| 2002 Tour de Langkawi | |
| Date: | 1–10 February 2002 |
| Stages: | 10 |
| Distance: | 1312.6 |
| Unit: | km |
| Speed: | 43.7 |
| First: | Hernán Darío Muñoz |
| First Nat: | COL |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Robert Hunter |
| Second Nat: | RSA |
| Third: | David George |
| Third Nat: | RSA |
| Third Team: | South Africa |
| Points: | Robert Hunter |
| Points Nat: | RSA |
| Points Color: | green |
| Mountains: | Ruber Marín |
| Mountains Nat: | COL |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Previous: | 2001 |
| Next: | 2003 |
The 2002 Tour de Langkawi was the 7th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 1 February in Putrajaya and ended on 10 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.3 category race.[1] [2] [3]
Hernán Darío Muñoz of Colombia won the race. Robert Hunter of South Africa won the point classification and Ruber Marín of Colombia won the mountains classification. won the team classification.
The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,312.6 kilometres.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Stage result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Second | Third | |||||
| 1 | 1 February | Putrajaya Individual time trial | 20.3km (12.6miles) | ||||
| 2 | 2 February | Klang to Sitiawan | 183.5km (114miles) | ||||
| 3 | 3 February | Lumut to Ipoh | 129.6km (80.5miles) | ||||
| 4 | 4 February | Tapah to Bentong | 176.4km (109.6miles) | ||||
| 5 | 5 February | Bangi to Malacca | 129.7km (80.6miles) | ||||
| 6 | 6 February | Muar to Johor Bahru | 172km (107miles) | ||||
| 7 | 7 February | Kluang to Tampin | 196.7km (122.2miles) | ||||
| 8 | 8 February | Port Dickson to Petaling Jaya | 95.5km (59.3miles) | ||||
| 9 | 9 February | Menara Telekom to Genting Highlands | 133.3km (82.8miles) | ||||
| 10 | 10 February | Kuala Lumpur Criterium | 75.6km (47miles) | ||||
| Stage | Stage winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Asian rider classification | Team classification | Asian team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Hunter | Robert Hunter | Robert Hunter | not available | Arnel Quirimit | Japan | ||
| 2 | Robert Hunter | |||||||
| 3 | Enrico Degano | Hans De Meester | ||||||
| 4 | Moreno Di Biase | Koji Fukushima | Ghader Mizbani | Telekom Malaysia | ||||
| 5 | Robert Hunter | Tonton Susanto | ||||||
| 6 | Graeme Brown | |||||||
| 7 | Moreno Di Biase | |||||||
| 8 | Antonio Salomone | |||||||
| 9 | Hernán Darío Muñoz | Hernán Darío Muñoz | Ruber Marín | |||||
| 10 | Graeme Brown | |||||||
| Final | Hernán Darío Muñoz | Robert Hunter | Ruber Marín | Tonton Susanto | Telekom Malaysia | |||
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30h 03' 31" | |||
| 2 | + 36" | |||
| 3 | South Africa | + 01' 52" | ||
| 4 | Team Fakta | + 03' 50" | ||
| 5 | + 04' 42" | |||
| 6 | + 05' 00" | |||
| 7 | Nürnberger | + 05' 29" | ||
| 8 | + 05' 56" | |||
| 9 | + 06' 43" | |||
| 10 | + 07' 11" |
| Rider | Team | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 121 | |||
| 2 | Nürnberger | 72 | ||
| 3 | 71 | |||
| 3 | 71 | |||
| 5 | 67 | |||
| 6 | Team Fakta | 53 | ||
| 7 | 52 | |||
| 8 | 49 | |||
| 9 | 42 | |||
| 10 | 40 |
| Rider | Team | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | |||
| 2 | 29 | |||
| 3 | South Africa | 29 | ||
| 4 | Japan | 15 | ||
| 5 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Telekom Malaysia | 12 | ||
| 5 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Team Fakta | 12 | ||
| 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | iTeamNova.com | 8 | ||
| 10 | 8 |
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telekom Malaysia | 30h 13' 40" | ||
| 2 | Japan | + 06' 26" | ||
| 3 | Telekom Malaysia | + 13' 10" | ||
| 4 | Telekom Malaysia | + 18' 07" | ||
| 5 | Japan | + 22' 46" | ||
| 6 | Malaysia | + 27' 26" | ||
| 7 | Philippines | + 28' 34" | ||
| 8 | Philippines | + 29' 32" | ||
| 9 | Telekom Malaysia | + 31' 20" | ||
| 10 | Telekom Malaysia | + 32' 44" |
| Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90h 21' 04" | ||
| 2 | South Africa | + 11' 11" | |
| 3 | + 11' 41" | ||
| 4 | + 21' 54" | ||
| 5 | + 27' 32" | ||
| 6 | + 34' 55" | ||
| 7 | Telekom Malaysia | + 36' 26" | |
| 8 | Team Fakta | + 52' 25" | |
| 9 | + 58' 25" | ||
| 10 | + 59' 26" |
| Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telekom Malaysia | 91h 01' 55" | |
| 2 | Japan | + 37' 01" | |
| 3 | Philippines | + 1h 01' 36" | |
| 4 | Malaysia | + 1h 12' 40" | |
| 5 | China | + 1h 57' 34" |
A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 2002 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 151 riders, a total of 128 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.
Paolo Lanfranchi Marco Battiston Alberto Elli Daniele Galli Antonio Salomone Eddy Serri
Yohann Charpenteau Christophe Le Mével Ludovic Martin Benoît Poilvet Yan Tournier
Kyrylo Pospyeyev Michele Scarponi
Rubén Lobato Agustin Pena Gago Cesare Di Cintio Lorenzo Cardellini
Linas Balčiūnas Laurent Estadieu Andy Flickinger Alexandre Grux Nicolas Inaudi
Innar Mändoja Nicolas Portal
Nathan O'Neill Nicola Chesini Enrico Degano Stefano Guerrini Sergiy Matveyev Graeme Brown Cristiano Parrinello
Mario Aerts Frédéric Amorison Kurt van Lancker Kevin van Impe Stive Vermaut Wesley van Speybroeck
Graeme Miller
Wong Kam-po
Max Becker Tony Bracke Eric De Clercq Hans De Meester Björn Leukemans Karl Pauwels Hendrik Van Dyck Mario Traversoni Moreno Di Biase Alessandro Brendolin Samuel Vecchi Antoni Rizzi
Denis Bondarenko Jorge Capitan Peregrina David Fernández Domingo César Garcia Calvo Oscar Laguna Garcia German Nieto Fernandez David Vazquez Garcia José Manuel Vázquez Palomo
Bjørnar Vestøl Anthony Charteau Anthony Geslin Charles Guilbert Jimmy Engoulvent Mickaël Pichon Jérôme Pineau Thomas Voeckler
Hernán Darío Muñoz Juan Diego Ramírez Fortunato Baliani Leonardo Scarselli Mikhaylo Khalilov Ruber Marín Artour Babaitsev
Jürgen Pauritsch
Lubor Tesar
Makoto Iijima Koji Fukushima Shinichi Fukushima Tomoya Kano Mitsuteru Tanaka Kazuya Okazaki Shinri Suzuki
Glan Rendall Mark Ernsting Andrew Pinfold Geoff Kabush Josh Hall Eric Wohlberg Ryder Hesjedal
Hui Guo Wang Guozhang Song Shuhai Li Hongwei Zhu Yongbiao Jiang Xueli