The 2008 Tour de Langkawi was the 13th edition of the

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...

, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 9 February in Alor Setar and ended on 17 February in

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. This race was rated by the

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(UCI) as a 2.HC race category and was highest ranked stage race on the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour. Moldova's

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emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Matthieu Sprick second and

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third.

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won the points classification category and Filippo Savini won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.

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,

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in Merdeka Square was also brought back to the race schedule. On January 23, 2008, it was announced that the route for Stage 8

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Genting Highlands Genting Highlands is a hill station located on the peak of Mount Ulu Kali in the Titiwangsa Mountains, central Peninsular Malaysia, at 1,800 metres elevation. Located in the state of Pahang. It was established in 1965 by the late Chinese busines ...

had been replaced with a route from

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Fraser's Hill Fraser's Hill is a hill resort located on the Titiwangsa Ridge in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is about north of Kuala Lumpur. In 1890, Louis James Fraser established the area as a tin mining community known as Pamah Lebar when he dis ...

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.

Classification leadership

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Asian rider classification

Team classification

Asian team classification

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

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* Sébastien Hinault *

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* Jean-Marc Marino * Maxime Méderel *

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; * José Serpa *

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* Carlos José Ochoa * Jackson Rodríguez * Denis Bertolini ;

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* Ian McCleod * David George * Waylon Woolcock * Jacobus Venter * Nolan Hoffman * Dennis van Niekerk ; * Stefan Loefler *

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* Erik Hoffmann * Lai Kuan-Hua * Peng Kuei-Hsiang ; *

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* Alberto Loddo *

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* Yauhen Sobal * Nikolai Trusov ; * Hidenori Nodera * Tomoya Kano * Yoshimasa Hirose * Yusuke Hatanaka * Yoshiyuki Abe * Yoshinori Iino ; * Mathieu Claude *

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* Matthieu Sprick *

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* Tanel Kangert *

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* Blaise Sonnery * Stijn Vandenberg ; * Guillermo Bongiorno * Julio Alberto Pérez * Mauro Abel Richeze * Filippo Savini * Francesco Tomei *

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* Ramon Troncoso * Juan Mouron * Alejandro Paleo * Vladimir Isaichev ; *

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* Benjamin Brooks * Fabio Cazabria * Glen Chadwick * Moisés Aldape *

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* Rolf Hofbauer * Nico Keinath * Joerg Lehmann * Christoph Meschenmoser * Robin Schmuda * Nikolai Schwarz ; SouthAustralia.com–AIS * Simon Clarke *

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* William Ford * Benjamin King *

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* Takashi Miyazawa *

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* Ng Yong Li ; *

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* Serguei Kudentsov *

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* Xing Yandong * Loh Sea Keong * Ken Onodera ; * Abbas Saeidi Tanha * Amir Zargari * Hassan Maleki * Mehdi Faridi *

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* Farshad Salehian ; *

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* Ahmad Haidar Anuawar *

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* Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit * Tonton Susanto * Ariehan Ryan ; Polygon Sweet Nice * Hari Fitrianto * Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi * Vyacheslav Dyadichkin * Herwin Jaya * Vladimir Lopez *

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* Yoo Ki-Hong * Kim Gu-Hyeon ;

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* Mohd Jasmin Ruslan * Mohd Saiful Anuar Abd Aziz *

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* Thum Weng Kin * Harnizam Basri ; * Stuart Shaw * Peter McDonald * Mitchell Docker * Robert Williams * Gene Bates * Mark O'Brien ;New Zealand * Jeremy Yates * Justin Kerr * Ashley Whitehead * Paul Odlin * Scott Lyttle * Joseph Chapman ;Hong Kong * Chan Chun Hing *

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* Lam Kai Tsun *

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* Ko Siu Wai * Yeung Ying Hon ;

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* Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi * Mohamed Zamri Salleh * Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah * Mohd Faris Abd Razak * Muhamad Firdaus Daud

References

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