Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) made it six victories from the past seven stages of the Tour of Guangxi, powering to the line in Chongzuo on stage 1 of the 2026 edition.
The Frenchman timed his effort perfectly on the opener amid a hectic sprint on wide highway roads, getting the jump on co-favourite for the flat stages, Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM), whose team had completed the best lead-out.
After Magnier speared past him alongside the barriers, he won with relative ease ahead of Sam Welsford (Netcompany Ineos) and Max Kanter (XDS Astana). With his sixth win, he matched Fernando Gaviria's record for stage victories at the WorldTour race in Asia.
The French rider, who won on every day except the queen stage 12 months ago, leads the general classification by four seconds from the Australian fast man Welsford.
Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Mobility) sits third overall thanks to gaining four seconds at the intermediate sprint from the day's early breakaway, with Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) and Patrick Gamper (Jayco AlUla) also getting up the road on Tuesday. They were reeled in just inside 10km to go, ahead of the build-up to the final sprint.
Racing will continue in southwest China on Wednesday with a 179.7km race from Chongzuo to Jingxi, where the puncheurs and GC hopefuls like Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5) should shine on a rising final run to the line.
Results
Position | Rider (Country) Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep | 3:00:23 |
2 | Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
3 | Max Kanter (Ger) XDS Astana | |
4 | Oded Kogut (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
5 | Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
6 | Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United | |
7 | Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
8 | Luke Lamperti (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | |
9 | Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
10 | Itamar Einhorn (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
11 | Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
12 | Olav Kooij (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
13 | Ruidong Wang (Chn) Li Ning Star | |
14 | Matevž Govekar (Slo) Bahrain Victorious | |
15 | Frits Biesterbos (Ned) Picnic PostNL | |
16 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Picnic PostNL | |
17 | Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team | |
18 | Milan Fretin (Bel) Cofidis | |
19 | Mattia Agostinacchio (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost | |
20 | Cyril Barthe (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
21 | Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | |
22 | Joseph Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
23 | Dries De Pooter (Bel) Jayco-AlUla | |
24 | Žak Eržen (Slo) Bahrain Victorious | |
25 | Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
26 | Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
27 | Henrik Pedersen (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
28 | Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team | |
29 | Urianstad Martin Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
30 | Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers | |
31 | Clément Champoussin (Fra) XDS Astana | |
32 | Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
33 | Arne Marit (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
34 | Sunekær Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Lidl-Trek | |
35 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
36 | Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
37 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
38 | Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
39 | Artem Shmidt (USA) Ineos Grenadiers | |
40 | Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
41 | Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | |
42 | Milan Vader (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
43 | Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | |
44 | Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
45 | Tom Pidcock (GBr) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
46 | Bjoern Koerdt (GBr) Picnic PostNL | |
47 | Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
48 | Afonso Eulálio (Por) Bahrain Victorious | |
49 | Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis | |
50 | Alessandro Pinarello (Ita) NSN Cycling Team | |
51 | Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Bahrain Victorious | |
52 | Owain Doull (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
53 | Tobias Bayer (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
54 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) XDS Astana | |
55 | Joshua Giddings (GBr) Lotto-Intermarché | |
56 | Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
57 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Lidl-Trek | |
58 | Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
59 | Jarno Widar (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
60 | Zhicheng Liu (Chn) Camp Cycling Team | |
61 | Tobias Svarre (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
62 | Anton Schiffer (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
63 | Kaden Alexander Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
64 | Luke Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché | |
65 | Camille Charret (Fra) Cofidis | |
66 | Pelayo Sanchez Mayo (Spa) Movistar Team | |
67 | Paul Double (GBr) Jayco-AlUla | |
68 | Robbe Dhondt (Bel) Picnic PostNL | |
69 | Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
70 | Fernando Diego Pescador Castro (Col) Movistar Team | |
71 | Martin Tjøtta (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
72 | Max Van Der Meulen (Ned) Bahrain Victorious | |
73 | Michel Heßmann (Ger) Movistar Team | |
74 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Jayco-AlUla | |
75 | Chenglu Liu (Chn) China Anta- Mentech Cycling Team | |
76 | Rémy Rochas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
77 | Loe Van Belle (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
78 | Lennard Kämna (Ger) Lidl-Trek | |
79 | Manuel Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
80 | Victor Langellotti (Mon) Ineos Grenadiers | |
81 | Haijie Hu (Chn) Shenzhen Gineyea-Xidesheng Cycling Team | |
82 | Binyan Ma (Chn) China Anta- Mentech Cycling Team | |
83 | Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
84 | Adrien Boichis (Fra) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
85 | Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
86 | Louis Barre (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
87 | Dries De Bondt (Bel) Jayco-AlUla | |
88 | Clément Braz Afonso (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
89 | Robert Donaldson (GBr) Jayco-AlUla | |
90 | Haoyu Su (Chn) XDS Astana | |
91 | Steff Cras (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
92 | Davide Formolo (Ita) Movistar Team | |
93 | Brent Van Moer (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
94 | Vlad Van Mechelen (Bel) Bahrain Victorious | |
95 | Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
96 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | |
97 | Yutao Shen (Chn) | |
98 | Daniel Skerl (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
99 | Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché | |
100 | Frølich Mikkel Honoré (Den) EF Education-EasyPost | |
101 | Øxenberg Peter Hansen (Den) Ineos Grenadiers | |
102 | Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
103 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis | |
104 | Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
105 | Harold Martin Lopez Granizo (Ecu) XDS Astana | |
106 | Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
107 | Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
108 | Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
109 | Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
110 | Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
111 | Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
112 | Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
113 | Jamie Meehan (Irl) Cofidis | |
114 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Lidl-Trek | |
115 | Samuele Battistella (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost | |
116 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) NSN Cycling Team | |
117 | William Barta (USA) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
118 | Chenli Zhao (Chn) Shenzhen Gineyea-Xidesheng Cycling Team | |
119 | Javier Romo Oliver (Spa) Movistar Team | |
120 | Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
121 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
122 | Rotem Tene (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
123 | Óscar Rodríguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
124 | Julius Johansen (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
125 | Emīls Liepiņš (Lat) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
126 | Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5 | |
127 | Timo De Jong (Ned) Picnic PostNL | |
128 | Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
129 | Dillon Corkery (Irl) Picnic PostNL | |
130 | Simon Carr (GBr) Cofidis | |
131 | Patrick Gamper (Aut) Jayco-AlUla | |
132 | Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | |
133 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
134 | Robin Froidevaux (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
135 | Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:00:29 |
136 | Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
137 | Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM | |
138 | Niklas Behrens (Ger) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
139 | Jarrad Eriks Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | |
140 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Lidl-Trek | |
141 | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
142 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
143 | Sean Flynn (GBr) Picnic PostNL | 0:00:59 |
144 | Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
145 | Andrew August (USA) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:01:00 |
146 | Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic PostNL | 0:01:06 |
147 | Stan Dewulf (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM | 0:01:27 |
148 | Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep | |
149 | Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis | 0:02:00 |
DNF | Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS Astana | |
DNS | Jacob Eriksson (Swe) Tudor Pro Cycling |