2006 Le Tour de Langkawi - AbsoluteAstronomy.com


2006 Le Tour de Langkawi
Date	February 3–12, 2006
Total distance	1,161.4 km
Teams	20
Riders	119
Rider Withdrawal	17

The 2006 Le Tour de Langkawi is the 11th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi
Le Tour de Langkawi
The Tour de Langkawi is an annual cycling race which is held in Malaysia since 1996. The name of the event comes from the starting point of the first few editions, in Langkawi, Kedah, although some later editions did not include Langkawi in the race at all...

, taking place from February 3 to February 12, 2006.

Riders (Start list)

Teams	Riders
Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Androni Giocattoli-C.I.P.I. is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participates in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...	José Serpa José Serpa José Rodolfo Serpa Pérez is a professional road racing cyclist from Colombia. In 2006, Serpa won the individual points championship to wear 2005-2006 UCI America Tour leader's jersey and won the road race at the Pan American Cycling Championships.He rides for UCI Professional Continental cycling... Wladimir Belli Wladimir Belli Wladimir Belli is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional between 1992 and 2007.- Palmares :19901993... Angelo Furlan Angelo Furlan Angelo Furlan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for Christina Watches-Onfone who he joined in March 2011.- Palmarès :2001... Alberto Loddo Alberto Loddo Alberto Loddo is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.-Palmares:20022003Alberto Loddo is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.-Palmares:2002... Gabriele Missaglia Gabriele Missaglia Gabriele Missaglia is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.-Palmarès:1997... Walter Pedraza Walter Pedraza Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:20002001...
Bouygues Télécom	Stef Clement Stef Clement Stef Clement is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He specializes in the time trial, in which discipline he is the reigning Dutch national champion. He also won the bronze medal at the Time Trial of the 2007 UCI Road World Championships.- Palmarès :20032005... Andy Flickinger Andy Flickinger Andy Flickinger is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He won the GP Ouest-France in 2003.- Palmares :* Circuit de la Sarthe - 1 stage * GP Ouest-France * Classic de l'Indre... Yohann Gene Yohann Gène Yohann Gène is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . He is the first black cyclist to ever compete in the Tour de France- Palmares :2009* 1st, Stage 7, Tour de Langkawi2010... Yohann Le Boulanger Laurent Lefevre Laurent Lefèvre Laurent Lefèvre is a French former professional road bicycle racer, last for UCI Professional Continental team... Anthony Ravard Anthony Ravard Anthony Ravard is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour team .-Palmares:2008Anthony Ravard is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Pro Tour team .-Palmares:2008...
	Francesco Bellotti Francesco Bellotti Francesco Bellotti is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :20042005- External links :... Sébastien Hinault Sébastien Hinault Sébastien Hinault is a French road racing cyclist. He debuted in 1997 with the French team , which later became Crédit Agricole, and has competed in the Tour de France five times. After Crédit Agricole disbanded in 2008, Hinault joined .He is not related to former cyclist Bernard Hinault.-Race... Christophe Le Mevel Christophe Le Mevel Christophe Le Mével is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He signed with them for the 2011 season, after they sought to add a leading French rider to their roster.-Palmares:... Cyril Lemoine Cyril Lemoine Cyril Lemoine is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :* Tour de Luxembourg - U23 Classification * Tour du Tarn-et-Garonne - 1 stage - External links :*... Benoit Poilvet Benoît Poilvet Benoît Poilvet is a French professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole between 2000 and 2007. For the 2008 season he joined the continental team Bretagne Armor Lux, with whom when the team was an amateur team he had raced... Saul Raisin Saul Raisin Saul Raisin is an American former professional road bicycle racer with UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole.-Career:Raisin began racing mountain bikes at 13, and moved to road bikes when he was 17....
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Colnago-CSF Inox is a professional continental cycling team registered in Ireland that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team is managed by Bruno Reverberi with assistance from directeur sportifs Fabiano Fontanelli and Roberto...	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio Mirko Allegrini Ruben Bongiorno Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Matveyev is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer for ISD–NERI team.- Palmares :2000- External links :*... Maximiliano Richeze Maximiliano Richeze Ariel Maximiliano Richeze is an Argentine professional cyclist who rides for the D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo team....
Navigators Insurance Navigators Insurance Cycling Team Navigators Insurance Cycling Team was an elite road bicycle racing cycling team in the United States. Navigators focuses on USA Cycling and UCI America Tour events...	Shawn Milne Shawn Milne Shawn Milne is a professional road bicycle racer from Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. In 2009, he rode in events on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar and UCI Continental Circuits for Team Type 1. On May 31, 2009, he won the Air Force Cycling Classic... Cesar Grajales Oleg Grishkin Bernard Van Ulden Burke Swindlehurst Mark Walters Mark Walters Mark Everton Walters is a retired professional footballer from Birmingham, England.-Aston Villa:Walters began his career as an apprentice at Aston Villa on leaving school in the summer of 1980, turning the professional a year later - just after Villa's Football League First Division title triumph...
Relax-Gam Relax-Gam Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada was a professional cycling team based in Spain and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events....	Nacor Burgos Rojo Jose Miguel Elias Galindo Raul Garcia De Mateos Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .In 2007 he won the Escalada a Montjuïc while riding for Relax-GAM... Xavier Tondi Volpini Angel Vallejo Dominguez
Recycling.co.uk	Ben Greenwood Ben Greenwood Ben Greenwood is a British professional road racing cyclist who rides for Rapha Condor. He won the Under-23 British Road Championship and the hill championship in 2005.-External links:*... Kristian House Kristian House Kristian House is a British racing cyclist who rides for the Rapha Condor team. He was the 2009 British Road Race Champion. He has raced in Europe and Australia. He rode for Great Britain in UCI World Cup track events... Chris Newton Chris Newton Christopher Malcolm Newton is a successful road and track racing cyclist. Newton is a multiple world champion and Olympian.-Biography:Newton is an alumnus of the University of Teesside in Middlesbrough... Evan Oliphant Evan Oliphant Evan Oliphant is a Scottish bike rider from Wick in Caithness. He rides for Endura Racing, having spent the previous season with DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed and, before that, two seasons with Recycling.co.uk.... Rob Partridge Rob Partridge Rob Partridge is a Welsh professional cyclist from Wrexham, Wales. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Inspired after watching the Tour de France on television, he joined the Wrexham Roads Club at an early age... Robin Sharman Robin Sharman Robin Sharman is an English road racing cyclist from Repton, Derbyshire. He represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, competing in the road event but did not finish the race.-Palmarès:2000200520062007-References:...
Yawadoo-Colba-ABM	Gert Vanderaerden Koen Das Frederik Penne Gianni Riemslagh Frank Van Kuik Micheal Vanderaerden
Team L.P.R. Team L.P.R. LPR Brakes was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team, registered in Ireland. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and, when selected as a wildcard, UCI ProTour events. The 2007 squad merged with Team 3C Casalinghi Jet Androni Giocattoli. The team was managed by Davide...	Elio Aggiano Gene Bates Gene Bates Gene Bates is an Australian cyclist, currently riding for the Drapac Porsche Cycling.Bates began is professional career in 2006 with the Italian team LPR Brakes. In 2003 Bates won the Australian Under 23 road championship, and he joined Crédit Agricole for a period as a stagiaire... Roger Beuchat Andreas Dietziker Massimo Iannetti Samuele Marzoli
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Landbouwkrediet-Colnago Landbouwkrediet is a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Belgium that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...	Gregory Habeaux Jean-Claude Lebeau Filip Meirhaeghe Filip Meirhaeghe Filip Meirhaeghe is a Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World Championships medals, one Olympic medal and a total of eleven mountain bike World Cup events... Sven Renders Sven Renders Sven Renders is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who rides for Willems Verandas.-External links:... David Verheyen David Verheyen David Verheyen is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist who currently races for UCI Professional Continental team Mitsubishi-Jartazi. He was born in Diest, and is the cousin of cyclist Geert Verheyen. He turned professional in 2006 having ridden the 2005 season as a trainee.-External links:... Johan Verstrepen
AG2R Prévoyance AG2R Prévoyance Ag2r-La Mondiale is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the Ag2r Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary...	Renaud Dion Renaud Dion Renaud Dion is a French professional road racing cyclist with the Roubaix-Lille Metropole team, who spent three years with UCI ProTeam Ag2r-La Mondiale. He made his professional debut in 2005 with R.A.G.T. Semences.-Palmares:... Julien Loubet Julien Loubet Julien Loubet is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :* Classique des Alpes U19 U23 Road Race Champion * 1st, stage 2, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo- External links :... Laurent Mangel Laurent Mangel Laurent Mangel is a French racing cyclist who rides for Saur-Sojasun. From 2005-2008 he was with UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès : Tour de Langkawi - 1 stage * Boucles de la Mayenne - 1 stage... Carl Naibo Carl Naibo Carl Naibo is a French professional road bicycle racer. He is racing for the amateur team of Montauban .- Palmares :* Tour de l'Ain - 1 stage & GC * Tour de l'Avenir - 1 stage... Erki Pütsep Erki Pütsep Erki Pütsep is an Estonian professional road bicycle racer who is currently a free agent. He is the three time national road race champion and won the E.O.S... Christophe Riblon Christophe Riblon Christophe Riblon is a French professional road and track racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won stage 14 of the 2010 Tour de France with a mountain-top finish at the ski resort of Ax-3 Domaines in the Pyrenees.- Palmares :200420062007: 1st, Tour de la Somme2010- External links :...
Team Wiesenhof-Akud Team Wiesenhof-AKUD Team Wiesenhof-Felt was a professional continental cycling team based in Germany that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...	Steffen Radochla Steffen Radochla Steffen Radochla is a road bicycle racer from Germany, who turned professional in 2001.-Teams:2001: Festina 2002: Team Coast *2003: Team Coast until 9 May... Torsten Schmidt Robert Retschke Corey Sweet Tomas Konechy Lars Wackernagel
Giant-Asia Giant Asia Racing Team Giant Asia Racing Team is a Taiwanese UCI Continental cycling team managed by Wen Chin Lin and sponsored by Giant Bicycles, Kinlin Industrial Corporation, Kenda, Kalloy, OGK Helmet, Yaban Chain, Ashima, Exustar, Smanie, Cionlli, XPEDO, VIM Group and Adidas Eyewear.-History:Giant Asia Racing Team...	Hossein Askari Hossein Askari Hossein Askari is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team.-Career highlights:20022004... Paul Griffin Kuan Hua Lai David McCann David McCann David McCann is an Irish professional road bicycle racer. He used to cycle for the Taiwan-based UCI Continental team Giant Asia Racing.McCann was the Irish national road race champion in 2000, 2001 and 2006... Ghader Mizbani Kuei Hsiang Peng
Team Wismilak	Tonton Susanto Tonton Susanto Tonton Susanto is an Indonesian professional racing cyclist, currently riding for LeTua Cycling Team.-Career highlights:# 2001: 2º in General Classification Perlis Open... Wawan Setyobudi Sulisttiyono Sulisttiyono Matnur Matnur Sama'i Sama'i Adi Wibowo
Casino Filipino	Victor Espiritu Bernardo Luzon Merculio Ramos Albert Primero Sherwin Carrera Sherwin Diamsay
Équipe Asia	Ng Yong Li Ng Yong Li Ng Yong Li is a Malaysian professional racing cyclist currently riding for LeTua Cycling Team.-Career highlights:# 2004: 2º in Keirin - Track World Cup, Manchester -External links:... Loh Sea Keong Mohd Saiful Anuar Aziz Yevgeniy Yakalov Vyacheslav Dyadichkin Hari Fitrianto
Team South Africa	Ryan Cox Ryan Cox Ryan Cox was a South African professional road racing cyclist. He had been cycling since 1987 but turned professional in 2000. He first joined Amore e Vita but changed, the following year to Team Cologne which was based in Germany. He had been a member of Team Barloworld since 2003... Jacques Fullard David George Rodney Green Darren Lill Jeremy Maartens
Team Malaysia	Shahrulneeza Razali Ahmad Fallanie Ali Mohd Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi Suhardi Hassan Suhardi Hassan Suhardi Hassan is an Malaysian professional racing cyclist currently riding for the Kuala Lumpur Cycling Team-Career highlights:# 2003: 3º in Stage 3 Jelajah Malaysia, Ipoh... Mohd Jasmin Ruslan Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit Mohd Sayuti Mohd Zahit is an Malaysian professional racing cyclist currently riding for LeTua Cycling Team.-External links:...
Team Great Britain	Russell Downing Russell Downing Russell Downing is an English cycling road-racer for UCI ProTour team . He was the British national road race champion in 2005. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing... Matt Brammeier Matt Brammeier Matthew Martin Brammeier is a professional cyclist who rides for . He is a 3-time Irish National Champion .... Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season... Edward Clancy Ed Clancy Edward Clancy MBE is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the team. On the track his specialist discipline is the pursuit. He won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin. He also won 2007 team pursuit world championship... Geraint Thomas Geraint Thomas Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National... Julian Winn Julian Winn Julian Winn from Abergavenny, Wales is a former Welsh competitive cyclist who now manages the UCI Continental cycling team Endura Racing. He represented Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester...
Team Japan	Takumi Beppu Takumi Beppu Takumi Beppu is a Japanese cyclist.Takumi is the brother of Fumiyuki Beppu.-Teams:-2006:* 1st : Challenge Cycle Road Race* 3rd : 6th stage Tour of Taiwan-2007:... Koji Fukushima Koji Fukushima was a Japanese professional racing cyclist. He retired at the end of the 2008 season. His brother, Shinichi Fukushima, is also a professional cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2003: 3º in General Classification GP Chantal Biya... Shinichi Fukushima Shinichi Fukushima is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Terengganu Pro Cycling Team. Starting cycling at Shinshu University, Fukushima practiced road racing in Holland before becoming professional with Team Bridgestone Anchor in 1996. He has competed around the world, winning races in both... Takashi Miyazawa Takashi Miyazawa is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Saxo Bank-Sungard. Miyazawa had a varied early career, riding cyclocross at first, then participating on various teams in Japan, Italy, and France, and even riding independently at times. He once quit road cycling to participate... Kazuhiro Mori Taiji Nishitani