Tour of Hainan 2017 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE]

October 29, 2017

Tour of Hainan 2017 – Stage 2 – Wanning Xinglong-Qionghai – Ding’an-Wenchang-Haikou : 230,2 km

The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2007 and upgraded to category 2.HC in 2009.

Beaten by Jon Aberasturi in the first sprint finish at the Tour of Hainan, Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) got everything right on day two as he out-sprinted the rest of the field at the end of the longest stage in the 12th edition of China’s tropical island’s event. Martin Laas (Delko Marseille Provence KTM) took second with Switzerland’s Dylan Page rounding out the podium.

Mareczko’s victory was enough to put him into the race lead, ahead of Aberasturi who finished 21st on the day.

“Today we’ve felt the heat and the length of the stage,” Mareczko reacted. “We wanted to control the race, so we put Luca Raggio at the front of the peloton. In the finale, all my teammates worked hard to catch the breakaway. It hasn’t been easy, and we arrived a bit cooked. Luckily [Eugert] Zhupa took me to the front at the right moment. I launched my sprint from far out because I didn’t want to risk to getting stuck in the traffic. I’m happy with the win and the yellow jersey but let’s hope it’s only the first victory at the Tour of Hainan.”

Mareczko came third in the day’s first intermediate sprint, behind Ukraine’s Mikhaylo Kononenko (Kolss) and Estonia’s Martin Laas who positioned himself as Delko Marseille’s sprinter for the day as the French team has another option with Latvia’s Emil Liepins. After 42km of racing, a breakaway finally took shape with King of the Mountains Vitaly Buts (Kolss), Benjamin Hill (Attaque Team Gusto), Ivar Slik (Monkey Town), Ma Guangtong (Hengxiang) and Lukas Meiler (Vorarlberg). A lone chaser for a while, Alexis Cartier (H&R Block) was unable to bridge the gap. The maximum lead of the quintet was 6:20 at kilometre 108.

“Some of the riders in the front group stopped their effort after the intermediate sprint,” Meiler explained. “I’m happy because all I could get from this breakaway is the most combative rider prize and I got it.” He forged on with Slik, but the duo was reeled in with 84km to go.

Some 75km before the end, another group, comprising Rick Van Breda (Monkey Town), Jordan Cheyne (Jelly Belly) and Fabian Lienhard (Vorarlberg), rode away. They built a maximum gap of 3:30 with 39km to go. Van Breda was first to be swallowed by the peloton led by riders from Wilier Triestina, Kolss and IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness. Cheyne insisted on his own in the last 10 kilometres but was caught under the flamme rouge.

“I came to the Tour of Hainan with the hope of getting good results because I’m a sprinter and this race means five or six opportunities to try and win a stage,” Laas said after the stage. “Second is a good result. But I think I’m able to beat Mareczko in a sprint. I’ll have other chances to challenge him.”

Third-placed Page, the Caja Rural rider racing for the Swiss national team, echoed Laas’ thoughts. “Third is a good result, but I have to finish this season the best I can. I feel good. I already got two top 10s last week in a WorldTour race [the Tour of Guangxi -ed]. I came here with ambitions and a good team at a good level but accessible for me. After 230km, the legs don’t respond as well as we want but it wasn’t too bad. With more than 80 racing days in my legs this year, I probably have an advantage over most of the riders here.”

Taking his ninth victory of the year, Mareczko equalled his compatriot Elia Viviani, who is the most successful Italian pro of the 2017 season so far. However, with seven stages remaining, the five-time stage winner in the Tour of Taihu Lake might as well challenge Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria who top the world’s tally with 14 wins.

Results :
1 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 5:28:24
2 Martin Laas (Est) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
3 Dylan Page (Swi) Switzerland
4 Marc-Antoine Nadon (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
5 Andriy Kulyk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
6 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
7 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
8 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
9 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10 Michael Freiberg (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
11 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
12 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Monkey Town Continental Team
13 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton Scott
14 Zsolt Dér (Hun) Team Vorarlberg
15 Emils Liepins (Lat) Rietumu Banka – Riga
16 Martin Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg
17 Weijie Hou (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
18 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
19 Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) RTS – Monton Racing Team
20 Lukas Spengler (Swi) Switzerland
21 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Team Ukyo
22 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
23 Steven Manuel Cuesta Zamora (Col) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
24 Joris Blokker (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
25 Gian Friesecke (Swi) Team Vorarlberg
26 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
27 Stephan Bakker (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
28 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
29 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team
30 Jure Rupnik (Slo) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
31 Shao Hsuan Lu (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
32 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
33 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
34 Mehdi Benhamouda (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
35 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
36 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
37 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
38 Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
39 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
40 Joab Schneiter (Swi) Switzerland
41 Daniel Dominguez Barragan (Spa) Keyi Look Cycling Team
42 Zhaoliang Xu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
43 Bieken Nazaerbieke (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
44 Sven Van Luijk (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
45 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
46 Xin Wang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
47 Gordian Banzer (Swi) Switzerland
48 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
49 Sun Xiaolong (Chn) Mitchelton Scott
50 Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
51 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
52 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
53 Chris Prendergast (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
54 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
55 Juan Jose De Jesus Carrero Acosta (Col) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
56 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
57 Ivar Slik (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
58 Guangtong Ma (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
59 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
60 Radoslav Konstantinov (Bul) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
61 Antonio Jose Alarcon Gonzalez (Col) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
62 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg
63 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk
64 Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Vorarlberg
65 Martin Schäppi (Swi) Switzerland
66 Justin Paroz (Swi) Switzerland
67 Reid Mcclure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk
68 Sam Crome (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
69 Dimitri Bussard (Swi) Switzerland
70 Benjami Prades Reverter (Spa) Team Ukyo
71 Travis Samuel (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
72 Jai Hindley (Aus) Mitchelton Scott
73 Paolo Lunardon (Ita) RTS – Monton Racing Team
74 Jason Lea (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
75 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
76 Zheng Zhang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
77 Wen Chung Huang (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
78 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
79 Mingrun Chen (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
80 Alder Martz (USA) Attaque Team Gusto
81 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
82 Martin Lavric (Slo) Attaque Team Gusto
83 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Mitchelton Scott
84 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
85 Lukas Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg
86 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
87 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
88 Cristian Andres Peña Meneses (Col) RTS – Monton Racing Team
89 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Team Ukyo
90 Oleksandr Prevar (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
91 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
92 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Mitchelton Scott
93 Marc De Maar (Ned) Hengxiang Cycling Team
94 Abdullojon Akparov (Uzb) Beijing Xds – Innova Cycling Team
95 Bo Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
96 Andrii Bratashchuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
97 Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
98 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
99 Yadong Wang (Chn) Beijing Xds – Innova Cycling Team
100 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
101 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
102 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
103 Luke Mudgway (NZl) RTS – Monton Racing Team
104 Rick Van Breda (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
105 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 5:28:36
106 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 5:29:07
107 Haiwang Liu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 5:30:26
108 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 5:28:24
109 Michael Sheehan (USA) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis 5:31:40
110 Rodrigo Araque Lorente (Spa) Team Ukyo 5:31:52
111 Alexis Cartier (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 5:32:40
112 Jiankun Liu (Chn) Mitchelton Scott 5:32:53
113 Tianhao Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 5:35:13
114 Chaohua Xue (Chn) Mitchelton Scott
115 Miras Torekhanov (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team
116 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
117 Eiichi Hirai (Jpn) Team Ukyo
118 Luca Raggio (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
119 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
120 Xiang Yuan Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 5:39:18
121 Chien Chou Chen (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
122 Mauricio Ortega Ramirez (Col) RTS – Monton Racing Team
123 Islam Usmanov (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team
124 Tanzou Tokuda (Jpn) Team Ukyo 5:40:09
DNF Suguru Tokuda (Jpn) Team Ukyo
DNF Akramjon Sunnatov (Uzb) Beijing Xds – Innova Cycling Team
DNF Dostonbek Ollamov (Uzb) Beijing Xds – Innova Cycling Team

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 7:18:57
2 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Team Ukyo 7:19:04
3 Martin Laas (Est) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 7:19:06
4 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team 7:19:08
5 Dylan Page (Swi) Switzerland 7:19:10
6 Michael Freiberg (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
7 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
8 Zsolt Dér (Hun) Team Vorarlberg 7:19:11
9 Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
10 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 7:19:12
11 Guangtong Ma (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
12 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Monkey Town Continental Team 7:19:13
13 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 7:19:14
14 Emils Liepins (Lat) Rietumu Banka – Riga
15 Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
16 Andriy Kulyk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
17 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF
18 Martin Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg
19 Steven Manuel Cuesta Zamora (Col) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
20 Mehdi Benhamouda (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
21 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
22 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
23 Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) RTS – Monton Racing Team
24 Gian Friesecke (Swi) Team Vorarlberg
25 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
26 Jure Rupnik (Slo) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
27 Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team
28 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
29 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton Scott
30 Lukas Spengler (Swi) Switzerland
31 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
32 Sven Van Luijk (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
33 Ivar Slik (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
34 Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
35 Weijie Hou (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
36 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
37 Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
38 Zhaoliang Xu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
39 Robbie Hucker (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
40 Gordian Banzer (Swi) Switzerland
41 Sun Xiaolong (Chn) Mitchelton Scott
42 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
43 Daniel Dominguez Barragan (Spa) Keyi Look Cycling Team
44 Benjami Prades Reverter (Spa) Team Ukyo
45 Joris Blokker (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
46 Bieken Nazaerbieke (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
47 Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
48 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
49 Patrick Schelling (Swi) Team Vorarlberg
50 Justin Paroz (Swi) Switzerland
51 Paolo Lunardon (Ita) RTS – Monton Racing Team
52 Alder Martz (USA) Attaque Team Gusto
53 Travis Samuel (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
54 Chris Prendergast (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
55 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
56 Marc-Antoine Nadon (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team
57 Jai Hindley (Aus) Mitchelton Scott
58 Antonio Jose Alarcon Gonzalez (Col) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
59 Reid Mcclure (Can) Team Novo Nordisk
60 Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Team Vorarlberg
61 Reinier Honig (Ned) Team Vorarlberg
62 Radoslav Konstantinov (Bul) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
63 Sam Crome (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
64 Stephan Bakker (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
65 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
66 Jason Lea (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
67 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
68 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
69 Dimitri Bussard (Swi) Switzerland
70 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
71 Joab Schneiter (Swi) Switzerland
72 Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
73 Shao Hsuan Lu (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
74 Xin Wang (Chn) Keyi Look Cycling Team
75 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
76 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk
77 Martin Lavric (Slo) Attaque Team Gusto
78 Lukas Meiler (Ger) Team Vorarlberg
79 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness
80 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Mitchelton Scott
81 Oleksandr Prevar (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
82 Martin Schäppi (Swi) Switzerland
83 Wen Chung Huang (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
84 Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Team Ukyo
85 Taylor Shelden (USA) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis
86 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF
87 Jianpeng Liu (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
88 Marc De Maar (Ned) Hengxiang Cycling Team
89 Juan Jose De Jesus Carrero Acosta (Col) Hainan Jilun Cycling Team
90 Rick Van Breda (Ned) Monkey Town Continental Team
91 Alex Turrin (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
92 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Mitchelton Scott
93 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
94 Andrii Bratashchuk (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team
95 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
96 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
97 Bo Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
98 Abdullojon Akparov (Uzb) Beijing Xds – Innova Cycling Team
99 Yadong Wang (Chn) Beijing Xds – Innova Cycling Team
100 Cristian Andres Peña Meneses (Col) RTS – Monton Racing Team
101 Meng Yan (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
102 Hang Shi (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
103 Luke Mudgway (NZl) RTS – Monton Racing Team
104 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 7:19:26
105 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Isowhey Sports Swisswellness 7:19:57
106 Zheng Zhang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 7:21:07
107 Mingrun Chen (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
108 Michael Sheehan (USA) Jelly Belly P/B Maxxis 7:22:30
109 Rodrigo Araque Lorente (Spa) Team Ukyo 7:22:42
110 Jiankun Liu (Chn) Mitchelton Scott 7:24:22
111 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia 7:26:03
112 Tianhao Gu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team
113 Luca Raggio (Ita) Wilier Triestina – Selle Italia
114 Eiichi Hirai (Jpn) Team Ukyo
115 Haiwang Liu (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 7:26:29
116 Chaohua Xue (Chn) Mitchelton Scott 7:28:24
117 Miras Torekhanov (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team
118 Alexis Cartier (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team 7:28:50
119 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 7:30:03
120 Islam Usmanov (Kaz) Keyi Look Cycling Team 7:30:08
121 Mauricio Ortega Ramirez (Col) RTS – Monton Racing Team
122 Chien Chou Chen (Tpe) Attaque Team Gusto
123 Tanzou Tokuda (Jpn) Team Ukyo 7:30:59
124 Xiang Yuan Li (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 7:32:29