The 1999 Tour de Langkawi was the 4th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 3 February in Langkawi and ended on 14 February in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.4 category race.
Italian Paolo Lanfranchi won the race, Sergei Ivanov of Russia second and Allan Iacoune of Australia third. Graeme Miller of New Zealand also won the points classification and Alessandro Petacchi of Italy won the mountains classification of the race. won the team classification of the race.
Stages The cyclist competed in 12 stages with a prologue over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,903.3 kilometres. StageDateCourseDistanceStage resultWinnerSecondThird1a3 FebruaryLangkawi Individual time trial1b3 FebruaryLangkawi Criterium24 FebruaryKangar to George Town35 FebruarySeberang Jaya to Kuala Kangsar46 FebruaryIpoh to Bentong57 FebruaryKuala Lumpur to Port Dickson68 FebruaryMalacca to Johor Bahru79 FebruaryKota Tinggi to Pekan810 FebruaryKuantan to Kuala Terengganu 911 FebruaryKuala Terengganu to Kota Bharu1012 FebruaryPasir Mas to Gerik1113 FebruaryTapah to Genting Highlands1214 FebruaryKuala Lumpur Criterium
Classification leadership Stage Stage winnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationAsian rider classificationTeam classificationAsian team classification1aLennie KristensenLennie KristensenLennie KristensenMichael AnderssonTang XuezhongJapan1bFred RodriguezGraeme Miller2Enrico DeganoGraeme Miller3David McKenzieAlessandro Petacchi4Stig DamMichael AnderssonDominique Perras5Moreno Di BiaseFrank McCormackAlessandro PetacchiHideto Yukinari6Bjørnar Vestøl7Enrico DeganoAcceptcard 8Eric WohlbergMorten Sonne9Rinaldo NocentiniSaturn 10Rinaldo NocentiniAlessandro PetacchiMalaysia11Marcus LjungqvistPaolo Lanfranchi12Luca Cei Final Paolo Lanfranchi Graeme Miller Alessandro PetacchiHideto YukinariMalaysia
Final standings
General classification Rider Team Time1 46h 56' 18"2 + 26"3 Linda McCartney Cycling Team + 02' 27"4 Acceptcard + 02' 34"5 Saturn + 02' 55"6 Acceptcard + 03' 16"7 + 05' 31"8 + 05' 34"9 Canada + 05' 48"10 Agro-Adler + 07' 12"
Points classification Rider Team Points1 New Zealand 1252 1053 804 775 736 707 558 529 4810 Acceptcard 44
Mountains classification Rider Team Points1 472 453 394 Agro-Adler 325 316 257 248 Canada 239 2210 Acceptcard 19
Asian rider classification Rider Team Time1 Japan 47h 12' 58"2 Malaysia + 04' 54"3 Philippines + 09' 16"4 Malaysia + 10' 44"5 Malaysia + 19' 45"6 China + 20' 02"7 Japan + 21' 26"8 China + 23' 14"9 Indonesia + 34' 41"10 Malaysia + 37' 17"
Team classification Team Time1 140h 58' 19" 2 Acceptcard + 02' 45"3 Saturn + 04' 27"4 + 06' 36"5 Agro-Adler + 20' 45"6 + 24' 39"7 Canada + 34' 25"8 + 43' 02"9 Linda McCartney Cycling Team + 46' 54"10 Denmark + 52' 12"
Asian team classification Team Time1 Malaysia 141h 52' 25" 2 Japan + 23' 49"3 China + 01h 05' 12"4 Philippines + 01h 14' 52"5 Indonesia + 02h 46' 10"
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