Loh Sea Keong (; born 11 February 1986) is a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

n professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . In the 2013

Jelajah Malaysia The Jelajah Malaysia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1963. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category races. The race exists ...

race, Loh made history by becoming the first

n rider to win the competition, a

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(UCI) race.

Career

Marco Polo Cycling Team

In 2005, Loh left Malaysia at the age of 19 to achieve his dream of becoming a full-time professional cyclist. He joined the Chinese team, , based in Europe. He rode for the team until the end of 2011.

OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team

After failing to sign a contract with any foreign team, Loh returned to Malaysia consider his options and give himself a 2-year target to re-invigorate his career or stop altogether. Loh then accepted an offer from the first Singaporean UCI Continental team, to ride for them.

Argos–Shimano

At the Shimano Highway Challenge in Malaysia on 24 November 2013, it was announced that he would be the first South East Asian to join a ProTour Team with .

Major results

;2008 : 1st Stage 3

Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ...

;2012 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Filipinas The Le Tour de Filipinas is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Luzon, Philippines since 1955 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is held in April every year. While the course changes every year, the tour traditionally end ...

: 8th Overall

;2013 : 1st Overall

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 4 Tour de Singkarak : 2nd

Melaka Governor's Cup The Melaka Governor Cup was an annual professional road bicycle racing classic cycle races, classic one-day race held in Malaysia from 2007 to 2014, named after List of Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca, Governor of Malacca. The race previously know ...

: 4th Road race,

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...

: 9th

Tour de Okinawa The is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental ...

;2014 : 10th Road race, Asian Road Championships ;2015 : 5th Overall

References

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Loh Sea Keong at ocbcproteam.comArticle at straitstimes.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loh, Sea Keong 1986 births Living people People from Kelantan Malaysian male cyclists Malaysian people of Chinese descent Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in cycling Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia 20th-century Malaysian people 21st-century Malaysian people