2011 Tour de Langkawi

2011 Tour de Langkawi
2010–11 UCI Asia Tour, race 9 of 34
Race details
Dates	23 January–1 February 2011
Stages	10
Distance	1,315.4 km (817.4 mi)
Winning time	30h 08' 57"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Team
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The 2011 Tour de Langkawi was the 16th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 23 January in Dataran Lang, Langkawi and ended on 1 February in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2010–11 UCI Asia Tour calendar.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Venezuela's Jonathan Monsalve won the race followed by Colombian cyclist, Libardo Niño second and Italian cyclist Emanuele Sella third. Italian cyclist, Andrea Guardini won the points classification and Jonathan Monsalve became the King of the Mountains of the race. Tabriz Petrochemical Team led the teams classification of the race.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Teams

23 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2011 Tour de Langkawi.

‡: National teams

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,315.4 kilometres. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	23 January	Dataran Lang to Pekan Kuah	94.3 km (58.6 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Park Sung-Baek (KOR) South Korea	Harrif Salleh (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2	24 January	Kangar to Butterworth	145.0 km (90.1 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
3	25 January	Taiping to Sitiawan	144.9 km (90.0 mi)	Marcel Kittel (GER) Skil–Shimano	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
4	26 January	Ayer Tawar to Cameron Highlands	137.6 km (85.5 mi)	Takeaki Ayabe (JPN) Aisan Racing Team	Libardo Niño (COL) LeTua Cycling Team	Amir Zargari (IRI) Azad University Iran
5	27 January	Tapah to Genting Highlands	124.3 km (77.2 mi)	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN) Androni Giocattoli	Libardo Niño (COL) LeTua Cycling Team	Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Azad University Iran
6	28 January	Rawang to Putrajaya	107.0 km (66.5 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team	Takashi Miyazawa (Japan) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
7	29 January	Banting to Tampin	149.5 km (92.9 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare	Dene Rogers (NZL) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
8	30 January	Kuala Pilah to Jasin	156.5 km (97.2 mi)	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare	André Schulze (GER) CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	Dene Rogers (NZL) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
9	31 January	Malacca to Nilai	151.7 km (94.3 mi)	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Perrig Quémeneur (FRA) Team Europcar	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare
10	1 February	Shah Alam to Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur	104.6 km (65.0 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Koen de Kort	Park Sung-Baek	Terengganu Cycling Team	Terengganu Cycling Team
2	Andrea Guardini			Koen de Kort	Anuar Manan
3	Marcel Kittel			Mehdi Sohrabi	Anuar Manan
4	Takeaki Ayabe	Takeaki Ayabe		Rahim Emami	Takeaki Ayabe	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
5	Jonathan Monsalve	Libardo Niño		Jonathan Monsalve	Rahim Emami	Azad University Iran	Azad University Iran
6	Andrea Guardini		Anuar Manan
7	Andrea Guardini		Andrea Guardini
8	Robert Förster	Jonathan Monsalve
9	Boris Shpilevsky					Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
10	Andrea Guardini					Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
Final		Jonathan Monsalve	Andrea Guardini	Jonathan Monsalve	Rahim Emami	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Tabriz Petrochemical Team

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN)	Androni Giocattoli	30h 08' 57"
2	Libardo Niño (COL)	LeTua Cycling Team	+ 5"
3	Emanuele Sella (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli	+ 24"
4	Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 25"
5	Rahim Emami (IRI)	Azad University Iran	+ 25"
6	Lachlan Morton (AUS)	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	+ 32"
7	Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)	Colnago–CSF Inox	+ 49"
8	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 56"
9	Gong Hyo-Suk (KOR)	South Korea	+ 57"
10	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 1' 15"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	117
2	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	101
3	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	97

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN)	Androni Giocattoli	45
2	Rahim Emami (IRI)	Azad University Iran	35
3	Albert Timmer (NED)	Skil–Shimano	31

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Rahim Emami (IRI)	Azad University Iran	30h 09' 22"
2	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 31"
3	Gong Hyo-Suk (KOR)	South Korea	+ 32"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	90h 30' 59"
2	Azad University Iran	+ 11"
3	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	+ 37"
4	Androni Giocattoli	+ 6' 17"
5	Max Success Sports	+ 10' 17"
6	South Korea	+ 18' 14"
7	Team Europcar	+ 20' 44"
8	Terengganu Cycling Team	+ 21' 37"
9	Skil–Shimano	+ 24' 48"
10	Giant Kenda Cycling Team	+ 25' 25"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Azad University Iran	90h 31' 10"
2	Max Success Sports	+ 10' 06"
3	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 15' 56"
4	South Korea	+ 18' 03"
5	Terengganu Cycling Team	+ 21' 26"
6	Suren Cycling Team	+ 34' 46"
7	Aisan Racing Team	+ 47' 35"
8	Malaysia	+ 1h 12' 30"
9	Singapore	+ 1h 17' 50"
10	LeTua Cycling Team	+ 1h 48' 29"

Stage results

Stage 1

23 January 2011 — Dataran Lang to Pekan Kuah, 20.3 km (12.6 mi),

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	02h 03' 28"
2	Park Sung-Baek (KOR)	South Korea	s.t.
3	Harrif Salleh (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Luca Barla (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
5	Kenny van Hummel (NED)	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
6	André Schulze (GER)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	s.t.
7	Hilton Clarke (AUS)	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
8	Arran Brown (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	s.t.
9	Davy Commeyne (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
10	Joeri Stallaert (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.

Stage 2

24 January 2011 — Kangar to Butterworth, 145.0 km (90.1 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Selle Italia	03h 26' 26"
2	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
3	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Vidal Celis Zabala (ESP)	LeTua Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
6	Davy Commeyne (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
7	Christoff Van Heerden (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	s.t.
8	Kenny Van Hummel (NED)	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
9	Raymond Kreder (NED)	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	s.t.
10	Hilton Clarke (AUS)	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.

Stage 3

25 January 2011 — Taiping to Sitiawan, 144.9 km (90.0 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Skil–Shimano	03h 14' 18"
2	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	s.t.
4	André Schulze (GER)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	s.t.
5	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
6	Chan Jae Jang (KOR)	South Korea	s.t.
7	Christoff Van Heerden (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	s.t.
8	Takeaki Ayabe (JPN)	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
9	Elia Favilli (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	s.t.
10	Luca Barla (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.

Stage 4

26 January 2011 — Ayer Tawar to Cameron Highlands, 137.6 km (85.5 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Takeaki Ayabe (JPN)	Aisan Racing Team	03h 42' 15"
2	Libardo Niño (COL)	LeTua Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Amir Zargari (IRI)	Azad University Iran	s.t.
4	Thomas Bonnin (FRA)	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
5	Christopher Jones (USA)	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
6	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN)	Androni Giocattoli	s.t.
7	Alex Howes (USA)	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	s.t.
8	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
9	Emanuele Sella (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli	+ 2"
10	Jacob Rathe (USA)	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	+ 5"

Stage 5

27 January 2011 — Tapah to Genting Highlands, 124.3 km (77.2 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN)	Androni Giocattoli	03h 33' 31"
2	Libardo Niño (COL)	LeTua Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Samad Pourseyedi (IRI)	Azad University Iran	+ 2"
4	Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 3"
5	Rahim Emami (IRI)	Azad University Iran	+ 3"
6	Emanuele Sella (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli	+ 5"
7	Lachlan Morton (AUS)	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	+ 8"
8	Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)	Colnago–CSF Inox	+ 17"
9	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 31"
10	Gong Hyo-Suk (KOR)	South Korea	+ 33"

Stage 6

28 January 2011 — Rawang to Putrajaya, 107.0 km (66.5 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	02h 14' 59"
2	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Takashi Miyazawa (JPN)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	s.t.
4	Harrif Salleh (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Jang Chan-Jae (KOR)	South Korea	s.t.
6	André Schulze (GER)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	s.t.
7	Robert Förster (GER)	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
8	Taiji Nishitani (JPN)	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
9	Alireza Haghi (IRI)	Azad University Iran	s.t.
10	Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal (MAS)	Malaysia	s.t.

Stage 7

29 January 2011 — Banting to Tampin, 149.5 km (92.9 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	03h 24' 57"
2	Robert Förster (GER)	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
3	Dene Rogers (NZL)	Giant Kenda Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
5	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
6	Takashi Miyazawa (JPN)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	s.t.
7	André Schulze (GER)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	s.t.
8	Elia Favilli (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	s.t.
9	Joeri Stallaert (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
10	Jang Chan-Jae (KOR)	South Korea	s.t.

Stage 8

30 January 2011 — Kuala Pilah to Jasin, 156.5 km (97.2 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Robert Förster (GER)	UnitedHealthcare	3h 23' 32"
2	André Schulze (GER)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	s.t.
3	Dene Rogers (NZL)	Giant Kenda Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	03h 24' 57"
5	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
6	Kenny Van Hummel (NED)	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
7	Jang Chan-Jae (KOR)	South Korea	s.t.
8	Joeri Stallaert (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
9	Elia Favilli (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	s.t.
10	Harrif Salleh (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.

Stage 9

31 January 2011 — Malacca to Nilai, 151.7 km (94.3 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	2h 40' 52"
2	Perrig Quéméneur (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 2"
3	Robert Förster (GER)	UnitedHealthcare	+ 5"
4	Baptiste Planckaert (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	+ 5"
5	Omar Lombardi (ITA)	Colnago–CSF Inox	+ 5"
6	Takashi Miyazawa (JPN)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	+ 5"
7	Koen de Kort (NED)	Skil–Shimano	+ 5"
8	Jose Mendes (POR)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	+ 7"
9	Andrei Krasilnikau (BLR)	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	+ 9"
10	Farshad Salehian (IRI)	Azad University Iran	+ 15"

Stage 10

1 February 2011 — Shah Alam to Dataran Merdeka, 104.6 km (65.0 mi)

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	2h 24' 30"
2	Robert Förster (GER)	UnitedHealthcare	s.t.
3	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Christoff Van Heerden (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	s.t.
5	Kenny Van Hummel (NED)	Skil–Shimano	s.t.
6	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	s.t.
7	Joeri Stallaert (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
8	André Schulze (GER)	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	s.t.
9	Takeaki Ayabe (JPN)	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
10	Omar Lombardi (ITA)	Colnago–CSF Inox	s.t.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2011 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2011 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2011 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

External links

Official website

[cyclingnews.com-1] "2011 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[cyclingarchives.com-2] "2011 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

[ltdl.com.my-3] "2011 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

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