Włoch Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) triumfował w drugiej edycji wyścigu Tour of Guangxi. Ostatni etap wygrał Holender Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Floors).
Zawodnik belgijskiej ekipy pokonał na ostatnich metrach mistrza Niemiec Pascala Ackermanna (Bora-hansgrohe) oraz jego drużynowego kolegę Rudigera Seliga.
W klasyfikacji generalnej ostatniego wyścigu cyklu WorldTour Moscon pokonał Felixa Grosschartnera (Bora-hansgrohe) i Sergieja Chernetskiego (Astana).
Finałowa rywalizacja toczyła się na dużej rundzie wokół Guilin (169 km) i prowadziła przez Huilong (116 km; 3,5 km; 4,1%) i Paohan (138 km; 5 km i 3,8%).
Na trasie uciekali Wang Meiyin (Bahrain-Merida), Nathan Van Hooydonck (BMC Racing), Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ), Jose Goncalves (Katusha-Alpecin), Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto-Soudal) i Lennard Hofstede (Team Sunweb), zyskując 3:30 przewagi.
Team Sky, a następnie Quick-Step Floors i Bora-hansgrohe kontrolowały akcję, zakończoną około 5 kilometrów przed kreską. Ostatni finisz sezonu 2018 należał do Fabio Jakobsena, który tym samym do 73 podwyższył rekord zwycięstw ekipy Quick-Step Floor podczas jednego roku.
1 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 3:42:53 2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 5 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 6 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 7 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 8 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 9 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 10 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 11 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 12 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 13 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 15 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 17 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 18 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 19 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 20 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 21 Jasha Sutterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 22 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 23 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 24 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 25 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 26 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 27 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 28 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team 29 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 30 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 31 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 32 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 33 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 34 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 35 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky 36 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 37 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 38 Carlos Verona (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 39 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 40 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 41 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 42 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 43 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 44 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 45 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 46 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 47 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 48 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 49 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 50 Stefan Kung (Swi) BMC Racing Team 51 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac 52 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 53 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 54 Jose GonŤalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 55 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 57 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 58 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 59 Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac 60 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 61 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 62 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 63 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 64 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 65 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 66 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 67 Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 68 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 69 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 70 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 71 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 72 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 75 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 76 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 77 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 78 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 79 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 80 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 81 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 82 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 83 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 84 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 85 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 86 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 87 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo 88 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 89 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 90 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 91 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 92 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:25 93 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 00:28 94 Wang Meiyin (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 95 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 96 Yousif Mirza (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 97 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 98 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 00:31 99 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 100 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First-Drapa 00:39 101 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky 00:50 102 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:58 103 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 01:05 104 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 105 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 01:07 106 Lennard Kamna (Ger) Team Sunweb 107 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 108 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 109 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:26 110 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 111 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac 01:30 112 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 113 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 01:38 114 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 115 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 01:47 116 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 11:17 DNS Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ DNS Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott DNS Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott DNS Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team DNS Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin DNS Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
1 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 20:39:56 2 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:09 3 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team 00:14 4 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 00:17 5 Carlos Verona (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 00:21 6 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac 7 Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 00:25 8 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 00:27 10 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 00:28 11 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 13 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky 14 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 15 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 16 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 00:30 17 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:32 18 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:38 19 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 20 Jose GonŤalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 00:40 21 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 00:41 22 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 23 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 00:43 24 Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Jasha Sutterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 00:45 26 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 00:48 27 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 00:56 28 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 29 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:59 30 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:07 31 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 32 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 33 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 34 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 35 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 36 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 01:09 37 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 38 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:13 39 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 01:17 40 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 01:20 41 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida 01:27 42 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 01:29 43 Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 01:35 44 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 02:19 45 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 02:20 46 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 02:23 47 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 03:46 48 Stefan Kung (Swi) BMC Racing Team 04:03 49 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 04:56 50 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 04:57 51 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 05:21 52 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 05:43 53 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 06:06 54 Neilson Powless (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 06:08 55 Lennard Kamna (Ger) Team Sunweb 56 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 06:11 57 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 06:19 58 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 06:36 59 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 06:38 60 Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 06:43 61 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 06:44 62 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 06:47 63 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 64 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 65 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 07:14 66 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 67 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 07:20 68 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 07:22 69 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac 07:25 70 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 07:27 71 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 07:34 72 Wang Meiyin (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 07:42 73 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 07:43 74 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 75 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 76 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 08:14 77 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 08:19 78 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 08:26 79 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 08:46 80 Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 08:55 81 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 09:30 82 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 09:33 83 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 09:47 84 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 10:12 85 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 10:21 86 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 10:46 87 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 11:17 88 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 11:22 89 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 11:27 90 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 11:31 91 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 11:35 92 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac 11:49 93 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 94 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 95 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo 96 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 11:58 97 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 12:17 98 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 12:38 99 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 13:15 100 Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac 14:41 101 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 17:11 102 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17:44 103 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 18:12 104 Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First-Drapa 18:18 105 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 18:46 106 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 18:53 107 Yousif Mirza (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 19:51 108 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 21:26 109 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 21:57 110 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 22:05 111 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 22:06 112 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 22:09 113 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 23:01 114 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 26:07 115 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky 26:57 116 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 45:27