2017 Tour of Hainan (HC), China

12th edition: October 28 - November 5, 2017

The Tour of Hainan podium history | 2016 edition | 2018 edition
Stage 1|Stage 2|Stage 3|Stage 4|Stage 5|Stage 6|Stage 7|Stage 8|Stage 9

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Sunday, November 5: 9th & final stage, Lingshui - Wanning Xinglong, 153.8 km

Joe Cooper takes a solo win in the final stage

The Race: Here's the organizer's final race report

New Zealand national champion Joe Cooper of IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness fended off the whole peloton for the last twelve kilometers to claim the conclusive stage ahead of Emils Liepins (Delko Marseille) and Andriy Kulyk (Kolss) in Wanning Xinglong. Neo pro Jacopo Mosca (Wilier Triestina) took his first ever stage race victory despite losing the support of five-time stage winner Jakub Mareczko who sustained a flat tyre with 10km to go.

95 riders started stage 9 in Lingshui. Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani CSF) was the first to run away from the peloton but he got reined at km 11. Mirko Maestri and Paolo Simion (Bardiani CSF), Jure Rupnik (H&R Block), Reid McClure (Novo Nordisk), Eugert Zhupa (Wilier Triestina), Oleksandr Prevar (Kolss), Steven Cuesta (Hainan Jilun), Lukas Spengler (Switzerland), Ivar Slik (Monkey Town), Rodrigo Araque (Ukyo), Jordan Cheyne (Jelly Belly) and Gian Friesecke (Vorarlberg) were next on the move but they got caught at km 35.

Cooper rode away from the bunch to win the KOM price at the two cat. 3 climbs at km 40.9 and 43.7 with his team-mate Sam Crome coming twice second and thus securing the polka dot jersey. Cooper got reeled in at km 60 but went again with Alexis Cartier (H&R Block), Rob Stannard (Mitchelton-Scott) and Ulises Castillo (Jelly Belly). As a crucial intermediate sprint was looming at km 91, the quartet got pulled back and GC contenders Liepins, Myhkaylo Kononenko (Kolss) and Marco Zanotti (Monkey Town) sprinted in that order to catch three, two and one seconds bonus respectively.

Cartier, Cuesta and Gordian Banzer (Switzerland) went on the move, rejoined by Simion, Michael Sheehan (Jelly Belly) and Reinier Honig (Vorarlberg). Wilier led the peloton and the breakaway only enjoyed 35 seconds lead with 55km to go. Attacking machine Cartier went alone with 45km to go. Cartier and Sheehan led with 15km to go but as they got reeled in, Cooper escaped 12km before the end.

Mosca closely watched an attack by Marc De Maar (Hengxiang), but Mareczko’s puncture 10km before the end disturbed the plans of Wilier Triestina and their opponents. Cooper stayed away while the peloton was sprinting right behind him, Liepins taking the second place that propelled him into third overall behind Mosca and Benjamin Prades (Ukyo).

Post race quotes:

Overall winner Jacopo Mosca: “I still can’t believe that I’ve won the Tour of Hainan. I have to thank all my team-mates because today again they’ve been fabulous. It’s a great emotion. It’ll take some time for me to realize what happened. Going for the time bonuses, [Marco] Zanotti and [Mykhaylo] Kononenko have made me sweat until the very end. The overall classification being so tight, it was normal. Looking back, had I gained a bit more time in stage 7, I would have been more serene today. Unfortunately, today we also had the card of the sprint to play with Kuba [Mareczko] but he punctured with ten kilometers to go. We’ve been unlucky because had he been able to sprint, we could have relied on him for taking the time bonuses. But luckily, one rider went solo and collected the ten seconds of the win that were precious. He made a very strong action. I’ll always remember my win here. It’ll remain my first one as a pro. But I’ll remain a team player, ready to work for other, and hopefully I’ll find a few more occasions in my career to get a result like this one.”

Stage 9 winner Joe Cooper: “We didn’t really want a bunch kick because we didn’t have any sprinter in our team today. We sort of invent a solo breakaway that was about twelve k long. I managed to hold on and avoid the bunch kick. We got the job done, which our sprinters [Anthony Giacoppo and Michael Freiberg who were no longer in the race] were philandering a bit. Hopefully I’ve showed them how to do it next time… This win is right up there [in my career achievements] with winning the New Zealand champion jersey twice. The Tour of Hainan is a H.C. race. It’s the highest level of racing we get to do, so to win a stage, especially the last stage after nine days, this capped off my season. I’m looking forward to lying on a beach on the Gold Coast after this.”

Second placed Emils Liepins: “I’m not as disappointed as yesterday for missing out on the stage win because the time bonus of the second place puts me third in GC. I think it’s very good because the Tour of Hainan also features a mountain stage and I’m a sprinter. It means I’ve had a good race overall. I’m happy with that. We thought we were going to catch the breakaway rider but this guy [Joe Cooper] is very fast. I was just a little bit too late to pass him. I want to thank the team. They did a really good job to help me get this result. I hope it’ll help me find a team for next year.”

Third placed Andriy Kulyk: “To finish in the podium is always nice. But we had a different plan. We wanted to get Kononenko in the top 3 of the stage to get the time bonus to make the final podium overall but we lost him in the last corner so I had to do the sprint. The Tour of Hainan is the best race I’ve done this season.”

Points classification winner Jakub Mareczko: “We started the last stage with the intention of keeping the yellow jersey. That was our only intention. We wanted to let a breakaway go to keep the race quiet behind. We wouldn’t have tried to close on the breakaway. But it hasn’t gone according to plans. From the first to the last kilometer, our rivals have put our lead in danger. I’ve also been unlucky in the finale. At the end, we got what we were looking for, so even though I had a flat tyre and couldn’t contest the stage win, it’s been a perfect day for us. Our performance at the Tour of Hainan overall is more than positive, but beyond my personal results that are great with five stage wins and the green jersey, we’ve demonstrated to be very competitive and united as a team. It’s beautiful to win the overall with a rider [Jacopo Mosca] who has given me a hand for winning the early stages. As soon as he got his opportunity, he arrived at the front with the best riders. It’s a great outcome for me and for the team. We’ve just finished the 2017 season. It’s too early to think about the race program for next year but the Tour of Hainan is a wonderful race. We feel very well here. The climate is great, very hot [unlike in Europe]. I’d love to come back for sure.”

King of the Mountain Sam Crome: “On stage 7, we wanted to look for a breakaway to target the KOM jersey, which we managed and then, we just had to defend it in the last two days. We had no sprinters today so it worked out perfect. Joe went up the road and took the maximum points in the hills. Once I got two second places, I knew I’d wrapped it up. Then Joe went solo and topped the day off for the team. I actually crashed twice, on stage 1 and stage 5 as well. I had a bit of a rough round but luckily, it only took some skin off so I was still able to ride. Hopefully we’ll get invited back again to the Tour of Hainan. The team pushed really hard to get a start here. I think we’ve not only repaid the faith to the team but to the organizers as well.”

Best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng: “I think I need more jerseys and results in top 10 to become a star in cycling. Having the blue jersey during this race has increased my confidence for this Tour of Hainan and for the future. I’d love to ride at a higher level like Wang Meiyin with Bahrain-Merida now, but before I reach this level, I need to do more races.”

Complete results:

153.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.679 km/hr

1	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	3hr 31min 16sec
2	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	@ 1sec
3	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
4	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
5	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
6	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
7	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
8	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Menton	s.t.
9	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
10	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
12	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
14	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
15	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
16	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
17	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
19	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Menton	s.t.
20	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
21	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
22	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
23	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
24	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
25	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
26	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
27	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
28	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
29	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
30	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
31	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
32	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
33	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
34	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
35	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
37	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
38	Benjamín Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
39	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
40	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
41	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
42	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
43	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
44	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
45	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
46	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
47	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
48	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
49	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
50	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	+11''
51	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	+14''
52	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
53	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	+19''
54	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	+29''
55	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	+35''
56	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
57	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	s.t.
58	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
60	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
61	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	+1' 00''
62	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+1' 03''
63	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	+1' 21''
64	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
65	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+2' 07''
66	Cristián Peña	RTS-Menton	+2' 13''
67	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
68	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
69	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	s.t.
70	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
71	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
72	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
73	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
74	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
76	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
77	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
78	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
79	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
80	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
81	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
82	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
83	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
84	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
85	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	+2' 24''
86	Hang Shi	Giant	+3' 51''
87	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+6' 05''
88	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+7' 55''
89	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
90	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
91	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.

Final GC after Stage 9:

1,571.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.82 km/hr

1	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	36hr 41min 27sec
2	Benjamín Prades	Team Ukyo	@ 3sec
3	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	+5''
4	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	+6''
5	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
6	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	+8''
7	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	+15''
8	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	+20''
9	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
10	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	+21''
11	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
12	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
13	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
14	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
15	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
16	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+25''
17	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	+30''
18	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	+52''
19	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	+57''
20	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 28''
21	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	+1' 52''
22	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 54''
23	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	+1' 55''
24	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	+2' 04''
25	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 06''
26	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	+3' 20''
27	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
28	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	+3' 28''
29	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	+3' 42''
30	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
31	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	+4' 16''
32	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	+4' 26''
33	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	+4' 58''
34	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 48''
35	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	+6' 30''
36	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	+7' 52''
37	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
38	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	+7' 57''
39	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	+8' 27''
40	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	+9' 13''
41	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	+9' 52''
42	Cristián Peña	RTS-Menton	+10' 04''
43	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	+14' 48''
44	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	+18' 19''
45	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+21' 15''
46	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	+21' 32''
47	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+22' 55''
48	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	+23' 26''
49	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	+25' 05''
50	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	+25' 37''
51	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+26' 45''
52	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	+26' 46''
53	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	+27' 17''
54	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	+27' 25''
55	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	+29' 12''
56	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	+29' 39''
57	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	+29' 51''
58	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	+30' 07''
59	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	+30' 08''
60	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+33' 25''
61	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+33' 39''
62	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+34' 04''
63	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+34' 06''
64	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+34' 16''
65	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
66	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	+34' 36''
67	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+34' 51''
68	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	+35' 15''
69	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+36' 26''
70	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	+36' 52''
71	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	+36' 56''
72	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+37' 55''
73	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	+38' 42''
74	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+39' 09''
75	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+39' 44''
76	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	+40' 30''
77	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+41' 08''
78	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	+41' 15''
79	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	+41' 21''
80	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	41min 32sec
81	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	+42' 19''
82	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	+42' 27''
83	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	+43' 05''
84	Hang Shi	Giant	+43' 19''
85	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+43' 46''
86	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+46' 06''
87	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+48' 53''
88	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+52' 20''
89	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Menton	+54' 17''
90	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Menton	+56' 22''
91	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	+57' 34''

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Saturday, November 4: Stage 8, Wuzhishan - Lingshui, 197.4 km

Marco Zanotti gets stage eight.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Marco Zanotti (Monkey Town) enjoyed a winning sprint in a reduced peloton in the absence of Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) and Martin Laas (Delko Marseille) who didn’t overcome the first difficulty of stage 8. It was a tight finish in Lingshui with Marco Maronese (Bardiani CSF) and Emils Liepins (Delko Marseille) while seventh placed Jacopo Mosca (Wilier Triestina) retained the lead with one day to go.

102 riders started stage 8 in Wuzhishan. The first category climb to start the race with put several sprinters in difficulty in the early morning after the queen stage. Second and third on stage 7, Benjamin Prades (Ukyo) and Marc De Maar (Hengxiang) were among the most motivated attackers. Mosca felt the fatigue but the Wilier Triestina team kept him focused to bring him back in the main group.

Zanotti won the KOM price at km 12 ahead of Patrick Schelling (Vorarlberg), Sam Crome (IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness), De Maar and Prades, which was a strong indication of what was going to follow.

36 riders gathered at the front at km 36 when Schelling opened a solo attack. At km 55, he missed a move by Serghey Tvetcov (Jelly Belly), Andriy Vasylyuk (Kolss), Martin Schäppi (Switzerland) and best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng (Hengxiang) but he was prompt to rejoin the quartet before the KOM price he won at km 126. Jai Hindley (Mitchelton-Scott) bridged the gap by himself to make it a front group of six riders. Tvetcov rode away 30km before the end. Schelling made it across but the duo was reined in with 6km to go.

Delko Marseille led the sprint for Liepins but a bit of head wind made it easier for his opponents to get out of his slipstream at the very end. Zanotti beat Maronese by a very slim margin, clinching his first victory in two years. The Italian also moved into third overall, just seven seconds adrift, which will make Mosca’s defense of the yellow jersey a thrilling finale in Wanning Xinglong.

Post race quotes:

Stage 8 winner Marco Zanotti: “I came to Hainan without racing for three months but I trained well the mountains. I’m not a sprinter like a few years ago anymore but in a smaller peloton like today, I can still have a say. Nowadays, there are sprinters like Mareczko who is almost unbeatable here but on a harder course, I can still play my cards. I hadn’t won a race for two years. I came close on several occasions but finally, I managed to unlock myself. I think it’ll be very difficult to win GC. I expect a full bunch sprint finish tomorrow and there are stronger sprinters than me but I have to try because it’s a great opportunity.”

Race leader Jacopo Mosca: “Today I have to say a big thank you to my team, especially [Luca] Raggio, [Ilya] Koshevoy and a great [Alex] Turrin who have guided me since km 0. In the first hill, I was a bit in trouble. I didn’t feel good. They brought me back and then, with the help of Bardiani who was interested to set up the sprint for Maronese, we managed to catch the breakaway that worried us a lot at some point. We’ve wonderfully defended the yellow jersey and I hope it’ll be the same again tomorrow. We know tomorrow’s finish. It suits Kuba [Mareczko].”

Second placed Marco Maronese: “We were racing head to head with the rider from Delko Marseille [Emils Liepins]. In the last few metres we saw that Zanotti managed to beat us on the right side at the very end. However, I’m happy because it’s been a very demanding stage and I managed to stay with the best riders. I had to give everything in the first hill. When about fourty riders remained at the front, I asked my team-mates to help me because I felt good. We’ve done a great job together with Wilier. I was hoping to pay them back with a win but there’ll be another occasion tomorrow.”

Third placed Emils Liepins: “I thought I was going to win but there was some head wind in the last one hundred metres. Two guys took my wheel and passed me within the last ten metres. I got a very good lead out, I sprinted well but I launched a bit too early due to this head wind. I’m not happy with this third place.”

Points classification leader Jakub Mareczko: “Tomorrow, our priority will be to retain the yellow jersey with [Jacopo] Mosca. So far, we’ve got great results as a team at the Tour of Hainan and we hope to finish the race on a high note.”

King of the Mountain Sam Crome: “We knew it would gonna be a hard start with the cat. 1 climb so we wanted to maximize my lead, which we did and then the break went. Tomorrow, we’ll just have to fight hard in the cat. 3 climb to keep the jersey.”

Most aggressive rider Patrick Schelling: “It was a really hard stage today, probably the hardest since I came to Hainan. I tried to go for the stage win and take some seconds bonus also, so I tried to animate this race.”

Best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng: “I could have just sat in the bunch for the Asian rider classification but I rode away from the main group to try and improve my position on GC. I was glad to win the second intermediate sprint. Since I prepared for the China games in September, my condition is very good. It’s a shame the Hengxiang team has three important riders less on the road now [Wang Meiyin, Ma Guangtong and Zhao Jingbiao]. We could have created more surprises in the Tour of Hainan. Meiyin was always my idol. I’ll try my best tomorrow to do even better than him in the overall classification of the Tour of Hainan [fourth in 2014].”

Complete results:

197.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.774 km/hr

1	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	4hr 57min 47sec
2	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
3	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
4	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
5	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
6	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
7	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
8	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
9	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
10	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
11	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
12	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
14	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
15	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
17	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
18	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
19	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
20	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
21	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
22	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
23	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
24	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
25	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
26	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
27	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
28	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
29	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
30	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
31	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
32	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	s.t.
33	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
34	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
35	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
36	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
37	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
38	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
39	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
40	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
41	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	@ 7sec
42	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
43	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	+9''
44	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	+10''
45	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+18''
46	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	@ 16min 18sec
47	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
48	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
49	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	+21' 55''
50	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	s.t.
51	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
52	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
53	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
54	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
55	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
56	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
57	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	s.t.
58	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
59	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
60	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
61	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
63	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
64	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
65	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	+26' 24''
66	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
67	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
68	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Reid McClure	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
70	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
71	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
72	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
73	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
74	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
75	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
76	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
77	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
78	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	s.t.
79	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
80	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
81	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
82	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
83	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
84	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
85	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
86	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
87	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
88	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
89	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
90	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
91	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
92	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
93	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
94	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+26' 50''
95	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.

GC after Stage 8:

1,417.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.73 km/hr

1	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	33hr 10min 10sec
2	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	@ 3sec
3	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	+7''
4	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	+8''
5	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
6	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	+14''
7	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	+15''
8	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	+17''
9	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	+20''
10	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
11	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	+21''
12	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
13	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
14	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
15	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
16	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
17	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+25''
18	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	+52''
19	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	+57''
20	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	+1' 30''
21	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 42''
22	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	+1' 52''
23	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 54''
24	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	+1' 55''
25	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	+2' 04''
26	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	+2' 46''
27	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
28	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 06''
29	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	+3' 10''
30	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
31	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	+3' 17''
32	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	+3' 42''
33	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	+3' 52''
34	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	+5' 10''
35	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 48''
36	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	+7' 42''
37	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	+7' 52''
38	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
39	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
40	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	+7' 57''
41	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	+8' 27''
42	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	+9' 13''
43	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13' 21''
44	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	+14' 35''
45	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	+17' 45''
46	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	+19' 20''
47	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+20' 43''
48	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	+23' 26''
49	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	+24' 34''
50	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk	+25' 05''
51	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
52	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	+25' 37''
53	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+26' 45''
54	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+26' 57''
55	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	+27' 21''
56	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	+27' 25''
57	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	+27' 28''
58	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	+28' 38''
59	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	+29' 34''
60	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
61	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	+29' 43''
62	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	+30' 07''
63	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+31' 52''
64	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	+32' 24''
65	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+32' 37''
66	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+32' 51''
67	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+34' 07''
68	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+34' 14''
69	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+34' 16''
70	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
71	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	+34' 40''
72	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	+36' 16''
73	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	+36' 28''
74	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	+36' 30''
75	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	+37' 02''
76	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+37' 32''
77	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+37' 55''
78	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+39' 03''
79	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+39' 09''
80	Reid McClure	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
81	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
82	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+39' 20''
83	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+40' 02''
84	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	+40' 30''
85	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	+40' 53''
86	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	+40' 59''
87	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
88	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+41' 08''
89	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+41' 40''
90	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	+42' 27''
91	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+47' 38''
92	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+50' 08''
93	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	+54' 17''
94	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	+56' 22''
95	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	+57' 34''

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Friday, November 3: Stage 7, Sanya - Wuzhishan, 166.5 km

Jacopo Mosca wins stage seven and takes over the GC lead.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Italy’s Jacopo Mosca delivered a surprise victory, also for himself, in the queen stage and continued the winning streak of the Wilier Triestina team after five stage wins by Jakub Mareczko. Mosca also moved into the lead with a 3-seconds advantage over Benjamin Prades (Ukyo) and eight seconds over Mykhaylo Kononenko (Kolss) and Marc De Maar (Hengxiang).

113 riders started stage 7 in Sanya. 19 of them composed a breakaway group after ten kilometers, including Enrico Barbin (Bardiani CSF), Martin Laas (Delko Marseille), Marc-Antoine Nadon (H&R Block), Luke Mudgway (RTS-Monton), Sam Crome (IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness), Vitaly Buts, Oleksandr Polivoda and Andriy Bratashchuk (Kolss), Rob Stannard (Mitchelton-Scott), Jacob Rathe (Jelly Belly), Meiler and Der Zsolt (Vorarlberg), Jon Aberasturi and Prades (Ukyo), Radoslav Konstantinov (Hainan Jilun), Rick van Breda and Sven van Luijk (Monkey Town), Dylan Page (Swiss national team) and Mosca.

Crome won the battle against polka dot jersey wearer Buts for the KOM competition as he crested three summits out of four in first position. “Being down to four riders, we knew it would be hard for GC so we targeted something else and we got the KOM jersey”, Crome explained. Polivoda was focused on the intermediate sprints and won the first one while Page claimed the second one ahead of Aberasturi and Buts at km 140. The maximum time gap was four minutes after 40km.

Wilier Triestina led the peloton most of the time but keeping a gap of two minutes, it was unclear whether they wanted to bring the breakaway back or not. The answer came with 20km to go when race leader Mareczko went to his team car behind the peloton to bring bottles for his team-mates. He let the peloton go in the final climb whose summit was 12km before the finishing line in Wuzhishan.
Crome attacked with Prades. Barbin, Mosca and Polivoda reacted. Prades and Mosca forged on while Marc De Maar (Hengxiang) attacked solo from the peloton and made it across. The Dutchman attacked with 2km to go and again with 500 metres to go but didn’t manage to drop his two rivals. Mosca had more resources as it wasn’t up to him to pull in the front group at the difference of the Spaniards from Ukyo. He won the three men sprint, keeping just a few seconds of an advantage over a small group from which best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng (Hengxiang) won his duel against Nazaerbieke Bieken (Keyi-Look) and took a remarkable sixth place to enter the top 10 overall too.

Post race quotes:

Stage 7 winner and race leader Jacopo Mosca: “I’m really happy. It’s an unexpected victory but a very nice one. The winning streak of our team continues. This morning, we started with Kuba [Mareczko] in the leader’s jersey. We had two weapons, either help him to hold onto the yellow jersey or sneak into the breakaways and make the best of it, which is what I’ve done eventually. Having the yellow jersey in the team, it wasn’t up to me to pull at the front. I’ve had the green light to ride for myself at the end. There are two stages left. Anything can happen. We’ve had a phenomenal tactic since the beginning of the Tour of Hainan. This is my first year with the team and I want to thank them for trusting me. It’s hard for me to believe in which situation I find myself because I’ve never been used to raise my hands up in the air, even in the amateur ranks I wasn’t a winner. To win a race in my first pro year is beautiful.”

Second placed and most aggressive rider Benjamin Prades: “Jon (Aberasturi) and I covered the break and then we had to go on. At first, the collaboration wasn’t really good, everyone wanted to go on his own. There were a lot of attacks and I think it’s because some riders were afraid not to get over the climbs. In the last climb, I was feeling tired, I had worked more than I hoped, but I set my pace. Marc De Maar must have climbed very fast to get back to the Wilier (Mosca) and I. In the end, I just lacked a little bit of strength. I’m sad because I’ve had many places of 2nd this year. I won the Tour of Taiwan but I really wanted the win here. I was racing for the stage win more than for the GC today. I don’t think there are many options to take the yellow jersey. Wilier are very strong. Jon has done an amazing job. Thanks to him, I had a shot for the stage victory. I think he has options for another win, he’s the only one who’s been able to beat Mareczko and we’ll give it all for him.”

Third placed Marc De Maar: “My only chance to win the race was to attack. At least I tried, but the Italian guy [Jacopo Mosca] was really strong. I knew I wasn’t going to win the sprint. You have to gamble a little bit, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I’m still happy with the third place.”

Points classification leader Jakub Mareczko: “I went to the car to carry the bottles for my team-mates because every day they have worked for me. Today, it was no longer needed to keep the race under control, as we had Mosca at the front and we were pretty sure he could do well since we realized in the past few days that he’s in a great form with the way he could help me. I wasn’t able to hold the pace in the last climb so I let it go and I saved energy for the last two days. We’ll look at keeping the yellow jersey. That becomes our primary goal now.”

King of the Mountain Sam Crome: “The KOM jersey was definitely a goal of the team. We knew there were a few categorized climbs today. We wanted to put two of us in a break. Being down to four riders, we knew it would be hard for GC so we targeted something else and we got the KOM jersey. I took three KOMs out of four. We didn’t know if the peloton was gonna come back when we had four and half minutes lead but it dropped quite quickly. We set up Joe [Cooper] who was fourth in the end. It was a good day for the team.”

Best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng: “Our team’s plan was to stay in the peloton because the last climb was the most difficult. I saved energy for that part of the race. My goal was a top 10 in the stage [he came sixth] and top 20 on GC [he’s seventh now], so I’m very happy with my performance. At the top of the climb, I realized I was going to retain the blue jersey and I’m determined to keep it till the end.”

Complete results:

166.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.884 km/hr

1	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	4hr 16min 55sec
2	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
3	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	@ 2sec
4	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+9''
5	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	+11''
6	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
7	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
8	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
9	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
10	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
11	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
12	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
13	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
15	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
16	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
17	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
18	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
19	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
20	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
21	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
22	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+15''
23	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	+42''
24	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	+47''
25	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
26	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
27	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	+1' 23''
28	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
29	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
30	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
31	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 34''
32	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	+1' 45''
33	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	+1' 45''
34	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
35	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 47''
36	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	+1' 49''
37	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	+2' 29''
38	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	+2' 36''
39	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
40	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+2' 54''
41	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	+3' 00''
42	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
43	Meng Yan	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
44	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
45	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
46	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
47	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
48	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
49	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
50	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
51	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
52	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	+3' 32''
53	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
54	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
55	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+5' 00''
56	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
57	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	+5' 38''
58	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
59	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
60	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
61	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
62	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
63	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	+5' 50''
64	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+7' 42''
65	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
66	Cristián Peña	RTS-Menton	s.t.
67	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
68	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
69	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
70	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
71	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
72	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
73	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
74	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
75	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
76	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
77	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	+9' 03''
78	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+9' 19''
79	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	+9' 42''
80	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	+10' 36''
81	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+12' 35''
82	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
83	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
84	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
85	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
86	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+14' 25''
87	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
88	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
89	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
90	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
91	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
92	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
93	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
94	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
95	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
96	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+15' 53''
97	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
98	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Menton	+27' 43''
99	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
100	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	+27' 43''
101	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Menton	+29' 48''
102	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
103	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+30' 27''
104	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	+35' 29''
105	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
106	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
107	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+37' 48''

GC after Stage 7:

1,220.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.253 km/hr

1	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	28hr 12min 23sec
2	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	@ 3sec
3	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	+8''
4	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
5	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	+17''
6	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	+18''
7	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
8	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	+20''
9	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	+21''
10	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
11	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
12	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
14	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
15	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
16	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
17	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
18	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
19	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
20	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	+25''
21	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	+52''
22	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	+57''
23	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
24	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	+1' 04''
25	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 24''
26	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	+1' 27''
27	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	+1' 30''
28	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	+1' 31''
29	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	+1' 44''
30	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	+1' 49''
31	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	+1' 52''
32	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	+1' 55''
33	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 57''
34	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	+2' 39''
35	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	+2' 46''
36	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
37	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	+3' 02''
38	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	+3' 06''
39	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	+3' 10''
40	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
41	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
42	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
43	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
44	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
45	Meng Yan	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
46	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	+3' 42''
47	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
48	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
49	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	+3' 52''
50	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+4' 25''
51	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	+5' 10''
52	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+5' 28''
53	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	+5' 30''
54	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+5' 47''
55	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 48''
56	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
57	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	+6' 00''
58	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	+6' 43''
59	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+7' 43''
60	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	+7' 48''
61	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
62	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+7' 50''
63	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
64	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	+7' 52''
65	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
66	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
67	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
68	Cristián Peña	RTS-Menton	s.t.
69	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	+8' 12''
70	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	+8' 29''
71	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	+9' 13''
72	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	+9' 52''
73	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	+10' 38''
74	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+10' 56''
75	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+11' 08''
76	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	+12' 39''
77	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	+12' 45''
78	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
79	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
80	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
81	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13' 21''
82	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13' 38''
83	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	+14' 06''
84	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	+14' 29''
85	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	+14' 33''
86	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	+14' 35''
87	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
88	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
89	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
90	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+14' 44''
91	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+15' 16''
92	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+16' 00''
93	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	+16' 03''
94	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+17' 25''
95	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+21' 14''
96	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+23' 18''
97	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+26' 57''
98	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	+27' 53''
99	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Menton	s.t.
100	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	+29' 06''
101	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Menton	+29' 58''
102	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
103	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	+35' 39''
104	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
105	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
106	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+40' 01''
107	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+45' 31''

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Thursday, November 2: Stage 6, Changjiang - Sanya, 219.6 km

Jakub Mareczko makes it an incredible five stage wins in a row.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) has struck again with a fifth consecutive victory, ahead of Martin Laas (Delko Marseille Provence), with Marco Maronese (Bardiani-CSF) third in Sanya. It makes him the most successful pro rider in 2017 along with Quick-Step Floors stars Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria, all of them having won fourteen races. Mareczko remains the overall race leader but the riders face the all-important mountain stage to Wuzhistan on Friday.

Stage 6 was much more limpid than the previous one. Alexis Cartier (H&R Block) attacked from the gun, followed by Mykhaylo Kononenko (Kolss) and Joris Blokker (Monkey Town). Paolo Simion (Bardiani CSF) tried to bridge the gap but didn’t make it. It wasn’t a fast and crazy first beginning this time as 40.8km were covered in the first hour of racing. But the Wilier Triestina team was pacing the bunch around four minutes behind the leading trio. Kononenko won all three intermediate sprints and returned to the peloton after the third one at km 129.

Cartier dropped Blokker off to continue solo with 32km to go while a counter attack was formed by Joab Schneiter (Swiss national team), Gian Friesecke (Vorarlberg) and Xue Fuwen (Mitchelton-Scott). Cartier, Schneiter and Friesecke were reeled in with 3.5km to go. Delko Marseille seized the command of the peloton in the last 2km but Wilier Triestina took the last curve in a perfect position to deliver a fifth straight victory with Mareczko.

Post race quotes:

Stage 6 winner and race leader Jakub Mareczko: “I knew the finish in Sanya very well because I won here two years ago. It’s nice to win here again. In the meantime I’ve won races in different parts of the world but mostly in China where I’ve found flat courses that suit me. I’m happy to reach the same number of victories as Fernando Gaviria and Marcel Kittel [14] this year but their wins are at a higher level than mines. Being in a smaller team than theirs [Quick-Step Floors], I take part in other races than them [except for the Giro d’Italia] but it’s an encouraging achievement for me and my team, considering that we’re trying to improve also for more demanding races. Today, it’s been a long stage with a 3-man breakaway. My team-mates have worked from the first kilometers onwards to control the escape. The Frenchmen from Delko Marseille have worked for their man [Martin Laas] in the finale but my lead out train has been perfect. We needed those few victories to conclude the season on a high note. Tomorrow it’ll be a hard stage and I’m getting tired because I’ve been racing hard for three weeks. Luckily there are only three stages left.”

Second placed Martin Laas: “The previous days I took Jakub Mareczko’s wheel or somebody else’s but today we planned to go with our train. I thought the way to beat was maybe to launch the sprint in first position. That’s why we took the command of the peloton but we missed one guy and we went a little bit early so it was too long and today, I actually didn’t have the legs to beat Mareczko. He was very good today. When I took his wheel, I still believed I could pass him but he rode so fast that I didn’t even consider challenging him in the last few metres anymore.”

Third placed Marco Maronese: “I’m very happy with this first podium at the Tour of Hainan. As a team, we were close to make it in the previous stages and we managed to do it today. It’s been a nice team work. In the first stages, Paolo Simion and I tried both to get a result because we never know if one has better legs than the other. Today, it went well for me. We all took the last curve in the first positions and it was hard for other riders to make it up, so we have several riders in top ranks. Tomorrow, it’s not a course that suits me but my team-mates are motivated for fighting for the overall win. We have a few options with three or four different riders.”

Most aggressive rider Alexis Cartier: “At the difference of previous days, it wasn’t hard to break away today because many riders were tired. I made the first attack on the start line and it was the decisive one. I’m happy. Had I stayed in the bunch, I would have been bored. I also need to race aggressively to have a chance of winning. I’ll never win a sprint or an uphill finish. I believed the breakaway could work today because of the Wilier Triestina riders being tired and the change of direction of wind on the course. With a tailwind at the end, we had a few more chances than usual. I believed I could win until 10km to go. The Tour of Hainan is really fun. We came to Sanya for a week before the race, we stayed next to the beach, we could go swimming and it’s a very nice area for training.”

King of the Mountains Vitaly Buts: “Today, it was a more relax day after three demanding stages and ahead of tomorrow’s queen stage. My team-mate Mykhaylo [Kononenko] rode away to take nine seconds bonus with stage 7 in mind. We think he and other guys from our team can do well in the overall ranking. I predict a very hard race tomorrow and I don’t think Mareczko will manage to retain the lead.”

Best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng: “Yesterday we had a very aggressive race from start to finish but today, the peloton remained quiet thinking of the difficulty of stage 7. I also saved energy for tomorrow. I feel a little bit nervous but I’ll try my best to keep the blue jersey. I like being here in Sanya. I recommend this place for holidays!”

Complete results:

219.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.680 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	5hr 8min 43sec
2	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
3	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
4	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
5	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
6	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
7	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
8	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
9	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
10	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
11	Žolt Dér	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
12	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
13	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
14	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
15	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
17	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
18	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
19	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
20	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
21	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
22	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
23	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
24	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
25	Martin Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
28	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
29	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
30	Fabian Lienhard	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
31	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
32	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
33	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
34	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Menton	s.t.
35	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
36	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
37	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
38	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
39	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
40	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
41	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Menton	s.t.
42	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
43	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
44	Patrick Schelling	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
45	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
46	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
47	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
48	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
49	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
50	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
51	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
52	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
53	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
54	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
55	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
56	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
57	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
58	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
59	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
60	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
61	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
62	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
63	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
64	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
65	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
66	Gian Friesecke	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
67	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
68	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
69	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
70	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
71	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
72	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
74	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Menton	s.t.
76	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
77	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
78	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
79	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
80	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
81	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
82	Reinier Honig	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
83	Cristián Peña	RTS-Menton	s.t.
84	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	s.t.
85	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
86	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
87	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
88	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
89	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
90	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
91	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
92	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
93	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
94	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
95	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
96	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	s.t.
97	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	s.t.
99	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
100	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
101	Tianhao Gu	Giant	s.t.
102	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
103	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
104	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	@ 25sec
105	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
106	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
107	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
108	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	+29''
109	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	+1' 13''
110	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+1' 31''
111	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	+1' 33''
112	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1' 36''
113	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+2' 38''

GC after stage 6:

1,053.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.06 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	23hr 54min 41sec
2	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	@ 28sec
3	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	+41''
4	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	+44''
5	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	+50''
6	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+51''
7	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
8	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
9	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	+53''
10	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
12	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	Žolt Dér	Team Vorarlberg	+54''
14	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
15	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
16	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
17	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
18	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
19	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+55''
20	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
21	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+56''
22	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
23	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
24	Martin Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	+57''
25	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
26	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
28	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
29	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
30	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
31	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
32	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
33	Gian Friesecke	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
34	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
35	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
36	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
37	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
38	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Menton	s.t.
39	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
40	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Menton	s.t.
41	Patrick Schelling	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
42	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
43	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
44	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
45	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
46	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
47	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
48	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
49	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
50	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
51	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
52	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
53	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
54	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
55	Fabian Lienhard	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
56	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
57	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
58	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
59	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
60	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
61	Christopher PrendergasT	H&R Block	s.t.
62	Reinier Honig	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
63	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
64	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
65	Lukas Meiler	Team Vorarlberg	s.t.
66	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
67	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
68	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
69	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
70	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
71	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
72	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
74	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
75	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
76	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
77	Cristián Peña	RTS-Menton	s.t.
78	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
79	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
80	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
81	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
83	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
84	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	s.t.
85	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
86	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
87	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1' 06''
88	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+1' 15''
89	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	+1' 17''
90	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	+1' 34''
91	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+1' 39''
92	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	+1' 40''
93	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	+1' 52''
94	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+2' 02''
95	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Menton	+2' 06''
96	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	+2' 10''
97	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	+2' 45''
98	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	+2' 50''
99	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	s.t.
100	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	+3' 32''
101	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+4' 13''
102	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+4' 25''
103	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+6' 05''
104	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	+8' 25''
105	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+8' 30''
106	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	+8' 53''
107	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+10' 21''
108	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+12' 42''
109	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+12' 45''
110	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+13' 19''
111	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+15' 12''
112	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+19' 08''
113	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+20' 51''

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Wednesday, November 1: Stage 5, Danzhou - Changjiang, 167.5 km

That makes four stage wins in a row for Jakub Mareczko!

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) won his fourth consecutive stage but it wasn’t a standard one as the peloton rode extremely fast from start to finish despite the headwind in the last fifty kilometers. Martin Laas (Delko Marseille) came second again and Andriy Kulyk (Kolss) made the podium for the first time after the last three breakaway riders were reeled in in the last kilometer of racing.

119 riders started stage 5 in Danzhou, Ma Guangtong (Hengxiang) being the only non-starter due to sickness. The bunch was on fire right after the flag off. Alexis Cartier (H&R Block), Oleksander Polivoda (Kolss) and Ivar Slik (Monkey Town) led the first attack. 47 riders including the whole Kolss team, runner up Martin Laas (Delko Marseille) and Best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng (Hengxiang) rode away after 25km of racing. Mareczko was in the second part of the bunch, forcing his Wilier Triestina team to chase strongly while his team-mate Eugert Zhupa who was at the front won the intermediate sprint at km 32 ahead of Anthony Giacoppo (IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness) who would later be disqualified due to drafting behind his team car for too long after a crash.

The peloton was back together after 44km of a very aggressive racing. 50km were covered in less than an hour and attacks kept flying. Benjamin Hill (Attaque Gusto) won the KOM price at km55.6 ahead of Vitaly Buts (Kolss) who nevertheless retained the lead. Tour of Japan winner Oscar Pujol (Ukyo) made his GC ambitions clear as he came third behind Slik and Alfonso Castillo (Jelly Belly) in the second intermediate sprint (km 62). Attacks kept going on with Andrii Bratashchuk (Kolss), Dimitri Bussard (Swiss national team) and Zhang Zheng (Hengxiang) riding away from a 21-man leading group at km 90. But ten kilometers further, it was another big group of 22 riders on the offensive.

As fatigue was obvious in the bunch with constants attacks, Pujol found the way to escape with 40km to go along with Alexis Cartier (H&R Block), Lukas Sprengler (Swiss national team) and Fabian Lienhard (Vorarlberg). Their maximum lead was one minute 33km away from Changjiang. Cartier was swallowed by the bunch within 10km to go. The Wilier Triestina team struggled to bring it back together and they only caught the leading trio 500 metres before the line. Delko Marseille tried to take the command before the sprint but Mareczko remained in control to claim his fourth straight stage victory ahead of Laas.

Stage 5 winner and race leader Jakub Mareczko: “I think all riders are tired and happy to know that we’re now in the second half of the Tour of Hainan. We’ve ridden really fast today. We arrived twenty minutes ahead of the fastest schedule. In the last kilometer, we still weren’t sure to close on the breakaway. We managed to catch them in the very few metres only. We weren’t expecting it would be so hard. The wind has made today’s race very hard for everyone, including my team-mates. It never happened to me before to contest a stage flat out from start to finish with not even a minute to breathe and relax. They never slowed down. At some point there was a breakaway of 47 riders, so we’ve had to give everything to put it back together. It’s been a very fast day of cycling. We really struggled with the head wind to catch the last three escapees. There are four stages left, including a pretty hard one (stage 7). Today’s stage will have made some damage in the riders’ bodies.”

Second placed Martin Laas: “I was suffering all day because the peloton was going so fast. I had big pains in my legs and after ten kilometers I looked back and I could that we were fourty something guys at the front. I was a little bit surprised that the peloton was broken. We had a fourty seconds gap. It was a funny and hard race today! We rode full gas in the first two and half hours. Our speed was almost 50km/h. In the final sprint, we tried to take the last corner in front of the Wilier team, but it was a bit messy, we lost some guys, we had to wait for [Asbjorn Kragh] Andersen. But we did a good sprint. We were pretty close at the end.”

Third placed Andriy Kulyk: “I’m very happy to make the podium after being fifth in previous stages. It’s always important to be in the top 3. But I had some mechanical problems in the sprint. The tactic and position were good but I couldn’t shift the gears to go faster.”

Most aggressive rider Lukas Sprengler: “I was in almost every group that rode away. As a Swiss team, we were present in all the moves. The breakaway was a good attack when all the teams were tired. It was our idea to make it a really hard day. The Wilier team was tired and the battle between us at the front and them leading the peloton was a hard one until the very end. Unfortunately we didn’t have enough power left to pull till the finish line.”

King of the Mountain Vitaly Buts: “It’s been a very fast race from the gun. At the KOM, I lost some metres on Benjamin Hill. Now we’re head to head in this classification. Between us, the KOM classification will be decided on stage 7. Since day, we also work for Andriy Kulyk to make the top 3 in a stage and finally it happened today. We hope that he wins a stage by the end of the Tour.”

Best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng: “Having lost our team-mate Ma Guangtong who didn’t start today due to sickness, I feel even more responsibilities for defending the Best Asian rider jersey now. I think I handled them pretty well today as I was in the front group when the peloton split in two. I have a lot of respect for the Wilier Triestina team. The work they’ve done to bring the bunch back together was huge.”

Complete results:

167.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.719 km/hr!

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	3hr 35min 7sec
2	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
3	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
4	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
5	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
6	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
7	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
9	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
10	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
11	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	s.t.
12	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
14	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
15	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
16	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
17	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
19	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	s.t.
20	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
21	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
22	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
23	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
24	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
25	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
26	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
27	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
28	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
29	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
30	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
31	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
32	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
33	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
34	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
35	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
36	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
37	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
38	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
39	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
40	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
41	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
42	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
43	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
44	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
45	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
46	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
47	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
48	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
49	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
50	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
51	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
52	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
53	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
54	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
55	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
56	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
57	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
58	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
59	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
60	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
61	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
62	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
63	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
64	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
66	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
67	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
68	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
69	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
70	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
71	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
72	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
73	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
74	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
75	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
76	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
77	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
78	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
79	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
80	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
81	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
82	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
83	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
84	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
85	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
86	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
87	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
88	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
89	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
91	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
92	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
93	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
94	Meng Yan	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
95	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
96	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
97	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
98	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
99	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
100	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
101	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
102	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
103	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
104	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	@ 15sec
105	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	+18''
106	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	+20''
107	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+44''
108	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS-Innova	+55''
109	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1' 35''
110	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+2' 08''
111	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+4' 10''
112	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 30''
113	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	+7' 56''
114	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	+18' 27''

GC after Stage 5:

833.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.430 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	18hr 46min 8sec
2	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	@ 24sec
3	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	+31''
4	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	+40''
5	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+41''
6	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
7	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	+43''
8	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
9	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
11	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+44''
12	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
13	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
14	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
15	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
16	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
17	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	+45''
18	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
19	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+46''
20	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
21	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
22	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	+47''
23	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
24	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
25	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
27	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
28	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
29	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
30	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
31	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
32	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
33	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
34	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
35	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
36	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
37	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
38	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
39	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
40	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
41	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
42	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
43	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
44	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
45	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
46	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
47	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
48	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
49	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
50	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
51	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
52	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
53	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
54	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
55	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
56	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
57	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
58	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
59	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
60	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
61	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
62	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
63	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
64	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
65	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
66	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
67	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
68	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
70	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
71	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
72	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
74	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
75	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
76	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
77	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
78	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
79	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
80	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
81	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
83	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
84	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
85	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
86	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
87	Meng Yan	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
88	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+56''
89	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	+59''
90	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	+1' 02''
91	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+1' 05''
92	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
93	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	+1' 07''
94	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+1' 29''
95	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS-Innova	+1' 42''
96	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 52''
97	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	+1' 56''
98	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	+2' 40''
99	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
100	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	+2' 53''
101	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+4' 03''
102	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+4' 15''
103	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 55''
104	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	+8' 15''
105	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+8' 20''
106	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	+8' 43''
107	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+10' 11''
108	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+10' 59''
109	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+12' 32''
110	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+12' 44''
111	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+13' 31''
112	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+18' 06''
113	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+18' 33''
114	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	+19' 10''

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Tuesday, October 31: Stage 4, Chengmai - Danzhou, 192.3 km

Jakub Mareczko makes it a hat trick, three stage wins in a row.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) made it three in a row in Danzhou to beat Peter Sagan’s total of thirty-six victories in his first three pro seasons. He extended his lead overall while Martin Laas (Delko Marseille) and Anthony Giacoppo (IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness) rounded out the podium.

121 riders started stage 4 in Chengmai. Oleksandr Polivoda (Kolss), Hou Weijie (Keyi Look), Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly) were the first attackers but their ambitions were short lived due to the KOM price located only 22km after the start line. Vitaly Buts (Kolss) made the best of it as he fended off his rivals Benjamin Hill (Attaque Gusto) and Benjamin Prades (Ukyo).

The intermediate sprint at km 38 was also highly contested with Laas taking the first place and a lot of hopes for the green jersey while Dylan Page (Swiss National Team) and Marco Zanotti (Monkey Town) were second and third, the Italian giving a strong indication that he’s chasing time bonus because of his ambitions on GC. Mirco Maestri (Bardiani CSF), Rick Van Breda (Monkey Town), Zhang Zheng (Hengxiang) and Jacopo Mosca (Wilier Triestina) rode away after the sprint but got caught at km 50.

Travis Samuel (H&R Block), Oleksandr Prevar (Kolss), Sven Van Luijk (Monkey Town) and Alfredo Castillo (Jelly Belly) got more luck. They got a maximum gap of 3.30 at km 75. Almost 90km were covered in the first two hours! The advantage of the quartet was reduced to 1.15 with 25km to go and 30 seconds at the 10km to go mark. They were reined in 3km before the end.

Wilier Triestina set up another perfect sprint for Mareczko who enjoyed the slightly downhill to the finishing line to win once again with the length of a bike.

Stage 4 winner and race leader Jakub Mareczko: “It’s been a long stage and a difficult one to control because in the first sixty kilometers everyone was looking for breaking away. It was lumpy all day. But we kept it under control and at the end, [Eugert] Zhupa took me to the front at perfection. When I got out of his wheel, it was all very simple. I have to thank Eugert and all my team-mates from Wilier Triestina. They’ve done an exceptional work. It won’t be a bunch sprint finish every day but as long as we have a chance, we go for it. OK, this is my 37th pro victory and I’m pleased with the number. I’m told that Peter Sagan got 36 in three seasons but his wins have another value. We’ve won at totally different races. It can’t be compared. I got most of my wins on Asian soil, where I found stage races with a lot of stages and a lot of flat stages, unlike in Europe where there are many more climbs.”

Second placed Martin Laas: “I’m quite happy with my sprint. Our team worked very well for me today. The last guy supposed to lead me out [Emil Liepins] was dropped after being stuck behind some other riders. We were together with Asbjorn [Kragh Andersen] but one kilometer was too long for him to drag me, so I was alone for the last 400 metres. I had to take a bit of wind and then Mareczko started sprinting. I had already made a little effort but he could go with fresh legs. He went straight away to the front and  it stayed like this till the line. It’s ok. I’m happy. Early in the race, I won the first intermediate sprint so I regained a few points on Mareczko but in the end, he got more points on the finishing line again. But we keep fighting for the green jersey!”

Third placed Anthony Giacoppo: “My sprint probably went a little bit better today. Our team took it a little bit earlier and I was in a better position. When Mareczko jumped he got a gap. We were closing down towards the end but it was too late. We don’t have Scott Sunderland here, so we’ve been unsure of who to sprint for. We’re both [him and Michael Freiberg] lead out men sprinting. Sometimes I can climb as well. I don’t know how good I can go here. There are some pretty good climbers. The hill is pretty big on stage 7 but I’ll try. We have GC riders [Robbie Hucker] but if I’m good enough to make it over the climb, then it’s a bonus but it’s unlikely.”

King of the Mountain Vitaly Buts: “Today, I knew the hill was not too hard. I suffered yesterday but today I won the KOM price with no problem and I managed to retain the lead. I felt much better than yesterday. It’s not my first time going for the KOM and in the past, I’ve ridden for both KOM and GC. Two years ago, I was second in the KOM competition but this year I want to win it. I might as well hang on on the climb in stage 7 and do well on GC like fifth two years ago.”

Most combative rider Sven van Luijk: “Our main goal is the overall classification with Marco Zanotti who is a sprinter but he’s not the best sprinter in the race this year. He has trained a lot uphill.  We think he can survive the climb on stage 7 and sprint for that stage victory, which could put him in the front of the overall classification. That’s why I tried to get some seconds bonus in the intermediate sprints today. Also, we try to make the breakaway every day because we think that one day, Wilier won’t be able to control the whole race and we hope to be at the front when that happens.”

Best Asian rider Liu Jianpeng: “I’m not famous enough yet with this distinctive jersey but I definitely want to become famous in cycling. Another rider from our team was supposed to break away today but it didn’t happen, so we’ll go for it in the next few days. I consider that all other Asian riders in the race remain my adversaries for the Best Asian rider competition. I will eat well and rest well to do my best in the queen stage.”

Complete results:

192.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.641 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	4hr 24min 23sec
2	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
3	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
4	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
5	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
6	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
7	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
8	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
9	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	s.t.
10	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
11	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
12	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
13	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
14	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
15	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
16	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
17	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
19	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
20	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
21	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
23	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
24	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
27	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
28	Gerd de Keijzer	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
29	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
30	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
31	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
32	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
33	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
34	Mehdi Benhamouda	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
35	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
36	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
37	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
38	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
39	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
40	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
41	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
42	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
43	Tianhao Gu	Giant	s.t.
44	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
45	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
46	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
47	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
48	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
49	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
50	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	s.t.
51	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
52	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
53	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
54	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
55	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
56	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
57	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
58	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
59	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
60	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
61	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
62	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
63	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
64	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	s.t.
65	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
66	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
67	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
68	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
69	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
70	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
71	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
72	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
73	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
74	Reid McClure	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
76	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
77	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
78	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
79	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
80	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
81	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
82	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
83	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
84	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
85	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
86	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
87	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
88	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
89	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
90	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
91	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
92	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
93	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
94	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
95	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
96	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
97	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
99	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	s.t.
100	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
101	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
102	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
103	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
104	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
105	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
106	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
107	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
108	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	s.t.
109	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
110	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
111	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
112	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	s.t.
113	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
114	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
115	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
116	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
117	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
118	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	@ 1min 6sec
119	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+1' 25''
120	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+1' 44''

GC after Stage 4:

666.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.881 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	15hr 11min 11sec
2	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	@ 20sec
3	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	+21''
4	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	+29''
5	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+31''
6	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
7	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
8	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	+33''
9	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
10	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
11	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+34''
12	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
13	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
14	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
15	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+35''
16	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
17	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
19	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	+36''
20	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	+37''
21	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
23	Umberto Poli	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
24	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
25	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
27	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
28	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
29	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
30	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
31	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
32	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
33	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
34	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
35	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
36	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
37	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
38	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
39	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
40	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
41	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
42	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
43	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
44	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
45	Mehdi Benhamouda	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
46	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
47	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
48	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
49	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
50	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
51	Gerd de Keijzer	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
52	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
53	Joonas Henttala	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
54	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
55	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
56	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
57	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
58	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
59	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
60	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
61	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
62	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
63	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
64	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
65	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
66	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
67	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
68	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
69	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
70	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
71	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
72	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
73	Reid McClure	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
74	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
75	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
76	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
77	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
78	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
79	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
80	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
81	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	s.t.
82	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
83	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
84	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
85	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
86	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
87	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
88	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
89	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
90	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
91	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
92	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
94	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	s.t.
95	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
96	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
97	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+49''
99	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
100	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+1' 19''
101	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 42''
102	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	+1' 46''
103	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	+2' 30''
104	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
105	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	+2' 43''
106	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+3' 53''
107	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+4' 05''
108	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 45''
109	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+7' 26''
110	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	+8' 05''
111	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+8' 41''
112	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+10' 01''
113	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	+11' 31''
114	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+12' 22''
115	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	+13' 09''
116	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+13' 21''
117	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	+13' 52''
118	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+4h 35' 22''
119	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+4h 37' 16''
120	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+4h 38' 09''

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Monday, October 30: Stage 3, Haikou - Chengmai, 155.6 km

Jakub Mareczko gets his second stage win this Tour.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Jakub Mareczko of Wilier Triestina took his second stage victory and extended his lead in the overall classification over  Jon Aberasturi (Ukyo) while Australian team IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness made  the podium again, with Anthony Giacoppo this time. He’s now 11 seconds ahead of his Spanish rival and 27 seconds ahead of the main peloton.

124 riders started stage 3 in Haikou. The Wilier Triestina team faced a lot of attacks whereas people expected only one breakaway before the final bunch gallop. Sergey Grechyn (Hainan Jilun), Stefan Bakker (Monkey Town), Ma Guangtong  (Hengxiang) and Alexis Cartier (H&R Block) made the first move but it was  over at km 18. Steven Cuesta (Hainan) and Liu Jiangpeng (Hengxiang) went clear before the first intermediate sprint at km 31 where Marco Zanotti (Monkey Town) gave a strong indication that he was racing for the overall classification throughout the time bonuses rather than the stages this time. Liu moved into the lead of the Best Asian rider classification as he won that sprint. 

Before km 60, Joe Cooper (IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness), Mykhaylo Kononenko (Kolss), Benjamin Hill (Attaque  Gusto), Cartier and Ma again opened a gap. Kolss chased them down to catch them ahead of the only KOM price of the day at km 105, which appeared to be the most spectacular fight besides the finish itself. Hill had to contest it from the bunch after being reeled in. He was second to Benjamin Prades (Ukyo) while Vitaly Buts (Kolss) came third, just on time to retain the polka dot jersey. 

Emil Liepins (Delko Marseille), Luke Mudgway (RTS-Monton), Marc De Maar (Hengxiang), Jordan Cheyne (Jelly Belly) and  Zanotti made another break with 50km to go. Liepins and Zanotti were in theory some of Mareczko’s rivals for the sprint but they obviously had few hopes to beat him so they chose another way to contest the stage victory. Liepins, Mudgway and Cheyne were the last attackers caught with 6km to go. The Wilier Triestina team swallowed a last attacker from Bardiani CSF to deliver a second bunch sprint victory for Mareczko.

Complete results:

155.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.845 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	3hr 28min 11sec
2	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
3	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
4	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
5	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
6	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
7	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
8	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
9	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
10	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
11	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
12	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
14	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
15	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
16	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
17	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
18	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
19	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
20	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
21	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	s.t.
22	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
23	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
24	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
25	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
26	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
27	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
28	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
29	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
30	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
31	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
32	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
33	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
34	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
35	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
36	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
37	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
38	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
39	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
40	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
41	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
42	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
43	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
44	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
46	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
47	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
48	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
49	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
50	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
51	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
52	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
53	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
54	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
55	Xiaolong Sun	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
56	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
57	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
58	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
59	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
60	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
61	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
63	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
64	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
65	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
66	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
67	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
68	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
69	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
70	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
71	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
72	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
73	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
74	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
75	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
76	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
77	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
78	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
79	Tianhao Gu	Giant	s.t.
80	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
81	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
82	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	s.t.
83	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
84	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
85	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
86	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
87	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
88	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
89	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
90	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
92	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
93	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
94	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
95	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
96	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
97	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
99	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
100	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	s.t.
101	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
102	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
103	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
104	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
105	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
106	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
107	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
108	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
109	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	+12''
110	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+14''
111	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+25''
112	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	+39''
113	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+42''
114	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	+1' 11''
115	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+1' 15''
116	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	+1' 38''
117	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+1' 41''
118	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+1' 49''
119	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+1' 55''
120	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	+2' 06''
121	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+2' 27'

GC after Stage 3:

474.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.968 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	10hr 46min 58sec
2	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	@ 11sec
3	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	+19''
4	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	+21''
5	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
6	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+23''
7	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
8	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
9	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
10	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+24''
11	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
12	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
13	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
14	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	+25''
15	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
17	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	+27''
18	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
19	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
20	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
21	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
22	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
23	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
24	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
25	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
27	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
28	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
29	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
30	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
31	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
32	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
33	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
34	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
35	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
36	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
37	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
38	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
39	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
40	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
41	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
42	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
43	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
44	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
45	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
46	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
47	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
49	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
50	Xiaolong Sun	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
51	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
52	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
53	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
54	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
55	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
56	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
57	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
58	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
60	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
62	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
63	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
64	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
65	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
66	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
67	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
68	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
69	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
70	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
71	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
72	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
74	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
75	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
76	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
77	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
78	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
79	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
80	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
81	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
82	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
83	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
84	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
85	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
86	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
87	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
88	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
89	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
90	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
91	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
92	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
93	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
94	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
95	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
96	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
97	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
98	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
99	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+39''
100	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	+27''
101	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	+1' 09''
102	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 32''
103	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	+1' 36''
104	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	+2' 20''
105	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
106	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	+2' 33''
107	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+3' 43''
108	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+3' 55''
109	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 35''
110	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+7' 16''
111	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	+7' 55''
112	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+8' 31''
113	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+9' 43''
114	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+9' 51''
115	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+11' 18''
116	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	+11' 21''
117	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+11' 52''
118	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+12' 12''
119	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	+12' 59''
120	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+13' 11''
121	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	+13' 42''

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Sunday, October 29: Stage 2, Wanning Xinglong - Haikou, 230.2 km

Jakub Mareczko wins stage two and takes over the GC lead.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage 2 report.

Beaten by Jon Aberasturi in the first  sprint finish in Wanning-Xinglong, arch favorite Jakub Mareczko got everything  right on day 2 as he outsprinted Martin Laas (Delko Marseille), Dylan Page  (Swiss national team) and the rest of the field at the end of the longest stage  (230km) finishing in Haikou. The Italian from Wilier Triestina also moved into the lead.

127 riders started stage 2 in Wanning-Xinglong. It was a fierce battle until the first intermediate sprint at km 23.7 where Mareczko took one second bonus as he came third behind Ukraine’s Mikhaylo Kononenko (Kolss) and Laas who positioned himself as Delko Marseille’s sprinter for the day while the French team had another option with Latvia’s Emil Liepins. After 42km of racing, a breakaway finally took shape with King of the Mountains Vitaly Buts (Kolss), Benjamin Hill (Attaque Gusto), Ivar Slik (Monkey Town), Ma Guangtong (Hengxiang) and Lukas Meiler (Vorarlberg). A lone chaser for a while, Alexis Cartier (H&R Block) didn’t manage to bridge the gap. The maximum lead of the quintet was 6.20 at km 108.

Hill, Slik and Meiler stayed away after the intermediate sprint at km 123 while Buts and Ma returned to the peloton. Hill also gave up but Slik and Meiler forged on until 84km to go. 75km before the end, another group rode away, composed of Rick Van Breda (Monkey Town), Jordan Cheyne (Jelly Belly) and Fabian Lienhard (Vorarlberg). They made a maximum gap of 3.30 for themselves with 39km to go. Van Breda was first to be swallowed by the peloton led strongly by riders from Wilier Triestina, Kolss and IsoWhey Sports-Swisswellness. Cheyne insisted on his own in the last ten kilometers but was caught under the flamme rouge of the last kilometre.

Put  in the right place by Albania’s Eugert Zhupa, who is his guardian angel at Wilier Triestina, Mareczko launched his sprint from very far out but remained in first  position until the finishing line to collect his second success at the Tour of  Hainan after a first stint in 2015. This is only his first one in the 12th edition with seven more stages to be contested.

Complete results:

230.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.058 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	5hr 28min 24sec
2	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
3	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
4	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
5	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
6	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
7	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
9	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
10	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
11	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
12	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
13	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
14	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
15	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	s.t.
16	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
17	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
18	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
19	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS Monton	s.t.
20	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
21	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	s.t.
22	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
23	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
24	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
25	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
27	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
28	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
29	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
30	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
31	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
32	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
33	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
34	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
35	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
36	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
37	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
38	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
39	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
40	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
41	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
42	Zhaoliang Xu	Giant	s.t.
43	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
44	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
45	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
46	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
47	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
48	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
49	Xiaolong Sun	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
50	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
51	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
52	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
53	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
54	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
55	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
56	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
57	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
58	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
59	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
60	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
61	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
62	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
63	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
65	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
66	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
67	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
68	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
69	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
70	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
71	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
72	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
73	Paolo Lunardon	RTS Monton	s.t.
74	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
75	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
76	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
77	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
78	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
79	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
80	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
81	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
82	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
83	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
84	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
85	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
86	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
87	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
88	Cristián Peña	RTS Monton	s.t.
89	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
90	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
91	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
92	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
93	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
94	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	s.t.
95	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
96	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
97	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
98	Meng Yan	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
99	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	s.t.
100	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
101	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
102	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
103	Luke Mudgway	RTS Monton	s.t.
104	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
105	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	@ 12sec
106	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+43''
107	Haiwang Liu	Giant	+2' 02''
108	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	+10''
109	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+3' 16''
110	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+3' 28''
111	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+4' 16''
112	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+4' 29''
113	Tianhao Gu	Giant	+6' 49''
114	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
115	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
116	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
117	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
118	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
119	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+10' 49''
120	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	+10' 54''
121	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
122	Mauricio Ortega	RTS Monton	s.t.
123	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
124	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+11' 43''

GC after Stage 2:

318.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.536 km/hr

1	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	7hr 18min 57sec
2	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	@ 7sec
3	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	+9''
4	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss Cycling	+11''
5	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+13''
6	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
7	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
8	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+14''
9	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
10	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	+15''
11	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
12	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	+16''
13	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	+17''
14	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
15	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
16	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
17	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
19	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
20	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
21	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
22	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
23	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS Monton	s.t.
24	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
26	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
27	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
28	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
29	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
30	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
31	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
33	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
34	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
35	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
36	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
37	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
38	Zhaoliang Xu	Giant	s.t.
39	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
40	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
41	Xiaolong Sun	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
42	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
43	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
44	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
45	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
46	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
47	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
48	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
50	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
51	Paolo Lunardon	RTS Monton	s.t.
52	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
53	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
54	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
55	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
56	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
57	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
58	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
59	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
60	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
61	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
62	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
63	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
64	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
65	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
66	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
67	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
68	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
69	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
70	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
71	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
72	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
73	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
74	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
75	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
76	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
77	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
78	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
79	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
80	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
81	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
82	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
83	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
84	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
85	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
86	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
87	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
88	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
89	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
90	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
91	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
92	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
93	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss Cycling	s.t.
94	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
95	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
96	Bo Wang	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
97	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS	s.t.
98	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS	s.t.
99	Cristián Peña	RTS Monton	s.t.
100	Meng Yan	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
101	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
102	Luke Mudgway	RTS Monton	s.t.
103	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	+27''
104	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+29''
105	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	+1' 00''
106	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang Cycling	+2' 10''
107	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang Cycling	s.t.
108	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	+3' 33''
109	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	+3' 45''
110	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+5' 25''
111	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+7' 06''
112	Tianhao Gu	Giant	s.t.
113	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
114	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
115	Haiwang Liu	Giant	+7' 32''
116	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	+9' 27''
117	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
118	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+9' 53''
119	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	+11' 06''
120	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	+11' 11''
121	Mauricio Ortega	RTS Monton	s.t.
122	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
123	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	+12' 02''
124	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	+13' 32''

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Saturday, October 28: Stage 1, Wanning-Xinglong Circuit Race, 88.3 km

Jon Aberasturi wins stage one.

The race: Here's the stage story from the race organizer:

Spain’s Jon Aberasturi of Japanese outfit Ukyo claimed his eighth victory of the year, all of them in Asia at six different races as he outsprinted Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) at the end of stage 1 in the Tour of Hainan in Wanning-Xinglong Australia’s Michael Freiberg (Isowheysports-Swisswellness) rounded out the podium.

It was a short and fast stage with 88.3km to be covered by the 132 starters, including 30 Asian riders. It took thirty kilometers for a breakaway to develop. Four riders made it: Enrico Barbin (Bardiani CSF), Joe Cooper (Isowheysports-Swisswellness), Vitaly Buts (Kolss) and Joab Schneiter (Switzerland). Their maximum advantage was 38 seconds.

There was a spectacular fight in the run in to the only categorized climb of the day with 14.6km to go but Buts was brave enough to fend off the peloton while Benjamin Hill (Attaque Gusto) was second at the top of the hill right behind him. It was all together after the summit with a lots of attacks taking place. Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani CSF) tried his luck. He was rejoined by Taylor Shelden (Jelly Belly) with 10km to go but it was an inevitable sprint at the end.

Aberasturi took the last curve in the inside 400 metres before the finishing line, building there his success over arch favorite Mareczko who had to settle for second place. Revenge will be in the air for the 230.2km long stage 2 from Wanning-Xinglong to Haikou.

Complete results:

88.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.802 km/hr

1	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	1hr 50min 50sec
2	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
3	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
4	Dylan Page	Switzerland	s.t.
5	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
6	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
7	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
9	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
10	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	s.t.
11	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
12	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
13	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	s.t.
14	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
15	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
16	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
17	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
18	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss	s.t.
19	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
20	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
21	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
22	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
23	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
24	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
25	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
26	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
27	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss	s.t.
28	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
29	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
30	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
31	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
32	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
33	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
34	Dostonbek Ollamov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
35	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
36	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
37	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
38	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
39	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
40	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss	s.t.
41	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
42	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
43	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
44	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
46	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
47	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
48	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
49	Xiaolong Sun	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
50	Zhaoliang Xu	Giant	s.t.
51	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
52	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
53	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss	s.t.
54	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
55	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
56	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
57	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss	s.t.
58	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
59	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
60	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
61	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
62	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
63	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
64	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
65	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
66	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
67	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss	s.t.
68	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
69	Akramjon Sunnatov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
70	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
71	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
72	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
73	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
74	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
75	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
76	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
77	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
78	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
79	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
80	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
81	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
82	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
83	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
84	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
85	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
86	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
87	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
89	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss	s.t.
90	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
91	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
92	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
93	Tianhao Gu	Giant	s.t.
94	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
95	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
96	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
97	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
98	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
99	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
100	Suguru Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
101	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
102	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
103	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
104	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
105	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
106	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
107	Mauricio Ortega	RTS-Monton	s.t.
108	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
109	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
110	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
111	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
112	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	s.t.
113	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
114	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
115	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
116	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
117	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
118	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
119	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	@ 39sec
120	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	+0''
121	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	+1' 53''
122	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
123	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+2' 21''
124	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
125	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	s.t.
126	Haiwang Liu	Giant	+5' 13''
127	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+5' 20''

GC after Stage 1:

1	Jon Aberasturi	Team Ukyo	1hr 50min 40sec
2	Jakub Mareczko	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	@ 4sec
3	Michael Freiberg	IsoWhey Sports	+6''
4	Žolt Dér	Vorarlberg	+7''
5	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	+8''
6	Marco Zanotti	Monkey Town	+9''
7	Dylan Page	Switzerland	+10''
8	Emils Liepins	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
9	Martin Laas	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
10	Marco Maronese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
11	Eugert Zhupa	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
12	Mehdi Benhamouda	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
13	Umberto Poli	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
14	Martin Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
15	Paolo Simion	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Jonathan Couanon	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
17	Ulises Castillo	Jelly Belly	s.t.
18	Steven Cuesta	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
19	Andriy Kulyk	Kolss	s.t.
20	Ben Hill	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
21	Fabian Lienhard	Vorarlberg	s.t.
22	Ivar Slik	Monkey Town	s.t.
23	Zhiwen Chen	Giant	s.t.
24	Jure Rupnik	H&R Block	s.t.
25	Gian Friesecke	Vorarlberg	s.t.
26	Alder Martz	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
27	Maxat Ayazbayev	Keyi Look	s.t.
28	Mykhailo Kononenko	Kolss	s.t.
29	Polychronis Tzortzakis	RTS-Monton	s.t.
30	Gerd de Keijzer	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
31	Benjamí Prades	Team Ukyo	s.t.
32	Islam Usmanov	Keyi Look	s.t.
33	Paolo Lunardon	RTS-Monton	s.t.
34	Sven van Luijk	Monkey Town	s.t.
35	Dostonbek Ollamov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
36	Ilia Koshevoy	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
37	Travis Samuel	H&R Block	s.t.
38	Lukas Spengler	Switzerland	s.t.
39	Justin Paroz	Switzerland	s.t.
40	Michael Sheehan	Jelly Belly	s.t.
41	Vitaliy Buts	Kolss	s.t.
42	Patrick Schelling	Vorarlberg	s.t.
43	Robert Stannard	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
44	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
45	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
46	Jai Hindley	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
47	Robbie Hucker	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
48	Gordian Banzer	Switzerland	s.t.
49	Xiaolong Sun	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
50	Zhaoliang Xu	Giant	s.t.
51	Sergei Gretchyn	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
52	Joonas Henttala	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
53	Oleksandr Polyvoda	Kolss	s.t.
54	Jordan Cheyne	Jelly Belly	s.t.
55	Thierry Hupond	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
56	Reid McClure	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
57	Andriy Vasylyuk	Kolss	s.t.
58	Christopher Prendergast	H&R Block	s.t.
59	Daniel Domínguez	Keyi Look	s.t.
60	Nazaerbieke Bieken	Keyi Look	s.t.
61	Jacob Rathe	Jelly Belly	s.t.
62	Antonio Alarcón	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
63	Sam Crome	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
64	Jason Lea	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
65	Reinier Honig	Vorarlberg	s.t.
66	Weijie Hou	Keyi Look	s.t.
67	Oleksandr Prevar	Kolss	s.t.
68	Lukas Meiler	Vorarlberg	s.t.
69	Akramjon Sunnatov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
70	Martin Lavric	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
71	Radoslav Konstantinov	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
72	Dimitri Bussard	Switzerland	s.t.
73	Samuel Jenner	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
74	Rick van Breda	Monkey Town	s.t.
75	Óscar Pujol	Team Ukyo	s.t.
76	Asbjørn Kragh	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
77	Mikel Aristi	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
78	Joris Blokker	Monkey Town	s.t.
79	Taylor Shelden	Jelly Belly	s.t.
80	Jianpeng Liu	Hengxiang	s.t.
81	Marc de Maar	Hengxiang	s.t.
82	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
83	Alex Turrin	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
84	Rodrigo Araque	Team Ukyo	s.t.
85	Giuseppe Fonzi	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
86	Wen Chung Huang	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
87	Sam Brand	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	Luca Raggio	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
89	Andriy Bratashchuk	Kolss	s.t.
90	Maarten de Jonge	Monkey Town	s.t.
91	Fuwen Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
92	Guangtong Ma	Hengxiang	s.t.
93	Tianhao Gu	Giant	s.t.
94	Serghei Tvetcov	Jelly Belly	s.t.
95	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
96	Martin Schäppi	Switzerland	s.t.
97	Tanzo Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
98	Bo Wang	Hengxiang	s.t.
99	Yadong Wang	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
100	Suguru Tokuda	Team Ukyo	s.t.
101	Eiichi Hirai	Team Ukyo	s.t.
102	Abdullojon Akparov	Beijing XDS-Innova	s.t.
103	Joab Schneiter	Switzerland	s.t.
104	Xin Wang	Keyi Look	s.t.
105	Simone Sterbini	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
106	Timothy Guy	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
107	Mauricio Ortega	RTS-Monton	s.t.
108	Stephan Bakker	Monkey Town	s.t.
109	Benjamin Dyball	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
110	Meng Yan	Hengxiang	s.t.
111	Cristián Peña	RTS-Monton	s.t.
112	Luke Mudgway	RTS-Monton	s.t.
113	Marc-Antoine Nadon	H&R Block	s.t.
114	Hang Shi	Giant	s.t.
115	Chien Chou Chen	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
116	Joe Cooper	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
117	Anthony Giacoppo	IsoWhey Sports	s.t.
118	Shao Hsuan Lu	Attaque-Gusto	s.t.
119	Juan José Carrero	Hainan Jilun	s.t.
120	Jiankun Liu	Mitchelton Scott	+49''
121	Mingrun Chen	Hengxiang	+2' 03''
122	Zhang Zheng	Hengxiang	s.t.
123	Miras Torekhanov	Keyi Look	+2' 31''
124	Chaohua Xue	Mitchelton Scott	s.t.
125	Xiangyuan Li	Giant	s.t.
126	Haiwang Liu	Giant	+5' 23''
127	Alexis Cartier	H&R Block	+5' 30''