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October 15, 2025
6th Cotti Coffee – Tour of Guangxi 2025 🇨🇳 (2.UWT) ME – Stage 2 – Chongzuo – Jingxi : 178,9 km
The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional cycling race held in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
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October 15, 2025
6th Cotti Coffee – Tour of Guangxi 2025 🇨🇳 (2.UWT) ME – Stage 2 – Chongzuo – Jingxi : 178,9 km
The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional cycling race held in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) made it a second victory in as many days, claiming stage 2 of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi on Wednesday by launching off Pavel Bittner’s (Picnic PostNL) wheel to claim an emphatic sprint win in Jingxiu.
Bittner held on for second while Stanisław Aniołkowski (Cofidis) completed the podium.
The bunch charge came to fruition on the hilly 177.3km stage from Chongzuo, which included 2,033m of elevation gain, after the sprinters’ teams hauled back in the remaining three riders from the earlier break – Peter Øxenberg (Ineos Grenadiers), Stan Dewulf (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Frank van den Broek (Picnic PostNL). Øxenberg sat up at just over 12km to go while Dewulf and Van den Broek persisted, with the Decathlon AG2R la Mondiale rider the last man standing, being swept up at around 5km to go.
Jhonathan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) then had a dig, though that too was chased down to set up another sprint battle.
Magnier’s second top spot has consolidated his top spot overall, which he claimed on stage 1 on winning the crash marred sprint in Fanchenggang.
“It was a good day again, really fast. All of the team made it into a bunch sprint because we were not so sure of the other team’s tactics for the finale,” said Magnier after his second stage win, though he ruled out a full charge at holding the red jersey all the way through to Nanning and the finale.
“We had to catch the breakaway who were really strong, but I just saved energy in the bunch and Dries Van Gestel put me in the best position and I could really speed up. I’m super proud again.
“It’s possible [to target the GC], but I don’t think I will try it. I’m already super happy with the two stage victories here and I will try to go again for another stage, but I think I will let the GC be for the GC riders.”
How it unfolded
It was a wet but warm start to stage 2 of the Tour of Guangxi in Chongzuo, but the riders weren’t deterred from attacking right from the flag drop, with an 178.9-kilometre, mostly flat, road heading northwest to Jingxi ahead of them.
Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ) kicked things off with a move right out of kilometre 0, and he was joined by five others in the opening 15km of racing: Stan Dewulf (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Peter Øxenberg (Ineos Grenadiers), Frank van den Broek (Picnic PostNL) and Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost).
Lidl-Trek were quickly left two riders down, after Simone Consonni was unable to start and Bauke Mollema abandoned mid-way through the stage, but the rest of the peloton soldiered on through the rain and humidity.
The pace was kept at a fairly rapid pace for most of the opening phase, led by the teams interested in another sprint – Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep and XDS Astana, who all had a spot on stage 1’s podium.
The break led for all of the flat opening 138km, but soon had to tackle a climb up to a plateau, which led into another flat finale, with their gap down to just more than a minute with 36km still to race.
Three men from the six emerged as the strongest over the National Road KOM point, Øxenberg, Dewulf and Van den Broek, though they still only enjoyed a 20-second lead on the roads leading up into Jingxi. Øxenberg faded first and waited to be caught by the peloton.
Dewulf was the last man standing from the original six and kicked on into the final 6km, but he too had no real chance of making it. Once he was caught back, another bunch sprint looked certain, until Jhonatan Narváez set off on the attack in search of a 95th UAE Team Emirates-XRG win in 2025.
Narváez was moving well as the road gradually rose, but it wasn’t enough of an incline to show his punchy characteristics off best, allowing the sprinters’ teams to bring back the Ecuadorian national champion.
Groupama and Visma had momentary control, but the big, wide roads of the Jingxi finale allowed several sprint trains to burst up to the front of the peloton. Jayco had the front for a moment but ran out of steam, allowing Picnic PostNL to lead Casper van Uden into the finale.
However, race leader Magnier had been dropped off on his wheel by Van Gestel in perfect position and was set ready to strike as he did on stage 1. Once he came out of the Dutchman’s wheel, no one was any match for his turn of speed and he confirmed his 16th win of 2025.
Results :
 ME - Stage 2 </strong> - Chongzuo - Jingxi : 178,9 km
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The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional cycling race held in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) made it a second victory in as many days, claiming stage 2 of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi on Wednesday by launching off Pavel Bittner's (Picnic PostNL) wheel to claim an emphatic sprint win in Jingxiu.
Bittner held on for second while Stanisław Aniołkowski (Cofidis) completed the podium.
The bunch charge came to fruition on the hilly 177.3km stage from Chongzuo, which included 2,033m of elevation gain, after the sprinters' teams hauled back in the remaining three riders from the earlier break – Peter Øxenberg (Ineos Grenadiers), Stan Dewulf (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Frank van den Broek (Picnic PostNL). Øxenberg sat up at just over 12km to go while Dewulf and Van den Broek persisted, with the Decathlon AG2R la Mondiale rider the last man standing, being swept up at around 5km to go.
Jhonathan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) then had a dig, though that too was chased down to set up another sprint battle.
Magnier's second top spot has consolidated his top spot overall, which he claimed on stage 1 on winning the crash marred sprint in Fanchenggang.
"It was a good day again, really fast. All of the team made it into a bunch sprint because we were not so sure of the other team's tactics for the finale," said Magnier after his second stage win, though he ruled out a full charge at holding the red jersey all the way through to Nanning and the finale.
"We had to catch the breakaway who were really strong, but I just saved energy in the bunch and Dries Van Gestel put me in the best position and I could really speed up. I'm super proud again.
"It's possible [to target the GC], but I don't think I will try it. I'm already super happy with the two stage victories here and I will try to go again for another stage, but I think I will let the GC be for the GC riders."
How it unfolded
It was a wet but warm start to stage 2 of the Tour of Guangxi in Chongzuo, but the riders weren't deterred from attacking right from the flag drop, with an 178.9-kilometre, mostly flat, road heading northwest to Jingxi ahead of them.
Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ) kicked things off with a move right out of kilometre 0, and he was joined by five others in the opening 15km of racing: Stan Dewulf (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Peter Øxenberg (Ineos Grenadiers), Frank van den Broek (Picnic PostNL) and Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost).
Lidl-Trek were quickly left two riders down, after Simone Consonni was unable to start and Bauke Mollema abandoned mid-way through the stage, but the rest of the peloton soldiered on through the rain and humidity.
The pace was kept at a fairly rapid pace for most of the opening phase, led by the teams interested in another sprint – Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep and XDS Astana, who all had a spot on stage 1's podium.
The break led for all of the flat opening 138km, but soon had to tackle a climb up to a plateau, which led into another flat finale, with their gap down to just more than a minute with 36km still to race.
Three men from the six emerged as the strongest over the National Road KOM point, Øxenberg, Dewulf and Van den Broek, though they still only enjoyed a 20-second lead on the roads leading up into Jingxi. Øxenberg faded first and waited to be caught by the peloton.
Dewulf was the last man standing from the original six and kicked on into the final 6km, but he too had no real chance of making it. Once he was caught back, another bunch sprint looked certain, until Jhonatan Narváez set off on the attack in search of a 95th UAE Team Emirates-XRG win in 2025.
Narváez was moving well as the road gradually rose, but it wasn't enough of an incline to show his punchy characteristics off best, allowing the sprinters' teams to bring back the Ecuadorian national champion.
Groupama and Visma had momentary control, but the big, wide roads of the Jingxi finale allowed several sprint trains to burst up to the front of the peloton. Jayco had the front for a moment but ran out of steam, allowing Picnic PostNL to lead Casper van Uden into the finale.
However, race leader Magnier had been dropped off on his wheel by Van Gestel in perfect position and was set ready to strike as he did on stage 1. Once he came out of the Dutchman's wheel, no one was any match for his turn of speed and he confirmed his 16th win of 2025.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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