Tino Thömel chooses the other side of the road to upset the Italians

Germany's Tino Thömel of RTS-Santic emerged as the surprise winner of the bunch gallop on stage 7 of the 10th Tour of Hainan as he was taking part in a different sprint to the Italian trio of Jakub Mareczko (second), Andrea Palini (third), and Sacha Modolo (fourth).

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Tino Thömel (Ger) RTS-Santic Racing Team3:46:46
2Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast Pro CyclingRow 1 - Cell 2
3Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling TeamRow 2 - Cell 2
4Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-MeridaRow 3 - Cell 2
5Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTMRow 4 - Cell 2
6Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 5 - Cell 2
7Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory RacingRow 6 - Cell 2
8Grzegorz Stepniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi PolkowiceRow 7 - Cell 2
9Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini FantiniRow 8 - Cell 2
10Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) UkraineRow 9 - Cell 2
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General classification after stage 7
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida27:38:45
2Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team0:00:05
3Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling0:00:17
4Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM0:00:22
5Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Ukraine0:00:27
6Guangtong Ma (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling TeamRow 5 - Cell 2
7Tino Thomel (Ger) RTS-Santic Racing Team0:00:29
8Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever0:00:32
9Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida0:00:33
10Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro TeamRow 9 - Cell 2

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