© Tim De Waele
After going almost the whole season without a win, Garmin-Cervelo’s Heinrich Haussler finally scored a win at the second stage of the inaugural Tour of Beijing.
“It’s a nice way to end the season with a stage win. The whole year’s been up and down and hasn’t gone the way I wanted,” Haussler said, understandably relieved. “I came out of the Vuelta strong and had a good world’s ride, so I came here with good legs.”
Previous to this victory Haussler had only managed to top the podium way back in February at the Tour of Qatar, a statistic that is disappointing for a rider of his calibre. Haussler won the points classification at Paris-Nice in March but that came without a stage victory, and from then on the Australian was plagued by injury and poor form.
Haussler won the 137km stage in an eventful sprint from Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) and Theo Bos (Rabobank), but at the end Haussler was sure the Katusha man had nipped it.
“It was basically flat today but it was ridden at a fast speed and was really hectic at the finish,” said Haussler. “I thought the Katusha rider had won. I went straight to the team car. I was in something like 60th position with 2km to go. Summie [Johan Van Summeren] and David [Millar] did a great job putting me in good position. [Davide] Appollonio went with 300 meters to go, but that was heaps too early against the wind. The Katusha guy came behind me. It was really, really close.”
Final Sprint (c) Tim De Waele
Haussler spoke also of the frustration he’s been dealing with this year. “This season has been pretty much up and down. It started okay when I won a couple of stages in the Tour of Qatar but since then just a few podium places. Nothing special until today.
“The Vuelta didn’t go so well for me but I got through it and then the worlds, which has put a bit of racing into me. There are lots of good sprinters here so it’s important and means a lot to win today.”
An early break went away after just a few kilometers containing Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Dmitriy Muravyev (Team RadioShack), Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team), and Jiang Kun (Chinese National Team), but they were only allowed a maximum advantage of 2:48 at 40km gone, with Tony Martin’s HTC-Highroad team setting the tempo at the front.
Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Dmitriy Muravyev (Team RadioShack), Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team), and Jiang Kun (Chinese National Team) (c) Tim De Waele
Martin retains his 17 second lead over David Millar and has 24 seconds on Alex Dowsett (Sky) in third.
Martin spoke after the race about the conditions, praising his team for their hard work. “I have a strong team here and we controlled the race. There was a lot of wind, but I was well-protected all day,” Martin said. “I have a good gap and I have good condition. Tomorrow is the queen stage. I have to stay with the best climbers. I have good chances."
One thing that was apparent on Stage 2 that was missing in the prologue was a crowd.
“There were a lot of spectators today. There were some drummers making noise,” Martin said. “I think people like cycling in China. It can have a good future here.”
The drummers. (c) Tim De Waele
Philippe Mauduit, Saxo Bank-Sungard's sports director, commented that the officials were being a little too over-protective of the riders.
“I was here in China in the early 2000s for some races and the Chinese are very curious about cycling. When they see the professionals here, with their expensive bikes and their jerseys, they look at them as if they have come from another planet,” he said.
“But there is a big gap between the public and the riders. The officials are worried about safety and do not want to risk a crash. But they are not letting the fans close to the riders at the starts or the finishes. They have to make it free so they can come closer to us. That will be better for everyone.”
VIDEO
More photos below results.
Full Results
1
Heinrich Haussler
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
3:03:30
2
Denis Galimzyanov
RUS
Katusha Team
3
Theo Bos
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
4
Francesco Chicchi
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
5
Alexander Kristoff
NOR
BMC Racing Team
6
Elia Viviani
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
7
Davide Appollonio
ITA
Sky Procycling
8
Giacomo Nizzolo
ITA
Team Leopard-Trek
9
Manuele Mori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
10
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
11
Jean Christophe Peraud
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
12
Alexander Porsev
RUS
Katusha Team
13
Valentin Iglinskiy
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
14
Vladimir Isaychev
RUS
Katusha Team
15
Kenny De Haes
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
16
Leigh Howard
AUS
HTC - Highroad
17
Enrique Sanz
SPA
Movistar Team
18
Wouter Mol
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
19
Peter Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
20
Benjamin King
USA
Team RadioShack
21
Jens Debusschere
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
22
Cameron Wurf
AUS
Liquigas-Cannondale
23
Nicolas Roche
IRL
AG2R La mondiale
24
Alex Dowsett
GBR
Sky Procycling
25
Maarten Neyens
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
26
Rob Ruijgh
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
27
Lloyd Mondory
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
28
Chad Beyer
USA
BMC Racing Team
29
Olivier Kaisen
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
30
Martijn Keizer
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
31
Enrico Gasparotto
ITA
Pro Team Astana
32
Andriy Grivko
UKR
Pro Team Astana
33
Ion Izagirre Insausti
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
34
David Millar
GBR
Team Garmin - Cervelo
35
Tanel Kangert
EST
Pro Team Astana
36
Meiyin Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
37
Christophe Riblon
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
38
Michel Kreder
NED
Team Garmin - Cervelo
39
Mikel Astarloza
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
40
Nikolay Trusov
RUS
Katusha Team
41
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
BLR
HTC - Highroad
42
Maxim Iglinskiy
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
43
Tiago Machado
POR
Team RadioShack
44
Haijun Ma
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
45
Lucas Sebastien Haedo
ARG
Saxo Bank SunGard
46
Luke Roberts
AUS
Saxo Bank SunGard
47
Christopher Froome
GBR
Sky Procycling
48
Johan Van Summeren
BEL
Team Garmin - Cervelo
49
Damiano Cunego
ITA
Lampre - ISD
50
Dennis Van Winden
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
51
Jonas Jorgensen
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
52
Paul Martens
GER
Rabobank Cycling Team
53
Tony Martin
GER
HTC - Highroad
54
Alexandr Pliuschin
MDA
Katusha Team
55
Jesus Herrada Lopez
SPA
Movistar Team
56
Mikael Chérel
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
57
Niki Terpstra
NED
Quick Step Cycling Team
58
Matteo Trentin
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
59
Sébastien Hinault
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
60
Bart De Clercq
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
61
Andrey Mizurov
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
62
Ruben Plaza Molina
SPA
Movistar Team
63
Janez Brajkovic
SLO
Team RadioShack
64
Lars Boom
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
65
Daniel Oss
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
66
John Murphy
USA
BMC Racing Team
67
Davide Cimolai
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
68
Amets Txurruka Ansola
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
69
Sergio Pardilla Bellon
ITA
Movistar Team
70
Jeremy Hunt
GBR
Sky Procycling
71
Robert Wagner
GER
Team Leopard-Trek
72
Pablo Lastras Garcia
SPA
Movistar Team
73
Hayden Roulston
NZL
HTC - Highroad
74
Nelson Oliveira
POR
Team RadioShack
75
Matteo Carrara
ITA
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
76
Javier Iriarte
SPA
Movistar Team
77
Kristof Vandewalle
BEL
Quick Step Cycling Team
78
Nick Nuyens
BEL
Saxo Bank SunGard
79
Frederik Veuchelen
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
80
Amael Moinard
FRA
BMC Racing Team
81
Chris Sörensen
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
82
Michael Barry
CAN
Sky Procycling
83
Francesco Gavazzi
ITA
Lampre - ISD
84
Daniele Pietropolli
ITA
Lampre - ISD
85
Mikel Landa Meana
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
86
Peter Velits
SVK
HTC - Highroad
87
Sergey Renev
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
88
Blel Kadri
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
89
Xi Tao Ji
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
90
Tom Stamsnijder
NED
Team Leopard-Trek
91
Anders Lund
DEN
Team Leopard-Trek
92
Juraj Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
93
Danilo Wyss
SWI
BMC Racing Team
94
David Tanner
AUS
Saxo Bank SunGard
95
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
96
Mauro Da Dalto
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
97
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
98
Jos Van Emden
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
99
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
SPA
Rabobank Cycling Team
100
Juan Jose Haedo
ARG
Saxo Bank SunGard
101
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
102
Ruisong Zhang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
103
Yiming Zhao
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
104
Markel Irizar
SPA
Team RadioShack
105
Philip Deignan
IRL
Team RadioShack
106
Artem Ovechkin
RUS
Katusha Team
107
Matteo Bono
ITA
Lampre - ISD
108
Caleb Fairly
USA
HTC - Highroad
109
Iljo Keisse
BEL
Quick Step Cycling Team
110
Michael Morkov
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
111
Leonardo Bertagnolli
ITA
Lampre - ISD
112
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
113
Stijn Vandenbergh
BEL
Katusha Team
114
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
115
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
116
Lieuwe Westra
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
117
Adam Hansen
AUS
Omega Pharma - Lotto
118
Christian Knees
GER
Sky Procycling
119
Dario-David Cioni
ITA
Sky Procycling
120
Stephen Cummings
GBR
Sky Procycling
121
Simon Clarke
AUS
Pro Team Astana
122
Alan Perez Lezaun
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
123
Marco Bandiera
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
124
Adriano Malori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
125
Haimar Zubeldia
SPA
Team RadioShack
126
Juan Manuel Garate Cepa
SPA
Rabobank Cycling Team
127
Alfredo Balloni
ITA
Lampre - ISD
128
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga
SPA
Movistar Team
129
Julien Bérard
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
130
Yannick Eijssen
BEL
BMC Racing Team
131
Martin Pedersen
DEN
Team Leopard-Trek
132
Joost Posthuma
NED
Team Leopard-Trek
133
Martin Mortensen
DEN
Team Leopard-Trek
134
Christopher Butler
USA
BMC Racing Team
135
Michael Albasini
SWI
HTC - Highroad
136
Jack Bobridge
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
137
Cameron Meyer
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
138
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
139
Ben Ma
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
140
Stef Clement
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
141
Egor Silin
RUS
Katusha Team
142
Fengnian Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
143
Mikel Nieve Iturralde
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
144
Brent Bookwalter
USA
BMC Racing Team
145
Francesco Reda
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
146
Dario Cataldo
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
DNF
Andrew Talansky
USA
Team Garmin - Cervelo
Sprint 1 - km 17.5
1
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
5
pts
2
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
3
3
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
2
4
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
1
Sprint 2 - km 63.5
1
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
5
pts
2
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
3
3
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
2
4
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
1
Sprint 3 - km 105.5
1
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
5
pts
2
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
3
3
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
2
4
Jack Bobridge
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
1
Finish - km 137
1
Heinrich Haussler
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
15
pts
2
Denis Galimzyanov
RUS
Katusha Team
14
3
Theo Bos
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
13
4
Francesco Chicchi
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
12
5
Alexander Kristoff
NOR
BMC Racing Team
11
6
Elia Viviani
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
10
7
Davide Appollonio
ITA
Sky Procycling
9
8
Giacomo Nizzolo
ITA
Team Leopard-Trek
8
9
Manuele Mori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
7
10
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
6
11
Jean Christophe Peraud
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
5
12
Alexander Porsev
RUS
Katusha Team
4
13
Valentin Iglinskiy
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
3
14
Vladimir Isaychev
RUS
Katusha Team
2
15
Kenny De Haes
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
1
KoM 1 - km 59.5
1
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
5
pts
2
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
3
3
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
2
4
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
1
KoM 2 - km 80.5
1
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
5
pts
2
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
3
3
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
2
4
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
1
KoM 3 - km 101.5
1
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
5
pts
2
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
3
3
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
2
4
Ion Izagirre Insausti
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
1
KoM 4 - km 122.5
1
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
5
pts
2
Nick Nuyens
BEL
Saxo Bank SunGard
3
3
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
BLR
HTC - Highroad
2
4
Michael Albasini
SWI
HTC - Highroad
1
Young riders
1
Denis Galimzyanov
RUS
Katusha Team
3:03:30
2
Alexander Kristoff
NOR
BMC Racing Team
3
Elia Viviani
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
4
Davide Appollonio
ITA
Sky Procycling
5
Giacomo Nizzolo
ITA
Team Leopard-Trek
6
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
7
Alexander Porsev
RUS
Katusha Team
8
Vladimir Isaychev
RUS
Katusha Team
9
Leigh Howard
AUS
HTC - Highroad
10
Enrique Sanz
SPA
Movistar Team
11
Peter Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
12
Benjamin King
USA
Team RadioShack
13
Jens Debusschere
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
14
Alex Dowsett
GBR
Sky Procycling
15
Rob Ruijgh
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
16
Chad Beyer
USA
BMC Racing Team
17
Martijn Keizer
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
18
Ion Izagirre Insausti
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
19
Tanel Kangert
EST
Pro Team Astana
20
Meiyin Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
21
Michel Kreder
NED
Team Garmin - Cervelo
22
Dennis Van Winden
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
23
Jonas Jorgensen
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
24
Alexandr Pliuschin
MDA
Katusha Team
25
Jesus Herrada Lopez
SPA
Movistar Team
26
Mikael Chérel
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
27
Matteo Trentin
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
28
Bart De Clercq
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
29
Daniel Oss
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
30
Davide Cimolai
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
31
Nelson Oliveira
POR
Team RadioShack
32
Javier Iriarte
SPA
Movistar Team
33
Mikel Landa Meana
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
34
Blel Kadri
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
35
Juraj Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
36
Ruisong Zhang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
37
Yiming Zhao
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
38
Artem Ovechkin
RUS
Katusha Team
39
Caleb Fairly
USA
HTC - Highroad
40
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
41
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
42
Simon Clarke
AUS
Pro Team Astana
43
Adriano Malori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
44
Alfredo Balloni
ITA
Lampre - ISD
45
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga
SPA
Movistar Team
46
Julien Bérard
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
47
Yannick Eijssen
BEL
BMC Racing Team
48
Christopher Butler
USA
BMC Racing Team
49
Jack Bobridge
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
50
Cameron Meyer
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
51
Ben Ma
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
52
Egor Silin
RUS
Katusha Team
53
Fengnian Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
Teams
1
Katusha Team
9:10:30
2
Liquigas-Cannondale
3
AG2R La mondiale
4
Omega Pharma - Lotto
5
Team Garmin - Cervelo
6
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
7
Pro Team Astana
8
Sky Procycling
9
Movistar Team
10
BMC Racing Team
11
Rabobank Cycling Team
12
HTC - Highroad
13
Quick Step Cycling Team
14
Team RadioShack
15
Euskaltel - Euskadi
16
Lampre - ISD
17
Saxo Bank SunGard
18
Team Leopard-Trek
19
Chinese National Cycling Team
General classification after stage 2
1
Tony Martin
GER
HTC - Highroad
3:17:03
2
David Millar
GBR
Team Garmin - Cervelo
0:00:17
3
Alex Dowsett
GBR
Sky Procycling
0:00:24
4
Christopher Froome
GBR
Sky Procycling
0:00:26
5
Stephen Cummings
GBR
Sky Procycling
0:00:35
6
Olivier Kaisen
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0:00:39
7
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
SPA
Rabobank Cycling Team
0:00:41
8
Jean Christophe Peraud
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:00:43
9
Andriy Grivko
UKR
Pro Team Astana
10
Dario Cataldo
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
11
Niki Terpstra
NED
Quick Step Cycling Team
0:00:46
12
John Murphy
USA
BMC Racing Team
0:00:47
13
Nicolas Roche
IRL
AG2R La mondiale
0:00:49
14
Benjamin King
USA
Team RadioShack
0:00:50
15
Ruben Plaza Molina
SPA
Movistar Team
0:00:51
16
Michael Barry
CAN
Sky Procycling
0:00:52
17
Bart De Clercq
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
18
Nelson Oliveira
POR
Team RadioShack
19
Lieuwe Westra
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
0:00:53
20
Adam Hansen
AUS
Omega Pharma - Lotto
21
Martijn Keizer
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
22
Hayden Roulston
NZL
HTC - Highroad
0:00:54
23
Andrey Mizurov
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
24
Cameron Meyer
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
25
Jesus Herrada Lopez
SPA
Movistar Team
0:00:55
26
Janez Brajkovic
SLO
Team RadioShack
27
Michael Albasini
SWI
HTC - Highroad
28
Nick Nuyens
BEL
Saxo Bank SunGard
29
Paul Martens
GER
Rabobank Cycling Team
0:00:56
30
Dennis Van Winden
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
31
Leigh Howard
AUS
HTC - Highroad
32
Lars Boom
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
33
Christophe Riblon
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:00:57
34
Artem Ovechkin
RUS
Katusha Team
35
Cameron Wurf
AUS
Liquigas-Cannondale
36
Rob Ruijgh
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
37
Dario-David Cioni
ITA
Sky Procycling
0:00:58
38
Daniel Oss
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
39
Michael Morkov
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
40
Peter Velits
SVK
HTC - Highroad
41
Tiago Machado
POR
Team RadioShack
0:00:59
42
Vladimir Isaychev
RUS
Katusha Team
0:01:00
43
Peter Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
44
Tanel Kangert
EST
Pro Team Astana
45
Adriano Malori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:01:01
46
Davide Appollonio
ITA
Sky Procycling
47
Giacomo Nizzolo
ITA
Team Leopard-Trek
48
Joost Posthuma
NED
Team Leopard-Trek
0:01:02
49
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0:01:03
50
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
BLR
HTC - Highroad
0:01:04
51
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
52
Mikel Astarloza
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:01:05
53
Ion Izagirre Insausti
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
54
Alexander Kristoff
NOR
BMC Racing Team
55
Matteo Trentin
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
0:01:06
56
Christian Knees
GER
Sky Procycling
0:01:07
57
Haimar Zubeldia
SPA
Team RadioShack
0:01:08
58
Luke Roberts
AUS
Saxo Bank SunGard
59
Kristof Vandewalle
BEL
Quick Step Cycling Team
60
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
61
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga
SPA
Movistar Team
0:01:09
62
Matteo Carrara
ITA
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
63
Jos Van Emden
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
64
Philip Deignan
IRL
Team RadioShack
65
Pablo Lastras Garcia
SPA
Movistar Team
66
Jack Bobridge
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
67
Markel Irizar
SPA
Team RadioShack
0:01:10
68
Simon Clarke
AUS
Pro Team Astana
69
Alexandr Pliuschin
MDA
Katusha Team
0:01:11
70
Blel Kadri
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:01:13
71
Elia Viviani
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:01:14
72
Martin Mortensen
DEN
Team Leopard-Trek
0:01:15
73
Francesco Gavazzi
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:01:16
74
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
75
Davide Cimolai
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:01:17
76
Francesco Reda
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
77
Iljo Keisse
BEL
Quick Step Cycling Team
0:01:18
78
Stef Clement
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
0:01:19
79
Stijn Vandenbergh
BEL
Katusha Team
80
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
81
Egor Silin
RUS
Katusha Team
82
Enrico Gasparotto
ITA
Pro Team Astana
0:01:20
83
Heinrich Haussler
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
84
Amael Moinard
FRA
BMC Racing Team
0:01:22
85
Chris Sörensen
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
86
Caleb Fairly
USA
HTC - Highroad
0:01:23
87
David Tanner
AUS
Saxo Bank SunGard
88
Javier Iriarte
SPA
Movistar Team
89
Damiano Cunego
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:01:24
90
Johan Van Summeren
BEL
Team Garmin - Cervelo
0:01:25
91
Amets Txurruka Ansola
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:01:26
92
Robert Wagner
GER
Team Leopard-Trek
93
Juan Manuel Garate Cepa
SPA
Rabobank Cycling Team
94
Tom Stamsnijder
NED
Team Leopard-Trek
95
Wouter Mol
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
0:01:27
96
Brent Bookwalter
USA
BMC Racing Team
97
Maarten Neyens
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0:01:28
98
Jens Debusschere
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
99
Alexander Porsev
RUS
Katusha Team
100
Mauro Da Dalto
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
101
Lloyd Mondory
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:01:29
102
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:01:30
103
Sergio Pardilla Bellon
ITA
Movistar Team
0:01:31
104
Michel Kreder
NED
Team Garmin - Cervelo
105
Haijun Ma
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:01:32
106
Frederik Veuchelen
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
0:01:34
107
Jonas Jorgensen
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
108
Yannick Eijssen
BEL
BMC Racing Team
0:01:35
109
Maxim Iglinskiy
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
0:01:36
110
Alfredo Balloni
ITA
Lampre - ISD
111
Danilo Wyss
SWI
BMC Racing Team
0:01:39
112
Alan Perez Lezaun
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
113
Manuele Mori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:01:40
114
Leonardo Bertagnolli
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:01:41
115
Meiyin Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:01:43
116
Jeremy Hunt
GBR
Sky Procycling
117
Daniele Pietropolli
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:01:44
118
Julien Bérard
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:01:46
119
Juan Jose Haedo
ARG
Saxo Bank SunGard
120
Mikael Chérel
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:01:47
121
Christopher Butler
USA
BMC Racing Team
0:01:48
122
Sébastien Hinault
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
123
Valentin Iglinskiy
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
0:01:50
124
Mikel Nieve Iturralde
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
125
Ben Ma
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:01:51
126
Anders Lund
DEN
Team Leopard-Trek
0:01:52
127
Enrique Sanz
SPA
Movistar Team
0:01:54
128
Sergey Renev
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
129
Kenny De Haes
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
130
Chad Beyer
USA
BMC Racing Team
131
Marco Bandiera
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
0:01:55
132
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
133
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:01:57
134
Mikel Landa Meana
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:01:59
135
Denis Galimzyanov
RUS
Katusha Team
136
Lucas Sebastien Haedo
ARG
Saxo Bank SunGard
0:02:03
137
Francesco Chicchi
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
0:02:05
138
Martin Pedersen
DEN
Team Leopard-Trek
0:02:07
139
Theo Bos
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
0:02:08
140
Matteo Bono
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:02:09
141
Xi Tao Ji
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:02:10
142
Nikolay Trusov
RUS
Katusha Team
143
Juraj Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:02:13
144
Fengnian Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:02:27
145
Yiming Zhao
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:02:36
146
Ruisong Zhang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:03:01
Points classification
1
Tony Martin
GER
HTC - Highroad
15
pts
2
Heinrich Haussler
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
15
3
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
15
4
David Millar
GBR
Team Garmin - Cervelo
14
5
Denis Galimzyanov
RUS
Katusha Team
14
6
Alex Dowsett
GBR
Sky Procycling
13
7
Theo Bos
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
13
8
Christopher Froome
GBR
Sky Procycling
12
9
Jean Christophe Peraud
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
12
10
Francesco Chicchi
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
12
11
Stephen Cummings
GBR
Sky Procycling
11
12
Alexander Kristoff
NOR
BMC Racing Team
11
13
Lars Boom
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
10
14
Elia Viviani
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
10
15
Olivier Kaisen
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
9
16
Davide Appollonio
ITA
Sky Procycling
9
17
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
SPA
Rabobank Cycling Team
8
18
Giacomo Nizzolo
ITA
Team Leopard-Trek
8
19
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
8
20
Manuele Mori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
7
21
Dario Cataldo
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
6
22
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
6
23
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
6
24
Andriy Grivko
UKR
Pro Team Astana
5
25
Niki Terpstra
NED
Quick Step Cycling Team
4
26
Alexander Porsev
RUS
Katusha Team
4
27
John Murphy
USA
BMC Racing Team
3
28
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
3
29
Valentin Iglinskiy
KAZ
Pro Team Astana
3
30
Nicolas Roche
IRL
AG2R La mondiale
2
31
Vladimir Isaychev
RUS
Katusha Team
2
32
Benjamin King
USA
Team RadioShack
1
33
Jack Bobridge
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
1
34
Kenny De Haes
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
1
Mountains classification
1
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
15
pts
2
Dmitriy Muravyev
KAZ
Team RadioShack
6
3
Igor Anton Hernandez
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
6
4
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
5
5
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
5
6
Nick Nuyens
BEL
Saxo Bank SunGard
3
7
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
BLR
HTC - Highroad
2
8
Michael Albasini
SWI
HTC - Highroad
1
9
Ion Izagirre Insausti
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
1
Young rider classification
1
Alex Dowsett
GBR
Sky Procycling
3:17:27
2
Benjamin King
USA
Team RadioShack
0:00:26
3
Bart De Clercq
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0:00:28
4
Nelson Oliveira
POR
Team RadioShack
5
Martijn Keizer
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
0:00:29
6
Cameron Meyer
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
0:00:30
7
Jesus Herrada Lopez
SPA
Movistar Team
0:00:31
8
Dennis Van Winden
NED
Rabobank Cycling Team
0:00:32
9
Leigh Howard
AUS
HTC - Highroad
10
Artem Ovechkin
RUS
Katusha Team
0:00:33
11
Rob Ruijgh
NED
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
12
Daniel Oss
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:00:34
13
Vladimir Isaychev
RUS
Katusha Team
0:00:36
14
Peter Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
15
Tanel Kangert
EST
Pro Team Astana
16
Adriano Malori
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:00:37
17
Davide Appollonio
ITA
Sky Procycling
18
Giacomo Nizzolo
ITA
Team Leopard-Trek
19
Thomas De Gendt
BEL
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
0:00:40
20
Ion Izagirre Insausti
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:00:41
21
Alexander Kristoff
NOR
BMC Racing Team
22
Matteo Trentin
ITA
Quick Step Cycling Team
0:00:42
23
Angel Madrazo Ruiz
SPA
Movistar Team
0:00:44
24
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga
SPA
Movistar Team
0:00:45
25
Jack Bobridge
AUS
Team Garmin - Cervelo
26
Simon Clarke
AUS
Pro Team Astana
0:00:46
27
Alexandr Pliuschin
MDA
Katusha Team
0:00:47
28
Blel Kadri
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:00:49
29
Elia Viviani
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:00:50
30
Davide Cimolai
ITA
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:00:53
31
Egor Silin
RUS
Katusha Team
0:00:55
32
Caleb Fairly
USA
HTC - Highroad
0:00:59
33
Javier Iriarte
SPA
Movistar Team
34
Jens Debusschere
BEL
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0:01:04
35
Alexander Porsev
RUS
Katusha Team
36
Michel Kreder
NED
Team Garmin - Cervelo
0:01:07
37
Jonas Jorgensen
DEN
Saxo Bank SunGard
0:01:10
38
Yannick Eijssen
BEL
BMC Racing Team
0:01:11
39
Alfredo Balloni
ITA
Lampre - ISD
0:01:12
40
Meiyin Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:01:19
41
Julien Bérard
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:01:22
42
Mikael Chérel
FRA
AG2R La mondiale
0:01:23
43
Christopher Butler
USA
BMC Racing Team
0:01:24
44
Ben Ma
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:01:27
45
Enrique Sanz
SPA
Movistar Team
0:01:30
46
Chad Beyer
USA
BMC Racing Team
47
Kun Jiang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:01:31
48
Mikel Landa Meana
SPA
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:01:35
49
Denis Galimzyanov
RUS
Katusha Team
50
Juraj Sagan
SVK
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:01:49
51
Fengnian Wang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:02:03
52
Yiming Zhao
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:02:12
53
Ruisong Zhang
CHN
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:02:37
Teams classification
1
Sky Procycling
9:52:34
2
HTC - Highroad
0:00:24
3
Rabobank Cycling Team
0:00:48
4
Team Garmin - Cervelo
0:00:55
5
Omega Pharma - Lotto
0:00:59
6
AG2R La mondiale
0:01:04
7
Quick Step Cycling Team
0:01:10
8
Pro Team Astana
0:01:12
9
Team RadioShack
10
Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team
0:01:18
11
Movistar Team
0:01:29
12
Liquigas-Cannondale
0:01:30
13
Saxo Bank SunGard
0:01:36
14
Katusha Team
0:01:43
15
BMC Racing Team
0:01:49
16
Team Leopard-Trek
0:01:53
17
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:02:04
18
Lampre - ISD
0:02:16
19
Chinese National Cycling Team
0:03:41
The Podium: Thomas DE GENDT (Bel) Mountain jersey / Tony MARTIN (Ger) Red Jersey / Heinrich HAUSSLER (Aus)/ Alex DOWSETT (Gbr) White Jersey
(c) Tim De Waele
The Podium Champagne Celebration: Thomas DE GENDT (Bel) Mountain jersey / Tony MARTIN (Ger) Red Jersey / Heinrich HAUSSLER (Aus)/ Alex DOWSETT (Gbr) White Jersey
(c) Tim De Waele
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) in the Green Jersey
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Kun JIANG (China) Most Combative winner
(c) Tim De Waele
Martin and Haussler shaking hands.
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Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) stays in red.
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Thomas DE GENDT (Belgium, Vacansoleil) in the Mountain Jersey
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Stage 2 winner, Heinrich HAUSSLER (Garmin-Cervelo)
(c) Tim De Waele
Nick NUYENS (Belgium, SaxoBank-Sungard)/ Angel MADRAZO RUIZ (Spain, Movistar)
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Dario Cataldo (QuickStep) after a crash.
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Final Sprint
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Final Sprint
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Final Sprint
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Tour of Beijing 2011, Stage 2
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Tour of Beijing 2011, Stage 2
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Angel MADRAZO RUIZ (Spain, Movistar)
(c) Tim De Waele
Angel MADRAZO RUIZ (Spain, Movistar)
(c) Tim De Waele
Kun JIANG (China, China National Team)/ Thomas DE GENDT (Belgium, Vacansoleil), Dmitriy MURAVYEV (Kazahkstan, Radioshack)
(c) Tim De Waele
Tour of Beijing 2011, Stage 2
(c) Tim De Waele
Thomas DE GENDT (Belgium, Vacansoleil), Dmitriy MURAVYEV (Kazahkstan, Radioshack)/ Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ (Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi)/
(c) Tim De Waele
Kun JIANG (China, China National Team)/ Thomas DE GENDT (Belgium, Vacansoleil), Dmitriy MURAVYEV (Kazahkstan, Radioshack)/ Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ (Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi)/
(c) Tim De Waele
Chinese performers entertaining the riders
(c) Tim De Waele
Tony Martin being led by team HTC-Highroad
(c) Tim De Waele
Tour of Beijing 2011, Stage 2
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Thomas De Gent (Vacansoleil)
(c) Tim De Waele
Tour of Beijing 2011, Stage 2
(c) Tim De Waele
Tour of Beijing 2011, Stage 2
(c) Tim De Waele
Tour of Beijing 2011, Stage 2
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