Record 30 countries to join in the race
The Star, 1/2/2008

PETALING JAYA: A record 30 countries will compete in the 13th edition of the Tour of Langkawi (LTdL) from Feb 9-17.

LTdL chief operating officer Datuk Naim Mohamed said that according to the provisional start list of 150 riders, Malaysia would have the highest number of participants with 18, followed by Australia 17, Japan 12 and Italy 10. France and Germany will have nine riders each.

The other riders are from New Zealand, Hong Kong, Korea, Iran, South Africa, Indonesia, Spain, Russia, Colombia, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, China, Mexico, Argentina, Belarus, Venezuela, Taiwan, Ireland, Great-Britain, Moldavia, Holland, Estonia, Belgium and the USA.

The 25 teams who will be competing in the LTdL are Credit Agricole, Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli, South Africa, Giant-Asia, Tinkoff, Skil-Shimano, Bouygues Telecom, Ag2r-La Mondiale, CSF Group-Navigare, Karpin-Galicia, Team Type 1, NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte, Gerolsteiner-Ista, Southaustralia.com-AIS, Meitan Hompo-GDR, Trek-Marco Polo, Azad University, LeTua, Polygon-Sweet Nice, Seoul Cycling Team, Malaysia Continental, Drapac-Porsche, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

The LTdL will feature some of the world’s top cyclists – among them Italy’s Alberto Loddo, who won five stages last year and who now rides for Tinkoff; Danilo Hondo of Germany, who is a new signing for Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli; British veteran Jeremy Hunt, now backed by Credit Agricole; and Swiss Aurelien Clerc of Bouygues Telecom.

The race will start in Alor Star on Feb 9 and end with the traditional criterium at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 17.

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