# 2007 Tour de Langkawi

The 2007 Tour de Langkawi was the 12th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 2 February in Langkawi and ended on 11 February in Kuala Lumpur. This race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2006–07 UCI Asia Tour calendar.
Anthony Charteau, the French cyclist emerged as the winner of the race, followed by two Colombian cyclists; José Serpa second and Walter Pedraza third. Alberto Loddo of Italy won the points classification category and Walter Pedraza won the mountains classification category. Giant Asia Racing Team won the team classification category.

## Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,352.2 kilometres. Stage 3 and Stage 8 were mountain type stage.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Stage result | Stage result | Stage result |
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 2 February | Langkawi | 81.4 km (50.6 mi) | Alberto Loddo (ITA) | Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) |
| 2 | 3 February | Kangar to Kulim | 166.2 km (103.3 mi) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | Daryl Impey (RSA) | Alberto Loddo (ITA) |
| 3 | 4 February | Kuala Kangsar to Cameron Highlands | 133.2 km (82.8 mi) | Anthony Charteau (FRA) | Walter Pedraza (COL) | Yoann Le Boulanger (FRA) |
| 4 | 5 February | Gua Musang to Kota Bharu | 178.1 km (110.7 mi) | Alberto Loddo (ITA) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | Daryl Impey (RSA) |
| 5 | 6 February | Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu | 167.0 km (103.8 mi) | Alberto Loddo (ITA) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | Nicholas Sanderson (AUS) |
| 6 | 7 February | Kuala Terengganu to Chukai | 141.5 km (87.9 mi) | Alberto Loddo (ITA) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | Brad Huff (USA) |
| 7 | 8 February | Kuantan to Karak | 174.0 km (108.1 mi) | Shinichi Fukushima (JPN) | Elio Aggiano (ITA) | Pierre Drancourt (FRA) |
| 8 | 9 February | Shah Alam to Genting Highlands | 84.4 km (52.4 mi) | José Serpa (COL) | Walter Pedraza (COL) | José Rujano (VEN) |
| 9 | 10 February | Putrajaya to Seremban | 170.5 km (105.9 mi) | Pavel Brutt (RUS) | Sergey Kolesnikov (RUS) | Pierre Drancourt (FRA) |
| 10 | 11 February | Kuala Lumpur Criterium | 55.9 km (34.7 mi) | Alberto Loddo (ITA) | Nikolay Trusov (RUS) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Asian rider classification | Team classification | Asian team classification |
| 1 | Alberto Loddo | Alberto Loddo | Alberto Loddo | Koji Fukushima | Koji Fukushima | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | LeTua Cycling Team |
| 2 | Maximiliano Richeze | Maximiliano Richeze | Maximiliano Richeze | Koji Fukushima | Koji Fukushima | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | LeTua Cycling Team |
| 3 | Anthony Charteau | Anthony Charteau | Maximiliano Richeze | Anthony Charteau | Yukihiro Doi | Crédit Agricole | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 4 | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Hossein Askari | Crédit Agricole | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team |
| 5 | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Hossein Askari | Crédit Agricole | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team |
| 6 | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Hossein Askari | Crédit Agricole | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team |
| 7 | Shinichi Fukushima | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Shinichi Fukushima | Crédit Agricole | Nippo-Meitan Hompo |
| 8 | José Serpa | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Walter Pedraza | Ghader Mizbani | Crédit Agricole | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 9 | Pavel Brutt | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Walter Pedraza | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| 10 | Alberto Loddo | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Walter Pedraza | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | Giant Asia Racing Team |
| Final | Final | Anthony Charteau | Alberto Loddo | Walter Pedraza | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | Giant Asia Racing Team |

## Final standings
### General classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Anthony Charteau | Crédit Agricole | 32h 32' 14" |
| 2 | José Serpa | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | + 01' 02" |
| 3 | Walter Pedraza | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | + 01' 34" |
| 4 | David George | South Africa | + 03' 06" |
| 5 | Jai Crawford | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 04' 05" |
| 6 | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 04' 14" |
| 7 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff Credit Systems | + 04' 21" |
| 8 | Yukihiro Doi | Skil–Shimano | + 04' 43" |
| 9 | Luis Pasamontes | Unibet.com | + 04' 53" |
| 10 | Hossein Askari | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 04' 54" |

### Points classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 109 |
| 2 | Maximiliano Richeze | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | 83 |
| 3 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | 64 |
| 4 | Nikolai Trusov | Tinkoff Credit Systems | 62 |
| 5 | Park Sung-Baek | South Korea | 59 |

### Mountains classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Walter Pedraza | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 39 |
| 2 | David George | South Africa | 35 |
| 3 | José Serpa | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 33 |
| 4 | Anthony Charteau | Crédit Agricole | 33 |
| 5 | José Rujano | Unibet.com | 26 |
| 6 | Koji Fukushima | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | 22 |
| 7 | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | 14 |
| 8 | Luis Pasamontes | Unibet.com | 11 |
| 9 | Jai Crawford | Giant Asia Racing Team | 10 |
| 10 | Yukiya Arashiro | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | 10 |

### Asian rider classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | 32h 36' 28" |
| 2 | Yukihiro Doi | Skil–Shimano | + 29" |
| 3 | Hossein Askari | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 40" |
| 4 | Tonton Susanto | LeTua Cycling Team | + 06' 38" |
| 5 | Park Sung-Baek | South Korea | + 07' 23" |
| 6 | Shinichi Fukushima | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 09' 37" |
| 7 | Abbas Saeid Tanha | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | + 09' 41" |
| 8 | Yevgeniv Yakovlev | Polygon Sweet Nice | + 09' 49" |
| 9 | Mostafa Seyed-Rezaei | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | + 10' 12" |
| 10 | Ng Yong Li | Vitória–ASC | + 11' 28" |

### Team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Giant Asia Racing Team | 97h 49' 58" |
| 2 | Unibet.com | + 04' 30" |
| 3 | Crédit Agricole | + 09' 25" |
| 4 | Tinkoff Credit Systems | + 09' 57" |
| 5 | Slipstream–Chipotle | + 11' 59" |
| 6 | SouthAustralia.com | + 15' 32" |
| 7 | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | + 15' 35" |
| 8 | South Africa | + 23' 29" |
| 9 | Skil–Shimano | + 26' 17" |
| 10 | Bouygues Télécom | + 26' 45" |

### Asian team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Giant Asia Racing Team | 98h 09' 28" |
| 2 | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | + 16' 26" |
| 3 | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | + 19' 17" |
| 4 | South Korea | + 23' 40" |
| 5 | LeTua Cycling Team | + 53' 15" |
| 6 | MNCF Development | + 01h 12' 12" |
| 7 | Malaysia | + 01h 44' 09" |

## Stage results
### Stage 1
#### 2 February 2007 — Langkawi, 81.4 km (50.6 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 01h 49' 23" |
| 2 | Guillermo Bongiorno | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 3 | Maximiliano Richeze | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 4 | Brad Huff | Slipstream–Chipotle | s.t. |
| 5 | Nikolai Trusov | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. |
| 6 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Nicholas Sanderson | SouthAustralia.com | s.t. |
| 8 | William Bonnet | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 9 | Rupert Rheeder | South Africa | s.t. |
| 10 | Takashi Miyazawa | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | s.t. |

### Stage 2
#### 3 February 2007 — Kangar to Kulim, 166.2 km (103.3 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Maximiliano Richeze | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | 03h 55' 41" |
| 2 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | s.t. |
| 3 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 4 | Park Sung-Baek | South Korea | s.t. |
| 5 | Nikolai Trusov | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. |
| 6 | Julian Dean | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 7 | Luis Pasamontes | Unibet.com | s.t. |
| 8 | Brad Huff | Slipstream–Chipotle | s.t. |
| 9 | William Bonnet | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 10 | Masahiro Shinagawa | Skil–Shimano | s.t. |

### Stage 3
#### 4 February 2007 — Kuala Kangsar to Cameron Highlands, 133.2 km (82.8 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Anthony Charteau | Crédit Agricole | 03h 40' 51" |
| 2 | Walter Pedraza | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | + 03' 54" |
| 3 | Yoann Le Boulanger | Bouygues Télécom | + 04' 29" |
| 4 | Thomas Voeckler | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. |
| 5 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff Credit Systems | + 04' 31" |
| 6 | Luis Pasamontes | Unibet.com | s.t. |
| 7 | Julien Loubet | AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. |
| 8 | Benoît Poilvet | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 9 | Ian McLeod | Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 10 | Yukihiro Doi | Skil–Shimano | + 04' 36" |

### Stage 4
#### 5 February 2007 — Gua Musang to Kota Bharu, 178.1 km (110.7 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 04h 00' 58" |
| 2 | Maximiliano Richeze | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 3 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | s.t. |
| 4 | Brad Huff | Slipstream–Chipotle | s.t. |
| 5 | Park Sung-Baek | South Korea | s.t. |
| 6 | Masahiro Shinagawa | Skil–Shimano | s.t. |
| 7 | Yukiya Arashiro | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | s.t. |
| 8 | Nicholas Sanderson | SouthAustralia.com | s.t. |
| 9 | Anuar Manan | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Nikolay Trusov | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. |

### Stage 5
#### 6 February 2007 — Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu, 167 km (103.8 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 03h 55' 07" |
| 2 | Maximiliano Richeze | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 3 | Nicholas Sanderson | SouthAustralia.com | s.t. |
| 4 | Julian Dean | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 5 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Park Sung-Baek | South Korea | s.t. |
| 7 | Pedro Costa | Vitória–ASC | s.t. |
| 8 | Anuar Manan | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | s.t. |
| 10 | Nikolay Trusov | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. |

### Stage 6
#### 7 February 2007 — Kuala Terengganu to Chukai, 141.5 km (87.9 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 03h 00' 57" |
| 2 | Maximiliano Richeze | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 3 | Brad Huff | Slipstream–Chipotle | s.t. |
| 4 | Takashi Miyazawa | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | s.t. |
| 5 | Mariusz Wiesiak | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | s.t. |
| 6 | Park Sung-Baek | South Korea | s.t. |
| 7 | Rupert Rheeder | South Africa | s.t. |
| 8 | William Bonnet | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 9 | Pedro Costa | Vitória–ASC | s.t. |
| 10 | Franck Rénier | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. |

### Stage 7
#### 8 February 2007 — Kuantan to Karak, 174 km (108.1 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Shinichi Fukushima | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | 03h 47' 42" |
| 2 | Elio Aggiano | Tinkoff Credit Systems | + 02" |
| 3 | Pierre Drancourt | Bouygues Télécom | + 12" |
| 4 | Francesco Tomei | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | + 40" |
| 5 | Erwin Thijs | Unibet.com | s/t |
| 6 | Lee Won-Jae | South Korea | + 42" |
| 7 | Loh Sea Keong | Discovery Channel–Marco Polo | + 01' 09" |
| 8 | Yoshiyuki Abe | Skil–Shimano | + 01' 22" |
| 9 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 10 | Johannes Kachelhoffer | South Africa | s.t. |

### Stage 8
#### 9 February 2007 — Shah Alam to Genting Highlands, 84.4 km (52.4 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | José Serpa | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 02h 25' 49" |
| 2 | Walter Pedraza | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | + 01' 16" |
| 3 | José Rujano | Unibet.com | + 01' 44" |
| 4 | David George | South Africa | + 02' 25" |
| 5 | Jay Crawford | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 02' 51" |
| 6 | Ghader Mizbani | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 03' 00" |
| 7 | Yoann Le Boulanger | Bouygues Télécom | + 03' 21" |
| 8 | Francesco Bellotti | Crédit Agricole | + 03' 28" |
| 9 | Yukihiro Doi | Skil–Shimano | + 03' 31" |
| 10 | Anthony Charteau | Crédit Agricole | + 03' 36" |

### Stage 9
#### 10 February 2007 — Putrajaya to Seremban, 170.5 km (105.9 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Pavel Brutt | Tinkoff Credit Systems | 04h 07' 08" |
| 2 | Sergey Kolesnikov | Unibet.com | + 03" |
| 3 | Pierre Drancourt | Bouygues Télécom | s.t. |
| 4 | David George | South Africa | s.t. |
| 5 | Luis Pasamontes | Unibet.com | + 05" |
| 6 | José Rujano | Unibet.com | + 10" |
| 7 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | + 34" |
| 8 | Gene Bates | SouthAustralia.com | s/t |
| 9 | Salvatore Commesso | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s/t |
| 10 | Park Sung-Baek | South Korea | s/t |

### Stage 10
#### 11 February 2007 — Kuala Lumpur, 55.9 km (34.7 mi), Criterium

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Alberto Loddo | Diquigiovanni–Selle Italia | 01h 41' 55" |
| 2 | Nikolai Trusov | Tinkoff Credit Systems | s.t. |
| 3 | Maximiliano Richeze | Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 4 | Julian Dean | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 5 | Takashi Miyazawa | Nippo-Meitan Hompo | s.t. |
| 6 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Nicholas Sanderson | SouthAustralia.com–AIS | s.t. |
| 8 | Masahiro Shinagawa | Skil–Shimano | s.t. |
| 9 | Luis Pasamontes | Unibet.com | s.t. |
| 10 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | s.t. |

## List of teams and riders

A total of 23 teams were invited to participate in the 2007 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 136 riders, a total of 102 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.