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Jelajah Malaysia - 2.2

Malaysia, January 7-13, 2008

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The Stages

  • Stage 1 - January 7: Putrajaya - Port Dickson, 176.5 Km
  • Stage 2 - January 8: Seremban - Melaka, 136.2 Km
  • Stage 3 - January 9: Bandar Hilir - Batu Pahat, 163.8 Km
  • Stage 4 - January 10: Batu Pahat - Muar, 178.8 Km
  • Stage 5 - January 11: Gemas - Karak, 133.7 Km
  • Stage 6 - January 12: Kuala Kubu Bahru - Genting, 122.2 Km
  • Stage 7 - January 13: Dataran Merdeka - Dataran Merdeka, 58 Km

Iran wants another win

The Iranian riders will again be the ones to beat in the 21 teams field competing at the Jelajah Malaysia 2008 race, which will start on Monday at Putrajaya. The Iranian Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling squad has highly competitive riders such as
Ghader Mizbani, Hossein Askari and Ahad Kazemi as its riders competing for the main jerseys on offer this week.

Skil Shimano's Sports Manager, Hisatumi Imanishi, said that even though they are the only Professional Continental team competing this time around, he still thinks the Iranian team, which will be defending its title at the event, will be the biggest threat to his team.

"Riders of Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling; Ghader and Hossein are the main threat to Skil Shimano due to their prowess in hill climb," said Imanishi.

Another team from Iran, Islamic Azad University, is also a strong threat, as it has last year's event winner, Mehdi Sohrabi, in its lineup.

Imanishi believes the Farso and Giant squads are also a threat to other teams, as both have gained numerous experience from their participation in European and Asian tours.

Joost Koop, of team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances, said that his team had received one million Euro for its 2008 race program. "We are looking forward to win the race this time around as we have received a huge sponsorship for the team," he added.

As for local teams, attention will be given to continental team, LeTua which will be competing head-to-head with the newborn MCF Continental team. Letua's rider, Anuar Manan, will be defending his position as the Sprint King of JM2007.

The 2008 edition will be held from the January 7-13, with the first of its seven stages held from Putrajaya with the event travelling through the streets of Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor and Genting Highlands before ending at Dataran Merdeka.

This year's edition covers some 1,003.8 kilometres, offering an overall prize of RM245,000.

Start list

Skil Shimano                         Giant Asia Racing Team
 
1 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn)                 11 Paul Griffin (Irl)
2 Tomoya Kano (Jpn)                  12 David Mc Cann (Irl)
3 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn)             13 Stefan Löffler (Ger)
4 Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn)              14 Jacob Lea (Aus)
5 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn)
6 Yoshinori Iino (Jpn)
 
Trek Marco Polo Team                 Islamic Azad University Team
 
21 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus)            31 Abbas Saeditanha (IRI)
22 Fuyu Li (Chn)                     32 Amir Zargari (IRI)
23 Yilin Liu (Chn)                   35 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)
24 Sea Keong Loh (Mas)               36 Farshad Salehian (IRI)
25 Ken Onodera (Jpn)
26 Yan Dong Xing (Chn)
 
Hong Kong Cycling Team               Polygon Sweet Nice Team
 
41 Hin Leung Szeto (HKg)             51 Syaifullah Mohammad (Ina)
42 Siu Wai Ko (HKg)                  52 Hari Fitriyanto (Ina)
43 Ying Hon Yeung (HKg)              53 Budi Santoso (Ina)
44 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg)                54 Herwin Jaya (Ina)
45 Kin San Wu (HKg)                  55 Rizza Pahlavi Abdullah (Ina)
46 Wang Yip Tang (HKg)               56 Antonius Christopher Tjondrokusumo (Ina)
 
Team Differdange-Apiflo Vacances     Le Tua Cycling Team
 
61 Hakan Nilsson (Swe)               71 Haidar Anuawar Ahmad (Mas)
62 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned)              72 Anuar Manam (Mas)
63 Christophe Masson (Fra)           73 Nor Rizuan Zainal Mohd (Mas)
64 Fredrik Johansson (Swe)           74 Mohd Sayuti Zahit (Mas)
65 Hannes Blank (Ger)                75 Tonton Susanto (Ina)
66 Cyrille Heymanns (Lux)            76 Arehan Ryan (Ina)
 
Matrix Powertag                      Tabriz Petrochemical Team
 
81 Masahiko Mifune (Jpn)             91 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI)
82 Naoki Mukaigawa (Jpn)             92 Hossein Askari (IRI)
83 Takamitu Tsuji (Jpn)              93 Ahad Kazemi (IRI)
84 Yoshimitsu Tsuji (Jpn)            94 Hossein Jahabanian (IRI)
85 Mitsuhiro Matsumura (Jpn)         95 Hossein Nateghi (IRI)
86 Masaki Wakumoto (Jpn)             96 Mehdi Partovi (IRI)
 
Team Stegcomputer – CKT – Cogeas     MCF Continental Team
 
101 Marcel Strauss (Swi)             111 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Mas)
102 Dimitri Jiriakov (Lie)           112 Mohd Akmal Amrun (Mas)
103 Lars Pria (Rom)                  113 Mohd Hariff Salleh (Mas)
104 Christian Rocha (Swi)            114 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas)
                                     115 Muhamad Zamani Mustarudin (Mas)
                                     116 Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz (Mas)
 
Team Farso                           Malaysia National Team
 
121 Thys Poelstra (Ned)              131 Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas)
122 René Ahrenkiel (Den)             132 Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Mas)
123 Jesper Lund (Den)                133 Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas)
124 Jacob Nielsen (Den)              134 Mohd Rauf Nor Misbah (Mas)
125 Soren Peterson (Den)             135 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas)
126 Wim Spijkerboer (Ned)            136 Weng Kin Thum (Mas)
 
Japan National Team                  Bahrain National Team
 
141 Makoto Iijima (Jpn)              151 Taha Sayed Alawi (Brn)
142 Fukuda,Shimpei (Jpn)             152 Jamal Al Doseri (Brn)
143 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn)             153 Ageel Abdulameer Thamer (Brn)
144 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn)           154 Mansoor Jawad (Brn)
145 Masakazu Ito (Jpn)               155 Sayed Ahmed Alawi (Brn)
146 Kohei Uchima (Jpn)               156 Ali Jawad (Brn)
 
Vietnam National Team                Indonesia Customs Cycling Club
 
161 Nguyen Hyunh Hieu (Vie)          171 Edi Purnomo (Ina)
162 Le Van Quynh(Vie)               172 Heksa Prasetya P.
163 Nguyen Minh Tam (Vie)            173 Iwan Setiawan (Ina)
164 Nguyen Ngoc Dang Khoa (Vie)      174 Endra Wijaya (Ina)
165 To Minh Quang (Vie)              175 Maruli Fajar Mulia (Ina)
166 Manh Khoa Phan (Vie)             176 Agung Ali Sahbana (Ina)
 
Putrajaya Cycling Team               Kuala Lumpur Team
 
181  Lex Nederlof (Ned)               191 Suhardi Hassan (Mas)
182 Danny Feng (Sin)                 192 Wan Mohd Nazri Wan Ahmad (Mas)
183 Che Hafizan Che Roza (Mas)       193 Ahmad Falanie Ali (Mas)
184 Mohamad Amin Amiruddin (Mas)     194 Harnizam Basri (Mas)
185 Mohd Nor Umardi (Mas)            195 Razif Jaafar (Mas)
186 Biyazid Reduan Reduan (Mas)      196 Mohd Sazlee Ismail (Mas)
 
Benteng Muda Selangor                
 
201 Mohd Shafari Abd Malik (Mas)
202 Miswan Sarham (Mas)
203 Taufik Mohamad (Ina)
204 Patria Rastra (Ina)
205 Nugroho Kisnanto (Ina)
206 S Putro Bayu Satrios (Ina)

Past winners

2007 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team