The 2013 Tour of Beijing was the third running of the
Tour of Beijing
The Tour of Beijing was an annual professional stage bicycle road race held in Beijing, China.
History
Its first edition took place in October 2011, as the penultimate event in the 2011 UCI World Tour
The 2011 UCI World Tour was the third editi ...
stage race. It started on 11 October in Beijing's
Shunyi District
Shunyi District () is an administrative district of Beijing, located to the northeast of the city's urban core. As of 2014, the population of the district is around 983,000, of which approximately 601,000 have local residency permits. The Beiji ...
and ended on 15 October at the
Bird’s Nest Piazza after five stages. It was the 29th and final race of the
2013 UCI World Tour
The 2013 UCI World Tour is the fifth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under on 22 January.
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Teams
The UCI ProTeams compete in the World Tou ...
season.
Beñat Intxausti
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (born 20 March 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Nicolas Mateos, , , , and teams.
Career
Intxausti was born in Amorebieta-Etxano, Bis ...
of the won the race after his mountain–top–finish victory on stage 4.
Schedule
Participating teams
As the Tour of Beijing is a UCI World Tour event, all nineteen UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. In addition the race organisers awarded a wildcard place to the team.
The twenty teams that competed in the race were:
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Stages
Stage 1
;11 October 2013 —
Shunyi
Shunyi District () is an administrative district of Beijing, located to the northeast of the city's urban core. As of 2014, the population of the district is around 983,000, of which approximately 601,000 have local residency permits. The Beiji ...
to
Huairou Studio City,
Stage 2
;12 October 2013 — Huairou Studio City to
Yanqing,
Stage 3
;13 October 2013 — Yanqing to Qianjiandian,
Stage 4
;14 October 2013 — Yanqing to Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain,
Stage 5
;15 October 2013 —
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square (; 天安门广场; Pinyin: ''Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng''; Wade–Giles: ''Tʻien1-an1-mên2 Kuang3-chʻang3'') is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the eponymous Tiananmen (" ...
to
Bird’s Nest Piazza,
Classification leadership table
References
External links
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2013 in Chinese sport
2013 in Beijing