TOUR OF GUANGXI, NEL PRIMO SPRINT CINESE SI IMPONE GROENEWEGEN
La prima tappa del Tour of Guantxi va all’olandese Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) che precede allo sprint il tedesco Max Walscheid (Sunweb) e un altro olandese, Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Floors).
La più recente corsa cinese, peraltro già inserita nel prestigioso circuito del World Tour, è iniziata con una frazione adatta alle ruote veloci, senza grosse difficoltà altimetriche, un percorso segnato da un circuito di 54 chilometri da percorrere due volte, interamente tracciato all’interno della città di Beihai, per un totale di 108 chilometri.
La corsa scorre inesorabilmente ad alta velocità visto il percorso pianeggiante così come inesorabile sembra profilarsi la volata finale. Le squadre dei velocisti controllano tutto senza permettere alla fuga principale di prendere troppo vantaggio sul plotone, arrivando così all’ultimo chilometro in una situazione di gruppo compatto. Nella volata finale è Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) ad avere la meglio su Max Walscheid (Sunweb) e Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Floors)., mentre non riesce ad esprimersi al meglio Arnaud Démare (Groupama – FDJ), uno dei favoriti, che non va oltre la settima posizione, preceduto anche da Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott), il migliore tra gli italiani, giunto quinto.
Paolo Terzi
ORDINE D’ARRIVO
1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:21:45
2 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
3 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors
4 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
6 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
7 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
8 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
9 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
11 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
12 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
14 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
15 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
16 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
17 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
19 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
20 Jasha Sutterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
21 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
22 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
23 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
24 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
25 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
26 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
27 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team
28 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
29 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
30 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky
31 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky
32 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
33 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
35 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
36 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
37 Stefan Kung (Swi) BMC Racing Team
38 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
39 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
40 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida
41 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
42 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
44 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
45 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
46 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
47 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
48 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
49 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
50 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
51 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
52 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
53 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
54 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
55 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
56 Jose Gonalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
58 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
59 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
60 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
61 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
62 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
63 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
64 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
65 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
66 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
67 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
68 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
69 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
70 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
71 Wang Meiyin (Chn) Bahrain-Merida
72 Carlos Verona (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
74 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
75 Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
76 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
77 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
78 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
80 Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
81 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
82 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
83 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
84 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
85 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
86 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
87 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
88 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
89 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe
90 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
91 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
92 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
93 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
94 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
95 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
96 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
97 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
98 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
99 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
100 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
101 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
102 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
103 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
104 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
105 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team
106 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
107 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
108 Lennard Kamna (Ger) Team Sunweb
109 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
110 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:16
111 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott
112 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:22
113 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:26
114 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
115 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:29
116 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:38
117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:41
118 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:42
119 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:13
120 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
121 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:34
122 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:41
123 Yousif Mirza (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
124 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:06:31
CLASSIFICA GENERALE
1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:21:35
2 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:02
3 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:04
4 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
5 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
6 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:07
7 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:09
8 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:10
9 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
10 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
11 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
12 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
13 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
14 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
16 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
17 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team
18 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
19 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
20 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky
21 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
23 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
24 Jasha Sutterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
25 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
26 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
27 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
28 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
29 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team
30 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
31 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team
32 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
33 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates
34 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky
35 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky
36 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
37 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
38 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
39 Stefan Kung (Swi) BMC Racing Team
40 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
41 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
42 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida
43 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
44 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
46 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
47 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
48 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
49 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data
50 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
51 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
52 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
53 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
54 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
55 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
56 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
57 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
58 Jose Gonalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
59 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
60 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team
61 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team
62 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
63 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
64 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
65 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
66 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
67 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
68 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
69 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
70 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
71 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates
72 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
73 Wang Meiyin (Chn) Bahrain-Merida
74 Carlos Verona (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott
75 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
76 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
77 Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
78 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
79 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
80 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
81 Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
82 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
83 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
84 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb
85 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
86 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo
87 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
88 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
89 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo
90 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe
91 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick-Step Floors
92 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
93 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
94 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
95 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
96 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
97 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
98 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
99 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
100 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
101 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
102 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
103 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
104 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
105 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team
106 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
107 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
108 Lennard Kamna (Ger) Team Sunweb
109 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
110 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:26
111 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott
112 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:32
113 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:36
114 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
115 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:39
116 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:48
117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:51
118 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:52
119 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:23
120 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
121 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:44
122 Yousif Mirza (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:49
123 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:51
124 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:06:41
Il tedesco Groenewegen fa sua la prima tappa della seconda edizione del Gree-Tour of Guangxi (foto Bettini)