2026 Tour of Hainan (HC), China

17th edition: April 15 -19, 2026

The Tour of Hainan podium history | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2026 Tour of Hainan overall map

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Sunday, April 19: 5th & Final Stage, Baoting - Sanya, 154.6 km

Stage 5 map & profile

2026 Tour of Hainan GC winner Thomas Silva

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Weather at the finish city of Sanya at 11:40 AM, local time: 28C (82F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southbeast at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Thomas Silva's Team XDS Astana.

The stage race Tour of Hainan has concluded in Sanya. The final stage ended in a bunch sprint, with no changes in the General Classification. As a result, XDS Astana Team rider Thomas Silva, who took over the race lead the day before after his second stage victory, became the overall winner of the Tour of Hainan 2026.

The fifth & final stage is about to start.

“I’m very happy with this success. We had a great race – the whole team worked in perfect harmony throughout the week, everything came together, and today we celebrate the overall victory. This is an important win for me, and I’m truly happy to bring it to XDS Astana Team. Now it’s time for all of us to celebrate this success together”, – said Thomas Silva.

“We know this race very well, so we understood what challenges to expect and were prepared for them. We tried to select the most balanced lineup – riders capable of fighting for victory and those who could provide strong support. Of course, the extreme heat affected everyone, and the first days were not easy, but we managed it. We approached the key stages carefully, and in the end, everything worked out. This race and this result were important both for the team and for our sponsor XDS, so we are very pleased to take the victory. However, the season continues, with many important races ahead, so we return to Europe in a good mood”, – said Dmitri Sedun.

Another XDS Astana Team rider, Nikolas Vinokurov, finished the race in 6th place and also won the blue jersey as the best Asian rider of the race.

Complete Results:

154.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.216 km/hr

1	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	3hr 20min 43sec
2	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
3	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
5	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
7	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
9	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
10	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
11	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
12	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
13	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
15	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	s.t.
18	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
19	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
20	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
21	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	s.t.
22	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
25	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
27	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
29	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
31	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
32	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
33	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
35	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	s.t.
36	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
37	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
38	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
39	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
40	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
41	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
42	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
43	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
45	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
46	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
48	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
49	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
51	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
54	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
55	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
56	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
57	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
58	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
60	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
64	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
66	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
67	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
69	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
70	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
71	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
72	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
74	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
75	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
77	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
78	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
79	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
80	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
81	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
83	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
84	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
86	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
87	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
89	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
90	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
93	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
94	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
95	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
96	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
98	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
99	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
100	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
102	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	@ 20sec
106	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	0:22
107	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	0:23
108	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	0:24
109	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:38
110	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	0:41
111	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	0:45
112	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	0:58
113	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
114	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:13
115	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:27
116	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	2:01
117	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	2:19
118	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	2:59
119	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	5:24
120	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	34:50
121	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Thomas Silva (XDS Astana)
• Mountains classification winner: Igor Chzhan (Quick Pro Team)
• Points classification winner: Xabier Berasategi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Teams classification winner: Polti-VisitMalta

872.0 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.589 km/hr

1	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	20hr 0min 18sec
2	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	@ 10sec
3	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
4	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:17
5	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:18
6	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	0:19
7	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:22
8	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
9	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
10	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	0:24
11	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:25
12	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:26
13	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
14	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
15	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:40
16	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	0:43
17	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:44
18	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
19	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:47
20	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:11
21	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:48
24	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
25	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	1:50
26	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	2:21
27	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	2:28
29	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
30	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
31	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
32	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:43
33	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	2:45
34	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:57
35	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:14
36	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	3:28
37	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	5:24
38	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	5:32
39	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	5:35
40	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	6:37
41	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	7:04
42	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	7:07
43	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
44	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
45	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:31
46	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	8:30
47	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	8:51
48	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	8:59
49	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:32
50	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	10:02
51	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	11:08
52	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	11:50
53	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	11:52
54	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	14:31
55	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	23:37
56	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	25:18
57	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	25:23
58	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	25:32
59	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	25:56
60	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	26:07
61	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
62	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	26:58
63	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	28:29
64	Yie Kee Zhe	Terengganu Cycling Team	28:40
65	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	28:54
66	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
67	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	28:55
68	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	28:58
69	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	30:06
70	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	30:35
71	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	32:01
72	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	32:13
73	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	32:35
74	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	32:49
75	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	32:59
76	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	33:23
77	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	33:26
78	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	34:31
79	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	35:14
81	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	35:41
82	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	36:29
83	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	37:24
84	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	37:28
85	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	38:25
86	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
87	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	38:30
88	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	38:32
89	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	38:41
90	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	39:24
91	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	40:24
92	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	40:31
93	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	40:46
94	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	41:21
95	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	41:31
96	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	41:41
97	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	41:55
98	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	43:13
99	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:20
100	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	43:54
101	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	43:59
102	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	44:00
103	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	44:22
104	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	44:42
105	Patrick Lauk Karl	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	44:45
106	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	46:55
107	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	47:33
108	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	47:51
109	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	48:05
110	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	48:33
111	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	49:13
112	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	50:50
113	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	51:19
114	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	51:44
115	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	53:30
116	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	54:09
117	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	54:52
118	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	1:10:27
119	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	1:13:43
120	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	1:47:27
121	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	1:48:04

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, April 18: Stage 4, Lingshui - Baoting, 132.7 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Thomas Silva wins stage four.

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The race: Stage winner & GC leader Thomas Silva's Team Astana XDS posted this report.

XDS Astana Team rider Thomas Silva claimed his second stage victory at the Tour of Hainan 2026. Today, Silva won Stage 4 of the Chinese race after a powerful attack in the final kilometer in Baoting. On the final 2.6 km climb, a small leading group remained at the front, including Thomas Silva and Nikolas Vinokurov. After a series of attacks from rivals, Silva launched his move, which proved decisive and brought both the rider and the team their second stage win. Nikolas Vinokurov, who leads the best Asian rider classification (blue jersey), finished 4th.

“I would like to thank the team for the huge support they gave me today. The team controlled the race from the very start – we let a strong breakaway go, which took all the bonus seconds, and then we neutralized it before the finish. At the start of the climb I was in a good position, and together with Nikolas we made it into the leading group, where we had every chance to fight for the win. Everything worked out perfectly, and I managed to take the victory. Yes, the stage was tough because of the heat, but we handled it well, and tomorrow I will start in the yellow jersey as the race leader.

"Today’s success is, first of all, the result of the whole team’s work. I would like to dedicate this victory to XDS Astana Team, as well as to my family and my country. Even though it is late night in Uruguay, I know people are watching the race and supporting me. Tomorrow we have another tough stage ahead, but I have a small advantage in the General Classification, so we will try to defend it”, – said Thomas Silva.

Before the final stage of the Tour of Hainan, Thomas Silva leads the General Classification (yellow jersey), while Nikolas Vinokurov sits in 6th place.

Complete results:

132.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.031 km/hr

1	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	2hr 45min 46sec
2	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
3	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	@ 2sec
4	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
5	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
6	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
7	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
8	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
9	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
10	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	0:07
11	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
12	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
13	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
14	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	0:11
15	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	0:12
16	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
17	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:21
19	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	0:23
20	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:24
21	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
22	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:27
23	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	0:42
24	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
25	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	0:44
26	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
27	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	0:51
29	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
30	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
31	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
34	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
35	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
36	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
37	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
38	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
39	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:02
40	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	1:06
41	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:16
42	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	1:17
43	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	1:20
45	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
46	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:21
47	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
48	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
50	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	1:24
51	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
52	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	1:29
53	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
54	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:39
55	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	1:43
56	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	1:51
57	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	1:55
58	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	2:18
59	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
61	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
63	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	s.t.
64	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	2:21
65	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	2:23
66	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	2:25
68	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
71	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	2:37
72	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
73	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	2:48
74	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	3:01
76	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:02
77	Nur Aiman Rosli	Terengganu Cycling Team	3:04
78	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	3:12
79	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
80	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	3:27
81	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:35
82	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	3:39
83	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
84	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Oskar Nisu	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	3:43
86	Norman Vahtra	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	3:47
88	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
89	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	4:17
90	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	4:55
92	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
94	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	4:57
95	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	5:00
96	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	5:25
97	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	5:32
98	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:34
99	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
100	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
101	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	5:39
102	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
103	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	5:48
104	Alexander Konychev	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	5:57
107	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	6:44
109	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
110	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:13
112	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	7:44
113	Jesper Rasch	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	7:47
115	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
116	Wan Yau Lau	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
117	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
118	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
119	Binyan Ma	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
121	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
122	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
123	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	8:41
124	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	8:56
125	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	9:09

 

GC after stage 4:

1	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	16hr 39min 35sec
2	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	@ 10sec
3	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
4	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:17
5	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	0:18
6	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	0:20
7	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:22
8	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
9	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
10	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	0:24
11	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:26
12	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
13	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:27
14	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	0:29
15	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:40
16	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	0:43
17	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	0:44
18	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
19	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:47
20	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:11
21	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
23	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:48
24	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
25	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	1:50
26	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	2:21
27	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	2:28
29	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
30	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
31	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
32	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:43
33	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	2:45
34	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:57
35	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	3:14
36	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	3:28
37	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	5:24
38	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	5:32
39	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	5:35
40	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	6:37
41	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	6:53
42	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	7:04
43	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	7:07
44	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
45	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
46	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	8:09
47	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	8:30
48	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	8:51
49	Alexander Konychev	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	8:59
50	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:32
51	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	9:40
52	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	11:50
53	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	11:52
54	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	14:31
55	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	23:37
56	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	25:18
57	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	25:23
58	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	25:32
59	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	25:56
60	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	26:00
61	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	26:07
62	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
63	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	28:29
64	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	28:40
65	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	28:54
66	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
67	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	28:55
68	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	28:58
69	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	30:06
70	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	30:35
71	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	31:05
72	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	31:51
73	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	32:01
74	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	32:13
75	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
76	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	32:35
77	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	32:59
78	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	33:23
79	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	34:31
80	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	35:14
82	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	35:41
83	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	37:28
84	Norman Vahtra	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	37:28
85	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	38:17
86	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	38:25
87	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	38:30
89	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	38:32
90	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	38:39
91	Oskar Nisu	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	39:50
92	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	40:24
93	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	40:52
94	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	41:08
95	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	41:21
96	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	41:41
97	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
98	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	41:46
99	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	41:55
100	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:20
101	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	43:39
102	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	43:54
103	Wan Yau Lau	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
104	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	44:22
105	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	44:42
106	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	44:45
107	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	46:55
108	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	47:33
109	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	47:51
110	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	48:05
111	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	48:33
112	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	49:13
113	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	49:43
114	Jesper Rasch	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	50:50
115	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	51:19
116	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	53:40
117	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	54:09
118	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	54:52
119	Nur Aiman Rosli	Terengganu Cycling Team	1:00:41
120	Binyan Ma	China Anta -Mentech Cycling Team	1:10:27
121	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	1:12:37
122	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	1:13:14
123	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	1:13:43
124	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	1:13:43
125	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	1:23:04

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Tour of Hainan stage 4 map

Tour of Hainan stage 4 profile

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Friday, April 17: Stage 3, Wuzhishan -Lingshui, 217.6 193.8 km

Stage 3 map & profile

New GC leader Xabier Berasategi

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Weather at the finish city of Lingshui at 11:45 AM, local time: 30C (86F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 3% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Xabier Berasategi's Team Euskaltel-Euskadi.

Xabier Berasategi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is the leader of the Tour of Hainan (2.Pro, China) after finishing third in the third stage, held on Friday. The stage covered 217.6 kilometers and featured a hilly profile, including two Category 2 climbs and two Category 3 climbs.

The "Orange Team" pushed the pace to make the stage more demanding, successfully achieving their objective of whittling down the peloton. Berasategi earned a two-second time bonus at an intermediate sprint and finished third at the line—adding another four seconds to his tally—which propelled him into the yellow jersey. In the general classification, he holds a 2-second lead over Thomas Silva (AST) and a 7-second lead over Lorenzo Quartucci (BBH); he also currently leads the Points Classification. Teammates Gotzon Martín and Jokin Murguialday remain firmly in contention, sitting just 12 seconds back.

Xabier Berasategi: "We started the stage with a climb, and we ascended at a high pace in an effort to reduce the size of the peloton. There were a lot of kilometers to cover before the finish—with no real respite—and there were numerous attacks throughout the stage. As we approached the finish line, one rider managed to break away and make it to the end, but I am happy with my third-place finish and with securing the leader's jersey." "Now two stages remain; everything is on the line, and we will do our best to defend our position."

The decisive stage takes place on Saturday—a short day, covering 132.7 kilometers, but featuring an uphill finish: 2.1 kilometers at a 6.8% gradient. Yago Agirre, Xabier Berasategi, Gotzon Martín, Jokin Murguialday, and Axel van der Tuuk are the five "orange" riders in contention—Jordi López having withdrawn—under the sports direction of Rubén Pérez.

Complete results:

193.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.599 km/hr

1	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	4hr 32min 58sec
2	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	@ 2sec
3	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
4	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
6	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
7	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
8	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
9	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
10	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
12	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
13	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
14	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
15	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
16	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
17	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
18	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
19	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
20	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
22	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
23	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
24	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
25	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
28	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
29	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
30	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
31	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
32	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
33	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
35	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
36	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
37	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
38	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
39	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
40	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
43	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
44	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
46	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
47	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
48	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
49	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
50	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
52	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	1:00
53	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	1:07
54	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	1:57
55	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	4:34
56	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	21:20
57	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
59	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
60	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
61	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	s.t.
62	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	s.t.
63	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
66	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
68	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
69	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
70	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
72	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
73	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
74	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	s.t.
75	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
77	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
78	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
80	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
81	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
82	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
83	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
85	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
86	Wan Yau Lau	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
87	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
88	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
89	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
90	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
92	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
93	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
94	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
96	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
97	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
99	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	s.t.
102	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
104	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
105	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
106	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
107	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
110	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
111	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
112	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
113	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
115	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
119	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
120	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	40:51
121	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	40:54
123	Nur Aiman Rosli	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Xabier Berasategi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Mountains classification: Igor Chzhan (Quick-Pro Team)
• Points classification leader: Xabier Berasategi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Teams classification leader: Polti-VisitMalta

584.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.082 km/hr

1	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13hr 53min 57sec
2	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	@ 2sec
3	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:07
4	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:08
5	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	0:09
6	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	0:10
8	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:11
9	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
10	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:12
11	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
12	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
13	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
14	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
15	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
16	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
17	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
18	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
19	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
20	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
21	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
22	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
23	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
24	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	1:00
25	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:19
26	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:28
27	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
28	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:29
29	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
30	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
31	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
32	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
36	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
37	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
38	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	2:34
39	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	2:54
40	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	3:06
41	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
42	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
44	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
45	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
46	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	6:08
47	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
48	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	6:12
50	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:22
51	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	9:20
52	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	9:24
53	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	9:26
54	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	11:21
55	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	19:08
56	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	22:47
57	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
58	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
59	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
60	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	24:24
62	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
63	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	27:15
65	Yie Kee Zhe	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	27:26
67	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
68	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
69	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
70	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
71	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	27:30
74	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	29:35
75	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	29:40
76	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	30:44
79	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
80	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	32:04
82	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	32:28
83	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	33:37
84	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	34:16
86	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
87	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	35:21
88	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	35:44
89	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	35:49
90	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	35:53
91	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	35:59
92	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
97	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
99	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
101	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
102	Yau Lau Wan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
103	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
104	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
105	Patrick Lauk Karl	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	36:50
106	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	38:42
107	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	42:58
108	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	43:08
109	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	45:48
112	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	s.t.
113	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
114	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
115	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	46:14
116	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
117	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
118	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Aiman Rosli Nur	Terengganu Cycling Team	57:29
120	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	1:02:32
121	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	1:05:45
122	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	1:05:48
123	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
124	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	1:08:11
125	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	1:16:59

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map before the last-minute route change.

Stage 3 profile before the route change.

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Thursday, April 16: Stage 2, Danzhou -Wuzhishan, 214.1 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Thomas Silva solos across the line. Photo: Sprint Cycling.

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Weather at the finish city of Wozhishan at 10:30 AM, local time: 29C (85F), fair, with the wind from the south-southeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is just a 6% chance of rain.

The race: Nicolo Buratti (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort) did not start.

Here's the report from stage winner Thomas Silva's XDS Astana team:

Harold Tejada claimed a brilliant solo victory on Stage 6 of Paris–Nice. The XDS Astana Team rider attacked shortly before the summit of the final climb, gaining a small advantage over the chasing group already on the descent. In the end, keeping a six-second gap, Tejada crossed the finish line alone to take his first-ever victory at the WorldTour level.

“I had been waiting for this success for a long time, and finally I managed to win in Europe at the WorldTour level. This is the most important victory of my career. Together with the team we came here aiming to fight for the podium in the General Classification, but the rainy and windy stage turned out to be unpredictable and difficult for us. Still, we now have two stage wins and I still have a chance to fight for a Top-10 place overall.

"Yesterday Alexandr Vinokurov told me that if I felt good, I should try to attack near the top of the final climb. I studied the climb and the descent, so I was ready to go. However, with 25 km to go I had a mechanical and had to stop and change the bike. But the whole team was there: my teammates did an incredible job to bring me back to the group. In the end we caught the peloton before the climb, and I immediately started moving up through the group and reached a good position for the decisive moment.

"On the descent and then through the town I gave everything I had, and I still couldn’t fully believe that I had won. Incredible feelings. The last few seasons have been going well for me – I felt the progress. The Vuelta a España, the World Championships last year and the UAE Tour at the start of this season gave me extra motivation and confidence, and today everything came together. I often race in the most prestigious WorldTour events, where the level of competition is extremely high and winning is not easy. But together with the team we kept working, and today’s success is the result of that work. There are still two days and two tough stages ahead, so today we will celebrate a little and then focus on the final part of the race”, – said Harold Tejada.

With two stages remaining, Harold Tejada sits 10th in the General Classification of Paris–Nice.

Complete results:

214.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.386 km/hr

1	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	5hr 18min 5sec
2	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
3	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
4	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
5	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
7	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
8	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
9	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
10	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
11	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
12	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
14	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
15	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
16	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
17	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
18	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
20	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
21	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
23	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
24	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	@ 48sec
25	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
26	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:16
27	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
28	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	1:17
29	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
30	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
31	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
32	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
33	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
34	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
35	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
37	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
38	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
39	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
41	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
45	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:54
46	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
47	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
49	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
51	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
52	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
53	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
54	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
55	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	5:45
56	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	5:56
58	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
61	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
62	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
63	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
65	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
67	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	6:00
68	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
69	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	8:10
70	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
71	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
72	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	9:14
76	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
77	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
78	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
81	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	10:34
82	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	10:58
83	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	12:07
84	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	12:46
86	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
87	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	13:53
88	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	14:19
89	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	14:29
90	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
91	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
92	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Wan Yau Lau	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
94	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
96	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
99	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
101	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
102	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
104	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
105	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	15:20
107	Nur Aiman Rosli	Terengganu Cycling Team	16:25
108	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	17:12
109	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	21:28
110	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:38
112	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	24:18
115	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	s.t.
116	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
117	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	s.t.
118	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	24:44
119	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
120	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
121	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
122	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
125	Kurt Eather	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
126	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
127	Warren Moolman	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	27:21
128	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	55:29

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Thomas Silva (XDS Astana)
• Mountains classification leader: Igor Chzhan (Quick Pro Team)
• Points classification leader: Xabier Berasategi (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Teams classification leader: Euskaltel-Euskadi

391.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.830 km/hr

1	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	9hr 20min 59sec
2	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	@ 4sec
3	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:05
4	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:06
5	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:10
6	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
7	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
8	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
9	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
10	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
11	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
12	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
13	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
14	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
15	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
16	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
17	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
19	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
21	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
22	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
23	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
24	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:58
25	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
26	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	1:23
27	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	1:26
28	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:26
29	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	1:27
30	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
31	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
32	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
33	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
35	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
36	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
37	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
38	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
41	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
43	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
44	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
45	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	3:04
46	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
47	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
49	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
50	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
52	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
53	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
55	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	5:55
56	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	6:06
58	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
59	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
60	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
61	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
62	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
63	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
65	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
67	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	6:10
68	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
69	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	8:15
70	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:20
71	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
73	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
74	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	9:22
76	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	9:24
77	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
78	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
79	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
80	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
81	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	10:44
82	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	11:08
83	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	12:17
84	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	12:56
86	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
87	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	14:01
88	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	14:24
89	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	14:29
90	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	14:33
91	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	14:34
92	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	14:39
93	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
95	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
97	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
99	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
101	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
102	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
103	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
104	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
105	Wan Yau Lau	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
106	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	15:30
107	Nur Aiman Rosli	Terengganu Cycling Team	16:35
108	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	17:22
109	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	21:38
110	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:48
112	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	24:28
115	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	s.t.
116	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	s.t.
117	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
118	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	24:54
119	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
120	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
121	Kurt Eather	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
122	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
124	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
125	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
126	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	27:20
127	Warren Moolman	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	27:31
128	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	55:39

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, April 15: Stage 1, Haikou -Danzhou, 177 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Dusan Rajovic wins the first stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Danzhou at 10:30 AM, local time: 33C (92F), sunny, with the wind from the south-southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is a 6% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from fifth-place Javier Serrano's Team Polti-VisitMalta.

In the race preview he said he was curious to take part in the Tour of Hainan for the first time and assured that Team Polti VisitMalta had arrived on the island in southern China eager and ready to achieve results. Said and done: today Javier Serrano finished 5th in the opening sprint won by Rajovic (Solution Tech) securing his best result of this first part of the season.

Stage one gets started.

Sports director Stefano Zanatta: “We didn’t bring a pure sprinter to Hainan, but two riders with a very strong kick like Serrano and Tommaso Bessega, who were put in the best possible position by their teammates and they finished in the top-20. On the run-in to the finish Sevilla had a puncture but managed to come back, so we’ll be at full strength for tomorrow, when we already face the most demanding stage…”

Complete results:

177 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.692 km/hr.

1	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4hr 3min 4sec
2	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
3	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
4	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
5	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
6	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
7	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
8	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
9	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
10	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
11	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
13	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
14	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
15	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
17	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
19	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
20	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	s.t.
21	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
22	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
23	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	s.t.
24	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
26	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
27	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
28	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
30	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
31	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
33	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
34	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
35	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
36	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
37	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
38	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	s.t.
39	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
40	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
41	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
43	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Kurt Eather	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
46	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
47	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
48	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
49	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
50	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
51	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
52	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
55	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
56	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
57	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
58	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
60	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
65	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	s.t.
66	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
67	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
68	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
69	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
70	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
71	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
72	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
74	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
75	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
76	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
77	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
78	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
79	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
80	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
82	Warren Moolman	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
84	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
85	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
86	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
87	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
88	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
93	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
94	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
95	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
96	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
97	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
98	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
100	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
101	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
102	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
103	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
104	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
105	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
107	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
108	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
109	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
110	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Eduard Michael Grosu	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
113	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
114	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
115	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
116	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
117	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
118	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
120	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
121	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Aiman Rosli Nur	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Wan Yau Lau	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
126	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
127	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
128	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Athit Poulard	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
130	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	@ 2min 26sec
131	Kuicheng Wang	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	@ 0sec
132	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	@ 0sec
133	Nicolò Buratti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	@ 0sec

 

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Dusan Rajovic (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)
• Mountains classification leader: Igor Chzhan (Quick Pro Team)
• Points classification leader: Dusan Rajovic (Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali)
• Teams classification leader: Polti-VisitMalta

1	Dusan Rajovic	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	4hr 2min 54sec
2	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	@ 4sec
3	Lorenzo Quartucci	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:05
4	Igor Chzhan	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
5	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	0:06
6	Cyrus Monk	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	0:08
7	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto-Intermarché	0:10
8	Javier Serrano	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
9	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
10	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
11	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
12	Tilen Finkst	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
13	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
14	Norman Vahtra	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Oscar Gallagher	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
16	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
17	Luca Colnaghi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
18	Tiano Da Silva	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Sergi Darder	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
20	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	Rodrigo Álvarez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
22	Tommaso Bessega	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
23	Ruidong Wang	Li Ning Star	s.t.
24	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
25	Célestin Wattelle	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
26	Cameron Scott	Li Ning Star	s.t.
27	Alexander Konychev	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Lev Gonov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
30	Petr Rikunov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
31	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
32	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
33	Santiago Umba	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
34	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
35	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Fabrizio Crozzolo	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
37	Marcin Budzinski	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
38	Cristian Pita	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
39	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
40	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
41	Alexander Salby	Li Ning Star	s.t.
42	Maris Bogdanovics	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
44	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	Dylan Hopkins	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
46	Mingzhe Liu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Gaoshang Niu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Kurt Eather	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
49	Josh Burnett	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
50	Axel van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
51	Samuele Zoccarato	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
52	Cristian Raileanu	Li Ning Star	s.t.
53	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
54	William Heffernan	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
55	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Fergus Browning	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Mihkel Räim	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
58	Alessandro Fancellu	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
59	Aleksandr Bereznyak	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
60	Oskar Nisu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Andrea Montagner	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
62	Callum Ormiston	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Aurélien De Comarmond	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Boan Li	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Chuanyang Lin	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Jambaljamts Sainbayar	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
67	Nils Sinschek	Li Ning Star	s.t.
68	Luke Mudgway	Li Ning Star	s.t.
69	Alessio Martinelli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
70	Andrei Stepanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
71	Jesper Rasch	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Lucas De Rossi	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
73	David Lozano	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
74	Lucas Terrier	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
76	Carter Bettles	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
77	Zeyao Lu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
78	David Delgado	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
79	Junqi Shao	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
80	Yukiya Arashiro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
81	Alastair Christie-Johnston	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
82	Zeb Kyffin	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Lucas Dauge	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
84	Warren Moolman	JoyRun & Hurricane Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Merhawi Kudus	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
86	Jokin Murguialday	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
87	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
88	Tegshbayar Batsaikhan	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
89	Mathias Bregnhøj	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Sebastian Berwick	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Xianjing Lyu	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
92	Vadim Pronskiy	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Finlay Walsh	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
94	Timofei Ivanov	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
95	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
96	Adne van Engelen	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Kane Richards	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
98	Fausto Masnada	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
99	Jonas Rapp	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Andreas Miltiadis	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
101	Matthew Greenwood	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
102	Haoyu Su	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
103	Eduardo Sepulveda	Li Ning Star	s.t.
104	Shunsuke Imamura	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
105	Benjamin Dyball	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
106	Riccardo Lucca	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
107	Ethan Batt	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
108	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
109	Yago Aguirre	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
110	Ellande Larronde	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Eduard Michael Grosu	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Alex Correll	CCACHE x BODYWRAP	s.t.
113	Gustav Wang	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
114	Matteo Scalco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
115	Oskar Küüt	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
116	Alessandro Iacchi	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
117	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali	s.t.
118	Bailey McDonald	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
120	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
121	Yongbing Gao	Fnix-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team	s.t.
122	Binyan Ma	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team	s.t.
123	Zhenghao Fu	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Nur Aiman Rosli	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
125	Wan Yau Lau	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
126	Martti Lenzius	Quick Pro Team	s.t.
127	Thibaut Bernard	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
128	Zhe Yie Kee	Terengganu Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Athit Poulard	Roojai Insurance Winspace	s.t.
130	Kuicheng Wang	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	s.t.
131	Karl Patrick Lauk	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team	s.t.
132	Nicolò Buratti	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort	s.t.
133	Yihua Fan	Bodywrap LTWOO Cycling Team	2:36

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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Start list, April 14, 2026:

	Lotto Intermarché
1	Steffen De Schuyteneer
2	Lionel Taminiaux
3	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk
4	Baptiste Veistroffer
5	Thibaut Bernard
6	Shunsuke Imamura
	XDS Astana Team
11	Lev Gonov
12	Matteo Malucelli
13	Matteo Scalco
14	Guillermo Thomas Silva
15	Haoyu Su
16	Nicolas Vinokurov
17	Gustav Wang
	Bardiani CSF 7 Saber
21	Luca Colnaghi
22	Filippo Magli
23	Alessio Martinelli
24	Andrea Montagner
25	Manuele Tarozzi
26	Filippo Turconi
27	Enrico Zanoncello
	Burgos Burpellet BH
31	Clément Alleno
32	Daniel Cavia
33	Merhawi Kudus
34	Lorenzo Quartucci
35	Jambaljamts Sainbayar
36	Rodrigo Álvarez
37	Josh Burnett
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
41	Julen Arriolabengoa
42	Sebastian Berwick
43	Iúri Leitão
44	Sergi Darder
45	Javier Ibáñez
46	Ellande Larronde
47	Francisco Joel Peñuela
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
51	Xabier Berasategi
52	Paul Hennequin
53	Jokin Murguialday
54	Axel Van Der Tuuk
55	Jordi López
56	Yago Aguirre
57	Gotzon Martín
	MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort
61	Christian Bagatin
62	Matteo Ambrosini
63	Marcin Budziński
64	Nicolò Buratti
65	Fausto Masnada
66	Alessandro Fancellu
67	Samuele Zoccarato
	Solution Tech NIPPO Rali
71	Dušan Rajović
72	Alessandro Iacchi
73	Matteo Fabbro
74	Yukiya Arashiro
75	Koki Kamada
76	Santiago Umba
77	Tilen Finkšt
	Team Novo Nordisk
81	Lucas Terrier
82	Quinten De Graeve
83	David Lozano
84	Lucas Dauge
85	Bailey Mcdonald
86	Célestin Wattelle
DS	Gennady  Mikhaylov
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
91	Tommaso Bessega
92	Fabrizio Crozzolo
93	Francisco Muñoz
94	Thomas Pesenti
95	Javier Serrano
96	Pablo Sevilla Diego
	CCACHE x BODYWRAP
101	Matthew Greenwood
102	Kurt Eather
103	William Heffernan
104	Alexander Correll
105	Alastair Christie-Johnston
106	Finn Walsh
107	Oscar Gallagher
	Quick Pro Team
111	Mihkel Räim
112	Andreas Miltiadis
113	Riccardo Lucca
114	Igor Chzhan
115	David Delgado
116	Oskar Küüt
117	Martti Lenzius
	Roojai Insurance Winspace
121	Athit Poulard
122	Tegsh-Bayar Batsaikhan
123	Wan Yau Vincent Lau
124	David Pita Cristian
125	Dylan Hopkins
126	Carter Bettles
127	Kane Richards
	Terengganu Cycling Team
131	Zeb Kyffin
132	Mathias Bregnhøj
133	Fergus Browning
134	Vadim Pronskiy
135	Yie Kee Zhe
136	Muhammad Nur Aiman Bin Rosli
137	Adne Van Engelen
	Bodywrap LTwoo Cycling Team
141	Boan Li
142	Kuicheng Wang
143	Yihua Fan
144	Gaoshang Niu
145	Zhenghao Fu
146	Mingzhe Liu
147	Zeyao Lu
	China Anta-Mentech Cycling Team
151	Binyan Ma
152	Xianjing Lyu
153	Norman Vahtra
154	Alexander Konychev
155	Lucas De Rossi
156	Jesper Rasch
157	Oskar Nisu
	Wheeltop Rotor Chengdu Team
161	Petr Rikunov
162	Timofei Ivanov
163	Ethan Batt
164	Junqi Shao
165	Andrei Stepanov
166	Karl Patrick Lauk
167	Aleksandr Bereznyak
	FNIX-SCOM-Hengxiang Cycling Team
171	Yongbing Gao
172	Blake Quick
173	Benjamin Dyball
174	Jonas Rapp
175	Eduard-Michael Grosu
176	Cyrus Monk
177	Māris Bogdanovičs
	Li Ning Star
181	Cristian Raileanu
182	Ruidong Wang
183	Nils Sinschek
184	Alexander Salby
185	Cameron Scott
186	Luke Mudgway
187	Eduardo Sepúlveda
	The Joyrun & Hurricane Cycling Team
191	Callum Ormiston
192	Tiano Da Silva
193	Aurelien De Comarmond
194	Liming You
196	Chuanyang Lin
197	Warren Moolman