Often second this season, which was again his place on Thursday during the first stage of the Tour of Guangxi, the Italian Jonathan Milan, winner of the points classification of the last Giro, obtained his third victory in 2023, Friday in Qinzhou. The young sprinter from Bahrain-Victorious (23 years old), who will race for Lidl-Trek in 2024, beat the Dutchman Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor) and the Colombian Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates).
This victory in the second of six stages of the last World Tour event of the season, at the end of a 150 kilometer flat course, allows him to take the leader’s red jersey from Elia Viviani with a four-second lead. on the Belgian Dries de Bondt (Alpecin-Deceuninck). The latter made plenty of bonuses during a day spent at the front in a breakaway which included the Frenchman Thomas Champion (Cofidis).
