South Africa’s Reynard Butler finished third on stage five of the Tour of China in Nanxian today.
The 116km stage was won by Marco Benfatto, with Mehdi Benhamouda second.
Jeroen Meijers retained his overall lead, while Yauhen Sobal placed second and Mirco Maestri third.
View more results below.
Stage five results (116km)
1. Marco Benfatto (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) 2:29:52
2. Mehdi Benhamouda (Team Novo Nordisk)
3. Reynard Butler (ProTouch)
4. Alexei Shnyrko (Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall Cycling Team)
5. Tristan Ward (Team BridgeLane)
6. Matthew Gibson (Burgos-BH)
7. Jaume Sureda (Burgos-BH)
8. Manuel Penalver (Burgos-BH)
9. Roy Eefting (Memil-CCN Pro Cycling)
10. Zhang Zheng (Hengxiang Cycling Team)
*Selected
17. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
27. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch)
46. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch)
50. Eddie van Heerden (ProTouch)
102. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) +0:00:14
General classification
1. Jeroen Meijers (Taiyuan Miogee Cycling Team) 11:23:28
2. Yauhen Sobal (Minsk Cycling Club) +0:00:16
3. Mirco Maestri (Bardiani-CSF) +0:00:21
4. Roy Eefting (Memil-CCN Pro Cycling) +0:00:22
5. Hayden McCormick (Team BridgeLande) +0:00:28
6. Artem Ovechkin (Terengganu Cycling Team) +0:00:30
7. Alastair Christie-Johnston (Team BridgeLane) +0:00:32
8. Branislau Samoilau (Minsk Cycling Club)
9. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) +0:00:33
10. Eddie van Heerden (ProTouch) +0:00:36
*Selected
34. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) +0:00:59
35. Reynard Butler (ProTouch)
96. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) +0:02:15
98. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +0:02:35
