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12th Toyota Cup Tour de China - 2.5

China, October 30-November 2, 2003

2002 results     Stage List     Preview    Start List     Past winners

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - October 30: Huairou Intl. Conference Center, 140 km
  • Stage 2 - October 31: Huairou Intl. Conference center - Liulimiao, 210 km
  • Stage 3 - November 1: Miyun Sports Park Circuit, 122 km
  • Stage 4 - November 2: Fifth Ring Road Circuit, 98.0 km

Photography

Images by Takashi Nakazawa

Images by Wang Yi

 

Preview

The 12th edition of the Toyota Cup Tour de China, a UCI 2.5 classed stage race, will take place between October 30 and November 2. Held around the city of Beijing over four stages and 600 kilometres, the race will feature 15 teams of six riders each. Included in the field are the trade teams Vlaanderen-T Interim, Giant Asia Racing Team, Marco Polo, Shimano Racing team and Team Velogistic. There will also be a number of national teams as well as three amateur teams. Riders to watch include Nico Sijmens (Vlaanderen), Glen Chadwick (Giant Asia), Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Marco Polo), Hidenori Nodera (Shimano), Timo Scholz (Velogistic), Vadim Kravchenko (Kazakhstan), Koji Fukushima (Japan) and Hilton McMurdo (City of Perth).

Each stage starts and finishes in the region of Beijing, with the longest and toughest stage being Stage 2 from the Huairou Intl. Conference center to Liulimiao, taking in two long climbs of 800+ metres.

Start list

Beijing                             P.L.A.
 
1 Zheng Xiaohai (Chn)               11 Wang Guozhang (Chn)
2 Yu Tong (Chn)                     12 Luo Jianshi (Chn)
3 Chang Shuaijun (Chn)              13 Shong Baoqing (Chn)
4 Meng Quanjun (Chn)                14 Hui Guo (Chn)
5 Han Xiaoyong (Chn)                15 Ji Xitao (Chn)
6 Han Bin (Chn)                     16 Shi Guijun (Chn)
 
City of Perth                       Giant Asia
 
21 Hilton Mcmurdo (Aus)             31 Glen Chadwick (Aus)
22 Nathan Jones (Aus)               32 Ghader Mizbani Aranagh (Iri)
23 Jason Rigg (Aus)                 33 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (Iri)
24 Eddie Hollands (Aus)             34 Sergey Lavrenenko (Laz)
25 Russell Brooks (Aus)             35 Tonton Susanto (Ina)
26 Mark Petterson (Aus)
 
Hong Kong                           He Nan Giant
 
41 Kam Po Wong (HKg)                51 Yang Jiefang (Chn)
42 Lan King Yu (HKg)                52 Yang Bingguo (Chn)
43 Chun Ming Tsoi (HKg)             53 Gao Fuguo (Chn)
44 Kai Tsun Lam (HKg)               55 Liu Wenjie (Chn)
45 Chun Hing Chan (HKg)
46 King Nin Lau (HKg)
 
Indonesian National Team            Japanese National Team
 
61 Matnur Matnur (Ina)              71 Makoto Iijima (Jpn)
62 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina)            72 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn)
63 Samai Samsi (Ina)                73 Kszuya Okazaki (Jpn)
64 Sulistiyono Sulistiyono (Ina)    74 Kazuyuki Manabe (Jpn)
65 Anno Pedersen (Ina)              75 Kojiro Nakagawa (Jpn)
                                    76 Koji Fukushima (Jpn)
 
Kazakhstan National Team            Marco Polo
 
81 Vladimir Bushanskiy (Kaz)        101 Felis Rohrbach (Ger)
82 Yuriy Yuda (Kaz)                 102 Jamsram Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl)
83 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz)            103 Cory Lange (Can)
84 Yevgeniy Murauyou (Kaz)          104 Timothy Wilson (Aus)
91 San Deul Kang (Kor)              105 Michael Carter (USA)
92 Chang Hwan Ko (Kor)              106 Nathan Dahlberg (NZl)
93 Chul Keun Myung (Kor)
 
Mongolia                            MP Adventure
 
111 Purevsuren Khuyagt (Mgl)        121 Jean-Pierre Dawance (Fra)
112 Bolderdene Boldbaatar (Mgl)     122 Matthew Usborne (USA)
113 Naranbat Ariunbold (Mgl)        123 Wibowo Adi (Ina)
114 Javkhlantur Damdinsuren (Mgl)   125 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned)
115 Uuganbayar Khayankhyarvaa (Mgl) 126 Martijn Maaskant (Ned)
116 Bazarsuren Saikhonbayay (Mgl)
 
Shimano                             Vlaanderen-T Interim
 
131 Shinri Suzuki (Jpn)             141 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel)
132 Tomoya Kano (Jpn)               142 Nico Sijmens (Bel)
133 Yoshiyuki Abe (Jpn)             143 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel)
134 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn)           144 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel)
135 Hisafumi Imanishi (Jpn)         145 David Meys (Bel)
136 Masamichi Yamamoto (Jpn)

Past winners

2002 Iijima Makoto (Jpn) Japan National Team

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com