Cummings takes final Tour of Beijing stage as Martin wins overall

Steve Cummings and Ryder Hesjedal, Tour of Beijing 2012, stage five
Nigel Wynn
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Steve Cummings (BMC Racing) won the final stage of the 2012 Tour of Beijing on Saturday, out-sprinting fellow escapee Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) to take the win.

Briton Cummings and Canadian Hesjedal had been part of a larger escape group that had splintered on the final categorised climb of the day, the five kilometre ascent of Si Zuo Lou. The duo then maintained a blistering pace on the descent and run-in to the finish in Ping Gu to distance the remnants of the bunch.

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Nigel Wynn
Nigel Wynn
Former Associate Editor

Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed. 

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