Tour of Beijing 2011 Photos October 5 - October 9

Tour of Beijing 2011 Dashboard: Results, Photos, Video

Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) in his first TT in his new World Champ's TT kit won the stage 1 11.3 km by 17s

Stage 2:  Bird’s Nest → Men Tou Gou, 137 km  Full Results and Report

The rollout from the Bird’s Nest	Team China rider, Ji	Race leader Tony Martin
David Millar in Green after placing second in the stage 1 ITT	Four man break	Four man break
Four man break	Four man break	Four man break
Cat 3 hill climbed four times	Tony Martin in the red leader's jersey
	Sprint finish in Men Tou Gou	Heinrich HAUSSLER (AUS) Garmin-Cervelo wins ahead of 2nd Denis GALIMZYANOV (RUS) Katusha and 3rd Theo BOS (NED) Rabobank
Heinrich HAUSSLER (AUS) Garmin-Cervelo celebrates his first win since crashing out of the Tour de Suisse in June, 2010	Race leader and HTC Highroad on the podium

Stage 3:  Men Tou Gou → Yong Ning Town, 162 km  Full Results and Report

The morning sign in	The rollout from Men Tou Gou	This would likely be the most difficult and picturesque stage
Break	Unsuccessful break
Panorama of one of the final climbs, three cat 1s and a cat 2 climb today	Panorama of one of the final climbs. Picturesque but too bad about the smog.	The final break just barely succeeded in Yong Ning Town
Nicolas ROCHE (Ag2R) wins ahead of fellow Irishman Philip DEIGNAN (RadioShack)	UCI President Pat McQuaid congratulating fellow Irishman, Nicolas ROCHE (Ag2R)	Nicolas ROCHE (Ag2R) ends a long drought with his first ProTour win
The stage winner and jersey leaders at various stages of uncorking their champagne

Stage 4:  Yan Qing Gui Chuan Square → Shunyi Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre. 189 km  Full Results and Report

The peloton looped through the outer districts of Beijing before returning to the city		A couple of modest hills in the first half of this 189 km stage
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) has looked good in red since his dominating prologue performance gave him what may turn out to be the winning margin of 17s	The peloton passing by a section of the 8800 km Great Wall for the two day in a row	Chinese take out
With today's average speed beiing 45 kmh and a straight, flat finish, the main break was doomed to fail. Tiago Machado (Radioshack), Iijo Keisse (Quickstep), Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil – DCM) and Julien Berard (AG2R- La Mondiale) and later arrivials, Lampre-ISD’s Damiano Cunego and Team China’s Wang Meiyin	A good-sized, patriotic crowd again waiting for the inevitable sprint finish	The sprint finish in full flight spread right across the road
Liquigas goes 1-2 with Italian Elia Viviani finishing ahead of teammate Peter Sagan (Slovakia)	This has to be the youngest 1-2 ProTour finish of the year with a combined age of just 43 years	Post stage celebrations Chinese style at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre
Today's podium with the jersey leaders and the stage winner on the right

Stage 5:  Tian An Men Square → Bird’s Nest, 118 Km  Full Results and Report

The main break passing by the Bird's Nest	The break consisting of Francesco Reda (Quickstep), Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil – DCM) and Alexandr Pliuschin (Katusha) lasted for around 90 km. Lieuwe Westra was awarded most aggressive rider.	The peloton
Race leader, Tony Martin	Tony Martin	Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) won the sprint finish
	Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard was 2nd	Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) was the stage and green jersey winer
Tony Martin wins the overall after going wire to wire. “It’s been a fantastic year and now a fantastic week for me”, said the world tt champ and Paris-Nice winner.	The 2011 Tour of Beijing overall podium: 2nd David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) + 17s, 1st Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) and 3rd Chris Froome (Sky) + 26s	Ben King (RadioShack) was the best young rider