LANGKAWI - 138 riders from 23 teams representing 28 nationalities will line for the sixteenth edition of Le Tour de Langkawi due to kick off from the Langkawi island on January 23 and finish in Kuala Lumpur on February 1st.
South Africa's Team MTN Qhubeka
“Our technical department had done a great job attracting teams from all around the world but it’s been a mission to finalise the start list when some teams folded or couldn’t come at the last minute”, said the CEO of Le Tour de Langkawi Mohamad Salleh. “But we’re very happy to have such a strong field with so diverse horizons. All the continents will be competing once again in
Pro Continental outfits Farnese-Neri, Androni, Colnago-CSF, Europcar, Unitedhealthcare, Skil-Shimano, CCC Polsat and Landbouwkrediet are ready to make the headlines as the Hors-Category event Le Tour de Langkawi is their first opportunity to score a lot of points for the UCI sporting evaluation system and eventually upgrade to the Pro Team status next year.
The ill-fated Pegasus team from Australia and the late withdrawal of Geox-TMC gave some Asian teams the opportunity to line up in Asia’s historical biggest stage race. National teams from Korea, Malaysia and Singapore will contest in the Asian category alongside continental teams Tabriz, Azad and Suren (all from Iran), Terengganu Pro Asia, LeTua (both from Malaysia), Giant Kenda (Taiwan), Champion System (Hong Kong), Aisan (Japan) and Max Success (China). Garmin-Cervélo’s development team Chipotle from the
Diminutive Italian climbers Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF) and Emanuele Sella (Androni) will face a strong competition in the climbs from Tour de France rider Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Korea’s Gong Hyo Suk who finished second overall last year, and Colombian veteran Libardo Nino (LeTua).
Sella, Androni’s main contender is optimistic of their team’s line-up “Our team is already well prepared. And now, I’m also ready for this race. We are confident that our young rider, Jonathan Monsalve is able to do something in the race.”
Bunch sprints will feature Italy’s hope Andrea Guardini (Farnese-Neri), German Robert Förster (Unitedhealthcare), Dutchman Kenny van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Malaysia’s first ever stage winner Anuar Manan (Terengganu Pro Asia) while it will be a race closely followed in Japan with the presence of super star Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar), climbing sensation Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano), sprinter Takashi Miyazawa (Farnese-Neri) and the Aisan team returning with stage 4 winner from last year Taiji Nishitani.
Anuar Manan, the defending Sprint Jersey winner who rides for Terengganu Pro Asia this year feels confident with his new teammates which includes Japanese veteran rider Shinichi Fukushima, “I will defend my 2010 title as the Sprint Champion, at the same time we will try to win at least one stage. For me, being in a new team is not a problem because most of them are the fellow cyclists that I know. We have done a good training camp and get to familiarize with each other.”
The teams were presented with colorful Malaysian traditional cultural show and dance at a ceremony in Dataran Lang, graced by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed, former Prime Minister of Malaysia and the race’s inventor who was really happy to have the race returning to its roots after three years absence.
“‘This is where it starts…’ as the theme-song of LTdL goes, has a deeper meaning this year as the race returns to its origin, the people of Langkawi have waited and are really happy to see the Tour back.” He said at a press conference.
Le Tour de Langkawi 2011 is organized by the Youth and Sports Ministry of Malaysia together with the Malaysian National Cycling Federation. The 2011 Tour is held from 23rd January to 1st February covers a total distance of 1315.4 kms with 10 stages, starting in Langkawi Island and ending at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.
STAGE 1 RIDER LIST
Farnese Vini - Neri Sotttoli (FAR)
Manager: STEFANO, Giuliani
1 Bulgarelli,Otavio BRA
2 Mirenda,Gianluca ITA
3 Favilli,Elia ITA
4 Guardini,Andrea ITA
5 De Patre,Roberto ITA
6 Miyazawa,Takashi JPN*
Androni Giocattoli (AND)
Manager: Ellena Giovanni
11 Sella,Emanuele ITA
12 Barla,Luca ITA
13 D'Amore,Crescenzo ITA
14 De Marchi,Alessandro ITA
15 Monsalve,Jonnatha VEN
16 Santoro,Antonio ITA
Colnago CSF INOX Pro (COG)
Manager: REVERBERI, Roberto
21 Pozzovivo,Domenico ITA
22 Locatelli,Paolo ITA
23 Lombardi,Omar ITA
24 Pagani,Angelo ITA
25 Pasqualon,Andrea ITA
26 Caddeo,Manuele ITA
Team Europcar (EUC)
Manager: ARNOULD, Dominique
31 Arashiro,Yukiya JPN*
32 Gaudin,Damien FRA
33 Le Floch,Guillaume FRA
34 Quemeneur,Perrig FRA
35 Rolland,Pierre FRA
Suren Cycling Team (SUR)
Manager: Chaichi, Raghine Mostafa
41 Ghaffari,Vahid IRI*
42 Javani,Ebrahim IRI*
43 Ameli,Meysam IRI*
44 Shirisisan,Hamid IRI*
45 Nazari Daghalian,Abolfazl IRI*
46 Mehrabani Azar,Ramin IRI*
United Healthcare Pro Cycling (UHC)
Manager: GREENE, Eric
51 Clarke,Hilton AUS
52 Forster,Robert GER
53 Jenkins,Maxim USA
54 Jones,Christopher USA
55 Menzies,Karl AUS
56 Van Poppel,Boy NED
Skil Shimano Cycling Team (SKS)
Manager: KEMNA, Rudi
61 Bonnin,Thomas FRA
62 De Kort,Koen NED
63 Van Hummel,Kenny NED
64 Timmer,Albert NED
65 Doi,Yukihiro JPN*
66 Kittel,Marcel GER
CCC Polsat Polkowice (CCC)
Manager: WADECKI, Piotr
71 Schulze,André GER
72 Mendes,Jose POR
73 Janiaczyk,Blazej POL
74 Bodnar,Lukasz POL
75 Ratajczyk,Rafai POL
76 Matysiak,Bartlomiej POL
Landbouwkrediet (LAN)
Manager: SALIGARI, Marco
81 Delfosse,Sébastian BEL
82 Verheyen,Geert BEL
83 Gourgue,Benjamin BEL
84 Stallaert,Joeri BEL
85 Planckaert,Baptiste BEL
86 Commeyne,Davy BEL
Korea National Team (KOR)
Manager: DO, Eun Chul
91 Jang Kyung,Gu KOR*
92 Park,Sungbaek KOR*
93 Jang,Chan Jae KOR*
94 Gong,Hyosuk KOR*
95 Jeong,Eunseong KOR*
96 Yoo,Kihong KOR*
Malaysia National Team (MAS)
Manager: MISNOH, Amrun
101 Amir Mustafa,Rusli MAS*
102 M. Rauf,Nur Misbah MAS*
103 Loh,Sea Keong MAS*
104 Ahmad Fakhrullah,Alias MAS*
105 Hassan,Suhardi MAS*
106 Mohd Nur Rizuan,Zainal MAS*
Tabriz Petrochemical Team (TPT)
Manager: KHATOUNABADI, Kazem
111 Mizbani,Ghader IRI*
112 Sohrabi,Mehdi IRI*
113 Askari,Hossein IRI*
114 Eibegger,Markus AUT
115 Shpilevsky,Boris RUS
116 Erler,Tobias GER
Drapac Professional Cycling (DPC)
Manager: GIRAMONDO, Agostino
121 Pell,David AUS
122 Pollock,Rhys AUS
123 Shaw,Stuart AUS
124 Palmer,Thomas AUS
125 M. Adiq,Othman MAS*
126 Goesinnen,Floris NED
Singapore National Team (SIN)
Manager: Loy, Daniel
131 Low,Ji Wen SIN*
132 Low,Darren SIN*
133 Ho,Jun Rong SIN*
134 Goh,Choon Haut SIN*
135 Lee Yun ,Jie Lemual SIN*
136 Yusof,Adi Putera SIN*
Terengganu ProAsia Cycling (TSG)
Manager: IDRUS, Ahmad Kamarul
141 Fukushima,Shinichi JPN*
142 Manan,Anuar MAS*
143 Sai-Udomsin,Puchong THA*
144 Salleh,Mohd Harrif MAS*
145 Mat Amin,M. Shahrul MAS*
146 Mat Senan,M. Saufi MAS*
Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team (GKT)
Manager: Mohammadzadeh Daryoush
151 Mc Cann,David IRL
153 Rogers,Dene NZL
154 Chang,Wei Kei TPE*
155 Huang,Chin-Lung TPE*
156 Coutts,Alex GBR
Team Champion System (CHA)
Manager: KAMMERMANN, Markus
161 Kirsipuu,Jaan EST
162 Bourgeois,Guillaume SUI
163 Friedemann,Matthias GER
164 Locke,Deon AUS
165 Tang,Wang Yip HKG*
166 Wu,Kin San HKG*
Aisan Racing Team (AIS)
Manager: BEPPU, Takumi
171 Nishitani,Taiji JPN*
172 Ayabe,Takeaki JPN*
173 Fukuda,Shinpei JPN*
174 Mori,Kazuhiro JPN*
175 Shinagawa,Masahiro JPN*
176 Suzuki,Kenichi JPN*
Azad University Cycling Team (IUA)
Manager: KOHI, Gholamhossein
181 Zargari,Amir IRI*
182 Saeidi Tanha,Abbas IRI*
183 Salehian,Farshad IRI*
184 Haghi,Alireza IRI*
185 Emami,Rahim IRI*
186 Pourseyedi Golakhour,Mirsamad IRI*
Le Tua Cycling Team (L2A)
Manager: Yassin Shukar
191 Ng,Yong Li MAS*
192 Mohd Razif,Mohd Salleh MAS*
193 Chuah,Adrian MAS*
194 Witmitz,Samuel AUS
195 Nino Corredor,Libardo COL
196 Celis Zabala,Vidal ESP
Chipotle Development Team (CDT)
Manager: MCRAE, Chann
201 Carlsen,Kirk USA
202 Kreder,Raymond NED
203 Morton,Lachlan AUS
204 Howes,Alex USA
205 Rathe,Jacob USA
206 Krasilnikau,Andrei BLR
MTN Qhubeka (MTN)
Manager: KANNEMEYER, Tiaan
211 Potgieter,Bradley RSA
212 Van Heerden,Christoff RSA
213 Girdlestone,Dylan RSA
214 Tennent,James RSA
215 Van Niekerk,Dennis RSA
216 Brown,Arran RSA
Max Success Sports Cycling (MSS)
Manager: SHEN, Wei
221 Xu,Gang CHN*
222 Zhang,Hui CHN*
223 Liu,Hao CHN*
224 Kun,Jiang CHN*
225 Deng,Ting CHN*
226 Jiao,Pengda CHN*
Riders for this stage: 137
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