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2011 Tour of Beijing


FieldValue
name2011 Tour of Beijing
series[2011 UCI World Tour](2011-uci-world-tour)
race_no25
season_no26
date5–9 October
stages5
distance613.8
unitkm
time13h 39' 11"
firstTony Martin
first_natGermany
first_team
first_colorred
secondDavid Millar
second_natGreat Britain
second_team
thirdChris Froome
third_natGreat Britain
third_team
pointsDenis Galimzyanov
points_natRussia
points_team
points_colorgreen
mountainsIgor Antón
mountains_natSpain
mountains_team
mountains_colorpolkadot
youthBen King
youth_natUnited States
youth_team
youth_colorwhite
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

StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner
1October 5Bird's Nest to Water Cube11.3 km[[File:Time Trial.svg20pxlink=]]Individual Time Trial
2October 6Bird's Nest to MenTouGou133.5 km[[Image:Plainstage.svg22pxalt=link=]]Flat Stage
3October 7MenTouGou to YongNing Town162.0 km[[Image:Mountainstage.svg22pxalt=link=]]Mountain Stage
4October 8YanQing Gui Chuan Square to Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park189.5 km[[Image:Mountainstage.svg22pxalt=link=]]Mountain Stage
5October 9Tiananmen Square to Bird's Nest118.0 km[[Image:Plainstage.svg22pxalt=link=]]title=Tour of Beijing Routeurl=http://www.tourofbeijing.net/route/accessdate=9 October 2011work=Tour of Beijingpublisher=Union Cycliste Internationalearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011201103/http://www.tourofbeijing.net/route/archive-date=2011-10-11url-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

RiderTeamTime
1Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg20px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg20px]]
2David Millar
3Alex Dowsett [[Image:Jersey white.svg20px]]
4Chris Froome
5Steve Cummings
6Lars Boom
7Olivier Kaisen
8Luis León Sánchez
9Jean-Christophe Péraud
10Dario Cataldo

|}

Stage 2

6 October 2011 – Bird's Nest to MenTouGou, 133.5 km

RiderTeamTime
1Heinrich Haussler
2Denis Galimzyanov
3Theo Bos
4Francesco Chicchi
5Alexander Kristoff
6Elia Viviani
7Davide Appollonio
8Giacomo Nizzolo
9Manuele Mori
10Ángel Madrazo

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

RiderTeamTime
1Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg20px]][[Image:Jersey green.svg20px]]
2David Millar
3Alex Dowsett [[Image:Jersey white.svg20px]]
4Chris Froome
5Steve Cummings
6Olivier Kaisen
7Luis León Sánchez
8Jean-Christophe Péraud
9Andriy Hryvko
10Dario Cataldo

|}

Stage 3

7 October 2011 – MenTouGou to YongNing Town, 162.0 km

RiderTeamTime
1Nicolas Roche
2Philip Deignan
3Chris Froome
4Francesco Gavazzi
5Nick Nuyens
6Paul Martens
7Ángel Madrazo
8Simon Clarke
9Michael Barry
10Luke Roberts

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

RiderTeamTime
1Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg20px]]
2David Millar
3Chris Froome [[Image:Jersey green.svg20px]]
4Steve Cummings
5Olivier Kaisen
6Luis León Sánchez
7Jean-Christophe Péraud
8Andriy Hryvko
9Dario Cataldo
10Niki Terpstra

|}

Stage 4

8 October 2011 – YanQing Gui Chuan Square to Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, 189.5 km

RiderTeamTime
1Elia Viviani
2Peter Sagan
3Juan José Haedo
4Denis Galimzyanov
5Alexander Porsev
6Alexander Kristoff
7Leigh Howard
8Manuele Mori
9Enrique Sanz
10Heinrich Haussler

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

RiderTeamTime
1Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg20px]]
2David Millar
3Chris Froome
4Steve Cummings
5Olivier Kaisen
6Luis León Sánchez
7Jean-Christophe Péraud
8Andriy Hryvko
9Dario Cataldo
10Niki Terpstra

|}

Stage 5

9 October 2011 – Tiananmen Square to Bird's Nest, 118.0 km

RiderTeamTime
1Denis Galimzyanov [[Image:Jersey green.svg20px]]
2Juan José Haedo
3Elia Viviani
4Matteo Trentin
5Davide Appollonio
6Francesco Chicchi
7Heinrich Haussler
8Giacomo Nizzolo
9Alexander Kristoff
10Sébastien Hinault

|| |Final General Classification

RiderTeamTime
1Tony Martin [[Image:Jersey red.svg20px]]
2David Millar
3Chris Froome
4Steve Cummings
5Olivier Kaisen
6Luis León Sánchez
7Jean-Christophe Péraud
8Andriy Hryvko
9Dario Cataldo
10Niki Terpstra

|}

Classification leadership

StageWinnerGeneral classification
[[Image:Jersey red.svg25px]]
Mountains classification
[[Image:Jersey polkadot.svg25px]]
Points classification
[[Image:Jersey green.svg25px]]
Young rider classification
[[Image:Jersey white.svg25px]]
Team Classification
[[Image:Jersey yellow number.svg25px]]
**Final**Tony MartinIgor AntónDenis GalimzyanovBen King
1Tony MartinTony Martin*no award*Tony MartinAlex Dowsett
2Heinrich HausslerThomas De Gendt
3Nicolas RocheIgor AntónChris FroomeBen King
4Elia VivianiDenis Galimzyanov
5Denis Galimzyanov

References

References

  1. (9 October 2011). "General Classification 5". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
  2. Weislo, Laura. (5 August 2011). "Tour of Beijing enters WorldTour". Future Publishing Limited.
  3. (3 August 2011). "Tour of Beijing awarded UCI World Tour status". [[Special Broadcasting Service]].
  4. Turner, Jonathan. (9 October 2011). "Martin closes out China win". [[BSkyB]].
  5. "Tour of Beijing Route". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
  6. "Route and Profiles". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
  7. (4 October 2011). "Tour of Beijing start list". Future Publishing Limited.
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