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2005 Tour de Langkawi

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Stages
  
10

Winning time
  
30h 18' 18"

Second
  
José Rujano (VEN)

Distance
  
1,284.6 km (798.2 mi)

Winner
  
Ryan Cox (RSA)

Dates
  
28 January – 6 February 2005

The 2005 Tour de Langkawi was the 10th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. It began on 28 January in Langkawi and ended on 6 February in Kuala Lumpur. The race was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2005 UCI Asia Tour calendar.

Contents

Ryan Cox of South Africa won the race, followed by José Rujano of Venezuela second and Tiaan Kannemeyer of South Africa third. Graeme Brown won the points classification category and Cox won the mountains classification category. Barloworld won the team classification category.

Stages

The cyclists competed in 10 stages, covering a distance of 1,284.6 kilometres.

List of teams and riders

A total of 20 teams were invited to participate in the 2005 Tour de Langkawi. Out of the 140 riders, a total of 101 riders made it to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.

References

2005 Tour de Langkawi Wikipedia