2012 Tour de Langkawi

The 2012 Tour de Langkawi was the 17th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 24 February in Putrajaya and ended on 4 March in Kuala Terengganu which carried the slogan "Ready for the World". The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2011–12 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

The race was won for the second time by Colombia's José Serpa, after taking the lead of the race with his second consecutive stage win on the sixth stage, and held the lead until the end of the race. Serpa's winning margin over his team-mate José Rujano was 30 seconds, and the podium was completed by Víctor Niño of the Azad University Cross Team, 33 seconds behind Rujano and 63 in arrears of Serpa. In the race's other classifications, Serpa also finished at the top of the mountains classification, 's Andrea Guardini won the points classification, after taking a record-breaking six stage victories, and finished over twelve minutes clear of their nearest rivals in the teams classification. and their rider Alexsandr Dyachenko finished at the head of their respective Asian sub-classifications.

Teams
22 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2012 Tour de Langkawi. Two UCI ProTeams were invited to the race, along with seven UCI Professional Continental and ten UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by three national selection teams.


 * UCI ProTour teams




 * UCI Professional Continental teams




 * UCI Continental teams


 * Aisan Racing Team
 * Max Success Sports
 * OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
 * Seoul Cycling Team
 * OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
 * Seoul Cycling Team
 * Seoul Cycling Team
 * Seoul Cycling Team


 * National teams


 * Indonesia
 * Malaysia
 * New Zealand

Stages
The race comprises 10 stages, covering 1413.4 kilometres.

Stage 1

 * 24 February 2012 — Putrajaya, 20.3 km, Individual time trial

Stage 2

 * 25 February 2012 — Putrajaya to Melaka, 151 km

Stage 3

 * 26 February 2012 — Melaka to Parit Sulong, 187.6 km

Stage 4

 * 27 February 2012 — Batu Pahat to Muar, 169.4 km

Stage 5

 * 28 February 2012 — Ayer Keroh to Pandan Indah, 190 km

Stage 6

 * 29 February 2012 — Proton, Shah Alam to Genting Highlands, 108 km

Stage 7

 * 1 March 2012 — Bentong to Kuantan, 205.8 km

Stage 8

 * 2 March 2012 — Pekan to Chukai, 100.8 km

Stage 9

 * 3 March 2012 — Kemasik to Kuala Terengganu, 165.7 km

Stage 10

 * 4 March 2012 — Kenyir Lake to Kuala Terengganu, 116.9 km, Criterium