2009 Jelajah Malaysia

2009 Jelajah Malaysia
2008–09 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates19–26 April 2009
Stages8
Distance1,256.8 km (780.9 mi)
Winning time29h 31' 28"
Results
Winner  Timothy Roe (AUS) (Savings & Loans Cycling Team)
  Second  Jai Crawford (AUS) (Savings & Loans Cycling Team)
  Third  Ghader Mizbani (IRI) (Tabriz Petrochemical Team)

Points  Anuar Manan (MAS) (Azad University Iran)
Mountains  Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) (Azad University Iran)
  Team Tabriz Petrochemical Team
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The 2009 Jelajah Malaysia, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was held from 19 to 26 April 2009. There were eight stages with a total of 1,256.8 kilometres. In fact, the race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.2 category race and was part of the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

Timothy Roe of Australia won the race, followed by Jai Crawford of Australia second and Ghader Mizbani of Iran third overall. Anuar Manan of Malaysia won the points classification and Abbas Saeiditanha of Iran won the mountains classification. Azad University Iran won the team classification.

Stages

Stage Date Course Distance Stage result
Winner Second Third
1 19 April Kuala Selangor to Ipoh 176.8 km (109.9 mi)  Makoto Iijima (JPN)  Amir Zargari (IRI)  Ahmad Haidar Anuawar (MAS)
2 20 April Ipoh to Sungai Petani 192.7 km (119.7 mi)  Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)  Anuar Manan (MAS)  Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN)
3 21 April Gerik to Tanah Merah 172.3 km (107.1 mi)  Hossein Nateghi (IRI)  Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN)  Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)
4 22 April Pasir Mas to Kuala Terengganu 177.5 km (110.3 mi)  Anuar Manan (MAS)  Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN)  Serguei Kudentsov (RUS)
5 23 April Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan 204.8 km (127.3 mi)  Anuar Manan (MAS)  Mohamed Harrif Salleh (MAS)  Serguei Kudentsov (RUS)
6 24 April Gambang to Bera 136.1 km (84.6 mi)  Taiji Nishitani (JPN)  Joel Pearson (AUS)  Shaun McCarthy (AUS)
7 25 April Tanjung Malim to Genting Highlands 117 km (72.7 mi)  Timothy Roe (AUS)  Ghader Mizbani (IRI)  Jai Crawford (AUS)
8 26 April Kuala Lumpur Criterium 70.4 km (43.7 mi)  Hossein Nateghi (IRI)  Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)  Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN)

Classification leadership

Stage Stage winner General classification
Yellow jersey
Points classification
Green jersey
Mountains classification
Polka-dotted jersey
Malaysian rider classification
White jersey
Team classification Malaysian team classification
1 Makoto Iijima Makoto Iijima Ahmad Haidar Anuawar Makoto Iijima Ahmad Haidar Anuawar Azad University Iran MNCF Continental Team
2 Mehdi Sohrabi Mehdi Sohrabi Malaysia
3 Hossein Nateghi Mehdi Sohrabi Abbas Saeiditanha Suhardi Hassan
4 Anuar Manan
5 Anuar Manan
6 Taiji Nishitani
7 Timothy Roe Timothy Roe Mohd Nur Rizuan Zainal Muhammad Rauf Nur Misbah Tabriz Petrochemical Team LeTua Cycling Team
8 Hossein Nateghi Anuar Manan
Final Timothy Roe Anuar Manan Abbas Saeiditanha Muhammad Rauf Nur Misbah Tabriz Petrochemical Team LeTua Cycling Team

Final standings

Team classification

Team Time
1 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 88h 37' 12"
2 Azad University Iran + 09' 45"
3 Savings & Loans Cycling Team + 21' 35"
4 Ride Sport Racing + 23' 37"
5 Jelly Belly Cycling Team + 42' 01"
6 Shimano Racing Team + 44' 16"
7 Bridgestone–Anchor + 44' 54"
8 Trek–Marco Polo + 48' 56"
9 LeTua Cycling Team + 50' 39"
10 Malaysia + 55' 44"

Malaysian team classification

Team Time
1 LeTua Cycling Team 89h 27' 51"
2 Malaysia + 05' 05"
3 Terengganu Toshiba Bike Labz Cycling Team + 35' 26"
4 Malaysian Armed Forces Cycling Team + 01h 19' 17"
5 MNCF Continental Team + 01h 33' 55"

Stage results

List of teams and riders

A total of 21 teams were invited to participate in the 2009 Jelajah Malaysia. Out of 122 riders, a total of 97 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.