1998 Tour de Langkawi explained

1998 Tour de Langkawi
Date:	18 February–1 March 1998
Stages:	12
Distance:	1835.7
Unit:	km
Speed:	40.89
First:	Gabriele Missaglia
First Nat:	ITA
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Giuliano Figueras
Second Nat:	ITA
Third:	Niklas Axelsson
Third Nat:	SWE
Points:	Fred Rodriguez
Points Nat:	USA
Points Color:	green
Points Team:	Saturn
Mountains:	Douglas Ryder
Mountains Nat:	RSA
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Mountains Team:	South Africa
Previous:	1997
Next:	1999

The 1998 Tour de Langkawi was the third edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 18 February in Langkawi and ended on 1 March in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.^[1]

Italian Gabriele Missaglia won the race, Giuliano Figueras second and Niklas Axelsson third. Fred Rodriguez also won the points classification and Douglas Ryder won the mountains classification of the race. won the team classification of the race.^[2]

Stages

The cyclist competed in 12 stages over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,835.7 kilometres.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	18 February	Langkawi Individual time trial	17.7km (11miles)
2	19 February	Kangar to George Town	181.5km (112.8miles)
3	20 February	Gerik to Kota Bharu	223km (139miles)
4	21 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	165.1km (102.6miles)
5	22 February	Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan	202.4km (125.8miles)
6	23 February	Kuantan to Mersing	196.8km (122.3miles)
7	24 February	Johor Bahru to Muar	176.3km (109.5miles)
8	25 February	Malacca to Port Dickson	128.7km (80miles)
9	26 February	Port Dickson to Sunway Lagoon	189.9km (118miles)
10	27 February	Sabak Bernam to Ipoh	137.7km (85.6miles)
11	28 February	Tanjung Malim to Genting Highlands	147km (91miles)
12	1 March	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	69.6km (43.2miles)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	not available	Tang Xuezhong	Saturn	China
2	Fred Rodriguez	Chad Gerlach	Malaysia
3	Roberto Gaggioli	Andrew McClean
4	Mirko Rossato	Fred Rodriguez
5	Fred Rodriguez	Allan Iacoune
6	Alessandro Petacchi
7	Chad Gerlach
8	Dario Pieri
9	Mirko Rossato	Douglas Ryder
10	Chad Gerlach	Oilme-Klein
11	Giuliano Figueras	Gabriele Missaglia	Tonton Susanto		Philippines
12	Luca Cei
Final		Gabriele Missaglia	Fred Rodriguez	Douglas Ryder	Tonton Susanto		Philippines

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			45h 12' 50"
2			+ 26"
3			+ 01' 25"
4			+ 02' 19"
5			+ 02' 37"
6			+ 02' 38"
7			+ 03' 18"
8			+ 04' 25"
9			+ 05' 06"
10			+ 06' 39"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			117
2			86
3			83
4			74
5			71
6			62
7			58
8			54
9			50
10			47

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			43
2			40
3			35
4			35
5			32
6			23
7			21
8			20
9			16
10			12

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			45h 34' 42"
2			+ 01' 18"
3			+ 03' 36"
4			+ 04' 39"
5			+ 06' 20"
6			+ 08' 10"
7			+ 11' 39"
8			+ 14' 40"
9			+ 19' 49"
10			+ 22' 07"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		135h 41' 28"
2		+ 19' 42"
3		+ 22' 23"
4		+ 23' 45"
5		+ 39' 14"
6		+ 41' 11"
7		+ 58' 37"
8		+ 59' 22"
9		+ 01h 07' 23"
10		+ 01h 17' 38"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1		136h 59' 06"
2		+ 08' 04"
3		+ 25' 20"
4		+ 01h 08' 27"
5		+ 01h 19' 46"

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1998 Tour de Langkawi — Stages. cyclingarchives.com . 18 March 2013.
2. Web site: 1998 Tour de Langkawi Results Archive. ltdl.com.my. 18 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110129050754/http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/1998/1998-index.htm. 2011-01-29. dead.