Original title: Olaf Kuy won the third stage of the Tour of Guangxi
Xinhua News Agency, Nanning, October 14th (Reporter Lei Jiaxing and Lin Fanshi) The Tour of Guangxi Road Cycling World Tour ushered in the third stage of the competition in Nanning, Guangxi on the 14th. Dutch driver Olaf Kuy of the Jumbo-Visma Racing Team won the stage in 3 hours, 4 minutes and 9 seconds.
The third stage is the Nanning Circle Race, starting and ending at the Guangxi Culture and Art Center. The total length is 134.3 kilometers, with 2 sprint points and 3 climbing points. The cumulative climb of the track is 1,693 meters.
At 5.9 kilometers on the track, the riders came to the first climbing point and quickly formed a breakout group. During the game, the time gap between the breakout group and the big group once widened to about 1 minute. In the last lap of the Qingxiu Mountain ride, the climbing process was very fast, and many sprint leaders fell out of the main group.
The 19 kilometers of downhill Gapyeong Road before the finish line gave the sprinters a chance to take a breath. 12 kilometers before the finish line, taking advantage of the east wind on the downhill slope, the sprinters gradually returned to the main group under the protection of their teammates. Two kilometers before the finish line, a small crash occurred at the rear of the group, but fortunately it did not have much impact on the group. 300 meters before the finish line, the riders started sprinting. Due to the long climb, the sprint scene was very chaotic. In the end, Olaf Kuy won the stage with an advantage of two cars in this chaotic sprint with his absolute sprint speed.
“The climbing in this stage was quite difficult. I fell behind a little when climbing the last slope. However, with the unremitting efforts and support of my teammates, I returned to the main group and was able to perform well in the final sprint. Play and win in the end,” Olaf Cue said in a post-match interview.
At the end of this stage, Driss De Ponte from Oubicin-Deconic Racing Team won the red shirt symbolizing the personal first place in the overall score and the blue jersey symbolizing the sprint king by virtue of the seconds deduction and sprint points gained during the sprint points. , and won the stage bravery award; Fredrik Wanda from Bora-Hansgrohe Racing Team continued to hold the polka-dot jersey symbolizing the climbing king with his excellent performance at two climbing points; Victory from Bahrain The team’s Jonathan Milan won the white jersey of the best youth driver.
On the 15th, the Tour of Guangxi Road Cycling World Tour will usher in the fourth stage. In this stage, riders will start from Nanning city and ride to the Nongla Scenic Area, with a total length of 161.4 kilometers.
2023-10-15 01:56:00
#Olaf #Kuy #wins #stage #Tour #Guangxi #Sports #China #Engineering #Network
