2003 Tour de Langkawi

2003 Tour de Langkawi
The 2003 Tour de Langkawi was the 8th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 31 January in Langkawi and ended on 9 February in Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
Tom Danielson of USA won the race, followed by Hernán Darío Muñoz of Colombia second and Fredy González of Colombia third. Graeme Brown of Australia won the points classification category and Roland Green of South Africa won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.
Stages
The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,343.5 kilometres. Due to the extreme weather conditions(heavy downpour) experienced during the Stage 10 of the 2003 Tour de Langkawi, the stage was neutralised according to the decision of the College of Commissaires and the Race Organizer. All competitors at the stage had been awarded the winner's time. However, the classification and the top three finalist of the stage had been awarded.
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 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2003 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 138 riders, a total of 122 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.
Hernán Darío Muñoz
Fredy González
Russel Van Hout
Ruber Marín
Urbelino Mesa
Mikhaylo Khalilov
José Rujano
Gabriele Missaglia
Maximilian Sciandri
Rubens Bertogliati
Daniele Righi
Marco Pinotti
Luciano Pagliarini
Marco Serpellini
Santos González
Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
Rubén Lobato
Lorenzo Cardellini
Filippo Simeoni
Sergio Marinangeli
Stuart O'Grady
Christopher Jenner
Corey Sweet
Eric Leblacher
Yohann Charpenteau
Yan Tournier
Team Fakta
René Jørgensen
Jørgen Bo Petersen
Julian Winn
Lars Bak
Allan Bo Andresen
Jacob Moe Rasmussen
Bjørnar Vestøl
Marlux-Ville De Charlerois
Dave Bruylandts
Christian Poos
Raivis Belohvoščiks
Johan Dekkers
Guillaume Girout
Charles Guilbert
Sébastien Mattozza
De Nardi-Colpack
Andrus Aug
Simone Cadamuro
Michele Colleoni
Ondrej Fadrny
Andrea Rossi
Charly Wegelius
Michele Gobbi
Telekom Malaysia
Wong Kam-po
Ghader Mizbani
Thomas Evans
Tonton Susanto
Simone Mori
Nor Effendy Rosli
Tsen Seong Hoong
Paolo Lanfranchi
Graeme Brown
Brett Lancaster
Scott Davis
Sergiy Matveyev
Filippo Perfetto
Guillermo Bongiorno
Saturn
Chris Horner
Tom Danielson
Charles Dionne
Tim Johnson
Nathan O'Neill
Eric Wohlberg
Phil Zajicek
Josep Jufré
David Fernández Domingo
Nácor Burgos
Oscar Laguna Garcia
German Nieto Fernandez
Jose Manuel Maestre
José Manuel Vázquez Palomo
Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
Biagio Conte
Moreno Di Biase
Fortunato Baliani
Domenico Gualdi
Luis Felipe Laverde
Matteo Cappe
Massimo Amichetti
Flanders-iTeamNova
Ronny Assez
Jamie Drew
Scott Guyton
Allan Iacuone
Jurgen Landrie
David McKenzie
Trent Wilson
Malaysia
Shahrulneeza Razali
Wong Ah Thiam
Mohd Mahadzir Hamad
Musairi Musa
Shahrizan Selamat
Suhardi Hassan
Mohd Sazlee Ismail
Canada
Roland Green
Seamus McGrath
Peter Wedge
Cory Lange
Alexandre Lavallée
Gordon Fraser
Bruno Langlois
Thierry De Groote
Kristof Trouve
Hendrik Van Dyck
Michel Van Haecke
Erwin Thijs
Peter Wuyts
Gert Vanderaerden
South Africa
Malcolm Lange
Simon Kessler
Johan Van Der Berg
Morné Bester
Owen Hannie
Ross Grant
David George
Japan
Tomoya Kano
Shinri Suzuki
Hidenori Nodera
Kazuya Okazaki
Satoshi Hirose
Koki Shimbo
Koji Fukushima
Philippines
Victor Espiritu
Arnel Quirimit
Merculio Ramos
Villamor Baluyut
Enrique Domingo
Warren Davadilla
Lloyd Lucien Reynante
Iran
Ahad Kazemi
Hossein Askari
Alireza Haghi
Mehdi Sohrabi
Hassan Maleki
Rasoul Farshbaf
Sirous Hashemzadeh
References
2003
2003 in road cycling
2003 in Malaysian sport