Stage 3: Yanqing > Qianjiadian Chao Yang Temple, 176kms

Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Luke Durbridge gets help from Neil Stephens after a wheel change in the opening kilometres...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Hacer Bouhanni races back after he too has stopped for a wheel change...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Hayden Roulston leads the hopeful escape with Damiano Caruso...
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FDJ and Omega set out their intentions by chasing the escape immediately...
Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Goos and Boaro are pushing the escape to a three-minute lead...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
World Champion Rui Costa has yet to be tested in this race, so maybe today..?
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Why are photographers Jered Gruber and Brian Hodes perched so precariously to this rock-face..?
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
The peloton passes The Great Wall at Huang Chua Cheng - that's why the photographers are there..!
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
The peloton climbs the highest pass of the day, about three minutes behind the escape...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Dan Martin attacks as his friend the panda cheers him on to a special "P.O.M" prize...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Wesley Sulzberger leads the escape as it starts the next climb with about 40-kilometres to go...
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Omega has upped the pace chase now - is Tony Martin planning an attack like in 2012..?
Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
AG2R chases hard as well, is Maxime Bouet planning to attack..?
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
There's more than a hint of autumn as the peloton descends towards the final climb...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Adam Hansen attacks with the escape caught - he'll pound out a one-minute lead right away..!
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
FDJ and Green Edge chase Hansen down...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Jens Mouris leads the Green Edge train for Mitch Docker and Michael Matthews - we're going to have another sprint today..!
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Giovanni Visconti attacks with Rui Costa on his wheel - there's a momentary split in his wake...
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Tony Martin attacks from the Visconti group - is this the race-winning move..?!
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Tour of Beijing - Stage Three
Hacer Bouhanni wins stage three from Michael Matthews and Alexy Tsatevich - and increases his overall lead too..!
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