Tour of Qinghai Lake of Vini Fantini – NIPPO – De Rosa Team began with two placements by Takashi Miyazawa and Eduard Grosu. Tomorrow there will be third stage, from Hunzhu to Xihai.
From Tour of Qinghai Lake arrived the first placements for "Blue Mountain" Team. The first one arrived by Takashi Miyazawa: he finished on 5th position in Xining prologue won by Oleksandr Polivoda, Leader of General Classification after two stages.
Today arrived 8th position by Eduard Grosu in Datong sprint, won by Marco Benfatto (Continental Team Astana) ahead of Robert Forster (United Healthcare).
Two placements that bode well for the upcoming stages in which "Blue Mountain" riders directed by Stefano Giuliani and Alessandro Spezialetti will try to show off and hit the victory.
Tomorrow there will be the 3rd stage: 234km from Hunzhu to Xihai.