The 2003 Tour de Langkawi was the 8th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on January 31st in Langkawi and ended on February 9th in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
Tom Danielson of USA won the race, followed by Hernán Darío Muñoz of Colombia second and Fredy González of Colombia third. Graeme Brown of Australia won the points classification category and Roland Green of South Africa won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.
Stages The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,343.5 kilometres. Due to the extreme weather conditions(heavy downpour) experienced during the Stage 10 of the 2003 Tour de Langkawi, the stage was neutralised according to the decision of the College of Commissaires and the Race Organizer. All competitors at the stage had been awarded the winner's time. However, the classification and the top three finalist of the stage had been awarded. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird1January 31Langkawi Individual time trial2February 1Kangar to Butterworth3February 2Kulim to Ipoh4February 3Gerik to Tanah Merah5February 4Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu6February 5Marang to Chukai7February 6Kuantan to Bentong8February 7Menara Telekom to Seremban9February 8Seremban to Genting Highlands 10February 9Kuala Lumpur Criterium
Classification leadership StageStage winnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1Nathan O'NeillNathan O'NeillNathan O'NeillFortunato BalianiHossein AskariSaturnIran2Luciano Pagliarini3Luciano PagliariniLuciano Pagliarini4Luciano PagliariniRoland Green5Graeme BrownGraeme Brown6Stuart O'Grady7Graeme BrownTom Danielson8Stuart O'Grady9Hernán Darío MuñozTomoya Kano10Guillermo Bongiorno Final Tom Danielson Graeme Brown Roland GreenTomoya KanoIran
Final standings
General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Saturn 31h 54' 09"2 + 09"3 + 01' 44"4 Canada + 02' 03"5 + 02' 35"6 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave + 02' 59"7 + 03' 09"8 South Africa + 03' 35"9 + 03' 41"10 + 03' 48"
Points classification RiderTeamPoints1 12821133Team Fakta744 De-Nardi Colpack695646567548Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave518 Iran51851
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints1 Canada492Japan283274Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave265 216Saturn2071271271210 Telekom Malaysia11
Asian rider classification RiderTeamTime1Japan31h 59' 29"2Telekom Malaysia + 20"3Iran + 03' 10"4Telekom Malaysia + 03' 35"5Philippines + 06' 55"6Iran + 07' 22"7Iran + 08' 08"8Japan + 08' 11"9Malaysia + 08' 40"10Iran + 09' 50"
Team classification TeamTime195h 47' 07"2Saturn + 09' 32"3 + 10' 09"4 + 12' 33"5Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave + 14' 24"6 + 15' 08"7De Nardi-Colpack + 16' 54"8Team Fakta + 17' 08"9 + 17' 15"10Canada + 18' 01"
Asian team classification TeamTime1Iran 96h 11' 02"2Japan + 31"3Telekom Malaysia + 03' 50"4Malaysia + 22' 07"5Philippines + 24' 14"
List of teams and riders A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2003 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 138 riders, a total of 122 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.
Hernán Darío Muñoz Fredy González Russel Van Hout Ruber Marín Urbelino Mesa Mikhaylo Khalilov José Rujano
Gabriele Missaglia Maximilian Sciandri Rubens Bertogliati Daniele Righi Marco Pinotti Luciano Pagliarini Marco Serpellini
Santos González Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero Rubén Lobato Lorenzo Cardellini Filippo Simeoni Sergio Marinangeli
Stuart O'Grady Christopher Jenner Corey Sweet Eric Leblacher Yohann Charpenteau Yan Tournier Team Fakta René Jørgensen Jørgen Bo Petersen Julian Winn Lars Bak Allan Bo Andresen Jacob Moe Rasmussen Bjørnar Vestøl
Marlux-Ville De Charlerois Dave Bruylandts Christian Poos Raivis Belohvoščiks Johan Dekkers Guillaume Girout Charles Guilbert Sébastien Mattozza De Nardi-Colpack Andrus Aug Simone Cadamuro Michele Colleoni Ondrej Fadrny Andrea Rossi Charly Wegelius Michele Gobbi Telekom Malaysia Wong Kam-po Ghader Mizbani Thomas Evans Tonton Susanto Simone Mori Nor Effendy Rosli Tsen Seong Hoong
Paolo Lanfranchi Graeme Brown Brett Lancaster Scott Davis Sergiy Matveyev Filippo Perfetto Guillermo Bongiorno Saturn Chris Horner Tom Danielson Charles Dionne Tim Johnson Nathan O'Neill Eric Wohlberg Phil Zajicek
Josep Jufré David Fernández Domingo Nácor Burgos Oscar Laguna Garcia German Nieto Fernandez Jose Manuel Maestre José Manuel Vázquez Palomo Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave Biagio Conte Moreno Di Biase Fortunato Baliani Domenico Gualdi Luis Felipe Laverde Matteo Cappe Massimo Amichetti Flanders-iTeamNova Ronny Assez Jamie Drew Scott Guyton Allan Iacuone Jurgen Landrie David McKenzie Trent Wilson Malaysia Shahrulneeza Razali Wong Ah Thiam Mohd Mahadzir Hamad Musairi Musa Shahrizan Selamat Suhardi Hassan Mohd Sazlee Ismail Canada Roland Green Seamus McGrath Peter Wedge Cory Lange Alexandre Lavallée Gordon Fraser Bruno Langlois
Thierry De Groote Kristof Trouve Hendrik Van Dyck Michel Van Haecke Erwin Thijs Peter Wuyts Gert Vanderaerden South Africa Malcolm Lange Simon Kessler Johan Van Der Berg Morné Bester Owen Hannie Ross Grant David George Japan Tomoya Kano Shinri Suzuki Hidenori Nodera Kazuya Okazaki Satoshi Hirose Koki Shimbo Koji Fukushima Philippines Victor Espiritu Arnel Quirimit Merculio Ramos Villamor Baluyut Enrique Domingo Warren Davadilla Lloyd Lucien Reynante Iran Ahad Kazemi Hossein Askari Alireza Haghi Mehdi Sohrabi Hassan Maleki Rasoul Farshbaf Sirous Hashemzadeh
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