2001 Tour de Langkawi

The 2001 Tour de Langkawi was the 6th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began with prologue on 4 February in Langkawi and ended on 18 February in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.3 category race.^[1][2][3]

2001 Tour de Langkawi

Race details
Dates	4–18 February 2001
Stages	12+Prologue
Distance	1,833.47 km (1,139 mi)
Winning time	42h 59' 23"
Results
Winner  Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)   Second  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)   Third  Chris Wherry (USA) (Mercury Viatel) Points  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step) Mountains  Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)   Team Mapei–Quick-Step
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Paolo Lanfranchi, Italian cyclist emerged as the winner of general classification and mountains classification of the race. Paolo Bettini became the winner of points classification and second-placed in general classification. Chris Wherry was third-placed in general classification. Mapei–Quick-Step became the winner of team classification.^[1][2][3]

Stages

The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,833.47 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	4 February	Langkawi Prologue	64.4 km (40.0 mi)	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)	Francesco Secchiari (ITA)	Dario Cioni (ITA)
1	6 February	Alor Setar to Sungai Petani	182 km (113.1 mi)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)	Jans Koerts (NED)	Enrico Degano (ITA)
2	7 February	Gerik to Kota Bharu	226.3 km (140.6 mi)	Enrico Degano (ITA)	Jans Koerts (NED)	Massimo Strazzer (ITA)
3	8 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	177.3 km (110.2 mi)	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Alexandre Usov (BLR)	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)
4	9 February	Dungun to Kuantan	135.5 km (84.2 mi)	Jans Koerts (NED)	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Andris Naudužs (LAT)
5	10 February	Pekan to Kota Tinggi	241.1 km (149.8 mi)	Enrico Degano (ITA)	Henk Vogels (AUS)	Paolo Bettini (ITA)
6	11 February	Kluang to Malacca	150.4 km (93.5 mi)	Jans Koerts (NED)	Massimiliano Mori (ITA)	Saulius Ruskys (LTU)
	12 February	Rest day
7	13 February	Malacca to Klang	172.1 km (106.9 mi)	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Jans Koerts (NED)	Enrico Degano (ITA)
8	14 February	Kuala Kubu Bharu to Tanah Rata	154.4 km (95.9 mi)	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)	Pascal Hervé (FRA)	Paolo Bettini (ITA)
9	15 February	Tapah to Genting Highlands	132 km (82.0 mi)	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)	Paolo Bertoglio (ITA)	Paolo Bettini (ITA)
10	16 February	Shah Alam Individual time trial	24.17 km (15.0 mi)	Nathan O'Neill (AUS)	Michael Rich (GER)	Chris Wherry (USA)
11	17 February	KL Tower to Shah Alam	162.9 km (101.2 mi)	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Andris Naudužs (LAT)	Graeme Miller (NZL)
12	18 February	Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Criterium	75.3 km (46.8 mi)	Federico Colonna (ITA)	Andris Naudužs (LAT)	Graeme Miller (NZL)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Gordon Fraser	Jans Koerts	Jans Koerts	not available	Makoto Iijima	Mercury Viatel	= Japan = Telekom Malaysia
2	Enrico Degano				Tsen Seong Hoong
3	Paolo Bettini			Paolo Lanfranchi	Makoto Iijima
4	Jans Koerts
5	Enrico Degano
6	Jans Koerts						Telekom Malaysia
7	Ivan Quaranta
8	Paolo Lanfranchi	Paolo Bettini			Wong Kam-po	Mapei–Quick-Step
9	Paolo Lanfranchi	Paolo Lanfranchi	Paolo Bettini
10	Nathan O'Neill
11	Paolo Bettini
12	Federico Colonna
Final		Paolo Lanfranchi	Paolo Bettini	Paolo Lanfranchi	Wong Kam-po	Mapei–Quick-Step	Telekom Malaysia

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	42h 59' 23"
2	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	+ 44"
3	Chris Wherry (USA)	Mercury Viatel	+ 01' 57"
4	Paolo Bertoglio (ITA)	Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo	+ 02' 43"
5	Christopher Jenner (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 03' 59"
6	Pascal Hervé (FRA)	Alexia Alluminio	+ 04' 21"
7	Jörg Ludewig (GER)	Saeco	+ 04' 29"
8	Niklas Axelsson (SWE)	Mercury Viatel	+ 04' 32"
9	Gianluca Tonetti (ITA)	Selle Italia–Pacific	+ 04' 58"
10	René Jørgensen (DEN)	CSC World Online	+ 05' 05"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	129
2	Andris Naudužs (LAT)	Selle Italia–Pacific	82
3	Alexandre Usov (BLR)	Phonak	57
4	Sébastien Hinault (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	57
5	Peter Wrolich (AUT)	Gerolsteiner	46
6	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	43
7	Massimiliano Mori (ITA)	Saeco	41
8	Graeme Miller (NZL)	Phonak	37
8	Chris Wherry (USA)	Mercury Viatel	37
8	Hans De Meester (BEL)	Collstrop–Palmans	37

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	66
2	Pascal Hervé (FRA)	Alexia Alluminio	40
3	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	29
4	Paolo Bertoglio (ITA)	Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo	20
5	Chris Wherry (USA)	Mercury Viatel	20
6	Walter Bénéteau (FRA)	Bonjour	18
7	Davide Bramati (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	15
8	Gianluca Tonetti (ITA)	Selle Italia–Pacific	11
9	Amir Zargari (IRI)	Telekom Malaysia	10
9	Christopher Jenner (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	10

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Wong Kam-po (HKG)	Telekom Malaysia	43h 12' 02"
2	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 28"
3	Makoto Iijima (JPN)	Japan	+ 01' 23"
4	Tonton Susanto (INA)	Indonesia	+ 01' 44"
5	Victor Espiritu (PHI)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 05' 51"
6	Li Fuyu (CHN)	China	+ 06' 47"
7	Tsen Seong Hoong (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 15' 36"
8	Satoshi Hirose (JPN)	Japan	+ 16' 01"
9	Tang Xuezhong (CHN)	China	+ 17' 18"
10	Mitsuteru Tanaka (JPN)	Japan	+ 19' 00"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Mapei–Quick-Step	129h 05' 05"
2	Phonak	+ 16' 01"
3	Mercury Viatel	+ 16' 35"
4	Selle Italia–Pacific	+ 19' 44"
5	CSC World Online	+ 24' 19"
6	South Africa	+ 29' 13"
7	Telekom Malaysia	+ 29' 15"
8	Saturn	+ 35' 07"
9	Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada	+ 38' 18"
10	Mobilvetta Rossin	+ 40' 37"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Telekom Malaysia	129h 40' 49"
2	Japan	+ 29' 43"
3	China	+ 37' 22"
4	Malaysia	+ 44' 04"

List of teams and riders

A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2001 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 173 riders, a total of 108 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.^[1][2][3]

Mercury Viatel Chris Horner Niklas Axelsson Scott Moninger Chris Wherry Gordon Fraser Jans Koerts Henk Vogels Mapei–Quick-Step Paolo Lanfranchi Dario Cioni Paolo Bettini Elio Aggiano Pedro Horrillo Davide Bramati Rinaldo Nocentini CSC World Online Michael Sandstød Martin Rittsel Nicki Sørensen Danny Jonasson René Jørgensen Jacob Moe Rasmussen Bjarke Nielsen Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo Julio Alberto Pérez Enrico Degano Antonio Varriale Stefano Guerrini Paolo Bertoglio Tom Leaper Nathan O'Neill Crédit Agricole Magnus Bäckstedt Jens Voigt Anthony Langella Ludovic Martin Pierrick Fédrigo Sébastien Hinault Christopher Jenner Saeco Brad Davidson Oscar Cavagnis Alessio Galletti Jörg Ludewig Massimiliano Mori Francesco Secchiari Christian Wegmann AG2R Prévoyance Linas Balčiūnas Stéphane Berges Philippe Bordenave Laurent Estadieu Alexandre Grux Thierry Loder Innar Mändoja

Telekom Malaysia Graeme Miller Victor Espiritu Ghader Mizbani Amir Zargari Björnar Vestöl Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi Wong Kam-po Team Fakta Scott Sunderland Lennie Kristensen Allan Johansen Kurt Asle Arvesen Manu L'hoir Roberto Lochowski Morten Sonne Cantina Tollo–Acqua & Sapone Claudio Astolfi Federico Colonna Cesare Di Cintio Federico Giabbecucci Emanuele Negrini Kyrylo Pospyeyev Cristian Gasperoni Mobilvetta Rossin Massimo Strazzer Milan Kadlec Daniele Castellan Domenico Gualdi Daniele Gadenz Uroš Murn Timothy Jones Bonjour Jean-Cyril Robin Walter Bénéteau Charles Guilbert Olivier Perraudeau Mickaël Pichon Frédéric Gabriel Thomas Voeckler Malaysia Sharulneeza Razali Tsen Seong Hoong Mohd Mahazir Hamad Robert Lee Wong Ah Thiam Mohd Hardi Razali Azlan Jamaludin

Canada Mark Walters Andrew Randell Jacob Erker Min Van Velzen Svein Tuft Cory Lange Gregory Sienewicz South Africa Douglas Ryder Kosie Loubser Simon Kessler Daniel Spence Neil McDonald James Lewis Perry Ian McLeod Selle Italia–Pacific Fortunato Baliani Gianluca Tonetti Leonardo Scarselli Andris Naudužs Csaba Szekeres Russel Van Hout Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada Nácor Burgos Andres Bermejo Siller Juan Antonio Flecha David Fernandez Domingo Eduardo Hernandez Bailo German Nieto Fernandez José Manuel Vázquez Palomo Phonak Bert Grabsch Matthias Buxhofer Lukas Zumsteg Stéphane Richner René Stadelmann Uwe Straumann Alexandre Usov Gerolsteiner René Haselbacher Michael Rich Volker Ordowski Saulius Ruskys Andreas Sauerborn Steffen Weigold Peter Wrolich

Indonesia Tonton Susanto Wawan Setyobudi Sulistiyono Sulistiyono Matnur Matnur Suyitno Suyitno Heru Febianto Amin Suryana China Tang Xuezhong Li Fuyu Zhu Yongbiao Ma Yajun Li Zhengjiang Xiao Yechen Zheng Xiaohai Japan Ken Hashikawa Kazuya Okazaki Junichi Shibuya Makoto Iijima Satoshi Hirose Yoshimasa Hiroshi Mitsuteru Tanaka Alexia Alluminio Ivan Quaranta Pascal Hervé Serguei Outschakov Mario Manzoni Corrado Serina Christian Auriemma Andrea Brognara Collstrop–Palmans Tony Bracke Danny Baeyens Eric De Clercq Hans De Meester Oleg Pankov Karel Pauwels Donatas Virbickas Saturn Frank McCormack Matt DeCanio Chris Fisher Trent Klesna Harm Jansen Michael Barry Soren Petersen