2000 Tour de Langkawi explained
The 2000 Tour de Langkawi was the 5th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began with a prologue criterium on 25 January in Langkawi and ended on 6 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.4 category race.[1] [2] [3]
Chris Horner of USA won the race, followed by Julio Alberto Pérez of Mexico second and Fortunato Baliani of Italy third. Gordon Fraser won the points classification category and Julio Alberto Pérez won the mountains classification category. Mercury won the team classification category.
Stages
The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,604.9 kilometres. Prologue did not count towards the overall but many riders competed in the stage.[4]
Classification leadership
Final standings
General classification
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 38h 34' 39" |
| 2 | | | + 27" |
| 3 | | | + 29" |
| 4 | | | + 01' 05" |
| 5 | | | + 01' 48" |
| 6 | | | + 01' 50" |
| 7 | | | + 02' 02" |
| 8 | | | + 02' 04" |
| 9 | | | + 02' 25" |
| 10 | | | + 02' 27" | |
Points classification
| Rider | Team | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | | 111 |
| 2 | | | 87 |
| 3 | | | 82 |
| 4 | | | 58 |
| 5 | | | 55 |
| 6 | | | 52 |
| 7 | | | 50 |
| 8 | | | 48 |
| 9 | | | 41 |
| 9 | | | 41 | |
Mountains classification
| Rider | Team | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | | 66 |
| 2 | | | 57 |
| 3 | | | 34 |
| 4 | | | 34 |
| 5 | | | 31 |
| 6 | | | 30 |
| 7 | | | 20 |
| 8 | | | 20 |
| 9 | | | 17 |
| 10 | | | 16 | |
Asian rider classification
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 38h 41' 16" |
| 2 | | | + 03' 39" |
| 3 | | | + 04' 35" |
| 4 | | | + 06' 14" |
| 5 | | | + 07' 54" |
| 6 | | | + 18' 34" |
| 7 | | | + 19' 47" |
| 8 | | | + 20' 01" |
| 9 | | | + 20' 16" |
| 10 | | | + 22' 44" | |
Team classification
| Team | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | 115h 44' 59" |
| 2 | | + 38" |
| 3 | | + 03' 08" |
| 4 | | + 04' 03" |
| 5 | | + 05' 05" |
| 6 | | + 05' 56" |
| 7 | | + 10' 02" |
| 8 | | + 18' 49" |
| 9 | | + 26' 14" |
| 10 | | + 31' 22" | |
Asian team classification
| Team | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | 116h 16' 21" |
| 2 | | + 32' 21" |
| 3 | | + 38' 28" |
| 4 | | + 1h 25' 08" |
| 5 | | + 2h 23' 50" | |
List of teams and riders
A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2000 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 149 riders, a total of 126 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.
- Saturn
- Linda McCartney Cycling Team
- Telekom Malaysia All-Stars
- Mercury
- Malaysia
- Sharulneeza Razali
- Tsen Seong Hoong
- Wong Ah Thiam
- Musairi Musa
- Mohd Mahazir Hamad
- Mohd Suhaimi Keton
- South Africa
- Indonesia
- Sulistiono Sulistiono
- Wawan Setyobudi
- Hengky Setiawan
- Agung Joni Suryo
- Suyitno Suyitno
- Herry Janto Setiawan
- China
- Denmark
- Japan
- Philippines
- Victor Espiritu
- Warren Davadilla
- Arnel Quirimit
- Enrique Domingo
- Villamor Baluyut
- Merculio Ramos
- Canada
- Nürnberger
Notes and References
- Web site: 2000 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com. cyclingnews.com . 4 March 2013.
- Web site: 2000 Tour de Langkawi — Stages. cyclingarchives.com . 4 March 2013.
- Web site: 2000 Tour de Langkawi Results. ltdl.com.my. 4 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110129050701/http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/2000/2000-index.htm. 29 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: 2000 Tour de Langkawi — Prologue. cyclingnews.com. 4 March 2013.
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