Anuar Manan

Anuar Manan (born 11 October 1986) is a Malaysian professional cyclist, who last rode for Malaysian amateur team Amskins Cycling Club.

Career

LeTua Cycling Team Anuar started his career with the and won two stages of the 2007 Jelajah Malaysia and the blue jersey. In the same year, he also won one stage in the Azerbaijan Tour and the Tour of Hainan. In the 2008 Jelajah Malaysia, he retained his blue jersey and won three stages.

Azad University Iran Anuar made a decision to join Iranian team . Anuar won three stages in the 2009 Jelajah Malaysia and became first rider to win the blue jersey – for the sprints classification – for three successive years.

Geumsan Ginseng Asia Anuar had to leave Iran because of a visa problem and then signed a contract with Korean team . Anuar became the first Malaysian rider to win a stage in the Tour de Langkawi, winning stage five, and also became the first Malaysian rider to win the points classification, in the race. He also won two stages in the Tour of Thailand and one each in the Tour of East Java and the Tour of Ganzhou Songcheng.

Terengganu Cycling Team Anuar returned to Malaysia and joined the , winning stages in the Jelajah Malaysia, the Tour de Brunei and the Tour of Hainan.

Champion System For the 2012 season, Anuar was signed by Asian team , joining the likes of Jaan Kirsipuu in the team.

Synergy Baku For the 2013 season, Anuar joined . Prior to the end of 2013, he joined on a loan move ahead of the Tour of Poyang Lake.

Return to Terengganu Cycling Team He would later rejoin the for the 2014 season.

Forca Amskins Racing Anuar were released from at the end of 2017. He later founded his own team Forca Amskins Racing as a platform mainly to ride the 2018 Tour de Langkawi.

Unfortunately the team faced financial difficulties and failed to register for the 2019 Tour de Langkawi. The team also failed to be registered for the 2020 UCI road race calendar, and the professional team were dissolved soon after.

Major results

2007 Jelajah Malaysia 1st Sprints classification 1st Stages 3 & 6 1st Stage 9 Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran) 1st Stage 5 Tour de East Java 1st Stage 2 Tour of Hainan 6th Road race, Southeast Asian Games 2008 Jelajah Malaysia 1st Sprints classification 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 1st Sprints classification Tour de Langkawi 2009 Jelajah Malaysia

1st Stages 4 & 5 2010 1st Stage 2 Tour de East Java Tour de Langkawi

1st Stage 5 Tour of Thailand 1st Stages 3 & 4 2011 1st Stage 4 Jelajah Malaysia 1st Stage 2 Tour de Brunei 1st Stage 5 Tour of Hainan 8th Melaka Governor's Cup 2013 Tour of Poyang Lake 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 1st Stage 1 Tour de East Java

5th Melaka Governor's Cup 2015 Jelajah Malaysia 1st Stages 3 & 5