2011 Tour de Langkawi

2010–11 UCI Asia Tour, race 9 of 34
Race details
Dates	23 January–1 February 2011
Stages	10
Distance	1,315.4 km (817.4 mi)
Winning time	30h 08' 57"
Results
Winner  Jonathan Monsalve (VEN) (Androni Giocattoli)   Second  Libardo Niño (COL) (LeTua Cycling Team)   Third  Emanuele Sella (ITA) (Androni Giocattoli) Points  Andrea Guardini (ITA) (Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli) Mountains  Jonathan Monsalve (VEN) (Androni Giocattoli)   Team Tabriz Petrochemical Team
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The 2011 Tour de Langkawi was the 16th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 23 January in Dataran Lang, Langkawi and ended on 1 February in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2010–11 UCI Asia Tour calendar.^[1][2][3]

Venezuela's Jonathan Monsalve won the race followed by Colombian cyclist, Libardo Niño second and Italian cyclist Emanuele Sella third. Italian cyclist, Andrea Guardini won the points classification and Jonathan Monsalve became the King of the Mountains of the race. Tabriz Petrochemical Team led the teams classification of the race.^[1][2][3]

Teams

23 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2011 Tour de Langkawi.

‡: National teams

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,315.4 kilometres. ^[1][2][3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	23 January	Dataran Lang to Pekan Kuah	94.3 km (58.6 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Park Sung-Baek (KOR) South Korea	Harrif Salleh (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2	24 January	Kangar to Butterworth	145.0 km (90.1 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
3	25 January	Taiping to Sitiawan	144.9 km (90.0 mi)	Marcel Kittel (GER) Skil–Shimano	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
4	26 January	Ayer Tawar to Cameron Highlands	137.6 km (85.5 mi)	Takeaki Ayabe (JPN) Aisan Racing Team	Libardo Niño (COL) LeTua Cycling Team	Amir Zargari (IRI) Azad University Iran
5	27 January	Tapah to Genting Highlands	124.3 km (77.2 mi)	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN) Androni Giocattoli	Libardo Niño (COL) LeTua Cycling Team	Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) Azad University Iran
6	28 January	Rawang to Putrajaya	107.0 km (66.5 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team	Takashi Miyazawa (Japan) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
7	29 January	Banting to Tampin	149.5 km (92.9 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare	Dene Rogers (NZL) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
8	30 January	Kuala Pilah to Jasin	156.5 km (97.2 mi)	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare	André Schulze (GER) CCC–Polsat–Polkowice	Dene Rogers (NZL) Giant Kenda Cycling Team
9	31 January	Malacca to Nilai	151.7 km (94.3 mi)	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS) Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Perrig Quémeneur (FRA) Team Europcar	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare
10	1 February	Shah Alam to Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur	104.6 km (65.0 mi)	Andrea Guardini (ITA) Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	Robert Förster (GER) UnitedHealthcare	Anuar Manan (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Andrea Guardini	Koen de Kort	Park Sung-Baek	Terengganu Cycling Team	Terengganu Cycling Team
2	Andrea Guardini				Anuar Manan
3	Marcel Kittel			Mehdi Sohrabi
4	Takeaki Ayabe	Takeaki Ayabe		Rahim Emami	Takeaki Ayabe	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
5	Jonathan Monsalve	Libardo Niño		Jonathan Monsalve	Rahim Emami	Azad University Iran	Azad University Iran
6	Andrea Guardini		Anuar Manan
7	Andrea Guardini		Andrea Guardini
8	Robert Förster	Jonathan Monsalve
9	Boris Shpilevsky					Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Tabriz Petrochemical Team
10	Andrea Guardini
Final		Jonathan Monsalve	Andrea Guardini	Jonathan Monsalve	Rahim Emami	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	Tabriz Petrochemical Team

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN)	Androni Giocattoli	30h 08' 57"
2	Libardo Niño (COL)	LeTua Cycling Team	+ 5"
3	Emanuele Sella (ITA)	Androni Giocattoli	+ 24"
4	Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka	+ 25"
5	Rahim Emami (IRI)	Azad University Iran	+ 25"
6	Lachlan Morton (AUS)	Chipotle–Garmin Development Team	+ 32"
7	Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)	Colnago–CSF Inox	+ 49"
8	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 56"
9	Gong Hyo-Suk (KOR)	South Korea	+ 57"
10	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 1' 15"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli	117
2	Anuar Manan (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	101
3	Boris Shpilevsky (RUS)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	97

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jonathan Monsalve (VEN)	Androni Giocattoli	45
2	Rahim Emami (IRI)	Azad University Iran	35
3	Albert Timmer (NED)	Skil–Shimano	31

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Rahim Emami (IRI)	Azad University Iran	30h 09' 22"
2	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Tabriz Petrochemical Team	+ 31"
3	Gong Hyo-Suk (KOR)	South Korea	+ 32"