Tour of Beijing Stage 3: Mentougou > Badaling Great Wall, 162kms
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The peloton passes the mighty Yongding river as it leaves Mentougou for stage three...
The peloton speeds towartds the summit of Dong Fang Hong with Dan Martin seeking more climbing points today...
An escape has gone clear after the following descent with 'Live' TV already filming their progress...
Christian Meier and Andre Grivko are leading the escape, but they'll only gain a three minutes lead...
The peloton climbs through the Western Hills region of mountains...
Nieve, Meier, Ladagnous, Grivko, Ligthart and Hoogerland are climbing again, this time to Gao Ya Kou...
Omega Pharma-Quick Step are chasing steadily on the same climb...
Tony Martin looks solid as a rock in the hills...
The peloton is now climbing above the levels of mist and smog in the Beijng area...
A steep and twisty descent forces the peloton to slow down - but they'll still enjoy themselves...
Edvald Boasson Hagen gets a wheel change from a Sky mechanic looking suspiciously like Boasson Hagen..!
Andrew Fenn is now leading the Omega chase through the outskirts of Beijing, but the gap is still holding at almost three minutes...
Tony Martin corners through a city junction...
Andy Schleck leads Ben King through the corner too...
George Bennett seems to be the strongest in an escape where he's also the youngest and the smallest..!
Omega races across the big reservoir road above Beijing, with the gap now down to about two minutes...
Thomas Dekker takes over the chasing for Garmin with 15-kilometres to go...
Chris Sutton is getting Boasson Hagen going again after another flat tyre - push CJ..!
Sutton needs to cross the road to get to his waiting Sky team car - watch out for the traffic now..!
Sutton leaves the job to a professional and will re-join the race before too long...
Garmin leads the race through the Great Wall of China, having caught and passed the escape along the way...
Nocentini has attacked with six-kilometres to go...
Igor Anton launches a counter-attack and passes Nocentini...
Boasson Hagen is trying to win the stage, having attacked in the last two-kilometres..!
Francesco Gavazzi passes Boasson Hagen on the line - and Dan Martin takes second-place..!
Francesco Gavazzi has won stage three of the 2012 Tour of Beijing..!
Tony Martin prepares himself for a podium visit - he's still race-leader but it hurt a little today..!