Tour de Langkawi - 2.3

Malaysia, February 1-10, 2002

News for February 11

Prizemoney earned at LTDL 2002

The following list is a breakdown of the prizemoney earned at this year's Tour de Langkawi, considered to be the third richest in the world in terms of prizmoney. As expected, Mapei-Quick Step cleaned up as a team, netting nearly RM190,000 (57,000 euros) during the course of the race. Their star rider, Robert Hunter was responsible for nearly RM120,000 of this.

Colombia-Selle Italia came in as second, with nearly RM145,000 (43,500 euros), courtesy of overall winner Hernan Dario Munoz (RM78,925) and mountains jersey winner Ruber Alveiro Marin (RM36,650). Third best team was Telekom Malaysia, helped by Tonton Susanto (best Asian rider), Kam-Po Wong and Ghader Mizbani, all of whom did well on GC.

RIDERS

Rider                                         Amount RM
Robert Hunter (Mapei - Quick Step)              119,750
Hernan Dario Munoz (Colombia-Selle Italia)       78,925
David George (Rep South Africa)                  45,575
Ruber Alveiro Marin (Colombia-Selle Italia)      36,650
Graeme Brown (Ceramiche Panaria)                 34,900
Tonton Susanto (Telekom Malaysia)                32,300
Kam-Po Wong (Telekom Malaysia)                   30,600
Moreno Di Biase (Mobilvetta Design)              28,550
Lubor Tesar (Team Nürnberger)                    27,850
René Joergensen (Team Fakta)                     26,525
Mickael Pichon (Bonjour)                         24,875
Andrea Tafi (Mapei - Quick Step)                 22,800
Shinichi Fukushima (Japan)                       21,775
Antonio Salomone (Alexia Alluminio)              19,275
David Canada Gracia (Mapei - Quick Step)         19,075
Artour Babaitsev (Team Nürnberger)               15,975
Ghader Mizbani (Telekom Malaysia)                15,650
Seong Hoong Tsen (Malaysia)                      12,850
Koji Fukushima (Japan)                           12,650
Daniele Galli (Alexia Alluminio)                 12,400
Allan Bo Andresen (Team Fakta)                   12,050
Shinri Suzuki (Japan)                            11,325
Enrico Degano (Ceramiche Panaria)                11,050
David Fernandez (Relax - Fuenlabrada)            10,350
Tomoya Kano (Japan)                               9,925
Paolo Lanfranchi (Alexia Alluminio)               9,375
Hans De Meester (Palmans-Collstrop)               8,200
Stive Vermaut (Lotto - Adecco)                    7,575
Nathan O'Neill (Ceramiche Panaria)                7,400
Arnel Quirimit (Philippines)                      7,225
Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole)             7,000
Merculio Ramos (Philippines)                      6,450
Andris Nauduzs (Colombia-Selle Italia)            6,250
Hendrik Van Dyck (Palmans-Collstrop)              6,075
Victor Espiritu (Philippines)                     6,025
Frédéric Amorison (Lotto - Adecco)                5,275
Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Acqua & Sapone)                 5,075
Dirk Schumann (Team Nürnberger)                   4,750
Nor Affendy Rosli (Telekom Malaysia)              4,700
Mario Traversoni (Mobilvetta Design)              4,650
Fortunato Baliani (Colombia-Selle Italia)         4,500
Eric Wohlberg (Canada)                            4,400
Daniel Spence (Rep South Africa)                  4,150
Lorenzo Cardellini (Acqua & Sapone)               4,050
Andy Flickinger (Ag2r Prevoyance)                 3,950
Antoni Rizzi (Mobilvetta Design)                  3,800
Suhardi Hassan (Malaysia)                         3,700
Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)                           3,600
Max Becker (Palmans-Collstrop)                    3,600
Charles Wegelius (Mapei - Quick Step)             3,550
Nicola Chesini (Ceramiche Panaria)                3,525
Linas Balciunas (Ag2r Prevoyance)                 3,300
Makoto Iijima (Japan)                             3,200
Emilito Atilano (Philippines)                     2,950
Graeme Miller (Telekom Malaysia)                  2,900
Cesare Di Cintio (Acqua & Sapone)                 2,650
German Nieto Fernandez (Relax - Fuenlabrada)      2,525
Wesley Van Speybroeck (Lotto - Adecco)            2,500
Marco Battiston (Alexia Alluminio)                2,500
Shahrulneeza Razali (Malaysia)                    2,500
Jorgen Bo Petersen (Team Fakta)                   2,450
Luca Scinto (Mapei - Quick Step)                  2,450
Dominique Perras (iTeamNova.com)                  2,050
Lennie Kristensen (Team Fakta)                    1,975
Fulco Van Gulik (Lotto - Adecco)                  1,925
Jacques Fullard (Rep South Africa)                1,925
Ahad Kazemi (Telekom Malaysia)                    1,900
Allan Iacuone (iTeamNova.com)                     1,875
Björn Leukemans (Palmans-Collstrop)               1,850
Villamor Baluyut (Philippines)                    1,750
Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone)                 1,750
Mikhaylo Khalilov (Colombia-Selle Italia)         1,600
Rodney Green (Rep South Africa)                   1,575
Musairi Bin Musa (Telekom Malaysia)               1,450
Alexandre Grux (Ag2r Prevoyance)                  1,375
Innar Mandoja (Ag2r Prevoyance)                   1,300
James Ball (Rep South Africa)                     1,175
Nicolas Inaudi (Ag2r Prevoyance)                  1,050
Alberto Elli (Alexia Alluminio)                   1,025
Thomas Voeckler (Bonjour)                         1,000
Ruben Lobato Elvira (Acqua & Sapone)              1,000
Warren Davadilla (Philippines)                      950
Kazuya Okazaki (Japan)                              950
Jurgen Werner (Team Nürnberger)                     950
Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramiche Panaria)                 850
Enrique Domingo (Philippines)                       850
Shahrizan Selamat (Malaysia)                        800
Jérôme Pineau (Bonjour)                             800
Stefano Guerrini (Ceramiche Panaria)                750
Anthony Geslin (Bonjour)                            700
Russel Downing (iTeamNova.com)                      675
Jamie Peter Drew (iTeamNova.com)                    675
Morten Sonne (Team Fakta)                           675
Guo Hui (China)                                     675
Mohd Yusof Abd. Nasir (Malaysia)                    650
Nicolas Portal (Ag2r Prevoyance)                    650
Oscar Laguna Garcia (Relax - Fuenlabrada)           600
Benoît Poilvet (Credit Agricole)                    575
Davide Bramati (Mapei - Quick Step)                 575
Alessandro Brendolin (Mobilvetta Design)            575
Samuel Vecchi (Mobilvetta Design)                   575
Uros Murn (Mobilvetta Design)                       575
César Garcia Calvo (Relax - Fuenlabrada)            575
Eddy Serri (Alexia Alluminio)                       525
Juan D Ramirez (Colombia-Selle Italia)              525
Jens Voigt (Credit Agricole)                        525
Charles Guilbert (Bonjour)                          525
David Vazquez Garcia (Relax - Fuenlabrada)          525
Yohann Charpenteau (Credit Agricole)                500
Xueli Jiang (China)                                 450
Eric De Clercq (Palmans-Collstrop)                  400
Guozhang Wang (China)                               400
Josh Hall (Canada)                                  400
Douglas Ryder (Rep South Africa)                    400
Mario Aerts (Lotto - Adecco)                        400
Andris Reiss (Alexia Alluminio)                     400
Kurt Van Lancker (Lotto - Adecco)                   400
Paolo Fornaciari (Mapei - Quick Step)               400
Ronny Lauke (Team Nürnberger)                       400
Yan Tournier (Credit Agricole)                      400
Leonardo Scarselli (Colombia-Selle Italia)          400
Denis Bondarenko (Mobilvetta Design)                400
Jorge Capitan Peregrina (Relax - Fuenlabrada)       400
Laurent Estadieu (Ag2r Prevoyance)                  400
Björnar Vestöl (Team Fakta)                         400
Agustin Pena Gago (Acqua & Sapone)                  400
José M Vazquez Palomo (Relax - Fuenlabrada)         400
Brett Lancaster (iTeamNova.com)                     325
Ah Tiam Wong (Malaysia)                             175
Jimmy Engoulvent (Bonjour)                          100
Cristiano Parrinello (Ceramiche Panaria)            100
Lars Ytting Bak (Team Fakta)                        100
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Grand Total:                                    918,900

TEAMS

Team                                         Amount RM
Mapei - Quick Step                              189,525
Colombia-Selle Italia                           144,750
Telekom Malaysia                                109,500
Rep South Africa                                 71,800
Japan                                            71,725
Ceramiche Panaria                                61,250
Alexia Alluminio                                 56,075
Team Nürnberger                                  51,225
Team Fakta                                       47,150
Mobilvetta Design                                41,275
Bonjour                                          35,900
Philippines                                      32,700
Malaysia                                         24,675
Acqua & Sapone                                   21,800
Palmans-Collstrop                                21,425
Lotto - Adecco                                   20,400
Relax - Fuenlabrada                              18,925
Ag2r Prevoyance                                  12,850
Credit Agricole                                  10,975
Canada                                            9,750
iTeamNova.com                                     6,375
China                                             3,525
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Grand Total:                                  1,063,575