While Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) was delayed by visa issues on the way to China, the Colombian sprinter was quickly at full flight on Thursday, sprinting to victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi.
The 23-year-old will enter the history books as the both the first stage winner and race leader of the new WorldTour event and start stage 2 wearing the leader’s red jersey.
Gaviria was the dominant sprinter at the Giro d’Italia in May and he showed a clean pair of heels in dispatching LottoNL-Jumbo’s Dylan Groenewegen and Pascal Ackerman of Bora for win number 11 of his long 2017 season.
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On the flat and fast finish after 107km on a city circuit, Gaviria hit out on the left hand of the road and had time to straight and raise his arms to celebrate the 53rd win for Quick-Step-Floors in 2017. He leads the race by one second over Silvan Dillier (BMC), who took bonus seconds while in the break of the day. Friday’s second stage is from Qinzhou to Nanning and is also expected to be dominated by the sprinters.
The win looked easy only on television but it was hard race: a short stage, fast and at the end one of the craziest sprints. It’s one of the fastest sprints I’ve ever done. I’m delighted to take a win in the last race of the year, which is the Tour of Guangxi,” Gaviria said.
How it unfolded
1101 days on from the final stage of the Tour of Beijing in 2014, WorldTour racing returned to China for stage 1 of the Tour of Guangxi.
— Velon CC (@VelonCC) October 19, 2017
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