Una freccia tedesca sotto la pioggia cinese. Il campione di Germania Pascal Ackermann ha vinto allo sprint la seconda tappa del Tour of Guangxi precedendo nell'ordine gli olandesi Fabio Jakobsen e Dylan Groenewegen, vincitore ieri della frazione inaugurale.

Era la seconda tappa del Tour of Guangxi 2018 da Beihai a Qinzhou dopo 145,2 km. La corsa ha lasciato alle 12.02 il lungomare ieri sede di partenza e arrivo sotto un cielo che prometteva una pioggia che sarebbe poi iniziata a cadere sin dai primi km, con una temperatura tutt’altro che tiepida.

Il primo tentativo è stato poco dopo lo start con Julien Duval della Ag2r poi raggiunto da Natnael Berhane della Dimension Data, ma è durato poco. Nuova fuga con Rémi Cavagna (Quick Step), Alex Dowsett (Katusha), Yousif Mirza (UAE), raggiunti da Andrei Grivko (Astana) e Feng Chung Kai (Bahrain). Dopo 11 km, il vantaggio era di 40 secondi, al km 15 di 1’50’’ e al km 20 di 2’15’’. Il gruppo era trainato da Teams LottoNL-Jumbo, Quick Step e EF.

Il gap si è mantenuto tra il minuto e mezzo e i due minuti per tutta la parte centrale della corsa (media intorno ai 42,5km/h) con il primo sprint al km 59.9 con passaggi: 1. Cavagna, 2. Dowsett, 3. Grivko. Mirza è stato il primo a perdere contatto dai fuggitivi poco dopo il 100esimo km.

Due ritiri in corsa: Narvaez (QuickStep) e soprattutto Richie Porte (BMC), il tasmaniano aveva dichiarato di essere alla corsa non al meglio, “obbligato” dalla squadra e di ritorno dalle vacanze; già ieri aveva perso oltre un minuto. Secondo sprint al km 108,2 con ancora Lavagna su Grivko e Dowsett, mentre Feng veniva ripreso. Al km 110 il ritardo del terzetto era ancora di poco più di un minuto.

La fuga si è esaurita quando mancavano 4 km dalla conclusione. Si è dunque arrivati in volata con la bella vittoria del tedesco Pascal Ackermann davanti a Jakobsen e alla maglia rossa Groenewegen che conserva la leadership della classifica generale.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Pascal Ackermann (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 3:18:58
2 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick Step Floors 0:00:00
3 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:00
4 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:00
5 Clément Venturini (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:00
6 Maximilian Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
7 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
8 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:00
9 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:00
10 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:00
11 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
12 Arnaud Démare (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:00
13 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:00
14 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
15 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
16 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
17 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:00
18 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
19 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:00
20 Jasha Sütterlin (GER) Movistar Team 0:00:00
21 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:00
22 Julien Duval (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:00
23 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:00
24 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:00
25 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data 0:00:00
26 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
27 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
28 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:00
29 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:00
30 Rüdiger Selig (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:00
31 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
32 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:00
33 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:00
34 Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:00
35 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:00
36 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
37 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:00
38 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:00
39 Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:00
40 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
41 Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Quick Step Floors 0:00:00
42 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 0:00:00
43 Silvan Dillier (SUI) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:00
44 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
45 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
46 Stefan Küng (SUI) BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
47 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
48 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:00
49 Andreas Schillinger (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:00
50 Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:00
51 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:00
52 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:00
53 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick Step Floors 0:00:00
54 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
55 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:00
56 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:00
57 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:00
58 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick Step Floors 0:00:00
59 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
60 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step Floors 0:00:00
61 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:00
62 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:00
63 Sander Armée (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:00
64 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
65 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
66 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:00
67 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:00
68 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
69 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:00
70 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:00
71 José Gonçalves (Por) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:00
72 Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:00
73 Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:00
74 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:00
75 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:00
76 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:00
77 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
78 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:00
79 Tony Martin (GER) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:00
80 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
81 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:00
82 Grégory Rast (SUI) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
83 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
84 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:00
85 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
86 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:00
87 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:00
88 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:00
89 Michael Schwarzmann (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:00
90 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00
91 Rémy Mertz (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:00
92 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:00
93 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
94 William Clarke (Aus) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:00
95 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:00
96 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick Step Floors 0:00:00
97 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky 0:00:00
98 Carlos Verona (Esp) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
99 Roger Kluge (GER) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
100 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:00
101 Simon Geschke (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
102 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:00
103 Neilson Powless (USA) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:00
104 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:00
105 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
106 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
107 Winner Andrew Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:00
108 Michael Schär (SUI) BMC Racing Team 0:00:00
109 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Team Dimension Data 0:00:00
110 Marco Haller (AUT) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:00
111 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:00
112 Lennard Kämna (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
113 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
114 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:19
115 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:20
116 Bernhard Eisel (AUT) Team Dimension Data 0:00:20
117 Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:20
118 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:26
119 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:28
120 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:28
121 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:36
122 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:01:43
DNF Jhonnatan Narvaez (Ecu) Quick Step Floors
DNF Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 5:40:29
2 Pascal Ackermann (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:04
3 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick Step Floors 0:00:04
4 Silvan Dillier (SUI) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:06
5 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:00:06
6 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick Step Floors 0:00:06
7 Maximilian Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:08
8 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:08
9 Marco Haller (AUT) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:11
10 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:13
11 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:14
12 Clément Venturini (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:14
13 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:14
14 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:14
15 Arnaud Démare (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:14
16 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:14
17 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:14
18 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
19 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14
20 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:14
21 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:14
22 Daniel McLay (GBr) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:14
23 Julien Duval (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:14
24 Jasha Sütterlin (GER) Movistar Team 0:00:14
25 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:14
26 Carlos Barbero (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:14
27 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data 0:00:14
28 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:14
29 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:14
30 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:14
31 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:14
32 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:14
33 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:14
34 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
35 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:14
36 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:14
37 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:14
38 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:14
39 Rüdiger Selig (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:14
40 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
41 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:14
42 Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Quick Step Floors 0:00:14
43 Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:14
44 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:14
45 Stefan Küng (SUI) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14
46 Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:14
47 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:14
48 Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:14
49 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
50 Jorge Arcas (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:14
51 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:14
52 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:14
53 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick Step Floors 0:00:14
54 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 0:00:14
55 Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:14
56 Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:14
57 Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
58 Andreas Schillinger (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:14
59 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step Floors 0:00:14
60 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
61 Sander Armée (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:14
62 José Gonçalves (Por) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:14
63 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:14
64 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:14
65 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:14
66 Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:14
67 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:14
68 Tony Martin (GER) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:14
69 Rémy Mertz (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:14
70 Kim Magnusson (Swe) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:14
71 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:14
72 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14
73 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:14
74 Aurélien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:14
75 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
76 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:14
77 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Ag2r La Mondiale 0:00:14
78 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:14
79 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:14
80 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:14
81 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:14
82 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:14
83 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:14
84 Carlos Verona (Esp) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:14
85 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14
86 Simon Geschke (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
87 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:14
88 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:14
89 Winner Andrew Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:14
90 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:14
91 Michael Schwarzmann (GER) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:14
92 Neilson Powless (USA) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:00:14
93 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick Step Floors 0:00:14
94 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto - Soudal 0:00:14
95 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky 0:00:14
96 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:14
97 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14
98 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:14
99 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
100 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Team Dimension Data 0:00:14
101 Michael Schär (SUI) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14
102 Lennard Kämna (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
103 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:00:14
104 Grégory Rast (SUI) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:30
105 Roger Kluge (GER) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:30
106 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek - Segafredo 0:00:33
107 Julius Van Den Berg (Ned) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:34
108 Bernhard Eisel (AUT) Team Dimension Data 0:00:34
109 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora - Hansgrohe 0:00:40
110 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data 0:00:42
111 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha - Alpecin 0:00:42
112 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:43
113 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:55
114 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00:56
115 Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:01:00
116 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:12
117 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:01:18
118 William Clarke (Aus) Team EF Education First - Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:27
119 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:53
120 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:01:55
121 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 0:03:31
122 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:06:45