Jelajah Malaysia
Logo of the Jelajah Malaysia
Race details
DateJanuary (2007–2008)
April (2009–2010)
March (2011)
May (2012)
June (2013)
December (2014–2015)
October (2016–present)
RegionPeninsular Malaysia
English nameTour of Malaysia
Local name(s)Jelajah Malaysia (in Malay)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 2.2
TypeStage race
OrganiserMalaysian National Cycling Federation
Web sitewww.jelajahmalaysia.com.my
History
First edition1963 (1963)
Editions53 (as of 2017)
Most wins Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)
(2 wins)
Most recent Brendon Davids (RSA)

The Jelajah Malaysia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1963. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category races. The race exists of only a men's competition over seven stages.

History

Jelajah Malaysia is the oldest bicycle race in Malaysia and it is ranked 2.2 class by UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale). Since its inception in 1963, Jelajah Malaysia is slowly and steadily beginning to be one of the most prestigious bicycle races in Asia amongst Asian and International teams.

Through wide coverage that is empowered by local and international media, Jelajah Malaysia had proven itself as an important event in promoting Malaysia to the world as a tourism and leisure destination.

It is a platform for young Malaysian riders to compete and gain valuable experience in a cycling race. Currently many riders that is representing Malaysia now starts from their participation in the Jelajah Malaysia and the number of Malaysian riders that is accepted into international teams had increased. The exposure through Jelajah Malaysia makes the Malaysian rider a great bicycle rider for the future.

Past winners

General classification

Year Country Rider Team
1999   Switzerland Peter Jörg Switzerland (national team)
2000  Germany Rafael Chyla Hohenfelder-Concorde
2001  Ireland Tommy Evans Republic of Ireland (national team)
2002  Italy Simone Mori Jura Suisse-Nippon Hodo
2003  Japan Hidenori Nodera Shimano Racing Team
2004  Malaysia Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur
2007  Iran Mehdi Sohrabi Iran (national team)
2008  Indonesia Tonton Susanto LeTua Cycling Team
2009  Australia Timothy Roe Savings & Loans Cycling Team
2010  Ireland David McCann Giant Asia Racing Team
2011  Iran Mehdi Sohrabi Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2012  Uzbekistan Yusuf Abrekov Uzbekistan Suren Team
2013  Malaysia Loh Sea Keong OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
2014  Tunisia Rafaâ Chtioui Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling
2015  Spain Francisco Mancebo Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
2016  Iran Arvin Moazzami Pishgaman–Giant
2017  South Africa Brendon Davids Oliver's Real Food
2018 –
2020		 No race

Points classification

Year Country Rider Team
2007  Malaysia Anuar Manan LeTua Cycling Team
2008  Malaysia Anuar Manan LeTua Cycling Team
2009  Malaysia Anuar Manan Azad University Iran
2010  South Africa Malcolm Lange Medscheme Cycling Team
2011  Malaysia Mohamed Harrif Salleh Terengganu Cycling Team
2012  Malaysia Adiq Husainie Othman Malaysia Development Team
2013  Malaysia Mohamed Harrif Salleh Terengganu Cycling Team
2014  Malaysia Mohamed Harrif Salleh Terengganu Cycling Team
2015  Italy Andrea Palini Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
2016  Saudi Arabia Park Sung-baek KSPO
2017  Malaysia Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Marzuki Terengganu Cycling Team
2018 –
2020		 No race

Mountains classification

Year Country Rider Team
2007  Iran Ghader Mizbani Giant Asia Racing Team
2008  Iran Hossein Askari Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2009  Iran Abbas Saeiditanha Azad University Iran
2010  Indonesia Matnur Polygon Sweet Nice
2011  Malaysia Adiq Husainie Othman Malaysia Development Team
2012  Indonesia Dadi Suryadi Putra Perjuangan
2013  Malaysia Mohamed Zamri Salleh Terengganu Cycling Team
2014  Indonesia Dani Lesmana Pegasus Continental Cycling Team
2015  Malaysia Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Mazuki Terengganu Cycling Team
2016  Iran Amir Kolahdozhagh Pishgaman–Giant
2017  Colombia Jahir Pérez Team Sapura Cycling
2018 –
2020		 No race

Asian rider classification

Year Country Rider Team
1999  Indonesia Herry Janto Setiawan Indonesia (national team)
2003  Japan Hidenori Nodera Shimano Racing Team
2004  Malaysia Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur
2007  Iran Mehdi Sohrabi Iran (national team)
2008  Indonesia Tonton Susanto LeTua Cycling Team
2009  Iran Ghader Mizbani Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2010  Japan Takumi Beppu Aisan Racing Team
2011  Iran Mehdi Sohrabi Tabriz Petrochemical Team
2012  Uzbekistan Yusuf Abrekov Uzbekistan Suren Team
2013  Malaysia Loh Sea Keong OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
2014  Hong Kong Ho Burr Hong Kong (national team)
2015  Hong Kong Cheung King Lok HKSI Pro Cycling Team
2016  Iran Arvin Moazzami Pishgaman–Giant
2017  Philippines Rustom Lim 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines
2018 –
2020		 No race

Malaysian rider classification

Year Country Rider Team
1999  Malaysia Tsen Seong Hoong Malaysia (national team)
2004  Malaysia Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur
2007  Malaysia Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur
2008  Malaysia Suhardi Hassan Kuala Lumpur
2009  Malaysia Muhammad Rauf Nur Misbah Malaysia (national team)
2010  Malaysia Amir Rusli Malaysia (national team)
2011  Malaysia Amir Rusli Royal Malaysia Police
2012  Malaysia Adiq Husainie Othman Malaysia Development Team
2013  Malaysia Loh Sea Keong OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
2014  Malaysia Muhd Shaiful Anuar Azis Terengganu Cycling Team
2015  Malaysia Muhd Shaiful Anuar Azis Terengganu Cycling Team
2016  Malaysia Nik Mohamad Azman Zulkifli Malaysia (national team)
2017  Malaysia Muhamad Zawawi Azman Team Sapura Cycling
2018 –
2020		 No race
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