Tour of Hainan: Palini returns on winning mode to his favorite island

Italy's Andrea Palini of Skydive Dubai claimed stage 1 of the tenth Tour of Hainan ahead of his compatriot Roberto Ferrari from Lampre-Merida while another hot favourite Jakub Mareczko went down just inside 3km to go and broke his fork.

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team1:39:16
2Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - MeridaRow 1 - Cell 2
3Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory RacingRow 2 - Cell 2
4Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo NordiskRow 3 - Cell 2
5Martin Laas (Est) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 4 - Cell 2
6Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 5 - Cell 2
7Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) UkraineRow 6 - Cell 2
8Eduard Michael Grosu (Rou) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 7 - Cell 2
9Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo NordiskRow 8 - Cell 2
10Andrea Dal Col (Ita) SoutheastRow 9 - Cell 2
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General classification after stage 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team1:36:06
2Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida0:00:04
3Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing0:00:06
4Brad Evans (NZl) Drapac Professional CyclingRow 3 - Cell 2
5Hossein Alizadeh (Irn) RTS-Santic Racing Team0:00:08
6Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk0:00:09
7Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:00:10
8Martin Laas (Est) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 7 - Cell 2
9Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 8 - Cell 2
10Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) UkraineRow 9 - Cell 2

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