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1996 Tour de Langkawi

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Stages
  
11

Winning time
  
34h 21' 22"

Second
  
Chris Newton (GBR)

Distance
  
1,294.8 km (804.6 mi)

Winner
  
Damian McDonald (AUS)

Dates
  
29 February–10 March 1996

The 1996 Tour de Langkawi was the first edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It was officially began on 29 February in Langkawi and ended on 10 March in Langkawi. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.

Australian rider, Damian McDonald emerged as the first winner of the race. Chris Newton of Great Britain was second and another Australian, Brett Dennis third. McDonald was also the first winner of points classification and mountains classification of the race. Giant-AIS won the team classification of the race.

Stages

The race comprised 11 stages, covering 1,294.8 kilometres.

References

1996 Tour de Langkawi Wikipedia


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