2003 Tour de Langkawi

Cycling race

2003 Tour de LangkawiRace details

Dates| 31 January–9 February 2003
Stages| 10
Distance| 1,343.5 km (834.8 mi)
Winning time| 31h 54' 09"
Results
| |  Winner|  Tom Danielson (USA)|  (Saturn)

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|  Second|  Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL)|  (Colombia–Selle Italia)
|  Third|  Fredy González (COL)|  (Colombia–Selle Italia)

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|  Points|  Graeme Brown (AUS)|  (Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo)
|  Mountains|  Roland Green (CAN)|  (Canada)
|  Team|  Colombia–Selle Italia|

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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.[1][2][3]

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. Colombia–Selle Italia won the team classification category.[1][2][3]

## Stages

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The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,343.5 kilometres.[1][2][3] 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.[4]

Stage  | Date  | Course  | Distance  | Stage result

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Winner  | Second  | Third
1  | 31 January  | Langkawi Individual time trial | 9.5 km (5.9 mi)  |  Nathan O'Neill (AUS) |  Roland Green (CAN) |  Tom Danielson (USA)
2  | 1 February  | Kangar to Butterworth | 148.3 km (92.1 mi)  |  Luciano Pagliarini (BRA) |  Graeme Brown (AUS) |  Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR)
3  | 2 February  | Kulim to Ipoh | 169.6 km (105.4 mi)  |  Luciano Pagliarini (BRA) |  Moreno Di Biase (ITA) |  Graeme Brown (AUS)
4  | 3 February  | Gerik to Tanah Merah | 172.9 km (107.4 mi)  |  Luciano Pagliarini (BRA) |  Graeme Brown (AUS) |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
5  | 4 February  | Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu | 179.1 km (111.3 mi)  |  Graeme Brown (AUS) |  Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG) |  Simone Cadamuro (ITA)
6  | 5 February  | Marang to Chukai | 136.3 km (84.7 mi)  |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) |  Graeme Brown (AUS) |  Simone Cadamuro (ITA)
7  | 6 February  | Kuantan to Bentong | 196 km (121.8 mi)  |  Graeme Brown (AUS) |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) |  Allan Bo Andresen (DEN)
8  | 7 February  | Menara Telekom to Seremban | 112.5 km (69.9 mi)  |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) |  Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP) |  Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR)
9  | 8 February  | Seremban to Genting Highlands | 143.7 km (89.3 mi)  |  Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL) |  Tom Danielson (USA) |  Roland Green (CAN)
10  | 9 February  | Kuala Lumpur Criterium | 75.6 km (47.0 mi)  |  Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG) |  Graeme Brown (AUS) |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS)

## Classification leadership

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Stage  | Stage winner  | General classification
| Points classification
| Mountains classification
| Asian rider classification  | Team classification  | Asian team classification

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1  | Nathan O'Neill | Nathan O'Neill | Nathan O'Neill | Fortunato Baliani | Hossein Askari | Saturn | Iran
2  | Luciano Pagliarini
3  | Luciano Pagliarini | Luciano Pagliarini
4  | Luciano Pagliarini | Roland Green
5  | Graeme Brown | Graeme Brown
6  | Stuart O'Grady
7  | Graeme Brown | Tom Danielson
8  | Stuart O'Grady
9  | Hernán Darío Muñoz | Tomoya Kano | Colombia–Selle Italia
10  | Guillermo Bongiorno
Final | Tom Danielson | Graeme Brown | Roland Green | Tomoya Kano | Colombia–Selle Italia | Iran

## Final standings

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### General classification

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| Rider  | Team  | Time

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1  |  Tom Danielson (USA) | Saturn | 31h 54' 09"
2  |  Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL) | Colombia–Selle Italia | \+ 09"
3  |  Fredy González (COL) | Colombia–Selle Italia | \+ 01' 44"
4  |  Roland Green (CAN) | Canada | \+ 02' 03"
5  |  Josep Jufré (ESP) | Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada | \+ 02' 35"
6  |  Fortunato Baliani (ITA) | Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave | \+ 02' 59"
7  |  Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP) | De Nardi–Colpack | \+ 03' 09"
8  |  David George (RSA) | South Africa | \+ 03' 35"
9  |  Ruber Marín (COL) | Colombia–Selle Italia | \+ 03' 41"
10  |  Paolo Lanfranchi (ITA) | Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo | \+ 03' 48"

### Points classification

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| Rider  | Team  | Points

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1  |  Graeme Brown (AUS) | Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo | 128
2  |  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) | Crédit Agricole | 113
3  |  Allan Bo Andresen (DEN) | Team Fakta | 74
4  |  Andrus Aug (EST) | De-Nardi Colpack | 69
5  |  Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP) | De Nardi–Colpack | 64
6  |  Luciano Pagliarini (BRA) | Lampre | 56
7  |  Mikhaylo Khalilov (UKR) | Colombia–Selle Italia | 54
8  |  Moreno Di Biase (ITA) | Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave | 51
8  |  Hassan Maleki (IRI) | Iran | 51
8  |  Gert Vanderaerden (BEL) | Palmans–Collstrop | 51

### Mountains classification

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| Rider  | Team  | Points

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1  |  Roland Green (CAN) | Canada | 49
2  |  Koji Fukushima (JPN) | Japan | 28
3  |  Hernán Darío Muñoz (COL) | Colombia–Selle Italia | 27
4  |  Fortunato Baliani (ITA) | Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave | 26
5  |  Ruber Marín (COL) | Colombia–Selle Italia | 21
6  |  Tom Danielson (USA) | Saturn | 20
7  |  Fredy González (COL) | Colombia–Selle Italia | 12
7  |  Jose Manuel Maestre (ESP) | Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada | 12
7  |  Christopher Jenner (FRA) | Crédit Agricole | 12
10  |  Thomas Evans (IRL) | Telekom Malaysia | 11

### Asian rider classification

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| Rider  | Team  | Time

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1  |  Tomoya Kano (JPN) | Japan | 31h 59' 29"
2  |  Tonton Susanto (INA) | Telekom Malaysia | \+ 20"
3  |  Ahad Kazemi (IRI) | Iran | \+ 03' 10"
4  |  Ghader Mizbani (IRI) | Telekom Malaysia | \+ 03' 35"
5  |  Victor Espiritu (PHI) | Philippines | \+ 06' 55"
6  |  Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) | Iran | \+ 07' 22"
7  |  Hossein Askari (IRI) | Iran | \+ 08' 08"
8  |  Hidenori Nodera (JPN) | Japan | \+ 08' 11"
9  |  Suhardi Hassan (MAS) | Malaysia | \+ 08' 40"
10  |  Alireza Haghi (IRI) | Iran | \+ 09' 50"

### Team classification

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| Team  | Time

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1  | Colombia–Selle Italia | 95h 47' 07"
2  | Saturn | \+ 09' 32"
3  | Lampre | \+ 10' 09"
4  | Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada | \+ 12' 33"
5  | Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave | \+ 14' 24"
6  | De Nardi–Colpack | \+ 15' 08"
7  | De Nardi-Colpack | \+ 16' 54"
8  | Team Fakta | \+ 17' 08"
9  | Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo | \+ 17' 15"
10  | Canada | \+ 18' 01"

### Asian team classification

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| Team  | Time

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1  | Iran | 96h 11' 02"
2  | Japan | \+ 31"
3  | Telekom Malaysia | \+ 03' 50"
4  | Malaysia | \+ 22' 07"
5  | Philippines | \+ 24' 14"

## List of teams and riders

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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.[1][2][3]

Colombia–Selle Italia

* Hernán Darío Muñoz
* Fredy González
* Russel Van Hout
* Ruber Marín
* Urbelino Mesa
* Mikhaylo Khalilov
* José Rujano

Lampre

* Gabriele Missaglia
* Maximilian Sciandri
* Rubens Bertogliati
* Daniele Righi
* Marco Pinotti
* Luciano Pagliarini
* Marco Serpellini

De Nardi–Colpack

* Santos González
* Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
* Rubén Lobato
* Lorenzo Cardellini
* Filippo Simeoni
* Sergio Marinangeli

Crédit Agricole

* 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

Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo

* 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

Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada

* 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

Palmans–Collstrop

* 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

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d "2003 Tour de Langkawi at cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
2. ^ a b c d "2003 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
3. ^ a b c d "2003 Tour de Langkawi Results". ltdl.com.my. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
4. ^ Tan, Anthony. "Bongiorno triumphs in KL; Danielson safely home". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

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