Jelajah Malaysia

Jelajah Malaysia
Logo of the Jelajah Malaysia
Race details
Date January (2007–2008)
April (2009–2010)
March (2011)
May (2012)
June (2013)
December (2014–2015)
October (2016–present)
Region Peninsular Malaysia
English name Tour of Malaysia
Local name(s) Jelajah Malaysia (in Malay)
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Asia Tour 2.2
Type Stage race
Organiser Malaysian National Cycling Federation
History
First edition 1963 (1963)
Editions 53 (as of 2017)
Most wins  Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)
(2 wins)
Most recent  Brendon Davids (RSA)

The Jelajah Malaysia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1963. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category races. The race exists of only a men's competition over seven stages.

History

Jelajah Malaysia is the oldest bicycle race in Malaysia and it is ranked 2.2 class by UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale). Since its inception in 1963, Jelajah Malaysia is slowly and steadily beginning to be one of the most prestigious bicycle race amongst Asian and International teams.

Through wide coverage that is empowered by local and international media, Jelajah Malaysia had proven itself as an important event in promoting Malaysia to the world as a tourism and leisure destination.

It is a platform for young Malaysian riders to compete and gain valuable experience in a cycling race. Currently many riders that is representing Malaysia now starts from their participation in the Jelajah Malaysia and the number of Malaysian riders that is accepted into international teams had increased. The exposure through Jelajah Malaysia makes the Malaysian rider a great bicycle rider for the future.

Past winners

General classification

Rider Team
1999 Switzerland Peter Jörg (SUI) Switzerland (national team)
2000 Germany Rafael Chyla (GER) Hohenfelder-Concorde
2001 Republic of Ireland Tommy Evans (IRL) Republic of Ireland (national team)
2002 Italy Simone Mori (ITA) Jura Suisse-Nippon Hodo
2003 Japan Hidenori Nodera (JPN) Shimano Racing Team
2004 Malaysia Suhardi Hassan (MAS) Kuala Lumpur
2007 Iran Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran (national team)
2008 Indonesia Tonton Susanto (INA) LeTua Cycling Team
2009 Australia Timothy Roe (AUS) Savings & Loans Cycling Team
2010 Republic of Ireland David McCann (IRL) Giant Asia Racing Team
2011 Iran Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2012 Uzbekistan Yusuf Abrekov (UZB) Uzbekistan Suren Team
2013 Malaysia Loh Sea Keong (MAS) OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
2014 Tunisia Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling
2015 Spain Francisco Mancebo (ESP) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team–Al Ahli Club
2016 Iran Arvin Moazzami (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant
2017 South Africa Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver's Real Food

Points classification

Rider Team
2007 Malaysia Anuar Manan (MAS) LeTua Cycling Team
2008 Malaysia Anuar Manan (MAS) LeTua Cycling Team
2009 Malaysia Anuar Manan (MAS) Azad University Iran
2010 South Africa Malcolm Lange (RSA) Medscheme Cycling Team
2011 Malaysia Mohamed Harrif Salleh (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2012 Malaysia Adiq Husainie Othman (MAS) Malaysia Development Team
2013 Malaysia Mohamed Harrif Salleh (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2014 Malaysia Mohamed Harrif Salleh (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2015 Italy Andrea Palini (ITA) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team–Al Ahli Club
2016 Saudi Arabia Park Sung-baek (KSA) KSPO
2017 Malaysia Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Marzuki (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team

Mountains classification

Rider Team
2007 Iran Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team
2008 Iran Hossein Askari (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2009 Iran Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Azad University Iran
2010 Indonesia Matnur  (INA) Polygon Sweet Nice
2011 Malaysia Adiq Husainie Othman (MAS) Malaysia Development Team
2012 Indonesia Dadi Suryadi (INA) Putra Perjuangan
2013 Malaysia Mohamed Zamri Salleh (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2014 Indonesia Dani Lesmana (INA) Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
2015 Malaysia Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2016 Iran Amir Kolahdozhagh (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant
2017 Colombia Jahir Pérez (COL) Team Sapura Cycling

Asian rider classification

Rider Team
1999 Indonesia Herry Janto Setiawan (INA) Indonesia (national team)
2003 Japan Hidenori Nodera (JPN) Shimano Racing Team
2004 Malaysia Suhardi Hassan (MAS) Kuala Lumpur
2007 Iran Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran (national team)
2008 Indonesia Tonton Susanto (INA) LeTua Cycling Team
2009 Iran Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2010 Japan Takumi Beppu (JPN) Aisan Racing Team
2011 Iran Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2012 Uzbekistan Yusuf Abrekov (UZB) Uzbekistan Suren Team
2013 Malaysia Loh Sea Keong (MAS) OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
2014 Hong Kong Ho Burr (HKG) Hong Kong (national team)
2015 Hong Kong Cheung King Lok (HKG) HKSI Pro Cycling Team
2016 Iran Arvin Moazzami (IRI) Pishgaman–Giant
2017 Philippines Rustom Lim (PHI) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines

Malaysian rider classification

Rider Team
1999 Malaysia Tsen Seong Hoong (MAS) Malaysia (national team)
2004 Malaysia Suhardi Hassan (MAS) Kuala Lumpur
2007 Malaysia Suhardi Hassan (MAS) Kuala Lumpur
2008 Malaysia Suhardi Hassan (MAS) Kuala Lumpur
2009 Malaysia Muhammad Rauf Nur Misbah (MAS) Malaysia (national team)
2010 Malaysia Amir Rusli (MAS) Malaysia (national team)
2011 Malaysia Amir Rusli (MAS) Royal Malaysia Police
2012 Malaysia Adiq Husainie Othman (MAS) Malaysia Development Team
2013 Malaysia Loh Sea Keong (MAS) OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
2014 Malaysia Muhd Shaiful Anuar Azis (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2015 Malaysia Muhd Shaiful Anuar Azis (MAS) Terengganu Cycling Team
2016 Malaysia Nik Mohamad Azman Zulkifli (MAS) Malaysia (national team)
2017 Malaysia Muhamad Zawawi Azman (MAS) Team Sapura Cycling
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