Mangshi: Impressive long solo win for Wang Jin!

This year’s first proper stage of Granfondo Yunnan in Dehong / Mangshi saw a fantastic solo effort from 24-year-old Wang Jin, already a brave attacker last year. Wang Jin went into an early breakaway group of six on the flat roads that led up to the start of the Jiandong Mountain climb, a long climb with 1000 hm vertical gain. Wang Jin dropped his companions quickly and went solo from there to the finish back in Mangshi after 116 km. At times the gap to his nearest chasers was just a dozen of seconds, but in the long descent he managed to extend it again and win the stage and thus the first yellow jersey.

Li Si, winner of the Granfondo Yunnan 2024, was again the best of the female riders - winning solo as well, as part of a substantial group with male riders.

The Mangshi Stage, while certainly not easy, served as an excellent warm-up for the rest of the week, with lots more climbing and technical sections on the programme.