2000 Tour de Langkawi
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 25 January–6 February 2000 | ||
| Stages | 12+Prologue | ||
| Distance | 1,604.9 km (997.2 mi) | ||
| Winning time | 38h 34' 39" (41.77 km/h or 25.95 mph) | ||
| Palmares | |||
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Winner |  Chris Horner (USA) |
(Mercury) |
| Second |  Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) |
(Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne) | |
| Third |  Fortunato Baliani (ITA) |
(Aguardiente Néctar–Selle Italia) | |
 |
Points |  Gordon Fraser (CAN) |
(Mercury) |
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Mountains | Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) |
(Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne) |
| Team | Mercury | ||
The 2000 Tour de Langkawi was the 5th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began with a prologue criterium on 25 January in Langkawi and ended on 6 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.4 category race.[1][2][3]
Chris Horner of USA won the race, followed by Julio Alberto Pérez of Mexico second and Fortunato Baliani of Italy third. Gordon Fraser won the points classification category and Julio Alberto Pérez won the mountains classification category. Mercury won the team classification category.[1][2][3]
Stages
The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,604.9 kilometres.[1][2][3] Prologue did not count towards the overall but many riders competed in the stage.[4]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Stage result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Second | Third | ||||
| P | 25 January | Langkawi Criterium | 50 km (31.1 mi) |  Graeme Miller (NZL) |
 Jans Koerts (NED) |
 Jan Bratkowski (GER) |
| 1 | 26 January | Langkawi Individual time trial | 9.2 km (5.7 mi) | Floyd Landis (USA) |
Frank McCormack (USA) |
Daniele Contrini (ITA) |
| 2 | 27 January | Alor Setar to Batu Ferringhi | 173 km (107.5 mi) |  Jamie Drew (AUS) |
Daniele Contrini (ITA) |
 René Haselbacher (AUT) |
| 3 | 28 January | Taiping to Sitiawan | 86.1 km (53.5 mi) |  Damien Nazon (FRA) |
Gordon Fraser (CAN) |
René Haselbacher (AUT) |
| 4 | 29 January | Lumut to Tanah Rata | 162 km (100.7 mi) |  Wong Kam-po (HKG) |
Mark Walters (CAN) |
Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) |
| 5 | 30 January | Tapah to Bentong | 168.9 km (104.9 mi) | Glen Mitchell (NZL) |
Trent Klasna (USA) |
Gordon Fraser (CAN) |
| 6 | 31 January | Bentong to Kuantan | 191.2 km (118.8 mi) | Antonio Cruz (USA) |
Fortunato Baliani (ITA) |
Chris Horner (USA) |
| 7 | 1 February | Kuantan to Kuala Rompin | 133.5 km (83.0 mi) | Ivan Quaranta (ITA) |
Luca Cei (ITA) |
Gordon Fraser (CAN) |
| 8 | 2 February | Mersing to Malacca | 244.8 km (152.1 mi) | Ivan Quaranta (ITA) |
Gordon Fraser (CAN) |
Sven Teutenberg (GER) |
| 9 | 3 February | Malacca to Kajang | 115.5 km (71.8 mi) | Guido Trenti (USA) |
Henk Vogels (AUS) |
Torsten Schmidt (GER) |
| 10 | 4 February | KL Tower to Genting Highlands | 111.3 km (69.2 mi) | Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) |
 Matthew Stephens (GBR) |
Walter Bénéteau (FRA) |
| 11 | 5 February | Shah Alam | 134.4 km (83.5 mi) | Ivan Quaranta (ITA) |
Damien Nazon (FRA) |
Gordon Fraser (CAN) |
| 12 | 6 February | Kuala Lumpur Criterium | 75.3 km (46.8 mi) | Jan Bratkowski (GER) |
Antonio Cruz (USA) |
Volker Ordowski (GER) |
Classification leadership
| Stage | Stage winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification |
Asian rider classification | Team classification | Asian team classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Floyd Landis | Floyd Landis | Floyd Landis | Floyd Landis | Makoto Iijima | Saturn | Japan |
| 2 | Jamie Drew | Daniele Contrini | Daniele Contrini | Graziano Recinella | |||
| 3 | Damien Nazon | Gordon Fraser | |||||
| 4 | Wong Kam-po | Mark Walters | Julio Alberto Pérez | Wong Kam-po | |||
| 5 | Glen Mitchell | Lennie Kristensen | |||||
| 6 | Antonio Cruz | Chris Horner | |||||
| 7 | Ivan Quaranta | ||||||
| 8 | Ivan Quaranta | ||||||
| 9 | Guido Trenti | ||||||
| 10 | Julio Alberto Pérez | Julio Alberto Pérez | Mercury | ||||
| 11 | Ivan Quaranta | ||||||
| 12 | Jan Bratkowski | ||||||
| Final | Chris Horner | Gordon Fraser | Julio Alberto Pérez | Wong Kam-po | Mercury | Japan | |
Final standings
General classification
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Horner (USA) | Mercury | 38h 34' 39" |
| 2 | Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) | Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne | + 27" |
| 3 | Fortunato Baliani (ITA) | Aguardiente Néctar–Selle Italia | + 29" |
| 4 | Matthew Stephens (GBR) | Linda McCartney Cycling Team | + 01' 05" |
| 5 | Floyd Landis (USA) | Mercury | + 01' 48" |
| 6 |  Lennie Kristensen (DEN) | Denmark | + 01' 50" |
| 7 | Graziano Recinella (ITA) | Mobilvetta Design-Rossin | + 02' 02" |
| 8 | René Haselbacher (AUT) | Gerolsteiner | + 02' 04" |
| 9 | Chris Wherry (USA) | Saturn | + 02' 25" |
| 10 | Loic Lamouller (FRA) | BigMat–Auber 93 | + 02' 27" |
Points classification
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Fraser (CAN) | Mercury | 111 |
| 2 | Guido Trenti (USA) | Cantina Tollo | 87 |
| 3 | René Haselbacher (GER) | Gerolsteiner | 82 |
| 4 | Jans Koerts (NED) | Farm Frites | 58 |
| 5 | Ivan Quaranta (ITA) | Mobilvetta Design-Rossin | 55 |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Franky Van Haesebroucke (BEL) | Telekom Malaysia All-Stars | 52 |
| 7 |  Kosie Loubser (RSA) | South Africa | 50 |
| 8 | Antonio Cruz (USA) | Saturn | 48 |
| 9 | Damien Nazon (FRA) | Bonjour | 41 |
| 9 | Jan Bratkowski (GER) | Mercury | 41 |
Mountains classification
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) | Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne | 66 |
| 2 | Lennie Kristensen (DEN) | Denmark | 57 |
| 3 | Floyd Landis (USA) | Mercury | 34 |
| 4 | Mark Walters (CAN) | Canada | 34 |
| 5 | Wong Kam-po (HKG) | Telekom Malaysia All-Stars | 31 |
| 6 | Graziano Recinella (ITA) | Mobilvetta Design-Rossin | 30 |
| 7 | Matthew Stephens (GBR) | Linda McCartney Cycling Team | 20 |
| 8 | Tom Leaper (AUS) | Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne | 20 |
| 9 | Chris Horner (USA) | Mercury | 17 |
| 10 | Walter Bénéteau (FRA) | Bonjour | 16 |
Asian rider classification
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wong Kam-po (HKG) | Telekom Malaysia All-Stars | 38h 41' 16" |
| 2 |  Sharulneeza Razali (MAS) | Malaysia | + 03' 39" |
| 3 |  Hidenori Nodera (JPN) | Japan | + 04' 35" |
| 4 |  Victor Espiritu (PHI) | Philippines | + 06' 14" |
| 5 | Yasutaka Tashiro (JPN) | Japan | + 07' 54" |
| 6 | Yoshimasa Hirose (JPN) | Japan | + 18' 34" |
| 7 | Musairi Musa (MAS) | Malaysia | + 19' 47" |
| 8 | Merculio Ramos (PHI) | Philippines | + 20' 01" |
| 9 |  Zhu Yongbiao (CHN) | China | + 20' 16" |
| 10 | Makoto Iijima (JPN) | Japan | + 22' 44" |
Team classification
| Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercury | 115h 44' 59" |
| 2 | South Africa | + 38" |
| 3 | Saturn | + 03' 08" |
| 4 | Linda McCartney Cycling Team | + 04' 03" |
| 5 | Denmark | + 05' 05" |
| 6 | Gerolsteiner | + 05' 56" |
| 7 | Aguardiente Néctar–Selle Italia | + 10' 02" |
| 8 | Canada | + 18' 49" |
| 9 | BigMat–Auber 93 | + 26' 14" |
| 10 | Japan | + 31' 22" |
Asian team classification
| Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 116h 16' 21" |
| 2 | Philippines | + 32' 21" |
| 3 | Malaysia | + 38' 28" |
| 4 | China | + 1h 25' 08" |
| 5 | Indonesia | + 2h 23' 50" |
List of teams and riders
A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2000 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 149 riders, a total of 126 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.[1][2][3]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 "2000 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "2000 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "2000 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "2000 Tour de Langkawi — Prologue". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
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