2001 Tour de Langkawi

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.
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. became the winner of team classification.
Stages
The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,833.47 kilometres. Prologue did not count towards the overall but many riders competed in the stage.
Classification leadership
Final standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Asian rider classification
Team classification
Asian team classification
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.
Mercury Viatel
Chris Horner
Niklas Axelsson
Scott Moninger
Chris Wherry
Gordon Fraser
Jans Koerts
Henk Vogels
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
Julio Alberto Pérez
Enrico Degano
Antonio Varriale
Stefano Guerrini
Paolo Bertoglio
Tom Leaper
Nathan O'Neill
Magnus Bäckstedt
Jens Voigt
Anthony Langella
Ludovic Martin
Pierrick Fédrigo
Sébastien Hinault
Christopher Jenner
Brad Davidson
Oscar Cavagnis
Alessio Galletti
Jörg Ludewig
Massimiliano Mori
Francesco Secchiari
Christian Wegmann
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
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
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
Fortunato Baliani
Gianluca Tonetti
Leonardo Scarselli
Andris Naudužs
Csaba Szekeres
Russel Van Hout
Nácor Burgos
Andres Bermejo Siller
Juan Antonio Flecha
David Fernandez Domingo
Eduardo Hernandez Bailo
German Nieto Fernandez
José Manuel Vázquez Palomo
Bert Grabsch
Matthias Buxhofer
Lukas Zumsteg
Stéphane Richner
René Stadelmann
Uwe Straumann
Alexandre Usov
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
Ivan Quaranta
Pascal Hervé
Serguei Outschakov
Mario Manzoni
Corrado Serina
Christian Auriemma
Andrea Brognara
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
References
2001
2001 in road cycling
2001 in Malaysian sport