Dylan Groenwegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) po finiszu z peletonu wygrał w Beihai pierwszy etap drugiej edycji chińskiego Tour of Guangxi.
Holender pokonał na kresce Maxa Walscheida (Team Sunweb) i Fabio Jakobsena (Quick-Step Floors).
Rozgrywany w położonym na południu Chin autonomicznym rejonie Kuangsi-Czuang wyścig rozpoczynał się krótkim odcinkiem dla sprinterów. Na 107-kilometrowej trasie wokół blisko 400-tysięcznego miasta Beihai wyrastały tylko dwa krótkie podjazdy. Wspinaczka na Haijing Avenue (1,3 km, 4,8%) pojawiała się na 41. i 95. kilometrze etapu, nie mając mieć większego wpływu na rywalizację.
W ucieczce dnia pokazali się Yousif Mirza (UAE Team Emirates), Silvan Dillier (AG2R La Mondiale) i Andrey Grivko (Astana). Przewaga trójki zawodników nigdy nie urosła znacznie, sięgając ledwo minuty. Pościg napędzały ekipy LottoNL-Jumbo i Groupama-FDJ.
Na drugim podjeździe akcja została skasowana, a kontrę uruchomili Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) i Peter Kennaugh (Bora-hansgrohe). Dwójka odskoczyła na 25 sekund, ale niespełna 10 kilometrów przed metą również została zneutralizowana. Finisz należał do Groenwegena, który odniósł 14 zwycięstwo w sezonie.
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 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 29 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 30 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 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 GonŤalves (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 65 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 66 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 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 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 00:16 111 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 112 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac 00:22 113 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:26 114 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 115 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:29 116 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 00:38 117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:41 118 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:42 119 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 01:13 120 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 121 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:34 122 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:41 123 Yousif Mirza (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 124 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 06:31
1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:21:35 2 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 00:02 3 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:04 4 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 00:06 5 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 6 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 00:07 7 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 00:09 8 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 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 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 33 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 34 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 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 GonŤalves (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 67 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 68 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 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 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 00:26 111 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 112 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac 00:32 113 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:36 114 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 115 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:39 116 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 00:48 117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:51 118 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 00:52 119 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 01:23 120 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 121 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:44 122 Yousif Mirza (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 01:49 123 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:51 124 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 06:41