PHOTOS: SONOKO TANAKA
Chengdu (17 Sep 2011)－The 7th stage of the Tour of China 2011 covered a 6-lap circuit, totalling 105km's. It was yet another overcast day, with persistant heavy rain, despite this, the stage was completed in just 2 hours 17 minutes, a blistering average speed of 45.9 km/h. Boris Shpilevski (Tabriz Petrochemical), the blue jersey holder, outshined with his fourth succesive stage win.
Stage 7 results:
1 Boris Shpilevski (RUS) TPT 2:17:152 Sebastian Forke (GER) TSP
3 Aaron Kemps (AUS) VAU
4 Grischa Jorschke (AUS) TSP
5 Rogers Rico (NZL) GKT
6 Ivan Kovalev (RUS) RUS
7 Jonathan Cantwell (AUS) VAU
8 Peter Erdin (SUI) ARH
9 Justin Jules (FRA) LPM
10 Taiji Nishitani (JPN) AIS
GC after Stage 7:
1 Muradjan Halmuratov (UZB) GKT 21:28:34
2 Ivan Kovalev (RUS) RUS +3:19
3 Alexander Serov (RUS) RUS +3:22
4 Sun Jae Jang (KOR) KOR +3:23
5 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (ESP) ACG +3:31
6 Matej Mugerli (SLO) PER +3:33
7 Christer Rake (NOR) TJM
8 Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) VAU +3:34
9 Pirmin Lang (SUI) ARH +3:35
10 Dirk Muller (GER) TSP
19 Martin Wesemann (RSA) MTN +3:37
The start of Stage 7 in Chengdu Wenjiang
Martin Wesemann, the highest placed Team MTN Qhubeka rider before the mountain stage tomorrow
Deon Locke from Team Championsystem, leader of the KOM classification.
Boris Shpilevski (Tabriz Petrochemical) takes his fourth stage win
Muradjan Halmuratov, Team Giant Kenda, still in yellow.
Stage 8 (9/18) Dujiangyan-Dujiangyan will be the queen stage, with the peloton completing 134.1km which features two sprint points and two KOM points (Cat.1 & Cat.2).
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