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BMC Racing Team's Steve Cummings out-sprinted Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) to win the final stage of the Tour of Beijing Saturday and cap a season that saw him fight back from broken bones and several bad crashes. Holding Off The Chase Cummings earned his second victory of the year in the BMC Racing Team's final race by first making a 12-man breakaway and then going off alone with Hesjedal, … [Read more...]
BEIJING, Oct 13, 2012 - Steve Cummings capped off a brilliant year for British cycling by taking the final stage of the Tour of Beijing on Saturday, but German Tony Martin reclaimed the title that he won last year. Cummings, who races for the BMC Racing Team, claimed victory on day five of cycling's last tour of the season by out-sprinting Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) in the final … [Read more...]
BEIJING, Oct 12, 2012 - Marco Haller won the fourth stage of the Tour of Beijing on Friday in his first professional victory, though 2011 champion Tony Martin retained the overall lead with just one leg to go. Haller, a 21-year-old Austrian racing for Katusha Team, had a late burst to overtake Italian Alessandro Petacchi of Lampre-ISD Team, who had sprinted toward the finish line. … [Read more...]
BEIJING, Oct 11, 2012 - Francesco Gavazzi won the third stage of the Tour of Beijing in dramatic style on Thursday, but the Italian remained in second place overall behind last year's champion Tony Martin. Gavazzi, who races for Astana Pro Team, burst through in the final minutes of the race to overtake Edvald Boasson-Hagen and Dan Martin on the finishing line. Boasson-Hagen had … [Read more...]
BEIJING, Oct 10, 2012 - Defending champion Tony Martin won the second stage of this year's Tour of Beijing on Wednesday after dominating for most of the race and crossing the line with a huge lead of 46 seconds. The German cyclist is now leading overall in the last tour of the season, and is in a dominant position to retain the title he won last year at China's first World Tour … [Read more...]
BEIJING, Oct 9, 2012 (AFP) - Italian Elia Viviani won the first stage of a windy Tour of Beijing on Tuesday after the Italian timed his sprint for the finishing line to perfection. His triumph follows a victory in the fourth stage of the race last year, the first time that a World Tour calendar event was staged in China. Viviani, who races for the Liquigas-Cannondale team, found … [Read more...]
Recently crowned world time trial silver medalist Taylor Phinney will be on the hunt for stage wins when he leads the BMC Racing Team from the front at the 2012 Tour of Beijing next week. For the first time since his narrow five second time trial eclipse at the world championships in the Netherlands, the American will meet Omega Pharma – Quick Step’s Tony Martin who returns to China as the … [Read more...]
Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team has announced the selection that will take part in Tour of Beijing, a five stage, 753.5km race from Oct. 9 to Oct. 13. Unlike the first edition of the race, there will be no TT in 2012. The flat, 117km first stage begins in Tiananmen Square and features a 12 lap circuit. Due to storm damage in August, a section of a key second stage mountain was washed … [Read more...]
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct 2, 2012 - Former Tour de France winner Andy Schleck was back in competition on Tuesday after four months out with a fractured pelvis. "I'm still in pain but I refuse to quit," said Schleck ahead of the Binche-Tournai-Binche race in Belgium, where he was taking part after four months out of the saddle. "I want to be completely over the pain so I can train … [Read more...]
2008 Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez will return to the Tour of Beijing next week to lead a formidable Euskatel-Euskadi line up in the final WorldTour event of the season. The Spaniard will be hoping to replicate the form that saw him fight off hot and humid conditions and steep terrain to claim victory in the longest and one of the most gruelling road race courses in Olympic history. … [Read more...]