| 2023 UCI World Tour, race 35 of 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 12–17 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 958.8 km (595.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Gree-Tour of Guangxi was a road cycling stage race that took place between 12 and 17 October 2023 in the Chinese province of Guangxi. It was the 4th edition of the Tour of Guangxi and the thirty-fifth and final event of the 2023 UCI World Tour. [1] The race returned after three years of not being held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China. [2] [3]
Eighteen teams, which consist of fourteen of the eighteen UCI WorldTour teams, three UCI Professional Continental teams and one national team participated in the race. Each team entered seven riders, except Israel–Premier Tech, Intermarché–Circus–Wanty, Tudor Pro Cycling Team which entered six riders and Team Jumbo–Visma, Trek–Segafredo which entered five riders. [4]
Two riders of Intermarché–Circus–Wanty were pulled from the race before the start by their team. [5] Madis Mihkels and Gerben Thijssen both are facing diciplinary action after Mihkels posted a picture on instagram of himself imitating slant eyes. [6]
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The race has typically favored sprinters or punchers for the overall victory. This edition will be no different with Stage 4 likely to be the decisive stage. Tim Wellens is the only past winner of the Tour starting, he won in 2017 after winning a two-up sprint at Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot, the same place stage 4 finishes this year. [7] Other riders considered favorites are punchers Matteo Jorgenson and Ivan Sosa (Both Movistar Team ) and Oscar Onley ( Team DSM–Firmenich ). [3] [8]
With the other stages most likely to end in a mass sprint the favorites for those stages are: Arnaud De Lie ( Lotto–Dstny ) who has amassed 10 pro wins this season and Olav Kooij ( Team Jumbo–Visma ) who has 11. [3] Other contenders for the sprint stages are; Jonathan Milan ( Team Bahrain Victorious ), Arvid de Kleijn ( Tudor Pro Cycling Team ), Jakub Mareczko ( Alpecin–Deceuninck ), Max Kanter ( Movistar Team ) and Elia Viviani ( Ineos Grenadiers ). [9]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | ||
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| 1 | 12 October | Beihai to Beihai | 135.6 km (84.3 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Elia Viviani (ITA) | |
| 2 | 13 October | Beihai to Qinzhou | 149.6 km (93.0 mi) | | Flat stage | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | |
| 3 | 14 October | Nanning to Nanning | 134.3 km (83.5 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Olav Kooij (NED) | |
| 4 | 15 October | Nanning to Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot | 161.4 km (100.3 mi) |  | Medium mountain stage | Milan Vader (NED) | |
| 5 | 16 October | Liuzhou to Guilin | 209.6 km (130.2 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) | |
| 6 | 17 October | Guilin to Guilin | 168.3 km (104.6 mi) | | Hilly stage | Olav Kooij (NED) | |
| Total | 958.8 km (595.8 mi) | ||||||
The opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi was a flat circuit stage starting and finishing in Beihai. A breakaway of five riders; Frederik Wandahl (Bora–Hansgrohe), Louis Barré (Arkéa–Samsic), Dries De Bondt (Alpecin–Deceuninck), Omer Goldstein (Israel–Premier Tech) and Julius Johansen (Intermarché–Circus–Wanty), got away early on. [11] They were not allowed too large of a gap by the teams of the sprinters. Wandahl won both of the Mountain sprints to take the jersey for leading that classification going into the second stage. [12]
With Thomas De Gendt and his Lotto–Dstny team doing the pacing the break was caught with just under 16km to go. Lotto–Dstny, Cofidis, Movistar Team and Bora–Hansgrohe all had their trains at the front coming into the sprint. [13] It was Milan who launched first, with Viviani coming around in the last few hundred metres to take victory. [14] This was Viviani's first WorldTour win since 2019 where he won the 2019 EuroEyes Cyclassics. [15]
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Points classification  | Mountains classification  | Young rider classification  | Team classification |
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| 1 | Elia Viviani | Elia Viviani | Elia Viviani | Frederik Wandahl | Jonathan Milan | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
| 2 | Jonathan Milan | Jonathan Milan | Jonathan Milan | Ineos Grenadiers | ||
| 3 | Olav Kooij | Dries De Bondt | Dries De Bondt | |||
| 4 | Milan Vader | Milan Vader | Louis Barré | Cofidis | ||
| 5 | Juan Sebastián Molano | |||||
| 6 | Olav Kooij | Ethan Hayter | ||||
| Final | Milan Vader | Dries De Bondt | Frederik Wandahl | Ethan Hayter | Cofidis | |
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | | Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan Vader (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 21h 17' 17" |
| 2 |  Rémy Rochas (FRA) | Cofidis | + 6" |
| 3 |  Ethan Hayter (GBR) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 11" |
| 4 | Hugh Carthy (GBR) | EF Education–EasyPost | + 14" |
| 5 |  Tim Wellens (BEL) | UAE Team Emirates | + 16" |
| 6 | Louis Barré (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 17" |
| 7 |  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) | Movistar Team | + 18" |
| 8 | Jesús David Peña (COL) | Team Jayco–AlUla | + 18" |
| 9 |  Felix Großschartner (AUT) | UAE Team Emirates | + 18" |
| 10 | Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) | Lotto–Dstny | + 18" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Alpecin–Deceuninck | 58 |
| 2 | Olav Kooij (NED) | Team Jumbo–Visma | 50 |
| 3 | Jonathan Milan (ITA) | Team Bahrain Victorious | 34 |
| 4 | Jens Reynders (BEL) | Israel–Premier Tech | 30 |
| 5 | Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) | UAE Team Emirates | 29 |
| 6 | Arvid de Kleijn (NED) | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 26 |
| 7 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Ineos Grenadiers | 23 |
| 8 |  Jensen Plowright (AUS) | Alpecin–Deceuninck | 20 |
| 9 | Ethan Hayter (GBR) | Ineos Grenadiers | 18 |
| 10 |  Max Kanter (GER) | Movistar Team | 16 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Frederik Wandahl (DEN) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 73 |
| 2 | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Alpecin–Deceuninck | 29 |
| 3 |  Ryan Mullen (IRL) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 21 |
| 4 | Juri Hollmann (GER) | Movistar Team | 20 |
| 5 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | UAE Team Emirates | 15 |
| 6 |  Johan Jacobs (SUI) | Movistar Team | 15 |
| 7 | Felix Großschartner (AUT) | UAE Team Emirates | 12 |
| 8 |  Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) | Movistar Team | 10 |
| 9 | Jens Reynders (BEL) | Israel–Premier Tech | 9 |
| 10 | Matteo Jorgenson (USA) | Movistar Team | 6 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Hayter (GBR) | Ineos Grenadiers | 21h 17' 28" |
| 2 | Louis Barré (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 6" |
| 3 | Matteo Jorgenson (USA) | Movistar Team | + 7" |
| 4 | Jesús David Peña (COL) | Team Jayco–AlUla | + 7" |
| 5 | Sylvain Moniquet (BEL) | Lotto–Dstny | + 7" |
| 6 | Oscar Onley (GBR) | Team DSM–Firmenich | + 10" |
| 7 | Axel Mariault (FRA) | Cofidis | + 15" |
| 8 | Giovanni Aleotti (ITA) | Bora–Hansgrohe | + 18" |
| 9 | Leo Hayter (GBR) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 18" |
| 10 | Filippo Baroncini (ITA) | Lidl–Trek | + 26" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cofidis | 63h 52' 55" |
| 2 | Ineos Grenadiers | + 16" |
| 3 | EF Education–EasyPost | + 33" |
| 4 |  UAE Team Emirates | + 1' 22" |
| 5 | Arkéa–Samsic | + 1' 50" |
| 6 | Movistar Team | + 1' 52" |
| 7 | Bora–Hansgrohe | + 2' 46" |
| 8 | Team Jayco–AlUla | + 2' 55" |
| 9 |  Israel–Premier Tech | + 2' 57" |
| 10 | Lotto–Dstny | + 4' 26" |
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