The 2023 Gree-Tour of Guangxi was a

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that took place between 12 and 17 October 2023 in the

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Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

. It was the 4th edition of the

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional cycling stage race held in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The race consists of multi-stage and is part of the UCI ...

and the thirty-fifth and final event of the

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. The race returned after three years of not being held due to the

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Teams

Eighteen teams, which consist of fourteen of the eighteen

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teams, three

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teams and one national team participated in the race. Each team entered seven riders, except , , which entered six riders and , which entered five riders. Two riders of were pulled from the race before the start by their team.

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and

Gerben Thijssen Gerben Thijssen (born 21 June 1998) is a Belgian Road bicycle racing, road and Track cycling, track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Thijssen won the bronze medal at the 2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in the po ...

both are facing diciplinary action after Mihkels posted a picture on instagram of himself imitating slant eyes. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Professional Continental teams * * * National teams *

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Pre-race favorites

The race has typically favored sprinters or punchers for the overall victory. This edition will be no different with

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likely to be the decisive stage.

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is the only past winner of the Tour starting, he won in

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after winning a two-up sprint at Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot, the same place stage 4 finishes this year. Other riders considered favorites are punchers

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and

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(Both ) and

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(). With the other stages most likely to end in a mass sprint the favorites for those stages are: Arnaud De Lie () who has amassed 10 pro wins this season and

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() who has 11. Other contenders for the sprint stages are;

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(),

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(),

Jakub Mareczko Jakub Mareczko (born 30 April 1994) is an Italian road cyclist of Polish origin, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . A sprinter, Mareczko is seen by the Italian national cycling coach Davide Cassani as one of the best young hopes for Italian cyc ...

(),

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() and

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().

Route

Stages

Stage 1

;12 October 2023 —

Beihai Beihai (; Postal romanization: Pakhoi) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China. Its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin has granted it historical importance as a port of internation ...

to Beihai, The opening stage of the Tour of Guangxi was a flat circuit stage starting and finishing in

. A breakaway of five riders;

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(), Louis Barré (),

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(), Omer Goldstein () and

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(), got away early on. They were not allowed too large of a gap by the teams of the sprinters. Wandahl won both of the Mountain sprints to take the jersey for leading that classification going into the second stage. With

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and his team doing the pacing the break was caught with just under 16km to go. , , and all had their trains at the front coming into the sprint. It was Milan who launched first, with Viviani coming around in the last few hundred metres to take victory. This was Viviani's first WorldTour win since 2019 where he won the

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Stage 2

;13 October 2023 —

Qinzhou Qinzhou ( postal: Yamchow, , Jyutping: ''Jam1 zau1'' ( Canton) /''Ham1 zau1'' (Local) ) is a prefecture-level city in south-central Guangxi, southern China, lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having a total population of 3,302,238 as of the 2020 c ...

Stage 3

;14 October 2023 —

Nanning Nanning (; ; za, Namzningz) is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South of ...

to Nanning,

Stage 4

;15 October 2023 —

to Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot,

Stage 5

;16 October 2023 —

Liuzhou Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban ...

Guilin Guilin ( Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the nort ...

Stage 6

;17 October 2023 —

to Guilin,

Classification leadership

Classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

References

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