The men’s UCI WorldTour calendar ends this week with the Gree – Tour de Guangxiplayed from October 15 to 20. Created in 2017 and back last year after three years of successive cancellations, the Chinese event will celebrate its 5th edition with six days of racing across the province of Guangxi, for a total distance of more than 1000 kilometers. The opportunity for many riders to show themselves one last time before the end of the season, and for certain teams to chase UCI points. The course offers up to 5 more or less hilly stages which could just as easily end in a sprint or smile on the daring depending on the race scenario. The queen stage which should decide the general classification will be followed Saturday, with the traditional arrival at the top of Nongla Scenic Area (3.3 km at 6.6%), the only one that can decide between the best punchers/climbers. This is where Milan Father (Visma | Lease a Bike) had built its success on the 2023 edition.
Video – Enric Mas won the overall of the 2019 edition!
A very open general, the sprints too
To hope to succeed the Dutchman – present in China to try to become the first runner to achieve the double – some favorites stand out even if the world’s elite are logically missing. Runners like Pavel Sivakov, Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny), Joseph Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech), Luke Plapp (Team Jayco-AlUla), Jan Hirt (Soudal Quick-Step), Victor Lafay, Alex Baudin (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Emanuel Buchmann (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Ivan Sosa (Movistar Team), Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers), Max Poole, Oscar Onley (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Alexey Lutsenko or even Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Kazakhstan Team) have the qualities to win, even if we will have to see how fit everyone is after this long trip to China.
As for the sprinters, the field is not very good despite the opportunities for massive racing. Among the main headliners, we find in particular Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), Fabio Jakobsen (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech), Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates), Milan Fretin (Courtesy), Luke Lamperti (Soudal Quick-Step), Max Kanter, Gleb Syritsa (Astana Kazakhstan Team), Alberto Bruttomessi (Bahrain Victorious), Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) or Iván García Cortina (Movistar Team), taking a very broad approach.
The Gree route – Tour of Guangxi 2024 (arrivals around 8:30 a.m. French time)
Tuesday October 15 : 1st step – Fangchenggang – Fangchenggang (149,4 km)
Wednesday October 16 : 2nd step – Chongzuo-Jingxi (181,5 km)
Thursday October 17 : 3rd step -Jingxi-Bama (214 km)
Friday October 18 : 4th step – Bama-Jinchengjiang (176,8 km)
Saturday October 19 : 5th step – Yizhou-Nongla Scenic Area (165,8 km)
Sunday October 20 : 6th step – Nanning-Nanning (134.3 km)
The starting list
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1 Father Milan
2 Bouwman Koen
4 Staune-Mittet Johannes
5 Van der Sande Tosh
6 van Dijke Mick
7 Vermote Julien
ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
11 Barré Louis
12 Costiou Ewen
13 Covering David
14 Gesbert Elie
15 Grondin Donavan
16 Le Berre Mathis
17 Louvel Matis
Astana Kazakhstan Team
21 Dancers Davide
22 Fedorov Yevgeniy
23 Lucky Lorenzo
24 Kanter Max
25 Lutsenko Alexey
26 Blessed Rüdiger
27 Syritsa Gleb
Bahrain Victorious
31 Bruttometto Alberto
32 Govekar Matevz
33 Pickering Finlay
34 Rajovic Dusan
35 Stannard Robert
36 The tree Torstein
37 Wisniowski Lukasz
You trust
41 Allegaert Piet
42 Champion Thomas
43 Fretin Milan
44 Izagirre Gorka
45 Knight Oliver
46 Ruben Fernandez
47 Robeet Ludovic
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
51 Baudin Alex
52 Bouchard Geoffrey
53 De Bondt Dries
54 Dewulf Stan
55 Gautherat Pierre
56 Victor’s Fire
57 Pollefliet Gianluca
EF Education-EasyPost
61 Beloki Markel
62 Bissegger Stefan
63 Chaves Esteban
64 Honorable Michael
65 Rootkin-Gray Jack
66 Slide Jonas
67 van den Berg Marijn
INEOS Grenadiers
72 Foss Tobias
73 Friar Omar
74 Leonard Michael
75 Narvaez Jonathan
76 Rodriguez Oscar
77 Shmidt Artem
Intermarché-Wanty
81 Calmejane Lilian
82 Colleoni Kevin
84 Herregodts Rune
85 Taaramäe Rhine
86 van der Hoorn Taco
87 Van Hoecke Gijs
Lidl-Trek
91 Ghebreigzabhier Immanuel
92 Daan refused
93 Kirsch Alex
94 Simmons Quinn
95 Stuyven Jasper
96 Tesfazion Natnael
97 Vergaerde Otto
Movistar Team
101 Cimolai Davide
102 Cavagna Remi
103 Serrano Gonzalo
104 García Cortina Ivan
106 Samitier Sergio
107 Sosa Ivan
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
111 Buchmann Emanuel
112 Aleotti Giovanni
113 Hajek Alexander
114 Duke Emil
115 Lührs Luis-Joe
116 Maciejuk Filip
117 Schachmann Max
Soudal Quick-Step
121 Black Josef
122 Hirt Jan
123 Knox James
124 Lamperti Luke
125 Reinderink Pepijn
126 Svrcek Martin
127 Vangheluwe Warre
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
131 Eddy Patrick
132 Jacobsen Fabio
133 Märkl Niklas
134 Onley Oscar
135 Poole Max
136 Roosen Timo
137 van Without Casper
Team Jayco-AlUla
141 Plapp Lucas
142 Berhe Welay
143 Jansen Amund Grøndahl
144 Maas Jan
145 Hamilton Lucas
146 Quick Blake
147 Scotson Callum
UAE Team Emirates
151 Igor Arrieta
152 Großschartner Felix
153 Laengen Vegard Stake
154 Sebastian Molano
155 Sivakov Pavel
156 Wave Michael
157 Wellens Tim
Israel-Premier Tech
161 Froome Chris
162 Blackmore Joe
163 Pickrell Riley
164 Raisberg Nadav
165 Stewart Jake
166 Sagiv Guy
167 Vernon Ethan
Lottery Dstny
171 Livyns Everyday
172 Moniquet Sylvain
173 Easter greetings Mathijs
174 Sepulveda Eduardo
175 Slock Liam
176 Taminiaux Lionel
177 Van Eetvelt Lennert
Chine
181 Lyu Xianjing
182 Ma Binyan
183 Shen Yutao
184 Li Zhen
185 Sun Changsheng
186 Teng Geng
187 Yu Jiaqing
