KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- This year's Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) cycling race, which ended yesterday, has been hailed as one of the best-ever organised.
This is after the evaluation of the technical and race aspects received excellent grades, and even the president and panel of commissars, as well as the race director, gave the LTdL 2025 the thumbs up.
This clearly proves that no significant weaknesses were detected throughout the race and LtdL remains as one of the most prestigious international-level cycling races.
However, there is a question mark over the organisation of the race under the banner of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Sports Council (NSC), which ends this year.
As far as NSC director Jefri Ngadirin is concerned, any decision regarding the organisation of LTdL will be made by the Cabinet once he has tabled a full report of the race.
"The mandate given by the Cabinet was for three years, which is from 2023 to 2025. So, we will revert to the Cabinet after this event to get the mandate for the coming years.
"The UCI (International Cycling Union) had also given us the licence for three years, and we have to apply for it every three years. So, we still have until March of next year to apply for the three-year organising licence,” he said yesterday.
Meanwhile, Jefri said that whoever is given the trust to organise the LTdL, be it the NSC or an external party, would not have any problems running the show, as the NSC already has the blueprint for the successful organisation of Asia's most prestigious road race event.
"We received feedback from the UCI stating that this is one of the best races organised in Malaysia. They even felt that the organisation of the LTdL could set an example to other countries on how to run such races.
"So, any organiser or stakeholders, if they take over the organisation of the LTdL, can use the template used by us and also by the ministry.
"We will hand over the manual if there are any parties interested in organising the race. That is not a problem,” he said.
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