PUTRAJAYA, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- Seventeen teams, including Astana, have confirmed their participation at the 15th Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) from March 1 to 7.
Youth and Sports Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Yassin Salleh said three of them were of Pro Tour status, a continental professional team, 10 continental teams and three national teams, including Malaysia.
"We are still waiting for three more teams to confirm their participation until the end of the month," he told reporters at Wisma KBS here Tuesday.
Astana emerged winners of Tour de France champion last year with riders, Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverda lifting the Vuelta a Espana title.
Meanwhile, LTdL 2010 technical director Jamaludin Mahmood said with the probable absence of Contador from Astana line-up, he hoped other big names would join the fray.
"We are awaiting confirmation from Pro Tour (United States) and Columbia High-Tech and Team Sky, both from England. Otherwise, we may have to invite other Asian or European teams," he added.
List of participants:
Pro Tour: Astana (Kazakhstan), Caisse D'Epargne (Spain) and Footon-Servetto (Spain).
Pro Continental: ISD-Neri (Italy)
Continental: Drapac Porsche (Australia), Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team (Iran), Seoul Cycling Team (South Korea), Marco Polo Cycling Team (China), Aisan Racing Team (Japan), Max Success Sport Cycling Team (China), Le Tua (Malaysia) Team Geumsan Ginseng Asia (South Korea), Azad University Cycling Team (Iran) and Giant Asia Racing Team (Taiwan)
National teams: Malaysia, Kazakhstan and South Africa.
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