2005 Tour de Langkawi explained

2005 Tour de Langkawi
Series:	2005 UCI Asia Tour
Date:	28 January – 6 February 2005
Stages:	10
Distance:	1284.6
Unit:	km
Speed:	42.45
First:	Ryan Cox
First Nat:	RSA
First Color:	yellow
Second:	José Rujano
Second Nat:	VEN
Third:	Tiaan Kannemeyer
Third Nat:	RSA
Points:	Graeme Brown
Points Nat:	AUS
Points Color:	blue
Points Team:	Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
Mountains:	Ryan Cox
Mountains Nat:	RSA
Mountains Color:	red
Previous:	2004
Next:	2006

The 2005 Tour de Langkawi was the 10th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 28 January in Langkawi and ended on 6 February in Kuala Lumpur. The race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2005 UCI Asia Tour calendar.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Ryan Cox of South Africa won the race, followed by José Rujano of Venezuela second and Tiaan Kannemeyer of South Africa third. Graeme Brown won the points classification category and Cox won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,284.6 kilometres.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	28 January		106.9km (66.4miles)
2	29 January	Kangar to Kepala Batas	171.6km (106.6miles)
3	30 January	Gerik to Tanah Merah	172.5km (107.2miles)
4	31 January	Bachok Individual time trial	20.3km (12.6miles)
5	1 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	163.9km (101.8miles)
6	2 February	Kuala Berang to Chukai	152km (94miles)
7	3 February	Maran to Raub	167.7km (104.2miles)
8	4 February	Kuala Kubu Bharu to Genting Highlands	97.9km (60.8miles)
9	5 February		164.8km (102.4miles)
10	6 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	67km (42miles)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Graeme Brown	Graeme Brown	Graeme Brown	Kristian House	Koji Fukushima		Iran
2	Guillermo Bongiorno	Takashi Miyazawa
3	Koji Fukushima	Koji Fukushima	Koji Fukushima	Koji Fukushima	Bridgestone Anchor	Bridgestone Anchor
4	Nathan O'Neill
5	Graeme Brown
6	Guillermo Bongiorno		Kristian House
7	Graeme Brown
8	Ryan Cox		Ryan Cox		Iran
9	Graeme Brown		Ryan Cox
10	Graeme Brown
Final		Ryan Cox	Graeme Brown	Ryan Cox	Koji Fukushima		Iran

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1			30h 18' 18"
2			+ 18"
3			+ 01' 34"
4			+ 02' 52"
5			+ 03' 01"
6			+ 03' 44"
7			+ 04' 07"
8			+ 04' 08"
9			+ 04' 17"
10			+ 04' 46"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			129
2			87
3			85
4			59
5		Bridgestone Anchor	50
5			50
7			46
8			42
8			42
10			41

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1			37
2		Bridgestone Anchor	37
3			33
4			32
5			26
6			25
7			19
7			19
9		Wiesenhof	18
9			18

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1		Bridgestone Anchor	30h 24' 35"
2		Wismilak	+ 01"
3		Iran	+ 01' 57"
4		Iran	+ 03' 08"
5		Iran	+ 03' 41"
6		Bridgestone Anchor	+ 08' 15"
7		Malaysia	+ 08' 28"
8		Iran	+ 08' 58"
9		Proton T-Bikes	+ 11' 13"
10		Bridgestone Anchor	+ 28' 40"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		91h 03' 23"
2		+ 02' 30"
3		+ 06' 27"
4		+ 06' 34"
5		+ 06' 49"
6		+ 08' 33"
7		+ 09' 42"
8		+ 12' 55"
9	Iran	+ 16' 16"
10		+ 17' 36"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Iran	91h 19' 39"
2	Bridgestone Anchor	+ 09' 29"
3	Proton T-Bikes	+ 55' 33"
4	Malaysia	+ 1h 04' 38"

List of teams and riders

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2005 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 140 riders, a total of 101 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.

• Marlon Pérez Arango
• Moreno Di Biase
• Raffaele Illiano
• José Rujano
• Leonardo Scarselli
• Russel Van Hout
• Trent Wilson

• Julian Dean
• Eric Leblacher
• Christophe Le Mével
• Geoffroy Lequatre
• Saul Raisin
• Yannick Talabardon
• Nicolas Vogondy

• Michael Barry
• Fumiyuki Beppu
• Michael Creed
• Antonio Cruz
• Tom Danielson
• Patrick McCarty
• Hayden Roulston

• Ruggero Borghi
• Cristian Bonfanti
• Sergio Ghisalberti
• Enrico Grigoli
• Maxim Iglinsky
• Matej Jurčo
• Luca Solari

• Joseba Beloki
• René Andrle
• Dariusz Baranowski
• Koen de Kort
• Jesús Hernández
• Jörg Jaksche
• Nuno Ribeiro

• Claudio Astolfi
• Denis Bertolini
• Antonio Bucciero
• Alessandro D'Andrea
• Valery Kobzarenko
• Giuseppe Palumbo
• Leonardo Moser

• Bogdan Bondariew
• Marcin Osinski
• Piotr Chmielewski
• Dennis Kraft
• Zbigniew Piątek
• Kazimierz Stafiej
• Adam Wadecki

• Tom Southam
• Ryan Cox
• Rodney Green
• Tiaan Kannemeyer
• David Plaza
• Antonio Salomone
• René Jørgensen

• Mirko Allegrini
• Fortunato Baliani
• Guillermo Bongiorno
• Graeme Brown
• Brett Lancaster
• Sergiy Matveyev
• Julio Alberto Pérez

• Johan Verstrepen
• Geert Verheyen
• Grégory Habeaux
• Sven Renders
• Nico Sijmens
• James Van Landschoot
• Jurgen Van de Walle

• Stefan van Dijk
• Frédéric Gabriel
• Sven Renders
• Camille Bouquet
• Benjamin Day
• Kurt Van De Wouwer
• Peter Wuyts

• Vassili Davidenko
• Cesar Grajales
• Oleg Grishkin
• Jeffry Louder
• Nathan O'Neill
• Mark Walters

Wiesenhof

• Ralf Grabsch
• Jens Heppner
• David Kopp
• Martin Müller
• Enrico Poitschke
• Steffen Radochla
• Lars Wackernagel

Proton T-Bikes

• Fallanie Ali
• Suhardi Hassan
• Wan Mohammad Najmee
• Ng Yong Li
• Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi
• Razif Jaffar
• Mohd Jasmin Ruslan

Bridgestone Anchor

• Shinichi Fukushima
• Koji Fukushima
• Takehiro Mizutani
• Takashi Miyazawa
• Miyataka Shimizu
• Yasutaka Tashiro
• Shinji Suzuki

Wismilak

• Tonton Susanto
• David McKenzie
• Wawan Setyobudi
• Sama'i Sama'i
• Christopher Bradford
• Matnur Matnur
• Adi Wibowo

Great Britain

• Rob Hayles
• Kristian House
• Chris Newton
• Paul Manning
• Dean Downing
• Thomas White
• Julian Winn

Iran

• Hassan Maleki
• Ahad Kazemi
• Ghader Mizbani
• Alireza Haghi
• Hossein Askari
• Moezeddin Seyed-Rezaei
• Mehdi Sohrabi

Republic of Ireland

• David McCann
• Paul Healion
• Stephen Gallagher
• Paidi O'Brien
• Roger Aitken
• Paul Griffin
• Seán Lacey

Malaysia

• Shahrulneeza Razali
• Mohd Mahadzir Hamad
• Mohd Yusof Abd Nasir
• Musairi Musa
• Nor Effendy Rosli
• Mohd Fuad Daud
• Mohd Rizal Ramle

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2005 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com. cyclingnews.com . 6 March 2013.
2. Web site: 2005 Tour de Langkawi — Stages. cyclingarchives.com . 6 March 2013.
3. Web site: 2005 Tour de Langkawi Results. ltdl.com.my. 6 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110129050725/http://www.ltdl.com.my/tdl_archive/result/2005/2005-index.htm. 29 January 2011. dead. dmy-all.