Tour de Langkawi

Tour de Langkawi

2024 Tour de Langkawi
Race details
Date	February–March (1996–2020) September (2023) October (2022–)
Region	Peninsular Malaysia
English name	Tour of Langkawi
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI ProSeries
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Malaysian National Cycling Federation
Web site	www.letourdelangkawi.my
History
First edition	1996 (1996)
Editions	27 (as of 2023)
First winner	Damian McDonald (AUS)
Most wins	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)  José Serpa (COL) (2 wins)
Most recent	Iván Sosa (COL)

The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia.^[1] It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February.^[2] It usually consists of 10-day-long segments (stages) over 10 days, but has been reduced to eight stages over recent years. While the route changes each year, the Genting Highlands climb, the toughest in the tour, is always included. Tour de Langkawi is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC road race in the UCI Asia Tour calendar. The race became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.

For 2023 edition, the race will be held on 23 September to 30 September 2023. This year the National Sport Council (MSN) will be the organiser of the event. The race involves eight stages of racing over eight days across 11 states in Peninsular Malaysia with a total distance of 1,280 kilometers.

All stages are timed to the finish. Times for each completed stage are compounded; the rider with the lowest aggregate time is the leader of the race and gets to wear the yellow jersey. While the general classification garners the most attention, there are other contests held within the Tour: the points classification for sprinters, the mountains classification for climbers, the Asian rider classification for Asian riders, the team classification for competing teams, and the Asian team classification for competing Asian teams.