# 2014 Tour de Langkawi

The 2014 Tour de Langkawi was the 19th edition of an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1996. The race was run at the highest category (apart from those races which make up the UCI World Tour, and was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.

## Teams

21 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 Tour de Langkawi. Six UCI ProTeams were invited to the race, along with five UCI Professional Continental and seven UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by three national selection teams.

### UCI ProTour teams

* Astana
* Belkin Pro Cycling
* Team Europcar
* Team Katusha
* Orica–GreenEDGE
* Tinkoff–Saxo

### UCI Professional Continental teams

* Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
* Colombia
* Drapac Professional Cycling
* MTN–Qhubeka
* UnitedHealthcare

### UCI Continental teams

* Aisan Racing Team
* CCN
* Giant-Champion System Pro
* OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
* Synergy Baku
* Tabriz Petrochemical Team
* Terengganu Cycling Team

### National teams

* Indonesia
* Malaysia
* Hong Kong – China

## Stages

The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1495.9 kilometres.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Stage result | Stage result | Stage result |
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| Stage 1 | 27 February | Langkawi (Porto Malai) – Langkawi (Pantai Chenang) | 101.1 km (63 mi) | Dúber Quintero Colombia | Matt Brammeier Synergy Baku Cycling Project | Jonathan Clarke UnitedHealthcare |
| Stage 2 | 28 February | Sungai Petani – Taiping | 132.5 km (82 mi) | Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling | Graeme Brown Belkin Pro Cycling | Marco Haller Team Katusha |
| Stage 3 | 1 March | Kampar – Kuala Lumpur | 166.5 km (103 mi) | Andrea Guardini Astana | Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling | Yannick Martinez Team Europcar |
| Stage 4 | 2 March | Subang – Genting Highlands | 110.9 km (69 mi) | Samad Pourseyedi Tabriz Petrochemical Team | Merhawi Kudus MTN–Qhubeka | Isaac Bolivar UnitedHealthcare |
| Stage 5 | 3 March | Karak – Rembau | 139.3 km (87 mi) | Bradley White UnitedHealthcare | Thomas Rabou OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team | Louis Meintjes MTN–Qhubeka |
| Stage 6 | 4 March | Melaka – Pontian | 199.1 km (124 mi) | Kenny van Hummel Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | Aidis Kruopis Orica–GreenEDGE | Ken Hanson UnitedHealthcare |
| Stage 7 | 5 March | Kota Tinggi – Pekan | 225 km (140 mi) | Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling | Aidis Kruopis Orica–GreenEDGE | Leonardo Duque Colombia |
| Stage 8 | 6 March | Kuantan – Marang | 202.6 km (126 mi) | Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling | Andrea Guardini Astana | Kenny van Hummel Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela |
| Stage 9 | 7 March | Bandar Permaisuri – Kuala Terengganu | 111.1 km (69 mi) | Theo Bos Belkin Pro Cycling | Andrea Guardini Astana | Aidis Kruopis Orica–GreenEDGE |
| Stage 10 | 8 March | Tasik Kenyir – Kuala Terengganu | 114.7 km (71 mi) | Andrea Guardini Astana | Aidis Kruopis Orica–GreenEDGE | Francesco Chicchi Yellow Fluo |

## Classification leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Asian rider classification | Team classification | Asian team classification |
| 1 | Dúber Quintero | Dúber Quintero | Dúber Quintero | Matt Brammeier | Goh Choon Huat | Colombia | Terengganu Cycling Team |
| 2 | Theo Bos | Dúber Quintero | Dúber Quintero | Matt Brammeier | Goh Choon Huat | Colombia | Terengganu Cycling Team |
| 3 | Andrea Guardini | Dúber Quintero | Matt Brammeier | Matt Brammeier | Goh Choon Huat | Colombia | Terengganu Cycling Team |
| 4 | Samad Pourseyedi | Samad Pourseyedi | Matt Brammeier | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |
| 5 | Bradley White | Samad Pourseyedi | Thomas Rabou | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |
| 6 | Kenny van Hummel | Samad Pourseyedi | Thomas Rabou | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |
| 7 | Theo Bos | Samad Pourseyedi | Aidis Kruopis | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |
| 8 | Theo Bos | Samad Pourseyedi | Aidis Kruopis | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |
| 9 | Theo Bos | Samad Pourseyedi | Aidis Kruopis | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |
| 10 | Andrea Guardini | Samad Pourseyedi | Aidis Kruopis | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |
| Final | Final | Samad Pourseyedi | Aidis Kruopis | Matt Brammeier | Samad Pourseyedi | MTN–Qhubeka | Tabriz Petrochemical CCN Team |

## Final standings
### General classification

Final general classification (1–10) :
| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 35h 07' 16" |
| 2 | Merhawi Kudus (ERI) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0' 8" |
| 3 | Isaac Bolivar (COL) | UnitedHealthcare | + 0' 11" |
| 4 | Esteban Chaves (COL) | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0' 20" |
| 5 | Petr Ignatenko (RUS) | Team Katusha | + 0' 36" |
| 6 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0' 40" |
| 7 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Belkin Pro Cycling | + 0' 52" |
| 8 | Gianfranco Zilioli (ITA) | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 1' 09" |
| 9 | Ghaffari Vahid (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 1' 27" |
| 10 | Carlos Quintero (COL) | Colombia | + 1' 37" |

### Points classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Aidis Kruopis (LTU) | Orica–GreenEDGE | 98 |
| 2 | Andrea Guardini (ITA) | Astana | 85 |
| 2 | Michael Kolar (SVK) | Tinkoff–Saxo | 85 |
| 4 | Theo Bos (NED) | Belkin Pro Cycling | 80 |
| 5 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | 68 |
| 6 | Francesco Chicchi (ITA) | Yellow Fluo | 64 |
| 7 | Robert Forster (GER) | UnitedHealthcare | 51 |
| 8 | Youcef Reguigui (ALG) | MTN–Qhubeka | 48 |
| 9 | Matt Brammeier (IRL) | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 43 |
| 10 | Elchin Asadov (AZE) | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 42 |

### Mountains classification

| | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Matt Brammeier (IRL) | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 34 |
| 2 | Isaac Bolivar (COL) | UnitedHealthcare | 31 |
| 3 | Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 25 |
| 4 | Merhawi Kudus (ERI) | MTN–Qhubeka | 20 |
| 5 | Yonnatta Monsalve (VEN) | Yellow Fluo | 17 |
| 6 | Ghaffari Vahid (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 16 |
| 7 | Elchin Asadov (AZE) | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 14 |
| 8 | Esteban Chaves (COL) | Orica–GreenEDGE | 12 |
| 8 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | Belkin Pro Cycling | 12 |
| 8 | Ariya Phounsavath (LAO) | CCN Cycling Team | 12 |
| 11 | Petr Ignatenko (RUS) | Team Katusha | 11 |
| 12 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) | MTN–Qhubeka | 9 |

### Asian rider classification

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samad Pourseyedi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 35h 07' 16" |
| 2 | Ghaffari Vahid (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 01' 27" |
| 3 | Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 03' 23" |
| 4 | Ariya Phounsavath (LAO) | CCN Cycling Team | + 03' 29" |
| 5 | Hari Fitrianto (INA) | CCN Cycling Team | + 09' 26" |
| 6 | Adiq Husainie Othman (MAS) | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 10' 35" |
| 7 | Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (MAS) | Malaysia | + 11' 06" |
| 8 | Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 12' 03" |
| 9 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 12' 08" |
| 10 | Cheung King Wai (HKG) | Hong Kong – China | + 12' 39" |

### Team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | MTN–Qhubeka | 105h 24' 35" |
| 2 | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 1' 38" |
| 3 | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 8' 52" |
| 4 | Colombia | + 9' 59" |
| 5 | CCN Cycling Team | + 11' 14" |
| 6 | Team Katusha | + 11' 23" |
| 7 | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 12' 24" |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare | + 14' 33" |
| 9 | Belkin Pro Cycling | + 26' 49" |
| 10 | Giant-Champion System Pro | + 27' 34" |

### Asian team classification

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 105h 26' 13" |
| 2 | Giant-Champion System Pro | + 25' 56" |
| 3 | Indonesia | + 33' 05" |
| 4 | Malaysia | + 33' 47" |
| 5 | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 43' 16" |
| 6 | Hong Kong – China | + 43' 56" |
| 7 | Astana | + 1h 10' 05" |
| 8 | Aisan Racing Team | + 1h 14' 40" |

## Stage results
### Stage 1
#### 27 February 2014 — Langkawi(Porto Malai) to Langkawi (Pantai Chenang), 101.1 km (62.8 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Dúber Quintero | Colombia | 2h 21' 40" |
| 2 | Matt Brammeier | Synergy Baku | + 0" |
| 3 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 4 | Goh Choon-Huat | OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team | + 0" |
| 5 | Andrea Guardini | Astana | + 0" |
| 6 | Anuar Manan | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 0" |
| 7 | Kenny van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 8 | Michael Kolář | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 0" |
| 9 | Michael Schweizer | Synergy Baku | + 0" |
| 10 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |

### Stage 2
#### 28 February 2014 — Sungai Petani to Taiping, 132.5 km (82.3 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling | 3h 11' 11" |
| 2 | Graeme Brown | Belkin Pro Cycling | + 0" |
| 3 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | + 0" |
| 4 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 5 | Michael Kolář | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 0" |
| 6 | Dene Thomas Rogers | OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team | + 0" |
| 7 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |
| 8 | Matt Brammeier | Synergy Baku | + 0" |
| 9 | Taiji Nishitani | Aisan Racing Team | + 0" |
| 10 | Pavel Kochetkov | Team Katusha | + 0" |

### Stage 3
#### 1 March 2014 — Kampar to Kuala Lumpur, 166.5 km (103.5 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | Astana | 03h 40' 38" |
| 2 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling | + 0" |
| 3 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 0" |
| 4 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 5 | Kenny van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 6 | Dene Thomas Rogers | OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team | + 0" |
| 7 | Francesco Chicchi | Yellow Fluo | + 0" |
| 8 | Daniel Klemme | Synergy Baku | + 0" |
| 9 | Behnam Khalili | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 0" |
| 10 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |

### Stage 4
#### 2 March 2014 — Subang to Genting Highlands, 110.9 km (68.9 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Samad Pourseyedi | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | 2h 54' 44" |
| 2 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |
| 3 | Isaac Bolivar | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 4 | Esteban Chaves | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 5 | Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha | + 0" |
| 6 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |
| 7 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling | + 0" |
| 8 | Gianfranco Zilioli | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 9 | Vahid Ghafari | Tabriz Petrochemical Team | + 0" |
| 10 | Carlos Quintero | Colombia | + 0" |

### Stage 5
#### 3 March 2014 — Karak to Rembau, 139.3 km (86.6 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Bradley White | UnitedHealthcare | + 03h 03' 28" |
| 2 | Thomas Rabou | OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team | + 0" |
| 3 | Louis Meintjes | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |
| 4 | Michael Kolář | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 0" |
| 5 | Dene Thomas Rogers | OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team | + 0" |
| 6 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 7 | Kenny van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 8 | Youcef Reguigui | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 9 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | + 0" |
| 10 | Daniel Klemme | Synergy Baku | + 0" |

### Stage 6
#### 4 March 2014 — Melaka to Pontian, 199.1 km (123.7 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Kenny van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | 3h 59' 44" |
| 2 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 3 | Ken Hanson | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 4 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 5 | Michael Kolář | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 0" |
| 6 | Francesco Chicchi | Yellow Fluo | + 0" |
| 7 | Andrea Guardini | Astana | + 0" |
| 8 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |
| 9 | Morgan Lamoisson | Team Europcar | + 0" |
| 10 | Anuar Manan | Terengganu Cycling Team | + 0" |

### Stage 7
#### 5 March 2014 — Kota Tinggi to Pekan, 225 km (139.8 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling | + 05h 33' 12" |
| 2 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 3 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | + 0" |
| 4 | Carlos Alzate | Colombia | + 0" |
| 5 | Michael Kolář | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 0" |
| 6 | Ken Hanson | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 7 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 8 | Francesco Chicchi | Yellow Fluo | + 0" |
| 9 | Andrea Guardini | Astana | + 0" |
| 10 | Dene Thomas Rogers | OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team | + 0" |

### Stage 8
#### 6 March 2014 — Kuantan to Marang, 202.6 km (125.9 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling | 5h 01' 58" |
| 2 | Andrea Guardini | Astana | + 0" |
| 3 | Kenny van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 4 | Michael Kolář | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 0" |
| 5 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 6 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 7 | Daniel Klemme | Synergy Baku | + 0" |
| 8 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 0" |
| 9 | Francesco Chicchi | Yellow Fluo | + 0" |
| 10 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |

### Stage 9
#### 7 March 2014 — Bandar Permaisuri to Kuala Terengganu, 111.1 km (69.0 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling | + 02h 32' 21" |
| 2 | Andrea Guardini | Astana | + 0" |
| 3 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 4 | Francesco Chicchi | Yellow Fluo | + 0" |
| 5 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |
| 6 | Michael Kolář | Tinkoff–Saxo | + 0" |
| 7 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | + 0" |
| 8 | Omar Bertazzo | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 9 | Daniel Klemme | Synergy Baku | + 0" |
| 10 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |

### Stage 10
#### 8 March 2014 — Tasik Kenyir to Kuala Terengganu, 114.7 km (71.3 mi)

| | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Andrea Guardini | Astana | 02h 15' 55" |
| 2 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica–GreenEDGE | + 0" |
| 3 | Francesco Chicchi | Yellow Fluo | + 0" |
| 4 | Taiji Nishitani | Aisan Racing Team | + 0" |
| 5 | Kenny van Hummel | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela | + 0" |
| 6 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | + 0" |
| 7 | Jeffry Romero | Colombia | + 0" |
| 8 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 0" |
| 9 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN–Qhubeka | + 0" |
| 10 | Robert Förster | UnitedHealthcare | + 0" |