Anche la stagione 2013 sta volgendo al termine e tutto è pronto per l’ultima prova del calendario World Tour, il Giro di Pechino (Tour of Beijing), giunto alla sua terza edizione.
Rispetto agli anni scorsi è stata introdotta una frazione, la penultima, con arrivo in salita nella quale potremo vedere in azione i vari Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), Carlos Alberto Betancur (AG2R-La Mondiale), Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team), Robert Gesink (Belkin), Ivan Basso (Cannondale), Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp), Richie Porte (Team Sky). Le altre tappe, 5 in totale, saranno a disposizione dei velocisti: Alessandro Petacchi (OPQS), Francesco Gavazzi (Astana), Thor Hushovd (BMC), Elia Viviani (Cannondale), Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ), Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida), Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge). Non mancherà poi il fresco Campione del Mondo Alberto Rui Costa (Movistar) e chi come Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) è sempre riuscito a dare spettacolo e ad aggiudicarsi la classifica finale sia nel 2011 che nel 2012.
Queste nel dettaglio le 5 frazioni:
Tappa: 1 – 11 Ottobre : Shunyi – Huairou Studio City, 190.50 km
Tappa: 2 – 12 Ottobre : Huairou Studio City – Yanqing, 126.00 km
Tappa: 3 – 13 Ottobre: Yanqing – Qiandiajian, 176.00 km
Tappa: 4 – 14 Ottobre : Yanqing – Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain, 150.50 km
Tappa: 5 – 15 Ottobre : Tian an men Square – Bird’s Nest Piazza, 117.00 km
Di seguito l’elenco completo dei partenti, con i rispettivi numeri dorsali:
OMEGA PHARMA – QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM
1 MARTIN Tony Germany
2 GOLAS Michal Poland
3 MAES Nikolas Belgium
4 PETACCHI Alessandro Italy
5 STYBAR Zdenek Czech Republic
6 VANDENBERGH Stijn Belgium
7 VERMOTE Julien Belgium
8 VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos Spain
AG2R LA MONDIALE
11 RIBLON Christophe France
12 BARDET Romain France
13 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto Colombia
14 BOUET Maxime France
15 HUTAROVICH Yauheni Belarus
16 KADRI Blel France
17 NOCENTINI Rinaldo Italy
18 PERAUD Jean Christophe France
ASTANA PRO TEAM
21 GAVAZZI Francesco Italy
22 AGNOLI Valerio Italy
23 BOZIC Borut Slovenia
24 BRAJKOVIC Janez Slovenia
25 HUFFMAN Evan United States
26 KAMYSHEV Arman Kazahkstan
27 PONZI Simone Italy
28 TLEUBAYEV Ruslan Kazahkstan
BELKIN PROCYCLING TEAM
31 GESINK Robert Netherlands
32 GOOS Marc Netherlands
33 HOFLAND Moreno Netherlands
34 KELDERMAN Wilco Netherlands
35 LEEZER Tom Netherlands
36 MARTENS Paul Germany
37 VAN EMDEN Jos Netherlands
38 VAN WINDEN Dennis Netherlands
BMC RACING TEAM
41 HUSHOVD Thor Norway
42 CUMMINGS Steven United Kingdom
43 FRANK Mathias Switzerland
44 KOHLER Martin Switzerland
45 BURGHARDT Marcus Germany
46 NERZ Dominik Germany
47 WARBASSE Larry United States
48 PINOTTI Marco Italy
CANNONDALE
51 BASSO Ivan Italy
52 CARUSO Damiano Italy
53 DALL’ANTONIA Tiziano Italy
54 KOCH Michel Germany
55 KRIZEK Matthias Austria
56 RATTO Daniele Italy
57 VIVIANI Elia Italy
58 WURF Cameron Australia
EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI
61 LANDA MEANA Mikel Spain
62 ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel Spain
63 BRAVO OIARBIDE Garikoitz Spain
64 GARCIA AMBROA Ricardo Spain
65 LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose Spain
66 OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose Spain
67 URTASUN PEREZ Pablo Spain
68 VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka Spain
FDJ.FR
71 BOUHANNI Nacer France
72 COURTEILLE Arnaud France
73 LE BON Johan France
74 PINEAU Cedric France
75 ROLLIN Dominique Canada
76 ROUX Anthony France
77 ROY Jérémy France
78 VEIKKANEN Jussi Finland
GARMIN – SHARP
81 MARTIN Daniel Ireland
82 BAUER Jack New Zealand
83 HAAS Nathan Australia
85 NUYENS Nick Belgium
86 RATHE Jacob United States
87 VON HOFF Steele Australia
88 WEGMANN Fabian Germany
KATUSHA TEAM
91 GUSEV Vladimir Russia
92 HALLER Marco Austria
93 IGNATENKO Petr Russia
94 KOZONTCHUK DmitrIy Russia
95 KRITSKIY Timofey Russia
96 SELIG Rüdiger Germany
97 TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia
98 VOROBYEV Anton Russia
LAMPRE – MERIDA
101 FERRARI Roberto Italy
102 BONO Matteo Italy
103 CIMOLAI Davide Italy
104 GRAZIATO Massimo Italy
105 PALINI Andrea Italy
106 VIGANO Davide Italy
107 WACKERMANN Luca Italy
108 POLANC Jan Slovenia
LOTTO – BELISOL TEAM
111 HANSEN Adam Australia
112 KAISEN Olivier Belgium
113 CORDEEL Sander Belgium
114 VAN DER SANDE Tosh Belgium
116 NEYENS Maarten Belgium
117 VANGENECHTEN Jonas Belgium
MOVISTAR TEAM
121 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto Portugal
122 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey Costa Rica
123 DOWSETT Alex United Kingdom
124 GUTIERREZ PALACIOS José Ivan Spain
125 HERRADA LOPEZ Jesús Spain
126 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat Spain
127 SANZ UNZUE Enrique Spain
128 VISCONTI Giovanni Italy
ORICA GREENEDGE
131 MOURIS Jens Netherlands
132 HEPBURN Michael Australia
133 DOCKER Mitchell Australia
134 DURBRIDGE Luke Australia
135 SULZBERGER Wesley Australia
136 MATTHEWS Michael Australia
137 MEIER Christian Canada
138 MEYER Cameron Australia
RADIOSHACK LEOPARD
141 MONFORT Maxime Belgium
142 BUSCHE Matthew United States
143 HONDO Danilo Germany
144 JUNGELS Bob Luxembourg
145 SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Portugal
146 ROULSTON Hayden New Zealand
147 SERGENT Jesse New Zealand
SKY PROCYCLING
151 PORTE Richie Australia
152 BOSWELL Ian United States
153 DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd United States
154 EDMONDSON Joshua United Kingdom
155 EISEL Bernhard Austria
156 HAYMAN Mathew Australia
157 LOPEZ GARCIA David Spain
TEAM ARGOS – SHIMANO
161 JI Cheng China
162 AHLSTRAND Jonas Sweden
163 LUDVIGSSON Tobias Sweden
164 MEZGEC Luka Slovenia
165 PETERSON Thomas United States
166 TIMMER Albert Netherlands
167 VEELERS Tom Netherlands
168 XING Yan Dong China
TEAM SAXO – TINKOFF
171 BRESCHEL Matti Denmark
172 BOARO Manuele Italy
174 MCCARTHY Jay Australia
175 MIYAZAWA Takashi Japan
176 PETROV Evgeni Russia
177 ROGERS Michael Australia
178 SUTHERLAND Rory Australia
VACANSOLEIL – DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM
181 FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio Spain
182 DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
183 LAMMERTINK Maurits Netherlands
184 LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
185 MARKUS Barry Netherlands
186 MOL Wouter Netherlands
187 VAN HUMMEL Kenny Robert Netherlands
188 WAUTERS Willem Belgium
CHAMPION SYSTEM PRO CYCLING TEAM
191 BUTLER Chris United States
192 BRAMMEIER Matthew Ireland
193 NISHIZONO Ryota Japan
194 JANG Chan Jae South Korea
195 JIAO Pengda China
196 LIU Biao China
197 XU Gang China
198 BEYER Chad United States
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