Bikedan in Asia

Qinghai Lake Tour Stage Nine

One of the biggest cycling races in Asia concluded with a short 66km stage held on the tree-lined streets of Xining (the Capital of Qinghai). It was estimated that a crowd in excess of 50,000 turned out to watch the last day of cycling action. The riders sped through the streets at an average of [...]

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Qinghai Lake Tour Stage Eight

The Qinghai Lake Tour arrived in Qilian – dubbed as East Switzerland by the Chinese and it was easy to see why. It was a stunning contrast to the wide open  green grasslands, endless rolling hills devoid of trees. Now there was trees everywhere and beautiful valleys surrounded by imposing rocky mountains. For Stage Eight, [...]

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Qinghai Lake Tour Stage Seven

Stage Seven of the Qinghai Lake Tour was supposed to be a decisive stage and the winner of the overall to emerge. But since the Iranians took Yellow already and they had no more reason to go out on the attack, they just paid the Amore & Vita CONAD team to ride on the front [...]

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Qinghai Lake Tour – Stage Six

Stage Six was unbelievable! Three riders ride away from the peloton over a flattish stage and average 49km/h for over 150kms! Two Iranians from the Tabriz-Petrochemical Team were doing all the work and hauling their 54-11s all day long, even going 57km/h at one stage up a hill. Behind them was a full-on chase with [...]

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Qinghai Lake Tour Stage Five

Today’s stage was raced in dismal weather conditions. Riders were freezing cold in the rain, sudden drop in temperatures and cross-winds. It was almost like some of the weather we get in New Zealand and today was a much better day for the Subway-Avanti NZL team as they all finished reasonably well. Later on in [...]

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Qinghai Lake Cycling Tour

I am continuing to cover this mega-event here in remote Qinghai – but internet has been limited and when I have been on the internet, it has been to up-load photos and reports for www.cyclingnewsasia.com  – you can visit for complete reports and more photos. We are now on Qinghai Lake and tomorrow is a [...]

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Qinghai Lake Tour: Stage 1

Croation National Champion, Radoslav Rogina takes impressive solo win over stacked field This is the second day at the Tour Qinghai Lake – and today was a complete change from yesterday. We had brilliant sun-shine and amazing scenery from Xining to Tongren. I managed to get sun-burned too! Enjoy the photos and if you want [...]

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Qinghai Lake Tour – Opening Day

The weather for the opening day of the Qinghai Lake Tour was atrocious, riders were covered in mud completely by the end of the stage! It was probably the most muddy road race I have ever seen. The average speed for the 70kms was 47km/h. This posting is just bringing you with some images I took [...]

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