2023 Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour),
Guangxi Region, China

4th edition: October 12 - 17, 2023

Tour of Guangxi podium history | 2019 edition (race not run 2020-2022) | 2024 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6

Map of the 2023 edition of the Tour of Guangxi

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Tuesday, October 17: 6th & Final Stage, Guilin - Guilin, 168.3 km

Could it be any closer? Jumbo-Visma's Olav Kooij wins the final stage.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Guilin at 11:30 AM, local time: 28C (82F), fair, with the wind from the northeast at 3 km/hr (2 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Julius Van Den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) did not start.

Here's the race report from stage winner Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma:

Olav Kooij and Milan Vader gave Team Jumbo-Visma a great end to the road season. Kooij won the sixth stage of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi after a photo finish. Vader won the overall classification of the Chinese stage race.

Vader led the general classification after his stage win on day four. He wore the red leader's jersey for the last two stages. The stage win and GC in China were his first professional victories. "It's great, I couldn't have asked for more. The way the team fought for it this week, to have it all come together like this, is unreal", an overjoyed Vader (27) said.

"I always had this scenario in my head after the crash", said Vader, referring to his crash during the Tour of the Basque Country in early April 2022. "The doctors said they were already happy that I could get back on the bike. My motivation was to get back to my old level. My first professional wins were a stage win and the final classification here in China: I wanted that for a long time."

Sporting director Merijn Zeeman: "Last year, Milan was fighting for his life. A season and a half later, he wins the final classification of a WorldTour race. This is exceptional. We gave Milan a chance in our team and started to work with him intensively. His coach, Tim Heemskerk, has been working with him for years to make the transition from mountain biking to road cycling. For him to finish his second season in our team this way is exceptional and completely unexpected. A very nice surprise."

In addition to Vader's success, birthday boy Kooij took his thirteenth victory of the season in Guilin. It took a while before it was clear who had won the final stage in Guilin. A photo finish provided the decisive answer. "Unbelievable, this is extraordinary. The goal for the season with Olav was to get ten wins, but he has already got his thirteenth", said Zeeman. "Olav is one of the first riders of our development team. He has developed from a young talent to an international top sprinter. We are very proud of that in the team."

The successes of Kooij and Vader take Team Jumbo-Visma's season tally to a historic 69 victories, making it the team with the most victories this year in cycling. "If you add Christophe Laporte's victory at the European Championships, we have 70", the sports director said. "This is by far the best season this team has ever had. We have made cycling history by winning three grand tours in one year. And now, after the week in China, we have reached 70 victories."

"There are no words to describe it", a delighted Zeeman continued. "It is an unprecedented season, really fantastic. We are always a modest and humble team, but this is definitely something to reflect on. We are very proud of it."

Complete results:

168.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.004 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 34min 50sec
2	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
3	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
5	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
6	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
8	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
9	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
12	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
14	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
15	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
16	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
17	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
30	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
39	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
40	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
41	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
42	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
44	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
46	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
49	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
50	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
52	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
53	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
55	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
59	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
60	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
62	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
64	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
65	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
71	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
72	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
74	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
75	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
78	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
79	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
81	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
82	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
83	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
85	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
87	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	@ 24sec
89	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
90	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	0:26
91	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	0:28
92	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
93	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:31
95	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:45
96	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:46
97	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	0:48
98	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:55
99	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	0:58
100	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:14
101	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
103	Changsheng Sun	China	11:31
104	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
105	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	11:39
107	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
108	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
109	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 6:

• GC winner: Milan Vader (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification winner: Frederik Wandahl (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Points classification winner: Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadierrs)
• Teams classification winner: Cofidis

958.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.039 km/hr

1	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	21hr 17min 17sec
2	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	@ 6sec
3	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	0:11
4	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:14
5	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
6	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	0:17
7	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	0:18
8	JesusDavid Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
9	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	0:21
12	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	0:26
13	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	0:29
15	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
18	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:33
19	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	0:37
21	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
22	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:46
23	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:50
24	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	0:54
25	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	0:59
26	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:04
27	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	1:07
28	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	1:10
29	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
30	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23
32	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28
33	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
34	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	1:50
35	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	1:53
36	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:56
37	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	2:07
38	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	2:18
40	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:31
41	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
42	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	2:43
43	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:52
44	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:55
45	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:36
46	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:38
47	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	3:54
48	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	4:11
49	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	4:15
51	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	4:41
52	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	4:59
53	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:06
55	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:14
56	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	5:31
57	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	5:32
58	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	6:29
59	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	6:37
60	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	7:00
61	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	7:17
62	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	7:37
63	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	7:39
64	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	7:43
65	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	7:49
66	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	8:11
67	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:46
68	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:59
69	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	9:03
70	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	9:11
71	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	9:25
72	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	10:03
73	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	10:07
74	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	10:16
75	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	10:38
76	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	11:24
77	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	13:19
78	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	13:20
79	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	13:27
80	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	13:40
81	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	13:42
82	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	13:57
83	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	14:17
84	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	15:12
85	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	15:22
86	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	15:51
87	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	16:54
88	Abner González	Movistar	17:32
89	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	17:36
90	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	17:50
91	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:54
92	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	18:28
93	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	19:32
94	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	20:02
95	Yikui Niu	China	20:50
96	Binyan Ma	China	22:06
97	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	23:27
98	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	24:21
99	Jiankun Liu	China	26:11
100	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	27:03
101	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	27:07
102	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	27:08
103	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	28:42
104	Haoyu Su	China	34:23
105	Changsheng Sun	China	39:16
106	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	39:47
107	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	47:35
108	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	48:15
109	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	55:56

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Monday, October 16: Stage 5, Liuzhou - Guilin, 209.6 km

UAE Team Emirates' Sebastian Molano takes the stage. Team dsm-firmenich photo

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Weather at the finish city of Guilin at 11:00 AM, local time: 27C (80F), fair, with the wind from the northeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from third-place Tobias Lund Andresen's Team dsm-firmenich.

The penultimate WorldTour race of the season, Team dsm-firmenich showed themselves during the fifth stage of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi with Tobias Lund Andresen finishing off the good teamwork with third place, the Dane’s first WorldTour podium.

Rolling out from Liuzhou, the peloton awaited the longest day of this week in China, taking on 209,6 kilometres towards the finish line in Guilin. An attacking opening, Niklas Märkl managed to jump into one of the breakaways, but were not allowed to go clear by the peloton, unlike the next one. This break of four riders took advantage of a maximum of five minutes, which eventually would go down again after several teams started to chase before the final two climbs of the day. Working together well, Team dsm-firmenich remained a close-knit collective to protect sprint leader Lund Andresen. The break being caught with ten kilometres to go, things started to heat up as the team brought the Dane to the front. Positioning Lund Andresen well near the front of the race, he chose the right wheels to follow, opened his sprint at the right moment and crossed the line in third position, claiming his first-ever WorldTour podium.

Tuesday will mark the final race day of Team dsm-firmenich’s 2023 campaign, as the guys will chase for another top result in the final stage of Gree-Tour of Guangxi.

Directly after the stage, Lund Andresen commented: “Early in today’s stage, there were bonus seconds to gather for the general classification, so the GC teams fought for the seconds and put pressure on the peloton. After the intermediate sprint, a lot of riders were keen on going in the breakaway, so the jumping took a long time. After the break went, it was like the rest of the days, where we went easy for about 100 km, before we approached the climbs. The break had five minutes, so we had to go hard over the climbs and hold the pressure the whole way to the finish. I told the guys I was feeling really good, so we sat at the front and got ready for the sprint. The guys positioned me well towards the front and then I took over for the last 800 metres. Unfortunately, I caught a bit of wind before starting the sprint, but I did the best sprint I could and I’m satisfied with my first WT podium. Tomorrow we’ll do anything to finish off the season in style.”

Complete results:

209.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.417 km/hr

1	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 36min 54sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
4	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
8	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
10	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
11	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
12	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
16	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
18	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
20	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
33	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
35	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
36	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
38	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
41	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
43	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
44	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
48	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
52	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
54	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
56	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
57	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
61	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
63	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
64	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
65	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
68	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
71	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
74	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
75	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
76	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
78	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
79	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
80	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
81	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
82	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
84	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
85	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
86	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
87	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
88	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
89	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
92	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 44sec
94	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	0:58
95	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:01
96	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	1:07
97	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	6:15
98	Jiankun Liu	China	10:42
99	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
100	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	11:58
101	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
102	Changsheng Sun	China	s.t.
103	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	13:15
104	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
105	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
110	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	21:54

 

GC after stage 5:

790.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.642 km/hr

1	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	17hr 42min 27sec
2	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	@ 6sec
3	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:14
4	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
5	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	0:17
6	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	0:18
7	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
9	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	0:22
12	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	0:26
13	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	0:29
15	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:33
18	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
19	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	0:37
21	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
22	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:46
23	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:50
24	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	0:54
25	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	0:59
26	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:04
27	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	1:07
28	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	1:10
29	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
30	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23
32	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:28
33	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
34	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	1:50
35	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	1:53
36	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:56
37	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	2:07
38	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	2:18
40	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:30
41	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:31
42	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	2:43
44	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:52
45	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:55
46	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:38
47	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	3:54
48	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	4:11
49	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
51	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	4:15
52	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:28
53	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	4:41
54	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	4:59
55	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:14
56	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	5:31
57	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	5:32
58	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	6:03
59	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	6:37
60	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	7:00
61	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	7:23
62	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	7:37
63	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	7:45
64	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	7:49
65	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
66	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	8:11
67	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	8:18
68	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	8:43
69	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:46
70	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	8:53
71	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:59
72	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	9:25
73	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	10:03
74	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	10:07
75	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	10:10
76	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	10:16
77	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	11:24
78	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:34
79	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	13:19
80	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	13:27
81	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	13:29
82	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	13:40
83	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	13:42
84	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	13:58
85	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	14:17
86	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	15:22
87	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	15:24
88	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	15:51
89	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	16:54
90	Abner González	Movistar	17:32
91	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	17:36
92	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	17:50
93	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:54
94	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	18:28
95	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	19:17
96	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	19:32
97	Yikui Niu	China	20:50
98	Binyan Ma	China	22:06
99	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	22:29
100	Haoyu Su	China	22:52
101	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	22:52
102	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	23:57
103	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	24:50
104	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	25:53
105	Jiankun Liu	China	26:11
106	Changsheng Sun	China	27:45
107	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	28:16
108	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	32:04
109	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	32:44
110	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	44:17

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Sunday, October 15: Stage 4, Nanning - Nongla, 161.4 km

Stage winner Milan Vader

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Weather at the start city of Nanning at 10:40 AM, local time: 26C (78F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north-northeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: George Bennett (UAE Team Emirates) did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner Milan Vader's Team Jumbo-Visma:

Milan Vader has won the fourth stage of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi. The Dutchman of Team Jumbo-Visma broke away from a thinned-out peloton in the final 300 metres and crossed the line first. In addition to the stage win, Vader also took the lead in the general classification.

The fourth stage of the Chinese stage race was 163 kilometres long and featured a final climb of about three kilometres with a gradient of 6 percent. The queen stage started quietly, and an early breakaway group of five riders led for a long time. The peloton caught them 10 kilometres before the finish. Team Jumbo-Visma rode strongly in the final and put Vader in a good position at the foot of the steep final climb.

Vader took matters into his own hands and rode away from the lead group in the final 300 metres. Despite an attempt by Frenchman Rochas to close the gap, Vader's lead proved enough. The Dutchman won the stage by two seconds. Vader was emotional: "This is a victory from the heart. After everything that happened, especially following my accident in the Tour of the Basque Country last year, winning is an incredibly special feeling. It means the world to me."

"I am speechless”, sports director Maarten Wynants said. "Olav's win yesterday was a bit unexpected, but this is perhaps even more unexpected. We were aiming for a top-10 finish with Milan, as he was not fully fit. It is nice to see him win here, even if you look at his bad crash last season and the rehabilitation process. Milan had a free role today, and we agreed that he would follow the favourites, which he did in a fantastic way.”

Wynants looked ahead to the upcoming stages. "The following stages are flat and will give Olav a chance. We will also do everything we can to get Milan to the final victory.”

Complete results:

161.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.280 km/hr

1	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 43min 45sec
2	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	@ 2sec
3	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:08
4	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
5	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
7	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
9	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
10	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	0:12
12	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	0:16
13	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	19
15	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	0:23
18	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	0:27
21	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	0:34
22	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:36
23	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:40
24	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	0:44
25	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	0:49
26	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	0:57
27	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	1:00
28	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
31	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	1:13
32	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:18
33	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:18
34	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	1:24
35	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	1:40
36	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
37	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	1:43
38	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:52
39	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	1:57
40	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	2:01
41	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	2:08
42	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	2:21
43	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
44	JonasIversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	2:33
45	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:40
46	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:42
47	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:46
48	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	2:57
49	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:59
50	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:28
51	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:30
52	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	3:39
53	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	3:44
54	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	4:05
55	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	4:17
57	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	4:21
58	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	4:33
59	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
60	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	4:49
61	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
62	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
63	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	4:56
65	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
66	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	5:05
67	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	5:08
68	Changsheng Sun	China	5:14
69	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	5:18
70	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	6:16
71	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	6:21
72	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
74	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	6:27
75	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:20
76	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	7:27
77	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	7:43
82	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	7:55
83	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
84	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
85	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
88	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	8:05
89	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	8:08
90	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
93	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:13
94	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	8:16
95	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	8:26
96	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
97	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
98	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
99	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	8:33
100	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:36
101	Abner González	Movistar	8:38
102	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	8:42
103	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:44
104	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
106	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	8:56
108	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	9:00
110	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	9:25
111	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9:47

 

GC after stage 4:

580.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.369 km/hr

1	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	13hr 5min 33sec
2	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	@ 6sec
3	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	0:14
4	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	0:17
5	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	0:18
6	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
9	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	0:22
12	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	0:26
13	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	0:29
15	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:33
18	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
19	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	0:37
21	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	0:44
22	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	0:46
23	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:50
24	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	0:54
25	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	0:59
26	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:04
27	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	1:07
28	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	1:10
29	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
30	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	1:23
32	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:28
33	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:32
35	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	1:34
36	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	1:50
37	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	1:53
38	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:56
39	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	2:07
40	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	2:08
41	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	2:18
42	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:31
43	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
44	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	2:43
45	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:52
46	Max Kanter	Movistar	2:56
47	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:38
48	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	3:49
49	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	3:54
50	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	4:11
51	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	4:15
54	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:28
55	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	4:41
56	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	4:59
57	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:14
58	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	5:31
59	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	5:32
60	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	6:03
61	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	6:37
62	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	7:03
63	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	7:33
64	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	7:37
65	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	7:45
66	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	7:55
67	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	8:11
68	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	8:15
69	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	8:18
70	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	8:43
71	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:46
72	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:59
73	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	9:25
74	Haoyu Su	China	9:37
75	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	10:03
77	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	10:07
78	Binyan Ma	China	10:08
79	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
80	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	10:10
81	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	10:16
82	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	10:42
83	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	11:24
84	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	11:35
85	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:34
86	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	13:19
87	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	13:27
88	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	13:29
89	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	13:40
90	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	13:42
91	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	13:55
92	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	13:58
93	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	14:17
94	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:01
95	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	15:22
96	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	15:24
97	Jiankun Liu	China	15:29
98	Changsheng Sun	China	15:47
99	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	15:51
100	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	16:54
101	Abner González	Movistar	17:32
102	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	17:36
103	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	17:50
104	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:54
105	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	18:25
106	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	18:28
107	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	18:49
108	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	19:17
109	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	19:29
110	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	21:31
111	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	22:23

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Saturday, October 14: Stage 3, Nanning Circuit Race, 134.3 km

Olav Kooij takes stage three. Team dsm-firmenich photo

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Weather at the race city of Nanning at 11:00 AM, local time: 26C (78F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Olav Kooij has won the third stage of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi. The 21-year-old sprinter of Team Jumbo-Visma was the fastest on the streets of the start and finish city of Nanning.

The peloton had to complete five local laps, which included a steep climb with a gradient of up to 20 percent. Kooij visibly struggled on the final climb and had to let go for a while, but soon rejoined the lead group in the presence of some of his teammates. The young Dutch sprinter then took his team to the front of the peloton and finished the job a few moments later. It was his twelfth victory in 2023. This took Team Jumbo-Visma's tally to 66 victories this season.

"It's a great feeling to win a stage this week”, Kooij said. "It was a tough finish. The climb was quite hard. I had a difficult moment, but the team's work allowed me to return to the peloton. I felt good and was able to start my sprint at a good moment. Fortunately, I could finish it off. I am very grateful to the guys for all their hard work. This is a real team victory”, Kooij said.

"We were waiting to see if there would be a bunch sprint today”, sports director Maarten Wynants added. "We let some other teams take the lead. During the stage, it became clear that many teams would benefit from a sprint. Olav struggled on the steep climb, but thanks to the excellent work of his teammates, he was able to sprint at the end of the stage. He then finished the stage well. After the disappointing results of the first two stages, this is a nice boost. It is fair to say that this is a victory for the whole team.”

Complete results:

134.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.758 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 4min 9sec
2	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
3	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
4	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
5	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
6	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
8	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
11	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
14	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
16	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
17	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
18	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
28	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
29	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
31	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
36	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
37	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
38	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
42	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
44	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
48	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	@ 14sec
49	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
50	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	0:32
51	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
52	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
53	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	0:32
54	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
55	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:32
56	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
57	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 0sec
58	Max Kanter	Movistar	@ 0sec
59	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:32
60	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 0sec
61	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 0sec
62	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	0:32
63	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 0sec
64	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 0sec
65	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:36
66	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	@ 0sec
67	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
68	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
69	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	1:32
70	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
75	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
77	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
79	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
80	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
81	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 0sec
82	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	5:04
83	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
84	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
85	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
86	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
88	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
90	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
91	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
92	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
95	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	@ 0sec
96	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	8:44
97	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
98	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
99	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
100	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	10:18
101	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	10:20
102	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	10:23
103	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
104	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
105	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
106	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
107	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
109	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
110	Changsheng Sun	China	s.t.
111	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

 

GC after stage three:

419.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.813 km/hr

1	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	9hr 21min 40sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	@ 2sec
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:08
4	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:12
5	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	0:14
6	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:15
8	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	0:17
11	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	0:18
12	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
13	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
14	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
19	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
20	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
24	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
25	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
27	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
31	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
32	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
38	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
41	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
42	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
47	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
48	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
50	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
51	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
52	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
54	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
55	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
59	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
60	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
61	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
63	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
64	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:32
65	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:49
66	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	0:50
68	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
70	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
71	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	1:40
72	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	1:43
73	Binyan Ma	China	1:50
74	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
75	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
77	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
79	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:56
81	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	2:10
82	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:48
83	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:22
84	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
85	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
88	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
89	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
90	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	5:42
92	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
93	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	5:45
94	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:12
95	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	6:36
96	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	9:02
97	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
98	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
99	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
100	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	10:35
101	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	10:36
102	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	10:37
103	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	10:38
104	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	10:41
105	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
106	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
108	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
109	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
110	Changsheng Sun	China	s.t.
111	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	12:43
113	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	15:04

 

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Friday, October 13: Stage 2, Beihai - Qinzhou, 149.6 km

Jonathan Milan is the day's fastest rider.

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Weather at the finish city of Qinzhou at 11:10 AM, local time: 27C (80F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Jonathan Milan's Team Bahrain Victorious.

After missing out on victory on the opening stage, Jonathan Milan powered to victory on Stage 2 at the Tour of Guangxi. Winning by a bike length over Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling), Jonathan executed his sprint perfectly after excellent work from Cameron Scott and Dusan Rajovic.

With the victory, Milan also moved into the lead in the GC by 4 seconds ahead of Dries De Bondt (ADC) and leads the points and best young rider classification.

A busy man on the podium in Qinzhou, Milan, was thankful for the excellent team effort: “I want to thank my teammates; they helped me and supported me a lot. In the end, they really brought me to the perfect position for sprinters as much as possible. I did my sprint, and things went perfectly. I am really happy, and now we enjoy it.

When asked about how he keeps himself motivated, Johnny replied: “I am also looking forward to the holidays, but a race is a race. It’s always nice to win for me and for the team. I am looking forward to bringing something to the team again for this season, so it’s important.”

“The performance yesterday brought us motivation and showed also to myself. Today, I think I started in a good moment. I just did my sprint, and I did it. I am also really happy to see a lot of fans on the road and pushing for all of us.”
Gorazd Štangelj, head of sports director, commented:

“The plan is the plan, but on the road, it’s not so easy. Yesterday, the boys did a really good job with 2nd place and today everything went well. Jonathan showed once again his big talent. He won perfectly in the right timing, which was really good.”

“Let’s look more day by day, as tomorrow would be a hard stage to control. We need to have good plan for tomorrow. So far we won a stage, we need to be happy and we will see tomorrow.”

Complete results:

149.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.823 km/hr

1	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	3hr 15min 53sec
2	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
3	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
5	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
9	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
11	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
14	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
15	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
16	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
17	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
22	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
27	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
29	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
30	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
33	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
35	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
38	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
40	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
42	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
43	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
45	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
50	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
51	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
52	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
53	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
55	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
56	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
59	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
60	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
61	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
63	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
64	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
65	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
66	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
68	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
70	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
74	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
75	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
79	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
80	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
81	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
83	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
84	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
90	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
92	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
95	Changsheng Sun	China	s.t.
96	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
98	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
99	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
102	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
103	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
105	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 17sec
108	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	0:20
109	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	0:23
110	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	0:46
111	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:50
112	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:02
113	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:14
114	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	2:38

 

GC after stage 2:

285.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.324 km/hr

1	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	6hr 17min 33sec
2	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 4sec
3	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	0:06
4	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:10
5	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	0:12
6	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	0:13
8	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
11	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	0:15
12	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:16
13	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
14	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
15	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
17	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
19	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
33	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
36	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
41	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
43	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
44	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
47	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
49	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
50	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
51	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
53	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
61	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
62	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
65	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
66	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
67	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
68	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
69	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
71	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
72	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
75	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
77	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
79	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
80	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
81	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
82	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
86	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
87	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
88	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
89	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
90	Changsheng Sun	China	s.t.
91	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
92	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
93	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
95	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
96	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
100	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
101	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
103	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:33
105	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	0:36
106	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
107	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
108	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	0:39
109	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:06
110	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:14
111	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:18
112	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:30
113	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	2:18
114	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	4:39

 

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Thursday, October 12: Stage 1, Beihai - Beihei, 135.6 km

Elia Viviani takes the first stage.

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The race: Here's the report from stage winner Elia Viviani's Team INEOS Grenadiers.

Elia Viviani latched on to a perfect lead-out from the INEOS Grenadiers to claim victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi.

The Italian was able to edge past compatriot Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious) in the final metres to secure a brilliant win against a class field of sprinting talent.

Viviani was moved to the front with great timing by his team-mates. The Grenadiers launched a perfect lead-out, with Ethan Hayter driving into the final kilometre, before Jhonatan Narvaez piloted Viviani onto the right wheel.

The win also saw Elia move into an early race lead in China courtesy of bonus seconds on the line.

The stage had always looked like ending in a bunch kick, with three laps of the 45km circuit ticked off and the day's five-man break swept up with 16km to go.

Complete results:

135.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.720 km/hr

1	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 1min 56sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
5	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
6	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
9	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
10	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
13	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
14	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
16	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
17	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
19	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
21	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
26	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
27	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
30	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
31	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
33	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
37	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
38	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
39	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
50	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
52	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
56	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
58	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
60	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
63	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
64	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
68	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
69	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
70	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
72	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
74	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
75	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
76	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
78	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
79	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
80	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Changsheng Sun	China	s.t.
82	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
84	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
85	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
90	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
95	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
96	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
98	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
101	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
103	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
105	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	IJonas versby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
108	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	@ 20sec
111	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:58
113	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:16
114	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	1:45

GC after stage 1:

1	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 1min 46sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	@ 4sec
3	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	0:06
5	Omer Goldstein	Israel-Premier Tech	0:07
6	Frederik Wandahl	BORA-hansgrohe	0:08
7	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	0:09
8	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	0:10
9	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
13	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
14	Jon Aberasturi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
16	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
17	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
18	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Binyan Ma	China	s.t.
21	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Jakub Mareczko	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Asbjørn Hellemose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
30	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
31	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Jens Reynders	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Rudy Porter	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Yikui Niu	China	s.t.
35	Amaury Capiot	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Milan Vader	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
40	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
42	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
43	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Julius Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Filippo Baroncini	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
49	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Tim Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
53	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Ivan Sosa	Movistar	s.t.
55	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Jesus David Peña	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
57	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
58	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
59	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
66	Abner González	Movistar	s.t.
67	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
68	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Mason Hollyman	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Johannes Adamietz	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
71	Niklas Märkl	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
72	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Steven Kruijswijk	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
75	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
76	Jiankun Liu	China	s.t.
77	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
78	Mathijs Paasschens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
79	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
80	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Haoyu Su	China	s.t.
82	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
83	Changsheng Sun	China	s.t.
84	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
85	Rémy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
89	Rune Herregodts	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
90	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Dusan Rajovic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
95	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
96	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
97	Zdenek Stybar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
98	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
100	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
101	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
102	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
103	Michael Leonard	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
105	Antwan Tolhoek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team dsm-firmenich	s.t.
108	Luke Rowe	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	0:30
111	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:08
113	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:26
114	Ahmed Madan	Bahrain Victorious	1:55