Tour of Beijing Stage 5: Beijing > Beijing, 117kms

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The ToB Panda is on the front row of the grid with Philippe Gilbert, Michal Golas, Esteban Chaves and Luka Mezgec
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Old Beijing - the peloton passes the Tiananmen monument on its way to the official start...
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New Beijing - the peloton enters the business district of Beijing on its way to Olympic Park...
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Why are these men cleaning the massive stems of the Olympic Park Observation Tower..?
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...because the Tour of Beijing is passing by..!
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Laurent Mangel leads Tosh van der Sande in a daring escape...
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The peloton arrives at the Bird's Nest Stadium on lap one of twelve, already two minutes behind...
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Garmin-Sharp leads the pursuit for a while, before handing over to BMC...
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Team Sky takes a turn, with Edvald Boasson-Hagen in his last World Tour for the team...
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The Tour of Beijing panda is following the race close-up today...
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Philippe Gilbert looks relaxed as virtual winner of the Tour of Beijing...
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BMC chases on lap six, with Tejay Van Garderen leading the way...
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Mangel and Van der Sande start the last lap with over one-minute in hand, can Mangel win the stage on his retirement day..?!
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Tobias Ludvigsson chases for Giant-Shimano, but they're leaving it a bit late..!
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The sprint is on, after Mangel was only caught in the last kilometre..!
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Sacha Modolo wins stage five from Greg Henderson and Boasson-Hagen...
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Philippe Gilbert smiles the smile of a winner, and he's won..!
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The Orica-Green Edge team celebrate their win in the team classification...
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Philippe Gilbert celebrates with Dan Martin and Esteban Chaves, 1-2-3 in the last-ever Tour of Beijing...
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