The 2012 Tour de Langkawi was the 17th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 24 February in Putrajaya and ended on 4 March in Kuala Terengganu which carried the slogan "Ready for the World". The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2011–12 UCI Asia Tour calendar.
The race was won for the second time by Colombia's José Serpa, after taking the lead of the race with his second consecutive stage win on the sixth stage, and held the lead until the end of the race. Serpa's winning margin over his team-mate José Rujano was 30 seconds, and the podium was completed by Víctor Niño of the Azad University Cross Team, 33 seconds behind Rujano and 63 in arrears of Serpa. In the race's other classifications, Serpa also finished at the top of the mountains classification, 's Andrea Guardini won the points classification, after taking a record-breaking six stage victories, and finished over twelve minutes clear of their nearest rivals in the teams classification. and their rider Alexsandr Dyachenko finished at the head of their respective Asian sub-classifications.
Teams 22 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2012 Tour de Langkawi. Two UCI ProTeams were invited to the race, along with seven UCI Professional Continental and ten UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by three national selection teams.
UCI ProTour teams
UCI Professional Continental teams
UCI Continental teams
Aisan Racing Team
Max Success Sports OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
Seoul Cycling Team
National teams
Indonesia Malaysia New Zealand
Stages
The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1413.4 kilometres. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird124 FebruaryPutrajaya Individual time trial225 FebruaryPutrajaya to Malacca326 FebruaryMalacca to Parit Sulong 427 FebruaryBatu Pahat to Muar 528 FebruaryAyer Keroh to Pandan Indah629 FebruaryProton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands71 MarchBentong to KuantanSeoul Cycling Team82 MarchPekan to Chukai 93 MarchKemasik to Kuala Terengganu 104 MarchKenyir Lake to Kuala Terengganu Criterium
Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1David Zabriskie David Zabriskie not available not available Dmitriy Gruzdev 2Andrea Guardini Andrea Guardini Floris Goesinnen3Andrea Guardini4Andrea Guardini5José Serpa Darren Lapthorne Matteo Rabottini Alexsandr Dyachenko 6José Serpa José Serpa José Serpa7Marco Canola Valentin Iglinsky8Andrea Guardini9Andrea Guardini Andrea Guardini10Andrea Guardini Final José Serpa Andrea Guardini José SerpaAlexsandr Dyachenko
Final standings
General classification RiderTeamTime1 32h 55' 31"2 + 30"3 + 01' 03"4 + 02' 20"5 + 03' 50"6 + 04' 15"7 + 04' 23"8 + 04' 28" 9 + 04' 33" 10New Zealand + 04' 44"
Points classification RiderTeamPoints1 94285379
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints1 27224324
Asian rider classification RiderTeamTime1 32h 57' 51"2 + 02' 03"3 + 02' 08"
Team classification TeamTime198h 50' 34"2 + 12' 03"3 + 13' 36"4 + 13' 37"5 + 18' 08"6New Zealand + 22' 41"7 + 24' 20"8 + 25' 24"9 + 27' 56"10 + 28' 55"
Asian team classification TeamTime1 99h 02' 37"2 + 06' 05"3 + 16' 52"4Aisan Racing Team + 27' 24"5Seoul Cycling Team + 28' 44"6Malaysia + 31' 14"7Indonesia + 33' 17"8Max Success Sport + 40' 52"9 + 01h 07' 08"10OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team + 01h 34' 23"
Stage results
Stage 1 24 February 2012 — Putrajaya, , Individual time trial Rider Team Time 1 24' 34" 2 + 01' 00" 3 + 01' 10" 4 + 01' 17" 5 + 01' 26" 6 New Zealand + 01' 31" 7 + 01' 33" 8 + 01' 38" 9 + 01' 39" 10 + 01' 46"
Stage 2 25 February 2012 — Putrajaya to Melaka, Rider Team Time 1 03h 35' 19" 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"
Stage 3 26 February 2012 — Melaka to Parit Sulong, Rider Team Time 1 04h 30' 11" 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 New Zealand + 0" 9 + 0" 10 New Zealand + 0"
Stage 4 27 February 2012 — Batu Pahat to Muar, Rider Team Time 1 03h 57' 11" 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"
Stage 5 28 February 2012 — Ayer Keroh to Pandan Indah, Rider Team Time 1 4h 32' 17" 2 + 0" 3 + 11" 4 + 11" 5 + 11" 6 + 11" 7 + 11" 8 + 24" 9 + 24" 10 Aisan Racing Team + 24"
Stage 6 29 February 2012 — Proton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands, Rider Team Time 1 03h 09' 37" 2 + 02" 3 + 46" 4 + 2' 32" 5 + 2' 53" 6 + 2' 53" 7 + 3' 25" 8 + 3' 26" 9 + 3' 28" 10 + 3' 35"
Stage 7 1 March 2012 — Bentong to Kuantan, Rider Team Time 1 4h 25' 17" 2 Seoul Cycling Team + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 11" 7 + 11" 8 Malaysia + 11" 9 + 11" 10 Aisan Racing Team + 13"
Stage 8 2 March 2012 — Pekan to Chukai, Rider Team Time 1 2h 13' 27" 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"
Stage 9 3 March 2012 — Kemasik to Kuala Terengganu, Rider Team Time 1 03h 27' 06" 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"
Stage 10 4 March 2012 — Kenyir Lake to Kuala Terengganu, , Criterium Rider Team Time 1 2h 36' 42" 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 3" 9 + 3" 10 + 3"
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