2005 Tour de Langkawi

2005 Tour de Langkawi
Race details
2005 UCI Asia Tour
Dates		28 January – 6 February 2005
Stages		10
Distance		1,284.6 km (798.2 mi)
Winning time		30h 18' 18" (42.45 km/h or 26.38 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Ryan Cox (RSA)	(Barloworld)
	Second	José Rujano (VEN)	(Colombia-Selle Italia)
	Third	Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA)	(Barloworld)

	Points	Graeme Brown (AUS)	(Ceramica Panaria-Navigare)
	Mountains	Ryan Cox (RSA)	(Barloworld)
	Team	Barloworld

The 2005 Tour de Langkawi was the 10th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 28 January in Langkawi and ended on 6 February in Kuala Lumpur. The race was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2005 UCI Asia Tour calendar.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ryan Cox of South Africa won the race, followed by José Rujano of Venezuela second and Tiaan Kannemeyer of South Africa third. Graeme Brown won the points classification category and Cox won the mountains classification category. Barloworld won the team classification category.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,284.6 kilometres.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	28 January	Langkawi	106.9 km (66.4 mi)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Oleg Grishkin (RUS)
2	29 January	Kangar to Kepala Batas	171.6 km (106.6 mi)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Oleg Grishkin (RUS)
3	30 January	Gerik to Tanah Merah	172.5 km (107.2 mi)	Koji Fukushima (JPN)	Denis Bertolini (ITA)	Graeme Brown (AUS)
4	31 January	Bachok Individual time trial	20.3 km (12.6 mi)	Nathan O'Neill (AUS)	Ryan Cox (RSA)	José Rujano (VEN)
5	1 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	163.9 km (101.8 mi)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Brett Lancaster (AUS)
6	2 February	Kuala Berang to Chukai	152.0 km (94.4 mi)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Antonio Salomone (ITA)
7	3 February	Maran to Raub	167.7 km (104.2 mi)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Moreno Di Biase (ITA)	Steffen Radochla (GER)
8	4 February	Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands	97.9 km (60.8 mi)	Ryan Cox (RSA)	José Rujano (VEN)	Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX)
9	5 February	KL Tower to Putrajaya	164.8 km (102.4 mi)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Antonio Salomone (ITA)	Brett Lancaster (AUS)
10	6 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	67 km (41.6 mi)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Oleg Grishkin (RUS)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	style="width:"12%;"\|General classification	style="width:"12%;"\|Points classification	style="width:"12%;"\|Mountains classification	style="width:"12%;"\|Asian rider classification	style="width:"15%;"\|Team classification	style="width:"15%;"\|Asian team classification
1	Graeme Brown	Graeme Brown	Graeme Brown	Kristian House	Koji Fukushima	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	Iran
2	Guillermo Bongiorno	Graeme Brown		Kristian House	Takashi Miyazawa	Domina Vacanze	Iran
3	Koji Fukushima	Koji Fukushima		Koji Fukushima	Koji Fukushima	Bridgestone Anchor	Bridgestone Anchor
4	Nathan O'Neill					Barloworld
5	Graeme Brown
6	Guillermo Bongiorno			Kristian House
7	Graeme Brown
8	Ryan Cox	Ryan Cox					Iran
9	Graeme Brown			Ryan Cox
10	Graeme Brown			Ryan Cox
Final		Ryan Cox	Graeme Brown	Ryan Cox	Koji Fukushima	Barloworld	Iran

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ryan Cox (RSA)	Barloworld	30h 18' 18"
2	José Rujano (VEN)	Colombia-Selle Italia	+ 18"
3	Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA)	Barloworld	+ 01' 34"
4	Cesar Grajales (COL)	Navigators Insurance	+ 02' 52"
5	Tom Danielson (USA)	Discovery Channel	+ 03' 01"
6	Jurgen Van de Walle (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	+ 03' 44"
7	Marlon Pérez Arango (COL)	Colombia-Selle Italia	+ 04' 07"
8	Sergio Ghisalberti (ITA)	Domina Vacanze	+ 04' 08"
9	Jesús Hernández (ESP)	Liberty Seguros-Würth	+ 04' 17"
10	Giuseppe Palumbo (ITA)	Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil	+ 04' 46"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare	129
2	Oleg Grishkin (RUS)	Navigators Insurance	87
3	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare	85
4	Antonio Salomone (ITA)	Barloworld	59
5	Koji Fukushima (JPN)	Bridgestone Anchor	50
5	James Van Landschoot (BEL)	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	50
7	Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	46
8	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare	42
8	Moreno Di Biase (ITA)	Colombia-Selle Italia	42
10	Steffen Radochla (GER)	MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech	41

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Ryan Cox (RSA)	Barloworld	37
2	Koji Fukushima (JPN)	Bridgestone Anchor	37
3	Kristian House (GBR)	Great Britain	33
4	José Rujano (VEN)	Colombia-Selle Italia	32
5	Adam Wadecki (POL)	Action-Ati	26
6	Marlon Pérez Arango (COL)	Colombia-Selle Italia	25
7	Eric Leblacher (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	19
7	René Jørgensen (DEN)	Barloworld	19
9	David Kopp (GER)	Wiesenhof	18
9	Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA)	Barloworld	18

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Koji Fukushima (JPN)	Bridgestone Anchor	30h 24' 35"
2	Tonton Susanto (INA)	Wismilak	+ 01"
3	Ahad Kazemi (IRI)	Iran	+ 01' 57"
4	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Iran	+ 03' 08"
5	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Iran	+ 03' 41"
6	Shinichi Fukushima (JPN)	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 08' 15"
7	Shahrulneeza Razali (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 08' 28"
8	Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)	Iran	+ 08' 58"
9	Suhardi Hassan (MAS)	Proton T-Bikes	+ 11' 13"
10	Yasutaka Tashiro (JPN)	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 28' 40"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Barloworld	91h 03' 23"
2	Colombia-Selle Italia	+ 02' 30"
3	Crédit Agricole	+ 06' 27"
4	Navigators Insurance	+ 06' 34"
5	Discovery Channel	+ 06' 49"
6	Liberty Seguros-Würth	+ 08' 33"
7	Domina Vacanze	+ 09' 42"
8	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare	+ 12' 55"
9	Iran	+ 16' 16"
10	MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech	+ 17' 36"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Iran	91h 19' 39"
2	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 09' 29"
3	Proton T-Bikes	+ 55' 33"
4	Malaysia	+ 1h 04' 38"

List of teams and riders

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2005 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 140 riders, a total of 101 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.^[1]^[2]^[3]