🎥 Massive crash disrupts opening stage in China, Visma | Lease a Bike and UAE assess the damage
CyclingTuesday, 14 October 2025 at 11:02
Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quick Step) won the first stage of the Tour of Guangxi, but the stage was disrupted by a massive crash in the run-up to the sprint. Riders crashed hard across the entire width of the road on Chinese soil. We'll assess the damage once the information is available.
In the last stretch, a rider from UAE Emirates-XRG fell at the front of the peloton. He hooked onto the wheel of his teammate and took riders from Arkéa-B&B Hotels, Lidl-Trek, Lotto (two), Visma | Lease a Bike, Intermarché-Wanty, Groupama-FDJ, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, Bahrain Victorious, and Israel-Premier Tech.
The shock effect on the left side of the peloton had consequences that extended to the other side of the road. There, we saw jerseys from Arkéa, Visma, and Groupama sliding across the asphalt. Only a select group remained in front and was able to sprint for the stage victory. Magnier was too strong for Max Kanter (XDS Astana) and Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe).
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Visma | Lease a Bike and UAE Emirates-XRG suffer damage after crash in China
Visma | Lease a Bike announced in a press release that Niklas Behrens and Dan McLay fell during the final phase. “Luckily, both riders are okay,” said sports director Jesper Mørkøv. Paul Penhoët and Lewis Bower were involved for Groupama-FDJ, while Rui Oliveira was the first UAE rider to crash, based on the final results.
This was confirmed by UAE Emirates-XRG, which spoke of “multiple abrasions on the left side and back” in a short statement. The Portuguese rider, who was ridden by his brother Ivo, will be able to continue in the race on Wednesday. Since the crash happened within the last 3 kilometers, they were awarded the same time as the winner.
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Who else crashed in the first stage of the Tour of Guangxi?
The last riders to cross the finish line included Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek), Nadav Raisberg (Israel-Premier Tech), Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), Luca Mozzato (Arkéa), Arne Marit (Intermarché), and Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon). Lars Craps, Steffen De Schuyteneer, Liam Slock (Lotto), Nicolas Debeaumarché (Cofidis), Gijs Van Hoecke (Intermarché), and Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa) were also among them.
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Latest Comments
- Cracked the code lol. If it was that easy to 'crack the code' jonny Vegas would be charging up the Kwaremont giving Pog a dose of his medicine. Evenepoel can't match pog on a climb and neither can mvdp. Anything with a half difficult climb and Pog smashes the field. Even on flat(ish)parcours like Roubaix it came down to a mistake and crash by pog to definitively crown mvdp. MSR is the only one that Pog probably won't win.kevpt10-10-2025
- We've seen this movie before. I think Pogacar is doping.DeadBlow10-10-2025
- 👍Bea08-10-2025
- 👌🏻Bea08-10-2025
- What the data doesn't show is how much of an effect drafting had for evenepoel. Pogacar went with del toro at 100km whilst Evenepoel was still in the bunch. Despite the bike changes he still had a lot of assistance getting back to the bunch. Pogacar then rode 60km solo whilst evenepoel rode with Healy/Skjelmose until going solo in thd last 10-15km. Thats ~20% less power / energy requirements for 45-50km. Apples and oranges...kevpt30-09-2025
- 👏👏Bea24-09-2025
- Agreed! As we all know now, Juan Ayuso will be on another team. But it was sweet to see him win the stages at La Vuelta. I do love the drama of cycling admittedly but its clear to see the talent of winners of stages in a Grand Tourryhw2814fq921-09-2025
- Pogacar has no competition he has won everything, I cant imagine even being him in that position!! Crazy. I am sure he has some back up plan for how he wants to spend his retirement years at age 30 onward. Does he like beer? Plenty of innovation in brewing. And you don't have to be super social. Chapeau/Cheers whatever you like Tadej you will do.ryhw2814fq921-09-2025
- Plus its confirmed that the Philadelphia Cycling Classic up the Manayunk Wall is back for 2026! hooray for thatryhw2814fq918-09-2025
- This is a dumb question but still why doesn't the UCI consider a grand tour in the USA in the future. We have the desolate/scary back roads in Pennsylvania and Virginia, just like in France with loads of rural land and hills. Plus the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and the Cascade/Olympic Mountains in Washington State. I'm sure it'll never happen but honestly people in PA/NJ/NY/VT/NH would love it. We are already sports fans, what is another sport to learn. I am forever optimistic about cycling in the US.ryhw2814fq918-09-2025
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