2008 Tour de Langkawi

The 2008 Tour de Langkawi was the 13th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 9 February in Alor Setar and ended on 17 February in Kuala Lumpur. This race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC race category and was highest ranked stage race on the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour.

Moldova's Ruslan Ivanov emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Matthieu Sprick second and Gustavo César third. Aurélien Clerc won the points classification category and Filippo Savini won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.

Stages
The cyclists competed in 9 stages, covering a distance of 1,377.4 kilometres. The route for the Tour was unveiled on 17 December 2007 and revised on 31 December 2007. The traditional final race, criterium in Merdeka Square was also brought back to the race schedule. On January 23, 2008, it was announced that the route for Stage 8 Maran to Genting Highlands had been replaced with a route from Temerloh to Fraser's Hill due to the cyclist's safety reason. For the first time in the Tour's history, Genting Highlands route was not included in the race schedule.

List of teams and riders
A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2008 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 148 riders, a total of 131 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.


 * 🇦🇺 Simon Gerrans
 * 🇫🇷 Sébastien Hinault
 * 🇬🇧 Jeremy Hunt
 * 🇫🇷 Jean-Marc Marino
 * 🇫🇷 Maxime Méderel
 * 🇮🇪 Nicolas Roche
 * 🇨🇴 José Serpa
 * 🇩🇪 Danilo Hondo
 * 🇲🇩 Ruslan Ivanov
 * 🇻🇪 Carlos José Ochoa
 * 🇻🇪 Jackson Rodríguez
 * 🇮🇹 Denis Bertolini
 * South Africa
 * Ian McCleod
 * David George
 * Waylon Woolcock
 * Jacobus Venter
 * Nolan Hoffman
 * Dennis van Niekerk
 * 🇩🇪 Stefan Loefler
 * 🇬🇧 Alex Coutts
 * 🇩🇪 Erik Hoffmann
 * Lai Kuan-Hua
 * Peng Kuei-Hsiang
 * 🇷🇺 Pavel Brutt
 * 🇷🇺 Serguei Klimov
 * 🇮🇹 Alberto Loddo
 * 🇨🇴 Walter Pedraza
 * 🇧🇾 Yauhen Sobal
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolai Trusov
 * 🇯🇵 Hidenori Nodera
 * 🇯🇵 Tomoya Kano
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshimasa Hirose
 * 🇯🇵 Yusuke Hatanaka
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshiyuki Abe
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshinori Iino
 * 🇫🇷 Mathieu Claude
 * Stef Clement
 * 🇨🇭 Aurélien Clerc
 * 🇫🇷 Rony Martias
 * 🇫🇷 Matthieu Sprick
 * 🇨🇭 Johann Tschopp
 * 🇫🇷 Mathieu Claude
 * Stef Clement
 * 🇨🇭 Aurélien Clerc
 * 🇫🇷 Rony Martias
 * 🇫🇷 Matthieu Sprick
 * 🇨🇭 Johann Tschopp


 * 🇧🇾 Alexandre Usov
 * 🇪🇪 Tanel Kangert
 * 🇫🇷 Cédric Pineau
 * 🇫🇷 Jean-Charles Sénac
 * 🇫🇷 Blaise Sonnery
 * 🇧🇪 Stijn Vandenberg
 * 🇦🇷 Guillermo Bongiorno
 * 🇲🇽 Julio Alberto Pérez
 * 🇦🇷 Mauro Abel Richeze
 * 🇮🇹 Filippo Savini
 * 🇮🇹 Francesco Tomei
 * 🇮🇹 Matteo Priamo
 * 🇪🇸 David García Dapena
 * 🇪🇸 Gustavo César
 * 🇪🇸 Ramon Troncoso
 * 🇪🇸 Juan Mouron
 * 🇪🇸 Alejandro Paleo
 * 🇷🇺 Vladimir Isaichev
 * 🇦🇺 Matthew Wilson
 * 🇦🇺 Benjamin Brooks
 * 🇦🇺 Fabio Cazabria
 * 🇳🇿 Glen Chadwick
 * 🇲🇽 Moisés Aldape
 * 🇺🇸 Ian MacGregor
 * 🇮🇹 Enrico Rossi
 * 🇮🇹 Marco Corsini
 * 🇮🇹 Massimiliano Maisto
 * Stefan Trafelet
 * 🇮🇹 Diego Nosotti
 * Team ISTA
 * 🇩🇪 Rolf Hofbauer
 * 🇩🇪 Nico Keinath
 * 🇩🇪 Joerg Lehmann
 * 🇩🇪 Christoph Meschenmoser
 * 🇩🇪 Robin Schmuda
 * 🇩🇪 Nikolai Schwarz
 * SouthAustralia.com–AIS
 * 🇦🇺 Simon Clarke
 * 🇦🇺 Zakkari Dempster
 * 🇦🇺 William Ford
 * 🇦🇺 Benjamin King
 * 🇦🇺 Wesley Sulzberger
 * 🇦🇺 Johnnie Walker
 * 🇦🇺 Zakkari Dempster
 * 🇦🇺 William Ford
 * 🇦🇺 Benjamin King
 * 🇦🇺 Wesley Sulzberger
 * 🇦🇺 Johnnie Walker


 * Meitan Hompo-GDR
 * 🇯🇵 Yukiya Arashiro
 * 🇯🇵 Koji Fukushima
 * 🇯🇵 Shinichi Fukushima
 * 🇯🇵 Takashi Miyazawa
 * 🇯🇵 Miyataka Shimizu
 * Ng Yong Li
 * 🇦🇺 Jai Crawford
 * 🇷🇺 Serguei Kudentsov
 * 🇨🇳 Li Fuyu
 * 🇨🇳 Xing Yandong
 * Loh Sea Keong
 * 🇯🇵 Ken Onodera
 * Abbas Saeidi Tanha
 * Amir Zargari
 * Hassan Maleki
 * Mehdi Faridi
 * Mehdi Sohrabi
 * Farshad Salehian
 * Anuar Manan
 * Ahmad Haidar Anuawar
 * 🇦🇺 Bernard Sulzberger
 * Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit
 * Tonton Susanto
 * Ariehan Ryan
 * Polygon Sweet Nice
 * Hari Fitrianto
 * Rizza Abdullah Pahlavi
 * 🇰🇿 Vyacheslav Dyadichkin
 * Herwin Jaya
 * 🇨🇴 Vladimir Lopez
 * Budi Santoso
 * Seoul Cycling Team
 * 🇰🇷 Park Sung-Baek
 * 🇰🇷 Park Seon-Ho
 * 🇰🇷 Gong Hyo-Suk
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Won-Jae
 * 🇰🇷 Yoo Ki-Hong
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Gu-Hyeon
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Won-Jae
 * 🇰🇷 Yoo Ki-Hong
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Gu-Hyeon


 * MNCF Cycling Team
 * Amir Mustafa Rusli
 * Mohd Jasmin Ruslan
 * Mohd Saiful Anuar Abd Aziz
 * Mohamed Harrif Salleh
 * Thum Weng Kin
 * Harnizam Basri
 * 🇦🇺 Stuart Shaw
 * 🇦🇺 Peter McDonald
 * 🇦🇺 Mitchell Docker
 * 🇦🇺 Robert Williams
 * 🇦🇺 Gene Bates
 * 🇦🇺 Mark O'Brien
 * New Zealand
 * 🇳🇿 Jeremy Yates
 * 🇳🇿 Justin Kerr
 * 🇳🇿 Ashley Whitehead
 * 🇳🇿 Paul Odlin
 * 🇳🇿 Scott Lyttle
 * 🇳🇿 Joseph Chapman
 * Hong Kong
 * 🇭🇰 Chan Chun Hing
 * 🇭🇰 Wu Kin San
 * 🇭🇰 Lam Kai Tsun
 * 🇭🇰 Tang Wang Yip
 * 🇭🇰 Ko Siu Wai
 * 🇭🇰 Yeung Ying Hon
 * Malaysia
 * Suhardi Hassan
 * Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi
 * Mohamed Zamri Salleh
 * Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah
 * Mohd Faris Abd Razak
 * Muhamad Firdaus Daud
 * Muhamad Firdaus Daud