# 2009 Tour de Langkawi

The 2009 Tour de Langkawi was the 14th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. The race began on 9 February in Putrajaya and ended on 15 February in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. In fact this race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour calendar.
Colombian cyclist, José Serpa emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Jai Crawford second and Jackson Rodríguez third. Mattia Gavazzi won the points classification category and José Serpa won the mountains classification category. Diquigiovanni–Androni won the team classification category.

## Teams

20 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2009 Tour de Langkawi.
* Diquigiovanni–Androni
* Bbox Bouygues Telecom
* Garmin–Slipstream
* Ag2r–La Mondiale
* Fuji–Servetto
* Cervélo TestTeam
* CSF Group–Navigare
* ISD
* Vorarlberg–Corratec
* EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design
* Seoul Cycling Team
* Doha Team
* LeTua Cycling Team
* MNCF Cycling Team
* Malaysia ‡
* Australia ‡
* South Africa ‡
* Iran ‡
* Kazakhstan
* China ‡
‡: National teams

## Stages

The cyclists competed in 7 stages, covering a distance of 1031.7 kilometres.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Stage result | Stage result | Stage result |
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 9 February | Putrajaya to Senawang | 133.8 km (83.1 mi) | Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) | Chris Sutton (AUS) | Nolan Hoffman (RSA) |
| 2 | 10 February | Senawang to Malacca | 160.9 km (100.0 mi) | Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) | Nolan Hoffman (RSA) | Aurélien Clerc (SUI) |
| 3 | 11 February | Malacca | 186 km (115.6 mi) | Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) | Chris Sutton (AUS) | Aurélien Clerc (SUI) |
| 4 | 12 February | Malacca to Bangi | 221 km (137.3 mi) | Samai Amari (INA) | Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) | Nolan Hoffman (RSA) |
| 5 | 13 February | Petaling Jaya to Genting Highlands | 102 km (63.4 mi) | José Serpa (COL) | Jai Crawford (AUS) | Jackson Rodríguez (VEN) |
| 6 | 14 February | Batang Kali to Shah Alam | 147.6 km (91.7 mi) | Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) | Aurélien Clerc (SUI) | Chris Sutton (AUS) |
| 7 | 15 February | Kuala Lumpur Criterium | 80.4 km (50.0 mi) | Yohann Gène (FRA) | Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG) | Mattia Gavazzi (ITA) |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Asian rider classification | Team classification | Asian team classification |
| 1 | Mattia Gavazzi | Mattia Gavazzi | Mattia Gavazzi | Jaco Venter | Dmitriy Gruzdev | South Africa | Malaysia |
| 2 | Mattia Gavazzi | Mattia Gavazzi | Mattia Gavazzi | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | Dmitriy Gruzdev | South Africa | Malaysia |
| 3 | Mattia Gavazzi | Mattia Gavazzi | Mattia Gavazzi | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | Dmitriy Gruzdev | South Africa | Malaysia |
| 4 | Samai Amari | Mattia Gavazzi | Mattia Gavazzi | Jeremy Yates | Samai Amari | South Africa | EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design |
| 5 | José Serpa | José Serpa | Mattia Gavazzi | José Serpa | Tonton Susanto | Diquigiovanni–Androni | Iran |
| 6 | Mattia Gavazzi | José Serpa | Mattia Gavazzi | José Serpa | Tonton Susanto | Diquigiovanni–Androni | Iran |
| 7 | Yohann Gène | José Serpa | Mattia Gavazzi | José Serpa | Tonton Susanto | Diquigiovanni–Androni | Iran |
| Final | Final | José Serpa | Mattia Gavazzi | José Serpa | Tonton Susanto | Diquigiovanni–Androni | Iran |

## Final standings
### General classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | José Serpa (COL) | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 24h 22' 12" |
| 2 | Jai Crawford (AUS) | Australia | + 27" |
| 3 | Jackson Rodríguez (VEN) | Diquigiovanni–Androni | + 47" |
| 4 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) | Fuji–Servetto | + 54" |
| 5 | Johann Tschopp (SUI) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | + 01' 22" |
| 6 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) | South Africa | + 02' 29" |
| 7 | Tonton Susanto (INA) | LeTua Cycling Team | + 02' 44" |
| 8 | Lucas Euser (USA) | Garmin–Slipstream | + 03' 16" |
| 9 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) | Cervélo TestTeam | + 03' 37" |
| 10 | Richie Porte (AUS) | Australia | + 03' 44" |

### Points classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Mattia Gavazzi | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 97 |
| 2 | Nolan Hoffman | South Africa | 82 |
| 3 | Aurélien Clerc | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 62 |
| 4 | Chris Sutton | Garmin–Slipstream | 49 |
| 5 | Hilton Clarke | Fuji–Servetto | 37 |
| 6 | René Haselbacher | Vorarlberg–Corratec | 34 |
| 7 | Miyataka Shimizu | EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design | 33 |
| 8 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 30 |
| 9 | Christoff Van Heerden | South Africa | 27 |
| 10 | Daniel Musiol | Vorarlberg–Corratec | 27 |

### Mountains classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | José Serpa | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 25 |
| 2 | Jai Crawford | Australia | 22 |
| 3 | Jackson Rodríguez | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 20 |
| 4 | Jeremy Yates | LeTua Cycling Team | 17 |
| 5 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | South Africa | 12 |
| 6 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Fuji–Servetto | 12 |
| 7 | Christoff Van Heerden | South Africa | 11 |
| 8 | Johann Tschopp | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 10 |
| 9 | Carlos José Ochoa | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 8 |
| 10 | Tonton Susanto | LeTua Cycling Team | 5 |

### Asian rider classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tonton Susanto | LeTua Cycling Team | 24h 24' 56" |
| 2 | Hossein Askari | Iran | + 02' 13" |
| 3 | Gong Hyo-Suk | Seoul Cycling Team | + 03' 12" |
| 4 | Ghader Mizbani | Iran | + 03' 37" |
| 5 | Ji Jianhua | China | + 03' 58" |
| 6 | Alexandr Shushemoin | Kazakhstan | + 04' 13" |
| 7 | Hong Yoo-Ki | Seoul Cycling Team | + 06' 17" |
| 8 | Nazar Jumabekov | Kazakhstan | + 06' 20" |
| 9 | Shinichi Fukushima | EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design | + 07' 03" |
| 10 | Roman Zhiyentayev | Kazakhstan | + 07' 35" |

### Team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 73h 09' 16" |
| 2 | Australia | + 07' 19" |
| 3 | Fuji–Servetto | + 11' 19" |
| 4 | Cervélo TestTeam | + 11' 30" |
| 5 | Garmin–Slipstream | + 15' 14" |
| 6 | South Africa | + 18' 32" |
| 7 | Iran | + 19' 04" |
| 8 | Ag2r–La Mondiale | + 20' 45" |
| 9 | LeTua Cycling Team | + 22' 22" |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | + 23' 24" |

### Asian team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Iran | 73h 28' 20" |
| 2 | LeTua Cycling Team | + 03' 18" |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | + 04' 20" |
| 4 | Seoul Cycling Team | + 05' 17" |
| 5 | EQA-Meitan Hompo-Graphite Design | + 13' 23" |
| 6 | China | + 14' 33" |
| 7 | MNCF Cycling Team | + 18' 33" |
| 8 | Malaysia | + 50' 09" |