Tour of Guangxi 2026 Stage 5 Results : milan fretin win

7th Tour of Guangxi (2.UWT)

Stage 5: Jinchengjiang › Yizhou (170.1km)

Stage 5 Info

Date17 October 2026
RouteJinchengjiang › Yizhou
Distance170.1 km
Avg. Speed45.502 km/u
ParcoursHills, flat finish
Vert. Meters2312 m
Won HowSprint of large group
CategoryME (2.UWT)
Time Limit4:17:57 (+0:33:39)

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Teams

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	PCS	Time/Lag
1	FRETIN Milan	Cofidis	50	50	3:44:18
2	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Pinarello Q36.5	30	30	,,
3	BLIKRA Erlend	Uno-X Mobility	25	18	,,
4	GIDDINGS Joshua	Lotto Intermarché	20	13	,,
5	MEEUS Jordi	Red Bull – BORA	15	10	,,
6	KANTER Max	XDS Astana Team	10	7	,,
7	WELSFORD Sam	Netcompany INEOS	8	4	,,
8	DE KLEIJN Arvid	Tudor Pro Cycling	6	3	,,
9	BOL Cees	Decathlon CMA CGM	3	2	,,
10	KOGUT Oded	NSN Cycling Team	1	1	,,
11	REX Laurenz	Soudal Quick-Step	–	–	,,
12	MILAN Matteo	Groupama – FDJ	–	–	,,
13	LIVYNS Arjen	XDS Astana Team	–	–	,,
14	MA Binyan	China	–	–	,,
15	DONALDSON Robert	Team Jayco AlUla	–	–	,,

Rnk	Prev	Rider	Team	Time/Lag
1	1 –	MAGNIER Paul	Soudal Quick-Step	18:43:24
2	2 –	BIESTERBOS Frits	Team Picnic PostNL	0:10
3	3 –	KANTER Max	XDS Astana Team	0:16
4	6 ▲2	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Team Jayco AlUla	0:18
5	8 ▲3	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan	UAE Team Emirates	0:19
6	4 ▼2	BOL Cees	Decathlon CMA CGM	0:20
7	5 ▼2	PALENI Enzo	Groupama – FDJ	,,
8	7 ▼1	MEEUS Jordi	Red Bull – BORA	0:22
9	9 –	POWLESS Neilson	EF Education	,,
10	10 –	TJØTTA Martin	Uno-X Mobility	0:23

Rnk	Prev	Rider	Team	Pnt
1	1 –	MAGNIER Paul	Soudal Quick-Step	40
2	2 –	BIESTERBOS Frits	Team Picnic PostNL	32
3	3 –	KANTER Max	XDS Astana Team	32
4	4 –	FRETIN Milan	Cofidis	30
5	5 –	MEEUS Jordi	Red Bull – BORA	19
6	13 ▲7	BLIKRA Erlend	Uno-X Mobility	18
7	9 ▲2	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Team Jayco AlUla	16
8	8 –	DE KLEIJN Arvid	Tudor Pro Cycling	15
9	14 ▲5	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan	UAE Team Emirates	14
10	30 ▲20	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Pinarello Q36.5	14

Rnk	Prev	Rider	Team	Pnt
1	1 –	VEISTROFFER Baptiste	Lotto Intermarché	46
2	2 –	DE BONDT Dries	Team Jayco AlUla	16
3	3 –	WANG Ruidong	China	12
4	4 –	EULÁLIO Afonso	Bahrain – Victorious	10
5	5 –	BAYER Tobias	Alpecin – Premier Tech	10
6	6 –	GHYS Robbe	Decathlon CMA CGM	8
7	– –	RIVERA Brandon Smith	Netcompany INEOS	7
8	– –	FORMOLO Davide	Movistar Team	6

Rnk	Prev	Rider	Team	Time/Lag
1	1 –	MAGNIER Paul	Soudal Quick-Step	18:43:24
2	2 –	BIESTERBOS Frits	Team Picnic PostNL	0:10
3	3 –	PALENI Enzo	Groupama – FDJ	0:20
4	4 –	TJØTTA Martin	Uno-X Mobility	0:23
5	5 –	VAUQUELIN Kévin	Netcompany INEOS	0:26
6	7 ▲1	PEDERSEN Henrik	Uno-X Mobility	,,
7	6 ▼1	RAISBERG Nadav	NSN Cycling Team	,,
8	8 –	GRAAT Tijmen	Team Visma	,,

Rnk	Prev	Team	Class	Time
1	1 –	NSN Cycling Team	WT	56:11:30
2	2 –	Groupama – FDJ United	WT	,,
3	3 –	XDS Astana Team	WT	,,
4	17 ▲13	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	WT	,,
5	6 ▲1	Uno-X Mobility	WT	,,
6	4 ▼2	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	WT	,,
7	5 ▼2	Team Picnic PostNL	WT	,,
8	7 ▼1	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling	PRT	,,

Tour of Guangxi 2026: Milan Fretin Claims Victory in Chaotic Stage 5 Finish

Stage 5 of the Tour of Guangxi 2026 an intense and dramatic battle from Hechi to Yizhou, covering 170.1 kilometers of challenging rolling terrain. As the race neared its conclusion, the peloton geared up for a high-speed bunch sprint along the wide finishing straight, but chaos struck inside the final kilometer when a major crash disrupted the front of the pack and caught out race leader Paul Magnier.

Amid the confusion and frantic scrambling for position, Belgium's Milan Fretin of Cofidis kept his composure to launch a perfectly timed acceleration. Fretin powered across the line to claim his second victory of the week, displaying exceptional tactical awareness and raw speed.

Norway's Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) fought hard to secure second place, while Italy's Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) rounded out the podium in third. Behind them, a heavily reduced group crossed with the same time, featuring riders like Joshua Giddings (Lotto Intermarché), Jordi Meeus (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe), and Max Kanter (XDS Astana Team), all finishing locked at +0' 00" in a fiercely contested, crash-marred finale.