The 2013 Tour de Langkawi was the 18th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. The LTdL 2013, which carries the slogan "Can You Feel The Heat?" and "The Heat is On!", was officially begun on 21 February in Kangar and ended on 2 March in Kuala Terengganu.
The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2012–13 UCI Asia Tour calendar. The race was organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, via the National Sports Council (NSC) in association with the Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF).
Julián Arredondo of Colombia won the overall race, 1' 15" clear of Dutch cyclist Pieter Weening and Sergio Pardilla of Spain was third overall. In the race's other classifications, Italian rider Francesco Chicchi won the blue jersey for points classification and Wang Meiyin of China won the red jersey for mountains classification and white jersey for Asian rider classification. won the teams classification and won the Asian teams classification.
Teams 22 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 Tour de Langkawi. Five UCI ProTeams were invited to the race, along with six UCI Professional Continental and nine UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by two national selection teams. UCI ProTour teams
UCI Professional Continental teams
UCI Continental teams
Aisan Racing Team
OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
National teams
Indonesia Malaysia
Stages The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1469.7 kilometres. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird121 FebruaryKangar to Kulim Theo Bos Bryan Coquard Andrea Guardini222 FebruarySerdang to Kuala Kangsar Theo Bos Andrea Guardini Aidis Kruopis323 FebruarySungai Siput to Cameron Highlands Wang Meiyin Julián Arredondo Nathan Haas424 FebruaryTapah to Kapar Francesco Chicchi Andrea Guardini Aidis Kruopis525 FebruaryProton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands Julián Arredondo Pieter Weening Víctor Niño626 FebruaryMentakab to Kuantan Tom Leezer Jung Ji-MinKSPO Cycling Team Michał Gołaś727 FebruaryKuantan to Dungun Andrea Guardini Francesco Chicchi Aidis Kruopis828 FebruaryKuala Terengganu to Tanah Merah Bryan Coquard Andrew Fenn Francesco Chicchi91 MarchPasir Puteh to Kuala Berang Bryan Coquard Francesco Chicchi Allan Davis102 MarchTasik Kenyir to Kuala Terengganu Criterium Francesco Chicchi Rico RogersSynergy Baku Cycling Project Graeme Brown
Classification leadership StageStage winnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1 Theo BosTheo BosTheo BosWang MeiyinWang MeiyinKSPO Cycling Team2 Theo Bos Seo Joon-yong3Wang MeiyinWang MeiyinWang MeiyinWang Meiyin4Francesco Chicchi Andrea Guardini5Julián ArredondoJulián ArredondoJulián Arredondo6Tom LeezerWang Meiyin7Andrea Guardini8 Bryan Coquard9 Bryan Coquard10Francesco ChicchiFrancesco Chicchi Final Julián Arredondo Francesco Chicchi Wang MeiyinWang Meiyin
Final standings
General classification Final general classification (1–10) Rider Team Time1 34h 53' 07"2 + 1' 15"3 + 2' 10"4 + 2' 30"5 + 2' 40"6 + 2' 43"7 + 2' 49"8 + 2' 55"9 + 2' 58"10 + 2' 58" Final general classification (11–109) Rider Team Time11 + 3' 19"12 + 3' 30"13 + 3' 38"14 + 3' 58"15 + 4' 24"16 + 4' 34"17 + 4' 38"18 + 5' 24"19 + 5' 38"20 + 5' 40"21 + 7' 06"22 + 8' 44"23 Synergy Baku Cycling Project + 9' 12"24 + 10' 53"25 + 11' 09"26 Synergy Baku Cycling Project + 12' 02"27 + 12' 06"28 + 12' 09"29 + 12' 14"30 + 12' 28"31 + 13' 03"32 + 13' 29"33 + 13' 35"34 + 13' 54"35 + 14' 17"36 Indonesia + 14' 36"37 + 15' 40"38 Aisan Racing Team + 16' 16"39 + 16' 18"40 + 16' 47"41 Malaysia + 17' 21"42 Malaysia + 17' 54"43 + 18' 32"44 Indonesia + 20' 00"45 Indonesia + 20' 04"46 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team + 20' 26"47 + 20' 29"48 + 21' 43"49 Indonesia + 21' 59"50 KSPO Cycling Team + 22' 40"51 Indonesia + 23' 59"52 KSPO Cycling Team + 24' 06"53 Aisan Racing Team + 25' 09"54 KSPO Cycling Team + 25' 55"55 + 26' 02"56 + 30' 10"57 + 32' 07"58 + 32' 22"59 + 33' 42"60 + 34' 16"61 + 35' 57"62 + 36' 18"63 + 37' 31"64 Malaysia + 37' 41"65 + 37' 50"66 + 38' 35"67 + 39' 12"68 + 39' 27"69 Malaysia + 39' 42"70 + 40' 19"71 + 40' 25"72 + 41' 16"73 + 41' 31"74 + 41' 54"75 + 41' 54"76 + 42' 09"77 + 42' 35"78 + 42' 54"79 + 43' 47"80 + 43' 56"81 + 44' 55"82 KSPO Cycling Team + 45' 06"83 KSPO Cycling Team + 45' 42"84 + 45' 45"85 Synergy Baku Cycling Project + 46' 23"86 Synergy Baku Cycling Project + 46' 43"87 + 46' 44"88 + 46' 49"89 + 46' 55"90 + 47' 10"91 + 47' 43"92 Malaysia + 47' 46"93 + 48' 07"94 + 48' 20"95 + 48' 46"96 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team + 49' 14"97 Aisan Racing Team + 49' 20"98 + 49' 20"99 + 49' 20"100 Aisan Racing Team + 49' 20"101 + 50' 03"102 Indonesia + 50' 13"103 + 50' 29"104 + 50' 33"105 + 54' 42"106 + 56' 11"107 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team + 56' 52"108 + 01h 00' 02"109 + 01h 10' 31"
Points classification Rider Team Points1 962 893 Synergy Baku Cycling Project 764 695 646 517 478 Synergy Baku Cycling Project 469 Travis Meyer 3910 37 37
Mountains classification Rider Team Points1 482 453 324 245 196 16 168 139 KSPO Cycling Team 1210 10 10 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team 10
Asian rider classification Rider Team Time1 34h 55' 47"2 + 18"3 + 58"4 + 1' 44"5 + 4' 26"6 + 8' 29"7 + 9' 29"8 + 11' 14"9 + 11' 37"10 Indonesia + 11' 56"
Team classification Team Time1 104h 48' 19"2 + 09' 00"3 + 13' 00"4 Synergy Baku Cycling Project + 15' 00"5 + 16' 28"6 + 17' 01"7 + 17' 59"8 + 18' 02"9 + 21' 55"10 + 23' 51"
Asian team classification Team Time1 104h 57' 19"2 + 7' 34"3 + 15' 29"4 Indonesia + 27' 09"5 Malaysia + 35' 46"6 + 36' 42"7 Aisan Racing Team + 40' 40"8 + 50' 25"9 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team + 01h 30' 17"10 + 02h 15' 40"
Stage results
Stage 1 21 February 2014 — Kangar to Kulim, Rider Team Time1 Theo Bos 4h 00' 17"2 Bryan Coquard + 0"3 Andrea Guardini + 0"4 Steele Von Hoff + 0"5 Jacob Keough + 0"6 Aldo Ino Ilesic+ 0"7 Anuar Manan + 0"8 Francesco Chicchi + 0"9 Hossein Najafi + 0"10 Mauro Abel Richeze + 0"
Stage 2 28 February 2014 — Serdang to Kuala Kangsar, Rider Team Time1 Theo Bos 2h 54' 48"2 Andrea Guardini + 0"3 Aidis Kruopis + 0"4 Bryan Coquard + 0"5 Andrew Fenn + 0"6 Francesco Chicchi + 0"7 Steele Von Hoff + 0"8 Hossein Nateghi + 0"9 Fabian Schnaidt + 0"10 Omar Bertazzo + 0"
Stage 3 23 February 2013 — Sungai Siput to Cameron Highlands, Rider Team Time1 Wang Meiyin 3h 50' 01"2 Julián Arredondo+ 0"3 Nathan Haas+ 0"4 Wesley Sulzberger+ 0"5 Pieter Weening+ 0"6 Yonathan Monsalve+ 0"7 Pieter Serry+ 0"8 Fortunato Baliani+ 0"9 Tsgabu Grmay+ 0"10 Dennis Van Niekerk+ 0"
Stage 4 24 February 2013 — Tapah to Kapar, Rider Team Time1 Francesco Chicchi3h 44' 22"2 Andrea Guardini + 0"3 Aidis Kruopis+ 0"4 Raymond Kreder+ 0"5 Andrew Fenn+ 0"6 Aldo Ino Ilesic+ 0"7 Ruslan Tleubayev+ 0"8 Anuar Manan+ 0"9 Takeaki Ayabe+ 0"10 Kazuhiro Mori+ 0"
Stage 5 25 February 2013 — Proton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands, Rider Team Time1 Julián Arredondo 3h 11' 41"2 Pieter Weening+ 0"3 Víctor Niño+ 0"4 Sergio Pardilla+ 0"5 Peter Stetina+ 0"6 Amir Kolahdozhagh+ 0"7 Tsgabu Grmay+ 0"8 Fortunato Baliani+ 0"9 John Ebsen+ 0"10 Nathan Haas+ 0"
Stage 6 26 February 2013 — Mentakab to Kuantan, Rider Team Time1 Tom Leezer 4h 33' 42"2 Jung Ji-MinKSPO Cycling Team+ 0"3 Michał Gołaś+ 0"4 Jackson Rodríguez+ 0"5 Travis Meyer+ 0"6 Andrea Guardini + 0"7 Allan Davis+ 0"8 Jacob Keough+ 0"9 Harrif Salleh+ 0"10 Anuar Manan+ 0"
Stage 7 27 February 2013 — Kuantan to Dungun, Rider Team Time1 Andrea Guardini 3h 37' 17"2 Francesco Chicchi + 0"3 Aidis Kruopis + 0"4 Allan Davis + 0"5 Andrew Fenn + 0"6 Steele Von Hoff + 0"7 Graeme Brown + 0"8 Bryan Coquard + 0"9 Taiji Nishitani + 0"10 Rico Rogers + 0"
Stage 8 28 February 2013 — Kuala Terengganu to Tanah Merah, Rider Team Time1 Bryan Coquard 3h 36' 47"2 Andrew Fenn + 0"3 Francesco Chicchi + 0"4 Andrea Guardini + 0"5 Rico Rogers + 0"6 Omar Bertazzo + 0"7 Raymond Kreder + 0"8 Hossein Nateghi + 0"9 Anuar Manan + 0"10 Jani Tewelde Weldegabir + 0"
Stage 9 1 March 2013 — Pasir Puteh to Kuala Berang, Rider Team Time1 Bryan Coquard+ 02h 42' 11"2 Francesco Chicchi+ 0"3 Allan Davis+ 0"4 Raymond Kreder+ 0"5 Fabian Schnaidt+ 0"6 Jacob Keough+ 0"7 Anuar Manan+ 0"8 Park Sung Baek+ 0"9 Rico Rogers+ 0"10 Hossein Nateghi+ 0"
Stage 10 2 March 2013 — Tasik Kenyir to Kuala Terengganu, Rider Team Time1 Francesco Chicchi 2h 39' 04"2 Rico Rogers + 0"3 Graeme Brown + 0"4 Allan Davis + 0"5 Andrew Fenn + 0"6 Anuar Manan + 0"7 Fabian Schnaidt + 0"8 Omar Bertazzo + 0"9 Kazuhiro Mori + 0"10 Mohamed Harrif Salleh + 0"
List of teams and riders A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 2013 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 132 riders, a total of 109 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Terengganu.
Koldo Fernández Nathan Haas Raymond Kreder Caleb Fairly Peter Stetina Steele Von Hoff
Andrea Guardini Alexsandr Dyachenko Assan Bazayev Alexey Lutsenko Andrey Kashechkin Ruslan Tleubayev
Allan Davis Luke Durbridge Aidis Kruopis Travis Meyer Wesley Sulzberger Pieter Weening
Theo Bos Graeme Brown Jetse Bol Tom Leezer Jos van Emden Marc Goos
Bert Grabsch Andrew Fenn Michał Gołaś Serge Pauwels Pieter Serry Carlos Verona
Francesco Chicchi Pierpaolo De Negri Stefano Borchi Michele Merlo Jonathan Monsalve Junya Sano
Jacob Keough Aldo Ino Ilešič John Murphy Jeff Louder Jonathan Clarke Lucas Euser
Adiq Husainie Othman Chad Beyer Chris Butler Gregor Gazvoda Craig Lewis Fabian Schnaidt
Yukiya Arashiro Bryan Coquard Cyril Gautier Perrig Quémeneur Kévin Reza Pierre Rolland
Tomás Gil Carlos José Ochoa Jackson Rodríguez Omar Bertazzo Patrick Facchini Diego Rosa
Dennis Van Niekerk Jacques Janse van Rensburg Jani Tewelde Meron Russom Sergio Pardilla Tsgabu Grmay Synergy Baku Cycling Project Anuar Manan Rico Rogers Kirill Pozdnyakov Dan Craven John Ebsen Connor McConvey
Ghader Mizbani Hossein Nateghi Mehdi Sohrabi Saeid Safarzadeh Alireza Asgharzadeh Amir Kolahdozhagh
Ng Yong Li Jang Sun-jae Víctor Niño Vidal Celis Zabala Alex Destribois Óscar Pujol
Harrif Salleh Zamri Salleh Umardi Rosdi Saiful Anuar Aziz Saufi Mat Senan Shahrul Mat Amin OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team Loh Sea Keong Josapheus Rabou Phuchong Sai-Udomsin Goh Choon Huat Ho Jun Rong Low Ji Wen
Julián Arredondo Fortunato Baliani Shinichi Fukushima Manabu Ishibashi Mauro Abel Richeze Tanzou Tokuda
Aisan Racing Team Takeaki Ayabo Taiji Nishitani Kazuhiro Mori Yasuharu Nakajima Shimpei Fukuda Masakazu Ito
Park Sung-Baek Choi Seung-Woo Seo Joon-Yong Yeon Je-Sung Jung Ji-Min Kwon Soon-Yeong
Wang Meiyin Li Fuyu Xing Fu Liu Yilin Liu Jianpeng Wang Bo Malaysia Lutfi Md Fauzan Amir Mustafa Rusli Rauf Nur Misbah Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal Afif Ahmad Zamri Yusrizal Usoff Indonesia Aiman Cahyadi Dadi Suryadi Hari Fitrianto Endra Wijaya Robin Manulang Fatahillah Abdullah
References
External links
2013 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com