2017 Tour de Langkawi

19 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2017 Tour de Langkawi. One UCI WorldTeam – Team Dimension Data was invited to the race, along with six UCI Professional Continental and eleven UCI Continental teams. The field was completed by one national selection teams. Each team had a maximum of six riders:[3]

The itinerary for the race was released on 22 December 2016.[4] It comprised eight stages, and a total distance of 1,222.2 kilometres (759.4 miles).

Stage schedule

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	22 February	Kuala Berang to Kuala Terengganu	124.8 km (78 mi)		Flat stage	Scott Sunderland (AUS)
2	23 February	Jerteh to Gerik	208.1 km (129 mi)		Hilly stage	Travis McCabe (USA)
3	24 February	Serdang to Pantai Remis	118 km (73 mi)		Flat stage	Jakub Mareczko (ITA)
4	25 February	Seri Manjung to Cameron Highlands	174.4 km (108 mi)		Mountain stage	Mekseb Debesay (ERI)
5	26 February	Meru Raya to Kuala Kubu Bharu	151.5 km (94 mi)		Flat stage	Ryan Gibbons (RSA)
6	27 February	Senawang to Muar	176.3 km (110 mi)		Flat stage	Enrico Barbin (ITA)
7	28 February	Malacca to Rembau	148.1 km (92 mi)		Hilly stage	Jakub Mareczko (ITA)
8	1 March	Setiawangsa to Putrajaya	121 km (75 mi)		Flat stage	Travis McCabe (USA)

In the 2017 Tour de Langkawi, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Langkawi, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a blue jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 15 points, with 12 for second, 9 for third, 7 for fourth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a green and red jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.

The fourth jersey represented the Asian rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders from Asia were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time, while there was also an Asian-only variant for the teams as well.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Scott Sunderland	Scott Sunderland	Scott Sunderland	Nur Amirul Fakhruddin Marzuki	Shiki Kuroeda	IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness	Vino–Astana Motors
2	Travis McCabe	Ryan Gibbons	Ryan Gibbons	John Ebsen	Yevgeniy Gidich	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia
3	Jakub Mareczko		Scott Sunderland			IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
4	Mekseb Debesay
5	Ryan Gibbons		Ryan Gibbons
6	Enrico Barbin				Hideto Nakane
7	Jakub Mareczko		Jakub Mareczko
8	Travis McCabe		Ryan Gibbons
Final		Ryan Gibbons	Ryan Gibbons	John Ebsen	Hideto Nakane	IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness	Vino–Astana Motors

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