RHB LEKAS Highway Ride 2026

The RHB LEKAS Highway Ride 2026 has been rescheduled to Saturday, 28 November 2026. The original 12 September ride was postponed because of unhealthy air quality from the haze. All existing registrations remain valid and riders who can attend the new date do not need to take any action. Riders who cannot attend may transfer their entry to someone else by emailing enquiry@gosportz.my by 8 October 2026. Refunds are not available.

The event will now take place on Saturday, 28 November 2026. Everything below describes the programme published for the original date. Treat the timings as provisional until the organiser confirms the revised race-night schedule.

It is the 11th edition of Malaysia’s largest highway night ride, taking over the Kajang-Seremban Highway (E21). The first wave was to flag off at 8.30pm from Kajang Selatan Toll Plaza, rescheduled from the 7.45pm start originally published so that it followed the 6.00pm highway closure. For one night the expressway is fully closed and lit: smooth tarmac, no traffic lights and no junctions. The field is capped at 6,000 riders.

Four distances are offered. The 105km is the headline ride for those 22 and above, run as Men’s Open, Women’s Open and Men’s Veteran (45+), plus a Corporate / Open Team competition scored on each team’s best three finishers. The 78km adds a Women’s Veteran category (40+) and Young Adult categories for ages 17 to 21. The 17km Fun Ride is open to anyone 17 and above, with a separate Teens category for 13 to 16, and the 12km is a children’s ride for ages 10 to 12. Age for every category is calculated as at 31 December 2026.

The 105km route runs out and back from Kajang Selatan Toll Plaza, passing Semenyih Toll Plaza and Pajam Toll Plaza, with turnaround points at 75km and 88km and a KOM section early in the ride. Support stations with water and medical cover sit at the Beranang R&R, reached at 68km and again at 95km.

Because this is a night event the cut-offs are strict. On the 105km there are three: the Ampangan U-turn at 39km by 11.00pm, the Semenyih interchange at 76km by 12.45am and the Pajam interchange at 90km by 1.30am, with a qualifying finish at Kajang Selatan Toll Plaza of 2.30am. The 78km has a single cut-off at the Ampangan U-turn at 39km by 11.00pm and a 1.30am finish. Riders diverted at a cut-off are picked up and do not receive a finisher’s medal. Timing chips are used on all four distances and results appear at gosportz.my within five working days.

Race packs were collected in advance on 5 and 6 September 2026 at IOI Mall Damansara, and there is no collection at the LEKAS Highway on event day, so anyone who missed both days should contact the organiser rather than turn up expecting a bib. Riders need their IC or passport on the night. Every entrant receives a goodies bag, bib, timing chip, finisher’s medal, online certificate and refreshments. The event jersey is optional on the 105km and 78km individual categories, where entering without it takes RM40 off the fee, while 17km and 12km entrants get an event t-shirt instead. Road, sports, touring, hybrid, mini velo, folding and mountain bikes are permitted; disc wheels, aero or extension bars, brakeless fixies and dedicated time trial bikes are not.

Registration transfers

Existing registrations automatically carry over to 28 November. Riders who cannot attend may transfer their registration to another rider by emailing enquiry@gosportz.my within the 30-day transfer period, which closes on 8 October 2026. Jersey size, jersey colour and ride category cannot be changed as part of a transfer, whether or not the race kit has already been collected. The organiser will not provide refunds because registrations remain valid for the rescheduled date.

On the night

Park at Bandar Teknologi Kajang. The organiser has asked riders to keep off the Kajang Selatan Toll Plaza itself, the highway roadside and the laybys, all of which sit inside the closure.

Medical cover is heavier than the water stops alone suggest: an IJN mobile clinic trailer sits at the main event site, with ambulances, medic bikes and staffed medical stations spread along the route. Medics wear the event t-shirt. Mechanical support comes from Jami Bike Centre, with neutral service at the main venue and support cars following the back of the 105km and 78km fields. There are no mechanic cars with the lead peloton, so anyone riding at the front is on their own kit.

The timing chip rides on the front bike bib, not the frame: mount it at the front with about a 1cm gap from any carbon surface, and keep the number plate separate.

The haze is what ended this date: the organiser said on 6 September that it was monitoring air quality along the route, then postponed the ride outright two days later.

Schedule

The original programme had the highway closing at 6.00pm and reopening at 4.30am the following morning, with flag-off from 8.30pm. These timings have not yet been reconfirmed for 28 November. The published 105km cut-offs were: 39km by 11.00pm, 76km by 12.45am, 90km by 1.30am, qualifying finish 2.30am. The 78km cut-off was 39km by 11.00pm, with a qualifying finish at 1.30am.