Tour Down Under 2018 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE]

January 14, 2018

Tour Down Under 2018 – Stage 1 – Port Adelaide – Lyndoch : 145 km

The 2018 Tour Down Under is a road cycling stage race, that is taking place between 16 and 21 January 2018 in South Australia. It is the 20th edition of the Tour Down Under and the first race of the 2018 UCI World Tour.

Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) took win number 17 Tuesday at the Santos Tour Down Under, winning the bunch sprint in Lyndoch ahead of Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Greipel waited patiently as Ewan’s Mitchelton-Scott train and Elia Viviani’s Quick-Step Floors team set up their fast men for the finale, with Viviani going up the left side of the road and Ewan going up the right. Greipel jumped onto Ewan’s wheel and then sailed past the Australian up the middle as Sagan fought his way into third at the line.

Greipel will now wear the first ochre leader’s jersey of the race, while Ewan and Will Clarke, the day’s main protagonist from the breakaway and winner of the prize for most active rider, are tied on time at four seconds back.

Clarke earned his spot in the general classification with an all-day adventure off the front, at first with Scott Bowden (UniSA-Australia) and Nickolas Dlamini (Dimension Data) in a three-man move, and then alone after first Bowden dropped and then Dlamini. Clarke hung in alone until he was reeled in with 10km to go, but only after earning six bonus seconds in two intermediate sprints.

The sprint trains came to the fore once the catch was made to set up the sprint. In fast run in, Mitchelton-Scott, Quick-Step Floors and Bora were at the front of the bunch but once inside the final turn, it was Greipel and Lotto-Soudal timing their run to perfection. A last-corner crash for Daniel Hoelgaard (FDJ) though was a slight distraction from the German’s 17th career stage win.

Results :
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) Groupama-FDJ
21 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
23 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team
24 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
25 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia
26 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
27 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
28 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
29 Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
31 Rubén Fernandez (Spa) 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 (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
36 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
38 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
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 p/b Cannondale
45 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
46 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
47 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
48 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
49 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
50 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) 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 (Swi) BMC Racing Team
55 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
56 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
57 Tom Bohli (Swi) 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) Dimension Data
71 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-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 (Spa) Movistar Team
77 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
78 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
79 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
80 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
81 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
82 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
83 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
84 Enric Mas (Spa) 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 p/b Cannondale
92 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) 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 p/b Cannondale
97 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
98 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
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) Dimension Data
115 Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
116 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:16
117 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:18
118 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
119 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:24
120 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
121 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
122 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:00:26
123 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:28
124 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
125 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:55
126 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
127 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:48
128 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:57
129 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:13
130 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:36
131 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:00

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 3:50:11
2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:04
3 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:06
5 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
6 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:09
7 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
8 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:10
9 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
10 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
11 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida
13 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
14 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
15 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo
16 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
17 Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky
18 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
19 Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia
20 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
21 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo
23 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
24 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
25 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo
26 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
28 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia
29 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
30 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ
31 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
32 Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
34 Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
35 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
36 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
37 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
38 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
39 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
40 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
41 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
42 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
43 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky
44 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
45 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
46 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
47 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
48 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
49 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
50 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
51 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
52 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
53 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
54 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
55 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
56 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
57 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
58 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
59 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
60 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia
61 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
62 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
63 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
64 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo
65 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
66 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
68 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
69 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
70 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
71 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
72 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
73 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
74 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
75 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
76 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
77 Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team
78 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
79 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
80 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
81 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
82 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
83 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
84 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
85 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
86 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team
87 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
88 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
89 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
90 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
91 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin
92 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) 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 p/b Cannondale
97 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
98 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
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) Dimension Data
115 Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
116 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
117 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:26
118 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:28
119 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
120 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:34
121 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky
122 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
123 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:00:36
124 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:38
125 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
126 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:05
127 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
128 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:58
129 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:07
130 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:23
131 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:46