1999 Tour de Langkawi

1999 Tour de Langkawi

Race details
Dates	3–14 February 1999
Stages	12
Distance	1,903.3 km (1,183 mi)
Winning time	46h 56' 18"
Results
Winner  Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)   Second  Sergei Ivanov (RUS) (TVM–Farm Frites)   Third  Allan Iacoune (AUS) (Linda McCartney Cycling Team) Points  Graeme Miller (NZL) (New Zealand) Mountains  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (Navigare–Gaerne)   Team Mapei–Quick-Step
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The 1999 Tour de Langkawi was the 4th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 3 February in Langkawi and ended on 14 February in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.4 category race.^[1]

Italian Paolo Lanfranchi won the race, Sergei Ivanov of Russia second and Allan Iacoune of Australia third. Graeme Miller of New Zealand also won the points classification and Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won the mountains classification of the race. Mapei–Quick-Step won the team classification of the race.^[1][2]

The cyclist competed in 12 stages with a prologue over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,903.3 kilometres.^[1]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1a	3 February	Langkawi Individual time trial	9.2 km (5.7 mi)	Lennie Kristensen (DEN)	Michael Andersson (SWE)	Graeme Miller (NZL)
1b	3 February	Langkawi Criterium	50 km (31.1 mi)	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	Graeme Miller (NZL)	René Haselbacher (AUT)
2	4 February	Kangar to George Town	165.9 km (103.1 mi)	Enrico Degano (ITA)	Graeme Miller (NZL)	Andrea Tafi (ITA)
3	5 February	Seberang Jaya to Kuala Kangsar	103 km (64.0 mi)	David McKenzie (AUS)	Chris Newton (GBR)	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)
4	6 February	Ipoh to Bentong	217.4 km (135.1 mi)	Stig Dam (DEN)	Johan Capiot (BEL)	Andrea Tafi (ITA)
5	7 February	Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson	156.3 km (97.1 mi)	Moreno Di Biase (ITA)	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	René Haselbacher (AUT)
6	8 February	Malacca to Johor Bahru	223.7 km (139.0 mi)	Bjørnar Vestøl (NOR)	Grzegorz Wajs (POL)	Jacob Nielsen (DEN)
7	9 February	Kota Tinggi to Pekan	232.1 km (144.2 mi)	Enrico Degano (ITA)	Luca Cei (ITA)	Fred Rodriguez (USA)
8	10 February	Kuantan to Kuala Terengganu	197.1 km (122.5 mi)	Eric Wohlberg (CAN)	Vadim Kravchenko (KAZ)	Michael Barry (CAN)
9	11 February	Kuala Terengganu to Kota Bharu	155.5 km (96.6 mi)	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	Bart Bowen (USA)	Michael Andersson (SWE)
10	12 February	Pasir Mas to Gerik	197.2 km (122.5 mi)	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Marcin Gebka (POL)
11	13 February	Tapah to Genting Highlands	126.3 km (78.5 mi)	Marcus Ljungqvist (SWE)	Peter Wrolich (AUT)	Sergei Ivanov (RUS)
12	14 February	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	69.6 km (43.2 mi)	Luca Cei (ITA)	Graeme Miller (NZL)	Marcin Gebka (POL)

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1a	Lennie Kristensen	Lennie Kristensen	Lennie Kristensen	Michael Andersson	Tang Xuezhong	Mapei–Quick-Step	Japan
1b	Fred Rodriguez		Graeme Miller
2	Enrico Degano	Graeme Miller
3	David McKenzie			Alessandro Petacchi
4	Stig Dam	Michael Andersson		Dominique Perras
5	Moreno Di Biase	Frank McCormack		Alessandro Petacchi	Hideto Yukinari
6	Bjørnar Vestøl
7	Enrico Degano					Acceptcard
8	Eric Wohlberg	Morten Sonne
9	Rinaldo Nocentini					Saturn
10	Rinaldo Nocentini	Alessandro Petacchi					Malaysia
11	Marcus Ljungqvist	Paolo Lanfranchi				Mapei–Quick-Step
12	Luca Cei
Final		Paolo Lanfranchi	Graeme Miller	Alessandro Petacchi	Hideto Yukinari	Mapei–Quick-Step	Malaysia

General classification [edit] Rider Team Time 1  Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA) Mapei–Quick-Step 46h 56' 18" 2  Sergei Ivanov (RUS) TVM–Farm Frites + 26" 3  Allan Iacoune (AUS) Linda McCartney Cycling Team + 02' 27" 4  Danny Jonasson (DEN) Acceptcard + 02' 34" 5  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Saturn + 02' 55" 6  Morten Sonne (DEN) Acceptcard + 03' 16" 7  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Navigare–Gaerne + 05' 31" 8  Uwe Peschel (GER) Gerolsteiner + 05' 34" 9  Czeslaw Lukaszewicz (CAN) Canada + 05' 48" 10  Uwe Ampler (GER) Agro-Adler + 07' 12"

Points classification [edit] Rider Team Points 1  Graeme Miller (NZL) New Zealand 125 2  Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei–Quick-Step 105 3  René Haselbacher (AUT) Gerolsteiner 80 4  Johan Capiot (BEL) TVM–Farm Frites 77 5  Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) Mapei–Quick-Step 73 6  Enrico Degano (ITA) Navigare–Gaerne 70 7  Luca Cei (ITA) Navigare–Gaerne 55 8  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Navigare–Gaerne 52 9  Moreno Di Biase (ITA) Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio 48 10  Michael Andersson (SWE) Acceptcard 44

Mountains classification [edit] Rider Team Points 1  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Navigare–Gaerne 47 2  Sergei Ivanov (RUS) TVM–Farm Frites 45 3  Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA) Mapei–Quick-Step 39 4  Ole Sigurd Simensen (NOR) Agro-Adler 32 5  Massimo Giunti (ITA) Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio 31 6  Marcus Ljungqvist (SWE) Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio 25 7  Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) Mapei–Quick-Step 24 8  Dominique Perras (CAN) Canada 23 9  Peter Wrolich (AUT) Gerolsteiner 22 10  Michael Andersson (SWE) Acceptcard 19

Asian rider classification [edit] Rider Team Time 1  Hideto Yukinari (JPN) Japan 47h 12' 58" 2  Shahrulneeza Razali (MAS) Malaysia + 04' 54" 3  Victor Espiritu (PHI) Philippines + 09' 16" 4  Tsen Seong Hoong (MAS) Malaysia + 10' 44" 5  Nor Effandy Rosli (MAS) Malaysia + 19' 45" 6  Tang Xuezhong (CHN) China + 20' 02" 7  Yoshiyuki Abe (JPN) Japan + 21' 26" 8  Wang Rongshuang (CHN) China + 23' 14" 9  Sulistiyono Sulistiyono (INA) Indonesia + 34' 41" 10  Mohamad Suhaimi Keton (MAS) Malaysia + 37' 17"