The 2003 Tour de Langkawi was the 8th 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 began on 31 January in Langkawi and ended on 9 February in

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

. In fact, this race was rated by the

Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland. The UCI issues racing ...

(UCI) as a 2.2 category race.

Tom Danielson Thomas Danielson (born March 13, 1978) is an American retired professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Mercury Cycling Team (2002), the Saturn Cycling Team (2003), (2004), (2005–2007) and (200 ...

of USA won the race, followed by

Hernán Darío Muñoz Hernán Darío Muñoz Giraldo (born January 5, 1973 in Rionegro, Antioquia Department, Antioquia) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racing, road cyclist. Career ;1997 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Venezuela ::1st Stage 9 : 3rd Overall Vu ...

of Colombia second and

Fredy González Freddy Excelino González Martínez (born 18 June 1975 in La Ceja, Colombia), also known as Fredy González, is a Colombian road racing cyclist. He is a two-time winner of the Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia (one of cycling's th ...

of Colombia third. Graeme Brown of Australia won the points classification category and Roland Green of South Africa won the mountains classification category. won the team classification category.

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,343.5 kilometres. 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.

Classification leadership

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Asian rider classification

Team classification

Asian team classification

List of teams and riders

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 , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

. ; *

* Russel Van Hout * Ruber Marín *

Urbelino Mesa Uberlino Mesa Estepa (born June 12, 1971 in Nobsa, Boyacá) is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia. He is the older brother of Ubaldo Mesa. Career ;1997 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Chiriquí (PAN) ;2000 :1st in General C ...

Mikhaylo Khalilov Mikhaylo Khalilov ( uk, Михайло Халілов; born 3 July 1975 in Mykolaiv) is Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1995 : 3rd Ov ...

José Rujano José Humberto Rujano Guillen (born 18 February 1982) is a Venezuelan road bicycle racer who competed professionally between 2003 and 2013, and most recently competed for Venezuelan amateur team Osorio Grupo Ciclismo. Career Born in Santa Cruz d ...

; *

Gabriele Missaglia Gabriele Missaglia (born 24 July 1970 in Inzago) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Palmarès ;1997 :1st, Stage 11, Giro d'Italia :1st, Stage 1, Tour of the Basque Country ;1998 :1st, Overall, Tour de Langkawi ;1999 :1st, S ...

* Maximilian Sciandri * Rubens Bertogliati * Daniele Righi *

Marco Pinotti Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. An individual time trial specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champ ...

* Luciano Pagliarini * Marco Serpellini ; *

Santos González Santos González Capilla (born 17 December 1973) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Being a time trial specialist, he won the Spanish National Time Trial Championship in 1999 and 2001. In 2000 he won a stage in Vuelta a España, where ...

* Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero * Rubén Lobato * Lorenzo Cardellini *

Filippo Simeoni Filippo Simeoni (born 17 August 1971) is an Italian former racing cyclist and the 2008 Italian road race champion.

* Sergio Marinangeli ; * Stuart O'Grady *

Christopher Jenner Christopher Jenner (born 3 November 1974 in Upper Hutt) is a former French professional cyclist. He became a French national in June 2000 though his marriage. Major results ;1994 : 2nd Tour de la Creuse ;1996 : 1st Grand Prix du Pays d'Aix : 2 ...

Corey Sweet Corey Sweet (born 25 November 1976) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 1999 to 2007. Major results Source: ;1997 : 1st Overall Tour of Wellington ;1999 : 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour ;2000 : 4th Overall Ri ...

* Eric Leblacher * Yohann Charpenteau * Yan Tournier ;

Team Fakta Team Fakta was a Danish professional road bicycle racing team, which was active in the seasons 1999 to 2003. The main sponsor FDB is a consumer owned grocery chain, whose discount outlets are called ''Fakta''. Nicki Sørensen was on the team f ...

* René Jørgensen * Jørgen Bo Petersen * Julian Winn *

Lars Bak Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, , , , and squads. From 2022, Bak will act as team manager for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Ba ...

* Allan Bo Andresen *

Jacob Moe Rasmussen Jacob Moe Rasmussen (born 19 January 1975 in Amager) is a Danish former cyclist. Major results ;1999 :1st Stage 2 Vuelta a la Argentina :3rd National Road Race Championships ;2000 :3rd Overall Guldensporentweedaagse ;2004 :1st Stage 3 Ringeri ...

Bjørnar Vestøl Bjørnar Vestøl (born May 28, 1974 in Oslo) is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the men's individual road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also rode in the 2000 Giro d'Italia and finished 125th overall. Major r ...

; Marlux-Ville De Charlerois *

Dave Bruylandts Dave Bruylandts (born 12 July 1976 in Lier) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Bruylandts was tested positive for EPO use in 2004 and was banned for 18 months. Following his ban, Bruylandts briefly rode for Unibet.com in 200 ...

Christian Poos Christian Poos (born 5 November 1977) is a Luxembourgian cyclist. His sporting career began with Velo Club SaF Zeisseng. Major results ;1997 :1st U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège :2nd National Road Race Championships ;1999 : National Time Trial Ch ...

Raivis Belohvoščiks Raivis Belohvoščiks (born 21 January 1976) is a Latvian former professional road cyclist who specialized in individual time trial events. He is ten-time Latvian national time trial champion. In 2006 he signed a 2-year contract with UCI ProTour ...

* Johan Dekkers * Guillaume Girout *

Charles Guilbert Charles Guilbert (born 15 May 1972) is a French former professional road cyclist. Major results ;1996 : 2nd Overall Ruban Granitier Breton ::1st Stage 1 ;1997 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir : 7th Overall Circuit de Lorraine ;1998 : 2nd Clásica ...

* Sébastien Mattozza ; De Nardi-Colpack *

Andrus Aug Andrus Aug (born 22 May 1972) is a retired Estonian professional road bicycle racer. He last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Ceramica Flaminia. Major results ;1995 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;1996 : 1st Road r ...

* Simone Cadamuro * Michele Colleoni * Ondrej Fadrny * Andrea Rossi *

Charly Wegelius Charles "Charly" Wegelius (born 26 April 1978 in Espoo, Finland) is a British former professional road racing cyclist. Never a winner of a professional race individually, Wegelius nevertheless made a career out of being a reliable and strong ...

Michele Gobbi Michele Gobbi (born August 10, 1977 in Vicenza) is a former Italian cyclist. Palmares ;1998 :2nd Giro del Canavese ;1999 :1st European Road Race Champion ;2002 :3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese ;2003 :1st stage 4 Gir ...

; Telekom Malaysia *

Wong Kam-po Wong Kam-po SBS MH (, born 13 March 1973) is a Hong Kong racing cyclist. A specialist in road bicycle racing, at age 34 he became a track cycling world champion in the scratch race of the 2007 World Championships, which was not his special ...

Ghader Mizbani Ghader Mizbani Iranagh ( fa, قادر میزبانی ایرانق, born 6 September 1975 in Tabriz) is an Iranian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Telekom Malaysia Cycling Team, the , ...

* Thomas Evans *

Tonton Susanto Tonton Susanto (born September 24, 1972) is an Indonesian former professional racing cyclist. Major results ;1997 : 1st Stage 13 Tour de Filipinas ;2001 : 2nd Overall Perlis Open ;2002 : 2nd Time trial, Asian Road Championships : 3rd Overall ...

* Simone Mori * Nor Effendy Rosli * Tsen Seong Hoong ; *

Paolo Lanfranchi Paolo Lanfranchi (born July 25, 1968 in Gazzaniga, Province of Bergamo) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Originally from Gazzaniga, Italy. Lanfranchi was a dominating figure in the Italian road racing scene by winning many ...

* Graeme Brown * Brett Lancaster * Scott Davis *

Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Matveyev ( uk, Сергій Леонідович Матвєєв, born 29 January 1975 in Myronivka) is a Ukrainian former professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1995 : 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships ;1997 : 2 ...

* Filippo Perfetto *

Guillermo Bongiorno Guillermo Rubén Bongiorno (born 29 July 1978 in Mar del Plata) is an Argentine former professional cyclist. Major results ;2003 :1st Stage 10 Tour de Langkawi ;2004 :1st Stage 10 Tour de Langkawi ;2005 :1st Gran Premio Città di Misano – Ad ...

;

Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth; h ...

* Chris Horner *

* Charles Dionne * Tim Johnson *

Nathan O'Neill Nathan O'Neill (born 23 November 1974) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. During his career, O'Neill became an eight-time winner of the Australian National Time Trial Championships and an Olympian in ...

* Eric Wohlberg *

Phil Zajicek Phil Zajicek (born March 20, 1979 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American ex-professional road racing cyclist who last rode professionally for the Fly V Australia Team in 2010. On June 10, 2011, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced that Zajicek ...

; * Josep Jufré * David Fernández Domingo *

Nácor Burgos Nácor Burgos Rojo (born April 9, 1977, in Ávila) is a professional road racing cyclist. In 2006, he rode for the Relax–GAM professional cycling team. Major achievements ; 2006 – Relax–GAM * 3rd, Overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake The ...

* Oscar Laguna Garcia * German Nieto Fernandez * Jose Manuel Maestre * José Manuel Vázquez Palomo ; Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave *

Biagio Conte Biagio Conte (born 7 April 1968 in Palermo) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally from 1996 to 2003. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Major results ;1991 : 1st Trofeo Zsšdi : ...

Moreno Di Biase Moreno Di Biase (born 5 November 1975) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1996 :1st Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo ;1997 :1st Trofeo Franco Balestra :1st Gran Premio ...

Fortunato Baliani Fortunato Baliani (born 6 July 1974 in Foligno) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1998 and 2014. Palmares ;1992 :2nd National Junior Road Race Championships ;2000 :3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi ;200 ...

* Domenico Gualdi *

Luis Felipe Laverde Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (born 6 July 1979 in Urrao) is Colombian professional road bicycle racer for , having left the team. His best results are two stage victories in the Giro d'Italia, in 2006 and 2007. Palmarès ;2001 : Pan American C ...

* Matteo Cappe * Massimo Amichetti ; Flanders-iTeamNova *

Ronny Assez Ronny is a given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Ryan. It may refer to: * Ronny (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo * Ronny (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer Ronieri da Silva Pin ...

* Jamie Drew *

Scott Guyton Scott Guyton (born 11 June 1976) is a New Zealand former professional cyclist, who currently works as the directeur sportif and general manager of UCI Continental team . Guyton competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, in the Cycling at t ...

* Allan Iacuone * Jurgen Landrie * David McKenzie * Trent Wilson ;

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

* Shahrulneeza Razali * Wong Ah Thiam * Mohd Mahadzir Hamad * Musairi Musa * Shahrizan Selamat *

Suhardi Hassan Suhardi Hassan (born 7 April 1982) is a Malaysian professional racing cyclist currently riding for the Kuala Lumpur Cycling Team. Career highlights * 2003: 3rd in Stage 3 Jelajah Malaysia, Ipoh (Malaysia) * 2004: 1st in General classificat ...

* Mohd Sazlee Ismail ;

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

* Roland Green * Seamus McGrath * Peter Wedge * Cory Lange * Alexandre Lavallée * Gordon Fraser *

Bruno Langlois Bruno Langlois (born March 1, 1979) is a Canadian former racing cyclist. Career Born in Matane, Quebec, Langlois began his professional career in 1999 with the ''Jet Fuel Coffee – Vitasoy'' cycling team. In 2012, along with directeur sportif P ...

; *

Thierry De Groote Thierry De Groote (born 9 May 1975 in Deinze, Belgium) is a professional road bicycle racer. He started his professional career in 2001 at the Belgium team Palmans-Colstrop. De Groote lives in Nazareth, Belgium. Palmarès 1993 1st, Eindklasse ...

* Kristof Trouve *

Hendrik Van Dyck Hendrik Van Dijck (born 5 February 1974, in Herentals) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Victories ;1994 : Hasselt-Spa-Hasselt ;1995 : 5th stage Hofbrau Cup : 2nd Stage Niederösterreich Rundfahrt ;1996 : Nokere Koerse ;199 ...

* Michel Van Haecke *

Erwin Thijs Erwin Thijs (born 6 August 1970 in Tongeren) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Palmarès ;1987 : 2nd, National U17 Road Race Championship ;1992 : 1st, ...

* Peter Wuyts * Gert Vanderaerden ;

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

Malcolm Lange Malcolm Lange (born 22 November 1973) is a South African former professional racing cyclist. He won the South African National Road Race Championships on three occasions. He also rode in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Major results ;19 ...

* Simon Kessler * Johan Van Der Berg * Morné Bester * Owen Hannie * Ross Grant * David George ;

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Tomoya Kano is a Japanese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He previously rode for between 2005 and 2008, where he competed in several major European races including the 2006 Tour of Flanders, the 2006 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and the 200 ...

* Shinri Suzuki *

Hidenori Nodera is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Career Born in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Nodera graduated from Hosei University and became a professional in 1998 with Shiman ...

* Kazuya Okazaki * Satoshi Hirose * Koki Shimbo *

Koji Fukushima is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist. He retired at the end of the 2008 season. His brother, Shinichi Fukushima, is also a professional cyclist. Career highlights # 2003: 3rd in General Classification GP Chantal Biya (Cameroon) # ...

;

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

* Victor Espiritu * Arnel Quirimit * Merculio Ramos * Villamor Baluyut * Enrique Domingo * Warren Davadilla * Lloyd Lucien Reynante ;

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Ahad Kazemi Ahad Kazemi Sarai (born 21 May 1975) is an Iranian cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport due to an anti-doping rules violation. He competed in the road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but failed to finish. Doping Kazemi is curren ...

Hossein Askari Hossein Askari ( fa, حسین عسگری , born March 23, 1975, in Khomeyn) is an Iranian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2016 for the , , and teams. During his career, Askari was suspended for ...

Alireza Haghi Alireza Haghi (born 8 February 1979) is an Iranian Track and Road rider. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's road race, but failed to finish. In the time trial he finished 36th.He also was national coach of cycling road team ...

* Mehdi Sohrabi *

Hassan Maleki Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...

* Rasoul Farshbaf * Sirous Hashemzadeh

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tour de Langkawi

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2003 in road cycling 2003 in Malaysian sport