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21/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 5. Another bunch sprint done in Guilin

It was another day for the sprinters at stage 5 of the Tour of Guangxi, but there were attacks on the final climb of the day when the initial breakaway got caught. A select group, with the Astana riders pulling, tried to stay clear from the rest of the bunch towards the finish. But in the end, there was a reduced peloton, and Fernando Gaviria sprinted to his second stage win in this Tour of Guangxi. Davide Ballerini finished twelfth. Jonas Gregaard crashed on the descent of the final climb, but he has no serious injuries and is able to start on tomorrow’s final stage. Enric Mas is still the overall leader, Davide Villella is still ninth.

Race

20/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 4. Tenth place for Davide Villella atop Nongla climb

Astana rider Davide Villella finished tenth in the queen stage of the 2019 Tour of Guangxi, while Enric Mas took the stage victory and the overall lead atop of the renewed Nongla climb. After the early breakaway of three riders got caught, everything came down to the final climb of the day. A select group crossed the KOM at the finish line of the past two years, but the real selection was made on the 1,4 kilometers that were added in this edition of the Tour of Guangxi. In the end, Villella crossed the finish line on the tenth place, Merhawi Kudus also made it in the top 20, finishing eighteenth.

Race

19/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 3. Merhawi Kudus sprints into top 10, day before Queen Stage

For the third day in a row, an Astana rider finished in the top 10 at this year’s Tour of Guangxi. This time, on stage 3, Merhawi Kudus finished tenth in the bunch sprint of a reduced peloton. Both Davide Villella and Jonas Gregaard finished in the first group as well, with Villella moving into seventh overall the day before the Queen Stage of the Tour of Guangxi. Pascal Ackermann took the stage victory and retains the leader’s jersey after today’s stage in Nanning.

Race

18/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 2. Top five for Davide Ballerini, Laurens De Vreese in breakaway

At the second stage of the Tour of Guangxi, Davide Ballerini finished fifth in the bunch sprint, while Laurens De Vreese was part of the early breakaway. Shortly after the start, De Vreese took off together with Sep Vanmarcke and Jerome Cousin. They were able to create a gap of several minutes, but going into the final kilometers of the race, everything came back together for another bunch sprint. In this sprint, Astana rider Ballerini improved himself after his tenth place on stage 1. This time he finished fifth behind winner Daniel McLay, who was the fastest sprinter of the day.

Race

17/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 1. Tenth place for Davide Ballerini in bunch sprint

On the first stage of the 2019 Tour of Guangxi, Astana rider Davide Ballerini took the tenth place behind winner Fernando Gaviria. After an early break was caught, everything ended up in a bunch sprint in the streets of Beihai with the Colombian rider being the fastest just in front of Pascal Ackermann and Matteo Trentin.