2006 Tour de Langkawi

2006 Tour de Langkawi
2005–06 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates	3–12 February 2006
Stages	10
Distance	1,161.4 km (721.7 mi)
Winning time	26h 43' 55"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Team
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Last updated January 26, 2024

The 2006 Tour de Langkawi was the 11th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 3 February in Kuala Lumpur and ended on 12 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2005–06 UCI Asia Tour calendar.^[1]^[2]^[3]

David George of South Africa won the race, followed by Francesco Bellotti of Italy second and Gabriele Missaglia of Italy third. Steffen Radochla of Germany won the points classification category and David George won the mountains classification category. South Africa won the team classification category.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,161.4 kilometres.^[1]^[2]^[3] Due to the extreme weather conditions(heavy downpour) experienced during the Stage 10 of the 2006 Tour de Langkawi, the stage result was abandoned according to the decision of the College of Commissaires and the Race Organizer. All classification would be as at the end of Stage 9. However, Ángel Vallejo Domínguez (Relax–GAM) who had a substantial lone lead at the time of the decision abandon was made had been awarded the stage.^[4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	3 February	KL Tower to Rawang	81.1 km (50.4 mi)	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	Erki Pütsep (EST)	Takashi Miyazawa (JPN)
2	4 February	Tanjung Malim to Sitiawan	164.7 km (102.3 mi)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	Steffen Radochla (GER)
3	5 February	Lumut to Cameron Highlands	150.3 km (93.4 mi)	Saul Raisin (USA)	David George (RSA)	Darren Lill (RSA)
4	6 February	Tapah to Kuala Selangor	144.5 km (89.8 mi)	José Serpa (COL)	Evan Oliphant (GBR)	Christophe Riblon (FRA)
5	7 February	Menara Telekom to Genting Highlands	90 km (55.9 mi)	José Serpa (COL)	José Miguel Elías (ESP)	Massimo Iannetti (ITA)
6	8 February	Shah Alam to Tampin	187.7 km (116.6 mi)	Laurent Mangel (FRA)	Gene Bates (AUS)	Yoann Le Boulanger (FRA)
7	9 February	Muar to Kota Tinggi	188.2 km (116.9 mi)	Elio Aggiano (ITA)	Russell Downing (GBR)	Bernard Van Ulden (USA)
8	10 February	Yong Peng to Segamat	78.7 km (48.9 mi)	Sébastien Hinault (FRA)	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Samuele Marzoli (ITA)
9	11 February	Malacca Individual time trial	16.2 km (10.1 mi)	Sergiy Matveyev (UKR)	David McCann (IRL)	Stef Clement (NED)
10	12 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	60 km (37.3 mi)	Ángel Vallejo Domínguez (ESP)	Not awarded^[4]

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Maximiliano Richeze	Maximiliano Richeze	Steffen Radochla	Francesco Bellotti	Takashi Miyazawa	Relax–GAM	Wismilak
2	Guillermo Bongiorno	Maximiliano Richeze		Francesco Bellotti		Relax–GAM	Wismilak
3	Saul Raisin	David George		Darren Lill		Crédit Agricole	Japan
4	José Serpa			Darren Lill		Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni
5	José Serpa			David George	Hossein Askari
6	Laurent Mangel
7	Elio Aggiano
8	Sébastien Hinault
9	Sergiy Matveyev
10	Ángel Vallejo Domínguez
Final		David George	Steffen Radochla	David George	Hossein Askari	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	Japan

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	David George (RSA)	South Africa	26h 43' 55"
2	Francesco Bellotti (ITA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 01' 52"
3	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	+ 01' 56"
4	César Grajales (COL)	Navigators Insurance	+ 02' 31"
5	Walter Pedraza (COL)	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	+ 03' 11"
6	José Serpa (COL)	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	+ 04' 20"
7	José Miguel Elías (ESP)	Relax–GAM	+ 04' 41"
8	Laurent Lefèvre (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 04' 46"
9	Robin Sharman (GBR)	Recycling.co.uk	+ 04' 57"
10	Benoît Poilvet (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 05' 15"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Steffen Radochla (GER)	Wiesenhof–Akud	77
2	José Serpa (COL)	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	51
3	David McCann (IRL)	Giant Asia Racing Team	46
4	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	46
5	Samuele Marzoli (ITA)	Team LPR	46
6	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Great Britain	40
7	Francesco Bellotti (ITA)	Crédit Agricole	38
8	Sébastien Hinault (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	37
9	Erki Pütsep (EST)	AG2R Prévoyance	37
10	Elio Aggiano (ITA)	LPR–Piacenza	35

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	David George (RSA)	South Africa	37
2	Darren Lill (RSA)	South Africa	35
3	José Miguel Elías (ESP)	Relax–GAM	30
4	David McCann (IRL)	Giant Asia Racing Team	28
5	José Serpa (COL)	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	25
6	Massimo Iannetti (ITA)	Team LPR	24
7	Saul Raisin (USA)	Crédit Agricole	23
8	Edward Clancy (GBR)	Great Britain	20
9	Francesco Bellotti (ITA)	Crédit Agricole	18
10	Walter Pedraza (COL)	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	14
10	Gene Bates (AUS)	Team LPR	14

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Hossein Askari (IRI)	Giant Asia Racing Team	26h 59' 47"
2	Takashi Miyazawa (JPN)	Japan	+ 02' 11"
3	Shinichi Fukushima (JPN)	Japan	+ 02' 39"
4	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 09' 16"
5	Vyacheslav Dyadichkin (KAZ)	Équipe Asia	+ 09' 48"
6	Suhardi Hassan (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 13' 17"
7	Shahrulneeza Razali (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 18' 00"
8	Wawan Setyobudi (INA)	Wismilak	+ 20' 18"
9	Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 20' 36"
10	Victor Espiritu (PHI)	Casino Filipino	+ 21' 00"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni	80h 21' 01"
2	Crédit Agricole	+ 02' 46"
3	South Africa	+ 12' 32"
4	Recycling.co.uk	+ 33' 01"
5	Bouygues Télécom	+ 37' 06"
6	Relax–GAM	+ 39' 57"
7	Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 40' 02"
8	Ceramica Panaria–Navigare	+ 47' 00"
9	Team LPR	+ 56' 14"
10	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago	+ 01h 04' 39"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Japan	81h 25' 50"
2	Giant Asia Racing Team	+ 04' 57"
3	Malaysia	+ 17' 55"
4	Wismilak	+ 25' 37"
5	Équipe Asia	+ 33' 17"
6	Casino Filipino	+ 01h 18' 01"

List of teams and riders

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2006 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 119 riders, a total of 102 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.^[1]^[2]^[3]

South Africa

Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni

Malaysia

Shahrulneeza Razali
Ahmad Fallanie Ali
Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi
Suhardi Hassan
Mohd Jasmin Ruslan
Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit

Bouygues Télécom

Crédit Agricole

Ceramica Panaria–Navigare

Casino Filipino

Victor Espiritu
Bernardo Luzon
Merculio Ramos
Albert Primero
Sherwin Carrera
Sherwin Diamsay

Navigators Insurance

Relax–GAM

Recycling.co.uk

Yawadoo-Colba-ABM

Gert Vanderaerden
Koen Das
Frederik Penne
Gianni Riemslagh
Frank Van Kuik
Micheal Vanderaerden

Great Britain

Team LPR

Landbouwkrediet–Colnago

Équipe Asia

Ng Yong Li
Loh Sea Keong
Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz
Yevgeniy Yakalov
Vyacheslav Dyadichkin
Hari Fitrianto

AG2R Prévoyance

Wismilak

Tonton Susanto
Wawan Setyobudi
Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono
Matnur Matnur
Sama'i Sama'i
Adi Wibowo

Wiesenhof–Akud

Giant Asia Racing Team

Japan

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