Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) won stage 5 of the Tour of Guangxi in Guilin ahead of Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors), while Magnus Cort (Orica-Scott) placed third.
Tim Wellens finished safely in the peloton to retaint the overall race lead ahead of Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).
“This victory is a real team performance. Everyone stayed with me to help me cross the hills. After that, I was perfectly placed for the sprint. Tribute to the team”, said Groenewegen.
Tour of Guangxi 2017 – stage 5 results (Liuzhou – Guilin):
| 1 | Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) | 5:04:21 |
| 2 | Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 3 | Magnus Cort (Orica-Scott) | ,, |
| 4 | Mike Teunissen (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 5 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Nippo-Vini Fantini) | ,, |
| 6 | Roger Kluge (Orica-Scott) | ,, |
| 7 | Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida) | ,, |
| 8 | Wouter Wippert (Cannondale-Drapac) | ,, |
| 9 | Rick Zabel (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 10 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
General classification after stage 5:
| 1 | Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) | 17:13:19 |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | +06” |
| 3 | Nicolas Roche (BMC) | +11” |
| 4 | Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) | +15” |
| 5 | Ben Hermans (BMC) | +18” |
| 6 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | +24” |
| 7 | Matej Mohoric (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 8 | Silvan Dillier (BMC) | +29” |
| 9 | Rein Taaramäe (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 10 | Rémy Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors) | +31” |
