Italiener slog til på første etape i Kina

Tour of Qinghai Lake begyndte i dag med en 138 kilometer lang etape med både start og mål i Xining. Det kinesiske etapeløb er i kategorien 2.HC og køres over hele 13 etaper. Det er dermed et af de allerlængste etapeløb udover de tre Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia, Tour de France og Vuelta a Espana.

Første etape blev kørt i 2300 meters højde, men det var en pandekageflad etape uden noget der bare mindede om en bakke. Løbet blev kørt på en rundstrækning omkring Xining og mindede derfor om et gadeløb, hvorfor der var lagt op til en massespurt. Og ikke overraskende endte det også i en spurtafgørelse.

Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox fik lanceret spurten bedst for deres hurtige mand, Sacha Modolo, der snuppede sejren og førertrøjen, da han slog Rico denne Rogers (Synergy - Baku Cycling Project). Francesco Chicchi fra Vini Fantini - Selle Italia snuppede etapens tredjeplads.

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Optakt: 2. etape af Tour de Romandie

Løbet har ingen danske hold til start. De største hold i løbet er Lampre-Merida, Vini Fantini - Selle Italia, Team NetApp-Endura og dagens triumferende hol, Bardiani Valvole - CSF Inox.

En enkelt dansk rytter er med. Det er John Ebsen, der repræsenterer Synergy - Baku Cycling Project. Ebsens mandskab fik en god stat på løbet med en andenplads, mens danskeren selv kom med feltet til mål på en 81. plads.

Resultat af 1. etape

1 Sacha Modolo - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 02.44.01
2 Rico Rogers - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
3 Francesco Chicchi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
4 Grischa Janorschke - Nutrixxion Abus 
5 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze - Lampre-Merida 
6 Ralf Matzka - Team NetApp-Endura 
7 Fabian Schnaidt - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
8 Jacobe Keough - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
9 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
10 Benjamin Giraud - La Pomme Marseille 
11 Giorgio Brambilla - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
12 Luis Mas Bonet - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
13 Mirac Kal - Torku Sekerspor 
14 Joshua Berry - La Pomme Marseille 
15 Yuriy Metlushenko - Torku Sekerspor 
16 Chen Zhian - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
17 Mathieu Chiocca - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
18 Oleksandr Surutkovych - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
19 Mark Dzamastagic - Sava 
20 Peng Yuan Tang - RTS Racing Team 
21 Maksym Averin - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
22 Filippo Fortin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
23 Tobias Dohlus - Nutrixxion Abus 
24 Daniil Fominykh - Continental Team Astana 
25 Nik Burjek - Sava 
26 Zhang Jinde - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
27 Artem Topchyanuk - Amore & Vita 
28 Matej Mohoric - Sava 
29 Bernard Sulzberger - Drapac Cycling 
30 Jang Sun Jae - RTS Racing Team 
31 Hossein Alizadeh - Amore & Vita 
32 Mitchell Mulhern - Team Australia 
33 Volodymyr Starchyk - Amore & Vita 
34 Andris Vosekalns - Rietumu-Delfin 
35 Peeter Pruus - Rietumu-Delfin 
36 Federico Butto - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
37 Alexander Schmitt - Nutrixxion Abus 
38 Daniel Summerhill - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
39 Chang Wei Kei - RTS Racing Team 
40 Blaz Jarc - Team NetApp-Endura 
41 Matt Brammeier - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
42 Yoann Paillot - La Pomme Marseille 
43 Joshua Prete - Team Australia 
44 Claudio Imhof - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
45 Mauro Finetto - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
46 Sergiy Grechyn - Torku Sekerspor 
47 Matej Razingar - Sava 
48 Jure Bitenc - Sava 
49 Emami Rahim - RTS Racing Team 
50 David De La Fuente Rasilla - Torku Sekerspor 
51 Marco Coledan - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
51 John Walker - Drapac Cycling 
53 Malcolm Rudolph - Drapac Cycling 
54 Vahid Ghaffari - RTS Racing Team 
55 Iker Camano Ortuzar - Team NetApp-Endura 
56 Mehdi Sohrabi - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
57 Darío Hernández - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
58 Agshin Ismayilov - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
59 Max Walsleben - Nutrixxion Abus 
60 David Belda Garcia - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
61 Oleksandr Polivoda - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
62 Xue Cheng - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
63 Nicolas Baldo - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
64 Efren Carazo - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
65 Robbie Hucker - Drapac Cycling 
66 Amir Rusli - Drapac Cycling 
67 Hossein Askari - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
68 Niv Libner - Amore & Vita 
69 Moises Duenas Nevado - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
70 Brodie Talbot - Team Australia 
71 Ziga Groselj - Sava 
72 Roberto De Patre - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
73 Andrey Mizurov - Torku Sekerspor 
74 Feng Chun Kai - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
75 Dirk Müller - Nutrixxion Abus 
76 Uri Martins - Amore & Vita 
77 Jonathan Clarke - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
78 Angelo Pagani - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
79 Davide Vigano - Lampre-Merida 
80 Dylan Spiby - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
81 John Kronborg Ebsen - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
82 Filippo Pozzato - Lampre-Merida 
83 Liu Biao - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
84 Antoine Lavieu - La Pomme Marseille 
85 Julien Antomarchi - La Pomme Marseille 
86 Mathieu Perget - Rietumu-Delfin 
87 Gregor Gazvoda - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
88 Zargari Amir - RTS Racing Team 
89 Kirill Pozdnyakov - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
90 Thomas Vaubourzeix - La Pomme Marseille 
91 Mustafa Sayar - Torku Sekerspor 
92 Saeid Safarzadeh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
93 Jaroslaw Dabrowski - Amore & Vita 
94 Wang Yongtai - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
95 David Clarke - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
96 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy - Continental Team Astana 
97 Rick Ampler - Nutrixxion Abus 
98 Grégoire Tarride - La Pomme Marseille 
99 Pourseyedigolakhour Mirsamad - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
100 Pablo Torres Muino - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
101 Dong Xiaoyong - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
102 Darren Lapthorne - Drapac Cycling 
103 Alireza Asgharzadeh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
104 Florian Salzinger - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
105 Sonny Colbrelli - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
106 Muradjan Halmuratov - RTS Racing Team 
107 Eugen Wacker - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
108 Tilegen Maidos - Continental Team Astana 
109 Floris Goesinnen - Drapac Cycling 
110 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
111 Amir Kolahdozhagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
112 Donato De Ieso - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
113 Guo Fenghong - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
114 Massimo Graziato - Lampre-Merida 
115 Guillaume Soula - Rietumu-Delfin 
116 Leonardo Giordani - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
117 Luigi Miletta - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
118 Enrico Barbin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
119 Stuart Smith - Team Australia 
120 Harry Carpenter - Team Australia 
121 Scott Thwaites - Team NetApp-Endura 
122 Reijo Puhm - Rietumu-Delfin 
123 Yang Zengtao - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
124 Nazar Jumabekov - Continental Team Astana 
125 Cameron Bayly - Team Australia 
126 Aldo Ino Ilesic - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
127 Jonathan McEvoy - Team NetApp-Endura 
128 Abdraimzhan Ishanov - Continental Team Astana 
129 Wu Peilun - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
130 Zhang Zhaoshun - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
131 Nazim Bakirci - Torku Sekerspor 
132 Davide Frattini - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
133 Matthew Clark - Team Australia 
134 Deng Ting - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
135 Jiao Pengda - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
136 Daniel Holloway - Amore & Vita 
137 Robert Förster - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.18
138 John Murphy - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.20
139 Ruslan Gryshchenko - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 0.34
140 Alexandr Shushemoin - Continental Team Astana 0.44
141 Wu Shengjun - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 0.59
142 Michael Schwarzmann - Team NetApp-Endura 1.17
143 Tim Mikelj - Sava 1.18
144 Daniele Pietropolli - Lampre-Merida 1.49
145 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida 
146 Bobbie Traksel - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 1.55
147 Erick Rowsell - Team NetApp-Endura 
148 Marco Benfatto - Continental Team Astana 2.12
149 Andris Smirnovs - Doltcini-Flanders 4.36
150 Lars Pria - Rietumu-Delfin 13.22

Samlet stilling
1 Sacha Modolo - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 02.43.51
2 Xue Cheng - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 0.03
3 Rico Rogers - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 0.04
4 Francesco Chicchi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0.06
5 Wang Yongtai - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 0.07
6 Dylan Spiby - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 0.09
7 Tilegen Maidos - Continental Team Astana 
8 Yang Zengtao - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
9 Grischa Janorschke - Nutrixxion Abus 0.10
10 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze - Lampre-Merida 
11 Ralf Matzka - Team NetApp-Endura 
12 Fabian Schnaidt - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
13 Jacobe Keough - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
14 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
15 Benjamin Giraud - La Pomme Marseille 
16 Giorgio Brambilla - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
17 Luis Mas Bonet - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
18 Mirac Kal - Torku Sekerspor 
19 Joshua Berry - La Pomme Marseille 
20 Yuriy Metlushenko - Torku Sekerspor 
21 Chen Zhian - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
22 Mathieu Chiocca - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
23 Oleksandr Surutkovych - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
24 Mark Dzamastagic - Sava 
25 Peng Yuan Tang - RTS Racing Team 
26 Maksym Averin - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
27 Filippo Fortin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
28 Tobias Dohlus - Nutrixxion Abus 
29 Daniil Fominykh - Continental Team Astana 
30 Nik Burjek - Sava 
31 Zhang Jinde - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
32 Artem Topchyanuk - Amore & Vita 
33 Matej Mohoric - Sava 
34 Bernard Sulzberger - Drapac Cycling 
35 Jang Sun Jae - RTS Racing Team 
36 Hossein Alizadeh - Amore & Vita 
37 Mitchell Mulhern - Team Australia 
38 Volodymyr Starchyk - Amore & Vita 
39 Andris Vosekalns - Rietumu-Delfin 
40 Peeter Pruus - Rietumu-Delfin 
41 Federico Butto - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
42 Alexander Schmitt - Nutrixxion Abus 
43 Daniel Summerhill - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
44 Chang Wei Kei - RTS Racing Team 
45 Blaz Jarc - Team NetApp-Endura 
46 Matt Brammeier - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
47 Yoann Paillot - La Pomme Marseille 
48 Joshua Prete - Team Australia 
49 Claudio Imhof - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
50 Mauro Finetto - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
51 Sergiy Grechyn - Torku Sekerspor 
52 Matej Razingar - Sava 
53 Jure Bitenc - Sava 
54 Emami Rahim - RTS Racing Team 
55 David De La Fuente Rasilla - Torku Sekerspor 
56 Marco Coledan - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
56 John Walker - Drapac Cycling 
58 Malcolm Rudolph - Drapac Cycling 
59 Vahid Ghaffari - RTS Racing Team 
60 Iker Camano Ortuzar - Team NetApp-Endura 
61 Mehdi Sohrabi - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
62 Darío Hernández - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
63 Agshin Ismayilov - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
64 Max Walsleben - Nutrixxion Abus 
65 David Belda Garcia - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
66 Oleksandr Polivoda - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
67 Nicolas Baldo - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
68 Efren Carazo - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
69 Robbie Hucker - Drapac Cycling 
70 Amir Rusli - Drapac Cycling 
71 Hossein Askari - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
72 Niv Libner - Amore & Vita 
73 Moises Duenas Nevado - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
74 Brodie Talbot - Team Australia 
75 Ziga Groselj - Sava 
76 Roberto De Patre - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
77 Andrey Mizurov - Torku Sekerspor 
78 Feng Chun Kai - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
79 Dirk Müller - Nutrixxion Abus 
80 Uri Martins - Amore & Vita 
81 Jonathan Clarke - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
82 Angelo Pagani - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
83 Davide Vigano - Lampre-Merida 
84 John Kronborg Ebsen - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
85 Filippo Pozzato - Lampre-Merida 
86 Liu Biao - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
87 Antoine Lavieu - La Pomme Marseille 
88 Julien Antomarchi - La Pomme Marseille 
89 Mathieu Perget - Rietumu-Delfin 
90 Gregor Gazvoda - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
91 Zargari Amir - RTS Racing Team 
92 Kirill Pozdnyakov - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
93 Thomas Vaubourzeix - La Pomme Marseille 
94 Mustafa Sayar - Torku Sekerspor 
95 Saeid Safarzadeh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
96 Jaroslaw Dabrowski - Amore & Vita 
97 David Clarke - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
98 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy - Continental Team Astana 
99 Rick Ampler - Nutrixxion Abus 
100 Grégoire Tarride - La Pomme Marseille 
101 Pourseyedigolakhour Mirsamad - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
102 Pablo Torres Muino - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
103 Dong Xiaoyong - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
104 Darren Lapthorne - Drapac Cycling 
105 Alireza Asgharzadeh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
106 Florian Salzinger - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 
107 Sonny Colbrelli - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
108 Muradjan Halmuratov - RTS Racing Team 
109 Eugen Wacker - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
110 Floris Goesinnen - Drapac Cycling 
111 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
112 Amir Kolahdozhagh - Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
113 Donato De Ieso - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
114 Guo Fenghong - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
115 Massimo Graziato - Lampre-Merida 
116 Guillaume Soula - Rietumu-Delfin 
117 Leonardo Giordani - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
118 Luigi Miletta - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
119 Enrico Barbin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
120 Stuart Smith - Team Australia 
121 Harry Carpenter - Team Australia 
122 Scott Thwaites - Team NetApp-Endura 
123 Reijo Puhm - Rietumu-Delfin 
124 Nazar Jumabekov - Continental Team Astana 
125 Cameron Bayly - Team Australia 
126 Aldo Ino Ilesic - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
127 Jonathan McEvoy - Team NetApp-Endura 
128 Abdraimzhan Ishanov - Continental Team Astana 
129 Wu Peilun - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
130 Zhang Zhaoshun - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
131 Nazim Bakirci - Torku Sekerspor 
132 Davide Frattini - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
133 Matthew Clark - Team Australia 
134 Deng Ting - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
135 Jiao Pengda - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
136 Daniel Holloway - Amore & Vita 
137 Robert Förster - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.28
138 John Murphy - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.30
139 Ruslan Gryshchenko - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 0.44
140 Alexandr Shushemoin - Continental Team Astana 0.54
141 Wu Shengjun - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 1.04
142 Michael Schwarzmann - Team NetApp-Endura 1.27
143 Tim Mikelj - Sava 1.28
144 Daniele Pietropolli - Lampre-Merida 1.59
145 Andrea Palini - Lampre-Merida 
146 Bobbie Traksel - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 2.05
147 Erick Rowsell - Team NetApp-Endura 
148 Marco Benfatto - Continental Team Astana 2.22
149 Andris Smirnovs - Doltcini-Flanders 4.46
150 Lars Pria - Rietumu-Delfin 13.32

Pointkonkurrencen
1 Sacha Modolo - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 16 pont
2 Rico Rogers - Synergy Baku Cycling Project 14
3 Francesco Chicchi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 13
4 Grischa Janorschke - Nutrixxion Abus 12
5 Xue Cheng - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 11
6 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze - Lampre-Merida 11
7 Ralf Matzka - Team NetApp-Endura 10
8 Fabian Schnaidt - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 9
9 Wu Shengjun - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 8
10 Jacobe Keough - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 8
11 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 7
12 Benjamin Giraud - La Pomme Marseille 6
13 Wang Yongtai - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 5
14 Giorgio Brambilla - Atlas Personal-Jakroo 5
15 Luis Mas Bonet - Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 4
16 Mirac Kal - Torku Sekerspor 3
17 Joshua Berry - La Pomme Marseille 2
18 Dylan Spiby - Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 1
19 Tilegen Maidos - Continental Team Astana 1
20 Yang Zengtao - Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 1
21 Yuriy Metlushenko - Torku Sekerspor 1

Holdkonkurrencen
1 Atlas Personal-Jakroo 08.12.03
2 Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 
3 Nutrixxion Abus 
4 La Pomme Marseille 
5 Sava 
6 Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
7 Torku Sekerspor 
8 Synergy Baku Cycling Project 
9 RTS Racing Team 
10 Amore & Vita 
11 Team NetApp-Endura 
12 Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 
13 Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
14 UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 
15 Drapac Cycling 
16 Team Australia 
17 Rietumu-Delfin 
18 Lampre-Merida 
19 Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team 
20 Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 
21 Tabriz Petrochemical Team 
22 Continental Team Astana