The 2008 Tour de Langkawi was the thirteenth edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that takes place in Malaysia. It was began on 9 February in Alor Setar and ended on 17 February in Kuala Lumpur. The cyclists competed in 9 stages, covering a distance of 1,377.4 kilometres. In fact, this race was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race category and was highest ranked stage race on the 2007-2008 UCI Asia Tour.
Moldova's Ruslan Ivanov emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Matthieu Sprick second and Gustavo Cesar third. Aurélien Clerc won the points classification category and Filippo Savini won the mountains classification category. Diquigiovanni-Androni won the team classification category.
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