Tour of Guangxi 2024 (Oct. 15 - Oct. 20)

[pastronef]

second year in a row I cheered for the 2nd in the stage

 

[RedheadDane]

second year in a row I cheered for the 2nd in the stage

How nice of you!

 

[pastronef]

How nice of you!

it happens me often cheered for the 3 silver medals behind the 3 Sagan rainbow wins.

 

[KZD]

Good to see Van Eetvelt and Onley finishing the season strong, I see them as future contenders for Flèche Wallone.

 

[Samamba]

I wonder if tomorrows stage could get interesting. It's not like Lotto has the strongest team to control and that steep climb looks hard enough to do something on. Its maybe a bit too far from the finish but Decathlon and UAE have a lot of riders close in GC. Last year this stage was just a reduced bunch sprint but it was also before the Nongla stage so no one really tried.

 

[Potomac]

I look at profiles and fantasize some gc rider is going to attack on that last climb 19km from the end.
But it almost never happens.

 

[Rob5091]

Lenny VE thought it was curtains when Wellens tried to do a Pogi, but paced himself to the win.
https://www.lottodstny.be/en/news/detail/5385/lennert-van-eetvelt-dominates-queen-stage-at-guangxi

"I didn’t feel very good at first today. But when the team wants to work for you, you can’t complain, and you just have to give it everything you’ve got," Lennert Van Eetvelt said after the race. And that’s exactly what he did. Today’s stage in the Tour of Guangxi featured the first mountain stage, between Yizhou and Nongla. The stage was marked by an early breakaway of four riders, but thanks to the efforts of teams like Lotto Dstny, the gap gradually shrank as they approached the final climb. "When Tim Wellens attacked, I thought today wasn’t going to be my day. But the last kilometer is so tough (the final 1.2 kilometers have an average gradient of 14.8%, ed.), and I know how to keep my own pace on such sections, so I just kept going."

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Dang it, I slept through what sounds like an exciting finish to the queen stage, while I'd like to have seen it this time difference is just killing me like no other!

Results of stage 5:

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time
1	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Dstny	40	50	10″	3:36:18
2	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	25	30	6″	0:02
3	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	20	18	4″	0:09
4	LAFAY Victor	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	15	13		,,
5	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	10	10		0:11
6	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	8	7		0:15
7	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	6	4		0:23
8	COSTIOU Ewen	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	3	3		0:25
9	BERHE Welay Hagos	Team Jayco AlUla	2	2		0:26
10	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	UAE Team Emirates	1	1		,,
11	SIMMONS Quinn	Lidl - Trek				,,
12	WELLENS Tim	UAE Team Emirates				,,
13	STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike				0:33
14	HAJEK Alexander	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe				,,
15	STANNARD Robert	Bahrain - Victorious				0:37
16	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Cofidis				0:42
17	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Lidl - Trek				0:47
18	POOLE Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL				0:52
19	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers				0:54
20	MONIQUET Sylvain	Lotto Dstny				0:57

 

[Taxus4a]

Commentator on D+ was suggesting Tesfatsion.

Well, but result sowhed that Simmons. Anyway, the team shouldnt work, Decatlón did much better

 

[Tricycle Rider]

One more stage to go later today/tonight/whatever, but in the meantime the current GC standings:

Rnk	Prev	▼▲	Rider	Team	UCI		Time
1	37	▲36	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Dstny	6	10″	19:29:50
2	13	▲11	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL		7″	0:05
3	59	▲56	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team		4″	0:15
4	26	▲22	LAFAY Victor	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team			0:19
5	34	▲29	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates			0:21
6	67	▲61	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe			0:25
7	45	▲38	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team			0:33
8	64	▲56	COSTIOU Ewen	Arkéa - B&B Hotels			0:35
9	38	▲29	SIMMONS Quinn	Lidl - Trek			0:36
10	39	▲29	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	UAE Team Emirates			,,
11	62	▲51	WELLENS Tim	UAE Team Emirates			,,
12	75	▲63	BERHE Welay Hagos	Team Jayco AlUla			,,
13	51	▲38	HAJEK Alexander	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe			0:43
14	72	▲58	STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike			,,
15	10	▼5	STANNARD Robert	Bahrain - Victorious		2″	0:45
16	50	▲34	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Cofidis			0:52
17	53	▲36	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Lidl - Trek			0:57
18	35	▲17	POOLE Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL			1:02
19	7	▼12	HERREGODTS Rune	Intermarché - Wanty		5″	,,
20	58	▲38	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers			1:04

Should be a fun battle for the top spot, can Lenny V.E. hold on? Onley is nipping at his heels, but the other riders aren't too far behind either!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Any news on Narvaez after his crash?

I've been trying to find some news and Ineos' Facebook says it was the second day in a row Narvaez had crashed and he had some knocks to his knee.

 

[Unchained]

I've been trying to find some news and Ineos' Facebook says it was the second day in a row Narvaez had crashed and he had some knocks to his knee.

Probably as important, the team he is transferring to are probably sick w worry!!

Only watched @50 k of today's stage, the race route was outstanding some of the landmarks were great and the finish was really well planned, the climb was great!!

 

[wirral]

Was the final KOM point before the actual finish line? Both the UCI website and PCS are showing Wellens as getting the 20 KOM points for the final Cat 1.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Was the final KOM point before the actual finish line? Both the UCI website and PCS are showing Wellens as getting the 20 KOM points for the final Cat 1.

Judging by the profile on PCS it was 1.5 k before the finish line.

 

[Samamba]

Exciting last stage. Pretty problematic situation for Van Eetvelt. His team had to burry themselves early behind Wellens and now he's completely alone in 30 man elite group. Almost impossible to control

EDIT: some help from Visma now as they are controlling for Van Dijke and don't want a bigger group to come back. Marijn Van den Berg also there, but isolated. If he had a better team here he always wins this stage imo.

 

[Samamba]

Looks like we'll be getting a sprint with 35ish guys. Onley needs a 2nd place to take GC, will be hard with at least 2 significantly faster guys in the group.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bruttomesso? Or Govekar?

 

[Samamba]

Well that was chaotic with 2nd group coming back within the last km. 1 and 2 for Bahrain I think

 

[tobydawq]

The WorldTour season ending with a Slovenian win. Couldn't really be any different, could it?

 

[RedheadDane]

The WorldTour season finished as it started*; with a ProTeam rider winning the GC.








*Yes, I know the WorldTour season started with stage one of the TDU.

 

[tobydawq]

The WorldTour season finished as it started*; with a ProTeam rider winning the GC.








*Yes, I know the WorldTour season started with stage one of the TDU.

Welsford winning three stages at the TDU really did not set the tone for his season...

 

[Rob5091]

Govekar gets the stage and Lenny VE the GC - chapeau!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Gosh darn it, I overslept the finale by about an hour, but here are the final results of the stage:

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time
1	GOVEKAR Matevž	Bahrain - Victorious	40	50	10″	2:51:55
2	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	EF Education - EasyPost	25	30	6″	,,
3	STANNARD Robert	Bahrain - Victorious	20	18	4″	,,
4	BLACKMORE Joseph	Israel - Premier Tech	15	13		,,
5	LOUVEL Matis	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	10	10		,,
6	DEWULF Stan	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	8	7	5″	,,
7	TESFATSION Natnael	Lidl - Trek	6	4		,,
8	SVRČEK Martin	Soudal Quick-Step	3	3		,,
9	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	2	2		,,
10	HERREGODTS Rune	Intermarché - Wanty	1	1		,,
11	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe				,,
12	COLLEONI Kevin	Intermarché - Wanty				,,
13	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Lotto Dstny				,,
14	VERNON Ethan	Israel - Premier Tech				,,
15	KANTER Max	Astana Qazaqstan Team				,,
16	ARRIETA Igor	UAE Team Emirates				,,
17	HAJEK Alexander	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe				,,
18	FRETIN Milan	Cofidis				,,
19	LE BERRE Mathis	Arkéa - B&B Hotels				,,
20	SHMIDT Artem	INEOS Grenadiers				,,

 

[Tricycle Rider]

And the final GC standings for the most exciting stage race on the calendar, congrats to Lenny V.E.!

Rnk	Prev	▼▲	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time
1	1	-	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Dstny	300		10″	22:21:45
2	2	-	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	250		7″	0:05
3	3	-	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	215		4″	0:15
4	4	-	LAFAY Victor	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	175			0:19
5	5	-	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	120			0:21
6	6	-	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	115			0:25
7	11	▲4	WELLENS Tim	UAE Team Emirates	95		5″	0:31
8	7	▼1	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	75			0:33
9	8	▼1	COSTIOU Ewen	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	60			0:35
10	9	▼1	SIMMONS Quinn	Lidl - Trek	50			0:36
11	10	▼1	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	UAE Team Emirates	40			,,
12	12	-	BERHE Welay Hagos	Team Jayco AlUla	35			,,
13	15	▲2	STANNARD Robert	Bahrain - Victorious	30		6″	0:41
14	13	▼1	HAJEK Alexander	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	25			0:43
15	14	▼1	STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	20			,,
16	16	-	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Cofidis	20			0:52
17	17	-	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Lidl - Trek	20		2″	0:55
18	18	-	POOLE Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	20			1:02
19	19	-	HERREGODTS Rune	Intermarché - Wanty	20		5″	,,
20	20	-	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	20			1:04

 

[Scarponi]

Dang it, I slept through what sounds like an exciting finish to the queen stage, while I'd like to have seen it this time difference is just killing me like no other!

Results of stage 5:

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time
1	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Dstny	40	50	10″	3:36:18
2	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	25	30	6″	0:02
3	BAUDIN Alex	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	20	18	4″	0:09
4	LAFAY Victor	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	15	13		,,
5	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	10	10		0:11
6	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe	8	7		0:15
7	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	6	4		0:23
8	COSTIOU Ewen	Arkéa - B&B Hotels	3	3		0:25
9	BERHE Welay Hagos	Team Jayco AlUla	2	2		0:26
10	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	UAE Team Emirates	1	1		,,
11	SIMMONS Quinn	Lidl - Trek				,,
12	WELLENS Tim	UAE Team Emirates				,,
13	STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike				0:33
14	HAJEK Alexander	Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe				,,
15	STANNARD Robert	Bahrain - Victorious				0:37
16	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Cofidis				0:42
17	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Lidl - Trek				0:47
18	POOLE Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL				0:52
19	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers				0:54
20	MONIQUET Sylvain	Lotto Dstny				0:57

I basically watch 75% the season on record because of times zones and it doesn’t have the same feel as live