2011 Tour of Beijing
The 2011 Tour of Beijing was the inaugural running of the Tour of Beijing cycling stage race. It started with an individual time trial around the Beijing Olympic Village on 5 October and finished at the Bird's Nest on 9 October.
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| Dates | 5–9 October | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 613.8 km (381.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 13h 39' 11" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The race covered 614.3 kilometres (381.7 mi) across Beijing over five stages, and was the first race to be owned by Global Cycling's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale, a move which raised some controversy.[2] It was the 25th race of the UCI World Tour season.[3]
The race was won by HTC–Highroad rider Tony Martin, after winning the opening time trial stage and maintaining his advantage to the end of the race.[4] Martin's winning margin over runner-up David Millar of Garmin–Cervélo was 17 seconds, and Team Sky's Chris Froome completed the podium, 9 seconds behind Millar and 26 seconds down on Martin. In the race's other classifications, Denis Galimzyanov of Team Katusha won the points classification, Euskaltel–Euskadi's Igor Antón won the mountains classification, Ben King finished on top of the young rider classification, with Team Sky topping the teams classification.
Stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | October 5 | Bird's Nest to Water Cube | 11.3 km (7 mi) |  |
Individual Time Trial |  |
| 2 | October 6 | Bird's Nest to MenTouGou | 133.5 km (83 mi) |  |
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| 3 | October 7 | MenTouGou to YongNing Town | 162.0 km (101 mi) |  |
Mountain Stage |  |
| 4 | October 8 | YanQing Gui Chuan Square to Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park | 189.5 km (118 mi) | |
Mountain Stage |  |
| 5 | October 9 | Tiananmen Square to Bird's Nest | 118.0 km (73 mi) | |
Flat Stage[5][6] |  |
Teams
As the race was held under the auspices of the UCI World Tour, all eighteen ProTour teams were invited automatically. Together with a selection of Chinese riders forming the Chinese National Cycling Team this formed the event's 19-team peloton.[7]
The 19 teams invited to the race were:
Stages
Stage 1
5 October 2011 – Bird's Nest to Water Cube, 11.3 km (7.0 mi)
Stage 1 Result and General Classification after Stage 1
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Stage 2
6 October 2011 – Bird's Nest to MenTouGou, 133.5 km (83.0 mi)
Stage 2 Result
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General Classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3
7 October 2011 – MenTouGou to YongNing Town, 162.0 km (100.7 mi)
Stage 3 Result
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General Classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4
8 October 2011 – YanQing Gui Chuan Square to Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, 189.5 km (117.7 mi)
Stage 4 Result
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General Classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5
9 October 2011 – Tiananmen Square to Bird's Nest, 118.0 km (73.3 mi)
Stage 5 Result
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Final General Classification
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Mountains classification |
Points classification |
Young rider classification |
Team Classification |
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| 1 | Tony Martin | Tony Martin | no award | Tony Martin | Alex Dowsett | Team Sky |
| 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Thomas De Gendt | ||||
| 3 | Nicolas Roche | Igor Antón | Chris Froome | Ben King | ||
| 4 | Elia Viviani | Denis Galimzyanov | ||||
| 5 | Denis Galimzyanov | |||||
| Final | Tony Martin | Igor Antón | Denis Galimzyanov | Ben King | Team Sky | |
References
- "General Classification 5" (PDF). Tour of Beijing. Union Cycliste Internationale. 9 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- Weislo, Laura (5 August 2011). "Tour of Beijing enters WorldTour". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- "Tour of Beijing awarded UCI World Tour status". Cycling Central. Special Broadcasting Service. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- Turner, Jonathan (9 October 2011). "Martin closes out China win". Sky Sports. BSkyB. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- "Tour of Beijing Route". Tour of Beijing. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- "Route and Profiles" (PDF). Tour of Beijing. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- "Tour of Beijing start list". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.