Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
![]() Picturesque fall scenery along the Stage 3 route at this year's Tour of Beijing. More photos from all stages posted below Big Photos from Tour of Beijing 2013 |
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1 | Friday, October 11 | 191 km | ||||||||||
Shunyi → Huairou Studio City | ||||||||||||
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2 | Saturday, October 12 | 202 km | ||||||||||
Huairou Studio City → Yanqing | ||||||||||||
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3 | Sunday, October 13 | 176 km | ||||||||||
Yanqing → Qiandiajian | ||||||||||||
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4 | Monday, October 14 | 151 km | ||||||||||
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5 | Tuesday, October 15 | 117 km | ||||||||||
Tian an men Square → Bird’s Nest Piazza | ||||||||||||
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Total Distance | 837 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Tour of Beijing 2013
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage 


35 Big Photos from Stage 5 — veloimages
Stage 5 Results SLO 1 MEZGEC, Luka (ARGOS-SHIMANO) 2:23:56 FRA 2 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ) NED 3 HOFLAND, Moreno (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) DEN 4 BRESCHEL, Matti (SAXO-TINKOFF) ITA 5 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE-MERIDA) RUS 6 TSATEVITCH, Alexey (KATUSHA) ITA 7 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) GER 8 SELIG, Rudiger (KATUSHA) BLR 9 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni (AG2R LA MONDIALE) AUT 10 EISEL, Bernhard (SKY PROCYCLING) NED 11 VAN HUMMEL, Kenny Robert (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) ITA 12 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) BEL 13 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas (LOTTO BELISOL) AUS 14 SULZBERGER, Wesley (ORICA GREENEDGE) NED 15 MARKUS, Barry (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) SLO 16 BOZIC, Borut (ASTANA PRO TEAM) RUS 17 GUSEV, Vladimir (KATUSHA) NED 18 MOURIS, Jens (ORICA GREENEDGE) SLO 19 POLANC, Jan (LAMPRE-MERIDA) AUS 20 VON HOFF, Steele (GARMIN SHARP) Final General Classification ESP 1 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR TEAM) 19:35:46 IRL 2 MARTIN, Daniel (GARMIN SHARP) + 10 ESP 3 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY PROCYCLING) + 13 POR 4 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 18 FRA 5 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 24 GER 6 MARTIN, Tony (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) BEL 7 BAKELANTS, Jan (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 26 NED 8 GESINK, Robert (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) ITA 9 BASSO, Ivan (CANNONDALE) ESP 10 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 31 AUS 11 ROGERS, Michael (SAXO-TINKOFF) COL 12 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos Alberto (AG2R LA MONDIALE) SUI 13 FRANK, Mathias (BMC RACING TEAM) SLO 14 BRAJKOVIC, Janez (ASTANA PRO TEAM) + 38 SLO 15 POLANC, Jan (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 41 GER 16 NERZ, Dominik (BMC RACING TEAM) ITA 17 PINOTTI, Marco (BMC RACING TEAM) + 44 NED 18 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) + 49 USA 19 DOMBROWSKI, Joseph Lloyd (SKY PROCYCLING) + 59 NZL 20 BENNETT, George (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 1:04Full Official Stage 5 Results and General Classification — tourofbeijing
Intxausti wins overall — cyclingnews
Luka Mezgec takes final Bird’s Nest stage as Intxausti wins overall — velonation
Last 2 Km of Stage 5 (3:23 English) — eurosport
Full On-Demand Stage 5 Broadcast (2:30:00 English) — TourofBeijing
Stage 5 Extended Highlights (1:07:03 English) — TourofBeijing
35 Big Photos from Stage 5 — veloimages/watson
Stage 5 preview: Tian an men Square → Bird’s Nest Piazza, 117 km (flat)
October 14 update: The flat ceremonial final stage starting from Tian an men Square and ending with circuits at the Bird’s Nest — SteveSee the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 start time: Tuesday 13:30 CST (5:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Tian an men Square, China
Earliest live video: 14:45 CST (6:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:20 CST (8:20:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Bird’s Nest Piazza, China
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage 

39 Big Photos from Stage 4 — veloimages/watson
Stage 4 Results ESP 1 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR TEAM) 3:43:25 IRL 2 MARTIN, Daniel (GARMIN SHARP) + 3 ESP 3 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY PROCYCLING) + 4 POR 4 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 6 FRA 5 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 11 GER 6 MARTIN, Tony (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) BEL 7 BAKELANTS, Jan (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 13 NED 8 GESINK, Robert (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) ITA 9 BASSO, Ivan (CANNONDALE) SUI 10 FRANK, Mathias (BMC RACING TEAM) + 18 COL 11 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos Alberto (AG2R LA MONDIALE) ESP 12 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) AUS 13 ROGERS, Michael (SAXO-TINKOFF) SLO 14 BRAJKOVIC, Janez (ASTANA PRO TEAM) + 25 SLO 15 POLANC, Jan (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 28 GER 16 NERZ, Dominik (BMC RACING TEAM) USA 17 DOMBROWSKI, Joseph Lloyd (SKY PROCYCLING) ITA 18 PINOTTI, Marco (BMC RACING TEAM) NED 19 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) + 36 LUX 20 JUNGELS, Bob (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 39 NZL 21 BENNETT, George (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) USA 22 BUTLER, Chris (CHAMPION SYSTEM) ESP 23 OROZ UGALDE, Juan Jose (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 1:03 FRA 24 PINEAU, Cédric (FDJ) ESP 25 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) USA 26 WARBASSE, Lawrence (BMC RACING TEAM) FRA 27 BOUET, Maxime (AG2R LA MONDIALE) ESP 28 HERRADA LOPEZ, Jesus (MOVISTAR TEAM) USA 29 BUSCHE, Matthew (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) ESP 30 FLECHA GIANNONI, Juan Antonio (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) ITA 31 VISCONTI, Giovanni (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 1:10 GBR 32 EDMONDSON, Joshua (SKY PROCYCLING) + 1:24 ITA 33 RATTO, Daniele (CANNONDALE) + 1:55 USA 34 HUFFMAN, Evan (ASTANA PRO TEAM) AUS 35 HANSEN, Adam (LOTTO BELISOL) AUS 36 MEYER, Cameron (ORICA GREENEDGE) POR 37 SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA, Nelson Filipe (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) SWE 38 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (ARGOS-SHIMANO) RUS 39 GUSEV, Vladimir (KATUSHA) + 2:35 RUS 40 IGNATENKO, Petr (KATUSHA) General Classification after Stage 4 ESP 1 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR TEAM) 17:11:50 IRL 2 MARTIN, Daniel (GARMIN SHARP) + 10 ESP 3 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY PROCYCLING) + 13 POR 4 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 18 FRA 5 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 24 GER 6 MARTIN, Tony (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) BEL 7 BAKELANTS, Jan (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 26 NED 8 GESINK, Robert (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) ITA 9 BASSO, Ivan (CANNONDALE) ESP 10 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 31Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classification — tourofbeijing
Tour of Beijing: Intxausti holds off Daniel Martin — cyclingnews
Intxausti seizes Tour of Beijing lead after winning stage 4 — velonews
Martin satisfied with second at the Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
Final Kms of Stage 4 (04:52 English) — eurosport
Full On-Demand Stage 4 Broadcast (2:30:00 English) — TourofBeijing
Stage 4 Highlights (2:08 English) — universalsports
What Do Riders Think Of China And What Do The Chinese Think? (3:12 English) — gcn
39 Big Photos from Stage 4 — veloimages/watson
Stage 4 Brief Highlights (00:30 English) — eurosport
Stage 4 Extended Highlights (34:57 English) — TourofBeijing
Stage 4 preview: Yanqing → Mentougou Miafeng Mountain, 151 km (Mountain)
October 13 update: A mountaineous stage northeast of Beijing end with a 12.6 km @ 5.7 % summit finish on Mentougou Miafeng Mountain. — SteveSee the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Monday 12:20 CST (4:20:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Yanqing, China
Earliest live video: 14:45 CST (6:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:22 CST (8:22:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Mentougou Miafeng Mountain, China
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage 

14 Big Photos from Stage 3 — veloimages/watson
Stage 3 Results FRA 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ) 4:08:15 AUS 2 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GREENEDGE) RUS 3 TSATEVITCH, Alexey (KATUSHA) ITA 4 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) SUI 5 KOHLER, Martin (BMC RACING TEAM) SLO 6 BOZIC, Borut (ASTANA PRO TEAM) BEL 7 VAN DER SANDE, Tosh (LOTTO BELISOL) ESP 8 HERRADA LOPEZ, Jesus (MOVISTAR TEAM) FRA 9 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) DEN 10 BRESCHEL, Matti (SAXO-TINKOFF) GER 11 MARTIN, Tony (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) ESP 12 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) AUS 13 HAYMAN, Mathew (SKY PROCYCLING) SLO 14 POLANC, Jan (LAMPRE-MERIDA) ITA 15 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) NED 16 HOFLAND, Moreno (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) RUS 17 GUSEV, Vladimir (KATUSHA) NED 18 LAMMERTINK, Maurits (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) SWE 19 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (ARGOS-SHIMANO) POR 20 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (MOVISTAR TEAM) General Classification after Stage 3 FRA 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ) 13:28:18 AUS 2 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GREENEDGE) + 11 FRA 3 BOUET, Maxime (AG2R LA MONDIALE) RUS 4 TSATEVITCH, Alexey (KATUSHA) + 16 BEL 5 MAES, Nikolas (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) DEN 6 BRESCHEL, Matti (SAXO-TINKOFF) + 18 POR 7 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 19 ESP 8 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Benat (MOVISTAR TEAM) JPN 9 NISHIZONO, Ryota (CHAMPION SYSTEM) ITA 10 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) + 20 ITA 11 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) ESP 12 HERRADA LOPEZ, Jesus (MOVISTAR TEAM) ESP 13 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) NED 14 HOFLAND, Moreno (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) AUS 15 HAYMAN, Mathew (SKY PROCYCLING) FRA 16 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) RUS 17 GUSEV, Vladimir (KATUSHA) SLO 18 POLANC, Jan (LAMPRE-MERIDA) GER 19 NERZ, Dominik (BMC RACING TEAM) AUS 20 ROGERS, Michael (SAXO-TINKOFF)Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classification — tourofbeijing
Bouhanni wins second successive stage at Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
Bouhanni bolsters red jersey advantage with second stage win in Tour of Beijing — velonation
Hushovd abandons Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
Bouhanni bolsters red jersey advantage with second stage win in Tour of Beijing — velonation
Last Km of Stage 3 (02:59 Ambient Noise) — eurosport
Stage 3 Highlights (2:06 English) — universalsports
Full On-Demand Stage 3 Broadcast (2:30:00 English) — TourofBeijing
Stage 3 Extended Highlights (51:36 English) — TourofBeijing
14 Big Photos from Stage 3 — veloimages/watson
Stage 3 preview: Yanqing → Qiandiajian, 176 km (hilly)
October 12 update: A hilly stage with seven modest categorized climbs which should produce a successful break. — SteveSee the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 start time: Sunday 11:45 CST (3:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Yanqing, China
Earliest live video: 14:50 CST (6:50:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:26 CST (8:26:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Qiandiajian, China
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage 
Stage 2 Results FRA 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ) 4:59:49 ITA 2 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE-MERIDA) AUS 3 DOCKER, Mitchell (ORICA GREENEDGE) DEN 4 BRESCHEL, Matti (SAXO-TINKOFF) ITA 5 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) NED 6 MARKUS, Barry (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) BEL 7 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas (LOTTO BELISOL) AUS 8 VON HOFF, Steele (GARMIN SHARP) SLO 9 MEZGEC, Luka (ARGOS-SHIMANO) ITA 10 VIVIANI, Elia (CANNONDALE) General Classification after Stage 2 FRA 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ) 9:20:13 NOR 2 HUSHOVD, Thor (BMC RACING TEAM) FRA 3 BOUET, Maxime (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1 BEL 4 WAUTERS, Willem (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) + 3 SLO 5 MEZGEC, Luka (ARGOS-SHIMANO) + 4 ITA 6 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE-MERIDA) USA 7 BEYER, Chad (CHAMPION SYSTEM) + 5 BEL 8 MAES, Nikolas (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) + 6 AUS 9 DOCKER, Mitchell (ORICA GREENEDGE) BEL 10 KAISEN, Olivier (LOTTO BELISOL) + 7Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classification — tourofbeijing
Bouhanni sprints to victory in Yanqing — cyclingnews
Hushovd says he was boxed in on day two, lost race lead as a result — velonation
Last Km of Stage 2 (03:03 English) — eurosport
Full On-Demand Stage 2 Broadcast (2:30:00 English) — TourofBeijing
31 Big Photos from Stage 2 — veloimages
Stage 2 Highlights (02:02 English) — universalsports
Stage 2 Extended Highlights (56:30 English) — TourofBeijing
Stage 2 preview: Huairou Studio City → Yanqing, 202 km (hilly)
October 11 update: A hilly stage north of Beijing which crosses the Great Wall shortly after the start in Huairou Studio City. — SteveSee the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Saturday 11:30 CST (3:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Huairou Studio City, China
Earliest live video: 14:50 CST (6:50:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:45 CST (8:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Yanqing, China
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage 

36 Big Photos from Stage 1 — veloimages
Stage 1 Results NOR 1 HUSHOVD, Thor (BMC RACING TEAM) 4:20:34 SLO 2 MEZGEC, Luka (ARGOS-SHIMANO) BEL 3 MAES, Nikolas (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) ITA 4 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) AUS 5 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GREENEDGE) ESP 6 SANZ, Enrique (MOVISTAR TEAM) GER 7 SELIG, Rudiger (KATUSHA) FRA 8 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ) BEL 9 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas (LOTTO BELISOL) ITA 10 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE-MERIDA) RUS 11 TSATEVITCH, Alexey (KATUSHA) AUS 12 VON HOFF, Steele (GARMIN SHARP) BLR 13 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni (AG2R LA MONDIALE) NED 14 VAN HUMMEL, Kenny Robert (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) NED 15 MOL, Wouter (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) General Classification after Stage 1 NOR 1 HUSHOVD, Thor (BMC RACING TEAM) 4:20:24 BEL 2 WAUTERS, Willem (VACANSOLEIL-DCM) + 3 SLO 3 MEZGEC, Luka (ARGOS-SHIMANO) + 4 BEL 4 MAES, Nikolas (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) + 6 JPN 5 NISHIZONO, Ryota (CHAMPION SYSTEM) + 9 ITA 6 PETACCHI, Alessandro (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) + 10 AUS 7 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GREENEDGE) ESP 8 SANZ, Enrique (MOVISTAR TEAM) GER 9 SELIG, Rudiger (KATUSHA) FRA 10 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ)Full Official Stage 1 Results and General Classification — tourofbeijing
Hushovd takes opening stage of Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
Hushovd times finishing surge perfectly, takes stage one and leader’s jersey — velonation
Hushovd delighted with Beijing stage victory — cyclingnews
Hushovd thunders to sprint win in Tour of Beijing opener — velonews
Pinotti excited to begin career as a coach — cyclingnews
Cookson in talks with WADA about independent investigation into the UCI's past — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 1 (01:45 English) — eurosport
Stage 1 Highlights (2:03 English) — universalsports
Full On-Demand Stage 1 Broadcast (2:22:52 English) — TourofBeijing
36 Big Photos from Stage 1 — veloimages
Stage 1 preview: Shunyi → Huairou Studio City, 191 km (rolling)
October 10 update: A rolling stage northeast of Beijing with a flat finish. — SteveSee the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Friday 12:00 CST (4:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Shunyi, China
Earliest live video: 14:45 CST (6:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:26 CST (8:26:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Huairou Studio City, China
2013 Tour of Beijing Preview 

31 Big Photos from the Press Conference and Teams Presentation — veloimages
October 10 update:
Tour of Beijing wraps up 2013 WorldTour — cyclingnews
Tour of Beijing 2013 – preview — roadcyclinguk
Richie Porte leads Sky to Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
How 'Purito' won the 2013 WorldTour — velonews
2013 Tour of Beijing Promo (2:06 Music) — TourofBeijing
Official Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
Martin faces uphill battle for beijing triple crown: Road — sbs.au
Tour of Beijing Press Conference Highlights — tourofbeijing.net
31 Big Photos from the Press Conference and Teams Presentation — veloimages
Rui Costa gets ready for final race with Movistar — cyclingnews
October 9 update:
Rodriguez to win third WorldTour title after Froome skips Beijing — velonews
Orica-GreenEdge hoping to finish season on a high in Tour of Beijing — velonation
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No pressure on Dan Martin ahead of Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
Tony Martin unsure of Tour of Beijing defense — cyclingnews
October 6 update:
Katusha sends young riders to Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
October 3 update:
Hushovd stars in BMC line-up for Tour of Beijing — cyclingnews
World champion Rui Costa to showcase rainbow jersey in Tour of Beijing — velonation
Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage 
October 10 update: The 2013 Tour of Beijing broadcasters are now listed below. Unrestricted live video links will appear in bold and will have associated popup ads which are beyond our control. Expand the video to full screen mode to avoid them. Please read the warning below. Check back for more streaming options throughout the race. Feel free to send additional links and info as they become known. — SteveWarning: Any unrestricted live video links (in bold) in the table below that we suspect or have been reported to contain MS Windows malicious/malware popups (you do not need "Flash HD") are now denoted with 'm' as in "live videom (english)". Please ensure your Windows computer is virus protected before using "live videom" links as they are beyond our control.
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2013 Tour of Beijing Route Map 

Route Map (Large Version) — tourofbeijing