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1997 Tour de Langkawi

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Dates
  
13–24 February 1997

Distance
  
1,538 km (955.7 mi)

Winner
  
Luca Scinto (ITA)

Stages
  
12

Winning time
  
35h 44' 25"

Second
  
Jens Voigt (GER)

The 1997 Tour de Langkawi was the second edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 13 February in Kota Kinabalu and ended on 24 February in Langkawi. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.

Italian Luca Scinto won the race, Jens Voigt of Germany second and Alberto Elli third. Scinto also won the points classification and mountains classification of the race. MG Maglificio–Technogym won the team classification of the race.

Stages

The cyclist competed in 12 stages over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,538 kilometres.

References

1997 Tour de Langkawi Wikipedia