2017 Tour of Guangxi

The 2017 Tour of Guangxi was a road cycling stage race that took place in China between 19 and 24 October 2017. It was the 1st edition of the Tour of Guangxi and was part of the 2017 UCI World Tour as a 2.UWT event. The race was won by Belgian cyclist Tim Wellens of Lotto–Soudal.^[2]

2017 Tour of Guangxi

2017 UCI World Tour
Race details
Dates	19–24 October 2017
Stages	6
Distance	921.2[1] km (572.4 mi)
Winning time	20h 59' 49"
Results
Winner  Tim Wellens (BEL)   Second  Bauke Mollema (NED)   Third  Nicolas Roche (IRL)   Points  Fernando Gaviria (COL)   Mountains  Daniel Oss (ITA)   Youth  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)   Team BMC Racing Team
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The points classification was won by Fernando Gaviria of Quick-Step Floors.

The mountains classification was won by Daniel Oss of BMC Racing Team.

The youth classification was won by Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-Step Floors.

Teams

Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:^[3][4]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• BMC Racing Team
• Cannondale–Drapac
• Lotto–Soudal
• Orica–Scott
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Team Sky
• Trek–Segafredo
• Bahrain–Merida
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Team Dimension Data
• Movistar Team
• Quick-Step Floors
• LottoNL–Jumbo
• Team Sunweb
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Nippo–Vini Fantini

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[5][6]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	19 October	Beihai to Beihai	107.4 km (66.7 mi)		Flat stage	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
2	20 October	Qinzhou to Nanning	156.7 km (97.4 mi)		Flat stage	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
3	21 October	Nanning to Nanning	125.4 km (77.9 mi)		Flat stage	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
4	22 October	Nanning to Mashan County	151 km (94 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Tim Wellens (BEL)
5	23 October	Liuzhou to Guilin	212.2 km (131.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
6	24 October	Guilin to Guilin	168.1 km (104.5 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Fernando Gaviria (COL)

Result

Final general classification[5][7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal 20h 59' 49" 2  Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek–Segafredo + 6" 3  Nicolas Roche (IRL) BMC Racing Team + 11" 4  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Quick-Step Floors + 15" 5  Ben Hermans (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 18" 6  Matej Mohorič (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 24" 7  Wout Poels (NED) Team Sky s.t. 8  Silvan Dillier (SUI) BMC Racing Team + 29" 9  Rein Taaramäe (EST) Team Katusha–Alpecin s.t. 10  Mekseb Debesay (ERI) Team Dimension Data + 31"