Nanning, China, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Italian cyclist Matteo Trentin of Mitchelton-Scott won the 5th stage of the GreTour of Guangxi with a time of 4:54:34 on Saturday. He outsprinted stage 2 winner Pascal Ackermann of Bora-Hansgrohe and Jasper Stuyven from Trek-Segafredo at the end of the longest stage in Guilin.
"I decided to sit behind the train of Bora-Hansgrohe because I was left with only Luka Mezgec and Carlos Verona who had to look after his position in the general classification," Trentin said after the race. "Our two teams were side by side for sprinting when Ackermann tried to pass between Luka and myself. He took Luka down. Otherwise, it's been a very good sprint for me. I got a pretty good distance from the runner up, so I'm very happy. I came here to China to finally win at least one stage for Mitchelton-Scott. It's been difficult, considering the high level of competition between the sprinters and the toughness of today's course."
After the fifth stage, Gianni Moscon of Team Sky remained the double winner of red and white jerseys as both the overall leader and best young rider. Pascal Ackermann of Bora-Hansgrohe made the winner of blue jersey and Silvan Dillier of Team AG2R-La Mondiale took the polka dot jersey.
The sixth and final stage in the city of Guilin is a 169-km long loop race taking the riders back to their starting point at Guilin Central Square.
