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Welcome to the Seventh Tour of Qinghai Lake.
In July 2008, the world’s cycling elite will take to Qinghai to pedal their way to glory in the Tour of Qinghai Lake. Across 9 stages plus prologue, this battle takes in some of the most picturesque in the world. The event will be conducted over a 10-day period from 11 to 20 July 2008.
The total distance of the tour is 1398 km and the race distance is 1,342.6 km. The maximum altitude during the race is about 3,880m, while the minimum is about 1,771m.
The stages of the 2008 race are as follows: Prologue (Individual Time Trial) in Xining, Xining-Qinghai Lake Hotel, Qinghai Lake Hotel-Bird Island, Bird Island-Xihaizhen, Xihaizhen-Guide, Guide-Xining, Xining-Minhe-Xining (parade riding 10km), Xining-Menyuan, Menyuan-Huzhu (transfer 40km to Xining), and Xining Circuit Race.
A total of 147 riders from 21 teams, including UCI pro-continental teams, UCI continental teams and national teams will take part in this "highest" cycling race in the world. |
