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CYCLING: Moscon’s Stage 4 keys Tour of Guangxi victory

Tour of Guangxi winner Gianni Moscon of Italy

Is 24-year-old Gianni Moscon a future star for Italy?

He won the key stage of the final stop on the 2018 UCI men’s World Tour, the GREE-Tour of Guangxi in southeastern China, and won the overall title by staying close on the other stages. His win in the 152.2 km Stage 4, with its uphill finish was the key, and the top eight finishers in that stage ended up in the top eight in the final standings. The top three – Moscon, Felix Grosschartner (AUT) and Russian Sergey Chernetski – ended the race in that order!

Moscon’s made sure he kept time with the leaders on the flat stages and finished the six stages in 22-37-46-1-7-20 for the nine-second win.

A possible sprint star of the future, Fabio Jakobsen of the Netherlands – just 22 – was at or near the front for the flat stages, finishing 3-2-1-121-81-1 and collecting four medals, but he finished 87th overall. Summaries:

UCI World Tour/GREE Tour of Guangxi
Guangxi (CHN) ~ 16-21 October 2018
(Full results here)

Stage 1 (107.4 km): 1. Dylan Gronewegen (NED), 2:21:45; 2. Max Walscheid (GER), 2:21:45; 3. Fabio Jakobsen (NED), 2:21:45; 4. Pascal Ackermann (GER), 2:21:45; 5. Matteo Trentin (ITA), 2:21:45.

Stage 2 (145.2 km): 1. Ackermann (GER), 3:18:58; 2. Jakobsen (NED), 3:18:58; 3. Groenewegen (NED), 3:18:58; 4. Lawrence Naesen (BEL), 3:18:58; 5. Clement Venturini (FRA), 3:18:58.

Stage 3 (125.4 km): 1. Jakobsen (NED), 2:43:54; 2. Ackermann (GER), 2:43:54; 3. Walscheid (GER), 2:43:54; 4. Groenewegen (NED), 2:43:54; 5. Arnaud Demare (FRA), 2:43:54. Also in the top 50: 43. Sepp Kuss (USA), 2:43:54.

Stage 4 (152.2 km): 1. Gianni Moscon (ITA), 3:38:02; 2. Felix Grosschartner (AUT), 3:38:07; 3. Sergei Chernetski (RUS), 3:38:10; 4. Carlos Verona (ESP), 3:38:13; 5. Rigoberto Uran (COL), 3:38:13. Also in the top 50: 26. Neilson Powless (USA), 3:38:40; … 46. Kuss (USA), 3:39:13.

Stage 5 (212.2 km): 1. Matteo Trentin (ITA), 4:54:34; 2. Ackermann (GER), 4:54:34; 3. Jasper Stuyven (BEL), 4:54:34; 4. Carlos Barbero (ESP), 4:54:34; 5. Lawrence Naesen (BEL), 4:54:34.

Stage 6 (169.0 km): 1. Jakobsen (NED), 3:42:53; 2. Ackermann (GER), 3:42:53; 3. Rudiger Selig (GER), 3:42:53; 4. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA), 3:42:53; 5. Walscheid (GER), 3:42:53.

Final Standings: 1. Gianni Moscon (ITA), 20:39:56; 2. Felix Grosschartner (AUT), +0:09; 3. Sergei Chernetski (RUS), +0:14; 4. Remi Cavagna (FRA), +0:17; 5. Carlos Verona (ESP), +0:21; 6. Rigoberto Uran (COL), +0:21; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP), +0:25; 8. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP), +0:25; 9. Dries Devenyns (BEL), +0:27; 10. Natnael Berhane (POR), +0:28.

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