2000 Tour de Langkawi

2000 Tour de Langkawi

Race details
Dates	25 January–6 February 2000
Stages	12+Prologue
Distance	1,604.9 km (997.2 mi)
Winning time	38h 34' 39"
Results
Winner  Chris Horner (USA) (Mercury)   Second  Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) (Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne)   Third  Fortunato Baliani (ITA) (Aguardiente Néctar–Selle Italia) Points  Gordon Fraser (CAN) (Mercury) Mountains  Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX) (Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne)   Team Mercury
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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.^[1][2][3]

Stages

The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,604.9 kilometres.^[1][2][3] Prologue did not count towards the overall but many riders competed in the stage.^[4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
P	25 January	Langkawi Criterium	50 km (31.1 mi)	Graeme Miller (NZL)	Jans Koerts (NED)	Jan Bratkowski (GER)
1	26 January	Langkawi Individual time trial	9.2 km (5.7 mi)	Floyd Landis (USA)	Frank McCormack (USA)	Daniele Contrini (ITA)
2	27 January	Alor Setar to Batu Ferringhi	173 km (107.5 mi)	Jamie Drew (AUS)	Daniele Contrini (ITA)	René Haselbacher (AUT)
3	28 January	Taiping to Sitiawan	86.1 km (53.5 mi)	Damien Nazon (FRA)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)	René Haselbacher (AUT)
4	29 January	Lumut to Tanah Rata	162 km (100.7 mi)	Wong Kam-po (HKG)	Mark Walters (CAN)	Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX)
5	30 January	Tapah to Bentong	168.9 km (104.9 mi)	Glen Mitchell (NZL)	Trent Klasna (USA)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)
6	31 January	Bentong to Kuantan	191.2 km (118.8 mi)	Antonio Cruz (USA)	Fortunato Baliani (ITA)	Chris Horner (USA)
7	1 February	Kuantan to Kuala Rompin	133.5 km (83.0 mi)	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Luca Cei (ITA)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)
8	2 February	Mersing to Malacca	244.8 km (152.1 mi)	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)	Sven Teutenberg (GER)
9	3 February	Malacca to Kajang	115.5 km (71.8 mi)	Guido Trenti (USA)	Henk Vogels (AUS)	Torsten Schmidt (GER)
10	4 February	KL Tower to Genting Highlands	111.3 km (69.2 mi)	Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX)	Matthew Stephens (GBR)	Walter Bénéteau (FRA)
11	5 February	Shah Alam	134.4 km (83.5 mi)	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Damien Nazon (FRA)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)
12	6 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	75.3 km (46.8 mi)	Jan Bratkowski (GER)	Antonio Cruz (USA)	Volker Ordowski (GER)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Floyd Landis	Floyd Landis	Floyd Landis	Floyd Landis	Makoto Iijima	Saturn	Japan
2	Jamie Drew	Daniele Contrini	Daniele Contrini	Graziano Recinella
3	Damien Nazon		Gordon Fraser
4	Wong Kam-po	Mark Walters		Julio Alberto Pérez	Wong Kam-po
5	Glen Mitchell			Lennie Kristensen
6	Antonio Cruz	Chris Horner
7	Ivan Quaranta
8	Ivan Quaranta
9	Guido Trenti
10	Julio Alberto Pérez			Julio Alberto Pérez		Mercury
11	Ivan Quaranta
12	Jan Bratkowski
Final		Chris Horner	Gordon Fraser	Julio Alberto Pérez	Wong Kam-po	Mercury	Japan

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Chris Horner (USA)	Mercury	38h 34' 39"
2	Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX)	Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne	+ 27"
3	Fortunato Baliani (ITA)	Aguardiente Néctar–Selle Italia	+ 29"
4	Matthew Stephens (GBR)	Linda McCartney Cycling Team	+ 01' 05"
5	Floyd Landis (USA)	Mercury	+ 01' 48"
6	Lennie Kristensen (DEN)	Denmark	+ 01' 50"
7	Graziano Recinella (ITA)	Mobilvetta Design–Rossin	+ 02' 02"
8	René Haselbacher (AUT)	Gerolsteiner	+ 02' 04"
9	Chris Wherry (USA)	Saturn	+ 02' 25"
10	Loic Lamouller (FRA)	BigMat–Auber 93	+ 02' 27"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Gordon Fraser (CAN)	Mercury	111
2	Guido Trenti (USA)	Cantina Tollo–Regain	87
3	René Haselbacher (GER)	Gerolsteiner	82
4	Jans Koerts (NED)	Farm Frites	58
5	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Mobilvetta Design–Rossin	55
6	Franky Van Haesebroucke (BEL)	Telekom Malaysia All-Stars	52
7	Kosie Loubser (RSA)	South Africa	50
8	Antonio Cruz (USA)	Saturn	48
9	Damien Nazon (FRA)	Bonjour	41
9	Jan Bratkowski (GER)	Mercury	41

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Julio Alberto Pérez (MEX)	Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne	66
2	Lennie Kristensen (DEN)	Denmark	57
3	Floyd Landis (USA)	Mercury	34
4	Mark Walters (CAN)	Canada	34
5	Wong Kam-po (HKG)	Telekom Malaysia All-Stars	31
6	Graziano Recinella (ITA)	Mobilvetta Design–Rossin	30
7	Matthew Stephens (GBR)	Linda McCartney Cycling Team	20
8	Tom Leaper (AUS)	Ceramica Panaria–Gaerne	20
9	Chris Horner (USA)	Mercury	17
10	Walter Bénéteau (FRA)	Bonjour	16

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Wong Kam-po (HKG)	Telekom Malaysia All-Stars	38h 41' 16"
2	Sharulneeza Razali (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 03' 39"
3	Hidenori Nodera (JPN)	Japan	+ 04' 35"
4	Victor Espiritu (PHI)	Philippines	+ 06' 14"
5	Yasutaka Tashiro (JPN)	Japan	+ 07' 54"
6	Yoshimasa Hirose (JPN)	Japan	+ 18' 34"
7	Musairi Musa (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 19' 47"
8	Merculio Ramos (PHI)	Philippines	+ 20' 01"
9	Zhu Yongbiao (CHN)	China	+ 20' 16"
10	Makoto Iijima (JPN)	Japan	+ 22' 44"

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.^[1][2][3]

References