Tour of Guangxi 2024 – Lionel Taminiaux wins the 1st stage

Promised to sprinters, the 1st stage of the Tour du Guangxi 2024 saw the victory of Lionel Taminiaux, in the photofinish, at the end of the day’s 149.4 kilometers.

Lionel Taminiaux (28 years old) won the 1st stage of the Tour du Guangxi 2024 (2.UWT) what mardi. A Fangchenggangthe team’s Belgian sprinter Lottery Dstny won the bike throw in a highly contested sprint at the end of the 149.4 kilometers of today’s stage. The Belgian Gijs Van Hoecke (Intermarché-Wanty) took second place while the Colombian Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) placed third by coming back like a cannonball in the final meters. Strengthened by his victory of the day, Taminiaux took the lead in the general classification of the World Tour event.

Two riders in the lead on the 1st stage of the Tour of Guangxi

Around Fangchenggangthis Tuesday, on the occasion of the 1st stage of the Tour du Guangxi 2024two riders took part in today’s breakaway. However, there were three of them who escaped as soon as the flag was lowered with Stan Dewulf (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Rune Herregodts (Intermarché-Wanty) and Luis-Joe Lührs (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe). But the young German was quickly dropped, leaving the two Belgians at the front. Their gap increased to 3:30 while the peloton quickly took over the chase to encourage a massive finish. Dewulfthe last survivor of the breakaway, was seen again three kilometers from the line.

Ranking – Tour of Guangxi 2024 – Stage 1

1. TAMINIAUX Lionel (LOTTO DSTNY) le 149.4 km en 03:17:58
2. VAN HOECKE Gijs (INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY) mt
3. MOLANO Juan Sebastian (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) m.t.
4. VERNON Ethan (ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH) m.t.
5. KANTER Max (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) mt
6. QUICK Blake (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) m.t.
7. RAJOVIC Dusan (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) m.t.
8. FRETIN Milan (COFIDIS) mt
9. PICKRELL Riley (ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH) m.t.
10. LAMPERTI Luke (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) m.t.

General classification – Tour of Guangxi 2024

1. TAMINIAUX Lionel (LOTTO DSTNY) a 03:17:48
2. VAN HOECKE Gijs (INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY) + 00:04
3. DEWULF Stan (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) + 00:05
4. HERREGODTS Rune (INTERMARKET – WANTY) mt
5. MOLANO Juan Sebastian (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 00:06
6. NARVAEZ Jhonatan (INEOS GRENADIERS) + 00:09
7. STANNARD Robert (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) m.t.
8. VERNON Ethan (ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH) + 00:10
9. KANTER Max (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) mt
10. QUICK Blake (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) m.t.