{{short description|Cycling race}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox cycling race report | name = 2018 Tour of Guangxi | series = 2018 UCI World Tour | race_no = 37 | season_no = 37 | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | date = 16–21 October 2018 | stages = 6 | distance = 911.4<ref name="BRI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/guangxi/guangxi-index.html|title=Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour), Guangxi Region, China|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref> | unit = km | time = 20h 39' 56" | speed = | first = Gianni Moscon | first_team = {{UCI team code|SKY|2018}} | first_nat = ITA | first_color = red | second = Felix Großschartner | second_team = {{UCI team code|BOH|2018}} | second_nat = AUT | third = Sergey Chernetskiy | third_team = {{UCI team code|AST|2018}} | third_nat = RUS | previous = 2017 | next = 2019 }}
The '''2018 Tour of Guangxi''' was a road cycling stage race that took place between 16 and 21 October 2018 in China. It was the 2nd edition of the Tour of Guangxi and the thirty-seventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.<ref name="2018CN">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announces-2018-road-calendar/ |title=UCI announces 2018 road calendar |accessdate=20 October 2017 |work=Cycling News}}</ref><ref name="2018Velon">{{Cite web |url=http://www.velon.cc/en/news/2017/09/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-for-2018 |title=2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled |accessdate=20 October 2016 |work=Velon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925133030/http://www.velon.cc/en/news/2017/09/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-for-2018 |archive-date=25 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was won by Gianni Moscon of {{UCI team code|SKY|2018}}.<ref name="CN-6">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-guangxi-2018/stage-6/results/|title=Moscon wins Tour of Guangxi|work=Cycling News|date=21 October 2017|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref>
==Teams== Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=7591&y=2018&k=start|title=2018 Gree - Tour of Guangxi|work=FirstCycling|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-guangxi-2018/start-list/|title=Tour of Guangxi 2018 - Start List|work=Cycling News|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref>
{{cyclingteamlist|year=2018|title=UCI WorldTeams|ALM|BMC|EFD|TLJ|MOV|SUN|AST|BOH|team1={{UCI team code|FDJ|2018b}}|LTS|QST|TFS|TBM|DDD|KAT|ORS|SKY|UAD}}
==Route== {| class="wikitable" |+Stage characteristics and winners<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-guangxi-2018/|title=Tour of Guangxi 2018|work=Cycling News|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | Stage ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Course ! scope="col" | Distance ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type ! scope="col" | Stage winner |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | 16 October | Beihai to Beihai | style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|107.4|km|abbr=on}} | 20px|link=|alt= | Flat stage | {{flagathlete|Dylan Groenewegen|NED}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | 17 October | Beihai to Qinzhou | style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|145.2|km|abbr=on}} | 20px|link=|alt= | Flat stage | {{flagathlete|Pascal Ackermann|GER}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 18 October | Nanning to Nanning | style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|125.4|km|abbr=on}} | 20px|link=|alt= | Flat stage | {{flagathlete|Fabio Jakobsen|NED}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | 19 October | Nanning to Mashan County | style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|152.2|km|abbr=on}} | 20px|link=|alt= | Medium mountain stage | {{flagathlete|Gianni Moscon|ITA}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | 20 October | Liuzhou to Guilin | style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|212.2|km|abbr=on}} | 20px|link=|alt= | Medium mountain stage | {{flagathlete|Matteo Trentin|ITA}} |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | 21 October | Guilin to Guilin | style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|169|km|abbr=on}} | 20px|link=|alt= | Medium mountain stage | {{flagathlete|Fabio Jakobsen|NED}} |}
==General classification== {| |'''Final general classification'''<ref name="CN-6" /><ref name="BRI2018">{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/guangxi/2018-guangxi.html|title=2018 Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour), Guangxi Region, China|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=7591&y=2018|title=2018 Gree - Tour of Guangxi|work=First Cycling|accessdate=3 March 2019}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" | Rank ! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |- | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | {{flagathlete|Gianni Moscon|ITA}} 20px 20px | {{UCI team code|SKY|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|20h 39' 56"}} |- | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | {{flagathlete|Felix Großschartner|AUT}} | {{UCI team code|BOH|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 9" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | {{flagathlete|Sergey Chernetskiy|RUS}} | {{UCI team code|AST|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 14" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | {{flagathlete|Rémi Cavagna|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|QST|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 17" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | {{flagathlete|Carlos Verona|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|ORS|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 21" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | {{flagathlete|Rigoberto Urán|COL}} | {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |- | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | {{flagathlete|Rubén Fernández|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|MOV|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 25" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | {{flagathlete|Luis León Sánchez|ESP}} | {{UCI team code|AST|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | s.t. |- | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | {{flagathlete|Dries Devenyns|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|QST|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 27" |- | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | {{flagathlete|Natnael Berhane|ERI}} | {{UCI team code|DDD|2018}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 28" |} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{2018 UCI World Tour}} {{Tour of Guangxi}}
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