Tour of Guangxi 2019 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

October 17, 2019

Tour of Guangxi 2019 – Stage 1 – Beihai – Beihai : 135,6 km

The 2019 Gree-Tour of Guangxi is a road cycling stage race that is scheduled to take place between 15 and 20 October 2019 in the Chinese province of Guangxi. It will be the 3rd edition of the Tour of Guangxi and the thirty-eighth event of the 2019 UCI World Tour.

Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) won the opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi in Beihai, triumphing in a bunch sprint after three laps of a circuit around the south Chinese city.

Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) took second place, just inches behind the Colombian, while Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) finished third.

Gaviria’s victory, his fifth of 2019, will go some way to salvaging an injury-ravaged season and will give the 25-year-old hope that he can repeat his 2017 performance, when he won four stages.

The pan-flat 135km stage was always set to end with a bunch sprint on the wide roads of Beihai, but that didn’t stop Josef Černy (CCC Team), Mikkel Honoré (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo) from venturing out into the breakaway early on.

Their task would be a thankless one, though Mullen would later grab the mountains classification jersey for his efforts after leading over the day’s two categorised hills. The trio’s advantage maxed out at 2:45 early on but, with Bahrain-Merida and Bora-Hansgrohe among the teams working on the front of the peloton, it wouldn’t last.

The break was duly caught after 90km of racing, while shortly after it was Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Michael Schwarzmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) who countered. Further back, the chase from the peloton was a determined one, and they, too, were brought back.

In the final 10km, it was Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal) and Julius van den Berg (EF Education First) who tried their luck off the front. With unfavourable terrain and a very small advantage, the sprinter’s teams reabsorbed the pair 3km from the finish.

Bora-Hansgrohe and Mitchelton-Scott were the main teams leading it out on the wide roads heading into the finish, with Ackermann and Trentin looking all set to contest the final 250 metres.

The German launched first, looking all set to add to his 2019 tally of 11 wins. Gaviria would still have his say, though, storming up the inside barriers on his own after jumping out from behind the wheel of Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Merida).

It was a close-run thing at the line but, perhaps due to the early launch, Gaviria had just about enough in the tank to take his first victory since May.

Results :
1 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates 2:53:42
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
3 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
4 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
5 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
6 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
7 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
8 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
9 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
10 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
11 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
12 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
13 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
14 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
15 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
16 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
17 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
18 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
19 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
20 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert
21 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
22 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
23 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First
24 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
25 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
26 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
27 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First
28 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
29 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
30 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
31 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
32 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida
33 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
34 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team
35 Gino Mäder (Swi) Dimension Data
36 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
37 Josef Černý (Cze) CCC Team
38 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
39 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First
40 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
41 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
42 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
43 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
44 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
45 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
46 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
47 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data
48 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
49 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy
50 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team
51 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First
52 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
53 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
54 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
55 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie
56 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
57 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
58 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
59 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
60 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
61 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
62 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
63 David de la Cruz (Spa) Team Ineos
64 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
65 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team
66 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
67 Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
68 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
69 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
70 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
71 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
72 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie
73 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
74 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
75 Kaden Groves (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
76 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
77 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
78 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Astana Pro Team
79 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy
80 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert
81 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
82 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Dimension Data
83 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
84 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
85 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal
86 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
87 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
88 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
89 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos
91 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
92 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
93 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
94 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
95 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
96 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
97 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First
98 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First
99 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
100 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida
101 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
102 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates
103 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
104 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
105 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
106 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First
107 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
108 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
109 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
110 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:19
111 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
112 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:29
113 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:37
114 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
115 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:42
116 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:39
117 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:49
118 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:00
119 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:05:47
120 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:13
121 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
122 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:09:30
DNS Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates 2:53:42
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:04
3 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:06
4 Josef Černý (Cze) CCC Team
5 Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
6 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
7 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:10
8 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
9 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
10 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
11 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
12 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
13 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
14 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
15 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
16 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
17 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team
18 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
19 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
20 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
21 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
22 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
23 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert
24 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
25 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
26 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First
27 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
28 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
29 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
30 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First
31 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
32 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
33 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
34 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
35 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida
36 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
37 Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team
38 Gino Mäder (Swi) Dimension Data
39 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
40 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) CCC Team
41 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First
42 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie
43 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
44 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
45 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
46 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
47 Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
48 Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team
49 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data
50 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
51 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy
52 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana Pro Team
53 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First
54 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
55 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
56 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
57 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie
58 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
59 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
60 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
61 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
62 Enric Mas (Spa) Deceuninck-QuickStep
63 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
64 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
65 David de la Cruz (Spa) Team Ineos
66 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
67 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team
68 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
69 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
70 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
71 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
72 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
73 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie
74 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
75 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
76 Kaden Groves (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
77 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
78 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Astana Pro Team
79 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy
80 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert
81 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
82 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Dimension Data
83 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
84 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
85 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal
86 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin
87 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
88 Rasmus Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
89 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
90 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos
91 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
92 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
93 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
94 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
95 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
96 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
97 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First
98 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First
99 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos
100 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida
101 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
102 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates
103 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
104 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty-Gobert
105 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
106 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First
107 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
108 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
109 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
110 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:29
111 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
112 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:39
113 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:47
114 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
115 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:52
116 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:49
117 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Gobert 0:02:59
118 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:10
119 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:05:57
120 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:23
121 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
122 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:09:40