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 (UCI) 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
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Horner
 * 🇸🇪 Niklas Axelsson
 * 🇺🇸 Scott Moninger
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Wherry
 * 🇨🇦 Gordon Fraser
 * Jans Koerts
 * 🇦🇺 Henk Vogels
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Lanfranchi
 * 🇮🇹 Dario Cioni
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Bettini
 * 🇮🇹 Elio Aggiano
 * 🇪🇸 Pedro Horrillo
 * 🇮🇹 Davide Bramati
 * 🇮🇹 Rinaldo Nocentini
 * CSC World Online
 * 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
 * 🇫🇷 Philippe Bordenave
 * 🇫🇷 Laurent Estadieu
 * 🇫🇷 Alexandre Grux
 * 🇫🇷 Thierry Loder
 * 🇪🇪 Innar Mändoja


 * Telekom Malaysia
 * 🇳🇿 Graeme Miller
 * Victor Espiritu
 * 🇮🇷 Ghader Mizbani
 * 🇮🇷 Amir Zargari
 * 🇳🇴 Björnar Vestöl
 * Mohamad Fauzi Shafihi
 * 🇭🇰 Wong Kam-po
 * Team Fakta
 * 🇦🇺 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
 * Mobilvetta Rossin
 * 🇮🇹 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
 * Malaysia
 * Sharulneeza Razali
 * Tsen Seong Hoong
 * Mohd Mahazir Hamad
 * Robert Lee
 * Wong Ah Thiam
 * Mohd Hardi Razali
 * Azlan Jamaludin
 * Mohd Hardi Razali
 * Azlan Jamaludin


 * Canada
 * 🇨🇦 Mark Walters
 * 🇨🇦 Andrew Randell
 * 🇨🇦 Jacob Erker
 * 🇨🇦 Min Van Velzen
 * 🇨🇦 Svein Tuft
 * 🇨🇦 Cory Lange
 * 🇨🇦 Gregory Sienewicz
 * South Africa
 * Douglas Ryder
 * Kosie Loubser
 * Simon Kessler
 * Daniel Spence
 * Neil McDonald
 * James Lewis Perry
 * Ian McLeod
 * 🇮🇹 Fortunato Baliani
 * 🇮🇹 Gianluca Tonetti
 * 🇮🇹 Leonardo Scarselli
 * Andris Naudužs
 * 🇭🇺 Csaba Szekeres
 * 🇦🇺 Russel Van Hout
 * 🇪🇸 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
 * 🇱🇹 Saulius Ruskys
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Sauerborn
 * 🇩🇪 Steffen Weigold
 * 🇦🇹 Peter Wrolich


 * Indonesia
 * Tonton Susanto
 * Wawan Setyobudi
 * Sulistiyono Sulistiyono
 * Matnur Matnur
 * Suyitno Suyitno
 * Heru Febianto
 * Amin Suryana
 * China
 * 🇨🇳 Tang Xuezhong
 * 🇨🇳 Li Fuyu
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Yongbiao
 * 🇨🇳 Ma Yajun
 * 🇨🇳 Li Zhengjiang
 * 🇨🇳 Xiao Yechen
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Xiaohai
 * Japan
 * 🇯🇵 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
 * Saturn
 * 🇺🇸 Frank McCormack
 * 🇺🇸 Matt DeCanio
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Fisher
 * 🇺🇸 Trent Klesna
 * Harm Jansen
 * 🇨🇦 Michael Barry
 * Soren Petersen
 * 🇨🇦 Michael Barry
 * Soren Petersen