"I came here to do better, and I’ve succeeded right away" - Lionel Taminiaux kicks of 2024's World Tour finale with victory at Tour of Guangxi
CyclingTuesday, 15 October 2024 at 16:00
The 2024 Tour of Guangxi got underway in China with a thrilling bunch sprint on stage 1 in Fangchenggang as Lotto Dstny's Lionel Taminiaux took a photo finish victory ahead of Gijs Van Hoecke.
"I’m particularly happy to win this first stage here in Guangxi. The fact that it comes with the leader's jersey makes the victory even sweeter," reflected Taminiaux in a post-stage interview posted on his team's official website. "I was able to launch my sprint well. One rider was still ahead of me initially, but with 50 meters to go, I managed to come out of his wheel perfectly. I had plenty of space and stayed in front. I was here last year too, but then I finished fifth and sixth. I came here to do better, and I’ve succeeded right away."
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Results: Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour of Guangxi
| 1 | TAMINIAUX Lionel | Lotto Dstny | 10″ | 3:17:58 |
| 2 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | Intermarché - Wanty | 6″ | ,, |
| 3 | MOLANO Juan Sebastián | UAE Team Emirates | 4″ | ,, |
| 4 | VERNON Ethan | Israel - Premier Tech | ,, | |
| 5 | KANTER Max | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ,, | |
| 6 | QUICK Blake | Team Jayco AlUla | ,, | |
| 7 | RAJOVIĆ Dušan | Bahrain - Victorious | ,, | |
| 8 | FRETIN Milan | Cofidis | ,, | |
| 9 | PICKRELL Riley | Israel - Premier Tech | ,, | |
| 10 | LAMPERTI Luke | Soudal Quick-Step | ,, | |
| 11 | NARVÁEZ Jhonatan | INEOS Grenadiers | 1″ | ,, |
| 12 | STUYVEN Jasper | Lidl - Trek | ,, | |
| 13 | DEKKER David | Arkéa - B&B Hotels | ,, | |
| 14 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Movistar Team | ,, | |
| 15 | CIMOLAI Davide | Movistar Team | ,, | |
| 16 | STANNARD Robert | Bahrain - Victorious | 1″ | ,, |
| 17 | VAN UDEN Casper | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | ,, | |
| 18 | GAUTHERAT Pierre | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | ,, | |
| 19 | VAN DIJKE Mick | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | ,, | |
| 20 | COLLEONI Kevin | Intermarché - Wanty | ,, | |
| 21 | MA Binyan | China | ,, | |
| 22 | CALMEJANE Lilian | Intermarché - Wanty | ,, | |
| 23 | SYRITSA Gleb | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ,, | |
| 24 | VAN DEN BERG Marijn | EF Education - EasyPost | ,, | |
| 25 | BLACKMORE Joseph | Israel - Premier Tech | ,, | |
| 26 | LE BERRE Mathis | Arkéa - B&B Hotels | ,, | |
| 27 | SIMMONS Quinn | Lidl - Trek | ,, | |
| 28 | GRONDIN Donavan | Arkéa - B&B Hotels | ,, | |
| 29 | SIVAKOV Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | ,, | |
| 30 | VADER Milan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | ,, | |
| 31 | DE BONDT Dries | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | ,, | |
| 32 | YU Jiaqing | China | ,, | |
| 33 | LYU Xianjing | China | ,, | |
| 34 | STEWART Jake | Israel - Premier Tech | ,, | |
| 35 | JANSEN Amund Grøndahl | Team Jayco AlUla | ,, | |
| 36 | LAFAY Victor | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | ,, | |
| 37 | CAVAGNA Rémi | Movistar Team | ,, | |
| 38 | ALLEGAERT Piet | Cofidis | ,, | |
| 39 | TRÆEN Torstein | Bahrain - Victorious | ,, | |
| 40 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | ,, | |
| 41 | VERMOTE Julien | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | ,, | |
| 42 | REINDERINK Pepijn | Soudal Quick-Step | ,, | |
| 43 | MAAS Jan | Team Jayco AlUla | ,, | |
| 44 | VINK Michael | UAE Team Emirates | ,, | |
| 45 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix | UAE Team Emirates | ,, | |
| 46 | MÄRKL Niklas | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | ,, | |
| 47 | VERGAERDE Otto | Lidl - Trek | ,, | |
| 48 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | ,, | |
| 49 | GESBERT Élie | Arkéa - B&B Hotels | ,, | |
| 50 | LÜHRS Luis-Joe | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | ,, |
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