Tour of Guangxi 2019: Gaviria wins stage 1
Ackermann second and Trentin third
Ryan Mullen after stage 1 of the Tour of Guangxi
Report
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
Position | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
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 |
Position | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
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 |
Position | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 15 |
2 | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 10 |
3 | Josef Černý (Cze) CCC Team | 8 |
4 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | 8 |
5 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott | 8 |
6 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 8 |
7 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | 7 |
8 | Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 6 |
9 | Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb | 5 |
10 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 4 |
11 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team | 3 |
12 | Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy | 2 |
13 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1 |
Position | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | 3 |
2 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert | 3 |
3 | Josef Černý (Cze) CCC Team | 2 |
4 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 2 |
5 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1 |
6 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe) | 1 |
Position | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 2:53:32 |
2 | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:04 |
3 | Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:00:06 |
4 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo | |
5 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:10 |
6 | Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
7 | Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
8 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team | |
9 | Riccardo Minali (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy | |
10 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team |
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