A bunch got over the first hard test in the race Tour of Qinghai lake in China. After the opening plane prologue, where our Danilo Hondo got bronze, the riders headed for mountains. Finally the native Wu Shengjun won sovereign the first stage. The best from ours was again Danilo Hondo, who came on the tenth place. The group, that included 10 members came through the finish line 5 seconds behind him. Our Leopold König, who was in this group ended on the eighteenth place. The bunch with other riders from our team lost almost 4 minutes.

Results – 1st stage: 1. Wu Shengjun (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team 4:16:48, 2. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Petrochemical Tabriz Cycling Team, 3. Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Team Corratec oba +0:09, 4. Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika, 5. Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Slovenia oba +1:44, 10. Danilo Hondo (Ger) +3:02, 18. Leopold König (Cze) +3:07, 38. Petr Benčík (Cze), 61. Stanislav Kozubek (Cze), 70. Jakub Danačík (Cze), 73. František Paďour (Cze) + 3:57, 138. Vojtěch Dlouhý (Cze) +32:38 všichni PSK Whirlpool-Author.

General classification: 1. Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Petrochemical Tabriz Cycling Team 4:22:32, 2. Wu Shengjun (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team, 3. Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Team Corratec oba +0:15, 4. Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika +1:51, 5. Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Slovenia +1:56, 10. Danilo Hondo (Ger) +3:08, 15. Leopold König (Cze) +3:24, 24. Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) +4:09, 55. František Paďour (Cze), 59. Petr Benčík (Cze) oba +4:23, 81. Jakub Danačík (Cze) +4:36, 137. Vojtěch Dlouhý (Cze) +33:18 všichni PSK Whirlpool-Author.