2012 Tour de Langkawi
Rider Team Time
1 David Zabriskie ( USA ) Garmin-Barracuda 24 ' 34
2 Adam Phelan ( AUS ) Drapac Cycling + 01 ' 00
3 Darren Lapthorne ( AUS ) Drapac Cycling + 01 ' 10
4 Tom Danielson ( USA ) Garmin-Barracuda + 01 ' 17
5 José Rujano ( VEN ) Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela + 01 ' 26
6 Joseph Cooper ( NZL ) New Zealand + 01 ' 31
7 Dmitriy Gruzdev ( KAZ ) Astana + 01 ' 33
8 Alexsandr Dyachenko ( KAZ ) Astana + 01 ' 38
9 Nathan Haas ( AUS ) Garmin-Barracuda + 01 ' 39
10 Behnam Khalilikhosroshahi ( IRI ) Tabriz Petrochemical Team + 01 ' 46
Stage 1
24 February 2012 — Putrajaya , 20.3 km ( 12.6 mi ) , Individual time trial
The 2012 Tour de Langkawi was the 17th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 24 February in Putrajaya and ended on 4 March in Kuala Terengganu which carried the slogan Ready for the World. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2011-12 UCI Asia Tour calendar. The race was won for the second time by Colombia's José Serpa, after taking the lead of the race with his second consecutive stage win on the sixth stage, and held the lead until the end of the race. Serpa's winning margin over his team-mate José Rujano was 30 seconds, and the podium was completed by Víctor Niño of the Azad University Cross Team, 33 seconds behind Rujano and 63 in arrears of Serpa. In the race's other classifications, Serpa also finished at the top of the mountains classification, 's Andrea Guardini won the points classification, after taking a record-breaking six stage victories, and finished over twelve minutes clear of their nearest rivals in the teams classification. and their rider Alexsandr Dyachenko finished at the head of their respective Asian sub-classifications.