Tour of Beijing: Benat Intxausti closes in on overall victory after winning stage four
Monday 14 October 2013 14:11, UK
Spain's Benat Intxausti is on course to claim overall victory at the Tour of Beijing after taking the race lead by winning stage four's summit finish on Mentougou Miaofeng Mountain.
Stage four result
1 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar, 3:43:25
2 Dan Martin (Ire) Garmin-Sharp, +3secs
3 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, +4
4 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar, +6
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +11
6 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, same time
7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Leopard, +13
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin, st
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale, st
10 Matthias Frank (Swi) BMC, +18
General classification
1 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar, 17:11:50
2 Dan Martin (Ire) Garmin-Sharp, +10secs
3 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, +13
4 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar, +18
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +24
6 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, same time
7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Leopard, +26
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin, st
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale, st
10 Garikoitz Bravo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, +31