Tour of Guangxi 2018
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The second edition of the Tour of Guangxi – China's sole UCI WorldTour event – again attracts some of the world's best teams and riders to one of professional cycling's developing nations.
The six-day race begins on October 16 and combines flat stages suited to the sprinters with mountain stages on which the overall contenders can make a break for victory.
China did host the now defunct Tour of Beijing between 2011 and 2014, but 2017 saw the nation back hosting bike racing at the highest level, with the inaugural event won by Lotto Soudal's Tim Wellens.
There's no Wellens at the Tour of Guangxi this year, with the Belgian having instead chosen to bring a close to his season with a very credible fifth place at Il Lombardia at the weekend, and in fact you have to look all the way down last year's overall classification to 10th place, and Dimension Data's Mekseb Debesay, to find the best placed of last year's top finishers.
Quick-Step Floors' Fernando Gaviria won the opening three flat stages of last year's race, and then won the sixth and final stage for good measure. But the Colombian isn't back at the race, either, which opens the sprinting door up for the likes of Groupama-FDJ's Arnaud Démare, LottoNL-Jumbo's Dylan Groenewegen and German road race champion Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe).
For the overall crown, UAE Team Emirates' Fabio Aru is looking to save a season that has failed to go his way, and may be a very good bet, although he will be up against a recovering Richie Porte, who would love to win his his last race for BMC before joining Trek-Segafredo next year.
Youngsters Hugh Carthy (EF Education First-Drapac) – third overall at the Colorado Classic earlier this season and 15th overall at the Tour of Guangxi last year – and 2018 Tour of Utah winner Sepp Kuss (LottoNL-Jumbo) will also be worth keeping an eye on.
Stages
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Tour of Guangxi 201816 October 2018 - 21 October 2018 | Guangxi | WorldTour
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Stage 1 - Tour of Guangxi: Groenewegen wins opening sprint | Beihai - Beihai2018-10-16 107.4km
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Stage 2 - Tour of Guangxi: Ackermann wins in pouring rain | Beihai - Qinzhou2018-10-17 145.2km
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Stage 5 - Tour of Guangxi: Trentin wins stage 5 | Liuzhou - Guilin2018-10-20 212.2km
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Stage 6 - Moscon wins Tour of Guangxi | Guilin - Guilin2018-10-21 169km
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Carthy ends transformative season at Tour of Guangxi
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Colombian full of optimism after another late-season win at Tour of Guangxi -
Meintjes keen to restart after season blighted by crashes
South African brings curtain down on 2019 campaign in Guangxi
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Vanmarcke building for 2020 at Tour of Guangxi
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Mas takes stage win after uncertainty over Guangxi summit finish
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Degenkolb looking forward to Lotto life with Ewan and Gilbert
German contemplates shared sprint and classics responsibilities at Lotto Soudal
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Trentin hungry to end season with a win at Tour of Guangxi
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