February 9, 2008 – Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom won the opening Stage 1, Alor Setar-Kepala Batas, 182.6 km, at the Tour de Langkawi which runs from February 7-17 in Malaysia. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program finished second and Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte placed third
Results
1. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.10.55
2. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 0.03
3. Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
4. Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team
5. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
6. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
7. Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling
8. Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia
9. Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team
10. Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
11. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole
12. Ian McCleod (Rsa) South African National Team
13. Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
14. Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
15. Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems
16. Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
17. Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
18. Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team
19. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1
20. Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.48
21. Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.03
22. Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
23. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
24. Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
25. Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
26. Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
27. Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
28. Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team
29. Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
30. Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling
31. Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team
32. Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
33. Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team
34. Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team
35. Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
36. Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
37. Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
38. Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
39. Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
40. Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
41. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
42. Chris Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista
43. Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
44. Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.08
45. Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
46. Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 23.11
47. Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
48. M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team
49. Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
50. Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team
51. Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team
52. Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling
53. Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia
54. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r – La Mondiale
55. Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista
56. Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
57. Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
58. Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia
59. Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1
60. Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
61. Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia
62. Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
63. San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
64. Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia
65. Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling
66. Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
67. Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
68. HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling
69. Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare
70. Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
71. Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare
72. Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
73. Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista
74. Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista
75. Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
76. Dennis van Niekerk (Rsa) South African National Team
77. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
78. Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista
79. Moises Aldape (Aus) Team Type 1
80. David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia
81. David George (Rsa) South African National Team
82. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole
83. Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling
84. Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
85. Erik Hoffmann (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team
86. Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
87. Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
88. Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
89. Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
90. Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
91. Jacobus Venter (Rsa) South African National Team
92. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole
93. Waylon Woolcock (Rsa) South African National Team
94. Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
95. Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
96. Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team
97. Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
98. Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r – La Mondiale
99. Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r – La Mondiale
100. Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
101. Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r – La Mondiale
102. Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
103. Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
104. Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
105. Mark O’Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
106. Nolan Hoffman (Rsa) South African National Team
107. Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
108. Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
109. Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
110. Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
111. Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
112. Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team
113. Tanha Saeidi (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
114. Farshad Salehian (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
115. Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
116. Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
117. Mizan Maleki (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
118. Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r – La Mondiale
119. Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team
120. Amir Zargari (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
121. Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
122. William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
123. Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
124. Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team
125. Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r – La Mondiale
126. Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
127. Ian MacGregor (Aus) Team Type 1
128. Mehdi Sohrabi (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
129. Kovij Fahridi (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
130. Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team
131. Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
132. Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team
133. Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
134. Julio Cuapio Perez (Mex) CSF Group Navigare
135. Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
136. Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
137. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole
138. Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team
139. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
140. Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
141. Ahmad (Mas) Malaysia National Team
142. Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
143. Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
144. Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team
145. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
DNF Robin Schmuda (Ger) Team Ista
DNF Kin Weng Thum (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
DNF Tsun Kai Lam (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
GC after Stage 1
1. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.10.45
2. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program 0.05
3. Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 0.07
4. Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte 0.09
5. Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Letua Cycling Team 0.1
6. Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
7. Jeremy Yates (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0.11
8. Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS 0.12
9. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole
10. Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.13
11. Baek Sung Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling
12. Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Karpin Galicia
13. Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
14. Ian McCleod (Rsa) South African National Team
15. Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
16. Yauhen Sobal (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems
17. Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
18. Alex Coutts (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team
19. Glen Chadwick (Aus) Team Type 1
20. Mohd Misbah Nur (Mas) Malaysia National Team 21.58
21. Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.13
22. Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
23. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
24. Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
25. Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
26. Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
27. Denis Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
28. Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas) Letua Cycling Team
29. Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
30. Ho Seon Park (Kor) Seoul Cycling
31. Anuar Manan (Mas) Letua Cycling Team
32. Hariff Mohd Salleh (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
33. Haidar Ahmad Anuawar (Mas) Letua Cycling Team
34. Mohd Razak Abd (Mas) Malaysia National Team
35. Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
36. Hing Chun Chan (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
37. Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
38. Yip Wang Tang (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
39. Zamani M. Mustarudin (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
40. Kuei Peng (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
41. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
42. Chris Meschenmoser (Ger) Team Ista
43. Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
44. Walter Pedraza (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 23.18
45. Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
46. Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 23.21
47. Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
48. M. Daud Firdaus (Mas) Malaysia National Team
49. Stefan Trafelet (Swi) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
50. Suhardi Hassan (Mas) Malaysia National Team
51. Mohd Saleh (Mas) Malaysia National Team
52. Jae Won Lee (Kor) Seoul Cycling
53. Juan Mouron (Spa) Karpin Galicia
54. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r – La Mondiale
55. Rolf Hofbauer (Ger) Team Ista
56. Vladimir Lopez (Col) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
57. Jose Perez Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
58. Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia
59. Ben Brooks (Aus) Team Type 1
60. Herwin Jaya (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
61. Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Karpin Galicia
62. Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
63. San Kin Wu (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
64. Ramon Troncoso (Spa) Karpin Galicia
65. Suk Hyo Gong (Kor) Seoul Cycling
66. Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
67. Hon Ying Yeung (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
68. HongKi Yoo (Kor) Seoul Cycling
69. Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare
70. Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
71. Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare
72. Jasmin Mohd Ruslan (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
73. Nico Keinath (Ger) Team Ista
74. Nikolai Schwarz (Ger) Team Ista
75. Li Yong Ng (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
76. Dennis van Niekerk (Rsa) South African National Team
77. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
78. Jorg Lehmann (Ger) Team Ista
79. Moises Aldape (Aus) Team Type 1
80. David Garcia (Spa) Karpin Galicia
81. David George (Rsa) South African National Team
82. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole
83. Hyeon Gu Kim (Kor) Seoul Cycling
84. Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
85. Erik Hoffmann (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team
86. Budi Santoso (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
87. Maxime Mederel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
88. Mustafa Amir Rusli (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
89. Marco Corsini (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
90. Massimiliano Maisto (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
91. Jacobus Venter (Rsa) South African National Team
92. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole
93. Waylon Woolcock (Rsa) South African National Team
94. Fuyu Li (Chn) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
95. Ken Onodera (Jpn) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
96. Scott Lyttle (NZl) New Zealand National Team
97. Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
98. Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2r – La Mondiale
99. Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r – La Mondiale
100. Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
101. Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r – La Mondiale
102. Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
103. Robert Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
104. Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (Kaz) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
105. Mark O’Brien (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
106. Nolan Hoffman (Rsa) South African National Team
107. Kuan Lai (Tpe) Giant Asia Racing Team
108. Yoshinori Iino (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
109. Yan Xing Dong (Chn) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
110. Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
111. Wai Siu Ko (Hkg) Hongkong National Team
112. Ashley Whitehead (NZl) New Zealand National Team
113. Tanha Saeidi (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
114. Farshad Salehian (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
115. Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
116. Benjamin King (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
117. Mizan Maleki (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
118. Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r – La Mondiale
119. Justin Kerr (NZl) New Zealand National Team
120. Amir Zargari (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
121. Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
122. William Ford (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
123. Peter McDonald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Developement Program
124. Ryan Arihan (Ina) Letua Cycling Team
125. Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2r – La Mondiale
126. Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
127. Ian MacGregor (Aus) Team Type 1
128. Mehdi Sohrabi (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
129. Kovij Fahridi (Iri) Islamic Azad Univercity Cycling Team
130. Paul Odlin (NZl) New Zealand National Team
131. Hari Fitrianto (Ina) Polygon Sweet Nice Team
132. Tonton Susanto (Ina) Letua Cycling Team
133. Saiful Mohd Aziz (Mas) MNCF Cycling Team
134. Julio Cuapio Perez (Mex) CSF Group Navigare
135. Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
136. Jai Crawford (Aus) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
137. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole
138. Stefan Loffler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team
139. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com – AIS
140. Sea Loh Keong (Mas) Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team
141. Ahmad (Mas) Malaysia National Team
142. Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR
143. Enrico Rossi (Ita) NGC Medical – OTC Industria Porte
144. Joseph Chapman (NZl) New Zealand National Team
145. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Meitan Hompo – GDR