2002 Tour de Langkawi

2002 Tour de Langkawi

Race details
Dates	1–10 February 2002
Stages	10
Distance	1,312.6 km (815.6 mi)
Winning time	30h 03' 31"
Results
Winner   Hernán Darío Muñoz  (COL) (Colombia–Selle Italia)   Second   Robert Hunter  (RSA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)   Third   David George  (RSA) (South Africa) Points   Robert Hunter  (RSA) (Mapei–Quick-Step) Mountains   Ruber Marín  (COL) (Colombia–Selle Italia)   Team Mapei–Quick-Step
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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. Mapei–Quick-Step won the team classification. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,312.6 kilometres. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	1 February	Putrajaya Individual time trial	20.3 km (12.6 mi)	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Nathan O'Neill  (AUS)	Eric Wohlberg  (CAN)
2	2 February	Klang to Sitiawan	183.5 km (114.0 mi)	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Antonio Salomone  (ITA)	Andrea Tafi  (ITA)
3	3 February	Lumut to Ipoh	129.6 km (80.5 mi)	Enrico Degano  (ITA)	Graeme Brown  (AUS)	Mario Traversoni  (ITA)
4	4 February	Tapah to Bentong	176.4 km (109.6 mi)	Moreno Di Biase  (ITA)	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Frédéric Amorison  (BEL)
5	5 February	Bangi to Malacca	129.7 km (80.6 mi)	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Antonio Salomone  (ITA)	Wong Kam-po  (HKG)
6	6 February	Muar to Johor Bahru	172 km (106.9 mi)	Graeme Brown  (AUS)	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Hendrik Van Dyck  (BEL)
7	7 February	Kluang to Tampin	196.7 km (122.2 mi)	Moreno Di Biase  (ITA)	Daniele Galli  (ITA)	Robert Hunter  (RSA)
8	8 February	Port Dickson to Petaling Jaya	95.5 km (59.3 mi)	Antonio Salomone  (ITA)	Andris Naudužs  (LAT)	Dirk Schumann  (GER)
9	9 February	Menara Telekom to Genting Highlands	133.3 km (82.8 mi)	Hernán Darío Muñoz  (COL)	David George  (RSA)	Ruber Marín  (COL)
10	10 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	75.6 km (47.0 mi)	Graeme Brown  (AUS)	Daniele Galli  (ITA)	Robert Hunter  (RSA)

Classification leadership

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	Mapei–Quick-Step	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	Mapei–Quick-Step	Telekom Malaysia

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Hernán Darío Muñoz  (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	30h 03' 31"
2	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	+ 36"
3	David George  (RSA)	South Africa	+ 01' 52"
4	René Jørgensen  (DEN)	Team Fakta	+ 03' 50"
5	Mickaël Pichon  (FRA)	Bonjour	+ 04' 42"
6	David Cañada  (ESP)	Mapei–Quick-Step	+ 05' 00"
7	Artour Babaitsev  (RUS)	Nürnberger	+ 05' 29"
8	Paolo Lanfranchi  (ITA)	Index–Alexia Alluminio	+ 05' 56"
9	Ruber Marín  (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	+ 06' 43"
10	Stive Vermaut  (BEL)	Lotto–Adecco	+ 07' 11"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	121
2	Lubor Tesar  (CZE)	Nürnberger	72
3	Graeme Brown  (AUS)	Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo	71
3	Moreno Di Biase  (ITA)	Mobilvetta Design–Formaggi Trentini	71
5	Andrea Tafi  (ITA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	67
6	Allan Bo Andresen  (DEN)	Team Fakta	53
7	David Fernández Domingo  (ESP)	Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada	52
8	Antonio Salomone  (ITA)	Index–Alexia Alluminio	49
9	Enrico Degano  (ITA)	Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo	42
10	Daniele Galli  (ITA)	Index–Alexia Alluminio	40

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Ruber Marín  (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	30
2	Hernán Darío Muñoz  (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	29
3	David George  (RSA)	South Africa	29
4	Koji Fukushima  (JPN)	Japan	15
5	Hans De Meester  (BEL)	Palmans–Collstrop	12
5	Wong Kam-po  (HKG)	Telekom Malaysia	12
5	Christophe Le Mével  (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	12
5	René Jørgensen  (DEN)	Team Fakta	12
9	Antoni Rizzi  (ITA)	Mobilvetta Design–Formaggi Trentini	10
10	Dominique Perras  (CAN)	iTeamNova.com	8
10	Robert Hunter  (RSA)	Mapei–Quick-Step	8

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tonton Susanto  (INA)	Telekom Malaysia	30h 13' 40"
2	Shinichi Fukushima  (JPN)	Japan	+ 06' 26"
3	Wong Kam-po  (HKG)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 13' 10"
4	Ghader Mizbani  (IRI)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 18' 07"
5	Tomoya Kano  (JPN)	Japan	+ 22' 46"
6	Tsen Seong Hoong  (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 27' 26"
7	Victor Espiritu  (PHI)	Philippines	+ 28' 34"
8	Merculio Ramos  (PHI)	Philippines	+ 29' 32"
9	Nor Affendy Rosli  (MAS)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 31' 20"
10	Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi  (MAS)	Telekom Malaysia	+ 32' 44"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Mapei–Quick-Step	90h 21' 04"
2	South Africa	+ 11' 11"
3	Colombia–Selle Italia	+ 11' 41"
4	Index–Alexia Alluminio	+ 21' 54"
5	Bonjour	+ 27' 32"
6	Acqua & Sapone–Cantina Tollo	+ 34' 55"
7	Telekom Malaysia	+ 36' 26"
8	Team Fakta	+ 52' 25"
9	Lotto–Adecco	+ 58' 25"
10	Crédit Agricole	+ 59' 26"

Asian team classification

	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"

List of teams and riders

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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Index–Alexia Alluminio Paolo Lanfranchi Marco Battiston Alberto Elli Daniele Galli Antonio Salomone Eddy Serri Andris Reiss Mapei–Quick-Step Andrea Tafi Davide Bramati Paolo Fornaciari Robert Hunter Charly Wegelius Luca Scinto David Cañada Crédit Agricole Jens Voigt Yohann Charpenteau Christophe Le Mével Ludovic Martin Benoît Poilvet Yan Tournier Acqua & Sapone–Cantina Tollo Kyrylo Pospyeyev Michele Scarponi Rubén Lobato Agustin Pena Gago Cesare Di Cintio Lorenzo Cardellini AG2R Prévoyance Linas Balčiūnas Laurent Estadieu Andy Flickinger Alexandre Grux Nicolas Inaudi Innar Mändoja Nicolas Portal Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo Nathan O'Neill Nicola Chesini Enrico Degano Stefano Guerrini Sergiy Matveyev Graeme Brown Cristiano Parrinello

Lotto–Adecco Mario Aerts Frédéric Amorison Kurt van Lancker Kevin van Impe Fulco van Gulik Stive Vermaut Wesley van Speybroeck Telekom Malaysia Graeme Miller Wong Kam-po Ghader Mizbani Ahad Kazemi Tonton Susanto Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi Nor Affendy Rosli Palmans–Collstrop Max Becker Tony Bracke Eric De Clercq Hans De Meester Björn Leukemans Karl Pauwels Hendrik Van Dyck Mobilvetta Design–Formaggi Trentini Mario Traversoni Moreno Di Biase Alessandro Brendolin Samuel Vecchi Antoni Rizzi Uros Murn Denis Bondarenko Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada Jorge Capitan Peregrina David Fernández Domingo César Garcia Calvo Oscar Laguna Garcia German Nieto Fernandez David Vazquez Garcia José Manuel Vázquez Palomo Team Fakta Lennie Kristensen Morten Sonne Bjørnar Vestøl René Jørgensen Jorgen Bo Petersen Lars Bak Allan Bo Andresen

Bonjour Anthony Charteau Anthony Geslin Charles Guilbert Jimmy Engoulvent Mickaël Pichon Jérôme Pineau Thomas Voeckler Malaysia Shahrulneeza Razali Tsen Seong Hoong Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir Muhd. Jasmin Ruslan Shahrizan Selamat Wong Ah Thiam Suhardi Hassan Colombia–Selle Italia Hernán Darío Muñoz Juan Diego Ramírez Fortunato Baliani Andris Naudužs Leonardo Scarselli Mikhaylo Khalilov Ruber Marín Nürnberger Artour Babaitsev Ronny Lauke Jürgen Pauritsch Dirk Schumann Holger Sievers Lubor Tesar Jurgen Werner iTeamNova.com Jamie Drew Russell Downing Scott Guyton Dominique Perras Brett Lancaster Trent Wilson Allan Iacuone

South Africa Douglas Ryder David George Rodney Green Daniel Spence Jacques Fullard James Ball Jeremy Maartens Philippines Victor Espiritu Warren Davadilla Arnel Quirimit Enrique Domingo Merculio Ramos Villamor Baluyut Emilito Atilano Japan Makoto Iijima Koji Fukushima Shinichi Fukushima Tomoya Kano Mitsuteru Tanaka Kazuya Okazaki Shinri Suzuki Canada Glan Rendall Mark Ernsting Andrew Pinfold Geoff Kabush Josh Hall Eric Wohlberg Ryder Hesjedal China Hui Guo Wang Guozhang Song Shuhai Li Hongwei Zhu Yongbiao Jiang Xueli

References

1. "2002 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
2. "2002 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
3. "2002 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2013.