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High altitude (1800m-3800m)
Less oxygen (20%-40% less than normal)
Big crowds (over 2 million in 2006)
Extremely technical challenge on the plateau
Beautiful landscape
One of the most important professional road races in Asia together with Tour of Langkawi |
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| Photo by Mark Gunter |
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Prologue(ITT) |
| 1st |
Xining-Ping'an-Zhaba-Tongren |
| 2nd |
Tongren-Bao'an-Xunhua |
| 3rd |
Xunhua-Zhaba-Ping'an-Xining |
| 4th |
Xining(DuobaBase)-Qinghai Lake |
| 5th |
Qinghai Lake-Bird Island |
| 6th |
Bird Island-Xihaizhen |
| 7th |
Xihaizhen-Menyuan |
| 8th |
Menyuan-Huzhu |
| 9th |
XN Circuit Race |
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