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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.

Race

15/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi 2019. Team's roster

Astana Pro Team is ready for the last race of 2019 season: the UCI WorldTour event Gree-Tour of Guangxi, which will be held in China from october 17th to 22nd.

Race

12/10/2019

Il Lombardia. Jakob Fuglsang finishes season with fourth place in final Monument race

In the fifth and final Monument of the 2019 season, Jakob Fuglsang finished his season with a fourth place. Il Lombardia was won by Bauke Mollema, in front of Alejandro Valverde and Egan Bernal. The 243-kilometers-long Italian race had Astana rider Davide Ballerini in the early breakaway. But this group of eight riders eventually got caught in the final, when a select group took off on the Muro di Sormano, including Jakob Fuglsang. On the final climbs of the race, Bauke Mollema attacked while other race favorites were looking at each other. It was the decisive move, as he went solo for the victory. Behind him, a group of three riders sprinted, including Fuglsang, sprinted for the podium. After podium finishes this year at the Strade Bianche, Amstel Gold Race and Fléche Wallonne, this time Fuglsang finished just outside the podium, taking a second fourth place at Il Lombardia in his career.