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1998 Tour de Langkawi

Field	Value
name	1998 Tour de Langkawi
image_size	350px
date	18 February–1 March 1998
stages	12
distance	1835.7
unit	km
time	45h 12' 50"
first	Gabriele Missaglia
first_nat	ITA
first_color	yellow
first_team
second	Giuliano Figueras
second_nat	ITA
second_team
third	Niklas Axelsson
third_nat	SWE
third_team
points	Fred Rodriguez
points_nat	USA
points_color	green
points_team	Saturn
mountains	Douglas Ryder
mountains_nat	RSA
mountains_color	polkadot
mountains_team	South Africa
team
previous	1997
next	1999

The 1998 Tour de Langkawi was the third edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 18 February in Langkawi and ended on 1 March in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.

Italian Gabriele Missaglia won the race, Giuliano Figueras second and Niklas Axelsson third. Fred Rodriguez also won the points classification and Douglas Ryder won the 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 1,835.7 kilometres.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result	Winner
18 February	Langkawi Individual time trial	17.7 km	Andrea Tafi	Brian Walton	Niklas Axelsson
19 February	Kangar to George Town	181.5 km	Fred Rodriguez	Andrea Tafi	Mirko Rossato
20 February	Gerik to Kota Bharu	223 km	Roberto Gaggioli	Søren Petersen	Gabriele Missaglia
21 February	Kota Bharu to Kuala Terengganu	165.1 km	Mirko Rossato	Eric Wohlberg	Marcel Renggli
22 February	Kuala Terengganu to Kuantan	202.4 km	Fred Rodriguez	Peter Rogers	Gabriele Missaglia
23 February	Kuantan to Mersing	196.8 km	Alessandro Petacchi	Andres Lauk	Jacob Rasmussen
24 February	Johor Bahru to Muar	176.3 km	Chad Gerlach	Peter Rogers	Carlo Jasul
25 February	Malacca to Port Dickson	128.7 km	Dario Pieri	Scott Fortner	Matthew Wilson
26 February	Port Dickson to Sunway Lagoon	189.9 km	Mirko Rossato	Roberto Gaggioli	Luca Cei
27 February	Sabak Bernam to Ipoh	137.7 km	Chad Gerlach	Marcin Gebka	Frank McCormack
28 February	Tanjung Malim to Genting Highlands	147 km	Giuliano Figueras	Gabriele Missaglia	Andrew McClean
1 March	Kuala Lumpur Criterium	69.6 km	Luca Cei	Piotr Wadecki	Graeme Miller

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification
[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	25px	Yellow jersey]]	Points classification
[[Image:Jersey green.svg	25px	Green jersey]]	Mountains classification
[[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg	25px	Polka-dotted jersey]]	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final	Gabriele Missaglia	Fred Rodriguez	Douglas Ryder	Tonton Susanto	Philippines
Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	Andrea Tafi	not available	Tang Xuezhong	Saturn	China
Fred Rodriguez	Chad Gerlach	Malaysia
Roberto Gaggioli	Andrew McClean
Mirko Rossato	Fred Rodriguez
Fred Rodriguez	Allan Iacoune
Alessandro Petacchi
Chad Gerlach
Dario Pieri
Mirko Rossato	Douglas Ryder
Chad Gerlach	Oilme-Klein
Giuliano Figueras	Gabriele Missaglia	Tonton Susanto		Philippines
Luca Cei

Final standings

General classification

Rider	Team	Time
1	Gabriele Missaglia [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg	20px	Yellow jersey]]
2	Giuliano Figueras
3	Niklas Axelsson
4	Andrew McClean	South Africa
5	Andrea Tafi
6	Stig Guldbaek	Denmark
7	Fred Rodriguez	Saturn
8	Allan Iacoune	Australia
9	Piotr Wadecki
10	Andrey Mizurov	Kazakhstan

Points classification

Rider	Team	Points
1	Fred Rodriguez [[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]	Saturn
2	Andres Lauk	Tuul Tunturi
3	Mirko Rossato
4	Roberto Gaggioli	Oilme-Klein
5	Eddy Gragus	Oilme-Klein
6	Chad Gerlach	Oilme-Klein
7	Søren Petersen	Denmark
8	Gabriele Missaglia
9	Andrea Tafi
10	Arne Hohenstein	Agro-Adler

Mountains classification

Rider	Team	Points
1	Douglas Ryder [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg	20px	Polka-dotted jersey]]	South Africa
2	Ole Sigurd Simensen	Agro-Adler
3	Giuliano Figueras
4	Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi	Malaysia
5	Allan Iacoune	Australia
6	Gabriele Missaglia
7	Franz Hotz	Post Swiss Team
8	Raymond Clarke	Republic of Ireland
9	Tomasz Brożyna
10	Niklas Axelsson

Asian rider classification

Rider	Team	Time
1	Tonton Susanto	Indonesia
2	Tang Xuezhong	China
3	Arnel Quirimit	Philippines
4	Victor Espiritu	Philippines
5	Ma Yajun	China
6	Tsen Seong Hoong	Malaysia
7	Murugayan Kumaresan	Malaysia
8	Shahrulneeza Razali	Malaysia
9	Chung Chee Wai	Malaysia B
10	Carlo Jasul	Philippines

Team classification

Team	Time
1
2	Saturn
3	South Africa
4	Denmark
5	Lada Cska Samara
6	Oilme-Klein
7
8
9	Australia
10	Philippines

Asian team classification

Team	Time
1	Philippines
2	Malaysia
3	China
4	Malaysia B
5	Indonesia

References

"1998 Tour de Langkawi — Stages". cyclingarchives.com.
"1998 Tour de Langkawi Results Archive". ltdl.com.my.

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