The 1997 Tour de Langkawi was the second edition of the
Tour de Langkawi, a cycling
stage race
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages ...
that took place in Malaysia. It started on 13 February in
Kota Kinabalu and ended on 24 February in
Langkawi. The race was sanctioned by the
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.
Italian
Luca Scinto
Luca Scinto (born 28 January 1968 in Fucecchio) is an Italian former cyclist.
After retiring as a rider Scinto joined Angelo Citracca in forming the Italian-Ukrainian team team for the 2009 season. At the end of the 2014 he stepped down from the ...
won the race,
Jens Voigt of
Germany second and
Alberto Elli third. Scinto also won the points classification and mountains classification of the race. won the team classification of the race.
Stages
The cyclist competed in 12 stages over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,538 kilometres.
Final standings
General classification
References
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