Stage 0: Pre-Race/ Teams Presentation Full Results and Report
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The Tour de Langkawi government/organizers and the Malaysian podium hostesses | 
The government/race organization | 
Malaysian dance to open the teams presentation | 
The TV/photography team which will bring live video and big photos every day | 
Admiring the winner's trophy | 
A word from the sponsors | 
Beautiful setting for the kick-off at Dataran Lang (northwest Malaysia) with the Langkawi archipelago in the background | 
The new Synergy-Baku Cycling Project team with ownership from Azerbaijan | 
Malaysians will be cheering for Anuar Manan, team leader of the Synergy-Baku Cycling Project | 
Anuar Manan, now riding for the Synergy-Baku Cycling Project, is the only Malaysian ever to have won a stage in the 17 year history of the Tour de Langkawi | 
Left to right: The other Malaysian favorite is Hariff Salleh (TSG) standing next to top sprinters Theo Bos (Blanco) and Andrea Gaurdini (Astana) and mountain stage/GC favorite Pierre Rolland (Europcar) | 
The race director talking to the media. In its 18th year, Le Tour de Langkawi is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the UCI Asia Tour calendar, organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, via the National Sports Council (NSC) in association with the Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF) |
Stage 1: Kangar → Kulim, 163 km Full Results and Report
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Droping the start flag on the 18th edition of the Tour de Langkawi | 
The rollout from Kangar in the very northwest part of Malaysia | 
Lots of photo motos. This bridge added some undulation to the first part of the stage. | 
The peloton passing by a Malaysian mosque | 
The main break with China's Meiyin Wang (Hengxiang) leading Shinichi Fukushima (Nippo-De Rosa) and Junrong Ho (OCBC Singapore). They were off the front most of the day and gained almost a 10.5 minute advantage at one point. | 
Cruising through a town along the flat route | 
The Boss: Theo Bos (Blanco) finished off a leadout by Graeme Brown to win by over three bike lengths | 
Bryan Coquard (Europcar), on the far left passed Andrea Guardini (Astana), in the middle, over the final meters to take second while Bos had plenty of time to celebrate |
Stage 2: Serdang → Kuala Kangsar, 118 km Full Results and Report
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Despite misjudging the finish line in Kuala Kangsar, Theo BOS (BLANCO) took his second straight sprint win this time ahead of 2nd Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA) and 3rd Aidis KRUOPIS (ORICA GREENEDGE) | 
Stage 2 podium: 3rd Aidis KRUOPIS (ORICA GREENEDGE), 1st Theo BOS (BLANCO) and 2nd Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA) | 
Theo BOS (BLANCO) is expected to give up the leader's jersey on the stage 3 mountain finish in the Cameron Highlands | 
Jersey leaders |
Stage 3: Sungai Siput → Cameron Highlands, 141 km Full Results and Report
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The roll out for the 141 km Stage 3 from Sungai Siput with mountains in the distance for the first time | 
The four man (All Asian) break | 
The peloton gradually climbing through Cameron Highlands up to 1500m elevation with the break well up the road | 
Lone break survivor Wang MEIYIN (HENGXIANG) had a 8 minute advantage with 20 km to go and won by 2:27 over Julian ARREDONDO (NIPPO - DE ROSA) | 
Your Stage 3 Podium: 3rd Nathan HAAS (GARMIN SHARP) + 3:11, 1st Wang MEIYIN (HENGXIANG) 141 km in 3:50:01, 2nd Julian ARREDONDO (NIPPO - DE ROSA) + 2:27 | 
Wang MEIYIN (HENGXIANG) owns all the jerseys after Stage 3, the first time anyone has done that in the 18 year history of Tour de Langkawi | 
25-year old Stage 3 winner Wang Meiyin at the post race press conference:"This is the greatest day of my life. It is also my biggest success so far," said Meiyin. "I was only thinking of joining the breakaway, but I didn't expect to win like this. It wasnot part of our team's plans. The plan was for two other teammates to get in the breakaway, but they didn't manage to do so. "So I tried to go and succeeded. When we reached the foot of the climb, I managed to drop the other four riders and continue with my pace. "Maybe the riders in the peloton also made a mistake and didn't try to catch me earlier because they don't know me or they thought they could catch me. So I was lucky." "But I must admit that this was not an easy climb." Meiyin added that he will try to defend the lead when the race reaches its most difficult stage, the climb up to Genting Highlands on Monday for Stage Five. |
Stage 4: Tapah → Kapar, 168 km Full Results and Report
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The rollout from Tapah for the 168 km rolling stage to Kapar | 
The main break forming | 
Asian riders in the break again today | 
The sprint finish in Kapar with no Theo Bos | 
Francesco CHICCHI (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA) beats fellow Italian Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA) in a two man dual at the line | 
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Francesco CHICCHI (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA) wasn't a contender in the first two sprint stages, but he came through today ahead of Francesco CHICCHI who has placed top 3 in all three sprints so far... | 
... He hasn't won a sprint stage yet, but thanks to his consistent performances, Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA) now leads the sprint competition | 
Wang MEIYIN (HENGXIANG) will take a healthy race lead into the final mountain stage, the stage 5 summit finish to Genting Highlands. |
Stage 5: Proton → Genting, 110 km Full Results and Report
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The rollout from Proton, Malaysia's version of Motor City. | 
Heading to the Genting Highlands for a difficult summit finish | 
The mornings race leader, Wang MEIYIN (HENGXIANG), had a difficult day losing five minutes on the final climb and is now 5th overall + 2:40 | 
Today's Top 10 riders leading the way up to Genting Highlands led by Fortunato BALIANI for his NIPPO - DE ROSA teammate Julian ARREDONDO | 
Pieter WEENING'S (ORICA GREENEDGE) attack during the final steep (9%) kms eliminated all but one rider... | 
25 year-old Colombian Julian ARREDONDO (NIPPO - DE ROSA) wins the Queen Stage of this year's Tour de Langkawi by 22s over Pieter WEENING and now leads the race by 1:22 over WEENING."This is my biggest win to date. I had won some races as an amateur in Italy and I only turned professional with Team Nippo last year, when I won the Japan Cup." "Now I have a comfortable lead at the front and I hope my teammates will be able to control the race in the remaining stages." | 
Your stage 5 podium: 2nd Pieter WEENING (ORICA GREENEDGE) + 22s, 1st Julian ARREDONDO (NIPPO - DE ROSA) 3:11:41, 3rd Victor NINO (RTS RACING) + 44s | 
Your new race leader by 1:22, Julian ARREDONDO (NIPPO - DE ROSA) surrounded by the previous race leader and now best Asian rider, Wang MEIYIN (HENGXIANG), and sprint leader Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA)."I was just watching how the yellow jersey (Meiyin) was behaving today before making my move. I had my teammate Baliani with me and we jumped to attack with 10km to go when we saw that Meiyin had been dropped," said Arredondo. |
Stage 6: Mentakab → Kuantan, 218 km Full Results and Report
Stage 7: Kuantan → Dungun, 150 km Full Results and Report
Stage 8: Kuala Terengganu → Tanah Merah, 165 km Full Results and Report
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In the closest sprint finish of the first eight stages, France's Bryan COQUARD (EUROPCAR) wins ahead of Andrew FENN (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) and Francesco CHICCHI (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA) | 
Bryan Coquard points out he's a silver medalist from the 2012 Summer Olympics in track | 
Your stage 8 podium: 2nd Andrew FENN (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP), 1st Bryan COQUARD (EUROPCAR), 3rd Francesco CHICCHI (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA) | 
Bryan COQUARD (EUROPCAR) | 
The jersey leaders remain the same |
Stage 9: Pasir Puteh → Kuala Berang, 124 km Full Results and Report
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The start ceremony for the penultimate stage of this year's race | 
The weather started out nice as the riders headed south | 
But, there was more rain again today for the third (or fourth) straight day | 
Europcar's Bryan Coquard again proved too strong in the sprint finish for the second day in a row | 
"To achieve my first win in this race, especially with such a strong field was difficult. But when I found my rhythm, it became easier and today's win has made me very happy," said Coquard."My lead-out man Kevin Reza managed to put me on the wheel of Davis with 300m to go, when Greame Brown (Blanco) was in front. After that I found space and managed to sprint to overtake them and all the way to the finish, "As you can see it is very competitive. Each day the top finishers are not the same ones, so the field has many strong sprinters. But today my team managed to do again what they did yesterday and we won again," added Coquard | 
Your stage 9 podium: 2nd Francesco Chicchi (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia), 1st Bryan Coquard (Europcar), 3rd Allan Davis (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 
No change among the jersey leaders although Francesco Chicchi (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) is creeping up on Andrea Gaurdini and has a shot at the blue jersey tomorrow. Just one more stage to go. |
Stage 10: Tasik Kenyir → Kuala Terengganu, 115 km Full Results and Report
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Early break | 
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Circuits in Kuala Terengganu | 
Francesco CHICCHI (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA) becomes the third sprinter to win two stages at this year's race. 2nd Rico ROGERS (SYNERGY BAKU CYCLING PROJECT), 3rd Graeme BROWN (BLANCO) | 
Your stage 10 podium: 2nd Rico ROGERS (SYNERGY BAKU CYCLING PROJECT), 1st Francesco CHICCHI (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA), 3rd Graeme BROWN (BLANCO) | 
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MTN - QHUBEKA won the team competition | 
Wang MEIYIN (HENGXIANG), best young rider | 
and top Asian rider | 
Sprint competition podium: 2nd Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA), 1st Francesco CHICCHI, (VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA) and 3rd Anuar MANAN (SYNERGY BAKU CYCLING PROJECT) | 
2013 Tour de Langkawi winner, Julian ARREDONDO MORENO, David (NIPPO - DE ROSA), wins the overall by 1 minute and 15 seconds in a time of 32:14:03 | 
Photo-op with the winner's prize | 
One final shot of the Jersey winners |
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