Milan Fretin (Cofidis) struck again at the Tour of Guangxi, the Belgian prevailing in a bunch sprint in Yizhou as overall leader Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) crashed in the final kilometre.
As was the case in the previous four stages of the race, stage 5 was always set to come down to a mass sprint finish, and so it proved as the peloton once again raced to finish as one.
The sprint was set up after the break of the day – featuring Patrick Gamper, Jasha Sütterlin (JaycoAlUla), Brandon Rivera (Netcompany Ineos), Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché), Davide Formolo (Movistar), and Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost) was caught 14km from the finish.
Magnier, the winner of stages 1 and 4, looked to be the favourite once again, but the Frenchman didn't make the sprint, crashing along with Max Kanter (XDS-Astana) and several others as the peloton raced towards the finish line.
A host of other top sprinters at the race avoided the carnage to contest victory, and it was Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor) who launched the dash for the line. Instead, it was Fretin who came out on top, timing his run just right to beat Matteo Moschetti (Pinarello-Q36.5) and Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) to the win.
Magnier may not have added to his win tally, but he can rest assured that he'll continue in the race lead after the stage, heading into stage 6 with a 10-second lead over stage 2 winner Frits Biesterbos (Picnic PostNL), who was also held up in the crash.
He's unlikely to hold the jersey all the way to the finish on Sunday, however, with the closing stage heading for the race's only uphill finish at Nongla Scenic Spot (3.2km at 7.3%).
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Results
Position | Rider (Country) Team | Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 | Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis PRT | 3:44:18 |
2 | Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5 PRT | |
3 | Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility WTT | |
4 | Joshua Giddings (GBr) Lotto-Intermarché WTT | |
5 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WTT | |
6 | Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana WTT | |
7 | Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
8 | Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT | |
9 | Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT | |
10 | Oded Kogut (Isr) NSN Cycling Team WTT | |
11 | Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep WTT | |
12 | Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United WTT | |
13 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana WTT | |
14 | Binyan Ma (Chn) China Anta- Mentech Cycling Team CTM | |
15 | Robert Donaldson (GBr) Jayco-AlUla WTT | |
16 | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech WTT | |
17 | Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WTT | |
18 | Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team WTT | |
19 | Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech WTT | |
20 | Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT | |
21 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Picnic PostNL WTT | |
22 | Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché WTT | |
23 | Breiner Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility WTT | |
24 | Robin Froidevaux (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT | |
25 | Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5 PRT | |
26 | Luke Lamperti (USA) EF Education-EasyPost WTT | |
27 | Adrien Boichis (Fra) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WTT | |
28 | Urianstad Martin Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility WTT | |
29 | Cyril Barthe (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT | |
30 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost WTT | |
31 | Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT | |
32 | Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team WTT | |
33 | Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis PRT | |
34 | Afonso Eulálio (Por) Bahrain Victorious WTT | |
35 | Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis PRT | |
36 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility WTT | |
37 | Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT | |
38 | Chenli Zhao (Chn) Shenzhen Gineyea-Xidesheng Cycling Team CTM | |
39 | Joseph Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5 PRT | |
40 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Lidl-Trek WTT | |
41 | Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Movistar Team WTT | |
42 | Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5 PRT | |
43 | Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike WTT | |
44 | Max Van Der Meulen (Ned) Bahrain Victorious WTT | |
45 | Ruidong Wang (Chn) Li Ning Star CTM | |
46 | Mattia Agostinacchio (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost WTT | |
47 | Victor Langellotti (Mon) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
48 | Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
49 | Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 PRT | |
50 | Louis Barre (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike WTT | |
51 | Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost WTT | |
52 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team WTT | |
53 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling Team WTT | |
54 | Manuel Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG WTT | |
55 | Fernando Diego Pescador Castro (Col) Movistar Team WTT | |
56 | Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious WTT | |
57 | Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team WTT | |
58 | Paul Double (GBr) Jayco-AlUla WTT | |
59 | Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5 PRT | |
60 | Haoyu Su (Chn) XDS Astana WTT | |
61 | Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT | |
62 | Camille Charret (Fra) Cofidis PRT | |
63 | Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla WTT | |
64 | Chenglu Liu (Chn) China Anta- Mentech Cycling Team CTM | |
65 | Harold Martin Lopez Granizo (Ecu) XDS Astana WTT | |
66 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WTT | |
67 | Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WTT | |
68 | Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana WTT | |
69 | Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT | |
70 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Lidl-Trek WTT | |
71 | Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché WTT | |
72 | William Barta (USA) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT | |
73 | Dries De Pooter (Bel) Jayco-AlUla WTT | |
74 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek WTT | |
75 | Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché WTT | |
76 | Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG WTT | |
77 | Samuele Battistella (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost WTT | |
78 | Anton Schiffer (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike WTT | |
79 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis PRT | |
80 | Sunekær Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek WTT | |
81 | Loe Van Belle (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike WTT | |
82 | Frølich Mikkel Honoré (Den) EF Education-EasyPost WTT | |
83 | Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility WTT | |
84 | Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
85 | Tobias Svarre (Den) Uno-X Mobility WTT | |
86 | Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious WTT | |
87 | Sean Flynn (GBr) Picnic PostNL WTT | |
88 | Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT | |
89 | Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché WTT | |
90 | Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
91 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Jayco-AlUla WTT | |
92 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Jayco-AlUla WTT | |
93 | Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility WTT | |
94 | Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT | |
95 | Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team WTT | |
96 | Artem Shmidt (USA) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
97 | Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG WTT | |
98 | Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team WTT | |
99 | Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
100 | Øxenberg Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers WTT | |
101 | Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT | |
102 | Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WTT | |
103 | Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team WTT | |
104 | Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United WTT | |
105 | Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG WTT | |
106 | Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL WTT | |
107 | Luke Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché WTT | |
108 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek WTT | |
109 | Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep WTT | |
110 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek WTT | |
111 | Simon Carr (GBr) Cofidis PRT | |
112 | Daniel Skerl (Ita) Bahrain Victorious WTT | |
113 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep WTT | |
114 | Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché WTT | |
115 | Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG WTT | |
116 | Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG WTT | |
117 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech WTT | |
118 | Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5 PRT | |
119 | Yutao Shen | |
120 | Zhicheng Liu (Chn) Camp Cycling Team CTM | |
121 | Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious WTT | |
122 | Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG WTT | |
123 | Stan Dewulf (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT | |
124 | Timo De Jong (Ned) Picnic PostNL WTT | |
125 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT | |
126 | Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep WTT | |
127 | Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep WTT | |
128 | Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team WTT | |
129 | Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost WTT | |
130 | Itamar Einhorn (Isr) NSN Cycling Team WTT | |
131 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech WTT | |
132 | Kaden Alexander Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech WTT | |
133 | Jarrad Eriks Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WTT | |
134 | Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling PRT | 0:00:49 |
135 | Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team WTT | |
136 | Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL WTT | 0:00:00 |
137 | Dries De Bondt (Bel) Jayco-AlUla WTT | 0:01:03 |
138 | Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL WTT | 0:00:00 |
139 | Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL WTT | |
140 | Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM WTT | 0:01:19 |
141 | Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep WTT | 0:00:00 |
142 | Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep WTT | 0:01:19 |
143 | Niklas Behrens (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike WTT | |
DNS | Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL WTT |
Position | Rider (Country) Team | Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep | 8:18:43 |
2 | Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL | 0:00:10 |
3 | Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana | 0:00:16 |
4 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Jayco-AlUla | 0:00:18 |
5 | Manuel Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:00:19 |
6 | Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM | 0:00:20 |
7 | Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
8 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:22 |
9 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | |
10 | Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:00:23 |
11 | Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious | 0:00:24 |
12 | Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
13 | Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5 | 0:00:25 |
14 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team | |
15 | Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:00:26 |
16 | Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
17 | Cyril Barthe (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
18 | Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers | |
19 | Breiner Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
20 | Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana | |
21 | Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
22 | Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
23 | Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
24 | Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis | |
25 | Urianstad Martin Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
26 | Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
27 | Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
28 | Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Movistar Team | |
29 | Afonso Eulálio (Por) Bahrain Victorious | |
30 | Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | |
31 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana | |
32 | Louis Barre (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
33 | Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
34 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Lidl-Trek | |
35 | Sean Flynn (GBr) Picnic PostNL | |
36 | Paul Double (GBr) Jayco-AlUla | |
37 | Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
38 | Loe Van Belle (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
39 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
40 | Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
41 | William Barta (USA) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
42 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
43 | Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team | |
44 | Fernando Diego Pescador Castro (Col) Movistar Team | |
45 | Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
46 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling Team | |
47 | Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis | |
48 | Adrien Boichis (Fra) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
49 | Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
50 | Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
51 | Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
52 | Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
53 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
54 | Tobias Svarre (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
55 | Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team | |
56 | Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL | |
57 | Frølich Mikkel Honoré (Den) EF Education-EasyPost | |
58 | Harold Martin Lopez Granizo (Ecu) XDS Astana | |
59 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
60 | Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
61 | Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
62 | Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
63 | Max Van Der Meulen (Ned) Bahrain Victorious | |
64 | Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché | |
65 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis | |
66 | Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers | |
67 | Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team | |
68 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Lidl-Trek | |
69 | Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
70 | Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
71 | Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
72 | Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
73 | Samuele Battistella (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost | |
74 | Simon Carr (GBr) Cofidis | |
75 | Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
76 | Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
77 | Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | 0:00:55 |
78 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
79 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek | |
80 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:01:15 |
81 | Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
82 | Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:01:18 |
83 | Luke Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:01:21 |
84 | Haoyu Su (Chn) XDS Astana | |
85 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Jayco-AlUla | 0:01:22 |
86 | Joseph Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5 | 0:01:24 |
87 | Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious | |
88 | Øxenberg Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers | |
89 | Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL | |
90 | Robert Donaldson (GBr) Jayco-AlUla | 0:01:33 |
91 | Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:01:34 |
92 | Mattia Agostinacchio (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:01:38 |
93 | Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:02:23 |
94 | Dries De Pooter (Bel) Jayco-AlUla | 0:02:31 |
95 | Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:02:35 |
96 | Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:02:38 |
97 | Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious | 0:02:41 |
98 | Robin Froidevaux (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:02:58 |
99 | Artem Shmidt (USA) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:03:28 |
100 | Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM | 0:05:45 |
101 | Stan Dewulf (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM | 0:06:02 |
102 | Anton Schiffer (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:06:06 |
103 | Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team | 0:07:00 |
104 | Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:08:53 |
105 | Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
106 | Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:10:31 |
107 | Joshua Giddings (GBr) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:10:51 |
108 | Victor Langellotti (Mon) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:10:52 |
109 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek | |
110 | Timo De Jong (Ned) Picnic PostNL | |
111 | Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 0:11:18 |
112 | Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
113 | Emils Liepins (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5 | 0:11:49 |
114 | Yutao Shen | |
115 | Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:12:38 |
116 | Niklas Behrens (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:13:42 |
117 | Dries De Bondt (Bel) Jayco-AlUla | 0:16:48 |
118 | Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5 | 0:17:31 |
119 | Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
120 | Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:17:33 |
121 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Picnic PostNL | 0:17:35 |
122 | Oded Kogut (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | 0:17:37 |
123 | Luke Lamperti (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | |
124 | Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team | |
125 | Itamar Einhorn (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
126 | Zhicheng Liu (Chn) Camp Cycling Team | |
127 | Camille Charret (Fra) Cofidis | |
128 | Sunekær Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek | |
129 | Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis | 0:19:58 |
130 | Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:21:03 |
131 | Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL | 0:22:30 |
132 | Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:26:04 |
133 | Binyan Ma (Chn) China Anta- Mentech Cycling Team | |
134 | Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | 0:28:20 |
135 | Kaden Alexander Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:28:29 |
136 | Chenli Zhao (Chn) Shenzhen Gineyea-Xidesheng Cycling Team | |
137 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
138 | Daniel Skerl (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 0:28:46 |
139 | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:28:57 |
140 | Jarrad Eriks Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:29:28 |
141 | Chenglu Liu (Chn) China Anta- Mentech Cycling Team | 0:30:26 |
142 | Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | 0:31:10 |
143 | Ruidong Wang (Chn) Li Ning Star | 0:31:18 |