1998 Tour de Langkawi

1998 Tour de Langkawi

Race details
Dates		18 February–1 March 1998
Stages		12
Distance
Winning time		45h 12' 50"
Palmares
	Winner	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	(Mapei–Bricobi)
	Second	Giuliano Figueras (ITA)	(Mapei–Bricobi)
	Third	Niklas Axelsson (SWE)	(Scrigno–Gaerne)
	Points	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	(Saturn)
	Mountains	Douglas Ryder (RSA)	(South Africa)
	Team	Mapei–Bricobi

The 1998 Tour de Langkawi was the third edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 18 February in Langkawi and ended on 1 March in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.

Italian Gabriele Missaglia won the race, Giuliano Figueras second and Niklas Axelsson third. Fred Rodriguez also won the points classification and Douglas Ryder won the mountains classification of the race. Mapei–Bricobi won the team classification of the race.

Stages

The cyclist competed in 12 stages over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,835.7 kilometres.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
				Winner	Second	Third
1	18 February	Langkawi Individual time trial	17.7 km (11.0 mi)	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	Brian Walton (CAN)	Niklas Axelsson (SWE)
2	19 February	Kangar to George Town	181.5 km (112.8 mi)	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	Mirko Rossato (ITA)
3	20 February	Gerik to Kota Bharu	223 km (138.6 mi)	Roberto Gaggioli (ITA)	Søren Petersen (DEN)	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)
4	21 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	165.1 km (102.6 mi)	Mirko Rossato (ITA)	Eric Wohlberg (CAN)	Marcel Renggli (SUI)
5	22 February	Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan	202.4 km (125.8 mi)	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	Peter Rogers (AUS)	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)
6	23 February	Kuantan to Mersing	196.8 km (122.3 mi)	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Andres Lauk (EST)	Jacob Rasmussen (DEN)
7	24 February	Johor Bahru to Muar	176.3 km (109.5 mi)	Chad Gerlach (USA)	Peter Rogers (AUS)	Carlo Jasul (PHI)
8	25 February	Malacca to Port Dickson	128.7 km (80.0 mi)	Dario Pieri (ITA)	Scott Fortner (USA)	Matthew Wilson (AUS)
9	26 February	Port Dickson to Sunway Lagoon	189.9 km (118.0 mi)	Mirko Rossato (ITA)	Roberto Gaggioli (ITA)	Luca Cei (ITA)
10	27 February	Sabak Bernam to Ipoh	137.7 km (85.6 mi)	Chad Gerlach (USA)	Marcin Gebka (POL)	Frank McCormack (USA)
11	28 February	Tanjung Malim to Genting Highlands	147 km (91.3 mi)	Giuliano Figueras (ITA)	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Andrew McClean (RSA)
12	1 March	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	69.6 km (43.2 mi)	Luca Cei (ITA)	Piotr Wadecki (POL)	Graeme Miller (NZL)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	not available	Tang Xuezhong	Saturn	China
2	Fred Rodriguez			Chad Gerlach			Malaysia
3	Roberto Gaggioli			Andrew McClean		Mapei–Bricobi
4	Mirko Rossato		Fred Rodriguez
5	Fred Rodriguez			Allan Iacoune
6	Alessandro Petacchi
7	Chad Gerlach
8	Dario Pieri
9	Mirko Rossato			Douglas Ryder
10	Chad Gerlach					Oilme-Klein
11	Giuliano Figueras	Gabriele Missaglia			Tonton Susanto	Mapei–Bricobi	Philippines
12	Luca Cei
Final		Gabriele Missaglia	Fred Rodriguez	Douglas Ryder	Tonton Susanto	Mapei–Bricobi	Philippines

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	45h 12' 50"
2	Giuliano Figueras (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	+ 26"
3	Niklas Axelsson (SWE)	Scrigno–Gaerne	+ 01' 25"
4	Andrew McClean (RSA)	South Africa	+ 02' 19"
5	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	+ 02' 37"
6	Stig Guldbaek (DEN)	Denmark	+ 02' 38"
7	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	Saturn	+ 03' 18"
8	Allan Iacoune (AUS)	Australia	+ 04' 25"
9	Piotr Wadecki (POL)	Mróz	+ 05' 06"
10	Andrey Mizurov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan	+ 06' 39"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Fred Rodriguez (USA)	Saturn	117
2	Andres Lauk (EST)	Tuul Tunturi	86
3	Mirko Rossato (ITA)	Scrigno–Gaerne	83
4	Roberto Gaggioli (ITA)	Oilme-Klein	74
5	Eddy Gragus (USA)	Oilme-Klein	71
6	Chad Gerlach (USA)	Oilme-Klein	62
7	Søren Petersen (DEN)	Denmark	58
8	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	54
9	Andrea Tafi (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	50
10	Arne Hohenstein (GER)	Agro-Adler	47

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Douglas Ryder (RSA)	South Africa	43
2	Ole Sigurd Simensen (NOR)	Agro-Adler	40
3	Giuliano Figueras (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	35
4	Andrew McClean (RSA)	South Africa	35
5	Allan Iacoune (AUS)	Australia	32
6	Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)	Mapei–Bricobi	23
7	Franz Hotz (SUI)	Post Swiss Team	21
8	Raymond Clarke (IRL)	Republic of Ireland	20
9	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)	Mróz	16
10	Niklas Axelsson (SWE)	Scrigno–Gaerne	12

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tonton Susanto (INA)	Indonesia	45h 34' 42"
2	Tang Xuezhong (CHN)	China	+ 01' 18"
3	Arnel Quirimit (PHI)	Philippines	+ 03' 36"
4	Victor Espiritu (PHI)	Philippines	+ 04' 39"
5	Ma Yajun (CHN)	China	+ 06' 20"
6	Tsen Seong Hoong (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 08' 10"
7	Murugayan Kumaresan (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 11' 39"
8	Shahrulneeza Razali (MAS)	Malaysia	+ 14' 40"
9	Chung Chee Wai (MAS)	Malaysia B	+ 19' 49"
10	Carlo Jasul (PHI)	Philippines	+ 22' 07"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Mapei–Bricobi	135h 41' 28"
2	Saturn	+ 19' 42"
3	South Africa	+ 22' 23"
4	Denmark	+ 23' 45"
5	Lada Cska Samara	+ 39' 14"
6	Oilme-Klein	+ 41' 11"
7	Mróz	+ 58' 37"
8	Scrigno–Gaerne	+ 59' 22"
9	Australia	+ 01h 07' 23"
10	Philippines	+ 01h 17' 38"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Philippines	136h 59' 06"
2	Malaysia	+ 08' 04"
3	China	+ 25' 20"
4	Malaysia B	+ 01h 08' 27"
5	Indonesia	+ 01h 19' 46"