimizu
*flagicon|MAS Ng Yong Li
;flagicon|CHN Trek-Marco Polo
*flagicon|AUS Jai Crawford
*flagicon|RUS Serguei Kudentsov
*flagicon|CHN Li Fuyu
*flagicon|CHN Dong Yanxing
*flagicon|MAS Loh Sea Keong
*flagicon|JPN Ken Onodera
;flagicon|IRN Islamic Azad University
*flagicon|IRN Abbas Saeidi Tanha
*flagicon|IRN Amir Zargari
*flagicon|IRN Hassan Maleki Mizan
*flagicon|IRN Mehdi Faridi
*flagicon|IRN Mehdi Sohrabi
*flagicon|IRN Farshad Salehian;flagicon|MAS LeTua Cycling Team
*flagicon|MAS Anuar Manan
*flagicon|MAS Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
*flagicon|AUS Bernard Sulzberger
*flagicon|MAS Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit
*flagicon|INA Tonton Susanto
*flagicon|INA Ariehan Ryan
;flagicon|INA Polygon Sweet Nice
*flagicon|INA Hari Fitrianto
*flagicon|INA Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi
*flagicon|KAZ Vyacheslav Dyadichkin
*flagicon|INA Herwin Jaya
*flagicon|COL Vladimir Lopez
*flagicon|INA Budi Santoso
;flagicon|KOR Seoul Cycling Team
*flagicon|KOR Park Sung-baek
*flagicon|KOR Park Seon-ho
*flagicon|KOR Gong Hyo-suk
*flagicon|KOR Lee Won-jae
*flagicon|KOR Yoo Ki-hong
*flagicon|KOR Kim Gu-hyeon
;flagicon|MAS MNCF Cycling Team
*flagicon|MAS Amir Mustafa Rusli
*flagicon|MAS Mohd Jasmin Ruslan
*flagicon|MAS Mohd Saiful Anuar Abd Aziz
*flagicon|MAS Mohd Hariff Salleh
*flagicon|MAS Thum Weng Kin
*flagicon|MAS Harnizam Basri
;flagicon|AUS Drapac Porche
*flagicon|AUS Stuart Shaw
*flagicon|AUS Peter McDonald
*flagicon|AUS Mitchell Docker
*flagicon|AUS Robert Williams
*flagicon|AUS Gene Bates
*flagicon|AUS Mark O'Brien
;flagicon|HKG Hong Kong
*flagicon|HKG Chan Chun Hing
*flagicon|HKG Wu Kin San
*flagicon|HKG Lam Kai Tsun
*flagicon|HKG Tang Wang Yip
*flagicon|HKG Ko Siu Wai
*flagicon|HKG Yeung Ying Hon
;flagicon|MAS Malaysia
*flagicon|MAS Suhardi Hassan
*flagicon|MAS Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi
*flagicon|MAS Mohd Zamri Salleh
*flagicon|MAS Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah
*flagicon|MAS Mohd Faris Abd Razak
*flagicon|MAS Muhamad Firdaus Daud
;flagicon|NZL New Zealand
*flagicon|NZL Jeremy Yates
*flagicon|NZL Justin Kerr
*flagicon|NZL Ashley Whitehead
*flagicon|NZL Paul Odlin
*flagicon|NZL Scott Lyttle
*flagicon|NZL Joseph Chapman

References

External links

* [http://www.ltdl.com.my/ Official website]
* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/feb08/langkawi08/ 13th Tour de Langkawi] at "cyclingnews.com"