Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) si aggiudica la prima tappa del Tour of Beijing (Tiananmen Square – Bird’s Nest Olympic Piazza, 117km). Il velocista veneto torna così alla vittoria, dopo i secondi posti ottenuti alla Vuelta che lo avevano lasciato con l’amaro in bocca.
Seconda piazza per il britannico Andy Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), terzo il campione norvegese Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky).
Domani è in programma la seconda frazione, Bird’s Nest Piazza – Men Tou Gou Yong Ding River Cultural Square (126 km).
Ordine d’arrivo:
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:37:49
2 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol
6 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank
7 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar
8 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica-Greenedge
9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
10 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing
11 Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
12 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
13 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Katusha
14 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol
15 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
16 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank
17 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
19 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar
20 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
21 Steve Houanard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
22 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD
23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System
24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale
26 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing
27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
28 Clinton Avery (NZl) Champion System
29 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
30 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
31 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
32 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
33 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
34 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm
35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha
36 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
37 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank
38 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
39 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katusha
40 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
41 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
42 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank
43 Tiziano Dall’antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
44 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol
45 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
46 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
47 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
48 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat
49 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan
50 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana
51 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
52 Benjamin King (USA) Radioshack-Nissan
53 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha
54 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha
55 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
56 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana
58 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
59 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:09
60 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
61 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing
62 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
63 Jiao Pengda (Chn) Champion System
64 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
65 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank
66 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
67 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
68 David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank
69 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank
70 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar
71 George Bennet (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
72 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
73 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing
74 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
75 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
76 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling
77 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar
78 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp
79 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Sharp
80 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat
81 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-Greenedge
82 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha
83 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm
84 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
85 José Cobo (Spa) Movistar
86 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
87 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
88 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
89 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank
90 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
91 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
92 Kun Jiang (Chn) Champion System
93 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank
94 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing
95 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
96 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan
97 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol
98 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
99 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank
100 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
101 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha
102 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
103 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin-Sharp
104 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – ISD
105 Javier Iriarte (Spa) Movistar
106 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
107 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar
108 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-Greenedge
109 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
111 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
112 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank
113 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System
114 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
115 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing
116 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana
117 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
118 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD
119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
120 Anders Lund (Den) Saxo Bank
121 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Sharp
122 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing
123 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling
124 Xu Gang (Chn) Champion System
125 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
126 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:21
127 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
128 Andy Schleck (Lux) Radioshack-Nissan
129 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System 0:00:37
130 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-Greenedge 0:00:45
131 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:47
132 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:00:57
133 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana 0:01:03
134 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:06
135 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
136 Sylvain Georges (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:01:11
137 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 0:01:33
138 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
139 Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System 0:01:35
140 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:44
141 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
Classifica generale:
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:37:39
2 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:04
3 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:06
5 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm 0:00:10
6 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol
7 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank
8 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar
9 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica-Greenedge
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
11 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing
12 Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
13 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
14 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Katusha
15 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol
16 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
17 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank
18 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar
19 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
20 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar
21 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
22 Steve Houanard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
23 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD
24 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System
25 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
26 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale
27 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing
28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
29 Clinton Avery (NZl) Champion System
30 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
31 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
32 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
33 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
34 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm
35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha
36 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
37 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank
38 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
39 Timofey Kritskiy (Rus) Katusha
40 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
41 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
42 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank
43 Tiziano Dall’antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
44 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol
45 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale
46 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
47 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
48 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat
49 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan
50 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana
51 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
52 Benjamin King (USA) Radioshack-Nissan
53 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha
54 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha
55 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
56 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana
58 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
59 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm 0:00:16
60 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:19
61 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
62 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing
63 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
64 Jiao Pengda (Chn) Champion System
65 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
66 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank
67 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
68 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
69 David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank
70 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank
71 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar
72 George Bennet (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
73 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
74 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing
75 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha
76 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
77 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling
78 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar
79 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Sharp
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Sharp
81 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat
82 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-Greenedge
83 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha
84 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm
85 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm
86 José Cobo (Spa) Movistar
87 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
88 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
89 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
90 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank
91 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-Greenedge
92 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
93 Kun Jiang (Chn) Champion System
94 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank
95 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing
96 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
97 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan
98 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol
99 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD
100 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank
101 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
102 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha
103 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
104 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin-Sharp
105 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – ISD
106 Javier Iriarte (Spa) Movistar
107 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
108 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar
109 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-Greenedge
110 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
111 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
112 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
113 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank
114 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System
115 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
116 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing
117 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana
118 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD
119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
120 Anders Lund (Den) Saxo Bank
121 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Sharp
122 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing
123 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling
124 Xu Gang (Chn) Champion System
125 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
126 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:31
127 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
128 Andy Schleck (Lux) Radioshack-Nissan
129 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System 0:00:47
130 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-Greenedge 0:00:55
131 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:57
132 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:01:07
133 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana 0:01:13
134 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:16
135 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
136 Sylvain Georges (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:01:21
137 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 0:01:43
138 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
139 Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System 0:01:45
140 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:51
141 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:01:54
142 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
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