2003 Tour de Langkawi

2003 Tour de Langkawi

Race details
Dates	31 January–9 February 2003
Stages	10
Distance	1,343.5 km (834.8 mi)
Winning time	31h 54' 09"
Results
Winner  Tom Danielson (USA) (Saturn)   Second  Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL) (Colombia–Selle Italia)   Third  Fredy González (COL) (Colombia–Selle Italia) Points  Graeme Brown (AUS) (Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo) Mountains  Roland Green (CAN) (Canada)   Team Colombia–Selle Italia

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 31 January in Langkawi and ended on 9 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.^[1][2][3]

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. Colombia–Selle Italia won the team classification category.^[1][2][3]

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,343.5 kilometres.^[1][2][3] 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.^[4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	31 January	Langkawi Individual time trial	9.5 km (5.9 mi)	Nathan O'Neill (AUS)	Roland Green (CAN)	Tom Danielson (USA)
2	1 February	Kangar to Butterworth	148.3 km (92.1 mi)	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR)
3	2 February	Kulim to Ipoh	169.6 km (105.4 mi)	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Moreno Di Biase (ITA)	Graeme Brown (AUS)
4	3 February	Gerik to Tanah Merah	172.9 km (107.4 mi)	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
5	4 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	179.1 km (111.3 mi)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Simone Cadamuro (ITA)
6	5 February	Marang to Chukai	136.3 km (84.7 mi)	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Simone Cadamuro (ITA)
7	6 February	Kuantan to Bentong	196 km (121.8 mi)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Allan Bo Andresen (DEN)
8	7 February	Menara Telekom to Seremban	112.5 km (69.9 mi)	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP)	Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR)
9	8 February	Seremban to Genting Highlands	143.7 km (89.3 mi)	Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL)	Tom Danielson (USA)	Roland Green (CAN)
10	9 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	75.6 km (47.0 mi)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Nathan O'Neill	Nathan O'Neill	Nathan O'Neill	Fortunato Baliani	Hossein Askari	Saturn	Iran
2	Luciano Pagliarini
3	Luciano Pagliarini		Luciano Pagliarini
4	Luciano Pagliarini			Roland Green
5	Graeme Brown		Graeme Brown
6	Stuart O'Grady
7	Graeme Brown	Tom Danielson
8	Stuart O'Grady
9	Hernán Darío Muñoz				Tomoya Kano	Colombia–Selle Italia
10	Guillermo Bongiorno
Final		Tom Danielson	Graeme Brown	Roland Green	Tomoya Kano	Colombia–Selle Italia	Iran

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tom Danielson (USA)	Saturn	31h 54' 09"
2	Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	+ 09"
3	Fredy González (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	+ 01' 44"
4	Roland Green (CAN)	Canada	+ 02' 03"
5	Josep Jufré (ESP)	Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada	+ 02' 35"
6	Fortunato Baliani (ITA)	Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave	+ 02' 59"
7	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP)	Domina Vacanze–Elitron	+ 03' 09"
8	David George (RSA)	South Africa	+ 03' 35"
9	Ruber Marín (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	+ 03' 41"
10	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)	Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo	+ 03' 48"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo	128
2	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Crédit Agricole	113
3	Allan Bo Andresen (DEN)	Team Fakta	74
4	Andrus Aug (EST)	De-Nardi Colpack	69
5	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP)	Domina Vacanze–Elitron	64
6	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Lampre	56
7	Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR)	Colombia–Selle Italia	54
8	Moreno Di Biase (ITA)	Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave	51
8	Hassan Maleki (IRI)	Iran	51
8	Gert Vanderaerden (BEL)	Palmans–Collstrop	51

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Roland Green (CAN)	Canada	49
2	Koji Fukushima (JPN)	Japan	28
3	Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	27
4	Fortunato Baliani (ITA)	Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave	26
5	Ruber Marín (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	21
6	Tom Danielson (USA)	Saturn	20
7	Fredy González (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	12
7	Jose Manuel Maestre (ESP)	Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada	12
7	Christopher Jenner (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	12
10	Thomas Evans (IRL)	Telekom Malaysia	11

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tomoya Kano (JPN)	Japan	31h 59' 29"
2	Tonton Susanto (INA)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 20"
3	Ahad Kazemi (IRI)	Iran	+ 03' 10"
4	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 03' 35"
5	Victor Espiritu (PHI)	Philippines	+ 06' 55"
6	Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI)	Iran	+ 07' 22"
7	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Iran	+ 08' 08"
8	Hidenori Nodera (JPN)	Japan	+ 08' 11"
9	Suhardi Hassan (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 08' 40"
10	Alireza Haghi (IRI)	Iran	+ 09' 50"

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.^[1][2][3]

References