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| Dates | 9–16 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 31h 14' 57" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Tour of Qinghai Lake was a road cycling stage race that took place between 9 and 16 July 2023 in China. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar, and was the 21st edition of the Tour of Qinghai Lake. It was the first time the race appeared on the ProSeries calendar, despite initially intended to have been a ProSeries event since 2020. [1]
Five UCI ProTeams, fourteen UCI Continental teams, and three national teams made up the 22 teams that participated in the race. [2]
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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| 1 | 9 July | Xining to Xining | 108.8 km (67.6 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Timothy Dupont (BEL) |
| 2 | 10 July | Duoba to Guide | 132.35 km (82.24 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Nils Sinschek (NED) |
| 3 | 11 July | Guide to Huzhu | 201.12 km (124.97 mi) |  | Intermediate stage |  Davide Baldaccini (ITA) |
| 4 | 12 July | Huzhu to Menyuan | 188.69 km (117.25 mi) | | Flat stage | Frank van den Broek (NED) |
| 5 | 13 July | Menyuan to Qilian | 170 km (110 mi) | | Hilly stage | Enrico Zanoncello (ITA) |
| 6 | 14 July | Qilian to Xihaizhen | 205.95 km (127.97 mi) | | Hilly stage | Attilio Viviani (ITA) |
| 7 | 15 July | Xihaizhen to Gonghe | 127.25 km (79.07 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) |
| 8 | 16 July | Gonghe to Chaka | 200.27 km (124.44 mi) | | Flat stage | Timothy Dupont (BEL) |
| Total | 1,338.43 km (831.66 mi) | |||||
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| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Asian rider classification | Team classification |
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| 1 | Timothy Dupont | Timothy Dupont | Timothy Dupont | not awarded | Thanakhan Chaiyasombat | Burgos BH |
| 2 | Nils Sinschek | Nils Sinschek | Nils Sinschek | Wilmar Paredes | Lü Xianjing | Team Coop–Repsol |
| 3 | Davide Baldaccini | Wilmar Paredes | Henok Mulubrhan | Alessio Nieri | ||
| 4 | Frank van den Broek | |||||
| 5 | Enrico Zanoncello | |||||
| 6 | Attilio Viviani | |||||
| 7 | Henok Mulubrhan | Eric Fagúndez | Saeid Safarzadeh | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | ||
| 8 | Timothy Dupont | Henok Mulubrhan | ||||
| Final | Henok Mulubrhan | Henok Mulubrhan | Alessio Nieri | Saeid Safarzadeh | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | |
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Denotes the winner of the general classification |  | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification |
 | Denotes the winner of the points classification |  | Denotes the winner of the Asian rider classification |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 31h 14' 57" |
| 2 |  Eric Fagúndez (URU) | Burgos BH | + 0" |
| 3 | Davide Baldaccini (ITA) | Team Corratec–Selle Italia | + 49" |
| 4 | Marco Murgano (ITA) | Team Corratec–Selle Italia | + 1' 02" |
| 5 |  Willie Smit (RSA) | China Glory Continental Cycling Team | + 1' 07" |
| 6 |  Mario Aparicio (ESP) | Burgos BH | + 1' 07" |
| 7 |  Cedrik Bakke Christophersen (NOR) | Team Coop–Repsol | + 1' 14" |
| 8 | Magnus Wæhre (NOR) | Team Coop–Repsol | + 1' 15" |
| 9 |  Josh Kench (NZL) | Bolton Equities Black Spoke | + 1' 17" |
| 10 | Óscar Sevilla (ESP) | Team Medellín–EPM | + 1' 24" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 75 |
| 2 | Timothy Dupont (BEL) | Tarteletto–Isorex | 69 |
| 3 | Luke Mudgway (NZL) | Bolton Equities Black Spoke | 58 |
| 4 | Enrico Zanoncello (ITA) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 54 |
| 5 | Martijn Rasenberg (NED) | ABLOC CT | 53 |
| 6 | Attilio Viviani (ITA) | Team Corratec–Selle Italia | 44 |
| 7 | Andoni López de Abetxuko (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 41 |
| 8 | Nils Sinschek (NED) | ABLOC CT | 36 |
| 9 | Willie Smit (RSA) | China Glory Continental Cycling Team | 35 |
| 10 |  Wilmar Paredes (COL) | Team Medellín–EPM | 35 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Alessio Nieri (ITA) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 18 |
| 2 | Danny Osorio (COL) | Team Medellín–EPM | 15 |
| 3 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 13 |
| 4 | Martijn Rasenberg (NED) | ABLOC CT | 11 |
| 5 | Wilmar Paredes (COL) | Team Medellín–EPM | 10 |
| 6 | Anton Stensby (NOR) | Team Coop–Repsol | 10 |
| 7 | Andrés Ardila (COL) | Burgos BH | 10 |
| 8 | Óscar Sevilla (ESP) | Team Medellín–EPM | 9 |
| 9 |  Myagmarsuren Baasankhuu (MNG) | Mongolia | 8 |
| 10 | Joan Bou (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 7 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Saeid Safarzadeh (IRN) | Tianyoude Hotel Cycling Team | 31h 16' 32" |
| 2 |  Shao Junqi (CHN) | Li-Ning Star | + 33' 58" |
| 3 | Li Yuheng (CHN) | Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team | + 43' 31" |
| 4 | Wang Kuicheng (CHN) | Bodywrap LTwoo Cycling Team | + 49' 25" |
| 5 | Bilguunjargal Erdenebat (MNG) | Mongolia | + 52' 39" |
| 6 | Zhang Zhishan (CHN) | Tianyoude Hotel Cycling Team | + 1h 00' 49" |
| 7 | Liu Jinchun (CHN) | Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team | + 1h 13' 58" |
| 8 | Myagmarsuren Baasankhuu (MNG) | Mongolia | + 1h 21' 50" |
| 9 | Shen Yutao (CHN) | China | + 1h 27' 10" |
| 10 | Wang Jiancai (CHN) | Tianyoude Hotel Cycling Team | + 1h 34' 13" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè | 93h 48' 53" |
| 2 | Bolton Equities Black Spoke | + 1' 00" |
| 3 | Team Coop–Repsol | + 1' 15" |
| 4 | Team Medellín–EPM | + 4' 48" |
| 5 | China Glory Continental Cycling Team | + 6' 57" |
| 6 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 11' 22" |
| 7 | Team Corratec–Selle Italia | + 32' 18" |
| 8 | Burgos BH | + 38' 39" |
| 9 | Tianyoude Hotel Cycling Team | + 52' 08" |
| 10 | Tarteletto–Isorex | + 1h 19' 08" |
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