From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1997 Tour de Langkawi

Field	Value
name	1997 Tour de Langkawi
image_size	350px
date	13–24 February 1997
stages	12
distance	1538
unit	km
time	35h 44' 25"
first	Luca Scinto
first_nat	ITA
first_color	yellow
first_team
second	Jens Voigt
second_nat	GER
second_team	ZVVZ-Giant-AIS
third	Alberto Elli
third_nat	ITA
third_team
points	Luca Scinto
points_nat	ITA
points_color	green
points_team
mountains	Luca Scinto
mountains_nat	ITA
mountains_color	polkadot
mountains_team
team
previous	1996
next	1998

The 1997 Tour de Langkawi was the second edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race 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 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.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result	Winner
13 February	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Individual time trial	19.1 km	Eric Wohlberg	Andrey Mizurov	Roland Green
14 February	Sarawak Criterium	52.8 km	Frank McCormack	Glen Mitchell	Mariano Friedick
15 February	Johor to Malacca City	92 km	Andrea Tafi	Nicola Loda	Mark McCormack
16 February	Port Dickson to Sunway Lagoon	203.5 km	Frank McCormack	Heinrich Trumheller	Alberto Elli
17 February	Berjaya Times Square to Kuala Lumpur	159.1 km	Andreas Walzer	Marc Vlijm	Juris Silovs
18 February	Bukit Kiara to Genting Highlands	71.3 km	Luca Scinto	Paolo Bettini	Nicola Loda
19 February	Bentong to Kuantan	198 km	Frank McCormack	Gerard Kemper	Andrea Tafi
20 February	Kuantan to Kuala Terengganu	204.9 km	Brian Walton	Jay Sweet	Gerard Kemper
21 February	Kuala Terengganu to Kota Bharu	164.3 km	Andrea Tafi	Mark McCormack	Christophe Agnolutto
22 February	Jeli to Gerik	123.2 km	Gianni Bugno	John Tanner	Franz Hotz
23 February	Kangar to Penang	189.4 km	Fabiano Fontanelli	Jay Sweet	Marc-Timo Weichert
24 February	Langkawi Criterium	60.5 km	Fabiano Fontanelli	Gerard Kemper	Andrus Aug

Final standings

General classification

Rider	Time
1	Luca Scinto [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]][[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]][[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg	20px	Polka-dotted jersey]]
2	Jens Voigt
3	Alberto Elli
4	Angelo Lecchi
5	Nicola Loda
6	Andrew McLean
7	Sergey Lavrenenko
8	Paolo Bettini
9	Philippe Bordenave
10	Volker Ordowski

References

"1997 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com.
"1997 Tour de Langkawi Results Archive". ltdl.com.my.
"1997 Tour de Langkawi — General Classification". cyclingarchives.com.
"1997 Tour de Langkawi — General Classification". ltdl.com.my.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

tour-de-langkawi 1997-in-road-cycling 1997-in-malaysian-sport

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1997 Tour de Langkawi — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report