By Jean-François Quénet
For the second year in a row, the UCI 2.2-ranked Jelajah Malaysia will open the year of cycling in Asia from January 7 to 13.
20 teams have been selected for the event: Letua Cycling Team, National sports council of Malaysia, Putrajaya Cycling Team, Benteng Muda Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Cycling Team and Malaysia national team (all from Malaysia), Japan National Team and Matrix Powertag (Japan), Polygon Sweetnice Team (Indonesia), Hong Kong Pro Cycling (Hong-Kong), Marco Polo Cycling Team (China), Bahrain National Team (Bahrain), Tabriz Petrochemical Team and Islamic Azad University (Iran), Vietnam National Team (Vietnam), Giant Asia Racing Team (Taiwan), Skil-Shimano (The Netherlands), Team Farso Cycling (Denmark), Team Stegcomputer – CKT (Switzerland) and Team Differdange – Apiflo Vacances (Luxembourg).
