VIDEO
Redacción / Ciclo 21
Marco Benfatto (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) se ha impuesto en la primera etapa de la Vuelta al Lago Taihu, de 88.8 kilómetros con salida y llegada en la localidad de Wuxi. El italiano ha sido el más rápido al sprint por delante de Dylan Kennett (St. George), nuevo líder en detrimento de Mathias Brändle , ganador del prólogo.
Se trata de la sexta victoria de Benfatto esta temporada (la 29ª del Androni Giocattoli), todas en el continente asiático, y las cinco últimas en China y en el plazo de un mes. La estadística de Benfatto no tiene igual en el pelotón europeo: suma 21 triunfos como profesional y todos en el UCI Asia Tour y con el maillot de Androni. Después de cinco temporadas la estructura de Gianni Savio, la próxima campaña defenderá los colores de Bardiani .
El mejor español en la primera etapa de la Vuelta al Lago Taihu ha sido el alicantino Manuel Peñalver (Burgos-BH), que se ha quedado encerrado en la llegada masiva y ha cruzado la línea de meta en décima posición. «Han lanzado a falta de cuatro kilómetros la llegada. Iban comandando el pelotón, pero se les ha hecho largo y son sprints muy locos, donde se abre mucho la llegada. Estoy contento porque han trabajado todos muy bien y si seguimos en esta línea llegará alguna alegría», comentó el director José Cabedo . Por su parte, Óscar Sevilla (Medellín) es el mejor español en la general, quinto clasificado a 19 segundos del líder Kennett.
La próxima etapa
Perfil de la 2ª etapa © ProCyclingSats/La FlammeRouge
Prólogo: Brändle
Edición 2018: Vallée
Puntos TOP Ciclo 21: Manuel Peñalver (primer español 2.1) + 1 (primer sub-26)
CLASIFICACIÓN DE LA 1ª ETAPA
01 Marco Benfatto 1988 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec01:51:20 02 Dylan Kennett 1994 St. George Continental Team+ 00 03 Brenton Jones1991 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 00 04 Youcef Reguigui1990 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 00 05 Boris Vallée1993 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 00 06 Andrea Peron1988 Team Novo Nordisk+ 00 07 Zhang Zheng1995 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 00 08 Itamar Einhorn1997 Israel Cycling Academy+ 00 09 Mohamad Saari Amri Abd Rasim1998 Team Sapura Cycling+ 00 10 Manuel Penalver Aniorte1998 Burgos – BH+ 00 11 Mattia Bevilacqua1998 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 00 12 Mihkel Räim1993 Israel Cycling Academy+ 00 13 Zhiwen Chen1998 Giant Cycling Team+ 00 14 Imerio Cima 1997 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 00 15 Chien Liang Chen1993 Memil Pro Cycling+ 00 16 Luca Pacioni1993 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 00 17 Etienne Van Empel1994 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 00 18 Nicola Venchiarutti1998 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 00 19 Muhammad Zulhilmie Afif Ahmad1992 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 00 20 Declan Irvine1999 Team Novo Nordisk+ 00 21 Roy Eefting1989 Memil Pro Cycling+ 00 22 Batuhan Ozgur1998 Team Sapura Cycling+ 00 23 Roman Maikin1990 Minsk Cycling Club+ 00 24 Akmal Zakaria1996 Team Sapura Cycling+ 00 25 Matteo Pelucchi1989 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 00 26 Weimar Roldan1985 Medellin – Inder+ 00 27 Junyong Wang2000 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 00 28 Blake Quick2000 St. George Continental Team+ 00 29 Georgios Bouglas1990 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 00 30 Robigzon Oyola1988 Medellin – Inder+ 00 31 Muhamad Hakimi Haiqa Ahmad Sabri2000 Team Sapura Cycling+ 00 32 Keigo Kusaba1996 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 00 33 Jesus Ezquerra Muela1990 Burgos – BH+ 00 34 Zisen Liu1997 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 00 35 Penghai Deng1998 Giant Cycling Team+ 00 36 Angel Madrazo1988 Burgos – BH+ 00 37 Ze Yu2000 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 00 38 Damiano Cima1993 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 00 39 Yuval Ben Moshe1999 Israel Cycling Academy+ 00 40 Chun Kin Lai1998 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 00 41 Erik Bergström1999 Memil Pro Cycling+ 00 42 Óscar Sevilla1976 Medellin – Inder+ 00 43 Charles Planet1993 Team Novo Nordisk+ 00 44 Matthias Brändle1989 Israel Cycling Academy+ 00 45 Weijie Hou1996 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 00 46 Giuseppe Fonzi1991 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 00 47 Nicolas Marini1993 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 00 48 Joseph Areruya1996 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 00 49 Michael Vink1991 St. George Continental Team+ 00 50 Muhshin Misbah1997 Team Sapura Cycling+ 00 51 Harold Alfonso Tejada1997 Medellin – Inder+ 00 52 Walter Vargas1992 Medellin – Inder+ 00 53 Matthew Zenovich1994 St. George Continental Team+ 00 54 Muhammad Mohd Shukri1998 Team Sapura Cycling+ 00 55 Angel Fuentes Paniego1996 Burgos – BH+ 00 56 Kwun Hei Ho2000 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 00 57 Alexandre Delettre1997 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 00 58 Branislau Samoilau1985 Minsk Cycling Club+ 00 59 Siarhei Papok1988 Minsk Cycling Club+ 00 60 Afiq Othman1996 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 00 61 Dennis Van Winden1987 Israel Cycling Academy+ 00 62 Daniel Turek1993 Israel Cycling Academy+ 00 63 Vasili Strokau1995 Minsk Cycling Club+ 00 64 Guanhua Xue1998 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 00 65 Eduard Vorganov1982 Minsk Cycling Club+ 00 66 Jetse Bol1989 Burgos – BH+ 00 67 Wesley Kreder1990 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 00 68 Umberto Poli1996 Team Novo Nordisk+ 00 69 Jinsong Li1997 Giant Cycling Team+ 00 70 Andris Vosekalns1992 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 00 71 Sam Brand1991 Team Novo Nordisk+ 00 72 Meng Yan1995 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 00 73 Bingcheng Gu1996 Giant Cycling Team+ 00 74 Bailey Walters1999 Memil Pro Cycling+ 00 75 Hayato Yoshida1989 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 00 76 Masakazu Ito1988 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 00 77 Yi Zhu1997 Giant Cycling Team+ 00 78 Hu Li1998 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 00 79 Wenbo Huang1998 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 00 80 Kwan Lok Choi1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 00 81 David Lozano Riba1988 Team Novo Nordisk+ 00 82 Rémy Rochas1996 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 00 83 Maral-Erdene Batmunkh1994 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 00 84 Ryan Cavanagh1995 St. George Continental Team+ 00 85 Mattia Viel1995 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 00 86 Iuri Filosi1992 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 00 87 Sum Lui Ng1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 00 88 Chengshuo Miao2000 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 00 89 Li Jun Bai1988 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 00 90 Pak Hang Ng1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 00 91 Massimo Rosa1995 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 00 92 Hao Liu1988 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 00 93 Umardi Rosdi1986 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 00 94 Trond Håkon Trondsen1994 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 00 95 Yecid Arturo Sierra1994 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 00 96 Dzianis Mazur2000 Minsk Cycling Club+ 00 97 Luca Raggio1995 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 00 98 Kevin Van Melsen1987 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 00 99 Hang Shi1998 Giant Cycling Team+ 00 100 Thomas Degand1986 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 00 101 Edmund Bradbury1992 Memil Pro Cycling+ 00 102 Tegele Yi1998 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 00 103 Chao Zeng2000 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 00 104 Simon Carr1998 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 00 105 Daihou Li1996 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 00 106 Feng Qiao1991 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 00 107 Aliaksei Shnyrko1994 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 00 108 He Jiang1999 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 00 109 Matteo Spreafico1993 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 00 110 Zifan Gao1999 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 00 111 Hiroki Nishimura1994 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 00 112 Fabio Duarte1986 Medellin – Inder+ 00 113 Samuel Volkers1992 Memil Pro Cycling+ 00 114 Junnan Wang2000 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 01:08 115 Ricardo Vilela1987 Burgos – BH+ 00 116 Xiaolei Yin1997 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 00 117 Thomas Hubbard1991 St. George Continental Team+ 00 118 Cheuk Hei To1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 00
CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL
01 Dylan Kennett1994 St. George Continental Team01:57:21 02 Matthias Brändle1989 Israel Cycling Academy+ 06 03 Michael Vink1991 St. George Continental Team+ 14 04 Boris Vallée1993 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 16 05 Óscar Sevilla1976 Medellin – Inder+ 19 06 Imerio Cima1997 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 21 07 Roy Eefting1989 Memil Pro Cycling+ 21 08 Matthew Zenovich1994 St. George Continental Team+ 21 09 Blake Quick2000 St. George Continental Team+ 22 10 Ryan Cavanagh1995 St. George Continental Team+ 22 11 Mihkel Räim1993 Israel Cycling Academy+ 23 12 Walter Vargas1992 Medellin – Inder+ 23 13 Robigzon Oyola1988 Medellin – Inder+ 24 14 Daniel Turek1993 Israel Cycling Academy+ 24 15 Branislau Samoilau1985 Minsk Cycling Club+ 27 16 Brenton Jones1991 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 28 17 Itamar Einhorn1997 Israel Cycling Academy+ 30 18 Weimar Roldan1985 Medellin – Inder+ 30 19 Charles Planet1993 Team Novo Nordisk+ 30 20 Thomas Degand1986 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 30 21 Mohamad Saari Amri Abd Rasim1998 Team Sapura Cycling+ 31 22 Damiano Cima1993 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 31 23 Sam Brand1991 Team Novo Nordisk+ 31 24 Georgios Bouglas1990 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 32 25 Siarhei Papok1988 Minsk Cycling Club+ 33 26 Wesley Kreder1990 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 33 27 Rémy Rochas1996 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 34 28 Kevin Van Melsen1987 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 34 29 Andrea Peron1988 Team Novo Nordisk+ 35 30 Declan Irvine1999 Team Novo Nordisk+ 35 31 Akmal Zakaria1996 Team Sapura Cycling+ 35 32 Erik Bergström1999 Memil Pro Cycling+ 35 33 Marco Benfatto1988 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 36 34 Li Jun Bai1988 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 36 35 Luca Pacioni1993 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 37 36 Dennis Van Winden1987 Israel Cycling Academy+ 37 37 Mattia Viel1995 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 37 38 Fabio Duarte1986 Medellin – Inder+ 37 39 Jesus Ezquerra Muela1990 Burgos – BH+ 38 40 Samuel Volkers1992 Memil Pro Cycling+ 39 41 Nicola Venchiarutti1998 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 40 42 Andris Vosekalns1992 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 40 43 Thomas Hubbard1991 St. George Continental Team+ 40 44 Etienne Van Empel1994 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 41 45 Chien Liang Chen1993 Memil Pro Cycling+ 41 46 Angel Madrazo1988 Burgos – BH+ 41 47 Angel Fuentes Paniego1996 Burgos – BH+ 41 48 Matteo Spreafico1993 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 41 49 Roman Maikin1990 Minsk Cycling Club+ 42 50 Harold Alfonso Tejada1997 Medellin – Inder+ 42 51 Meng Yan1995 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 43 52 David Lozano Riba1988 Team Novo Nordisk+ 43 53 Maral-Erdene Batmunkh1994 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 44 54 Luca Raggio1995 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 44 55 Ricardo Vilela1987 Burgos – BH+ 44 56 Mattia Bevilacqua1998 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 45 57 Chengshuo Miao2000 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 45 58 Zhang Zheng1995 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 46 59 Batuhan Ozgur1998 Team Sapura Cycling+ 46 60 Giuseppe Fonzi1991 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 46 61 Ze Yu2000 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 47 62 Hang Shi1998 Giant Cycling Team+ 47 63 Joseph Areruya1996 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 48 64 Matteo Pelucchi1989 Androni Giocattoli – Sidermec+ 49 65 Umberto Poli1996 Team Novo Nordisk+ 49 66 Simon Carr1998 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 49 67 Jetse Bol1989 Burgos – BH+ 50 68 Pak Hang Ng1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 50 69 Edmund Bradbury1992 Memil Pro Cycling+ 50 70 Eduard Vorganov1982 Minsk Cycling Club+ 52 71 Keigo Kusaba1996 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 53 72 Junyong Wang2000 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 54 73 Dzianis Mazur2000 Minsk Cycling Club+ 54 74 Tegele Yi1998 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 54 75 Muhammad Mohd Shukri1998 Team Sapura Cycling+ 55 76 Alexandre Delettre1997 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 55 77 Vasili Strokau1995 Minsk Cycling Club+ 55 78 Jinsong Li1997 Giant Cycling Team+ 55 79 Masakazu Ito1988 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 55 80 Bailey Walters1999 Memil Pro Cycling+ 56 81 Bingcheng Gu1996 Giant Cycling Team+ 56 82 Iuri Filosi1992 Delko Marseille – Provence+ 56 83 Massimo Rosa1995 Neri Sottoli – Selle Italia – KTM+ 56 84 Youcef Reguigui1990 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 58 85 Afiq Othman1996 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 01:00 86 Hao Liu1988 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 01:00 87 Aliaksei Shnyrko1994 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 01:00 88 Xiaolei Yin1997 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 01:00 89 Penghai Deng1998 Giant Cycling Team+ 01:01 90 Nicolas Marini1993 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 01:02 91 He Jiang1999 Hengxiang Cycling Team+ 01:02 92 Sum Lui Ng1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 01:04 93 Daihou Li1996 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 01:04 94 Manuel Penalver Aniorte1998 Burgos – BH+ 01:06 95 Muhamad Hakimi Haiqa Ahmad Sabri2000 Team Sapura Cycling+ 01:06 96 Hayato Yoshida1989 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 01:06 97 Kwan Lok Choi1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 01:06 98 Trond Håkon Trondsen1994 Wanty – Groupe Gobert+ 01:06 99 Hiroki Nishimura1994 Nippo – Vini Fantini – Faizanè+ 01:06 100 Yecid Arturo Sierra1994 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 01:07 101 Zhiwen Chen1998 Giant Cycling Team+ 01:08 102 Guanhua Xue1998 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 01:08 103 Yuval Ben Moshe1999 Israel Cycling Academy+ 01:10 104 Muhammad Zulhilmie Afif Ahmad1992 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 01:11 105 Wenbo Huang1998 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 01:11 106 Zisen Liu1997 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 01:12 107 Umardi Rosdi1986 Terengganu Cycling Team+ 01:12 108 Chao Zeng2000 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 01:12 109 Zifan Gao1999 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 01:12 110 Kwun Hei Ho2000 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 01:13 111 Hu Li1998 Tianyoude Hotel Cyclingteam+ 01:15 112 Yi Zhu1997 Giant Cycling Team+ 01:17 113 Muhshin Misbah1997 Team Sapura Cycling+ 01:18 114 Cheuk Hei To1999 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 01:18 115 Feng Qiao1991 Ningxia Sports Lottery – Livall+ 01:23 116 Weijie Hou1996 Kunbao Sport Continental CT+ 01:32 117 Chun Kin Lai1998 HKSI Pro Cycling Team+ 01:41 118 Junnan Wang2000 Shenzhen Xidesheng CT+ 02:32