1998 Tour de Langkawi

The 1998 Tour de Langkawi was the third edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 18 February in Langkawi and ended on 1 March in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.^[1]

1998 Tour de Langkawi

Race details
Dates	18 February–1 March 1998
Stages	12
Distance	1,835.7 km (1,141 mi)
Winning time	45h 12' 50"
Results
Winner  Gabriele Missaglia (ITA) (Mapei–Bricobi)   Second  Giuliano Figueras (ITA) (Mapei–Bricobi)   Third  Niklas Axelsson (SWE) (Scrigno–Gaerne) Points  Fred Rodriguez (USA) (Saturn) Mountains  Douglas Ryder (RSA) (South Africa)   Team Mapei–Bricobi
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Italian Gabriele Missaglia won the race, Giuliano Figueras second and Niklas Axelsson third. Fred Rodriguez also won the points classification and Douglas Ryder won the mountains classification of the race. Mapei–Bricobi won the team classification of the race.^[1][2]

Stages

The cyclist competed in 12 stages over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,835.7 kilometres.^[1]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	18 February	Langkawi Individual time trial	17.7 km (11.0 mi)	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	Brian Walton (CAN)	Niklas Axelsson (SWE)
2	19 February	Kangar to George Town	181.5 km (112.8 mi)	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	Mirko Rossato (ITA)
3	20 February	Gerik to Kota Bharu	223 km (138.6 mi)	Roberto Gaggioli (ITA)	Søren Petersen (DEN)	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)
4	21 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	165.1 km (102.6 mi)	Mirko Rossato (ITA)	Eric Wohlberg (CAN)	Marcel Renggli (SUI)
5	22 February	Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan	202.4 km (125.8 mi)	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	Peter Rogers (AUS)	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)
6	23 February	Kuantan to Mersing	196.8 km (122.3 mi)	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Andres Lauk (EST)	Jacob Rasmussen (DEN)
7	24 February	Johor Bahru to Muar	176.3 km (109.5 mi)	Chad Gerlach (USA)	Peter Rogers (AUS)	Carlo Jasul (PHI)
8	25 February	Malacca to Port Dickson	128.7 km (80.0 mi)	Dario Pieri (ITA)	Scott Fortner (USA)	Matthew Wilson (AUS)
9	26 February	Port Dickson to Sunway Lagoon	189.9 km (118.0 mi)	Mirko Rossato (ITA)	Roberto Gaggioli (ITA)	Luca Cei (ITA)
10	27 February	Sabak Bernam to Ipoh	137.7 km (85.6 mi)	Chad Gerlach (USA)	Marcin Gebka (POL)	Frank McCormack (USA)
11	28 February	Tanjung Malim to Genting Highlands	147 km (91.3 mi)	Giuliano Figueras (ITA)	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Andrew McClean (RSA)
12	1 March	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	69.6 km (43.2 mi)	Luca Cei (ITA)	Piotr Wadecki (POL)	Graeme Miller (NZL)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	not available	Tang Xuezhong	Saturn	China
2	Fred Rodriguez			Chad Gerlach			Malaysia
3	Roberto Gaggioli			Andrew McClean		Mapei–Bricobi
4	Mirko Rossato		Fred Rodriguez
5	Fred Rodriguez			Allan Iacoune
6	Alessandro Petacchi
7	Chad Gerlach
8	Dario Pieri
9	Mirko Rossato			Douglas Ryder
10	Chad Gerlach					Oilme-Klein
11	Giuliano Figueras	Gabriele Missaglia			Tonton Susanto	Mapei–Bricobi	Philippines
12	Luca Cei
Final		Gabriele Missaglia	Fred Rodriguez	Douglas Ryder	Tonton Susanto	Mapei–Bricobi	Philippines

Final standings

General classification Rider Team Time 1  Gabriele Missaglia (ITA) Mapei–Bricobi 45h 12' 50" 2  Giuliano Figueras (ITA) Mapei–Bricobi + 26" 3  Niklas Axelsson (SWE) Scrigno–Gaerne + 01' 25" 4  Andrew McClean (RSA) South Africa + 02' 19" 5  Andrea Tafi (ITA) Mapei–Bricobi + 02' 37" 6  Stig Guldbaek (DEN) Denmark + 02' 38" 7  Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saturn + 03' 18" 8  Allan Iacoune (AUS) Australia + 04' 25" 9  Piotr Wadecki (POL) Mróz + 05' 06" 10  Andrey Mizurov (KAZ) Kazakhstan + 06' 39"

Points classification Rider Team Points 1  Fred Rodriguez (USA) Saturn 117 2  Andres Lauk (EST) Tuul Tunturi 86 3  Mirko Rossato (ITA) Scrigno–Gaerne 83 4  Roberto Gaggioli (ITA) Oilme-Klein 74 5  Eddy Gragus (USA) Oilme-Klein 71 6  Chad Gerlach (USA) Oilme-Klein 62 7  Søren Petersen (DEN) Denmark 58 8  Gabriele Missaglia (ITA) Mapei–Bricobi 54 9  Andrea Tafi (ITA) Mapei–Bricobi 50 10  Arne Hohenstein (GER) Agro-Adler 47

Mountains classification Rider Team Points 1  Douglas Ryder (RSA) South Africa 43 2  Ole Sigurd Simensen (NOR) Agro-Adler 40 3  Giuliano Figueras (ITA) Mapei–Bricobi 35 4  Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi (MAS) Malaysia 35 5  Allan Iacoune (AUS) Australia 32 6  Gabriele Missaglia (ITA) Mapei–Bricobi 23 7  Franz Hotz (SUI) Post Swiss Team 21 8  Raymond Clarke (IRL) Republic of Ireland 20 9  Tomasz Brożyna (POL) Mróz 16 10  Niklas Axelsson (SWE) Scrigno–Gaerne 12

Asian rider classification Rider Team Time 1  Tonton Susanto (INA) Indonesia 45h 34' 42" 2  Tang Xuezhong (CHN) China + 01' 18" 3  Arnel Quirimit (PHI) Philippines + 03' 36" 4  Victor Espiritu (PHI) Philippines + 04' 39" 5  Ma Yajun (CHN) China + 06' 20" 6  Tsen Seong Hoong (MAS) Malaysia + 08' 10" 7  Murugayan Kumaresan (MAS) Malaysia + 11' 39" 8  Shahrulneeza Razali (MAS) Malaysia + 14' 40" 9  Chung Chee Wai (MAS) Malaysia B + 19' 49" 10  Carlo Jasul (PHI) Philippines + 22' 07"

Team classification Team Time 1 Mapei–Bricobi 135h 41' 28" 2 Saturn + 19' 42" 3 South Africa + 22' 23" 4 Denmark + 23' 45" 5 Lada Cska Samara + 39' 14" 6 Oilme-Klein + 41' 11" 7 Mróz + 58' 37" 8 Scrigno–Gaerne + 59' 22" 9 Australia + 01h 07' 23" 10 Philippines + 01h 17' 38"

Asian team classification Team Time 1 Philippines 136h 59' 06" 2 Malaysia + 08' 04" 3 China + 25' 20" 4 Malaysia B + 01h 08' 27" 5 Indonesia + 01h 19' 46"