Marco Benfatto conferma di avere un feeling particolare con la Cina. Il trentnenne veneto della Androni Sidermec ha vinto infatti la prima tappa del Taihu Lake Tour, la Wuxi-Wuxi di 88,8 km. Nello sprint decisivo, Benfatto ha preceduto il neozelandese Kennett e l'australiano Jones.

Grazie al gioco degli abbuoni, Kennett conquista la maglia di leader della classifica generale strappandola all'austriaco Brandle, vincitore del prologo.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 1:51:20
2 Dylan Kennett (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
3 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence 0:00:00
4 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:00:00
5 Boris Vallée (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:00
6 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:00
7 Zheng Zhang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team 0:00:00
8 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
9 Mohamad Saari Amri Abd Rasim (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
10 Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Esp) Burgos - BH 0:00:00
11 Mattia Bevilacqua (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM 0:00:00
12 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:00
13 Zhiwen Chen (Chn) Giant Cycling Team 0:00:00
14 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini - Faizanè 0:00:00
15 Chien Liang Chen (Tpe) Memil Pro Cycling 0:00:00
16 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM 0:00:00
17 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM 0:00:00
18 Nicola Venchiarutti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 0:00:00
19 Muhammad Zulhilmie Afif Ahmad Zamri (Mas) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:00:00
20 Declan Irvine (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:00

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Dylan Kennett (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 1:57:21
2 Matthias Brändle (AUT) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:06
3 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:14
4 Boris Vallée (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:16
5 Oscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (Esp) Medellin 0:00:19
6 Imerio Cima (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini - Faizanè 0:00:21
7 Roy Eefting (Ned) Memil Pro Cycling 0:00:21
8 Mathew Zenovich (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:21
9 Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:22
10 Ryan Cavanagh (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:22
11 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:23
12 Walter Alejandro Vargas Alzate (Col) Medellin 0:00:23
13 Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) Medellin 0:00:24
14 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:24
15 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 0:00:27
16 Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence 0:00:28
17 Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:30
18 Weimar Alfonso Roldán Ortiz (Col) Medellin 0:00:30
19 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:00:30
20 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 0:00:30