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2011 Tour of Beijing
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2011 Tour of Beijing |
| series | [2011 UCI World Tour](2011-uci-world-tour) |
| race_no | 25 |
| season_no | 26 |
| date | 5–9 October |
| stages | 5 |
| distance | 613.8 |
| unit | km |
| time | 13h 39' 11" |
| first | Tony Martin |
| first_nat | Germany |
| first_team | |
| first_color | red |
| second | David Millar |
| second_nat | Great Britain |
| second_team | |
| third | Chris Froome |
| third_nat | Great Britain |
| third_team | |
| points | Denis Galimzyanov |
| points_nat | Russia |
| points_team | |
| points_color | green |
| mountains | Igor Antón |
| mountains_nat | Spain |
| mountains_team | |
| mountains_color | polkadot |
| youth | Ben King |
| youth_nat | United States |
| youth_team | |
| youth_color | white |
| team | |
| next | [2012](2012-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.
The race covered 614.3 km 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. It was the 25th race of the UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by rider Tony Martin, after winning the opening time trial stage and maintaining his advantage to the end of the race. Martin's winning margin over runner-up David Millar of was 17 seconds, and '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 won the points classification, 's Igor Antón won the mountains classification, Ben King finished on top of the young rider classification, with topping the teams classification.
Stages
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 5 | Bird's Nest to Water Cube | 11.3 km | [[File:Time Trial.svg | 20px | link=]] | Individual Time Trial | ||||||||
| 2 | October 6 | Bird's Nest to MenTouGou | 133.5 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | alt= | link=]] | Flat Stage | |||||||
| 3 | October 7 | MenTouGou to YongNing Town | 162.0 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain Stage | |||||||
| 4 | October 8 | YanQing Gui Chuan Square to Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park | 189.5 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | alt= | link=]] | Mountain Stage | |||||||
| 5 | October 9 | Tiananmen Square to Bird's Nest | 118.0 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | alt= | link=]] | title=Tour of Beijing Route | url=http://www.tourofbeijing.net/route/ | accessdate=9 October 2011 | work=Tour of Beijing | publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011201103/http://www.tourofbeijing.net/route/ | archive-date=2011-10-11 | url-status=usurped}} |
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.
The 19 teams invited to the race were:
- Chinese National Cycling Team
Stages
Stage 1
5 October 2011 – Bird's Nest to Water Cube, 11.3 km
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 20px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | David Millar | |||
| 3 | Alex Dowsett [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 4 | Chris Froome | |||
| 5 | Steve Cummings | |||
| 6 | Lars Boom | |||
| 7 | Olivier Kaisen | |||
| 8 | Luis León Sánchez | |||
| 9 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | |||
| 10 | Dario Cataldo |
|}
Stage 2
6 October 2011 – Bird's Nest to MenTouGou, 133.5 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heinrich Haussler | |
| 2 | Denis Galimzyanov | |
| 3 | Theo Bos | |
| 4 | Francesco Chicchi | |
| 5 | Alexander Kristoff | |
| 6 | Elia Viviani | |
| 7 | Davide Appollonio | |
| 8 | Giacomo Nizzolo | |
| 9 | Manuele Mori | |
| 10 | Ángel Madrazo |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 20px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | David Millar | |||
| 3 | Alex Dowsett [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 4 | Chris Froome | |||
| 5 | Steve Cummings | |||
| 6 | Olivier Kaisen | |||
| 7 | Luis León Sánchez | |||
| 8 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | |||
| 9 | Andriy Hryvko | |||
| 10 | Dario Cataldo |
|}
Stage 3
7 October 2011 – MenTouGou to YongNing Town, 162.0 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolas Roche | |
| 2 | Philip Deignan | |
| 3 | Chris Froome | |
| 4 | Francesco Gavazzi | |
| 5 | Nick Nuyens | |
| 6 | Paul Martens | |
| 7 | Ángel Madrazo | |
| 8 | Simon Clarke | |
| 9 | Michael Barry | |
| 10 | Luke Roberts |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | David Millar | ||
| 3 | Chris Froome [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 4 | Steve Cummings | ||
| 5 | Olivier Kaisen | ||
| 6 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 7 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | ||
| 8 | Andriy Hryvko | ||
| 9 | Dario Cataldo | ||
| 10 | Niki Terpstra |
|}
Stage 4
8 October 2011 – YanQing Gui Chuan Square to Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, 189.5 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elia Viviani | |
| 2 | Peter Sagan | |
| 3 | Juan José Haedo | |
| 4 | Denis Galimzyanov | |
| 5 | Alexander Porsev | |
| 6 | Alexander Kristoff | |
| 7 | Leigh Howard | |
| 8 | Manuele Mori | |
| 9 | Enrique Sanz | |
| 10 | Heinrich Haussler |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | David Millar | ||
| 3 | Chris Froome | ||
| 4 | Steve Cummings | ||
| 5 | Olivier Kaisen | ||
| 6 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 7 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | ||
| 8 | Andriy Hryvko | ||
| 9 | Dario Cataldo | ||
| 10 | Niki Terpstra |
|}
Stage 5
9 October 2011 – Tiananmen Square to Bird's Nest, 118.0 km
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Galimzyanov [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Juan José Haedo | ||
| 3 | Elia Viviani | ||
| 4 | Matteo Trentin | ||
| 5 | Davide Appollonio | ||
| 6 | Francesco Chicchi | ||
| 7 | Heinrich Haussler | ||
| 8 | Giacomo Nizzolo | ||
| 9 | Alexander Kristoff | ||
| 10 | Sébastien Hinault |
|| |Final General Classification
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | David Millar | ||
| 3 | Chris Froome | ||
| 4 | Steve Cummings | ||
| 5 | Olivier Kaisen | ||
| 6 | Luis León Sánchez | ||
| 7 | Jean-Christophe Péraud | ||
| 8 | Andriy Hryvko | ||
| 9 | Dario Cataldo | ||
| 10 | Niki Terpstra |
|}
Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Mountains classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Points classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Young rider classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| Team Classification | |||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg | 25px]] | ||||||||||
| **Final** | Tony Martin | Igor Antón | Denis Galimzyanov | Ben King | |||||||
| 1 | Tony Martin | Tony Martin | *no award* | Tony Martin | Alex Dowsett | ||||||
| 2 | Heinrich Haussler | Thomas De Gendt | |||||||||
| 3 | Nicolas Roche | Igor Antón | Chris Froome | Ben King | |||||||
| 4 | Elia Viviani | Denis Galimzyanov | |||||||||
| 5 | Denis Galimzyanov |
References
References
- (9 October 2011). "General Classification 5". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
- Weislo, Laura. (5 August 2011). "Tour of Beijing enters WorldTour". Future Publishing Limited.
- (3 August 2011). "Tour of Beijing awarded UCI World Tour status". [[Special Broadcasting Service]].
- Turner, Jonathan. (9 October 2011). "Martin closes out China win". [[BSkyB]].
- "Tour of Beijing Route". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
- "Route and Profiles". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
- (4 October 2011). "Tour of Beijing start list". Future Publishing Limited.
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