Haller surprises sprinters with Tour of Beijing stage four win

Marco Haller wins, Tour of Beijing 2012, stage four

Austrian Marco Haller (Katusha) surprised the more established sprinters to win stage four of the Tour of Beijing on Friday.

Haller, 21, simply out-paced his experienced rivals in Chang Ping to secure his first WorldTour victory and his first professional win. Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) came in second, with Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) in third.

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