The 2001 Tour de Langkawi was the 6th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began with prologue on 4 February in Langkawi and ended on 18 February in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.3 category race.
Paolo Lanfranchi, Italian cyclist emerged as the winner of general classification and mountains classification of the race. Paolo Bettini became the winner of points classification and second-placed in general classification. Chris Wherry was third-placed in general classification. became the winner of team classification.
Stages The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,833.47 kilometres. Prologue did not count towards the overall but many riders competed in the stage. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThirdP4 FebruaryLangkawi Prologue16 FebruaryAlor Setar to Sungai Petani27 FebruaryGerik to Kota Bharu38 FebruaryKota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu49 FebruaryDungun to Kuantan510 FebruaryPekan to Kota Tinggi611 FebruaryKluang to Malacca12 FebruaryRest day713 FebruaryMalacca to Klang814 FebruaryKuala Kubu Bharu to Tanah Rata915 FebruaryTapah to Genting Highlands 1016 FebruaryShah Alam Individual time trial1117 FebruaryKL Tower to Shah Alam1218 FebruaryMerdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Criterium
Classification leadership StageStage winnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1Gordon FraserJans KoertsJans Koertsnot availableMakoto IijimaMercury Viatel= Japan= Telekom Malaysia2Enrico DeganoTsen Seong Hoong3Paolo BettiniPaolo LanfranchiMakoto Iijima4Jans Koerts5Enrico Degano6Jans KoertsTelekom Malaysia7Ivan Quaranta8Paolo LanfranchiPaolo BettiniWong Kam-po9Paolo LanfranchiPaolo Lanfranchi Paolo Bettini10Nathan O'Neill11Paolo Bettini12Federico Colonna Final Paolo Lanfranchi Paolo Bettini Paolo LanfranchiWong Kam-poTelekom Malaysia
Final standings
General classification RiderTeamTime1 42h 59' 23"2 + 44"3 Mercury Viatel + 01' 57"4 + 02' 43"5 + 03' 59"6 + 04' 21"7 + 04' 29"8 Mercury Viatel + 04' 32"9 + 04' 58"10 CSC World Online + 05' 05"
Points classification Rider Team Points1 1292 823 574 575 466 437 418 378 Mercury Viatel 378 37
Mountains classification Rider Team Points1 662 403 294 205 Mercury Viatel 206 187 158 119 Telekom Malaysia 109 10
Asian rider classification Rider Team Time1 Telekom Malaysia 43h 12' 02"2 Telekom Malaysia + 28"3 Japan + 01' 23"4 Indonesia + 01' 44"5 Telekom Malaysia + 05' 51"6 China + 06' 47"7 Malaysia + 15' 36"8 Japan + 16' 01"9 China + 17' 18"10 Japan + 19' 00"
Team classification Team Time1 129h 05' 05"2 + 16' 01"3 Mercury Viatel + 16' 35"4 + 19' 44"5 CSC World Online + 24' 19"6 South Africa + 29' 13"7 Telekom Malaysia + 29' 15"8 Saturn + 35' 07"9 + 38' 18"10 Mobilvetta Rossin + 40' 37"
Asian team classification Team Time1 Telekom Malaysia 129h 40' 49"2 Japan + 29' 43"3 China + 37' 22"4 Malaysia + 44' 04"
List of teams and riders A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2001 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 173 riders, a total of 108 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.
Mercury Viatel Chris Horner Niklas Axelsson Scott Moninger Chris Wherry Gordon Fraser Jans Koerts Henk Vogels
Paolo Lanfranchi Dario Cioni Paolo Bettini Elio Aggiano Pedro Horrillo Davide Bramati Rinaldo Nocentini CSC World Online Michael Sandstød Martin Rittsel Nicki Sørensen Danny Jonasson René Jørgensen Jacob Moe Rasmussen Bjarke Nielsen
Julio Alberto Pérez Enrico Degano Antonio Varriale Stefano Guerrini Paolo Bertoglio Tom Leaper Nathan O'Neill
Magnus Bäckstedt Jens Voigt Anthony Langella Ludovic Martin Pierrick Fédrigo Sébastien Hinault Christopher Jenner
Brad Davidson Oscar Cavagnis Alessio Galletti Jörg Ludewig Massimiliano Mori Francesco Secchiari Christian Wegmann
Linas Balčiūnas Stéphane Berges Philippe Bordenave Laurent Estadieu Alexandre Grux Thierry Loder Innar Mändoja
Telekom Malaysia Graeme Miller Victor Espiritu Ghader Mizbani Amir Zargari Björnar Vestöl Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi Wong Kam-po Team Fakta Scott Sunderland Lennie Kristensen Allan Johansen Kurt Asle Arvesen Manu L'hoir Roberto Lochowski Morten Sonne
Claudio Astolfi Federico Colonna Cesare Di Cintio Federico Giabbecucci Emanuele Negrini Kyrylo Pospyeyev Cristian Gasperoni Mobilvetta Rossin Massimo Strazzer Milan Kadlec Daniele Castellan Domenico Gualdi Daniele Gadenz Uroš Murn Timothy Jones
Jean-Cyril Robin Walter Bénéteau Charles Guilbert Olivier Perraudeau Mickaël Pichon Frédéric Gabriel Thomas Voeckler Malaysia Sharulneeza Razali Tsen Seong Hoong Mohd Mahazir Hamad Robert Lee Wong Ah Thiam Mohd Hardi Razali Azlan Jamaludin
Canada Mark Walters Andrew Randell Jacob Erker Min Van Velzen Svein Tuft Cory Lange Gregory Sienewicz South Africa Douglas Ryder Kosie Loubser Simon Kessler Daniel Spence Neil McDonald James Lewis Perry Ian McLeod
Fortunato Baliani Gianluca Tonetti Leonardo Scarselli Andris Naudužs Csaba Szekeres Russel Van Hout
Nácor Burgos Andres Bermejo Siller Juan Antonio Flecha David Fernandez Domingo Eduardo Hernandez Bailo German Nieto Fernandez José Manuel Vázquez Palomo
Bert Grabsch Matthias Buxhofer Lukas Zumsteg Stéphane Richner René Stadelmann Uwe Straumann Alexandre Usov
René Haselbacher Michael Rich Volker Ordowski Saulius Ruskys Andreas Sauerborn Steffen Weigold Peter Wrolich
Indonesia Tonton Susanto Wawan Setyobudi Sulistiyono Sulistiyono Matnur Matnur Suyitno Suyitno Heru Febianto Amin Suryana China Tang Xuezhong Li Fuyu Zhu Yongbiao Ma Yajun Li Zhengjiang Xiao Yechen Zheng Xiaohai Japan Ken Hashikawa Kazuya Okazaki Junichi Shibuya Makoto Iijima Satoshi Hirose Yoshimasa Hiroshi Mitsuteru Tanaka
Ivan Quaranta Pascal Hervé Serguei Outschakov Mario Manzoni Corrado Serina Christian Auriemma Andrea Brognara
Tony Bracke Danny Baeyens Eric De Clercq Hans De Meester Oleg Pankov Karel Pauwels Donatas Virbickas Saturn Frank McCormack Matt DeCanio Chris Fisher Trent Klesna Harm Jansen Michael Barry Soren Petersen
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