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Source: LTdL Website
SITIAWAN (10 Feb, 200 - Englishman Jeremy Hunt overcame an early two-man breakaway to win his first ever stage victory in the prestigious Le Tour de Langkawi on the second day of Asia’s biggest road race from Butterworth to Sitiawan here today.

Japanese champion Yukiya Arashiro and Yoshimasa Hirose from Skil Shimano broke [...]

SHAH ALAM – Datuk Naim Mohamad, Chief Operating officer, Le Tour de Langkawi 2008 announces today that A record number of 30 different nationalities will form the field for Le Tour de Langkawi this year. The race will start in Alor Setar, on February 9 and will end up with the traditional criterium at Dataran [...]

Source: The Star 
KUALA LUMPUR: Swiss NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte are newcomers in the cycling fraternity but they certainly won’t be lacking in experience in the Tour of Langkawi (LTdL) championships from Feb 9-17.
They have five experienced Italian riders in their ranks alongside one Swiss and they will be looking at making a big impact in [...]

KUALA LUMPUR - The orange train which is now known as CSF Group-Navigare from the previous Ceramica-Panaria are expected to dominate Le Tour de Langkawi 2008 following the inclusion of two of its top riders.

As usual, the presence of the team led by the effervescent Roberto Reberveri have always had a positive impact on the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR – A team with strong Russian flavour, registered in Italy and sponsored by a cycling-mad Russian millionaire, Tinkoff Credit Systems will make their return to the 13th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) from February 9 to 17, this time looking to be among the frontrunners for the overall crown.
Having finished an [...]

KUALA LUMPUR - RIDERS bound for Le Tour de Langkawi 2008 have regarded the Fraser’s Hill climb as “equally challenging” as the Genting climb with some expecting an open race and exciting competition in the race which starts in Alor Setar on Feb 9.
Some of the riders, who are now competing in the Tour Down [...]

Source: Cyclingnews
Live commentary by Gerard Knapp, with reporting from Paul Verkuylen and Greg Johnson

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Immediately after the finish, Allan Davis from UniSA - Australia said, “mate, it’s a big relief (to get the stage win). I’d like to thank my team-mates from UniSA. The boys did a great job and I’d like to thank all [...]

Source: TDU Website
Andre Greipel (Team High Road) today paid homage to the heritage of Hahndorf, first settled by Germans in 1839, by giving the fans a German winner on Stage 2 of the 2008 Tour Down Under but it’s an Australian, Graeme Brown, who wears the race leader’s ochre jersey after a countback to separate [...]

A video clip of Tour Down Under 2008 (Australia) Stage 1 highlights with an interview with Mark Renshaw, the winner of Stage 1.

Credit Agricole’s Mark Renshaw has taken out stage 1 of the 2008 Tour Down Under. In something of a rarity for the opening day’s racing, the boy from Bathurst, New South Wales won in a bunch sprint.
The 129 km stage took riders from Mawson Lakes into the picturesque Barossa Valley - home to some of [...]