The Tour de Langkawi, held in Malaysia, is Asia's biggest race. Falling in either late January or early February, the race attracts a few top-tier European teams along with lower ranked Continental and National teams.
The teams Gianni Savio manages (in 2009 it was Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni) do very well in the Tour de Langkawi. As of 2009, he had managed riders to 4 victories.
Starting in 2005 the race has had severe financial problems, culminating with a near-cancellation of the 2007 edition. The Malaysian government helped with some of the promoter's debts, allowing the race to continue. As part of the settlement, promotional rights to the race were awarded to the Malaysian National Cycling Federation.
As of 2009, only Paolo Lanfranchi has been able to win the Tour de Langkawi twice.
Year
|
1st Place
|
2nd Place
|
3rd Place
|
Distance
|
Average Speed
km/hr
|
| 1996 |
Damian McDonald
34hr 21min 22sec |
Chris Newton
@ 9sec |
Brett Dennis
@ 12sec |
1361.8 km |
39.644 |
| 1997 |
Luca Scinto
35hr 44min 25sec |
Jens Voigt
@ 2min 24sec |
Alberto Elli
@ 2min 29sec |
1538.1 km |
43.033 |
| 1998 |
Gabriele Missaglia
45hr 12min 50sec |
Giuliano Figueras
@ 26sec |
Nicklas Axelsson
@ 1min 25sec |
1846 km |
40.828 |
| 1999 |
Paolo Lanfranchi
46hr 56min 18sec |
Serguei Ivanov
@ 26sec |
Alan Iacuone
@ 2min 27sec |
1902.8 km |
40.543 |
| 2000 |
Chris Horner
38hr 34min 39sec |
Julio Perez Cuapio
@ 27sec |
Fortunato Baliani
@ 29sec |
1606 km |
41.630 |
| 2001 |
Paolo Lanfranchi
42hr 59min 23sec |
Paolo Bettini
@ 44sec |
Chris Wherry
@ 1min 57sec |
1574.1 km |
36.613 |
| 2002 |
Hernan Dario Munoz
30hr 3min 31sec |
Robert Hunter
@ 36sec |
David George
@ 1min 52sec |
1310.6 km |
43.614 |
| 2003 |
Tom Danielson
31hr 54min 9sec |
Hernan Dario Munoz
@ 9sec |
Freddy Gonzalez
@ 1min 44sec |
1343.5 km |
42.128 |
| 2004 |
Freddy Gonzalez
28hr 52min 52sec |
Ryan Cox
@ 48sec |
Dave Bruylandts
@ 1min 54sec |
1250.9 km |
43.316 |
| 2005 |
Ryan Cox
30hr 18min 18sec |
José Rujano
@ 18sec |
Tiaan Kannemeyer
@ 1min 34sec |
1282.6 km |
42.336 |
| 2006 |
David George
26hr 43min 55sec |
Francesco Bellotti
@ 1min 52sec |
Gabriele Missaglia
@ 1min 56sec |
1165.1 km |
43.584 |
| 2007 |
Anthony Charteau
32hr 32min 14sec |
José Serpa
@ 1min 2sec |
Walter Pedraza
@ 1min 34sec |
1372.3 km |
42.176 |
| 2008 |
Ruslan Ivanov
31hr 20min 28sec |
Matthieu Sprick
@ 29sec |
Gustavo Cesar
@ 32sec |
1377.4 km |
43.948 |
| 2009 |
José Serpa
24hr 22min 12sec |
Jai Crawford
@ 27sec |
Jackson Rodriguez
@ 47sec |
1031.7 km |
42.334 |
| 2010 |
Jose Rujano
24hr 7min 58sec |
Hyo Suk Gong
@ 2min 7sec |
Hossein Askari
@ 2min 39sec |
1013.9 km |
41.976 |
