McCann safely through first stage of nine at rain-hit Tour of Hainan

McCann back in the cars after the rain eases on stage 1 of the Tour of Hainan

David McCann has come through the first stage in the Tour of Hainan in China this morning, Saturday, Irish time.

The Belfast man was forced to sit out the World Championships TT in Valkenburg last month after being badly bruised on the ribs and shoulder in a training collision with a car. However, he has been back in training for some time and is part of his RTS Racing line-up for the nine-day race in China.

Today’s 112.7km stage ended in a bunch sprint, with Russian Leonid Krasnov (Rusvelo) getting the verdict ahead of compatriot Alexander Serebryakov (Team Type 1).

McCann finished in the same time as the winner, in 40^th place of a 130-man field. With time bonuses taken into account, McCann is 43^rd overall some 10 seconds down on the stage winner and first leader of the race, Krasnov.

A long end of season assignment, the race finishes tomorrow week. Last year’s winner Valentin Iglinskiy is back with his Astana squad to try and defend his title, with Argos Shimano another major team in the race.

Stage 1: Sanya-Lingshui - Xinglong 112.7km

Position	Rider / Team	Time
1	Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Rusvelo	2:35:46
2	Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Team Type 1
3	Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Euphony
4	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos – Shimano
5	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
6	Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
7	Georgios Karatzios (Gre) Sp-Tableware Cycling Team
8	Michael Grenda Ben (Aus) Australia National Team
9	Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx – Indeland
10	Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
11	Anuar Manan (Mas) Champion System
12	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
13	Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
14	Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Sp-Tableware Cycling Team
15	Lukas Ranacher (Aut) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss -Oberndorfer
16	Kevin Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Euphony
17	Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
18	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong
19	Benedikt Kendler (Ger) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss -Oberndorfer
20	Burr Ho (HKg) Hong Kong
21	Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1
22	Oleksandr Prevar (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
23	Konstantin Volik (Uzb) China 361° Cycling Team
24	Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
25	Peilun Wu (Chn) Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team
40	David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team

General Classification

Position	Rider / Team	Time
1	Leonid Krasnov (Rus) Rusvelo	2:35:36
2	Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Team Type 1	0:00:04
3	Meiyin Wang (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
4	Joeri Stallaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Euphony	0:00:06
5	Ki Ho Choi (HKg) Hong Kong	0:00:07
6	Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
7	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos - Shimano	0:00:10
8	Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
9	Mohd Zamri Salleh (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team
10	Georgios Karatzios (Gre) Sp-Tableware Cycling Team
11	Michael Grenda Ben (Aus) Australia National Team
12	Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx – Indeland
13	Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille
14	Anuar Manan (Mas) Champion System
15	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
16	Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
17	Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Sp-Tableware Cycling Team
18	Lukas Ranacher (Aut) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss -Oberndorfer
19	Kevin Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Euphony
20	Sergiy Grechyn (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
21	King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong
22	Benedikt Kendler (Ger) Arbö Gebrüder Weiss -Oberndorfer
23	Burr Ho (HKg) Hong Kong
24	Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1
25	Oleksandr Prevar (Ukr) Ukraine National Team
43	David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team