Tour Down Under 2019 – Stage 1 [LAST 20 KM]

January 15, 2019

Tour Down Under 2019 – Stage 1 – North Adelaide – Port Adelaide : 129 km

The 2019 Tour Down Under will once again kick off the WorldTour season in Australia. The racing will begin with the People’s Choice Classic on January 13 and the peloton will move straight into the stage race held from January 15 to 20 in and around Adelaide. The climb of Willunga Hill will feature as the climax to the 2019 Tour Down Under, as the Australian UCI WorldTour event eschews its final ‘Champs-Elysées-like’ processional stage in favour of a ‘queen stage’ that should keep things exciting right to the very end. In 2019 last year’s winner Darly Impey (Mitchelton Scott) returns to defend his crown. He will be joined by Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe), Richie Porte (Trek Segafredo) and Rohan Dennis (Bahrain Merida). The race will also represent Caleb Ewan’s first outing as a Lotto Soudal rider after his move from Mitchelton Scott.

Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep) relied on a furious burst of speed after a chaotic run to the finish in Port Adelaide to win stage 1 of the 2019 Santos Tour Down Under on Tuesday, overtaking Team Sunweb’s Max Walscheid, who appeared to have the sprint wrapped up before Viviani seemingly came from out of nowhere to take the win.

CCC Team’s Jakub Mareczko was third, with Bahrain-Merida’s Phil Bauhaus in fourth and Dimension Data’s Ryan Gibbons fifth. Pre-race favourites Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) both got caught up in the unorganised finish and slipped out of contention. Sagan finished eighth, while Ewan was 23rd.

“It was a headwind sprint, and you don’t want to be at the front too early,” Viviani said as he greeted the gathering press after the podium celebrations.

“It’s never easy, and you just have to wait. If you go 50m too early, then you kill yourself,” Viviani added. “In that moment, I saw the space on the left. If there wasn’t space then I would not have tried, because I’m not crazy. I felt I could get through, and there was maybe a little touch with Bauhaus, but when I passed on the left, I felt it was a good move. When I went by him, I could just focus on the finish line.”

In the overall race, Viviani now leads the overall by four seconds over Walscheid, but a day in the breakaway paid off for Patrick Bevin (CCC Team), Michael Storer (Team Sunweb) and Jason Lea (UniSA-Australia), who broke away early in the day but were caught with about 40 km remaining. They did manage to snatch up enough time bonuses to make it into the top 10 overall, with Bevin’s five seconds in bonuses slotting him into third, and Storer moving into in fourth, both five seconds back. Lea is eighth at eight seconds.

Results :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:19:47
2 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
3 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
4 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
5 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
6 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
7 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky
8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
10 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
11 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
12 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
13 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First Pro Cycling
14 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
15 Dmitry Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
16 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
17 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
18 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
19 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
20 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
21 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
22 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
23 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
24 Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team
25 Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
27 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
28 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma
29 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
30 Neil van der Ploeg (Aus) UniSA-Australia
31 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
32 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team
34 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
35 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
36 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
37 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling
38 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
39 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
40 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
41 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
42 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky
43 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team
44 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
45 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
47 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
48 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
49 Chris Harper (Aus) UniSA-Australia
50 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
51 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
52 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
53 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
54 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
55 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
56 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
57 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Movistar Team
58 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
59 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
60 Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
61 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
62 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team
63 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
64 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
65 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
66 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
67 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
68 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
69 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
70 Mikkel Frølich Honore (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
71 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
72 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
73 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
74 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
75 Joey Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
76 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team
77 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Dimension Data
78 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) UniSA-Australia
79 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
80 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
81 Jason Lea (Aus) UniSA-Australia
82 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
83 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) CCC Team
84 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
85 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
86 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
87 William Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
88 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
89 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data
90 Tom Leezer (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
91 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
92 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
93 Ayden Toovey (Aus) UniSA-Australia
94 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
95 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
96 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
97 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling
98 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
99 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
100 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
101 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
102 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
103 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
104 Leo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
105 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
106 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
107 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
108 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
109 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
110 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
111 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
112 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
113 Michael Potter (Aus) UniSA-Australia
114 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
115 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
116 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:15
117 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:24
118 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:30
119 Adam Blythe (GBr) Lotto Soudal
120 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:32
121 Cees Bol (Ned)Team Sunweb
122 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:00:40
123 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First Pro Cycling
124 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:43
125 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
126 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
127 Nicholas White (Aus) UniSA-Australia 0:00:53
128 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:56
129 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
130 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
131 Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:01:29
132 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:01:54
133 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:03:17

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:19:37
2 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:04
3 Patrick Bevin (NZl) CCC Team 0:00:05
4 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
5 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 0:00:06
6 Jason Lea (Aus) UniSA-Australia 0:00:08
7 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:10
8 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
9 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
10 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky
11 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
12 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
13 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ
14 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
15 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
16 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First Pro Cycling
17 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
18 Dmitry Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
19 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
21 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
22 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
23 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
24 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
25 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
26 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
27 Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
28 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
29 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
30 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma
31 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
32 Neil van der Ploeg (Aus) UniSA-Australia
33 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
34 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team
36 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
37 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
38 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
39 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling
40 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
41 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
42 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
43 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
44 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky
45 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team
46 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
47 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
49 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
50 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
51 Chris Harper (Aus) UniSA-Australia
52 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
53 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
54 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
55 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
56 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
58 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
59 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Movistar Team
60 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
61 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
62 Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
63 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
64 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team
65 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
66 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team
68 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
69 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
70 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
71 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates
72 Mikkel Frølich Honore (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
73 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
74 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
75 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb
76 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
77 Joey Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team
78 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team
79 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Dimension Data
80 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) UniSA-Australia
81 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
83 Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
84 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) CCC Team
85 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
86 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
87 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
88 William Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
89 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
90 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Dimension Data
91 Tom Leezer (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
92 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
93 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
94 Ayden Toovey (Aus) UniSA-Australia
95 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
96 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
97 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
98 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling
99 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
100 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
101 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal
102 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
103 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
104 Leo Vincent (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
105 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
106 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
107 James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep
108 Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida
109 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data
110 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
111 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates
112 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
113 Michael Potter (Aus) UniSA-Australia
114 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
115 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
116 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:25
117 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:34
118 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:40
119 Adam Blythe (GBr) Lotto Soudal
120 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:42
121 Cees Bol (Ned)Team Sunweb
122 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:00:50
123 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First Pro Cycling
124 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:53
125 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
126 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
127 Nicholas White (Aus) UniSA-Australia 0:01:03
128 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:06
129 Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb
130 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
131 Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:01:39
132 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:02:04
133 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:03:27