1999 Tour de Langkawi explained

1999 Tour de Langkawi
Date:	3–14 February 1999
Stages:	12
Distance:	1903.3
Unit:	km
Speed:	40.69
First:	Paolo Lanfranchi
First Nat:	ITA
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Sergei Ivanov
Second Nat:	RUS
Third:	Allan Iacoune
Third Nat:	AUS
Third Team:	Linda McCartney Cycling Team
Points:	Graeme Miller
Points Nat:	NZL
Points Color:	green
Points Team:	New Zealand
Mountains:	Alessandro Petacchi
Mountains Nat:	ITA
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Previous:	1998
Next:	2000

The 1999 Tour de Langkawi was the 4th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 3 February in Langkawi and ended on 14 February in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.4 category race.^[1]

Italian Paolo Lanfranchi won the race, Sergei Ivanov of Russia second and Allan Iacoune of Australia third. Graeme Miller of New Zealand also won the points classification and Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won the mountains classification of the race. won the team classification of the race.^[2]

Stages

The cyclist competed in 12 stages with a prologue over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,903.3 kilometres.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1a	3 February	Langkawi Individual time trial	9.2km (05.7miles)
1b	3 February	Langkawi Criterium	50km (30miles)
2	4 February	Kangar to George Town	165.9km (103.1miles)
3	5 February	Seberang Jaya to Kuala Kangsar	103km (64miles)
4	6 February	Ipoh to Bentong	217.4km (135.1miles)
5	7 February	Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson	156.3km (97.1miles)
6	8 February	Malacca to Johor Bahru	223.7km (139miles)
7	9 February	Kota Tinggi to Pekan	232.1km (144.2miles)
8	10 February	Kuantan to Kuala Terengganu	197.1km (122.5miles)
9	11 February	Kuala Terengganu to Kota Bharu	155.5km (96.6miles)
10	12 February	Pasir Mas to Gerik	197.2km (122.5miles)
11	13 February	Tapah to Genting Highlands	126.3km (78.5miles)
12	14 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	69.6km (43.2miles)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Asian team classification
1a	Lennie Kristensen	Lennie Kristensen	Lennie Kristensen	Michael Andersson	Tang Xuezhong	Japan
1b	Fred Rodriguez	Graeme Miller
2	Enrico Degano	Graeme Miller
3	David McKenzie	Alessandro Petacchi
4	Stig Dam	Michael Andersson	Dominique Perras
5	Moreno Di Biase	Frank McCormack	Alessandro Petacchi	Hideto Yukinari
6	Bjørnar Vestøl
7	Enrico Degano
8	Eric Wohlberg		Morten Sonne
9	Rinaldo Nocentini
10	Rinaldo Nocentini		Alessandro Petacchi		Malaysia
11	Marcus Ljungqvist	Paolo Lanfranchi
12	Luca Cei
Final		Paolo Lanfranchi	Graeme Miller	Alessandro Petacchi	Hideto Yukinari	Malaysia

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			46h 56' 18"
2			+ 26"
3			+ 02' 27"
4			+ 02' 34"
5			+ 02' 55"
6			+ 03' 16"
7			+ 05' 31"
8			+ 05' 34"
9			+ 05' 48"
10			+ 07' 12"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			125
2			105
3			80
4			77
5			73
6			70
7			55
8			52
9			48
10			44

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			47
2			45
3			39
4			32
5			31
6			25
7			24
8			23
9			22
10			19

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			47h 12' 58"
2			+ 04' 54"
3			+ 09' 16"
4			+ 10' 44"
5			+ 19' 45"
6			+ 20' 02"
7			+ 21' 26"
8			+ 23' 14"
9			+ 34' 41"
10			+ 37' 17"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		140h 58' 19"
2		+ 02' 45"
3		+ 04' 27"
4		+ 06' 36"
5		+ 20' 45"
6		+ 24' 39"
7		+ 34' 25"
8		+ 43' 02"
9		+ 46' 54"
10		+ 52' 12"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1		141h 52' 25"
2		+ 23' 49"
3		+ 01h 05' 12"
4		+ 01h 14' 52"
5		+ 02h 46' 10"

Notes and References

Web site: 1999 Tour de Langkawi — Stages. cyclingarchives.com . 19 March 2013.
Web site: 1999 Tour de Langkawi Results Archive. ltdl.com.my. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110129030039/http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/1999/1999-index.htm. 2011-01-29. dead.