July 16, 2006 — Here are the results from the first two stages at the Tour of Qinghai Lake, July 15-23.

Stage 1 – Qingahi Lake Hotel – Bird Island, 121km

Results

1 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.24.20
2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.03
3 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.13
4 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.19
5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Omnibike Dynamo Moscow 0.20
6 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam
7 Emanuele Rizza (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare
8 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano
9 Tobias Erler (Ger) Giant Asia Racing Team
10 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team

52 Kevin Miller (Can) Canadian National Team 8.20
99 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Canadian National Team 12.18
121 Greg Reain (Can) Canadian National Team 13.24
122 Raphael Tremblay (Can) Canadian National Team
129 Rob Britton (Can) Canadian National Team 16.00
130 Jeffery Sherstobitoff (Can) Canadian National Team
132 Alexander Lavallee (Can) Canadian National Team 17.02

Stage 2 – Bird Island – Xihaizhen, 152km

Results

1 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.42.18
2 Cody Stevenson (Aus) FRF Couriers-Caravello
3 Daryl Impey (RSA) South African National Team
4 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas
5 Orshikh Ulzii (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team
6 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare
7 Dariusz Rudnicki (Pol) Intel-Action 0.02
8 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam
9 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas
10 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed

47 Kevin Miller (Can) Canadian National Team
61 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Canadian National Team
67 Alexander Lavallee (Can) Canadian National Team
92 Jeffery Sherstobitoff (Can) Canadian National Team
94 Rob Britton (Can) Canadian National Team 0.18
123 Raphael Tremblay (Can) Canadian National Team 8.21
125 Greg Reain (Can) Canadian National Team

GC after Stage 2

1 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 6.06.18
2 Hossein Askari (IRI) Giant Asia Racing Team 0.19
3 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.29
4 Emanuele Rizza (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.39
5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.40
6 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 0.41
7 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 0.42
8 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Giant Asia Racing Team
9 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
10 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano

64 Kevin Miller (Can) Canadian National Team 8.42 98 Ryan Mckenzie (Can) Canadian National Team 12.40
112 Jeffery Sherstobitoff (Can) Canadian National Team 16.22
113 Rob Britton (Can) Canadian National Team 16.38
117 Alexander Lavallee (Can) Canadian National Team 17.24
126 Raphael Tremblay (Can) Canadian National Team 22.05
127 Greg Reain (Can) Canadian National Team