2023 Tour of Qinghai Lake explained

2023 Tour of Qinghai Lake
Series:	2023 UCI ProSeries
Date:	9–16 July 2023
Stages:	8
Unit:	km
Time:	31h 14' 57"
First:	Henok Mulubrhan
First Nat:	ERI
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Eric Fagúndez
Second Nat:	URU
Third:	Davide Baldaccini
Third Nat:	ITA
Points:	Henok Mulubrhan
Points Nat:	ERI
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Alessio Nieri
Mountains Nat:	ITA
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Team Nat:	ITA
Previous:	2022
Next:	2024

The 2023 Tour of Qinghai Lake was a road cycling stage race that took place between 9 and 16 July 2023 in China. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar, and was the 21st edition of the Tour of Qinghai Lake. It was the first time the race appeared on the ProSeries calendar, despite initially intended to have been a ProSeries event since 2020.^[1]

Teams

Five UCI ProTeams, fourteen UCI Continental teams, and three national teams made up the 22 teams that participated in the race.^[2]

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

• • • • • • Nusantara Cycling Team

National Teams

• China
• Mongolia
• Thailand

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	9 July	Xining to Xining	108.8km (67.6miles)		Flat stage
2	10 July	Duoba to Guide	132.35km (82.24miles)		Hilly stage
3	11 July	Guide to Huzhu	201.12km (124.97miles)		Intermediate stage
4	12 July	Huzhu to Menyuan	188.69km (117.25miles)		Flat stage
5	13 July	Menyuan to Qilian	170km (110miles)		Hilly stage
6	14 July	Qilian to Xihaizhen	205.95km (127.97miles)		Hilly stage
7	15 July	Xihaizhen to Gonghe	127.25km (79.07miles)		Hilly stage
8	16 July	Gonghe to Chaka	200.27km (124.44miles)		Flat stage
Total			1338.43km (831.66miles)

Stages

Stage 1

9 July 2023 — Xining to Xining, 108.8km (67.6miles)

Stage 2

10 July 2023 — Duoba to Guide, 132.35km (82.24miles)

Stage 3

11 July 2023 — Guide to Huzhu, 201.12km (124.97miles)

Stage 4

12 July 2023 — Huzhu to Menyuan, 188.69km (117.25miles)

Stage 5

13 July 2023 — Menyuan to Qilian, 170km (110miles)

Stage 6

14 July 2023 — Qilian to Xihaizhen, 205.95km (127.97miles)

Stage 7

15 July 2023 — Xihaizhen to Gonghe, 127.25km (79.07miles)

Stage 8

16 July 2023 — Gonghe to Chaka, 200.27km (124.44miles)

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Asian rider classification	Team classification
1	Timothy Dupont	Timothy Dupont	Timothy Dupont	not awarded	Thanakhan Chaiyasombat
2	Nils Sinschek	Nils Sinschek	Nils Sinschek	Wilmar Paredes	Lü Xianjing
3	Davide Baldaccini	Wilmar Paredes	Henok Mulubrhan	Alessio Nieri
4	Frank van den Broek
5	Enrico Zanoncello
6	Attilio Viviani
7	Henok Mulubrhan	Eric Fagúndez			Saeid Safarzadeh
8	Timothy Dupont	Henok Mulubrhan
Final		Henok Mulubrhan	Henok Mulubrhan

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the Asian rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1			31h 14' 57"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 49"
4			+ 1' 02"
5			+ 1' 07"
6			+ 1' 07"
7			+ 1' 14"
8			+ 1' 15"
9			+ 1' 17"
10			+ 1' 24"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1			75
2			69
3			58
4			54
5			53
6			44
7			41
8			36
9			35
10			35

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1			18
2			15
3			13
4			11
5			10
6			10
7			10
8			9
9		Mongolia	8
10			7

Asian rider classification

Final Asian rider classification (1–10)^[5]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1			31h 16' 32"
2			+ 33' 58"
3			+ 43' 31"
4			+ 49' 25"
5		Mongolia	+ 52' 39"
6			+ 1h 00' 49"
7			+ 1h 13' 58"
8		Mongolia	+ 1h 21' 50"
9		China	+ 1h 27' 10"
10			+ 1h 34' 13"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1		93h 48' 53"
2		+ 1' 00"
3		+ 1' 15"
4		+ 4' 48"
5		+ 6' 57"
6		+ 11' 22"
7		+ 32' 18"
8		+ 38' 39"
9		+ 52' 08"
10		+ 1h 19' 08"

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 Tour of Qinghai Lake . ProCyclingStats . 12 July 2023.
2. Web site: Startlist for Tour of Qinghai Lake 2023 . ProCyclingStats . 12 July 2023.
3. Web site: Stage profiles. ProCyclingStats. 12 July 2023.
4. Web site: Tour of Qinghai Lake Final classifications. 22 July 2023.
5. Web site: Tour of Qinghai Lake Final classifications. 22 July 2023.