2001 Tour de Langkawi
The 2001 Tour de Langkawi was the 6th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began with prologue on 4 February in Langkawi and ended on 18 February in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale as a 2.3 category race.
Paolo Lanfranchi, Italian cyclist emerged as the winner of general classification and mountains classification of the race. Paolo Bettini became the winner of points classification and second-placed in general classification. Chris Wherry was third-placed in general classification. became the winner of team classification.
Stages
The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,833.47 kilometres. Prologue did not count towards the overall but many riders competed in the stage.List of teams and riders
A total of 25 teams were invited to participate in the 2001 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 173 riders, a total of 108 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.; Mercury Viatel
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- Paolo Lanfranchi
- Dario Cioni
- Paolo Bettini
- Elio Aggiano
- Pedro Horrillo
- Davide Bramati
- Rinaldo Nocentini
- Michael Sandstød
- Martin Rittsel
- Nicki Sørensen
- Danny Jonasson
- René Jørgensen
- Jacob Moe Rasmussen
- Bjarke Nielsen
- Julio Alberto Pérez
- Enrico Degano
- Antonio Varriale
- Stefano Guerrini
- Paolo Bertoglio
- Tom Leaper
- Nathan O'Neill
- Magnus Bäckstedt
- Jens Voigt
- Anthony Langella
- Ludovic Martin
- Pierrick Fédrigo
- Sébastien Hinault
- Christopher Jenner
- Brad Davidson
- Oscar Cavagnis
- Alessio Galletti
- Jörg Ludewig
- Massimiliano Mori
- Francesco Secchiari
- Christian Wegmann
- Linas Balčiūnas
- Stéphane Berges
- Philippe Bordenave
- Laurent Estadieu
- Alexandre Grux
- Thierry Loder
- Innar Mändoja
- Graeme Miller
- Victor Espiritu
- Ghader Mizbani
- Amir Zargari
- Björnar Vestöl
- Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi
- Wong Kam-po
- Scott Sunderland
- Lennie Kristensen
- Allan Johansen
- Kurt Asle Arvesen
- Manu L'hoir
- Roberto Lochowski
- Morten Sonne
- Claudio Astolfi
- Federico Colonna
- Cesare Di Cintio
- Federico Giabbecucci
- Emanuele Negrini
- Kyrylo Pospyeyev
- Cristian Gasperoni
- Massimo Strazzer
- Milan Kadlec
- Daniele Castellan
- Domenico Gualdi
- Daniele Gadenz
- Uroš Murn
- Timothy Jones
- Jean-Cyril Robin
- Walter Bénéteau
- Charles Guilbert
- Olivier Perraudeau
- Mickaël Pichon
- Frédéric Gabriel
- Thomas Voeckler
- Sharulneeza Razali
- Tsen Seong Hoong
- Mohd Mahazir Hamad
- Robert Lee
- Wong Ah Thiam
- Mohd Hardi Razali
- Azlan Jamaludin
- Mark Walters
- Andrew Randell
- Jacob Erker
- Min Van Velzen
- Svein Tuft
- Cory Lange
- Gregory Sienewicz
- Douglas Ryder
- Kosie Loubser
- Simon Kessler
- Daniel Spence
- Neil McDonald
- James Lewis Perry
- Ian McLeod
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- Nácor Burgos
- Andres Bermejo Siller
- Juan Antonio Flecha
- David Fernandez Domingo
- Eduardo Hernandez Bailo
- German Nieto Fernandez
- José Manuel Vázquez Palomo
- Bert Grabsch
- Matthias Buxhofer
- Lukas Zumsteg
- Stéphane Richner
- René Stadelmann
- Uwe Straumann
- Alexandre Usov
- René Haselbacher
- Michael Rich
- Volker Ordowski
- Saulius Ruskys
- Andreas Sauerborn
- Steffen Weigold
- Peter Wrolich
- Tonton Susanto
- Wawan Setyobudi
- Sulistiyono Sulistiyono
- Matnur Matnur
- Suyitno Suyitno
- Heru Febianto
- Amin Suryana
- Tang Xuezhong
- Li Fuyu
- Zhu Yongbiao
- Ma Yajun
- Li Zhengjiang
- Xiao Yechen
- Zheng Xiaohai
- Ken Hashikawa
- Kazuya Okazaki
- Junichi Shibuya
- Makoto Iijima
- Satoshi Hirose
- Yoshimasa Hiroshi
- Mitsuteru Tanaka
- Ivan Quaranta
- Pascal Hervé
- Serguei Outschakov
- Mario Manzoni
- Corrado Serina
- Christian Auriemma
- Andrea Brognara
- Tony Bracke
- Danny Baeyens
- Eric De Clercq
- Hans De Meester
- Oleg Pankov
- Karel Pauwels
- Donatas Virbickas