The 1998 Tour de Langkawi was the third edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 18 February in Langkawi and ended on 1 March in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.
Italian Gabriele Missaglia won the race, Giuliano Figueras second and Niklas Axelsson third. Fred Rodriguez also won the points classification and Douglas Ryder won the mountains classification of the race. won the team classification of the race.
Stages The cyclist competed in 12 stages over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,835.7 kilometres. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird118 FebruaryLangkawi Individual time trial219 FebruaryKangar to George Town320 FebruaryGerik to Kota Bharu421 FebruaryKota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu522 FebruaryKuala Terengganu to Kuantan623 FebruaryKuantan to Mersing724 FebruaryJohor Bahru to Muar825 FebruaryMalacca to Port Dickson 926 FebruaryPort Dickson to Sunway Lagoon1027 FebruarySabak Bernam to Ipoh1128 FebruaryTanjung Malim to Genting Highlands121 MarchKuala Lumpur Criterium
Classification leadership Stage Stage winnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1Andrea TafiAndrea TafiAndrea Tafi not availableTang XuezhongSaturnChina2Fred RodriguezChad GerlachMalaysia3Roberto GaggioliAndrew McClean4Mirko RossatoFred Rodriguez5Fred RodriguezAllan Iacoune6Alessandro Petacchi7Chad Gerlach8Dario Pieri9Mirko RossatoDouglas Ryder10Chad GerlachOilme-Klein11Giuliano Figueras Gabriele MissagliaTonton SusantoPhilippines12Luca Cei Final Gabriele Missaglia Fred Rodriguez Douglas RyderTonton SusantoPhilippines
Final standings
General classification Rider Team Time1 45h 12' 50"2 + 26"3 + 01' 25"4 South Africa + 02' 19"5 + 02' 37"6 Denmark + 02' 38"7 Saturn + 03' 18"8 Australia + 04' 25"9 + 05' 06"10 Kazakhstan + 06' 39"
Points classification Rider Team Points1 Saturn 1172 Tuul Tunturi 863 834 Oilme-Klein 745 Oilme-Klein 716 Oilme-Klein 627 Denmark 588 549 5010 Agro-Adler 47
Mountains classification Rider Team Points1 South Africa 432 Agro-Adler 403 354 Malaysia 355 Australia 326 237 Post Swiss Team 218 Republic of Ireland 209 1610 12
Asian rider classification Rider Team Time1 Indonesia 45h 34' 42"2 China + 01' 18"3 Philippines + 03' 36"4 Philippines + 04' 39"5 China + 06' 20"6 Malaysia + 08' 10"7 Malaysia + 11' 39"8 Malaysia + 14' 40"9 Malaysia B + 19' 49"10 Philippines + 22' 07"
Team classification Team Time1 135h 41' 28" 2 Saturn + 19' 42"3 South Africa + 22' 23"4 Denmark + 23' 45"5 Lada Cska Samara + 39' 14"6 Oilme-Klein + 41' 11"7 + 58' 37"8 + 59' 22"9 Australia + 01h 07' 23"10 Philippines + 01h 17' 38"
Asian team classification Team Time1 Philippines 136h 59' 06" 2 Malaysia + 08' 04"3 China + 25' 20"4 Malaysia B + 01h 08' 27"5 Indonesia + 01h 19' 46"
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