Cycling race
2023 Tour of Guangxi 2023 UCI World Tour , race 35 of 35Dates 12–17 October 2023 Stages 6 Distance 958.8 km (595.8 mi)
The 2023 Gree-Tour of Guangxi was a road cycling stage race that took place between 12 and 17 October 2023 in the Chinese province of Guangxi . It was the 4th edition of the Tour of Guangxi and the thirty-fifth and final event of the 2023 UCI World Tour .[ 1] COVID-19 pandemic in China .[ 2] [ 3]
Teams
Eighteen teams, which consist of fourteen of the eighteen UCI WorldTour teams, three UCI Professional Continental teams and one national team participated in the race. Each team entered seven riders, except Israel–Premier Tech , Intermarché–Circus–Wanty , Tudor Pro Cycling Team which entered six riders and Team Jumbo–Visma , Trek–Segafredo which entered five riders.[ 4]
Two riders of Intermarché–Circus–Wanty were pulled from the race before the start by their team.[ 5] Madis Mihkels and Gerben Thijssen both are facing diciplinary action after Mihkels posted a picture on instagram of himself imitating slant eyes.[ 6]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
National teams
Pre-race favorites
The race has typically favored sprinters or punchers for the overall victory. This edition will be no different with Stage 4 likely to be the decisive stage. Tim Wellens is the only past winner of the Tour starting, he won in 2017 after winning a two-up sprint at Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot , the same place stage 4 finishes this year.[ 7] Matteo Jorgenson and Ivan Sosa (Both Movistar Team ) and Oscar Onley (Team dsm–firmenich [ 3] [ 8]
With the other stages most likely to end in a mass sprint the favorites for those stages are: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto–Dstny Olav Kooij (Team Jumbo–Visma [ 3] Jonathan Milan (Team Bahrain Victorious Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team Jakub Mareczko (Alpecin–Deceuninck Max Kanter (Movistar Team Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers [ 9]
Route
Stages
Stage 1
12 October 2023 — Beihai to Beihai, 135.6 km (84.3 mi)[ 10] The opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi was a flat circuit stage starting and finishing in Beihai . A breakaway of five riders; Frederik Wandahl (Bora–Hansgrohe ), Louis Barré (Arkéa–Samsic ), Dries De Bondt (Alpecin–Deceuninck ), Omer Goldstein (Israel–Premier Tech ) and Julius Johansen (Intermarché–Circus–Wanty ), got away early on.[ 11] [ 12]
With Thomas De Gendt and his Lotto–Dstny team doing the pacing the break was caught with just under 16km to go. Lotto–Dstny, Cofidis , Movistar Team and Bora–Hansgrohe all had their trains at the front coming into the sprint.[ 13] [ 14] 2019 EuroEyes Cyclassics .[ 15]
Stage 2
13 October 2023 — Beihai to Qinzhou , 149.6 km (93.0 mi)[ 18]
Stage 3
14 October 2023 — Nanning to Nanning, 134.3 km (83.5 mi)[ 21]
Stage 4
15 October 2023 — Nanning to Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot , 161.4 km (100.3 mi)[ 24]
Stage 5
16 October 2023 — Liuzhou to Guilin , 209.6 km (130.2 mi)[ 27]
Stage 6
17 October 2023 — Guilin to Guilin, 168.3 km (104.6 mi)[ 30]
Classification leadership
Classification standings
Legend
Denotes the winner of the general classification
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
Denotes the winner of the points classification
Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification
General classification
Young rider classification
References
