2008 Jelajah Malaysia

2008 Jelajah Malaysia
2007–08 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates7–13 January 2008
Stages7
Distance1,352.2 km (840.2 mi)
Winning time21h 32' 38"
Results
Winner  Tonton Susanto (INA) (LeTua Cycling Team)
  Second  Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
  Third  Fredrik Johansson (SWE) (Differdange–Apiflo Vacances)

Points  Anuar Manan (MAS) (LeTua Cycling Team)
Mountains  Hossein Askari (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)
  Team Tabriz Petrochemical Team

The 2008 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 7 to 13 January 2008. There were seven stages with a total of 1,352.2 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

Tonton Susanto of Indonesia won the race, followed by Ghader Mizbani of Iran second and Fredrik Johansson of Sweden third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Hossein Askari of Iran won the mountains classification. Tabriz Petrochemical Team won the team classification.

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 120 riders, a total of 91 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.

Stages

Stage Date Course Distance Stage result
Winner Second Third
1 7 January Putrajaya to Port Dickson 179.7 km (111.7 mi)  Li Fuyu (CHN)  Marcel Strauss (SUI)  Jacob Nielsen (DEN)
2 8 January Seremban to Malacca 139.5 km (86.7 mi)  Anuar Manan (MAS)  Serguei Kudentsov (RUS)  Kohei Uchima (JPN)
3 9 January Malacca to Batu Pahat 163.8 km (101.8 mi)  Anuar Manan (MAS)  Hossein Nateghi (IRI)  Serguei Kudentsov (RUS)
4 10 January Batu Pahat to Muar 178.8 km (111.1 mi)  Fredrik Johansson (SWE)  Kohei Uchima (JPN)  Tonton Susanto (INA)
5 11 January Gemas to Karak 133.7 km (83.1 mi)  Anuar Manan (MAS)  Hossein Nateghi (IRI)  Cyrille Heymans (LUX)
6 12 January Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands 122.2 km (75.9 mi)  Hossein Askari (IRI)  David McCann (IRI)  Tonton Susanto (INA)
7 13 January Kuala Lumpur Criterium 58 km (36.0 mi)  Yusuke Hatanaka (JPN)  Hossein Nateghi (IRI)  Hari Fitrianto (INA)

Classification leadership

Stage Stage winner General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Malaysian rider classification
Team classification
1 Li Fuyu Li Fuyu Anuar Manan Hossein Askari Amir Rusli Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas
2 Anuar Manan
3 Anuar Manan
4 Fredrik Johansson Tonton Susanto Suhardi Hassan Japan
5 Anuar Manan
6 Hossein Askari Tabriz Petrochemical Team
7 Yusuke Hatanaka
Final Tonton Susanto Anuar Manan Hossein Askari Suhardi Hassan Tabriz Petrochemical Team

Final standings

General classification

Rider Team Time
1 Tonton Susanto LeTua Cycling Team 21h 32' 38"
2 Ghader Mizbani Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 11"
3 Fredrik Johansson Differdange–Apiflo Vacances + 04' 16"
4 Hossein Askari Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 05' 11"
5 Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur + 06' 22"
6 Dimitri Jiriakov Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas + 07' 01"
7 Paul Griffin Giant Asia Racing Team + 07' 08"
8 Hari Fitrianto Polygon Sweet Nice + 08' 14"
9 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia + 08' 15"
10 David McCann Giant Asia Racing Team + 08' 42"

Malaysian rider classification

Rider Team Time
1 Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur 21h 39' 00"
2 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia + 01' 53"
3 Loh Sea Keong Trek–Marco Polo + 07' 15"
4 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia + 07' 22"
5 Mohd Faris Abd Razak Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia + 07' 43"
6 Weng Kin Thum MNCF Continental Team + 08' 39"
7 Amir Rusli MNCF Continental Team + 09' 57"
8 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz MNCF Continental Team + 11' 55"
9 Mohd Nor Umardi Rosdi Putrajaya Cycling Team + 12' 01"
10 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar LeTua Cycling Team + 13' 01"

Team classification

Team Time
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 64h 54' 33"
2 Japan + 09' 35"
3 LeTua Cycling Team + 09' 50"
4 Trek–Marco Polo + 16' 47"
5 Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia + 19' 32"
6 Giant Asia Racing Team + 21' 27"
7 Polygon Sweet Nice + 22' 00"
8 Differdange–Apiflo Vacances + 22' 34"
9 Islamic Azad University Cycling Team + 23' 35"
10 Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas + 27' 04"

Stage results

Stage 1

7 January 2008 — Putrajaya to Port Dickson, 179.7 km (111.7 mi)
Rider Team Time
1 Li Fuyu Trek–Marco Polo 04h 12' 19"
2 Marcel Strauss Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas s.t.
3 Jacob Nielsen Team Farso s.t.
4 Paul Griffin Giant Asia Racing Team s.t.
5 Hossein Askari Tabriz Petrochemical Team s.t.
6 Dimitri Jiriakov Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas s.t.
7 Makoto Iijima Bridgestone Anchor + 01' 07"
8 Mehdi Sohrabi Islamic Azad University Cycling Team s.t.
9 Ryan Ariehan LeTua Cycling Team s.t.
10 Taufik Mohamad Benteng Muda Selangor Cycling Team s.t.

Stage 2

8 January 2008 — Seremban to Malacca, 139.5 km (86.7 mi)
Rider Team Time
1 Anuar Manan LeTua Cycling Team 03h 07' 55"
2 Serguei Kudentsov Trek–Marco Polo s.t.
3 Kohei Uchima Japan s.t.
4 Mohamed Harrif Salleh MNCF Continental Team s.t.
5 Mohamed Zamri Salleh Malaysia s.t.
6 Li Fuyu Trek–Marco Polo s.t.
7 Shinpei Fukuda Bridgestone Anchor s.t.
8 Masakazu Ito Japan s.t.
9 Hossein Nateghi Tabriz Petrochemical Team s.t.
10 Lex Nederlof Putrajaya Cycling Team s.t.

Stage 3

9 January 2008 — Malacca to Batu Pahat, 163.8 km (101.8 mi)
Rider Team Time
1 Anuar Manan LeTua Cycling Team 03h 55' 35"
2 Hossein Nateghi Tabriz Petrochemical Team s.t.
3 Serguei Kudentsov Trek–Marco Polo s.t.
4 Stefan Löffler Giant Asia Racing Team s.t.
5 Kohei Uchima Japan s.t.
6 Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur s.t.
7 Shinpei Fukuda Bridgestone Anchor s.t.
8 Tjarco Cuppens Differdange–Apiflo Vacances s.t.
9 Heksa Priya Prasetya Indonesia s.t.
10 Mohammad Akmal Amrun MNCF Continental Team s.t.

Stage 5

11 January 2008 — Gemas to Karak, 133.7 km (83.1 mi)
Rider Team Time
1 Anuar Manan LeTua Cycling Team 03h 00' 54"
2 Hossein Nateghi Tabriz Petrochemical Team s.t.
3 Cyrille Heymanns Differdange–Apiflo Vacances s.t.
4 Mehdi Sohrabi Islamic Azad University Cycling Team s.t.
5 Tjarco Cuppens Differdange–Apiflo Vacances s.t.
6 Masahiko Mifune Matrix Powertag s.t.
7 Li Fuyu Trek–Marco Polo s.t.
8 Lam Kai Tsun Trek–Marco Polo s.t.
9 Lex Nederlof Putrajaya Cycling Team s.t.
10 Mohamed Harrif Salleh MNCF Continental Team s.t.

Stage 6

12 January 2008 — Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands, 122.2 km (75.9 mi)
Rider Team Time
1 Hossein Askari Tabriz Petrochemical Team 03h 10' 11"
2 David McCann Giant Asia Racing Team + 10"
3 Tonton Susanto LeTua Cycling Team + 12"
4 Ghader Mizbani Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 14"
5 Hari Fitrianto Polygon Sweet Nice + 01' 37"
6 Dimitri Jiriakov Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas s.t.
7 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia + 01' 41"
8 Paul Griffin Giant Asia Racing Team + 01' 46"
9 Liu Yilin Trek–Marco Polo + 01' 59"
10 Søren Petersen Team Farso + 02' 22"

Stage 7

13 January 2008 — Kuala Lumpur Criterium, 58 km (36.0 mi)
Rider Team Time
1 Yusuke Hatanaka Skil–Shimano 01h 07' 57"
2 Hossein Nateghi Tabriz Petrochemical Team s.t.
3 Hari Fitrianto Polygon Sweet Nice s.t.
4 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia s.t.
5 Stefan Löffler Giant Asia Racing Team + 17"
6 Ahmad Haidar Anuawar LeTua Cycling Team s.t.
7 Cyrille Heymanns Differdange–Apiflo Vacances s.t.
8 Masahiko Mifune Matrix Powertag s.t.
9 Mohamed Harrif Salleh MNCF Continental Team s.t.
10 Mehdi Sohrabi Islamic Azad University Cycling Team s.t.