2011 Tour de Langkawi explained

2011 Tour de Langkawi
Series:	2010–11 UCI Asia Tour
Race No:	9
Season No:	34
Date:	23 January–1 February 2011
Stages:	10
Distance:	1315.4
Unit:	km
Speed:	42.82
First:	Jonathan Monsalve
First Nat:	VEN
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Libardo Niño
Second Nat:	COL
Third:	Emanuele Sella
Third Nat:	ITA
Points:	Andrea Guardini
Points Nat:	ITA
Points Color:	blue
Mountains:	Jonathan Monsalve
Mountains Nat:	VEN
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Previous:	2010
Next:	2012

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. led the teams classification of the race.

Teams

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

- - - - Suren Cycling Team
      - South Korea ‡
Malaysia ‡
- - Singapore ‡
    - - Max Success Sports

‡: National teams

Stages

See also: 2011 Tour de Langkawi, Stage 1 to Stage 10. The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,315.4 kilometres.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	23 January	Dataran Lang to Pekan Kuah	94.3km (58.6miles)		South Korea
2	24 January	Kangar to Butterworth	145km (90miles)
3	25 January	Taiping to Sitiawan	144.9km (90miles)
4	26 January	Ayer Tawar to Cameron Highlands	137.6km (85.5miles)	Aisan Racing Team
5	27 January	Tapah to Genting Highlands	124.3km (77.2miles)
6	28 January	Rawang to Putrajaya	107km (66miles)
7	29 January	Banting to Tampin	149.5km (92.9miles)
8	30 January	Kuala Pilah to Jasin	156.5km (97.2miles)
9	31 January	Malacca to Nilai	151.7km (94.3miles)
10	1 February	Shah Alam to Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur	104.6km (65miles)

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification
1	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Koen de Kort	Park Sung-Baek
2	Andrea Guardini	Anuar Manan
3	Marcel Kittel	Anuar Manan	Mehdi Sohrabi
4	Takeaki Ayabe	Takeaki Ayabe	Rahim Emami	Takeaki Ayabe
5	Jonathan Monsalve	Libardo Niño	Jonathan Monsalve	Rahim Emami
6	Andrea Guardini	Anuar Manan
7	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini
8	Robert Förster	Jonathan Monsalve
9	Boris Shpilevsky
10	Andrea Guardini
Final		Jonathan Monsalve	Andrea Guardini	Jonathan Monsalve	Rahim Emami

Final standings

General classification

	Team	Time
1		30h 08' 57"
2		+ 5"
3		+ 24"
4		+ 25"
5		+ 25"
6		+ 32"
7		+ 49"
8		+ 56"
9	South Korea	+ 57"
10		+ 1' 15"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			117
2			101
3			97

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			45
2			35
3			31

Asian rider classification

	Team	Time
1		30h 09' 22"
2		+ 31"
3	South Korea	+ 32"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		90h 30' 59"
2		+ 11"
3		+ 37"
4		+ 6' 17"
5	Max Success Sports	+ 10' 17"
6	South Korea	+ 18' 14"
7		+ 20' 44"
8		+ 21' 37"
9		+ 24' 48"
10		+ 25' 25"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1		90h 31' 10"
2	Max Success Sports	+ 10' 06"
3		+ 15' 56"
4	South Korea	+ 18' 03"
5		+ 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		+ 1h 48' 29"

Stage results

Stage 1

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

	Team	Time
1		02h 03' 28"
2	South Korea	s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

Stage 2

24 January 2011 — Kangar to Butterworth, 145km (90miles)

	Rider	Team	Time
1			03h 26' 26"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 3

25 January 2011 — Taiping to Sitiawan, 144.9km (90miles)

	Team	Time
1		03h 14' 18"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6	South Korea	s.t.
7		s.t.
8	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

Stage 4

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

	Team	Time
1	Aisan Racing Team	03h 42' 15"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		+ 2"
10		+ 5"

Stage 5

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

	Team	Time
1		03h 33' 31"
2		s.t.
3		+ 2"
4		+ 3"
5		+ 3"
6		+ 5"
7		+ 8"
8		+ 17"
9		+ 31"
10	South Korea	+ 33"

Stage 6

28 January 2011 — Rawang to Putrajaya, 107km (66miles)

	Team	Time
1		02h 14' 59"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	South Korea	s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Malaysia	s.t.

Stage 7

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

	Team	Time
1		03h 24' 57"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	South Korea	s.t.

Stage 8

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

	Team	Time
1		3h 23' 32"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		03h 24' 57"
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7	South Korea	s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

Stage 9

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

	Rider	Team	Time
1			2h 40' 52"
2			+ 2"
3			+ 5"
4			+ 5"
5			+ 5"
6			+ 5"
7			+ 5"
8			+ 7"
9			+ 9"
10			+ 15"

Stage 10

1 February 2011 — Shah Alam to Dataran Merdeka, 104.6km (65miles)

	Team	Time
1		2h 24' 30"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9	Aisan Racing Team	s.t.
10		s.t.

Notes and References

Web site: 2011 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com. cyclingnews.com. 8 March 2013.
Web site: 2011 Tour de Langkawi — Stages. cyclingarchives.com . 8 March 2013.
Web site: 2011 Tour de Langkawi Results. ltdl.com.my. 8 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130413153008/http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/2011/index.asp. 13 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.