Tour of Qinghai Lake - 2.5

China, July 27 - August 3, 2002

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Stage 3 - July 28: Dao Tang He - Xi Hai Town, 84 km

Australian team report

By Brian Stephens, AIS U23 coach

Stage 3 was over 84 km of treeless high country, all over 3,000 meters altitude. The bunch split over a nasty little climb with 25 km to go and 5 of the Australians made the front half. 2 riders slipped clear over the closing stages and held the bunch off to win the stage. Gene again ran 9th while the winner was Alexandar Nikacevic from the Yugoslavian team.

Results

1 Alexandar Nikacevic (Yug) Yugoslavia      1.56.52
2 Adriaan De Beer (RSA) South Africa           
3 Sung Cho Ho (Kor) Korea                 
4 Robin Reed (NZ) Marco Polo                   0.02
5 Ian McLeod (RSA) South Africa                
...
9 Gene Bates (Aus) AIS Australia               
29 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Marco Polo              
31 Ben Johnson (Aus) AIS Australia             0.08
39 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AIS Australia           
48 David Pell (Aus) AIS Australia              0.19
49 Adrian Laidler (Aus) AIS Australia          0.26
97 David McPartland (Aus) AIS Australia        3.32

General classification after stage 3

1 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Collstrop          3.11.02
2 Adriaan De Beer (RSA) South Africa           0.01
3 Aleksandar Nikacevic (Yug) Yugoslavia        0.02
4 Alan Lavalee (Can) Canada                    0.04
5 Sung Cho Ho (Kor) Korea                      0.06
...
10 Glen Chadwick (Aus) Marco Polo              0.10
14 Gene Bates (Aus) AIS Australia              0.12
25 Ben Johnson (Aus) AIS Australia             0.17
33 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AIS Australia           0.19
42 David Pell (Aus) AIS Australia              0.28
44 Adrian Laidler (Aus) AIS Australia          0.40