Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi 2026: preview and favourites

The return of the Tour de Langkawi On Sunday 27 September 2026, the Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi starts, a procontinental race held in Malaysia. The race returns to animate the Asian calendar with an international field mixing WorldTour, professional and continental teams. The protagonists expected at the start There are 39 verified entrants at the start. Among the teams present are Team Picnic PostNL (with Mattia Gaffuri, Dillon Corkery, Juan Guillermo Martinez, Matthew Peace, Roy Hoogendoorn and Christiaan Van Rees), XDS Astana Team (Alessio Delle Vedove), Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (Jan Castellon), Modern Adventure Pro Cycling (Leo Hayter and Stefan De Bod), TotalEnergies (Mathis Le Berre, Geoffrey Bouchard, Alan Jousseaume, Nicola Marcerou, Valentin Retailleau), Unibet Rose Rockets (Jannis Peter, Cedrik Bakke Christophersen, Ronan Augé, Rory Townsend, Eivind Broholt Fougner, Owen Geleijn) and Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team (Junqi Shao, Jonathan Klever Caicedo, Petr Rikunov, Andrei Stepanov, Bold Iderbold, Chaoyi Li). The Asian contingent is numerous: Terengganu Cycling Team (Wan Abdul Rahman Hamdan, Muhammad Nur Aiman Bin Rosli, Zhe Yie Kee, Pierre Barbier), 7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines (Antoine Huby, Mervin Corpuz, Ronnilan Quita, Bradley Perkins), Malaysia Pro Cycling (Saniy Syahmi Mohd Safiee, Akmal Hakim Zakaria), St George Continental Cycling Team (Ren Bao Tsen) and Malaysia (Muhamad Zawawi Azman). This year's results of the protagonists Among the entrants with a notable profile stands out Jan Castellon (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA): the rider achieved a 7th place at the Giro della Toscana - Memorial Alfredo Martini, a 16th at Milano-Torino and a series of valuable placings at the Tour of Magnificent Qinghai, where he finished 2nd in one stage, 4th in another and 10th in a third. Roy Hoogendoorn (Team Picnic PostNL) distinguished himself for consistency: three second places in stages at the Flèche du Sud, a 4th at the Ronde de l'Oise and a 7th at the ZLM Tour. Jonathan Klever Caicedo (Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team) secured two second places in stages at the Tour of Magnificent Qinghai. Ronan Augé (Unibet Rose Rockets) achieved a 1st in a stage at the Route d'Occitanie - CIC, a 5th in a stage at the TPC en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a 4th in another stage of the same race and a 9th in a stage at the Arctic Race of Norway. Petr Rikunov (Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team) was very active in the Asian calendar: 2nd and 3rd in stages at the Tour of Huangshan, 3rd in a stage at the China Xizang Trans-Himalaya and 5th in a stage at the Tour of Magnificent Qinghai. Antoine Huby (7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines) won a stage at the Tour de Maurice, was 3rd in a stage at the Tour of Salalah, 10th at the Dhofar Classic and 9th in a stage at the Tour de Gyeongnam. Mattia Gaffuri (Team Picnic PostNL) showed good climbing ability with a 5th and a 4th place in stages at the Tour of the Alps. Pierre Barbier (Terengganu Cycling Team) collected top-10 placings in Asia: 3rd in a stage at the Tour of Magnificent Qinghai, 4th and 5th in stages at the China Xizang Trans-Himalaya, 9th in a stage at the Tour of Taihu Lake and 10th at the Classique of Mauritius. Geoffrey Bouchard (TotalEnergies) achieved a 3rd place in a stage at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye, a 10th in a stage at the Tour de l'Ain and an 18th at the Classic Grand Besançon Doubs. Andrei Stepanov (Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team) finished 3rd in a stage at the Tour de Gyeongnam and 9th in a stage at the Tour of Huangshan. Bradley Perkins (7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines) achieved a 3rd in a stage at the Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe and a 10th in another stage of the same race. Jannis Peter (Unibet Rose Rockets) took a 7th and a 9th place in stages at the Sibiu Cycling Tour. Valentin Retailleau (TotalEnergies) finished 4th and 9th in two stages at the Route d'Occitanie - CIC. Owen Geleijn (Unibet Rose Rockets) achieved an 11th in a stage at the Tour of Türkiye and a 16th in a stage at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye. Alan Jousseaume (TotalEnergies) finished 9th in a stage at the Lidl Deutschland Tour. Ronnilan Quita (7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines) achieved a 7th in a stage at the Tour of Salalah. Bold Iderbold (Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team) was 4th at the National Road Championships - Mongolia. The favourites for victory In light of the season's results, the favourites for the overall victory are: Jan Castellon (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA): the most complete profile, with placings in both one-day races and stage races. His consistency across terrains makes him the man to beat. Roy Hoogendoorn (Team Picnic PostNL): the consistency shown at the Flèche du Sud and the Ronde de l'Oise makes him a candidate for a leading role, especially in hilly stages. Jonathan Klever Caicedo (Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team): an experienced climber, if the route features climbs he will be a concrete threat for the general classification. Ronan Augé (Unibet Ros