2018 Tour of Guangxi

The 2018 Tour of Guangxi was a road cycling stage race that took place between 16 and 21 October 2018 in China. It was the 2nd edition of the Tour of Guangxi and the thirty-seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.^[2][3] It was won by Gianni Moscon of Team Sky.^[4]

2018 Tour of Guangxi

2018 UCI World Tour, race 37 of 37
Race details
Dates	16–21 October 2018
Stages	6
Distance	911.4^[1] km (566.3 mi)
Winning time	20h 39' 56"
Results
Winner  Gianni Moscon (ITA) (Team Sky)   Second  Felix Großschartner (AUT) (Bora–Hansgrohe)   Third  Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) (Astana)
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Teams

Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:^[5][6]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• BMC Racing Team
• EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
• LottoNL–Jumbo
• Movistar Team
• Team Sunweb
• Astana
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Lotto–Soudal
• Quick-Step Floors
• Trek–Segafredo
• Bahrain–Merida
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Team Sky
• UAE Team Emirates
• Groupama–FDJ

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[7]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	16 October	Beihai to Beihai	107.4 km (66.7 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
2	17 October	Beihai to Qinzhou	145.2 km (90.2 mi)		Flat stage	Pascal Ackermann (GER)
3	18 October	Nanning to Nanning	125.4 km (77.9 mi)		Flat stage	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)
4	19 October	Nanning to Mashan County	152.2 km (94.6 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Gianni Moscon (ITA)
5	20 October	Liuzhou to Guilin	212.2 km (131.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Matteo Trentin (ITA)
6	21 October	Guilin to Guilin	169 km (105 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)

General classification

Final general classification^[4]^[8]^[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Gianni Moscon (ITA)     Team Sky 20h 39' 56" 2   Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 9" 3   Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) Astana + 14" 4   Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Quick-Step Floors + 17" 5   Carlos Verona (ESP) Mitchelton–Scott + 21" 6   Rigoberto Urán (COL) EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale s.t. 7   Rubén Fernández (ESP) Movistar Team + 25" 8   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana s.t. 9   Dries Devenyns (BEL) Quick-Step Floors + 27" 10   Natnael Berhane (ERI) Team Dimension Data + 28"

References

1. "Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour), Guangxi Region, China". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
2. "UCI announces 2018 road calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
3. . Velon. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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6. "Tour of Guangxi 2018 - Start List". Cycling News. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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8. "2018 Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour), Guangxi Region, China". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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