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Race details | |
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Date | January (2007–2008) April (2009–2010) March (2011) May (2012) June (2013) December (2014–2015) October (2016–present) |
Region | Peninsular Malaysia |
English name | Tour of Malaysia |
Local name(s) | Jelajah Malaysia (in Malay) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.2 |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Malaysian National Cycling Federation |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1963 |
Editions | 53 (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 race. The race consists of only a men's competition over seven stages.
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