South Africa’s Rohan du Plooy finished sixth on stage one of the Tour of China in Jianghua today.
The 141.3km race, which started in Hewan, was won by Marco Benfatto.
Youcef Reguigui placed second, with Nicolas Marini third.
View more results below.
Stage one results (141.3km)
1. Marco Benfatto (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) 3:13:53
2. Youcef Reguigui (Terengganu Cycling Team)
3. Nicolas Marini (Tianyoude Hotel Cycling Team)
4. Manuel Penalver (Burgos-BH)
5. Andriy Kulyk (Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team)
6. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch)
7. Sindre Bjerkestrand Haugsvaer (Memil – CCN Pro Cycling)
8. Mehdi Benhamouda (Team Novo Nordisk)
9. Marco Maronese (Bardiani-CSF)
10. Reynard Butler (ProTouch)
*Selected
12. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
68. Eddie van Heerden (ProTouch)
82. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) +0:00:15
110. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +9:00:36
General classification
1. Artem Ovechkin (Terengganu Cycling Team) 3:20:05
2. Sindre Bjerkestrand Haugsvaer (Memil – CCN Pro Cycling) +0:00:06
3. Youcef Reguigui (Terengganu Cycling Team)
4. Alastair Christie-Johnston (Team BridgeLane)
5. Eddie van Heerden (ProTouch) +0:00:08
6. Jose Fernandes (Burgos-BH) +0:00:09
7. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) +0:00:10
8. Tristan Ward (Team BridgeLane)
9. Xianjing Lyu (Hengxiang Cycling Team)
10. Oleksandr Polivoda (Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall Cycling Team)
*Selected
33. Reynard Butler (ProTouch) +0:00:23
35. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) +0:00:24
82. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) +0:00:56
114. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) +0:10:40
