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2023 Tour of Guangxi
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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] The race returned after three years of not being held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[2][3]
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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]
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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] Other riders considered favorites are punchers 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) who has amassed 10 pro wins this season and Olav Kooij (Team Jumbo–Visma) who has 11.[3] Other contenders for the sprint stages are; Jonathan Milan (Team Bahrain Victorious), Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), Jakub Mareczko (Alpecin–Deceuninck), Max Kanter (Movistar Team) and Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers).[9]
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Stage 1
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] They were not allowed too large of a gap by the teams of the sprinters. Wandahl won both of the Mountain sprints to take the jersey for leading that classification going into the second stage.[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] It was Milan who launched first, with Viviani coming around in the last few hundred metres to take victory.[14] This was Viviani's first WorldTour win since 2019 where he won the 2019 EuroEyes Cyclassics.[15]
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Stage 4
- 15 October 2023 — Nanning to Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot, 161.4 km (100.3 mi)[24]
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Classification standings
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Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
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