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.[1]

2013 Tour de Langkawi
2012–13 UCI Asia Tour, race 10 of 32
Race details
Dates21 February–2 March 2013
Stages10
Distance1,469.7 km (913.2 mi)
Winning time34h 53' 07"
Results
Winner  Julián Arredondo (COL) (Team Nippo–De Rosa)
  Second  Pieter Weening (NED) (Orica–GreenEDGE)
  Third  Sergio Pardilla (ESP) (MTN–Qhubeka)

Points  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) (Vini Fantini–Selle Italia)
Mountains  Wang Meiyin (CHN) (Hengxiang Cycling Team)
  Team MTN–Qhubeka
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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. MTN–Qhubeka won the teams classification and Tabriz Petrochemical Team won the Asian teams classification.

Teams edit

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.[2][3]

UCI ProTour teams
UCI Professional Continental teams
UCI Continental teams
National teams

Stages edit

The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1469.7 kilometres.[1]

Stage Date Course Distance Stage result
Winner Second Third
1 21 February Kangar to Kulim 162.7 km (101.1 mi)   Theo Bos
Blanco Pro Cycling
  Bryan Coquard
Team Europcar
  Andrea Guardini
Astana
2 22 February Serdang to Kuala Kangsar 117.8 km (73.2 mi)   Theo Bos
Blanco Pro Cycling
  Andrea Guardini
Astana
  Aidis Kruopis
Orica–GreenEDGE
3 23 February Sungai Siput to Cameron Highlands 140.7 km (87.4 mi)   Wang Meiyin
Hengxiang Cycling Team
  Julián Arredondo
Team Nippo–De Rosa
  Nathan Haas
Garmin–Sharp
4 24 February Tapah to Kapar 168.0 km (104.4 mi)   Francesco Chicchi
Vini Fantini–Selle Italia
  Andrea Guardini
Astana
  Aidis Kruopis
Orica–GreenEDGE
5 25 February Proton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands 110.3 km (68.5 mi)   Julián Arredondo
Team Nippo–De Rosa
  Pieter Weening
Orica–GreenEDGE
  Víctor Niño
RTS Racing Team
6 26 February Mentakab to Kuantan 217.5 km (135.1 mi)   Tom Leezer
Blanco Pro Cycling
  Jung Ji-Min
KSPO Cycling Team
  Michał Gołaś
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
7 27 February Kuantan to Dungun 149.8 km (93.1 mi)   Andrea Guardini
Astana
  Francesco Chicchi
Vini Fantini–Selle Italia
  Aidis Kruopis
Orica–GreenEDGE
8 28 February Kuala Terengganu to Tanah Merah 164.5 km (102.2 mi)   Bryan Coquard
Team Europcar
  Andrew Fenn
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
  Francesco Chicchi
Vini Fantini–Selle Italia
9 1 March Pasir Puteh to Kuala Berang 123.6 km (76.8 mi)   Bryan Coquard
Team Europcar
  Francesco Chicchi
Vini Fantini–Selle Italia
  Allan Davis
Orica–GreenEDGE
10 2 March Tasik Kenyir to Kuala Terengganu Criterium 114.8 km (71.3 mi)   Francesco Chicchi
Vini Fantini–Selle Italia
  Rico Rogers
Synergy Baku Cycling Project
  Graeme Brown
Blanco Pro Cycling

Classification leadership edit

Stage Stage winner General classification
 
Points classification
 
Mountains classification
 
Asian rider classification
 
Team classification Asian team classification
1 Theo Bos Theo Bos Theo Bos Wang Meiyin Wang Meiyin UnitedHealthcare KSPO Cycling Team
2 Theo Bos Seo Joon-yong Garmin–Sharp
3 Wang Meiyin Wang Meiyin Wang Meiyin Wang Meiyin MTN–Qhubeka Tabriz Petrochemical Team
4 Francesco Chicchi Andrea Guardini
5 Julián Arredondo Julián Arredondo Julián Arredondo
6 Tom Leezer Wang Meiyin
7 Andrea Guardini
8 Bryan Coquard
9 Bryan Coquard
10 Francesco Chicchi Francesco Chicchi
Final Julián Arredondo Francesco Chicchi Wang Meiyin Wang Meiyin MTN–Qhubeka Tabriz Petrochemical Team

Final standings edit

Asian rider classification edit

Rider Team Time
1   Wang Meiyin (CHN)   Hengxiang Cycling Team 34h 55' 47"
2   Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 18"
3   Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 58"
4   Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ) Astana + 1' 44"
5   Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Astana + 4' 26"
6   Yukiya Arashiro (JPN) Team Europcar + 8' 29"
7   Adiq Husainie Othman (MAS) Champion System + 9' 29"
8   Xing Fu (CHN) Hengxiang Cycling Team + 11' 14"
9   Saufi Mat Senan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team + 11' 37"
10   Hari Fitrianto (INA) Indonesia + 11' 56"

Team classification edit

Team Time
1 MTN–Qhubeka 104h 48' 19"
2 Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 09' 00"
3 Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela + 13' 00"
4 Synergy Baku Cycling Project + 15' 00"
5 Astana + 16' 28"
6 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step + 17' 01"
7 Team Nippo–De Rosa + 17' 59"
8 Team Europcar + 18' 02"
9 Garmin–Sharp + 21' 55"
10 Champion System + 23' 51"

Asian team classification edit

Team Time
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 104h 57' 19"
2 Astana + 7' 34"
3 Hengxiang Cycling Team + 15' 29"
4 Indonesia + 27' 09"
5 Malaysia + 35' 46"
6 KSPO + 36' 42"
7 Aisan Racing Team + 40' 40"
8 Terengganu Cycling Team + 50' 25"
9 OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team + 01h 30' 17"
10 Team Nippo–De Rosa + 02h 15' 40"

Stage results edit

List of teams and riders edit

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.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "2013 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Five ProTour teams to spice up Tour de Langkawi this year". The Star Online. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Le Tour de Langkawi 2013 — Participating Teams". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2013-02-23.

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