SHAH ALAM, Sept 30 — Several major roads in eight Selangor districts will be closed and traffic diverted in stages from Thursday to make way for Stages 5, 6 and 8 of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2025.
Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said the districts are Hulu Selangor, Ampang Jaya, Kajang, Shah Alam, North Klang, South Klang, Kuala Langat and Sepang, involving a total race distance of 162km.
He said road closures and traffic diversions would be implemented according to the schedule and stage of the race.
Shazeli said road closures would start in Hulu Selangor involving the Jalan Gap route towards Bukit Fraser from 1.49pm on Thursday.
“The sixth stage of the race will continue the next day with participants being released at 9am from Dataran Kemerdekaan Shah Alam via Persiaran Sultan, Sri Andalas, Sijangkang, Telok Panglima Garang, Jenjarom, Sungai Manggis and Telok Datok.
“Next, the cyclists will proceed to Banting, Kanchong Darat, Morib, Kampung Batu Laut, Tanjung Sepat, Sungai Pelek and Pekan Sepang before ending in Port Dickson,” he said in a statement today.
Shazeli said that for the eighth stage on Sunday, the race spans the route from Beranang to Semenyih, Jalan Sungai Lalang, Sungai Tekala, Jalan Hulu Langat, Jalan Ampang up to KLCC, covering the Kajang and Ampang Jaya areas, with road closures starting at 2.55pm.
He said 392 police personnel, along with 235 Team Sahabat members including local authorities, will be stationed along the routes to ensure smooth traffic throughout the event.
“In this regard, motorists are advised to avoid the routes affected during road closures, besides planning their journey to reduce inconvenience,” he said.
LTdL will travel through the 12 states in Peninsular Malaysia over the course of eight stages of the competition, covering a total distance of 1,243.5km, starting on Langkawi and ending in front of KLCC on Sunday.
