2013 Tour de Langkawi


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 began on 21 February in Kangar and ended on 2 March in Kuala Terengganu.
The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.HC 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 in association with the Malaysian National Cycling Federation.
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
;National teams
The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1469.7 kilometres.

Classification leadership

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Asian rider classification

Team classification

Asian team classification

Stage results

Stage 1

;21 February 2014 — Kangar to Kulim,
RiderTeamTime
1 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,
RiderTeamTime
1 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,
RiderTeamTime
1 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 Gebremaryam Grmay+ 0"
10 Dennis Van Niekerk+ 0"

Stage 4

;24 February 2013 — Tapah to Kapar,
RiderTeamTime
1 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,
RiderTeamTime
1 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 Gebremaryam Grmay+ 0"
8 Fortunato Baliani+ 0"
9 John Ebsen+ 0"
10 Nathan Haas+ 0"

Stage 6

;26 February 2013 — Mentakab to Kuantan,
RiderTeamTime
1 Tom Leezer4h 33' 42"
2 Jung Ji-MinKSPO Cycling Team+ 0"
3 Michał Gołaś+ 0"
4 Jackson Rodriguez+ 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,
RiderTeamTime
1 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,
RiderTeamTime
1 Bryan Coquard3h 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,
RiderTeamTime
1 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,
RiderTeamTime
1 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.
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; Synergy Baku Cycling Project
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; OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
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; Aisan Racing Team
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; Malaysia
; Indonesia