2013 Tour of Qatar

the 2013 Ladies edition 2013 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2013 Tour of Qatar 3–8 February 2013 6 732.2 km 15h 55' 20" gold Mark Cavendish GBR OPQ 2013 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2013 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2013 Mark Cavendish GBR OPQ 2013 white Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2013 BMC 2013 2012 2014 The 2013 Tour of Qatar was the twelfth edition of the Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held between 3 and 8 February 2013, in Qatar. The race was won by Britain's Mark Cavendish,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9857625/Mark-Cavendish-wins-Tour-of-Qatar.html 8 February 2013 8 February 2013 The Daily Telegraph Mark Cavendish wins Tour of Qatar of the OPQ 2013 team, winning the final four stages to take the victory. Cavendish's winning margin over runner-up Brent Bookwalter (BMC 2013) – the winners of the team time trial stage – was 25 seconds, and Brookwalter's teammate Taylor Phinney completed the podium, one second behind Brookwalter and 26 seconds down on Cavendish. In the race's other classifications, Cavendish also won the points classification, Phinney won the white jersey for the youth classification, by placing third overall in the general classification, and BMC 2013 yes finished at the head of the teams classification. Teams Eighteen teams competed in the 2013 Tour of Qatar. These included twelve UCI ProTour teams, five UCI Professional Continental teams, and a national team representing Japan. The teams that participated in the race were: 22em ALM 2013 ARG 2013 AST 2013 BMC 2013 CAN 2013 FDJ 2013a OPQ 2013 OGE 2013 RLT 2013 SAX 2013 SKY 2013 VCD 2013 COG 2013 Champion System 2013 IAM 2013 KAT 2013 TNE 2013 Japan (national team) Race overview http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2013 Tour of Qatar 2013 Cycling News 4 February 2013 StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner13 February Katara Cultural Village to Dukhan Beach 145.2 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Brent Bookwalter USABarry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2013/stage-1/results Bookwalter holds off peloton for win Cycling News 3 February 2013 4 February 201324 February Al Rufaa Street 14 km 1 on 20px|link=Team time trialBMC 2013Barry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2013/stage-2/results BMC dominates the team time trial Cycling News 4 February 2013 4 February 201335 February Al Wakra to Mesaieed 143 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Mark Cavendish GBRBarry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2013/stage-3/results Mark Cavendish wins stage 3 Cycling News 5 February 2013 6 February 201346 February Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche 160 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Mark Cavendish GBRBarry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2013/stage-4/results Cavendish wins again Cycling News 6 February 2013 6 February 201357 February Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal 154 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Mark Cavendish GBRBarry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2013/stage-5/results Cavendish three in a row Cycling News 7 February 2013 7 February 201368 February Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche 116 km 1 on 22pxFlat stageMark Cavendish GBRBarry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2013/stage-6/results Cavendish wins final stage and overall Cycling News 8 February 2013 8 February 2013 Stages Stage 1 3 February 2013 – Katara Cultural Village to Dukhan Beach, 145.2 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536732/brent-bookwalter-wins-opening-stage-of-tour-of-qatar.html Gregor Brown Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 3 February 2013 7 February 2013 Brent Bookwalter wins opening stage of Tour of Qatar Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2013 3h 28' 47" 2 Martin Elmiger SUI IAM 2013 s.t. 3 Grégory Rast SUI RLT 2013 s.t. 4 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 s.t. 5 Elia Viviani ITA CAN 2013 s.t. 6 Mark Cavendish GBR OPQ 2013 s.t. 7 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2013 s.t. 8 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2013 s.t. 9 Heinrich Haussler AUS IAM 2013 s.t. 10 Mathieu Ladagnous FRA FDJ 2013a s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Brent Bookwalter USA 20px20px BMC 2013 3h 28' 37" 2 Martin Elmiger SUI IAM 2013 + 4" 3 Grégory Rast SUI RLT 2013 + 6" 4 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 + 6" 5 Taylor Phinney USA 20px BMC 2013 + 6" 6 John Degenkolb GER ARG 2013 + 8" 7 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2013 + 8" 8 Elia Viviani ITA CAN 2013 + 10" 9 Mark Cavendish GBR OPQ 2013 + 10" 10 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2013 + 10" Stage 2 4 February 2013 – Al Rufaa Street, 14 km 1 on team time trial (TTT)http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536752/bmc-win-tour-of-qatar-team-time-trial.html Richard Moore Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 4 February 2013 7 February 2013 BMC win Tour of Qatar team time trial Stage 2 result TeamTime 1 BMC 2013 16' 07" 2 SKY 2013 + 5" 3 OPQ 2013 + 10" 4 RLT 2013 + 11" 5 KAT 2013 + 15" 6 AST 2013 + 17" 7 FDJ 2013a + 23" 8 OGE 2013 + 23" 9 CAN 2013 + 24" 10 SAX 2013 + 26"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Brent Bookwalter USA 20px20px BMC 2013 3h 44' 44" 2 Taylor Phinney USA 20px BMC 2013 + 6" 3 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2013 + 10" 4 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2013 + 10" 5 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2013 + 10" 6 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 + 11" 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2013 + 15" 8 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2013 + 15" 9 Mathew Hayman AUS SKY 2013 + 15" 10 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2013 + 15" Stage 3 5 February 2013 – Al Wakra to Mesaieed, 143 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536769/mark-cavendish-wins-third-stage-of-tour-of-qatar.html Richard Moore Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 5 February 2013 7 February 2013 Mark Cavendish wins third stage of Tour of Qatar Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR OPQ 2013 3h 05' 14" 2 Barry Markus NED VCD 2013 s.t. 3 Aidis Kruopis LTU GEC 2013 s.t. 4 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2013a s.t. 5 Heinrich Haussler AUS IAM 2013 s.t. 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2013 s.t. 7 Roger Kluge GER TNE 2013 s.t. 8 John Degenkolb GER ARG 2013 s.t. 9 Filippo Fortin ITA COG 2013 s.t. 10 Geoffrey Soupe FRA FDJ 2013a s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Brent Bookwalter USA 20px BMC 2013 6h 49' 58" 2 Taylor Phinney USA 20px BMC 2013 + 6" 3 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2013 + 7" 4 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px OPQ 2013 + 8" 5 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2013 + 6" 6 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2013 + 10" 7 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 + 11" 8 Mathew Hayman AUS SKY 2013 + 12" 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2013 + 14" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2013 + 15" Stage 4 6 February 2013 – Camel Race Track to Madinat ash Shamal, 160 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536806/mark-cavendish-sprints-into-tour-of-qatar-lead.html Richard Moore Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 6 February 2013 7 February 2013 Mark Cavendish sprints into Tour of Qatar lead Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px OPQ 2013 3h 30' 05" 2 Barry Markus NED VCD 2013 s.t. 3 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2013 s.t. 4 Filippo Fortin ITA COG 2013 s.t. 5 Alexander Kristoff NOR AST 2013 s.t. 6 Jonathan Cantwell AUS SAX 2013 s.t. 7 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2013a s.t. 8 Aidis Kruopis LTU GEC 2013 s.t. 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2013 s.t. 10 Davide Appollonio ITA ALM 2013 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px20px OPQ 2013 10h 20' 01" 2 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2013 + 2" 3 Taylor Phinney USA 20px BMC 2013 + 8" 4 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2013 + 9" 5 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2013 + 12" 6 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2013 + 12" 7 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 + 13" 8 Mathew Hayman AUS SKY 2013 + 14" 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2013 + 16" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2013 + 17" Stage 5 7 February 2013 – Al Zubara Fort to Al Khor Corniche, 154 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536827/mark-cavendish-makes-it-three-in-a-row-in-tour-of-qatar.html Richard Moore Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 7 February 2013 7 February 2013 Mark Cavendish makes it three in a row in Tour of Qatar Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px20px OPQ 2013 3h 11' 11" 2 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR ALM 2013 s.t. 3 Aidis Kruopis LTU GEC 2013 s.t. 4 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2013 s.t. 5 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2013 s.t. 6 John Degenkolb GER ARG 2013 s.t. 7 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2013 s.t. 8 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2013a s.t. 9 Heinrich Haussler AUS IAM 2013 s.t. 10 Roger Kluge GER TNE 2013 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px20px OPQ 2013 13h 30' 59" 2 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2013 + 15" 3 Taylor Phinney USA 20px BMC 2013 + 20" 4 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2013 + 22" 5 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 + 24" 6 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2013 + 25" 7 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2013 + 25" 8 Mathew Hayman AUS SKY 2013 + 27" 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2013 + 29" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2013 + 30" Stage 6 8 February 2013 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche, 116 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536839/mark-cavendish-wins-tour-of-qatar.html Richard Moore Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 8 February 2013 8 February 2013 Mark Cavendish wins Tour of Qatar Stage 6 result RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px20px OPQ 2013 3h 24' 31" 2 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR ALM 2013 s.t. 3 Barry Markus NED VCD 2013 s.t. 4 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2013 s.t. 5 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2013 s.t. 6 Kenny van Hummel NED VCD 2013 s.t. 7 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2013 s.t. 8 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 s.t. 9 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2013a s.t. 10 Guillaume Boivin CAN CAN 2013 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR 20px20px OPQ 2013 15h 55' 20" 2 Brent Bookwalter USA BMC 2013 + 25" 3 Taylor Phinney USA 20px BMC 2013 + 26" 4 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2013 + 30" 5 Bernhard Eisel AUT SKY 2013 + 32" 6 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2013 + 32" 7 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2013 + 35" 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2013 + 39" 9 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2013 + 40" 10 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2013 + 40" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Young Rider Classification25px|link=|alt=Teams Classification 1 Brent Bookwalter Brent Bookwalter Brent Bookwalter Taylor Phinney BMC 2013 2 BMC 2013 3 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish 4 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish 5 Mark Cavendish 6 Mark Cavendish Final Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Taylor Phinney BMC 2013 References External links 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