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2016 Tour of Hainan (HC), China

11th edition: October 22 - October 30, 2016

Sunday October 30: 9th and Final Stage, Xinglong - Xinglong, 88.3 km

Stage 9 map and profile

Max Walscheid

Max Walscheid wins his incredible 5th stage in this year's Tour of Hainan

The Race: The organizer posted this report:

XINGLONG, China—Just over one week since twin typhoons, Haima and Sarika, nearly cancelled the opening of the 2016 Tour of Hainan (UCI 2.HC), a third tropical depression was making its way to shore on China’s southern island province of Hainan causing both delays and changes to the ninth and final stage.

The original 145.5km route from Qiongzhong to the stage 1 start in Xinglong had to be completely scrapped due to flooding caused by torrential rainfall overnight that accumulated on the course.

Race organizers reacted quickly in restructuring the stage to the exact 88.3km opener eight days earlier – with the addition of wind and rain.

While the course was the same, the result was not.

German sprinter Max Walscheid (Giant-Alpecin) got one for the thumb as he sprinted across the line for his fifth stage win of the week. Not bad for a rider who started the season with an actual broken thumb and tibia following an horrific head-on collision during a training ride that involved six team riders in January.

“We needed to control the race from the first moment on because it was quite windy,” Walscheid told media. “The crosswinds were heavy, but in the end I knew the finish and I am happy to correct the mistake from the first stage.”

A premature victory celebration cost the 23-year-old the opening stage, which would have given him the sixth win of the race and of his fledgling pro career. “This win is incredible,” said Walscheid, who also finished with the green points jersey. “Today we had actually our best stage. My team worked incredibly hard from the beginning, as we were always in the front and I didn’t have to expend any energy that wasn’t necessary.

“I also had the perfect leadout,” he continued. “I started at 125m, which is really short for a sprint because it was so fast in the end. My teammate Bert De Backer (GER) was excellent as my leadout man and completely selfless. This is the best way to end the season with a win like this.”

With the general classification essentially decided following his win on the final climbing stage the day before, Astana’s Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) finished the race atop general classification (GC) in yellow ahead of WorldTour rivals Przemyslaw Niemiec (+17) and his Lampre-Merida teammate and stage 6 winner Matej Mohoric (+0:44).

Lutsenko was also awarded the blue jersey as ‘Best Asian Rider.' “I’m very happy,” said the 2012 under-23 UCI world road race champion, Lutsenko. “It was raining and windy, and was a tough stage. Even though we did not expect a change on GC, we did our best to defend the yellow jersey.”

When asked in the post-race press conference what his Chinese neck tattoo meant in English, the 24-year-old Paris-Nice stage winner said with a smile: “good luck!”

Chinese rider Guangtong Ma (Wisdom-Hengxiang Cycling Team) had already wrapped up the polka-dot jersey as ‘King of the Mountain’ on stage 8.

Complete Results:

88.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.192 km/hr

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	1hr 57min 14sec
2	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
3	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
4	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
5	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
6	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
7	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
8	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
9	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
10	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
11	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
12	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
13	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
14	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
15	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
16	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
17	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
18	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
19	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
20	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
21	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
22	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
23	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
24	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
25	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
26	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
27	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
28	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
29	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
30	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
31	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
32	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
33	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
34	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
35	Daniel BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
36	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
37	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
38	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
39	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
40	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
41	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
42	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
43	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
44	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
45	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
46	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
47	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
48	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
49	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
50	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
51	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
52	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
53	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
54	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
55	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
56	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
57	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
58	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
59	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
60	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
61	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
62	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
63	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
64	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
65	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
66	Francisco JCOLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
67	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
68	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
69	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
70	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
71	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	11
72	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	15
73	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
74	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	28
75	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	50
76	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
77	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
78	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
79	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
80	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
81	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
82	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
83	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
84	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
85	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
86	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	+1:59
87	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	+2:04
89	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
90	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	+2:06
91	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
92	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	+2:47
93	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	+2:48
94	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+3:46
95	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	+4:01
96	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	+5:10
97	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
98	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	s.t.
99	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
100	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
101	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+8:00
102	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	s.t.
103	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
104	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
105	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
106	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
107	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	s.t.
108	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
109	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	+8:35
110	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+9:02

Final GC after Stage 9:

Final GC leader: Alexey Lutsenko (Astana)
Points classification winner: Max Walscheid (Giant-Alpecin)
Mountains classification winner: Guangton Ma (Hengxiang)
Team classification winner: Lampre-Merida

1,454.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.238 km/hr

1	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	35hr 16min 41sec
2	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	@ 17sec
3	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	44
4	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	57
5	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	57
6	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	+1:10
7	Alex DINIZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1:12
8	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+1:13
9	Daniel BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
10	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
11	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
12	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
13	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
14	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
15	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
16	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
17	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	+1:28
18	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	+1:33
19	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	+2:27
20	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
21	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	+2:30
22	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:37
23	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
24	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	+2:45
25	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	+2:50
26	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+3:05
27	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+3:30
28	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	+4:59
29	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	+5:27
30	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	+5:38
31	Francisco COLORADO	RTS-Santic	+5:49
32	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	+5:50
33	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+6:13
34	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+6:28
35	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+7:05
36	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	+7:25
37	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	+8:01
38	Victor NINO	RTS-Santic	+8:06
39	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+8:08
40	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	+8:55
41	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	+9:59
42	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+10:05
43	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	+10:06
44	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+10:17
45	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+11:01
46	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	+11:04
47	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	+11:17
48	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	+11:49
49	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+12:13
50	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	+12:29
51	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+12:37
52	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	+12:50
53	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+13:02
54	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+13:18
55	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+13:36
56	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+13:41
57	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	+14:36
58	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
59	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	+15:03
60	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+15:12
61	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	+16:18
62	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+17:10
63	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	+17:34
64	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+18:36
65	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	+18:39
66	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	+19:16
67	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+19:55
68	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	+20:54
69	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	+21:17
70	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+22:21
71	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	+22:22
72	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	+22:36
73	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	+22:47
74	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	+23:18
75	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+24:49
76	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+25:07
77	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	+25:39
78	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+25:57
79	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	+26:53
80	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	+29:01
81	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+29:45
82	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	+30:28
83	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	+31:05
84	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	+32:40
85	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	+33:16
86	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+36:09
87	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	+36:16
88	Burr HO	HKSI	+36:19
89	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	+36:37
90	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	+37:12
91	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+37:29
92	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+38:37
93	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	+39:40
94	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
95	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	+39:44
96	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	+42:54
97	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	+43:13
98	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	+44:13
99	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	+44:54
100	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	+44:59
101	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	+46:02
102	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+47:06
103	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	+48:07
104	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+53:11
105	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	+54:55
106	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+58:20
107	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+59:48
108	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+1:03:35
109	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+1:08:57
110	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+1:15:04

Stage 9 map and profile:

Revised stage 9 profile, I assume it was a re-running of stage 1.

The route mapped below was scrapped after overnight flooding forced the organizers to re-configure the stage

Stage 9 map

Original Stage 9 profile

Saturday, October 29: Stage 8, Sanya - Qiongzhong, 165.8 km

Stage 8 map and profile

Alexey Lutsenko

Alexey Lutsenko (yellow jersey) drives for the line to take the stage win and increase his overall lead.

The Race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

QIONGZHONG, China—If cycling were football, Tour of Hainan (UCI 2.HC) race leader Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) could easily stake a claim for the week’s ‘Most Valuable Player’ award after stints wearing all four classification jerseys and consistently performing on both sprinting and climbing stages – picking up valuable sprint and KOM bonuses along the way.

On Saturday, the 24-year-old Kazakhstan rider and 2012 under-23 UCI world road race champion overcame four categorised climbs and added stage winner to his most recent list of accomplishments after outsprinting stage 1 winner and previous race leader Rafael Andriato (Wilier Triestina-Southeast) on stage 8 (165.8km) in Qiongzhong, China. Italian Andrea Pasqualon (Team Roth) finished third for his second podium of the race.

“On the last KOM, I wanted to attack,” explained Lutsenko following his third victory of the season, which also included a Paris-Nice stage win in March. “I was joined by a small group that I wanted to take to the finish, but a chase group caught us and we all went to the line together.

“I want to thank my teammates, because in the last kilometre I had two riders (Dmitriy Gruzdev and Daniil Fominykh) leading me out and giving me big support, otherwise I would have been racing a lot of good sprinters and it would have been very difficult. This win is because of my team.”

Eurosport spoke with Astana sports directeur Sergey Yakovlev about the team’s strategy to hold on to general classification (GC) heading into the race’s ninth and final day – a 145.5km sprint stage at the site of the opener in Xinglong.

“We are one of the best teams in the race,” claimed Yakovlev. “Every day has been hard because the teams are working against us. Our job today was to control the race and do whatever we could to keep the jersey. We will continue to do that until the end.”

China’s Guangtong Ma (Wisdom-Hengxiang) continues to hold the polka-dot jersey after lifting it from Lutsenko a day earlier.

“This race is a lot harder than last year,” said Ma with a 1-point lead on the mountains classification over Lutsenko, whose primary focus is now on winning GC. “The gap is close, so we will fight as a team and put everything we have into the last climb (category 4) tomorrow.”

Another standout this week in China is Max Walscheid (Giant-Alpecin), who captured four wins and spent three days in yellow. Walscheid currently tops the points classification with one final sprint stage remaining.

Andriato (BRA) trails the 23-year-old German by two points for the green jersey, followed by Italian Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) 12 points down in third.

Complete results:

1	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	4hr 13min 50sec
2	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
3	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
4	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
5	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
6	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
7	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
8	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
9	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
10	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
11	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
12	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
13	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
14	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
15	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
16	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
17	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
18	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
19	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
20	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
21	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
22	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
23	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	@ 8sec
24	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
25	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	10
26	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	15
27	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
28	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
29	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	31
30	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	+2:33
31	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	+2:56
32	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+3:08
33	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	+3:18
34	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
35	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
36	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
37	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
38	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
39	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
41	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
42	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
43	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
44	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
45	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
46	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
47	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
48	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
49	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
50	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
51	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
52	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
53	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
54	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
55	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
56	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
57	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
58	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
59	Victor NINO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
60	Travis MEYER	Drapac	s.t.
61	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+6:22
62	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	s.t.
63	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
64	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
65	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+6:33
66	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	+8:34
67	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	+9:45
68	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
69	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	+10:59
70	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
71	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
72	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac	s.t.
73	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
74	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
75	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	+12:28
76	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
77	Brenton JONES	Drapac	s.t.
78	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
79	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	+12:45
80	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+13:47
81	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	+14:26
82	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
83	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
84	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	+17:59
85	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
86	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
87	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
88	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
89	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
90	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
91	Burr HO	HKSII	s.t.
92	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
93	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
94	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	+22:10
95	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
97	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
98	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
100	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
101	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
102	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	s.t.
103	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
104	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
105	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
106	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
107	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
108	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	s.t.
109	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	+22:16
110	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
111	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	+22:21
112	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
113	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac	s.t.
114	Graeme BROWN	Drapac	s.t.
115	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
116	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.

GC after Stage 8:

1	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	33hr 19min 27sec
2	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	@ 17sec
3	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	44
4	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	57
5	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
6	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	+1:10
7	Alex DINIZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1:12
8	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+1:13
9	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
10	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
11	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
12	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
13	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
14	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
15	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
16	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
17	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
18	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	+1:28
19	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	+2:27
20	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
21	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	+2:30
22	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:37
23	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
24	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
25	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	+2:45
26	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	+2:50
27	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+3:30
28	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	+4:09
29	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	+4:37
30	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	+4:48
31	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+5:38
32	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	+5:49
33	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	+5:54
34	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	+5:55
35	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+6:13
36	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+7:05
37	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	+7:25
38	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	+8:01
39	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	+8:06
40	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+8:08
41	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	+8:17
42	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	+8:55
43	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	+9:09
44	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+9:15
45	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	+10:06
46	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+10:17
47	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+11:01
48	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	+11:27
49	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	+11:55
50	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	+12:01
51	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+12:13
52	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	+12:29
53	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+12:37
54	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+13:02
55	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac	+13:18
56	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+13:36
57	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+13:41
58	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	+14:16
59	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	+14:36
60	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	+15:03
61	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+15:12
62	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	+16:18
63	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+17:10
64	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	+17:12
65	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	+17:34
66	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+17:46
67	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+17:57
68	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	+18:39
69	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	+19:16
70	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+19:58
71	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	+20:30
72	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	+20:39
73	Brenton JONES	Drapac	+21:17
74	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+21:21
75	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
76	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	+22:47
77	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	+22:51
78	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	+23:18
79	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	+24:05
80	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+24:49
81	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	+26:53
82	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac	+27:02
83	Travis MEYER	Drapac	+27:46
84	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	+28:16
85	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	+30:17
86	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+30:37
87	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	+31:05
88	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	+31:37
89	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	+31:44
90	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	+32:02
91	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	+32:26
92	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	+34:33
93	Burr HO	HKSI	+35:29
94	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+36:09
95	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+37:09
96	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+39:06
97	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	+39:40
98	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	+39:40
99	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	+40:52
100	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	+42:48
101	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	+42:54
102	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	+43:13
103	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+43:40
104	Graeme BROWN	Drapac	+43:58
105	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	+44:06
106	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	+44:09
107	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+46:48
108	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	+46:55
109	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+48:01
110	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+50:20
111	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+54:38
112	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+58:44
113	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+59:23
114	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+59:55
115	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+1:01:33
116	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+1:07:04

Stage 8 map and profile

Stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

Friday, October 28: Stage 7, Wuzishan - Sanya, 127.4 km

Stage 7 map and profile

Max Walscheid

Max Walscheid (green jersey) gets his fourth Tour of Hainan stage win

The Race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

SANYA, China—Max Walscheid (Giant-Alpecin) needed every last centimetre of the 127.4km road race from Wuzhishan to Sanya to clip Australian sprinter Brenton Jones (Drapac) at the finish of stage 7 of the Tour of Hainan in Sanya, China, on Friday, October 28.

It was the fourth stage win of the week – and fledgling pro career – for the 23-year-old German, who once again proved he has fully recovered from an early-season training crash involving six Giant-Alpecin riders in Spain.

“Brenton had a good sprint,” said Walscheid. “I was early at the front and I had to accelerate a few times and then go back, because it was still a long home straight and there was a headwind. I didn’t want to make a mistake and go too early.

“In the end, Brenton was coming with speed and I had to fight really hard to get past him,” he continued. “My team worked incredibly hard all stage long and I wanted to win really badly. After tomorrow’s climbs, I will try to go for another victory on the final stage.”

While Walscheid was all smiles after the race, journalists caught up with a visibly disappointed Jones following the podium ceremony. “I’m pissed off,” admitted Jones. “The boys did a really good job; I felt good today and knew I was going to have a good ride. I’m happy I’m on the podium and it’s a good start to finishing off the tour well, but I sprint for wins, not second-places.”

With Brad Evans (NZL) withdrawing overnight due to illness and Bernard Sulzberger (AUS) physically spent after a day in the break, Jones found himself in the final down two riders. But the Aussie offered no excuses. “Bernie was in the break, so we didn’t have him in the leadout at all and we didn’t have Brad, who’s been our second strongest guy in the train and influential this week in the leadout,” explained Jones, who won the last stage in Hainan last year. “So we missed Brad … we missed Bernie, but I’m so happy the rest of us did a good job and I fought hard.

“Max has been on form all week,” he added. “I had a good sprint and thought I had it, but he got me right on the line.”

Jones is one of many team riders currently looking for a ride in 2017 after Drapac decided to close it’s doors on its Professional Continental squad in order to pour its financial resources into an partnership with Cannondale in the WorldTour. The 24-year-old is hoping a strong showing in Hainan, along with a palmarés highlighted this season with two stage wins and a points classification at Tour de Korea (2.1), may be just enough to turn heads.

“It would be disappointing to go down to Continental next year,” said Jones. “I’d love to stay on a pro team, so I hope there are a few teams out there that can see a bit of potential in what I’ve got. I have a lot of attributes to offer a team and I think a strong result on Sunday will help my cause.”

Prior to the start of the stage, Frenchman Thomas Vaubourzeix (Delko Marseille Provence-KTM) told media that “today may be the day the break sticks” and his words almost proved prophetic as the 27-year-old former Lupus Racing Team rider, who has animated the tour all week, was once again out in front for the a majority of the day.

With less than 7km to go, Vaubourzeix attacked his own five-man break, which also consisted of Sulzberger, Taras Voropayev (Vino 4-ever SKO), Mykhaylo Kononenko (Kolss-BDC) and the day’s most aggressive rider Adrian Kurek (CCC Sprandi Polkowice).

The 2014 Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC) stage winner and overall race runner-up, opened up a 30-second gap on the break with the peloton barrelling down less than half a minute behind. However, the surging field engulfed Vaubourzeix and the others with the finish nearly in sight.

For 24-year-old race leader Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), who leads stage 6 winner Matej Mohoric (SLO) and his Lampre-Merida teammate Przemyslaw Niemiec (POL) by 3 and 7 seconds respectively, only two stages stand between him and claiming the overall win. However, tomorrow’s stage 8 features the final day of climbing and perhaps the last chance for his nearest rivals to contend for the yellow jersey.

“I gave up the KOM jersey today,” said Lutsenko (KAZ), who relinquished the polka-dot mountains jersey to new KOM leader Guangtong Ma (Wisdom-Hengxiang) of China. “The yellow jersey is most important for me and the team at the moment.

“Today we rested in the peloton so that tomorrow we can put all of our energy into defending the lead all the way to the end.”

Complete Results:

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	2hr 51min 45sec
2	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
3	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
4	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
5	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
6	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
7	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
8	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
9	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
10	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
11	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
12	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
13	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
14	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
15	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
16	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
17	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
19	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
20	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
21	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
22	Daniel BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
23	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
24	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
25	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
26	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
27	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
28	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
29	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
30	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
31	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
33	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
34	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
35	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
36	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	s.t.
37	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
38	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
39	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
40	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
41	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
42	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
43	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
44	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
45	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
46	Carlos MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
47	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
48	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
49	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
50	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
51	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
52	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
53	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
54	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
55	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
56	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
57	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
58	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
59	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
60	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
61	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
62	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
63	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
64	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
65	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
66	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
67	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
68	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
69	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
70	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
71	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
72	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
73	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
74	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
75	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
76	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
77	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
78	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
80	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	9
81	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
82	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
83	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
84	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
85	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
86	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
87	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
88	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
89	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
90	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
91	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
92	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
93	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	14
94	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
95	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	16
96	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
97	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
98	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	18
99	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	40
100	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+1:02
101	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
102	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+1:33
103	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
104	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
105	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+2:05
106	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	+2:06
107	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	+2:23
108	Peter KONING	Drapac Pro Cycling	+3:01
109	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+3:50
110	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+4:42
111	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
112	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
113	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
114	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
115	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	s.t.
116	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
117	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
118	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
119	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
120	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	29hr 5min 47sec
2	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	@ 3sec
3	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	7
4	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	47
5	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
6	Alex DINIZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1:02
7	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+1:03
8	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
9	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
10	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
11	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
12	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
13	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
14	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
15	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
16	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
17	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
18	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
19	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
20	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	+1:20
21	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	+1:54
22	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+2:02
23	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+2:09
24	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+2:10
25	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	+2:12
26	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+2:17
27	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	+2:21
28	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
29	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
30	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	+2:25
31	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	+2:27
32	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
33	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
34	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
35	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
36	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
37	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
38	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	+2:36
39	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:45
40	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+3:20
41	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	+3:57
42	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	+4:31
43	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	+4:33
44	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	+4:36
45	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	+4:38
46	Victor NINO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
47	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+4:40
48	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	+4:49
49	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	+5:27
50	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	+5:29
51	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	+5:32
52	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	+5:41
53	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	+5:50
54	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:57
55	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	+6:38
56	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+6:49
57	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+6:55
58	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	+7:30
59	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+7:33
60	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	+7:59
61	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+8:17
62	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	+8:27
63	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	+8:39
64	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+8:40
65	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	+8:45
66	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
67	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
68	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	+9:01
69	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+9:09
70	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	+9:17
71	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	+9:18
72	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	+9:19
73	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	+9:30
74	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+9:34
75	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+9:43
76	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+10:13
77	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	+10:52
78	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	+11:08
79	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+11:25
80	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	+12:08
81	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	+12:09
82	Carlos MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	+12:13
83	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	+12:34
84	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	+12:44
85	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	+12:50
86	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	+12:56
87	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+13:38
88	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+13:40
89	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+13:42
90	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	+14:17
91	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+14:18
92	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+14:38
93	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+14:49
94	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	+15:21
95	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+16:30
96	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+16:35
97	Peter KONING	Drapac Pro Cycling	+16:41
98	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	+17:20
99	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
100	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
101	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	+17:26
102	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	+18:32
103	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	+20:23
104	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	+20:28
105	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	+20:42
106	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	+21:27
107	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	+21:49
108	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+24:18
109	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+24:28
110	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	+24:35
111	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	+25:57
112	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+32:01
113	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+33:45
114	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+34:04
115	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+36:18
116	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+36:19
117	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+37:03
118	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+37:35
119	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+43:24
120	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+44:44

Stage 7 map and profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Thursday, October 27: Stage 6, Changjiang - Wuzhishan, 197.2 km

Stage 6 map and profile

Marohic

Lampre-Merida gets a one-two with Matej Mahoric's stage win and Przemyslaw Niemiec's second place

The Race: Here's the organizer's stage story.

WUZHISHAN, China—Slovenian Matej Mohoric (Lampre-Merida) seemingly came out of nowhere to bridge a 30-second gap in the final 12km to claim the first pro win of his career on a hot, humid, 197.2-kilometre stage that featured two category 1 climbs.

As expected, stage 6 came down to the final ascent inside 20km to go, with climbing specialists Mauricio Ortega (RTS-Monton), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) all battling it out up and over the KOM summit toward the finish in Wuzhishan, China, on Thursday, October 27.

Ortega (COL), who initiated the assault at the base of the climb, was unable to stay with Lutsenko (KAZ) and Niemiec (POL), who carved down the descent with surgical precision. The 36-year-old Colombian, who won the Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC) mountains classification in July, was unceremoniously dropped before being bypassed by a surging Mohoric.

“We were in a small group, maybe 30 seconds back, and I attacked to the top,” explained Mohoric. “I really went for it. It was a fast descent and when I caught the third guy that was dropped, I went straight by because I didn’t want to bring him back to the front.”

The 22-year-old former Cannondale rider credits his teammates, most specifically Niemiec for the victory. “I tried to attack Lutsenko when I caught the break, but it didn’t work out,” he admitted. “Lutsenko counterattacked and Niemiec brought me back to Lutsenko’s wheel and we won the sprint first and second.

“It’s my first win as a professional, so I am pretty happy,” Mohoric continued. “I can’t be grateful enough for the team who did a great job today. We are having a great tour and are hoping to keep it that way until the end.”

Ironically, it was Mohoric’s teammate who was garnering most of the pre-race hype as the stage favourite. While Przemyslaw was in good form and hopeful for his own personal win, the 2014 Vuelta a España stage winner was more than happy with the day’s results.

“I am very happy for my team Lampre-Merida to get two riders on the podium in first and second position,” said the 36-year-old Przemyslaw, whose last stage win came at the Tour of Turkey in April. “I am also very happy for Matej to receive his first victory as a professional, and I am very happy for me as I see my condition is good after a recent problem with a chest infection.”

Another pre-race favourite, Lutsenko, has been ‘Mr Consistency’ all week, proving he can both sprint and climb with the best Hainan has to offer. The 2012 under-23 UCI road race world champion currently holds the polka-dot mountains jersey, and with the third-place finish behind his Lampre rivals moves to the top of the general classification (GC), thus lifting the yellow leaders jersey from 23-year-old German sprinter Max Walscheid (Giant-Alpecin), who had won the three previous stages.

However, Walscheid offered no illusions of hanging on to the lead once the race went uphill. “I know my place,” said a jovial Walscheid (199cm, 89kg) standing in the points jersey after the race. “Climbs are not for me, but I hope to have one or two more opportunities to win a stage and keep the green jersey.”

Eurosport talked with the new race leader following the race. “Heading into the last climb, I tried to attack, but [Ortega] attacked first, so me and Niemiec chased him down before the KOM, with me taking first and Niemiec in second,” explained Lutsenko. “We dropped [Ortega] on the descent, but another Lampre rider caught us and it was two against one, so I could not make the win today.”
With only three days remaining, a lot can happen between now and the final stage finish in Xinglong on Sunday, but Lutsenko’s success across both sprint and climbing stages may make even a 3-second lead hard to overcome.

“Tomorrow is another sprint stage, which will be a good opportunity for [Roberto] Ferrari (ITA),” Przemyslaw told Eurosport. “But sprints are not very good for me or Matej. We will do our best to keep time and fight for GC on the eighth stage, which features more climbs and maybe our only real opportunity to take the yellow jersey.”

Mohoric concurred. “Obviously there are some chances to attack on stage 8,” he said. “We will see how we feel then and what we can do to win the race.”

Complete Results:

197.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.793 km/hr

1	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	5hr 21min 35sec
2	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
3	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
4	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	@ 34sec
5	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
6	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	50
7	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
8	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
9	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
10	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
11	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
12	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
13	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
14	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
15	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
16	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
17	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
18	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
19	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
20	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	57
21	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	+1:07
22	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	+1:49
23	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
24	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+1:59
25	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
27	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:04
28	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
29	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	+2:08
30	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	+2:14
31	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
32	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
33	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
34	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
36	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
37	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
38	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
39	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
40	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
41	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
42	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
43	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+3:10
44	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+3:34
45	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	+3:44
46	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	+4:23
47	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
49	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	+4:25
50	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
51	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
52	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+4:27
53	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
54	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+5:19
56	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
57	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
58	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:45
59	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	+5:57
60	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
61	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
62	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	s.t.
63	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	+6:25
64	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	+7:17
65	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+8:32
66	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
67	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
68	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
69	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
71	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
72	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
73	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
74	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
75	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
76	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
77	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
78	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+9:06
79	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
80	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
81	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
82	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
83	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
84	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
85	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+9:55
86	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+11:35
87	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	+11:36
88	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
89	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
90	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	+12:21
91	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
92	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+12:23
93	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	+12:31
94	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
95	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	s.t.
96	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	+12:34
97	Brad EVANS	Drapac Pro Cycling	+12:36
98	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+13:27
99	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
100	Peter KONING	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
101	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
102	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+16:22
103	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
104	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	+17:07
105	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
106	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
107	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+17:09
108	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+20:14
109	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
110	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
111	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
112	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
113	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
114	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
115	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	+20:29
116	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+21:02
117	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
118	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
119	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+25:52
120	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
121	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+28:33

GC after Stage 6:

1,065.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.62 km/hr

1	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	26hr 14min 2sec
2	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	@ 3sec
3	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	7
4	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	47
5	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
6	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1:02
7	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+1:03
8	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
9	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
10	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
11	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
12	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
13	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
14	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
15	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
16	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
17	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
18	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
19	Jefferson RUEDA TOBON	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
20	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	+1:20
21	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	+1:54
22	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	+2:02
23	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+2:09
24	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+2:12
25	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
26	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	+2:17
27	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	+2:21
28	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
29	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
30	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	+2:25
31	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
32	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	+2:27
33	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
34	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
35	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
36	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
37	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
38	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
39	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
40	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:45
41	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+3:20
42	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	+3:57
43	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	+4:33
44	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	+4:36
45	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
46	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	+4:38
47	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
48	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	+4:40
49	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
50	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	+5:27
51	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	+5:29
52	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	+5:32
53	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
54	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+5:44
55	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
56	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:57
57	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	+6:10
58	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	+6:38
59	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+6:40
60	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+6:46
61	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	+7:30
62	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+7:33
63	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	+8:09
64	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+8:17
65	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	+8:27
66	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+8:40
67	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+8:41
68	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	+8:45
69	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
70	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
71	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
72	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
73	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
74	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	+9:09
75	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	+9:17
76	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	+9:19
77	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
78	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+10:04
79	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+11:11
80	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	+12:08
81	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	+12:09
82	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
83	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	+12:13
84	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	+12:34
85	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
86	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	+12:34
87	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	+12:44
88	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
89	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+12:45
90	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	+12:47
91	Brad EVANS	Drapac Pro Cycling	+13:00
92	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	+13:38
93	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	+13:40
94	Peter KONING	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
95	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	+13:50
96	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	+14:08
97	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+14:40
98	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	+15:03
99	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+16:30
100	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+16:35
101	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	+17:20
102	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
103	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
104	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+19:46
105	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	+20:19
106	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	+20:23
107	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	+20:42
108	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	+21:09
109	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	+21:15
110	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	+21:18
111	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+23:16
112	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	+24:26
113	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+27:19
114	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+31:36
115	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+31:37
116	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+32:21
117	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+33:45
118	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+33:55
119	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+36:02
120	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+40:02
121	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+43:08

Stage 6 map and profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Wednesday, October 26: Stage 5, Danzhou - Changjiang, 184.9 km

Stage 5 map and profile

Max Walscheid

Max Walsheid (yellow jersey) makes it three stage wins in a row

The Race: Here's the report from stage winner Max Walscheid's Giant-Alpecin team.

A rather hilly 184.9km stage from Danzhou to Changjiang was in store for the riders with Max Walscheid still looking after a 16 second lead in the general classification. The breakaway of eight riders was rarely afforded an advantage of more than four minutes as our team and the sprinters’ teams looked to control the gap.

The stage was always likely to come down to a sprint finish, with just two categories climbs to negotiate along the route and it was once again Max Walscheid who was the strongest to take his third victory of the week in China.

Max Walscheid said after the stage: “It was a great day of racing, everything went according to plan and I am delighted with my third victory in succession. The finale was a bit chaotic, but the team did a great job. We managed to stay together and the guys did another good lead-out for me. From 250 meters I started the sprint and it was harder than expected with the wind. It was a tight finish, but I am glad I got to the finish line first.

“Concerning tomorrow’s stage, it is going to be a hard with some climbs to overcome. However, I have got a fantastic team around me and we will see tomorrow.”

Coach Arthur van Dongen added: “We are very happy with this result. It was a good race today and the team performed well. The scenario was ideal for us with the breakaway that was in front and we were able to control the race and keep to our plan of setting up a sprint for Max. It was another tricky finale with a fast finish. The guys managed to stay calm and Max was able to come to the front in the final straight to take the victory.

“It was a great display of teamwork and to take three wins in a row is not something you do quite often. These victories will give him plenty of confidence.”

Complete Results:

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	4hr 29min 52sec
2	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
3	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
4	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
5	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
6	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
7	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
8	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
9	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
10	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
11	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
12	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
13	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
14	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
16	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
17	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
18	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
19	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
20	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
21	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
22	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
23	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
24	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
26	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
27	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
28	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
29	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
30	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
31	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
32	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
33	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
34	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
35	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
36	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
37	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
38	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
39	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
40	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
41	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
42	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
43	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
44	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
45	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
46	Ilya* DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
47	Brad EVANS	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
49	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
50	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
51	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
52	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
53	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
54	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
55	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
56	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
57	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
58	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
59	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
60	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
61	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
62	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
63	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
64	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
65	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
66	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
67	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
68	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
69	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
70	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
71	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
72	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
73	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
74	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
75	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
76	Mauricio ORTEGA RAMIREZ	RTS-Santic	s.t.
77	Jefferson RUEDA TOBON	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
78	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
79	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	s.t.
80	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
81	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
82	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
83	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
84	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
85	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
86	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	@ 29sec
87	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	@ 0sec
88	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	0
89	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	0
90	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	0
91	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	0
92	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	0
93	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	51
94	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	@ 0sec
96	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	0
97	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	0
98	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	0
99	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	0
100	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	0
101	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	@ 1min 9sec
102	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	@ 0sec
103	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	0
104	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	0
105	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	+1:20
106	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	@ 0sec
107	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+1:47
108	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	@ 0sec
109	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	0
110	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	0
111	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+2:04
112	Peter KONING	Drapac Pro Cycling	@ 0sec
113	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	0
114	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion System	+2:04
115	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	@ 0sec
116	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+2:25
117	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	+2:28
118	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	@ 0sec
119	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+3:20
120	Burr HO	HKSI	@ 0sec
121	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+5:52
122	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+7:12
123	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
124	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
125	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	+7:51
126	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	+10:09
127	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
128	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	+19:30

GC after Stage 5:

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	20hr 52min 4sec
2	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	@ 18sec
3	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	20
4	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	26
5	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	27
6	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	28
7	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	30
8	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
9	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	31
10	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
11	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	32
12	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
13	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	33
14	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
15	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	34
16	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
17	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	35
21	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
22	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	35
23	Brenton JONES	Drapac Pro Cycling	36
24	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
26	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
27	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
28	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
29	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
30	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
31	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
33	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
34	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
35	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
36	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
37	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
38	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
39	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
40	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
41	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
42	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
43	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
44	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
45	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
46	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
47	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
48	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
49	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
50	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
51	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
52	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
53	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
54	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
55	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
56	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
57	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
58	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
59	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
60	Ilya* DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
61	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
62	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
63	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
64	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
65	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
66	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
67	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
68	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
69	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
70	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
71	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
72	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
73	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
74	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
75	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
76	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
77	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
78	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
79	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
80	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
81	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
82	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
83	Peter KONING	Drapac Pro Cycling	s.t.
84	Jefferson RUED	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
85	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
86	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
87	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	s.t.
88	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
89	Brad EVANS	Drapac Pro Cycling	47
90	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	55
91	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	56
92	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	+1:00
93	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:04
94	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
95	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	+1:06
96	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	+1:18
97	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	+1:23
98	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Pro Cycling	+1:27
99	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
100	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	+1:42
101	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+1:55
102	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+2:33
103	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+2:37
104	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+2:43
105	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	+4:35
106	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+4:36
107	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+5:36
108	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:42
109	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+5:57
110	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+6:12
111	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+6:15
112	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	+6:20
113	Travis MEYER	Drapac Pro Cycling	+6:30
114	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+8:21
115	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	+8:27
116	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+8:34
117	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+10:35
118	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	+10:45
119	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+10:57
120	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+11:20
121	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion System	+11:21
122	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+11:42
123	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+14:04
124	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+17:43
125	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+20:11
126	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+22:54
127	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	+23:10
128	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	+24:12

Stage 5 map and profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Tuesday, October 25: Stage 4, Chengmai - Danzhou, 159.4 km

Stage 4 map and profile

Max Walscheid

Mac Walscheid makes it two stage wins in a row.

The Race: Here's the report from stage winner Max Walscheid's Giant-Alpecin team.

With the start in Chengmai, the stage covered 159.4 km, with a cat. 4 climb along the way. The stage saw an eight-rider breakaway move clear, gaining four minutes before the bunch tightened the leash and reduce their gap. A bunch sprint always looked on the cards, and with 30km to go the advantage was being held at around two minutes.

In the finale, everything came back together and Team Giant-Alpecin were among those working hard at the head of the peloton and were the dominant sprint train going into the finale. Once again, Max Walscheid was the strongest and took an emphatic victory in the sprint finish.

Max Walscheid said after the stage: “I’m really happy to have won today and to keep the positive momentum going. The guys rode another fantastic race and we were always in control at the front of the peloton.

“The bunch sprint was a bit more hectic compared to yesterday with a slightly uphill finish, and a fight for position with other teams. I managed to find a gap with 500 meters to go and then I went full speed to the finish line. I am delighted with my second victory in two days and am really grateful to the team.”

Coach Arthur van Dongen added: “It is an excellent victory. Our goal was to focus on a sprint finish with Max, and the guys carried out the plan superbly. A break of eight riders got away and we helped control the race.

“The team rode well during the stage, as they stayed together and the sprint preparation was good. Max was well positioned and he managed to finish it off with a strong sprint. Once again, we can be really proud of our performance especially at the end of a long hard season, which is very impressive.”

Complete Results:

159.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.494 km/hr

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	3hr 45min 4sec
2	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
3	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
4	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
5	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
6	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
7	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
8	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
9	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
10	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
11	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
12	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
13	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
14	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
15	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
16	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
17	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
18	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
19	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
21	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
22	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
23	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
24	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
25	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
26	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
27	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
28	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
29	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
30	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
31	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
33	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
34	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
35	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
36	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
37	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
38	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
39	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
40	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
41	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
42	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
43	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
44	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
45	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
46	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
47	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
48	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
49	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
50	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
51	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
52	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
53	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
54	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
55	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
56	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
57	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
58	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
59	Ilya* DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
60	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
61	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
62	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
63	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
64	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
65	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
66	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
67	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
68	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
69	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
70	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
71	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
72	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
73	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
74	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
75	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
76	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
77	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
78	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
79	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
80	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
81	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
82	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
83	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
84	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
85	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
86	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
87	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
88	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
89	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
90	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
91	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
92	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
93	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
94	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
95	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	s.t.
96	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
97	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
98	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
99	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
100	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
101	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
102	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	s.t.
103	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	s.t.
104	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
105	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
106	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
107	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
108	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
109	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
110	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
111	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
112	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
113	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	s.t.
114	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	20
115	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	30
116	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	33
117	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	39
118	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
119	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	s.t.
120	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	46
121	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional Cycling	52
122	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
123	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+1:28
124	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion System	s.t.
125	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
126	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
127	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+2:01
128	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
129	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+2:08
130	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
131	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+3:55
132	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+5:42

GC after Stage 4:

684.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.819 km/hr

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	16hr 22min 22sec
2	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	@ 12sec
3	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	16
4	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
5	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	17
6	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	18
7	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	20
8	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	21
9	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
10	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	22
11	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
12	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
13	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	23
14	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
15	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	24
16	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
17	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	25
18	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
19	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
20	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
21	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional Cycling	26
22	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
23	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
24	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
25	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
27	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
28	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
29	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
30	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
31	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
32	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
33	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
34	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
35	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
36	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
37	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
38	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
39	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
40	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
41	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
42	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
43	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
44	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
45	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
46	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
47	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
48	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
49	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
50	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
51	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
52	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
53	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
54	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
55	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
56	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
57	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
58	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
59	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
60	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
61	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
62	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
63	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
64	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
65	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
66	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
67	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
68	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
69	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
70	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
71	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
72	Ilya* DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
73	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
74	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
75	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
76	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
77	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
78	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
79	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
80	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
81	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
82	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
83	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
84	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
85	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional Cycling	s.t.
86	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
87	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
89	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
90	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
91	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
92	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
93	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	s.t.
94	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
95	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
96	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional Cycling	37
97	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	45
98	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	46
99	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	50
100	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	54
101	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
102	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	56
103	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	59
104	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	+1:08
105	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional Cycling	+1:17
106	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	+1:32
107	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+1:45
108	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+2:23
109	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+2:27
110	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+2:33
111	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion System	+3:05
112	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	+3:30
113	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+3:45
114	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional Cycling	+3:56
115	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+4:20
116	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+4:26
117	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion System	+5:01
118	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+5:26
119	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:32
120	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+5:47
121	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+6:02
122	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+6:05
123	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+6:37
124	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+7:27
125	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+8:00
126	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+8:11
127	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion System	+9:07
128	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion System	+9:21
129	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+11:41
130	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+12:49
131	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion System	+15:32
132	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	+21:34

Stage 4 map and profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Monday, October 24: Stage 3, Haikou - Chengmai, 209.2 km

Stage 3 map and profile

Max Walscheid

Max Walscheid wins Tour of Hainan stage 3

The Race: Here's the report from stage winner Max Walscheid's Giant-Alpecin team.

The third day of the Tour of Hainan race covered 208km on a relatively flat course. Stage three was marked by an eight-rider breakaway, staying away much of the way.

The leaders were caught with 16km to go, with Team Giant-Alpecin well positioned at the front go the bunch. Multiple attacks followed, but the peloton controlled the field and did not let anyone get away.

Team Giant-Alpecin was at the head of the onrushing field as the bunch sprint approached. Max Walscheid timed his sprint perfectly and took an impressive victory. He is also now the new leader in the general classification.

Max Walscheid said:”I am really happy with my first victory. The objective for today was to set up the sprint for me. It was again a long stage and we took our responsibility to control the peloton.

“In the finale, we nearly got boxed in, however the guys brought me in a good position. I managed to stay calm and the lead-out was perfect. It is a nice feeling to win the stage after being two times close to the win, and a difficult year for me mentally. I am now the leader in the overall and points classification, and this result leaves me motivated for the next days of racing.”

Coach Arthur van Dongen added: “The race went according to plan today and as expected it finished in a bunch sprint. The team showed good ambitions and teamwork during the whole day.

“We rode on the front to stay out of trouble and our main goal was to focus on a sprint with Max. The team did a great lead-out in the finale for him and he managed to take a well-deserved victory. It’s his first year as a pro-rider and it’s great to take the win after a challenging year. The spirit of the team is good and we will try to keep the jerseys in the team as long as possible.”

Complete Results:

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	5hr 9min 8sec
2	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
3	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
4	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
5	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
6	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
7	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional	s.t.
8	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
9	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
10	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
11	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
12	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
13	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
14	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
16	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
17	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
18	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
19	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
20	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
21	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
22	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
23	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
24	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
25	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
26	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
27	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
28	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
29	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
30	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
31	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	s.t.
32	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
33	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
34	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
35	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
36	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
37	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
38	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
39	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
40	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
41	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
42	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
43	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
44	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
45	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
46	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
47	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
49	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
50	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
51	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion	s.t.
52	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
53	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
54	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
55	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
56	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
57	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
58	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
59	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
60	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
61	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
62	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
63	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
64	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
65	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
66	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
67	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
68	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
69	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
70	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
71	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
72	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
73	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
74	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
75	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
76	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
77	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
78	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
79	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
80	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
81	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
82	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
83	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
84	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
85	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
86	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
87	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
88	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
89	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional	s.t.
90	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
91	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
92	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
93	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
94	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
95	Mario Jorge FARIA DA COSTA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
96	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
97	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
98	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
99	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	s.t.
100	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
101	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
102	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
103	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
104	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
105	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
106	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional	s.t.
107	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
108	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	s.t.
109	Jefferson RUEDA TOBON	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
110	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
111	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion	s.t.
112	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
113	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
114	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
115	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
116	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional	11
117	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	19
118	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	24
119	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion	29
120	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion	49
121	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	51
122	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional	+1:02
123	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+1:06
124	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+1:19
125	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+2:48
126	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+2:52
127	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	+3:33
128	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
129	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+4:24
130	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion	s.t.
131	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+5:48
132	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	+6:51
133	Shan SHUANG	Giant-Champion	+7:10

GC after Stage 3:

1	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	12hr 37min 28sec
2	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	@ 6sec
3	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
4	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	7
5	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	8
6	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	8
7	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	10
8	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	11
9	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
10	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	12
11	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
12	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	14
13	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
14	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	15
15	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional	s.t.
16	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
17	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
18	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional	16
19	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
20	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
21	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
22	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
23	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
24	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
25	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
26	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
27	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
28	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
29	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
30	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
31	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
32	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
33	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
34	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
35	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
36	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
37	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
38	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
39	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
40	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
41	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
42	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
43	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
44	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
45	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
46	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
47	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
48	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
49	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
50	Mario Jorge FARIA DA COSTA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
51	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
52	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
53	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
54	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
55	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
56	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
57	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
58	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
60	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
61	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
62	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
63	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
64	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
65	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
66	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSII	s.t.
67	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
68	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
69	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
70	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
71	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
72	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
73	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
74	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
75	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
76	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
77	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
78	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
79	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
80	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
81	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
82	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
83	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
84	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
85	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
86	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
87	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
88	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
89	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional	s.t.
90	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
91	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
92	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
93	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
94	Jefferson RUEDA TOBON	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
95	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	s.t.
96	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
97	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
98	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
99	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
100	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional	27
101	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	35
102	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	40
103	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	44
104	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
105	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	58
106	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	+1:22
107	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	+1:35
108	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+2:07
109	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+2:13
110	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion	+2:16
111	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+2:17
112	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+2:23
113	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:24
114	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+2:48
115	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional	+2:54
116	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	+3:08
117	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	+3:20
118	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+4:10
119	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+4:26
120	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion	+4:51
121	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:22
122	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+5:37
123	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:49
124	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
125	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+5:52
126	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+5:55
127	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion	+7:29
128	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion	+8:32
129	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+10:31
130	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+10:45
131	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion	+11:27
132	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	+20:45
133	Shan SHUANG	Giant-Champion	+23:32

Stage 3 map and profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Sunday, October 23: Stage 2, Xinglong - Haikou, 228 km

Ruslan Tleubayev

Ruslan Tleubeyev wins stage 2 with teammate Alexey Lutsenko taking second place

The Race: Here's the report from stage winner Ruslan Tleubayev's Astana squad.

“The team was cool! Thanks to Artyom, Maxat, Daniil, Dmitriy, Alexey, Arman. All of them made a great job!” – said happy Ruslan Tleubayev after the winning of the second stage of Tour of Hainan. “It is a team's victory, - he continued, - all tactics and work were build for this victory and we made it happen!”

Ruslan Tleubayev took the beautiful victory raising hands along with his teammate Alexey Lutsenko, who finished just behind him and took the second place.

Along with this victory Ruslan Tleubayev took the second place in general classification of the race with the same time of the leader. Alexey Lutsenko is 3rd only in 1 second from the leaders.

After this stage Ruslan Tleubayev also wears also took the blue jersey of Best Asian Rider, Alexey Lutsenko took the green jersey of Points classification and Astana Pro Team is leading in the Team Classification.

Complete Results:

1	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	5hr 33min 26sec
2	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
3	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
4	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
5	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
6	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional	s.t.
7	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
8	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
9	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
10	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
11	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
12	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
13	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
14	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
15	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
16	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
17	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
19	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional	s.t.
20	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
21	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
22	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
23	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
24	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
25	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
27	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
28	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
29	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
30	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	s.t.
31	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
33	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
34	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
35	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
37	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
38	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
39	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
40	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
41	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
42	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
43	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
44	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
45	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
46	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
47	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
48	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
49	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
50	Roberto PINHEIRO DA SILVA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
51	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
52	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
53	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
54	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
55	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
56	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
57	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
58	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
59	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
60	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
61	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
62	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
63	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
65	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
66	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion	s.t.
67	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
68	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
69	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
70	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
71	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
72	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
73	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
74	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
75	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
76	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
77	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
78	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
79	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
80	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
81	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
82	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
83	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
84	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
85	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
86	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
87	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
89	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
90	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
92	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
93	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional	s.t.
94	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	s.t.
95	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
96	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
97	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
98	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	s.t.
99	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
100	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
101	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
102	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
103	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
104	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
105	Jefferson RUEDA TOBON	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
106	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
107	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
108	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
109	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
110	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
111	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
112	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
113	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
114	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
115	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
116	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
117	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
118	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	@ 19sec
119	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	37
120	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	42
121	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	50
122	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional	+1:36
123	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+1:51
124	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion	s.t.
125	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
126	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion	+2:31
127	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+2:40
128	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion	+4:23
129	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:06
130	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion	s.t.
131	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	+5:38
132	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+5:39
133	Shan SHUANG	Giant-Champion	+8:06

GC after Stage 2:

1	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier-Triestina	7hr 28min 26sec
2	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
3	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	@ 1sec
4	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	2
5	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
6	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	4
7	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	5
8	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	6
9	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	8
10	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional	9
11	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	9
12	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional	10
13	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
14	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
15	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
16	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
17	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
18	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
19	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
21	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
22	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
23	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
24	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
26	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
27	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
28	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
29	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
30	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
31	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
32	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
33	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
34	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
35	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
36	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
37	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
38	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
39	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
41	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
42	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
43	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
44	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
45	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
46	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
47	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
48	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
49	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
50	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
51	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
52	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
53	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
54	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
55	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
56	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
57	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
58	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
59	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
60	Yonder GODOY	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
61	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
62	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
63	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Burr HO	HKSI	s.t.
65	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
66	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
67	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
68	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
69	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
71	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
72	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
73	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
74	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
75	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
76	Ilya DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
77	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
78	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
79	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
80	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
81	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI	s.t.
82	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
83	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
84	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
85	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
86	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
87	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
88	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
89	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
90	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
91	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
92	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional	s.t.
93	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier-Triestina	s.t.
94	Jefferson RUEDA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
95	Victor NINO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
96	Mauricio ORTEGA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
97	Ho San CHIU	HKSI	s.t.
98	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
99	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
100	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI	s.t.
101	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
102	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI	s.t.
103	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
104	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	29
105	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	38
106	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	38
107	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	52
108	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	57
109	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:07
110	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional	+1:46
111	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+1:51
112	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	+2:01
113	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	+2:10
114	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion	s.t.
115	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
116	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
117	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	+2:11
118	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+2:17
119	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+2:18
120	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	+3:14
121	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
122	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion	+4:02
123	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+4:04
124	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion	+4:45
125	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	+4:51
126	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+5:16
127	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+5:46
128	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	+5:49
129	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion	+6:34
130	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	+7:37
131	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion	+10:52
132	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI	+13:48
133	Shan SHUANG	Giant-Champion	+16:16

Saturday, October 22: Stage 1, Xinglong Circuit Race, 88.3 km

Rafael Andriato

Rafael Andriato wins stage 1

The Race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

XINGLONG, China—Not even mother nature could deter the 2016 Tour of Hainan (UCI 2.HC) from starting on Saturday, October 22, as Brazilian Rafael Andriato (Wilier Triestina) claimed the 88.3km opening stage in Xinglong, China.

The win gives the 29-year-old his first victory of the season – fourth of his career. With his 22-year-old teammate Jakub Mareczko (ITA) fresh off a bronze medal at the UCI road race world championships in Doha and currently racing the Abu Dhabi Tour (2.HC), Andriato made the most of his chance to shine.

“Mareczko is in Abu Dhabi, so the team gave me the possibility to win here today,” Andriato told media after the race. “It's been a long time since I won. The team trusted me as a leader here and I'm very happy to win this first stage.”
In the final, Andriato edged Max Walscheid (Giant-Alpecin) and Italian Roberto Ferrari (Lampre-Merida) at the line after successfully overcoming the numbers game in the final three kilometres held by Drapac Pro Cycling and CCC Sprandi Polkowice.

“The last 3km, CCC and Drapac were the strongest teams,” explained the overall race leader. “But with the help of my teammate Mirko Tedeschi (ITA), I was able to find my way to the front and overtake at the line.”

The 11th edition of the popular late season UCI Asia Tour road race got underway thanks in large part to more than 3,000 government personnel who worked tirelessly over the past 72 hours to clear massive amounts of debris strewn across the countryside roads after Typhoon Sarika slammed into China’s southern island province of Hainan on Tuesday.

With clear skies and temperatures hovering around a humid 30 degrees Celsius, riders enjoyed a hot, but short workday with the stage finishing inside two hours (1:55:10).

A four-man break that included most aggressive rider Lucas De Rossi (Delko Marseille Provence-KTM), KOM leader Jingbaio Zhao (Hengxiang Cycling Team), Dmitriy Lukyanov (Vino 4-ever SKO) and Alex Dinez (Funvic Soul Cycles-Carrefour) launched in the first 20 minutes of racing and opened a gap to more than two minutes before ultimately being reeled in one by one over the final 40km.

After the race, Zhao (CHN) slipped into the polka-dot jersey, but made it clear his team is here for general classification (GC) only. “The team goal is GC,” said the 2014 national road race champion. “My job is to support my teammates win stages and the race. “We have several riders capable of riding for GC, but we will wait to see how the race unfolds to see who is strongest.”

For fellow 21-year-old De Rossi, the day marks the biggest race of the Frenchman’s fledgling career. “This is my first pro race,” he said. “But today gives me confidence and I am looking forward to the next stage.”

Complete Results:

1	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	1hr 55min 10sec
2	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
3	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
4	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional	s.t.
5	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
6	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
7	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
8	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
9	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
10	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
11	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
12	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
14	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
16	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
17	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
18	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
19	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
20	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
21	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
22	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
23	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
24	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
25	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
26	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
27	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
28	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
29	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
30	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
31	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
32	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
33	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
34	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
35	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
36	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
37	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
38	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
39	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
40	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
41	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
42	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
43	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
44	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
45	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
46	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
47	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
49	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
50	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
51	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
52	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
53	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
54	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional	s.t.
55	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
56	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
57	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
58	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
59	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
60	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
61	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
63	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
64	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
65	Ilya* DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
66	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
67	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
68	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
69	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
70	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
71	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
72	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
73	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
74	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
75	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
76	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
77	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
78	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
79	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
80	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
81	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
82	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
83	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
84	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
85	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
86	Burr HO	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
89	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
90	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
91	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
92	Jefferson RUEDA TOBON	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
93	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
94	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
95	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional	s.t.
96	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
97	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
99	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
100	Mauricio ORTEGA RAMIREZ	RTS-Santic	s.t.
101	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	s.t.
102	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
103	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Ho San CHIU	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
106	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
107	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
108	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
109	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
110	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	28
111	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
112	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	47
113	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	57
114	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+1:04
115	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:18
116	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion	+2:00
117	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
118	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
119	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
120	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion	+2:01
121	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
122	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion	s.t.
123	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
124	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion	+2:04
125	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+2:07
126	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+3:04
127	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
128	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+3:54
129	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+5:36
130	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion	s.t.
131	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
132	Shan SHUANG	Giant-Champion	+8:00
133	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1	Rafael ANDRIATO	Wilier Triestina	1hr 55min 0sec
2	Max WALSCHEID	Giant-Alpecin	@ 4sec
3	Roberto FERRARI	Lampre-Merida	6
4	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	7
5	Francisco CHAMORRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	8
6	Graeme BROWN	Drapac Professional	9
7	Brenton JONES	Drapac Professional	10
8	Asbjørn KRAGH ANDERSEN	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
9	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
10	Federico ZURLO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
11	Matej MOHORIC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
12	Simone PONZI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
13	Dylan PAGE	Team Roth	s.t.
14	Francesc ZURITA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
15	Sergey VLASSENKO	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
16	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
17	Evgeny ZOTOV	Russia	s.t.
18	Andriy KULYK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
19	Zolt DER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
20	Cristian RAILEANU	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
21	Mario Jorge FARIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
22	Cristobal OLAVARRIA	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
23	Carlos Alberto OSPINA	RTS-Santic	s.t.
24	Andrea PASQUALON	Team Roth	s.t.
25	Yuriy METLUSHENKO	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
26	Roberto PINHEIRO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
27	Matthias KRIZEK	Team Roth	s.t.
28	Vasilii NEUSTROEV	Russia	s.t.
29	Patrick SCHELLING	Vorarlberg	s.t.
30	Lukas JAUN	Team Roth	s.t.
31	Patrick JÄGER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
32	Sergio Ferreira SOUSA	Vorarlberg	s.t.
33	Mohammad POURI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
34	Gabriel MACHADO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
35	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
36	Carlos Alexandre MANARELLI	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
37	Arman KAMYSHEV	Astana	s.t.
38	Daniel Dominguez BARRAGAN	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
39	Quentin VALOGNES	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
41	Oliviero TROIA	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
42	Andrii BRATASHCHUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
43	Rik VAN IJZENDOORN	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
44	Sergiy GRECHYN	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
45	Murilo AFFONSO	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
46	Anton SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
47	Meiyin WANG	Hengxiang	s.t.
48	Brian KAMSTRA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Jochem HOEKSTRA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
50	Zhang ZHENG	Hengxiang	s.t.
51	Ali NEMATI KHIAVI	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
52	Mirko TEDESCHI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
53	Yonder GODOY	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
54	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
55	Lucas DE ROSSI	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
56	Maxat AYAZBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
57	Martin KOHLER	Team Roth	s.t.
58	Ruslan KARIMOV	RTS-Santic	s.t.
59	Andriy VASYLYUK	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
60	Artyom ZAKHAROV	Astana	s.t.
61	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	Bieken NAZAERBIEKE	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
63	Thomas RABOU	Hengxiang	s.t.
64	Bert DE BACKER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
65	Ilya* DAVIDENOK	RTS-Santic	s.t.
66	Joonas HENTTALA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
67	Bernard SULZBERGER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
68	Ying Hon YEUNG	Hengxiang	s.t.
69	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
70	Tino THÖMEL	RTS-Santic	s.t.
71	Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
72	Ma GUANGTONG	Hengxiang	s.t.
73	Brad EVANS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
74	Branislau SAMOILAU	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
75	Lachlan NORRIS	Drapac Professional	s.t.
76	Fredrik Strand GALTA	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
77	Alex DINIZ CORREIA	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
78	Francisco Jarley COLORADO	RTS-Santic	s.t.
79	Sofiane MERIGNAT	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
80	Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
81	Dmitrii SAMOKHVALOV	Russia	s.t.
82	Oleksandr POLIVODA	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
83	Christophe LABORIE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
84	Nico BRÜNGGER	Team Roth	s.t.
85	Sergey ROZIN	Russia	s.t.
86	Burr HO	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	Thomas VAUBOURZEIX	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Daniil FOMINYKH	Astana	s.t.
89	Xin WANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
90	Giuseppe FONZI	Wilier Triestina	s.t.
91	Victor NINO CORREDOR	RTS-Santic	s.t.
92	Jefferson RUEDA TOBON	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
93	Taras VOROPAYEV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
94	Travis MEYER	Drapac Professional	s.t.
95	Peter KONING	Drapac Professional	s.t.
96	Jakub KACZMAREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
97	Zhao JINGBIAO	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Michael KUCHER	Vorarlberg	s.t.
99	Hiu Fung CHOY	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
100	Mauricio ORTEGA RAMIREZ	RTS-Santic	s.t.
101	Kirill ZAKHAROV	Russia	s.t.
102	Ramiro RINCON DIAZ	Funvic Soul Cycles	s.t.
103	Wan Yau LAU	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
104	Ka Hoo Fung	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Ho San CHIU	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.
106	Leonardo Fabio DUQUE	Delko Marseille Provence	s.t.
107	Maxim RUBACHEV	Russia	s.t.
108	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
109	Alexandr OVSYANNIKOV	Vino 4Ever	s.t.
110	Aspan ZHUKENOV	Vino 4Ever	38
111	Piotr BROZYNA	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
112	Clément KORETZKY	Vorarlberg	57
113	Kamil MALECKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:07
114	Tom STAMSNIJDER	Giant-Alpecin	+1:14
115	Patryk STOSZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	+1:28
116	Chaohua XUE	Giant-Champion	+2:10
117	Oleksandr PREVAR	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
118	En HUANG	Hy Sport-Look Continental	s.t.
119	Yong Jian WU	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
120	Wenhui BI	Giant-Champion	+2:11
121	Oleksii KASIANOV	Jilun-Shakeland	s.t.
122	Fuwen XUE	Giant-Champion	s.t.
123	Mykhaylo KONONENKO	Kolss-BDC	s.t.
124	Xiaolong SUN	Giant-Champion	+2:14
125	Jianpeng LIU	Hengxiang	+2:17
126	Lu Cheng ZHOU	Jilun-Shakeland	+3:14
127	James GLASSPOOL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
128	Géraud FLORES-COUDERC	Hy Sport-Look Continental	+4:04
129	Dmitriy LUKYANOV	Vino 4Ever	+5:46
130	Li Jun BAI	Giant-Champion	s.t.
131	Cheng JI	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
132	Shan SHUANG	Giant-Champion	+8:10
133	Kwun Wa LAW	HKSI Pro Cycling	s.t.

2016 Tour of Hainan (HC), China

11th edition: October 22 - October 30, 2016

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