International cycling race "Tour of Hainan 2011" will be held on Hainan Island, China in October 2011
Saturday, 17 September 2011 19:57
http://hainanwel.com/en/hainan-fairs-fe ... -2011.html Today was announced, that the International cycling "Tour of Hainan 2011" will be held on Hainan Island, China from October 20 to October 28, 2011.
The length of the road of bicycle race will be 1,399 kilometers, bicycle race will consist of eight stages, one stage will pass directly through the city of Sanya, a bicycle race will be attended by 20 teams from around the world, it is expected the arrival of teams participating in the famous cycling race "Tour de France", in particular - famous team riders "Skill-Shimano" from Holland. The prize fund cycling will be 280 000 U.S. dollars.
Each of the eight stages of the cycle race will last one day, each rider must complete the stage, so that his time was recorded and accumulated. In the process of bicycle race, will be made the general classification, which is a ranking of racers, according to the accumulated time. The winner of bicycle race in the Hainan will be the one rider, the total time (ie the amount of time for all stages), which is the smallest among all riders. Thus, it is possible to win all of bicycle race, without winning a single stage, but the victory at the stage of bicycle race in the Hainan is still considered a great achievement of rider, regardless of the outcome of riders in the general classification .
In addition to the test on time, will be determined more and more of the nomination:
-best rider;
-best young rider.
The first stages of bicycle race in Hainan will be the stage, known as the team race at the time. Each team member, who crosses the finish line in front of or along with the last member of the team credited with the time of the last member of the team crossed the line, and it is believed that this - the average member of the team. On the best time, will be determined by the winning team bicycle race in the Hainan.
One stage will pass directly through the city of Sanya, the stage is filled with numerous twists, will overcome several circular distance along the streets will be placed by spectators.