Tour de Langkawi (HC)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Tour de Langkawi, held in Malaysia, is Asia's biggest race. Falling in late January to early April, the race attracts a few top-tier European teams along with lower ranked Continental and National teams.
The teams Gianni Savio manages (in 2021 it was Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) do very well in the Tour de Langkawi. As of 2009, he had managed riders to 4 victories.
Starting in 2005 the race has had severe financial problems, culminating with a near-cancellation of the 2007 edition. The Malaysian government helped with some of the promoter's debts, allowing the race to continue. As part of the settlement, promotional rights to the race were awarded to the Malaysian National Cycling Federation.
As of 2012, only Paolo Lanfranchi and José Serpa have been able to win the Tour de Langkawi twice.
In 2022 the race was moved to October.
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Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1996 | Damian McDonald 34hr 21min 22sec |
Chris Newton @ 9sec |
Brett Dennis @ 12sec |
1361.8 km |
39.644 |
| 1997 | Luca Scinto 35hr 44min 25sec |
Jens Voigt @ 2min 24sec |
Alberto Elli @ 2min 29sec |
1538.1 km |
43.033 |
| 1998 | Gabriele Missaglia 45hr 12min 50sec |
Giuliano Figueras @ 26sec |
Nicklas Axelsson @ 1min 25sec |
1846 km |
40.828 |
| 1999 | Paolo Lanfranchi 46hr 56min 18sec |
Serguei Ivanov @ 26sec |
Alan Iacuone @ 2min 27sec |
1902.8 km |
40.543 |
| 2000 | Chris Horner 38hr 34min 39sec |
Julio Perez Cuapio @ 27sec |
Fortunato Baliani @ 29sec |
1606 km |
41.630 |
| 2001 | Paolo Lanfranchi 42hr 59min 23sec |
Paolo Bettini @ 44sec |
Chris Wherry @ 1min 57sec |
1574.1 km |
36.613 |
| 2002 | Hernan Dario Munoz 30hr 3min 31sec |
Robert Hunter @ 36sec |
David George @ 1min 52sec |
1310.6 km |
43.614 |
| 2003 | Tom Danielson 31hr 54min 9sec |
Hernan Dario Munoz @ 9sec |
Freddy Gonzalez @ 1min 44sec |
1343.5 km |
42.128 |
| 2004 | Freddy Gonzalez 28hr 52min 52sec |
Ryan Cox @ 48sec |
Dave Bruylandts @ 1min 54sec |
1250.9 km |
43.316 |
| 2005 | Ryan Cox 30hr 18min 18sec |
José Rujano @ 18sec |
Tiaan Kannemeyer @ 1min 34sec |
1282.6 km |
42.336 |
| 2006 | David George 26hr 43min 55sec |
Francesco Bellotti @ 1min 52sec |
Gabriele Missaglia @ 1min 56sec |
1165.1 km |
43.584 |
| 2007 | Anthony Charteau 32hr 32min 14sec |
José Serpa @ 1min 2sec |
Walter Pedraza @ 1min 34sec |
1372.3 km |
42.176 |
| 2008 | Ruslan Ivanov 31hr 20min 28sec |
Matthieu Sprick @ 29sec |
Gustavo Cesar @ 32sec |
1377.4 km |
43.948 |
| 2009 | José Serpa 24hr 22min 12sec |
Jai Crawford @ 27sec |
Jackson Rodriguez @ 47sec |
1031.7 km |
42.334 |
| 2010 | José Rujano 24hr 7min 58sec |
Hyo Suk Gong @ 2min 7sec |
Hossein Askari @ 2min 39sec |
1013.9 km |
41.976 |
| 2011 | Jonathan Monsalve 30hr 8min 57sec |
Libardo Nino Corredor @ 5sec |
Emanuele Sella @ 24sec |
1315.4 km |
43.616 |
| 2012 | José Serpa 32hr 55min 31sec |
José Rujano 30sec |
Victor Nino Corridor @ 1min 3sec |
1413.4 | 43.01 |
| 2013 | Julian Arrendondo 34hr 53min 7sec |
Pieter Weening @ 1min 15sec |
Sergio Pardilla @ 2min 10sec |
1469.7 km |
42.19 |
| 2014 | Mirsamad Pourseyedigolakhour 35hr 7min 16sec |
Merhawi Kudus @ 8sec |
Isaac Bolivar @ 11sec |
1495.9 km |
42.64 |
| 2015 | Youcef Reguigui 28hr 12min 4sec |
Valerio Agnoli @ 9sec |
Sebastian Henao @ 10sec |
1,193.1 km | 42.65 |
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| 2016 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg 28hr 31min 21sec |
Daniel Jaramillo @ 18sec |
Miguel Angel Lopez @ 19sec |
1,178.0 km | 41.31 km/hr |
| 2017 | Ryan Gibbons 29hr 4min 57sec |
Cameron Bayly @ 33sec |
Alberto Cecchin @ 35sec |
1,220.2 km | 42.01 km/hr |
| 2018 | Artem Ovechkin 32hr 6min 45sec |
Lukasz Owsian @ 27sec |
Benjamin Dyball @ 32sec |
1,347.4 km | 41.96 km/hr |
| 2019 | Benjamin Dyball 29hr 15min 53sec |
Keegan Swirbul @ 50sec |
Vadim Pronskiy @ 1min 5sec |
1,226.1 km | 41.897 km/hr |
| 2020 | Danilo Celano 26hr 39min 58sec |
Yevgeniy Federov @ 26sec |
Artem Ovechkin @ 35sec |
1,135.3 km | 42.575 km/hr |
| 2021 | Race cancelled because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2022 | Ivan Sosa 25hr 54min 0sec |
Hugh Carthy @ 23sec |
Torstein Traeen @ 1min 47sec |
1,096.9 km | 42.351 km/hr |
| 2023 | Simon Carr 29hr 17min 41sec |
Alexander Cepeda @ 49sec |
Pablo Castrillo @ 58sec |
1,278.1 km | 43.629 km/hr |
| 2024 | |||||
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