The 2004 Tour de Langkawi was the 9th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 6 February in Bayan Baru and ended on 15 February in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
Fredy González of Colombia won the race, followed by Ryan Cox of South Africa second and Dave Bruylandts of Belgium third. Gordon Fraser of Australia won the points classification category and Ruber Marín of Colombia won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.
Stages The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,242.9 kilometres. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird16 FebruaryBayan Baru to TaipingDue to the traffic conditions in the final lap, the College of Commissaires and the Race Organiser had been decided that stage 1 was neutralised. Points and bonuses for stage 1 had been withdrawn.27 FebruaryIpoh to Tanah Rata38 FebruaryTapah to Raub49 FebruaryUlu Klang to Tampin510 FebruaryMalacca Individual time trial611 FebruaryMuar to Johor Bahru712 FebruaryPontian to Malacca813 FebruaryPort Dickson to Shah Alam914 FebruaryKuala Lumpur to Genting Highlands1015 FebruaryMerdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Criterium
Classification leadership StageStage winnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1No winner2Marlon Pérez ArangoMarlon Pérez ArangoMarlon Pérez ArangoMarlon Pérez ArangoGhader MizbaniIran3Brett LancasterFredy GonzálezGordon FraserJapan4Sean Sullivan5Eric WohlbergMarlon Pérez Arango6Ivan Quaranta7Luciano Pagliarini8Luciano Pagliarini9Ruber MarínFredy GonzálezRuber MarínIran10Guillermo Bongiorno Final Fredy González Gordon Fraser Ruber MarínGhader MizbaniIran
Final standings
General classification RiderTeamTime 1 28h 52' 52"2 + 48"3 Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf + 01' 54"4 + 01' 55"5 South Africa + 02' 12"6 + 02' 22"7 + 02' 30"8 + 02' 31"9 + 04' 06"10 Canada + 04' 06"
Points classification RiderTeamPoints1 1052703 654 465456407387 389 3410Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave3210 32
Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints1 572 403 344 235 206197 De-Nardi188 Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf168 1610 1510 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave15
Asian rider classification RiderTeamTime1Iran28h 57' 19"2Iran + 03' 49"3Wismilak + 05' 49"4Japan + 09' 07"5Malaysia + 12' 11"6China + 13' 42"7China + 15' 40"8Pagcor-Casino Filipino + 15' 56"9Pagcor-Casino Filipino + 17' 10"10Japan + 17' 12"
Team classification TeamTime186h 41' 27"2 + 43"3 + 12' 40"4 + 17' 45"5Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf + 21' 42"6Canada + 21' 52"7De-Nardi + 22' 12"8South Africa + 24' 13"9 + 29' 36"10Republic of Ireland + 32' 35"
Asian team classification TeamTime1Iran 87h 17' 32"2Japan + 11' 07"3China + 16' 32"4Pagcor-Casino Filipino + 26' 11"5Malaysia + 50' 25"6Wismilak + 01h 08' 17"
List of teams and riders A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2004 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 140 riders, a total of 121 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.
Luciano Pagliarini Wladimir Belli Matteo Carrara Marco Pinotti Alessandro Cortinovis Sergio Barbero Michele Scotto D'abusco Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf Jans Koerts Dave Bruylandts Mauricio Ardila Andoni Aranaga Zbigniew Piątek Jan Van Velzen Jurgen Van de Walle
Fredy González Ruber Marín Urbelino Mesa Marlon Pérez Arango José Rujano Russel Van Hout Trent Wilson De-Nardi Graziano Gasparre Michele Gobbi Enrico Grigoli Devis Miorin Rafael Nuritdinov Antonio Rizzi Charly Wegelius
Jeremy Hunt Kurt Van De Wouwer Frédéric Gabriel Peter Wuyts Michel Van Haecke Gert Vanderaerden Ben Day
Fortunato Baliani Graeme Brown Alejandro Borrajo Sergiy Matveyev Fabio Gilioli Guillermo Bongiorno Brett Lancaster Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave Ivan Quaranta Mario Manzoni Corrado Serina Giulini Sulpizi Domenico Gualdi Matteo Cappe Luis Felipe Laverde
Xavier Florencio Santiago Blanco Gil Moises Duenas Nevado Johan Vansummeren Hector Guerra Garcia Nácor Burgos Oscar Laguna Garcia
David George Enrico Degano Sean Sullivan Ryan Cox Jock Green James Lewis Perry Tiaan Kannemeyer
Gordon Fraser Gregory Henderson Brice Jones Danny Pate John Lieswyn Scott Moninger Michael Sayers
Bert Story-Piels Germ van der Burg Dennis van Uden Coen Loos Reinier Honig Jasper Lenferink Jarko van der Stelt Arne Kornegoor Wismilak Tonton Susanto Sama'i Sama'i Wawan Setyobudi Matnur Matnur Ano Pedersen Scott Guyton Christopher Bradford Japan Yoshiyuki Abe Kazuyuki Manabe Shinichi Fukushima Kazuya Okazaki Makoto Iijima Tomoya Kano Yasutaka Tashiro Canada Roland Green Eric Wohlberg Dominique Perras Charles Dionne Cory Lange Peter Wedge Alexandre Lavallée Iran Hassan Maleki Ahad Kazemi Ghader Mizbani Abbas Saeidi Tanha Mohammad Rajabloo Amir Zargari Saeid Chehrzad
China Wang Guozhang Luo Jianshi Zheng Xiaohai Li Fuyu Zhu Yongbiao Shao Xiaojun Jiang Xueli Malaysia Shahrulneeza Razali Mohd Mahadzir Hamad Musairi Musa Mohd Najmee Abd Ghani Mohd Sazlee Ismail Nor Effendy Rosli Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit South Africa Jaco Odenaal Ian McLeod Daryl Impey Reinhardt Duplessis Nicholas White Jeremy Maartens Neil McDonald Republic of Ireland David McCann David O'Loughlin Philip Deignan Denis Lynch Paul Griffin Eugene Moriarty Tim Barry Pagcor-Casino Filipino Victor Espiritu Rhyan Tanguilig Lloyd Lucien Reynante Merculio Ramos Alfie Catalan Albert Primero Ronald Gorantes
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