The 2010 Tour de Langkawi was the 15th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. The race began on 1 March in Kota Bharu and ended on 7 March in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2009–10 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

José Rujano of Venezuela became the overall winner of the race, followed by Gong Hyo-Suk of South Korea second and Hossein Askari of Iran third. Anuar Manan representing made history when he became the first Malaysian cyclist to win a stage, which he won the Stage 5. Manan also became the first Malaysian cyclist to win the points classification. Peter McDonald won the mountains classification category. was the leader of team classification of the race.

Teams 20 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2010 Tour de Langkawi.

Seoul Cycling Team

Aisan Racing Team

Team Jayco–Skins

South Africa ‡ Kazakhstan ‡ Malaysia ‡ Polygon Sweet Nice Thailand ‡

‡: National teams

Stages

The cyclists competed in 7 stages, covering a distance of 1,013.9 kilometres. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird11 March Kota Bharu to Kuala BerangTeam Jayco–SkinsKazakhstan22 March Kuala Terengganu to ChukaiSouth Africa33 March Pekan to MersingTeam Jayco–Skins44 March Mersing to Parit SulongAisan Racing TeamTeam Jayco–Skins55 March Muar to Port Dickson66 March Putrajaya to Genting HighlandsSeoul Cycling Team77 March Kuala Kubu Bharu to Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur

Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1Michael MatthewsMichael MatthewsAnuar MananPeter McDonaldAnuar MananMalaysia2Jay ThomsonTobias ErlerSouth Africa3Michael Matthews4Taiji NishitaniMichael Matthews5Anuar MananAnuar MananMalaysia6José RujanoJosé RujanoJosé RujanoGong Hyo-Suk7Stuart ShawPeter McDonald FinalJosé RujanoAnuar MananPeter McDonaldGong Hyo-Suk

Final standings

General classification RiderTeamTime1 24h 07' 58"2 Seoul Cycling Team + 02' 07"3 + 02' 39"4 + 03' 21"5 + 04' 13"6 + 04' 54"7 Kazakhstan + 04' 54"8 + 04' 58"9 + 05' 10"10 + 05' 46"

Points classification RiderTeamPoints1 1032Team Jayco–Skins82377460556

Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints1 292 263Seoul Cycling Team244165Malaysia14

Asian rider classification RiderTeamTime1 Seoul Cycling Team24h 10' 05"2 + 32"3 + 02' 06"4Kazakhstan + 02' 47"5 + 03' 03"6 + 03' 39"7 + 03' 59"8 + 04' 52"9Seoul Cycling Team + 05' 33"10Kazakhstan + 05' 41"

Team classification TeamTime172h 34' 11"2 + 04' 49"3 + 06' 59"4 + 07' 26"5South Africa + 10' 49"6 + 10' 57"7Kazakhstan +11' 14"8Seoul Cycling Team + 12' 14"9 + 19' 31"10LeTua Cycling Team + 23' 24"

Asian team classification TeamTime1 72h 37' 22"2 + 04' 15"3Kazakhstan + 08' 03"4Seoul Cycling Team + 09' 03"5Aisan Racing Team + 22' 47"6Malaysia + 25' 56"7 + 29' 22"8 + 30' 52"9Polygon Sweet Nice + 40' 32"10 + 41' 12"

Stage results

Stage 1 1 March 2010 — Kota Bharu to Kuala Berang, , Rider Team Time1 Team Jayco–Skins 04h 22' 53" 2 s.t. 3 Kazakhstan s.t. 4 s.t. 5 South Africa s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Malaysia s.t.

Stage 2 2 March 2010 — Kuala Terengganu to Chukai, Rider Team Time 1 South Africa 04h 06' 54" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Team Jayco–Skins s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Kazakhstan s.t. 9 s.t. 10 South Africa s.t.

Stage 3 3 March 2010 — Pekan to Mersing, Rider Team Time 1 Team Jayco–Skins 03h 16' 27" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Aisan Racing Team s.t.

Stage 4 4 March 2010 — Mersing to Parit Sulong, Rider Team Time 1 Aisan Racing Team 03h 50' 11" 2 Team Jayco–Skins s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Aisan Racing Team s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 5 5 March 2010 — Muar to Port Dickson, Rider Team Time 1 02h 23' 11" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Kazakhstan s.t. 5 s.t. 6 South Africa s.t. 7 South Africa s.t. 8 Team Jayco–Skins s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 6 6 March 2010 — Putrajaya to Genting Highlands, Rider Team Time 1 03h 04' 21" 2 Seoul Cycling Team + 02' 11" 3 + 02' 36" 4 + 03' 22" 5 s.t. 6 Kazakhstan + 04' 27" 7 + 04' 52" 8 s.t. 9 + 05' 02" 10 + 05' 36"

Stage 7 7 March 2010 — Kuala Kubu Bharu to Dataran Merdeka, Rider Team Time 1 03h 01' 00" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Kazakhstan s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Team Jayco–Skins s.t.

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