The 2002 Tour de Langkawi was the 7th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 1 February in Putrajaya and ended on 10 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.3 category race.
Hernán Darío Muñoz of Colombia won the race. Robert Hunter of South Africa won the point classification and Ruber Marín of Colombia won the mountains classification. won the team classification.
Stages The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,312.6 kilometres. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird11 FebruaryPutrajaya Individual time trial22 FebruaryKlang to Sitiawan33 FebruaryLumut to Ipoh44 FebruaryTapah to Bentong55 FebruaryBangi to Malacca66 FebruaryMuar to Johor Bahru77 FebruaryKluang to Tampin88 FebruaryPort Dickson to Petaling Jaya99 FebruaryMenara Telekom to Genting Highlands1010 FebruaryKuala Lumpur Criterium
Classification leadership StageStage winnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1Robert HunterRobert HunterRobert Hunternot availableArnel QuirimitJapan2Robert Hunter3Enrico DeganoHans De Meester4Moreno Di BiaseKoji FukushimaGhader MizbaniTelekom Malaysia5Robert HunterTonton Susanto6Graeme Brown7Moreno Di Biase8Antonio Salomone9Hernán Darío MuñozHernán Darío MuñozRuber Marín10Graeme Brown FinalHernán Darío MuñozRobert HunterRuber MarínTonton SusantoTelekom Malaysia
Final standings
General classification RiderTeamTime 1 30h 03' 31"2 + 36"3South Africa + 01' 52"4Team Fakta + 03' 50"5 + 04' 42"6 + 05' 00"7Nürnberger + 05' 29"8 + 05' 56"9 + 06' 43"10 + 07' 11"
Points classification RiderTeamPoints1 1212Nürnberger723713715676Team Fakta537528499421040
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints1 302293South Africa294Japan155125Telekom Malaysia125125Team Fakta1291010iTeamNova.com8108
Asian rider classification RiderTeamTime1Telekom Malaysia30h 13' 40"2Japan + 06' 26"3Telekom Malaysia + 13' 10"4Telekom Malaysia + 18' 07"5Japan + 22' 46"6Malaysia + 27' 26"7Philippines + 28' 34"8Philippines + 29' 32"9Telekom Malaysia + 31' 20"10Telekom Malaysia + 32' 44"
Team classification TeamTime190h 21' 04"2South Africa + 11' 11"3 + 11' 41"4 + 21' 54"5 + 27' 32"6 + 34' 55"7Telekom Malaysia + 36' 26"8Team Fakta + 52' 25"9 + 58' 25"10 + 59' 26"
Asian team classification TeamTime1Telekom Malaysia 91h 01' 55"2Japan + 37' 01"3Philippines + 1h 01' 36"4Malaysia + 1h 12' 40"5China + 1h 57' 34"
List of teams and riders A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 2002 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 151 riders, a total of 128 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.
Paolo Lanfranchi Marco Battiston Alberto Elli Daniele Galli Antonio Salomone Eddy Serri Andris Reiss
Andrea Tafi Davide Bramati Paolo Fornaciari Robert Hunter Charly Wegelius Luca Scinto David Cañada
Jens Voigt Yohann Charpenteau Christophe Le Mével Ludovic Martin Benoît Poilvet Yan Tournier
Kyrylo Pospyeyev Michele Scarponi Rubén Lobato Agustin Pena Gago Cesare Di Cintio Lorenzo Cardellini
Linas Balčiūnas Laurent Estadieu Andy Flickinger Alexandre Grux Nicolas Inaudi Innar Mändoja Nicolas Portal
Nathan O'Neill Nicola Chesini Enrico Degano Stefano Guerrini Sergiy Matveyev Graeme Brown Cristiano Parrinello
Mario Aerts Frédéric Amorison Kurt van Lancker Kevin van Impe Fulco van Gulik Stive Vermaut Wesley van Speybroeck Telekom Malaysia Graeme Miller Wong Kam-po Ghader Mizbani Ahad Kazemi Tonton Susanto Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi Nor Affendy Rosli
Max Becker Tony Bracke Eric De Clercq Hans De Meester Björn Leukemans Karl Pauwels Hendrik Van Dyck
Mario Traversoni Moreno Di Biase Alessandro Brendolin Samuel Vecchi Antoni Rizzi Uros Murn Denis Bondarenko
Jorge Capitan Peregrina David Fernández Domingo César Garcia Calvo Oscar Laguna Garcia German Nieto Fernandez David Vazquez Garcia José Manuel Vázquez Palomo Team Fakta Lennie Kristensen Morten Sonne Bjørnar Vestøl René Jørgensen Jorgen Bo Petersen Lars Bak Allan Bo Andresen
Anthony Charteau Anthony Geslin Charles Guilbert Jimmy Engoulvent Mickaël Pichon Jérôme Pineau Thomas Voeckler Malaysia Shahrulneeza Razali Tsen Seong Hoong Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan Shahrizan Selamat Wong Ah Thiam Suhardi Hassan
Hernán Darío Muñoz Juan Diego Ramírez Fortunato Baliani Andris Naudužs Leonardo Scarselli Mikhaylo Khalilov Ruber Marín Nürnberger Artour Babaitsev Ronny Lauke Jürgen Pauritsch Dirk Schumann Holger Sievers Lubor Tesar Jurgen Werner iTeamNova.com Jamie Drew Russell Downing Scott Guyton Dominique Perras Brett Lancaster Trent Wilson Allan Iacuone
South Africa Douglas Ryder David George Rodney Green Daniel Spence Jacques Fullard James Ball Jeremy Maartens Philippines Victor Espiritu Warren Davadilla Arnel Quirimit Enrique Domingo Merculio Ramos Villamor Baluyut Emilito Atilano Japan Makoto Iijima Koji Fukushima Shinichi Fukushima Tomoya Kano Mitsuteru Tanaka Kazuya Okazaki Shinri Suzuki Canada Glan Rendall Mark Ernsting Andrew Pinfold Geoff Kabush Josh Hall Eric Wohlberg Ryder Hesjedal China Hui Guo Wang Guozhang Song Shuhai Li Hongwei Zhu Yongbiao Jiang Xueli
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