The 2014 Tour de Langkawi was the 19th edition of an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1996. The race was run at the highest category (apart from those races which make up the UCI World Tour, and was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.

2014 Tour de Langkawi
2013–14 UCI Asia Tour, race 19 of 41
Race details
Dates27 February–8 March 2014
Stages10
Distance1,507.9 km (937.0 mi)
Winning time35h 07' 16"
Results
Winner  Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
  Second  Merhawi Kudus (ERI) (MTN-Qhubeka)
  Third  Isaac Bolivar (COL) (UnitedHealthcare)

Points  Aidis Kruopis (LTU) (Orica–GreenEDGE)
Mountains  Matt Brammeier (IRL) (Synergy Baku Cycling Project)
Team MTN-Qhubeka
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Teams edit

21 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 Tour de Langkawi. Six UCI ProTeams were invited to the race, along with five UCI Professional Continental and seven UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by three national selection teams.[1][2]

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

Stages edit

The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1495.9 kilometres.

Stage Date Course Distance Stage result
Winner Second Third
Stage 1 27 February Langkawi (Porto Malai) – Langkawi (Pantai Chenang) 101.1 km (63 mi)   Dúber Quintero
Colombia
  Matt Brammeier
Synergy Baku Cycling Project
  Jonathan Clarke
UnitedHealthcare
Stage 2 28 February Sungai Petani – Taiping 132.5 km (82 mi)   Theo Bos
Belkin Pro Cycling
  Graeme Brown
Belkin Pro Cycling
  Marco Haller
Team Katusha
Stage 3 1 March Kampar – Kuala Lumpur 166.5 km (103 mi)   Andrea Guardini
Astana
  Theo Bos
Belkin Pro Cycling
  Yannick Martinez
Team Europcar
Stage 4 2 March Subang – Genting Highlands 110.9 km (69 mi)   Samad Pourseyedi
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
  Merhawi Kudus
MTN–Qhubeka
  Isaac Bolivar
UnitedHealthcare
Stage 5 3 March Karak – Rembau 139.3 km (87 mi)   Bradley White
UnitedHealthcare
  Thomas Rabou
OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
  Louis Meintjes
MTN–Qhubeka
Stage 6 4 March Melaka – Pontian 199.1 km (124 mi)   Kenny van Hummel
Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
  Aidis Kruopis
Orica–GreenEDGE
  Ken Hanson
UnitedHealthcare
Stage 7 5 March Kota Tinggi – Pekan 225 km (140 mi)   Theo Bos
Belkin Pro Cycling
  Aidis Kruopis
Orica–GreenEDGE
  Leonardo Duque
Colombia
Stage 8 6 March Kuantan – Marang 202.6 km (126 mi)   Theo Bos
Belkin Pro Cycling
  Andrea Guardini
Astana
  Kenny van Hummel
Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
Stage 9 7 March Bandar Permaisuri – Kuala Terengganu 111.1 km (69 mi)   Theo Bos
Belkin Pro Cycling
  Andrea Guardini
Astana
  Aidis Kruopis
Orica–GreenEDGE
Stage 10 8 March Tasik Kenyir – Kuala Terengganu 114.7 km (71 mi)   Andrea Guardini
Astana
  Aidis Kruopis
Orica–GreenEDGE
  Francesco Chicchi
Yellow Fluo

Classification leadership edit

Stage Winner General classification
 
Points classification
 
Mountains classification
 
Asian rider classification
 
Team classification Asian team classification
1 Dúber Quintero Dúber Quintero Dúber Quintero Matt Brammeier Goh Choon Huat Colombia Terengganu Cycling Team
2 Theo Bos
3 Andrea Guardini Matt Brammeier
4 Samad Pourseyedi Samad Pourseyedi Samad Pourseyedi MTN–Qhubeka Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team
5 Bradley White Thomas Rabou
6 Kenny van Hummel
7 Theo Bos Aidis Kruopis
8 Theo Bos
9 Theo Bos
10 Andrea Guardini
Final Samad Pourseyedi Aidis Kruopis Matt Brammeier Samad Pourseyedi MTN–Qhubeka Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team

Final standings edit

General classification edit

Final general classification (1–10)
Rider Team Time
1   Samad Pourseyedi (IRI)   Tabriz Petrochemical Team 35h 07' 16"
2   Merhawi Kudus (ERI) MTN–Qhubeka + 0' 8"
3   Isaac Bolivar (COL) UnitedHealthcare + 0' 11"
4   Esteban Chaves (COL) Orica–GreenEDGE + 0' 20"
5   Petr Ignatenko (RUS) Team Katusha + 0' 36"
6   Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN–Qhubeka + 0' 40"
7   Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling + 0' 52"
8   Gianfranco Zilioli (ITA) Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela + 1' 09"
9   Ghaffari Vahid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 1' 27"
10   Carlos Quintero (COL) Colombia + 1' 37"

Points classification edit

Rider Team Points
1   Aidis Kruopis (LTU)   Orica–GreenEDGE 98
2   Andrea Guardini (ITA) Astana 85
  Michael Kolar (SVK) Tinkoff–Saxo 85
4   Theo Bos (NED) Belkin Pro Cycling 80
5   Kenny van Hummel (NED) Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela 68
6   Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Yellow Fluo 64
7   Robert Forster (GER) UnitedHealthcare 51
8   Youcef Reguigui (ALG) MTN–Qhubeka 48
9   Matt Brammeier (IRL) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 43
10   Elchin Asadov (AZE) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 42

Asian rider classification edit

Rider Team Time
1   Samad Pourseyedi (IRI)   Tabriz Petrochemical Team 35h 07' 16"
2   Ghaffari Vahid (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 01' 27"
3   Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 03' 23"
4   Ariya Phounsavath (LAO) CCN Cycling Team + 03' 29"
5   Hari Fitrianto (INA) CCN Cycling Team + 09' 26"
6   Adiq Husainie Othman (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team + 10' 35"
7   Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (MAS) Malaysia + 11' 06"
8   Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 12' 03"
9   Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 12' 08"
10   Cheung King Wai (HKG) Hong Kong – China + 12' 39"

Team classification edit

Team Time
1 MTN–Qhubeka 105h 24' 35"
2 Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 1' 38"
3 Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela + 8' 52"
4 Colombia + 9' 59"
5 CCN Cycling Team + 11' 14"
6 Team Katusha + 11' 23"
7 Orica–GreenEDGE + 12' 24"
8 UnitedHealthcare + 14' 33"
9 Belkin Pro Cycling + 26' 49"
10 Giant-Champion System Pro + 27' 34"

Asian team classification edit

Team Time
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 105h 26' 13"
2 Giant-Champion System Pro + 25' 56"
3 Indonesia + 33' 05"
4 Malaysia + 33' 47"
5 Terengganu Cycling Team + 43' 16"
6 Hong Kong – China + 43' 56"
7 Astana + 1h 10' 05"
8 Aisan Racing Team + 1h 14' 40"

Stage results edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Five ProTour teams to spice up Tour de Langkawi this year". The Star Online. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Le Tour de Langkawi 2013 — Participating Teams". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-27.

External links edit