Prenderà il via domani il Tour of Beijing 2012, ultima corsa a tappe del calendario World Tour. Sono in programma 5 tappe, dal 9 al 13 ottobre, vediamole nel dettaglio:
Tappa: 1 – 9 Ottobre : Tian An Men Square – Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium, 117.00 km
Tappa: 2 – 10 Ottobre : Bird’s Nest – Men Tou Gou, 134.00 km
Tappa: 3 – 11 Ottobre : Men Tou Gou – Badaling Great Wall, 162.50 km
Tappa: 4 – 12 Ottobre : Yanqing – Chang Ping, 165.50 km
Tappa: 5 – 13 Ottobre : Chang Ping – Ping Gu, 182.50 km
Lo scorso anno fu Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) ad aggiudicarsi la vittoria finale.
Questo l’elenco completo delle squadre e degli atleti al via:
AG2R LA MONDIALE
BARDET Romain France
CHEREL Mickael France
ELMIGER Martin Switzerland
GEORGES Sylvain France
HOUANARD Steve France
MONDORY Lloyd France
NOCENTINI Rinaldo Italy
PERAUD Jean Christophe France
ASTANA PRO TEAM
BAZAYEV Assan Kazahkstan
GAVAZZI Francesco Italy
GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine
GRUZDEV Dmitriy Kazahkstan
GUARNIERI Jacopo Italy
IGLINSKIY Maxim Kazahkstan
IGLINSKIY Valentin Kazahkstan
KANGERT Tanel Estonia
BMC RACING TEAM
CUMMINGS Steven United Kingdom
FRANK Mathias Switzerland
KOHLER Martin Switzerland
LODEWYCK Klaas Belgium
PHINNEY Taylor United States
SANTAMBROGIO Mauro Italy
WYSS Danilo Switzerland
CHAMPION SYSTEM PRO CYCLING TEAM
AVERY Clinton Robert New Zealand
BUTLER Chris United States
JIANG Kun China
JIAO Pengda China
KEMPS Aaron Australia
LEWIS Craig United States
LIU Biao China
XU Gang China
EQUIPE CYCLISTE FDJ-BIGMAT
BOUCHER David France
ELISSONDE Kenny France
GESLIN Anthony France
LADAGNOUS Matthieu France
ROLLIN Dominique Canada
ROUX Anthony France
ROY Jérémy France
VEIKKANEN Jussi Finland
EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor Spain
BILBAO Pello Spain
LANDA MEANA Mikel Spain
MINGUEZ AYALA Miguel Spain
NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel Spain
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel Spain
VELASCO MURILLO Ivan Spain
VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka Spain
GARMIN – SHARP
DEKKER Thomas Netherlands
HAUSSLER Heinrich Australia
HESJEDAL Ryder Canada
HOWES Alex United States
LE MEVEL Christophe France
MARTIN Daniel Ireland
VAN SUMMEREN Johan Belgium
WEGMANN Fabian Germany
KATUSHA TEAM
BELKOV Maxim Russia
GUSEV Vladimir Russia
HALLER Marco Austria
IGNATENKO Petr Russia
IGNATIEV Mikhail Russia
KRITSKIY Timofey Russia
SELIG Rudiger Germany
TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia
LAMPRE – ISD
BOLE Grega Slovenia
CIMOLAI Davide Italy
MALORI Adriano Italy
MORI Manuele Italy
PETACCHI Alessandro Italy
PIETROPOLLI Daniele Italy
POSSONI Morris Italy
VIGANO Davide Italy
LIQUIGAS - CANNONDALE
CAPECCHI Eros Italy
DA DALTO Mauro Italy
DALL’ANTONIA Tiziano Italy
MOSER Moreno Italy
PATERSKI Maciej Poland
RATTO Daniele Italy
SALERNO Cristiano Italy
VIVIANI Elia Italy
LOTTO – BELISOL TEAM
DE HAES Kenny Belgium
DOCKX Gert Belgium
HANSEN Adam Australia
HENDERSON Gregory New Zealand
NEYENS Maarten Belgium
SOHRABI Mehdi Iran
VAN LEIJEN Joost Netherlands
WELLENS Tim Belgium
MOVISTAR TEAM
COBO ACEBO Juan Jose Spain
FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto Portugal
GUTIERREZ PALACIOS José Ivan Spain
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesùs Spain
IRIARTE Javier Spain
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas Lithuania
LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo Spain
SANZ UNZUE Enrique Spain
OMEGA PHARMA – QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM
BANDIERA Marco Italy
CATALDO Dario Italy
CHICCHI Francesco Italy
FENN Andrew United Kingdom
KEISSE Iljo Belgium
MARTIN Tony Germany
RABON Frantisek Czech Republic
VERMOTE Julien Belgium
ORICA GREENEDGE
CLARKE Simon Australia
DAVIS Allan Australia
DOCKER Mitchell Australia
HOWARD Leigh Australia
KRUOPIS Aidis Lithuania
LANGEVELD Sebastian Netherlands
MEYER Cameron Australia
SULZBERGER Wesley Australia
RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM
BOL Jetse Netherlands
BOS Theo Netherlands
GARATE Juan Manuel Spain
KRUIJSWIJK Steven Netherlands
SLAGTER Tom Jelte Netherlands
TJALLINGII Maarten Netherlands
VAN EMDEN Jos Netherlands
WYNANTS Maarten Belgium
RADIOSHACK – NISSAN
BAKELANTS Jan Belgium
BENNATI Daniele Italy
BENNETT George New Zealand
KING Benjamin United States
ROULSTON Hayden New Zealand
SCHLECK Andy Luxembourg
SERGENT Jesse New Zealand
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar Spain
SKY PROCYCLING
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Norway
DOWSETT Alex United Kingdom
PUCCIO Salvatore Italy
ROWE Luke United Kingdom
SUTTON Christopher Australia
TEAM SAXO BANK TINKOFF BANK
BOARO Manuele Italy
CHRISTENSEN Mads Denmark
HAEDO Lucas Sebastian Argentina
LUND Anders Denmark
MAJKA Rafael Poland
MARYCZ Jaroslaw Poland
TANNER David Australia
VACANSOLEIL – DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM
HOOGERLAND Johnny Netherlands
LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
LINDEMAN Bertjan Netherlands
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz Poland
MARKUS Barry Netherlands
RUYGH Rob Netherlands
VAN HUMMEL Kenny Robert Netherlands
VEUCHELEN Frederik Belgium