Tour of Guangxi 2019 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

October 19, 2019

Tour of Guangxi 2019 – Stage 3 – Nanning – Nanning : 143 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.

After close calls on stages 1 and 2, Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) took his 12th win of the season in Nanning, outsprinting a reduced group to win stage 3 of the Tour of Guangxi.

Aleksandr Riabushenko (UAE Team Emirates) and Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) rounded out the podium as Ackermann extended his leads in the overall, points and young rider classifications.

Ackermann triumphed after attacks on the final climb of the day, 5.5km from the finish, reduced the peloton to a group of 49 riders. WIth Mitchelton-Scott leading it out on the final straight, Ackermann jumped from Trentin’s wheel with 200 metres to go.

On the run-in to the line, the German was unmatched, and it was left to the rest to battle for the minor positions as Ackermann took the win by a bike length.

How it unfolded

A trio of riders broke away shortly after the start in Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi region. Brian Van Goethem (Lotto Soudal) was joined out front by Nicolas Dlamini (Dimension Data) and Jacopo Mosca (Trek-Segafredo), with the three riders swiftly building up a three-minute gap as the peloton settled in for the day.

Mitchelton-Scott took up the pacemaking at the front of the peloton, keen for Matteo Trentin to grab a stage win that has thus far eluded him. With a tougher hill featuring on the Nanning circuit this year, the Australian squad would be keen to make the race hard in order to distance as many sprint rivals as possible before the finish.

The situation stayed the same for much of the day, with the break’s gap whittled down until they were brought back on the penultimate climb of the day, 35km from the finish. Astana were the team to put the final touches on the catch, attacking over the top to split the peloton to pieces.

After a regrouping on the descent, Mitchelton-Scott took over once again, but with the final climb coming just 5.5km from the line, it would be tough to keep it all together to the finish.

That indeed proved to be the case, as attacks flew on the final climb. Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Petr Vakoc (Deceuninck-QuickStep) managed to get away on the steeper inclines towards the top of the 1.6km climb, and while the pair were brought to heel by Mitchelton-Scott soon afterwards, the damage was done behind.

The Australian team, confident in Trentin, continued to work on the run-in, but their near-ever presence at the front would in the end amount to a third third place in a row for their Italian sprinter as Ackermann reaped the big reward of the day.

Results :
1 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe 3:19:21
2 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
3 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott
4 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
5 Petr Vakoč (Cze) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
6 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
7 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First
8 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek – Segafredo
9 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
10 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana pro Team
11 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
12 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
13 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain – Merida
14 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
15 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana pro Team
16 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
17 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
18 Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
19 Gino Mäder (Sui) Team Dimension Data
20 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos
21 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
22 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
23 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
24 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
25 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
26 Steff Cras (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin
27 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe
28 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
29 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
30 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora – Hansgrohe
31 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
32 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) EF Education First
33 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
34 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
35 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
36 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
37 Jacques Willem Janse van Rensburg (RSa) Team Dimension Data
38 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First
39 Jonas Koch (Ger) Ccc Team
40 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek – Segafredo
41 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
42 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Ccc Team
43 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
44 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek – Segafredo
45 David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Ineos
46 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana pro Team
47 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin
48 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy
49 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
50 Louis Meintjes (RSa) Team Dimension Data 0:00:26
51 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Ccc Team
52 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:00:35
53 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana pro Team 0:00:46
54 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie
55 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:03
56 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team 0:01:06
57 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Israel Cycling Academy
58 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:28
59 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
60 Nicholas Dlamini (RSa) Team Dimension Data 0:01:33
61 Stefan De Bod (RSa) Team Dimension Data
62 Josef Černý (Cze) Ccc Team
63 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Ccc Team 0:02:21
64 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:00
65 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
66 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie 0:03:17
67 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:31
68 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
69 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain – Merida
70 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
71 Jay Robert Thomson (RSa) Team Dimension Data
72 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
73 Daniel Mclay (GBr) EF Education First
74 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First
75 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Team Katusha Alpecin
76 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin
77 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe
78 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe
79 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
80 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
81 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek – Segafredo
82 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
83 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
84 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
85 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
86 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:04:08
87 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
88 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
89 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana pro Team
90 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
91 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain – Merida
92 Simon Špilak (Slo) Team Katusha Alpecin
93 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
94 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott
95 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana pro Team
96 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain – Merida
97 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Ccc Team
98 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
99 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora – Hansgrohe
100 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First
101 Rasmus Byriel Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
102 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
103 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
104 Enrico Gasparotto (Sui) Team Dimension Data
105 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Ccc Team 0:04:33
106 Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First
107 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin
108 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo – Visma
109 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb
110 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
111 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:06:07
112 Taco Van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
113 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos 0:06:34
114 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
115 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana pro Team
116 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team 0:06:46
117 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
118 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
119 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
120 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott 0:06:58
121 Kaden Groves (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe 9:57:45
2 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott 0:00:07
3 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:16
4 Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck – Quick – Step 0:00:18
5 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:19
6 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
7 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana pro Team 0:00:21
8 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck – Quick – Step 0:00:22
9 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
10 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
11 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
12 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana pro Team
13 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Total Direct Energie
14 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
15 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
16 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
17 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Education First
18 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
19 Jonas Koch (Ger) Ccc Team
20 Steff Cras (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin
21 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha Alpecin
22 Gino Mäder (Swi) Team Dimension Data
23 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
24 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek – Segafredo
25 Jacques Willem Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data
26 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain – Merida
27 Loïc Vliegen (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
28 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) EF Education First
29 Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Den) Astana pro Team
30 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora – Hansgrohe
31 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
32 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe
33 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
34 Petr Vakoč (Cze) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
35 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Ccc Team
36 Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
37 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek – Segafredo
38 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Deceuninck – Quick – Step
39 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
40 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
41 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
42 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
43 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Ineos
44 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott
45 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
46 David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Ineos
47 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
48 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:48
49 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek – Segafredo 0:00:51
50 Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain – Merida 0:00:57
51 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana pro Team 0:01:05
52 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:08
53 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Ccc Team 0:01:19
54 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:25
55 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team 0:01:28
56 Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Cycling Academy
57 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:50
58 Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Team Ineos
59 Josef Černý (Cze) Ccc Team 0:01:51
60 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:01:53
61 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:01:55
62 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Ccc Team 0:02:43
63 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:03:16
64 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Total Direct Energie 0:03:39
65 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:42
66 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:43
67 Daniel Mclay (GBr) EF Education First
68 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos 0:03:53
69 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
70 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data
71 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe
72 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
73 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek – Segafredo
74 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma
75 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
76 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
77 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin
78 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain – Merida
79 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First
80 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Team Katusha Alpecin
81 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek – Segafredo 0:04:01
82 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana pro Team 0:04:30
83 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Ineos
84 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain – Merida
85 Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates
86 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Ccc Team
87 Rasmus Byriel Iversen (Den) Lotto Soudal
88 Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Col) Astana pro Team
89 Simon Špilak (Slo) Team Katusha Alpecin
90 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
91 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
92 Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) Team Dimension Data
93 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain – Merida
94 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain – Merida
95 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Total Direct Energie
96 Hugh John Carthy (GBr) EF Education First
97 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team
98 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck – Quick – Step 0:04:35
99 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:04:51
100 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Ccc Team 0:04:55
101 Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First
102 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team Jumbo – Visma
103 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:05:14
104 Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb
105 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Mitchelton – Scott 0:05:37
106 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:06:28
107 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha Alpecin 0:06:34
108 Taco Van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo – Visma 0:06:53
109 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos 0:06:56
110 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana pro Team
111 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team 0:07:08
112 Kaden Groves (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott 0:07:20
113 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:42
114 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:08:25
115 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton – Scott 0:08:29
116 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:21
117 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:09:33
118 Roy Goldstein (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:09:40
119 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty – Gobert Cycling Team 0:09:57
120 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:10:14
121 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora – Hansgrohe 0:16:14