00:14how long is 25 years long enough for the children by the roadside to become adults
00:23long enough for the tour to become a shared memory for a generation
00:3025 years ago the tour began on the shores of chinghai lake
00:39some claimed victory some stood watch some came from afar some never left
00:50for 25 years the tour has been about much more than crossing the finish line
01:00and now let us look back on the unforgettable story of its 25th year
01:11the raining clouds may have kept the temperatures low but the racing would be hot the fight for the
01:16breakaway with 113 kilometers to go the peloton was brought back together and it was to be a bunch
01:27of sprint but it was alexander salvi a leading star who was able to ride the barriers and work his
01:33way
01:35you're really good here at chinghai and taking my third win here i'm proud and now i have the yellow
01:42jersey also that's something i'll remember
01:48stage two seeing riders traverse high mountains in a 224.64 motor race from hong wang to men wang
01:58the break would continue and casito would also claim the intermediate sprint at datong sports park
02:28victory crunches on joe
02:36categorized ones meaning a lot was on offer a breakaway group would go out the road and it
02:41was alexander salvi the leading star that was able to capitalize on the three intermediate sprints
02:47is retaking the top five select bunch sprint and it was henna full of brand of xds astana
02:54who was able to claim this race is really challenging especially with the altitude
02:59it's more than 2500 i really love to race in this race
03:05rain threatened across the 195.7 kilometer profile which features three intermediate sprints
03:11and two categorized climbs leaning star would form their own break of two featuring tishku as well
03:20as nils tincek leading to a three-way sprint that bumble would win for the stage honors
03:50the rain would begin to fall during the neutral zone but that wouldn't stop the break forming once the
03:56flag dropped
03:58in spite of the efforts to really miss he would arrive at the finish line solo
04:05well i think it's a very long day today with a lot of cold i didn't have very good legs
04:12in the mountain
04:18from outside and it was like i was inside grand canyon because there was this big mountain
04:23red big mountains and was a beautiful landscape
04:29one of the biggest races in the mountain
04:3096 riders signed on to compete across 105.4 kilometers from gung chars as she has
04:37darren van beckham of xds astana would attempt to break joined by two other riders before being
04:41reeled in in the final kilometers we would have a bunch sprint
04:48everyone is just trying to to arrive into the finish line but i think you have to suffer every day
04:55you
04:55have to keep believing that you can do it
05:14oh
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