Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) has won the inaugural Tour of Guangxi with the Belgian fending off all challengers on this sixth and final stage of the race. The sprint finish finale was won by Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) with Wellens safely positioned in the bunch.
Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and Nicolas Roche (BMC Racing) round out the podium.
“It is a WorldTour stage race and it’s not easy to win. I think, with the team, we did a super good job in controlling and I’m super happy to win here,” Wellens said after crossing the line to seal the win.
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“On the mountain I was getting a little bit nervous. I was afraid the other teams would attack, but in the end it was just tempo uphill and there weren’t any attacks. It was perfect.”
It is Wellens’ fourth WorldTour general classification win, adding to his two Eneco Tour and one Tour de Pologne victories. It was the first time that the peloton had been back in China since the Tour of Beijing shut up shop in 2014 and Wellens commended the organisers on a race well put together.
“For me, it was perfect race. Good organisation with nice hotels and nice roads to race on. When you see all the names on the start list course, of course, maybe it is a little but late in the season but we have to put it somewhere on the agenda. For me it is worthy of WorldTour.”
How it unfolded
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