2000 Tour de Langkawi

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
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)
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  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]

Farm Frites
Cantina Tollo
  • United States Guido Trenti
  • Italy Marco Di Renzo
  • Italy Federico Giabbecucci
  • Italy Emanuele Negrini
  • Italy Germano Pierdomenico
Liquigas–Pata
Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne
BigMat–Auber 93
Phonak
Mróz–Supradyn Witaminy

Saturn
Linda McCartney Cycling Team
Telekom Malaysia All-Stars
Mobilvetta Design-Rossin
Bonjour
Gerolsteiner

Mercury
Collstrop–De Federale Verzekeringen
  • Belgium Danny Baeyens
  • Belgium Tony Bracke
  • Belgium Eric De Clercq
  • Belgium Dirk Aernouts
  • Belgium Koen Deschuytter
  • Ukraine Oleg Pankov
Aguardiente Néctar–Selle Italia
Malaysia
  • Malaysia Sharulneeza Razali
  • Malaysia Tsen Seong Hoong
  • Malaysia Wong Ah Thiam
  • Malaysia Musairi Musa
  • Malaysia Mohd Mahazir Hamad
  • Malaysia Mohd Suhaimi Keton
South Africa
Indonesia
  • Indonesia Sulistiono Sulistiono
  • Indonesia Wawan Setyobudi
  • Indonesia Hengky Setiawan
  • Indonesia Agung Joni Suryo
  • Indonesia Suyitno Suyitno
  • Indonesia Herry Janto Setiawan

China
  • China Li Fuyu
  • China Feng Luanyun
  • China Li Fuji
  • China Wong Guozhang
  • China Xiao Yechen
  • China Zhu Yongbiao
Denmark
  • Denmark Lennie Kristensen
  • Denmark Morten Sonne
  • Denmark Martin Kryger
  • Denmark Jan Jespersen
  • Denmark Dennis Rasmussen
  • Denmark Stig Dam
Japan
Philippines
  • Philippines Victor Espiritu
  • Philippines Warren Davadilla
  • Philippines Arnel Quirimit
  • Philippines Enrique Domingo
  • Philippines Villamor Baluyut
  • Philippines Merculio Ramos
Canada
  • Canada Eric Wohlberg
  • Canada Mark Walters
  • Canada Paul Kelly
  • Canada Mat Anand
  • Canada Sylvain Beauchamp
  • Canada Peter Wedge
Nürnberger
  • Russia Artour Babaitsev
  • Switzerland Christoph Goehring
  • Germany Alexander Kastenhuber
  • Switzerland Roland Mueller
  • Germany Heinrich Trumheller
  • Germany Jürgen Werner

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2000 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2000 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2000 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. "2000 Tour de Langkawi — Prologue". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
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