2004 Tour de Langkawi

2004 Tour de Langkawi
Race details
Dates	6–15 February 2004
Stages	10
Distance	1,242.9 km (772.3 mi)
Winning time	28h 52' 52"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Team
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The 2004 Tour de Langkawi was the 9th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 6 February in Bayan Baru and ended on 15 February in Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur. In fact, this race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Fredy González of Colombia won the race, followed by Ryan Cox of South Africa second and Dave Bruylandts of Belgium third. Gordon Fraser of Australia won the points classification category and Ruber Marín of Colombia won the mountains classification category. Barloworld won the team classification category.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Stages

The cyclists competed in 12 stages, covering a distance of 1,242.9 kilometres.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Stage result
Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 February	Bayan Baru to Taiping	112 km (69.6 mi)	Due to the traffic conditions in the final lap, the College of Commissaires and the Race Organiser had been decided that stage 1 was neutralised. Points and bonuses for stage 1 had been withdrawn.^[4]
2	7 February	Ipoh to Tanah Rata	151.6 km (94.2 mi)	Marlon Pérez Arango (COL)	Fredy González (COL)	Ryan Cox (RSA)
3	8 February	Tapah to Raub	171.2 km (106.4 mi)	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)	Gert Vanderaerden (BEL)
4	9 February	Ulu Klang to Tampin	147.8 km (91.8 mi)	Sean Sullivan (AUS)	Devis Miorin (ITA)	Michael Sayers (USA)
5	10 February	Malacca Individual time trial	18 km (11.2 mi)	Eric Wohlberg (CAN)	Marlon Pérez Arango (COL)	John Lieswyn (USA)
6	11 February	Muar to Johor Bahru	175.2 km (108.9 mi)	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)
7	12 February	Pontian to Malacca	166.7 km (103.6 mi)	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Gordon Fraser (CAN)	Graeme Brown (AUS)
8	13 February	Port Dickson to Shah Alam	96.4 km (59.9 mi)	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Enrico Degano (ITA)	Graeme Brown (AUS)
9	14 February	Kuala Lumpur to Genting Highlands	131.6 km (81.8 mi)	Ruber Marín (COL)	Fredy González (COL)	Dave Bruylandts (BEL)
10	15 February	Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Criterium	80.4 km (50.0 mi)	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Gregory Henderson (NZL)	Matteo Carrara (ITA)

Classification leadership

Stage	Stage winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification	Asian team classification
1	No winner^[4]
2	Marlon Pérez Arango	Marlon Pérez Arango	Marlon Pérez Arango	Marlon Pérez Arango	Ghader Mizbani	Colombia–Selle Italia	Iran
3	Brett Lancaster	Fredy González	Gordon Fraser			Barloworld	Japan
4	Sean Sullivan	Fredy González
5	Eric Wohlberg	Marlon Pérez Arango
6	Ivan Quaranta
7	Luciano Pagliarini
8	Luciano Pagliarini
9	Ruber Marín	Fredy González		Ruber Marín			Iran
10	Guillermo Bongiorno	Fredy González		Ruber Marín			Iran
Final		Fredy González	Gordon Fraser	Ruber Marín	Ghader Mizbani	Barloworld	Iran

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fredy González (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	28h 52' 52"
2	Ryan Cox (RSA)	Barloworld	48"
3	Dave Bruylandts (BEL)	Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf	01' 54"
4	Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA)	Barloworld	01' 55"
5	Nicholas White (RSA)	South Africa	02' 12"
6	Ruber Marín (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	02' 22"
7	Marlon Pérez Arango (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	02' 30"
8	David George (RSA)	Barloworld	02' 31"
9	Kurt Van De Wouwer (BEL)	Mr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop	04' 06"
10	Roland Green (CAN)	Canada	04' 06"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Gordon Fraser (CAN)	Health Net–Maxxis	105
2	Gert Vanderaerden (BEL)	Mr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop	70
3	Marlon Pérez Arango (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	65
4	Luciano Pagliarini (BRA)	Lampre	46
5	Enrico Degano (ITA)	Barloworld	45
6	Fredy González (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	40
7	Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)	Ceramica Panaria–Margres	38
7	Hector Guerra Garcia (ESP)	Relax–Bodysol	38
9	Gregory Henderson (NZL)	Health Net–Maxxis	34
10	Ivan Quaranta (ITA)	Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave	32
10	David George (RSA)	Barloworld	32

Mountains classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Ruber Marín (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	57
2	Fredy González (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	40
3	Marlon Pérez Arango (COL)	Colombia–Selle Italia	34
4	Ryan Cox (RSA)	Barloworld	23
5	Sean Sullivan (AUS)	Barloworld	20
6	Hector Guerra Garcia (ESP)	Relax–Bodysol	19
7	Devis Miorin (ITA)	De-Nardi	18
8	Dave Bruylandts (BEL)	Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf	16
8	David George (RSA)	Barloworld	16
10	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	Ceramica Panaria–Margres	15
10	Luis Felipe Laverde (COL)	Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave	15

Asian rider classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ghader Mizbani (IRI)	Iran	28h 57' 19"
2	Ahad Kazemi (IRI)	Iran	03' 49"
3	Tonton Susanto (INA)	Wismilak	05' 49"
4	Yasutaka Tashiro (JPN)	Japan	09' 07"
5	Shahrulneeza Razali (MAS)	Malaysia	12' 11"
6	Jiang Xueli (CHN)	China	13' 42"
7	Shao Xiaojun (CHN)	China	15' 40"
8	Rhyan Tanguilig (PHI)	Pagcor-Casino Filipino	15' 56"
9	Lloyd Lucien Reynante (PHI)	Pagcor-Casino Filipino	17' 10"
10	Shinichi Fukushima (JPN)	Japan	17' 12"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Barloworld	86h 41' 27"
2	Colombia–Selle Italia	43"
3	Relax–Bodysol	12' 40"
4	Lampre	17' 45"
5	Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf	21' 42"
6	Canada	21' 52"
7	De-Nardi	22' 12"
8	South Africa	24' 13"
9	Mr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop	29' 36"
10	Republic of Ireland	32' 35"

Asian team classification

	Team	Time
1	Iran	87h 17' 32"
2	Japan	11' 07"
3	China	16' 32"
4	Pagcor-Casino Filipino	26' 11"
5	Malaysia	50' 25"
6	Wismilak	01h 08' 17"

List of teams and riders

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2004 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 140 riders, a total of 121 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.^[1]^[2]^[3]