Belg Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) triumfował na trasie drugiego etapu wyścigu dookoła Pekinu oraz objął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej.
Końcówka prowadziła pod podjazd Yan Jia Ping Villaga Summit (kat. 3; 111 km; 1 km; 8%), gdyż ze względu na smog w Yanqing etap skrócono o blisko 40 kilometrów.
Na trasie uciekali Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r), Laurent Mangel (FDJ.fr), Fabio Silvestre (Trek) i Julian Alaphilippe (Omega Pharma). Czwórka, a później trójka, bo odpadł Alaphilippe, zdobyła około 2 minut przewagi, z czego 12 kilometrów przed metą pozostało 45 sekund. Najdłużej walczył Mangel, wchłonięty niespełna 4 kilometry przed finiszem.
Na trudnej końcówce zaatakował Manuele Boaro (Tinkoff-Saxo), ale ostatnie słowo należało do Gilberta, który okazał się najmocniejszy w sprincie na wymęczenie.
34., ze stratą 14 sekund, zameldował się Michał Gołaś (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing 2:29:02 2 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant Shimano 3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 4 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha 5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 6 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 7 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar 8 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling 12 Rigoberto Urán (Col) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 13 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 14 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing 15 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 16 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant Shimano 17 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 19 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 20 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 21 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant Shimano 22 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 23 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 24 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2r-La Mondiale 25 Julian Kern (Ger) Ag2r-La Mondiale 00:10 26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha 27 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 28 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 29 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 30 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 31 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 32 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:14 33 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 34 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 35 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 36 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar 37 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar 00:16 38 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 39 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 40 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 41 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant Shimano 42 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar 43 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 44 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 45 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing 46 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 47 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 48 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 49 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 50 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 51 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin-Sharp 00:26 52 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar 00:31 53 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 54 Gang Xu (Chn) Lampre-Merida 00:33 55 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 56 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 00:36 57 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 58 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar 59 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar 00:38 60 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 00:39 61 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 00:42 62 Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:49 63 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 64 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 65 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha 66 Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 67 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant Shimano 68 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 69 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 00:53 70 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:55 71 Björn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 72 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale 00:56 73 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 01:12 74 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 75 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:14 76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:27 77 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 78 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 79 Boris Vallee (Bel) Lotto Belisol 01:35 80 Be?at Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar 81 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 82 Steele von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 83 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 01:38 84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 85 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 01:42 86 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 02:02 87 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 02:04 88 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 89 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida 02:09 90 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 91 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 92 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 93 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 94 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 95 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling 96 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 97 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 98 Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 02:13 99 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant Shimano 02:34 100 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 101 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 02:41 102 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 103 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing 104 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing 105 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 106 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 107 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 108 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar 109 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 110 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale 03:08 111 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 03:09 112 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 113 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 03:43 114 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 04:21 115 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing 05:09 116 Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar 117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 118 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 119 Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Giant Shimano 120 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 121 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 122 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 123 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 124 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr 125 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 126 Fábio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing 127 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 128 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 129 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant Shimano 130 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing 131 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol Klasyfikacja po 2. etapie 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing 6:51:49 2 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant Shimano 00:05 3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 00:07 4 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar 00:11 5 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 6 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 7 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha 8 Rigoberto Urán (Col) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 9 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant Shimano 10 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 11 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 12 Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling 13 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 15 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2r-La Mondiale 16 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 17 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 18 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 19 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 20 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 21 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant Shimano 22 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 23 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing 24 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 25 Julian Kern (Ger) Ag2r-La Mondiale 00:16 26 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant Shimano 00:17 27 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:21 28 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha 30 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale 31 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 32 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 33 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 34 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar 00:25 35 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 36 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 37 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Belisol 38 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 00:27 39 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 40 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing 41 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 42 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 43 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar 44 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 45 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 46 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 47 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar 48 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing 49 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 50 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin-Sharp 00:37 51 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar 00:42 52 Gang Xu (Chn) Lampre-Merida 00:44 53 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 54 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 00:47 55 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar 00:49 56 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale 00:50 57 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 00:53 58 Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:58 59 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 01:00 60 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 61 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 62 Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 63 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha 64 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 01:04 65 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 01:06 66 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale 01:07 67 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 01:23 68 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 69 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 01:32 70 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:38 71 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant Shimano 01:42 72 Steele von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 01:46 73 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale 74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 01:49 75 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 76 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 01:53 77 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 02:11 78 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 02:20 79 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 80 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 81 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 82 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida 83 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 84 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 85 Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 02:24 86 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant Shimano 02:45 87 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 02:52 88 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 03:20 89 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 05:20 90 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 91 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant Shimano 05:58 92 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 08:10 93 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 94 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 18:31 95 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 18:46 96 Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar 18:51 97 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 98 Björn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 19:10 99 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 19:29 100 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 19:42 101 Boris Vallee (Bel) Lotto Belisol 19:50 102 Be?at Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar 103 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 20:17 104 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 20:19 105 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling 20:24 106 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 107 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 20:49 108 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 20:56 109 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing 110 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 111 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 112 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 113 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing 114 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 115 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar 116 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale 21:23 117 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 21:24 118 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 21:54 119 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 22:36 120 Fábio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing 23:18 121 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale 23:22 122 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing 23:24 123 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 124 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 125 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 126 Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar 127 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 128 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr 129 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 130 Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Giant Shimano 131 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing