The 2011 Tour of Beijing was the inaugural running of the

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cycling stage race. It started with an

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around the

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on 5 October and finished at the Bird's Nest on 9 October. The race covered across

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over five stages, and was the first race to be owned by Global Cycling's governing body, the

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, a move which raised some controversy. It was the 25th race of the

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season. The race was won by rider Tony Martin, after winning the opening time trial stage and maintaining his advantage to the end of the race. Martin's winning margin over runner-up David Millar of was 17 seconds, and 's

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completed the podium, 9 seconds behind Millar and 26 seconds down on Martin. In the race's other classifications,

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of won the points classification, 's

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won the mountains classification, Ben King finished on top of the young rider classification, with topping the teams classification.

Stages

Teams

As the race was held under the auspices of the

, all eighteen ProTour teams were invited automatically. Together with a selection of Chinese riders forming the Chinese National Cycling Team this formed the event's 19-team peloton. The 19 teams invited to the race were:

Stages

Stage 1

5 October 2011 – Bird's Nest to

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Stage 2

6 October 2011 – Bird's Nest to

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Stage 3

7 October 2011 – MenTouGou to YongNing Town,

Stage 4

8 October 2011 – YanQing Gui Chuan Square to

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Stage 5

9 October 2011 –

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to Bird's Nest,

Classification leadership

References

{{2011 UCI World Tour

Tour of Beijing 2010s in Beijing