The 1996 Tour de Langkawi was the first edition of the
Tour de Langkawi, a cycling
stage race
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that took place in Malaysia. It was officially began on 29 February in
Langkawi and ended on 10 March in
Langkawi. The race was sanctioned by the
Union Cycliste Internationale
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(UCI) as a 2.5 category race.
Australian rider,
Damian McDonald
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emerged as the first winner of the race.
Chris Newton of
Great Britain
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was second and another Australian,
Brett Dennis
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third. McDonald was also the first winner of points classification and mountains classification of the race.
Giant-AIS won the team classification of the race.
Stages
The race comprised 11 stages, covering 1,294.8 kilometres.
Final standings
General classification
References
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