Belgium's Gilbert wins Tour of Beijing

BEIJING - Belgium's Philippe Gilbert won the final edition of the Tour of Beijing on Tuesday, in the shadow of the Bird's Nest stadium that hosted the 2008 Olympics. Ireland's Dan Martin, who was last year's runner-up, again took second place, while 24-year-old Esteban Chaves of Colombia took third. Garmin-Sharp's American rider Tyler Farrar took the green jersey for the points ranking by a single point from Slovenia's Luka Mezgec (Giant-Shimano), thanks to his fourth place on Tuesday. Italian Sacha Modolo of Lampre-Merida won a bunch sprint to take the race's fifth and final stage, a 117-kilometre course that started at Tiananmen Square before making 12 loops of a circuit around the stadium. "It was really nice but still stressful for the last lap, with a small gap like this," said Gilbert.–AFP

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