South Africa’s Reynard Butler placed fifth on stage two of the Tour of China in Anshun today.
The 127.8km race was won by Marco Benfatto, with Andrea Guardini second and Youcef Reguigui third.
Fourth place was claimed by Roman Maikin.
View more results below.
Stage two results (141.3km)
1. Marco Benfatto (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) 2:43:57
2. Andrea Guardini (Bardiani-CSF)
3. Youcef Reguigui (Terengganu Cycling Team)
4. Roman Maikin (Minsk Cycling Club)
5. Reynard Butler (ProTouch)
6. Matthew Gibson (Burgos-BH)
7. Nicolas Marini (Tianyoude Hotel Cycling Team)
8. Sindre Bjerkestrand Haugsvaer (Memil – CCN Pro Cycling)
9. Andriy Kulyk (Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team)
10. André Looij (Taiyuan Miogee Cycling Team)
*Selected
36. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
49. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch)
79. Eddie van Heerden (ProTouch)
83. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch)
114. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +0:00:57
General classification
1. Youcef Reguigui (Terengganu Cycling Team) 6:04:01
2. Artem Ovechkin (Terengganu Cycling Team) 0:00:01
3. Sindre Bjerkestrand Haugsvaer (Memil – CCN Pro Cycling) +0:00:07
4. Alastair Christie-Johnston (Team BridgeLane)
5. Eddie van Heerden (ProTouch) +0:00:09
6. Jose Fernandes (Burgos-BH) +0:00:10
7. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) +0:00:11
8. Tristan Ward (Team BridgeLane)
9. Xianjing Lyu (Hengxiang Cycling Team)
10. Oleksandr Polivoda (Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall Cycling Team)
*Selected
35. Reynard Butler (ProTouch) +0:00:24
36. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) +0:00:25
81. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) +0:00:57
115. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +0:11:38
