Paul Double wins Guangxi Queen Stage and takes overall lead with one day to go
Jayco-AlUla's Paul Double did the double on Saturday's stage 5 at the Tour of Guangxi, attacking the elite group that remained towards the top of the Cat.1 Nongla climb to win the Queen Stage by nine seconds over a resurgent Victor Lafay. A small group of favourites, including UAE's Jhonatan Narváez who's been busy collecting bonus seconds all week, finished a couple of seconds after the Frenchman.
With his first-ever WorldTour stage win, the 29-year-old Brit took over the race lead from sprinting wunderkind Paul Magnier who'd won all four previous stages, and Double will carry a lead of 15 seconds into the flat Nanning stage that ends the WorldTour season.
Stage 5 results
- Paul Double (Jayco-AlUla) 3:41:38
- Victor Lafay (Decathlon-AG2R) +0:09
- Mikkel Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost) +0:11
- Jørgen Nordhagen (Visma-Lease a Bike) "
- Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike) "
GC after stage 5
- Paul Double (Jayco-AlUla) 19:41:13
- Victor Lafay (Decathlon-AG2R) +0:15
- Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +0:16
- Mikkel Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost) +0:19
- Jørgen Nordhagen (Visma-Lease a Bike) +0:23
