National Cyclists For LTdL To Train In Genting Highlands
19/1/2009, Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Fourteen national cyclists, including those representing the MCF Continental Team, will train in Genting Highlands to prepare themselves for the 2009 Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2009 from Feb 9 to 15.

MCF Continental Team coach Jamaludin Omar said the training would be for two weeks beginning Monday.

"The cyclists will camp at Genting Highlands where they will train for three to four hours everyday under the supervision of officers from the National Sports Institute," he told Bernama here Monday.

He said the training was also hoped to build cooperation, especially among climbers like Loh Sea Keong, Mohd Zamri Salleh, Mohd Rauf Nur Misbah and Mohd Faris Abd Razak .

Twenty teams are expected to participate in LTdL 2009 which is organised by the Youth and Sports Ministry with the cooperation of the Malaysian National Cycling Federation.

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