January 16/18 17:59 pm - Tour Down Under: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 01/16/18
Lotto Soudal leader André Greipel won the opening stage of the 20th edition of the Santos Tour Down Under in a thrilling sprint to the line in the Barossa.
The German two-time winner of the Tour attacked late to reel in chief rival Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-SCOTT) 50 metres from the line, with Sunday night’s People’s Choice Classic winner Peter Sagan (BORA-hansgrohe) finishing third.
Greipel’s victory – apt given Lyndoch’s is one of the original German settlements of South Australia in the Barossa – was his 17th in the event (he is the stage-win record-holder), and came after he lost teammate Bjorg Lambrecht prior to the start of the race.
Although Quick-Step Floors had the front of the peloton for their leader Elia Viviani, the Italian had to settle for fourth on the line after being at the front early in the final sprint.
For Greipel, the return to Adelaide could not have started better.
“It's a nice one,” he said.
“It was a pretty fast sprint, but I could wait as long as I wanted.
“It's nice to be back here this way after a few years of absence. Because of the heat, the racing isn't that stressful. We were one guy down [non-starter Bjorg Lambrecht] but my team set the sprint really well.
“It's also nice to get the ochre jersey.”
Antoine Duchesne (FDJ) the only Canadian entry finished 20th in the same time as the winner.
Results
| Stage 1: Port Adelaide to Lyndoch, 145 km | |
| 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 3:50:21 |
| 2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 3 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 5 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 6 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 7 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 8 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 9 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 10 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 11 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team | |
| 12 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 13 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 14 Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 15 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 16 Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 17 Jay McCarthy (Aus) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 18 Rudiger Selig (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 19 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 20 Antoine Duchesne (Can) FDJ | |
| 21 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 22 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 23 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 24 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 25 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 26 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 27 Georg Preidler (Aut) FDJ | |
| 28 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 29 Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 30 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 31 Rubén Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 32 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 33 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 34 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 35 Steve Morabito (Sui) FDJ | |
| 36 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 37 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 38 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 39 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 40 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky | |
| 41 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 42 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 43 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 44 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 45 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 46 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 47 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 48 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 49 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 50 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Dimension Data | |
| 51 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 52 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 53 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 54 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 55 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 56 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 57 Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 58 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 59 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 60 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 61 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 62 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 63 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 64 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 65 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 66 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 67 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | |
| 68 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 69 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 70 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 71 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
| 72 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 73 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 74 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 75 Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 76 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 77 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 78 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 79 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 80 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 81 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 82 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 83 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 84 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 85 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 86 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 87 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 88 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 89 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 90 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 91 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 92 Jaime Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 93 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 94 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 95 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | |
| 96 Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 97 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 98 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 99 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 100 Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 101 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 102 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 103 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 104 Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 105 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 106 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 107 Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 108 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 109 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 110 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 111 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | |
| 112 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 113 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 114 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 115 Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | all s.t. |
| 116 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:16 |
| 117 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:18 |
| 118 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 119 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ | 0:24 |
| 120 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | |
| 121 Daniel Oss (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | both s.t. |
| 122 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | 0:26 |
| 123 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:28 |
| 124 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 125 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:55 |
| 126 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 127 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 1:48 |
| 128 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:57 |
| 129 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | 2:13 |
| 130 Sam Bennett (Irl) BORA-hansgrohe | 3:36 |
| 131 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ | 0:00 |
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