2018 Tour of Guangxi

2018 Tour of Guangxi

2018 UCI World Tour, race 37 of 37
Race details
Dates	16–21 October 2018
Stages	6
Distance	911.4 [1]  km (566.3 mi)
Winning time	20h 39' 56"
Results
Winner   Gianni Moscon  (ITA) (Team Sky)   Second   Felix Großschartner  (AUT) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Third   Sergey Chernetskiy  (RUS) (Astana)
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The 2018 Tour of Guangxi was a road cycling stage race that took place between 16 and 21 October 2018 in China. It was the 2nd edition of the Tour of Guangxi and the thirty-seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. ^{[2] [3]} It was won by Gianni Moscon of Team Sky. ^[4]

Teams

Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race: ^{[5] [6]}

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• BMC Racing Team
• EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
• LottoNL–Jumbo
• Movistar Team
• Team Sunweb
• Astana
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Lotto–Soudal
• Quick-Step Floors
• Trek–Segafredo
• Bahrain–Merida
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Team Sky
• UAE Team Emirates
• Groupama–FDJ

Route

Stage characteristics and winners ^[7]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	16 October	Beihai to Beihai	107.4 km (66.7 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen  (NED)
2	17 October	Beihai to Qinzhou	145.2 km (90.2 mi)		Flat stage	Pascal Ackermann  (GER)
3	18 October	Nanning to Nanning	125.4 km (77.9 mi)		Flat stage	Fabio Jakobsen  (NED)
4	19 October	Nanning to Mashan County	152.2 km (94.6 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Gianni Moscon  (ITA)
5	20 October	Liuzhou to Guilin	212.2 km (131.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Matteo Trentin  (ITA)
6	21 October	Guilin to Guilin	169 km (105 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Fabio Jakobsen  (NED)

General classification

Final general classification [4] [8] [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Gianni Moscon  (ITA) Team Sky 20h 39' 56" 2   Felix Großschartner  (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 9" 3   Sergey Chernetskiy  (RUS) Astana + 14" 4   Rémi Cavagna  (FRA) Quick-Step Floors + 17" 5   Carlos Verona  (ESP) Mitchelton–Scott + 21" 6   Rigoberto Urán  (COL) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale s.t. 7   Rubén Fernández  (ESP) Movistar Team + 25" 8   Luis León Sánchez  (ESP) Astana s.t. 9   Dries Devenyns  (BEL) Quick-Step Floors + 27" 10   Natnael Berhane  (ERI) Team Dimension Data + 28"

References

1. "Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour), Guangxi Region, China". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
2. "UCI announces 2018 road calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
3. "2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled". Velon. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
4. "Moscon wins Tour of Guangxi". Cycling News. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
5. "2018 Gree - Tour of Guangxi". FirstCycling. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
6. "Tour of Guangxi 2018 - Start List". Cycling News. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
7. "Tour of Guangxi 2018". Cycling News. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
8. "2018 Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour), Guangxi Region, China". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
9. "2018 Gree - Tour of Guangxi". First Cycling. Retrieved 3 March 2019.