# 2008 Jelajah Malaysia

The 2008 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 7 to 13 January 2008. There were seven stages with a total of 1,352.2 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour calendar.
Tonton Susanto of Indonesia won the race, followed by Ghader Mizbani of Iran second and Fredrik Johansson of Sweden third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Hossein Askari of Iran won the mountains classification. Tabriz Petrochemical Team won the team classification.
A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 120 riders, a total of 91 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.

## Stages

| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Stage result | Stage result | Stage result |
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 7 January | Putrajaya to Port Dickson | 179.7 km (111.7 mi) | Li Fuyu (CHN) | Marcel Strauss (SUI) | Jacob Nielsen (DEN) |
| 2 | 8 January | Seremban to Malacca | 139.5 km (86.7 mi) | Anuar Manan (MAS) | Serguei Kudentsov (RUS) | Kohei Uchima (JPN) |
| 3 | 9 January | Malacca to Batu Pahat | 163.8 km (101.8 mi) | Anuar Manan (MAS) | Hossein Nateghi (IRI) | Serguei Kudentsov (RUS) |
| 4 | 10 January | Batu Pahat to Muar | 178.8 km (111.1 mi) | Fredrik Johansson (SWE) | Kohei Uchima (JPN) | Tonton Susanto (INA) |
| 5 | 11 January | Gemas to Karak | 133.7 km (83.1 mi) | Anuar Manan (MAS) | Hossein Nateghi (IRI) | Cyrille Heymans (LUX) |
| 6 | 12 January | Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands | 122.2 km (75.9 mi) | Hossein Askari (IRI) | David McCann (IRI) | Tonton Susanto (INA) |
| 7 | 13 January | Kuala Lumpur Criterium | 58 km (36.0 mi) | Yusuke Hatanaka (JPN) | Hossein Nateghi (IRI) | Hari Fitrianto (INA) |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Stage winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Malaysian rider classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Li Fuyu | Li Fuyu | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Amir Rusli | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas |
| 2 | Anuar Manan | Li Fuyu | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Amir Rusli | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas |
| 3 | Anuar Manan | Li Fuyu | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Amir Rusli | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas |
| 4 | Fredrik Johansson | Tonton Susanto | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Suhardi Hassan | Japan |
| 5 | Anuar Manan | Tonton Susanto | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Suhardi Hassan | Japan |
| 6 | Hossein Askari | Tonton Susanto | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Suhardi Hassan | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| 7 | Yusuke Hatanaka | Tonton Susanto | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Suhardi Hassan | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |
| Final | Final | Tonton Susanto | Anuar Manan | Hossein Askari | Suhardi Hassan | Tabriz Petrochemical Team |

## Final standings
### General classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tonton Susanto | LeTua Cycling Team | 21h 32' 38" |
| 2 | Ghader Mizbani | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 11" |
| 3 | Fredrik Johansson | Differdange–Apiflo Vacances | + 04' 16" |
| 4 | Hossein Askari | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 05' 11" |
| 5 | Suhardi Hassan | Kuala Lumpur | + 06' 22" |
| 6 | Dimitri Jiriakov | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas | + 07' 01" |
| 7 | Paul Griffin | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 07' 08" |
| 8 | Hari Fitrianto | Polygon Sweet Nice | + 08' 14" |
| 9 | Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | + 08' 15" |
| 10 | David McCann | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 08' 42" |

### Points classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Anuar Manan | LeTua Cycling Team | 29 |
| 2 | Hossein Jahanbanian | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 21 |
| 3 | Suhardi Hassan | Kuala Lumpur | 15 |
| 4 | Makoto Iijima | Japan | 13 |
| 5 | Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit | LeTua Cycling Team | 12 |
| 6 | Mohamed Harrif Salleh | MNCF Continental Team | 12 |
| 7 | Abbas Saeidi Tanha | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | 8 |
| 8 | Jacob Nielsen | Team Farso | 6 |
| 9 | Shinpei Fukuda | Japan | 6 |
| 10 | Mohamed Zamri Salleh | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | 6 |

### Mountains classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Hossein Askari | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 16 |
| 2 | Tonton Susanto | LeTua Cycling Team | 8 |
| 3 | David McCann | Giant Asia Racing Team | 6 |
| 4 | Paul Griffin | Giant Asia Racing Team | 5 |
| 5 | Farshad Salehian | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | 3 |
| 6 | Agung Ali Sahbana | Indonesia | 3 |
| 7 | Ghader Mizbani | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 3 |
| 8 | Dimitri Jiriakov | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas | 3 |
| 9 | Suhardi Hassan | Kuala Lumpur | 2 |
| 10 | Hari Fitrianto | Polygon Sweet Nice | 2 |

### Malaysian rider classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Suhardi Hassan | Kuala Lumpur | 21h 39' 00" |
| 2 | Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | + 01' 53" |
| 3 | Loh Sea Keong | Trek–Marco Polo | + 07' 15" |
| 4 | Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | + 07' 22" |
| 5 | Mohd Faris Abd Razak | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | + 07' 43" |
| 6 | Weng Kin Thum | MNCF Continental Team | + 08' 39" |
| 7 | Amir Rusli | MNCF Continental Team | + 09' 57" |
| 8 | Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz | MNCF Continental Team | + 11' 55" |
| 9 | Mohd Nor Umardi Rosdi | Putrajaya Cycling Team | + 12' 01" |
| 10 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar | LeTua Cycling Team | + 13' 01" |

### Team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 64h 54' 33" |
| 2 | Japan | + 09' 35" |
| 3 | LeTua Cycling Team | + 09' 50" |
| 4 | Trek–Marco Polo | + 16' 47" |
| 5 | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | + 19' 32" |
| 6 | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 21' 27" |
| 7 | Polygon Sweet Nice | + 22' 00" |
| 8 | Differdange–Apiflo Vacances | + 22' 34" |
| 9 | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | + 23' 35" |
| 10 | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas | + 27' 04" |

## Stage results
### Stage 1
#### 7 January 2008 — Putrajaya to Port Dickson, 179.7 km (111.7 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Li Fuyu | Trek–Marco Polo | 04h 12' 19" |
| 2 | Marcel Strauss | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas | s.t. |
| 3 | Jacob Nielsen | Team Farso | s.t. |
| 4 | Paul Griffin | Giant Asia Racing Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Hossein Askari | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Dimitri Jiriakov | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas | s.t. |
| 7 | Makoto Iijima | Bridgestone Anchor | + 01' 07" |
| 8 | Mehdi Sohrabi | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Ryan Ariehan | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Taufik Mohamad | Benteng Muda Selangor Cycling Team | s.t. |

### Stage 2
#### 8 January 2008 — Seremban to Malacca, 139.5 km (86.7 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Anuar Manan | LeTua Cycling Team | 03h 07' 55" |
| 2 | Serguei Kudentsov | Trek–Marco Polo | s.t. |
| 3 | Kohei Uchima | Japan | s.t. |
| 4 | Mohamed Harrif Salleh | MNCF Continental Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Mohamed Zamri Salleh | Malaysia | s.t. |
| 6 | Li Fuyu | Trek–Marco Polo | s.t. |
| 7 | Shinpei Fukuda | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. |
| 8 | Masakazu Ito | Japan | s.t. |
| 9 | Hossein Nateghi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Lex Nederlof | Putrajaya Cycling Team | s.t. |

### Stage 3
#### 9 January 2008 — Malacca to Batu Pahat, 163.8 km (101.8 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Anuar Manan | LeTua Cycling Team | 03h 55' 35" |
| 2 | Hossein Nateghi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Serguei Kudentsov | Trek–Marco Polo | s.t. |
| 4 | Stefan Löffler | Giant Asia Racing Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Kohei Uchima | Japan | s.t. |
| 6 | Suhardi Hassan | Kuala Lumpur | s.t. |
| 7 | Shinpei Fukuda | Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. |
| 8 | Tjarco Cuppens | Differdange–Apiflo Vacances | s.t. |
| 9 | Heksa Priya Prasetya | Indonesia | s.t. |
| 10 | Mohammad Akmal Amrun | MNCF Continental Team | s.t. |

### Stage 4
#### 10 January 2008 — Batu Pahat to Muar, 178.8 km (111.1 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fredrik Johansson | Differdange–Apiflo Vacances | 04h 04' 31" |
| 2 | Kohei Uchima | Japan | + 03" |
| 3 | Tonton Susanto | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Lam Kai Tsun | Trek–Marco Polo | s.t. |
| 5 | Suhardi Hassan | Kuala Lumpur | s.t. |
| 6 | Abbas Saeidi Tanha | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Ghader Mizbani | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Kazushige Kuboki | Japan | s.t. |
| 9 | Tomoya Kano | Skil–Shimano | s.t. |
| 10 | Masakazu Ito | Japan | s.t. |

### Stage 5
#### 11 January 2008 — Gemas to Karak, 133.7 km (83.1 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Anuar Manan | LeTua Cycling Team | 03h 00' 54" |
| 2 | Hossein Nateghi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Cyrille Heymanns | Differdange–Apiflo Vacances | s.t. |
| 4 | Mehdi Sohrabi | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Tjarco Cuppens | Differdange–Apiflo Vacances | s.t. |
| 6 | Masahiko Mifune | Matrix Powertag | s.t. |
| 7 | Li Fuyu | Trek–Marco Polo | s.t. |
| 8 | Lam Kai Tsun | Trek–Marco Polo | s.t. |
| 9 | Lex Nederlof | Putrajaya Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Mohamed Harrif Salleh | MNCF Continental Team | s.t. |

### Stage 6
#### 12 January 2008 — Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands, 122.2 km (75.9 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Hossein Askari | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 03h 10' 11" |
| 2 | David McCann | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 10" |
| 3 | Tonton Susanto | LeTua Cycling Team | + 12" |
| 4 | Ghader Mizbani | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 14" |
| 5 | Hari Fitrianto | Polygon Sweet Nice | + 01' 37" |
| 6 | Dimitri Jiriakov | Team Stegcomputer-CKT-Cogeas | s.t. |
| 7 | Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | + 01' 41" |
| 8 | Paul Griffin | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 01' 46" |
| 9 | Liu Yilin | Trek–Marco Polo | + 01' 59" |
| 10 | Søren Petersen | Team Farso | + 02' 22" |

### Stage 7
#### 13 January 2008 — Kuala Lumpur Criterium, 58 km (36.0 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Yusuke Hatanaka | Skil–Shimano | 01h 07' 57" |
| 2 | Hossein Nateghi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Hari Fitrianto | Polygon Sweet Nice | s.t. |
| 4 | Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah | Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia | s.t. |
| 5 | Stefan Löffler | Giant Asia Racing Team | + 17" |
| 6 | Ahmad Haidar Anuawar | LeTua Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Cyrille Heymanns | Differdange–Apiflo Vacances | s.t. |
| 8 | Masahiko Mifune | Matrix Powertag | s.t. |
| 9 | Mohamed Harrif Salleh | MNCF Continental Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Mehdi Sohrabi | Islamic Azad University Cycling Team | s.t. |