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Tour of Beijing
HC Stage Race

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Hello, and welcome to China for the 4th edition of the Tour of Beijing. Since its first edition in 2013, the GC battle has normally gone down to the big named puncheurs in the peleton. Will it be the same again in 2016.


The Favourites

HillStaAccHillStaAcc
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/mei.png Kinoshita818077pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/spy.png Bystrom797576
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/wha_ger.png Flügel817974pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/hgb.png Bilbao797775
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ino.png Anuar Aziz817871pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/col.png Betancourt797274
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ayu.png Gautier807677pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/vuk.png Cunego797474
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/gen.png Ulissi808375pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ubs.png Schumacher797569
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/alm.png Roche807872pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/col.png Barrio796967
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ino.png Zaini807470pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/eus.png Caruso787677
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ioc.png van der Hugenhaben807766pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/sva.png Roux787875
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/kar.png Vogt807861pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/sva.png Vanendert787772
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/afr.png Ben Nasser797677pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/hgb.png Landa787069

Last year’s winner Jonathan Bellis is not present on the startlist, but we do see a return of the 2014 winner and runner-up in 2015 pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/col.png Carlos Betancourt.

Stopping him from becoming the first two-time winner in the Chinese capital are a number of riders, who all stake a good claim to the winner’s crown themselves. pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/mei.png Kinoshita, pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/wha_ger.png Flügel and pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ino.png Anuar Aziz lead the stat charts in the list of favourites, but closely followed by pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/gen.png Ulissi, pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/alm.png Roche and pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/afr.png Ben Nasser, who have all ridden well on similar terrain this season.

No one should count out pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ayu.png Gautier and pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ioc.png van der Hugenhaben during the race, whilst pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/vuk.png Cunego, pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ubs.png Schumacher, pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/kar.png Vogt and pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/hgb.png Bilbao all have outside chances of a podium place.


The Sprinters

FlSpAccFlSpAcc
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/vuk_fra.png Vanderbiest748277pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/cpl.png Matthews757979
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ers.png Impey748081pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/mei.png Hayakawa737979
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/eus.png Bouhanni748077pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/hgb.png Aberasturi747978
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/npn.png Serebriakov748077pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ubs.png Reinhardt717884
pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/kar.png Haussler738076pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/spy.png Kruopis737877

Whilst the GC may favour the Puncheurs, there are still two stages that are a sprinter’s paradise. Stages 3 & 5 are tailor-made for the peleton’s fast men, and it is clear from the startlist that a number of teams saw the opportunity in a race normally dominated by hillier rider.

pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/vuk_fra.png Vanderbiest is the clear favourite for these stages, but will no doubt be pushed all the way by the likes of fellow countryman pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/eus.png Bouhanni, pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ers.png Impey, pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/npn.png Serebriakov and pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/kar.png Haussler.

pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/cpl.png Matthews, pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/mei.png Hayakawa and pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/hgb.png Aberasturi could be a good shout for strong finishes also, along with pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/ubs.png Reinhardt and pcmdaily.com/files/Micros16/spy.png Kruopis.

However, with a number of these riders having team-mates aiming for GC honours, it will be interesting to see how many domestiques will be sacrificed in the lead-outs.


The Startlist

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Former Winners

2015 Jonathan BellisRBC Pro Cycling
2014 Carlos BetancourtFCB - Polska
2013 Fabian WegmannSram-Riboxx Cycling Team

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Selwink
I don't think we can be entirely ruled out here. Kadri has been performing extremely well so far this season and he may hopefully continue this. Serebriakov is among the best sprinters here as well, but a stage win might be harder to grab. The goal in this race is GC top-10 and/or a stage win.
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fjhoekie
Well, let's see if Cunego and Prevar can continue their good form. Also have good hopes for Vanderbiest to take his 3rd stage of the season.
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Shonak
Not sure what to expect. Vanendert has been pretty great so far so a Top 10 is definitely within reach. Stage wins, maybe too, but more likely by breakaway. I hope Roux comes out to shine. The one time he was close to finishing Top 10 in a stage race, he crashed out sigh.

Thanks for preview hoyle, looking forward to the race.
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matt17br
Nice preview, even nicer startlist for Ulissi who has a lot less opponents than expected

I'd say the route doesn't really favour Diego at all because of the potential influence of the mo stat, but he also is significantly better than everyone else on the long run, and 2 of the hardest stages are unusually long.

Generally it would be Cunego vs Kinoshita here, but hopefully our former MSR winner can mix it up even if for just a podium which would mean several points.
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valverde321
One of our most important races of the year, and it suits Kinoshita maybe perfectly. I really need a win with how our season has been going, but its a tough field as always.
 
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Hoping for a good result from Caruso/Roy in the GC here which should be possible. Bouhanni has enough support to get some good placings in the sprints as well.
 
dev4ever
sending a decent squad here with opportunity to do welll in every stage. really not expecting any wins here but some decent points should still be possible to reach

sweet preview hoyle!
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jph27
Hoping Gautier can pull a top 5 out of the bag here, but his low mountain stat will hurt him. If he can just cling onto the front group on Stage 1 and then perform well on Stage 3 (which looks to suit his skills), a top 5 may be just about achievable.
 
fintas
I'm not sure what to expect from the team in the race, but given the recent past I can not expect much. Vogt will surely fail again and Haussler can no longer beat the best
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Bjartne
Looking forward to this race. Dekker and Matthews will be our leader, but we doubt they will be winning anything. We're mostly here to please our sponsors by racing in Chinese territory.

Also exciting to see if "local" Korean Park can get some time in front of the camera, hopefully do a good job pulling Matthews in position for a sprint podium.

Dekker can in a good day do some trouble to, although he shines more in the mountains than the hills.

Thanks for the well-written preview the_hoyle!
 
fjhoekie
Nope. Not good. Cunego should be more to the front on stages like this, and Prevar seems hopeless, just like last season. Tomorrow for Romain then...
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sgdanny
Being 1 minute behind the favorite already is not acceptable, as the goal is top get a podium. Hopefully Roche will repeat what he did earlier this season and go all-in on another stage. Stage 3 does look good for him, if the mountain stat has any significance
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matt17br
Awesome! Can't think of a way this could have gone better except maybe not being gapped by Kinoshita or winning the stage Pfft Ulissi really showing why I paid him half a milli lately, and I like the great support Molard gave him, while he's been sorta lacking the rest of the season.

Thanks for the fast work roturn and congrats valv.
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Shonak
Good to have both riders inside the large group of chasers, this should help our goal for Top 10. Thanks for the report, gratz Valv.
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Bikex
Well that's not how I hoped the race would go. Hopefully Nepo can do something in the sprint stages.
 
Bjartne
Cool with a Kinoshita-victory in this Asian HC-race, happy for Valverde! Good to see some splits behind Dekker who now sits in 7th position. This should be a really interresting continuation down the next stages.

Thank you for the report roturn! Smile
 
Bushwackers
Congrats to valverde, and great reporting as usual. I'm just happy Reichenbach stayed in the big chase group. Its really strange that Reinhardt was trying to stay at the front, I wonder what the AI was thinking there :lol:
 
dev4ever
Okayish start here, hope the team will contribute to more though. Other puncheurs like Landa doing nothing is not really ideal.

Gratz to valv for the win on 'home-turf' aswell.
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jph27
Well there goes the top 5...
 
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