Tour of Qinghai Lake 2006
The Tour of Qinghai Lake is a cycling race in the Chinese province of Qinghai , which is part of the UCI Asia Tour and is classified in the 2nd HC category.
The 6th Tour of Qinghai Lake took place July 15-23, 2006. It was held in nine stages over a distance of 1,307 km. Fixed points on the stage trip were the metropolis of Xining and the Qinghai Lake , one of the largest saltwater lakes in the world. The drivers mostly moved at an altitude of 2000 to 3000 meters above sea level.
Overall winner was the Dutchman Maarten Tjallingii from the Skil-Shimano team ahead of the Iranian Hossein Askari ( Giant Asia Racing Team ) and the Spaniard Nácor Burgos from the Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada team , who won the sprint classification; his team mate and compatriot Óscar García-Casarrubios won the mountain classification. Relax-GAM Fuenlabrada won the team competition.
Stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Leader |
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1st stage | 15th of July | Qinghai Lake Hotel - Bird Island | 121 | René Weissinger | René Weissinger |
2nd stage | 16th of July | Bird Island - Xihaizhen | 152 | René Weissinger | René Weissinger |
3rd stage | 17th July | Xihaizhen - Qinghai Lake Hotel | 147 | Denys Kostyuk | Hossein Askari |
4th stage | July 18th | Qinghai Lake Hotel - Guide County | 164 | Daniel Lloyd | Maarten Tjallingii |
5th stage | July 19 | Guide - Xining | 114 | David McCann | Maarten Tjallingii |
6th stage | 20th of July | Xining - Minhe-Xining | 208 | Bohdan Bondaryev | Maarten Tjallingii |
7th stage | 21 July | Xining - Menyuan | 151 | Maarten Tjallingii | Maarten Tjallingii |
8th stage | 22nd of July | Menyuan - Huzhu | 166 | José Rafael Martínez | Maarten Tjallingii |
9th stage | July 23 | Xining - Xining | 84 | Bohdan Bondaryev | Maarten Tjallingii |
Web links
- Tour of Qinghai Lake 2006 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Official Website (Chinese)