Stage 3 of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi was temporarily paused less than 30km into the day of racing after a mass crash saw more than 20 riders come down and several of them abandoned, including one of the pre-race favourites Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers), Australian champion Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) and last year's winner Milan Vader (Visma-Lease a Bike).
The race social media also reported that those who came down included race leader Max Kanter (Astana-Qazaqstan) but he was one rider that the live report on procyclingstats noted had returned to the peloton before word of the pause came through. However, six riders ended up abandoning following the crash.
