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1998 Tour de Langkawi

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Stages
  
12

Winning time
  
45h 12' 50"

Distance
  
1,835.7 km (1,141 mi)

Dates
  
18 February–1 March 1998

Winner
  
Gabriele Missaglia (ITA)

Second
  
Giuliano Figueras (ITA)

The 1998 Tour de Langkawi was the third edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It started on 18 February in Langkawi and ended on 1 March in Kuala Lumpur. The race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.5 category race.

Italian Gabriele Missaglia won the race, Giuliano Figueras second and Niklas Axelsson third. Fred Rodriguez also won the points classification and Douglas Ryder won the mountains classification of the race. Mapei–Bricobi won the team classification of the race.

Stages

The cyclist competed in 12 stages over 12 days, covering a distance of 1,835.7 kilometres.

References

1998 Tour de Langkawi Wikipedia