PREVIEW | Tour of Guangxi 2024 stage 1 - Final sprint battle of the year begins on opening day of the race
CyclingMonday, 14 October 2024 at 15:14
The Tour of Guangxi will be the final World Tour event of the season; taking place between the 15th and 20th of October. The peloton will be in China for what is the final stage-race of the season, but one that will still be important to many. We preview stage 1.
The opening stage will take the riders on a circuit around the town of Gangchenggang. It is a day for the sprinters, but stage 1 will already be one with some explosive sections where riders will understand where their form stands - at this time of year this will be over a very wide spectrum.
Three hilltops will be climbed in the final 30 kilometers, the last of which comes with 16 kilometers to go (1Km at 6.7%). Not brutal, but attacks may come. There are over 10 flat kilometers towards the finish then however and it is in no way a technical finale.
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Stage 1: Fangchenggang - Fangchenggang, 149.3 kilometers
Prediction Tour of Guangxi 2024 stage 1:
*** Juan Sebastián Molano, Max Kanter
** Marijn van den Berg, Casper van Uden, Ethan Vernon
* Dusan Rajovic, Jhonatan Narváez, Jasper Stuyven, Iván García Cortina, Fabio Jakobsen, Luke Lamperti
** Marijn van den Berg, Casper van Uden, Ethan Vernon
* Dusan Rajovic, Jhonatan Narváez, Jasper Stuyven, Iván García Cortina, Fabio Jakobsen, Luke Lamperti
Pick: Max Kanter
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