2019 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

Stage 1 results:
January 15, North Adelaide - Port Adelaide

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Tuesday, January 15: Stage 1, North Adelaide - Port Adelaide, 129 km

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Italian champion Elia Viviani takes the first stage. Sirotti photo

The race: Here's the organizer's stage one summary:

A headwind sprint has made for an intriguing start to the 2019 Santos Tour Down Under, with Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s Elia Viviani taking the line for Ziptrak Stage 1 and winning the honour of holding the Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey overnight.

It’s the perfect start to the Italian National Champion’s season, having arrived on the first team flight into Adelaide and preparing with his Belgian with recons of the Adelaide hills from their first opportunity.

The 29-year-old comfortably engaged the track power he honed at the Adelaide SuperDrome during the week to launch from the fourth row in the pack to reel in Sunweb’s man mountain Max Walscheid to comfortably seize the win.

Walscheid – the 25-year-old German who has flown under the radar thanks to other high profile sprinters in Adelaide –  finished second ahead of another Italian in the CCC Team, rider Jakub Mareczko.

Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Merida) was fourth while Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data) was fifth across the line.

Slovak triple world champion Peter Sagan (BORA-hansgrohe) was eighth, while Down Under Classic winner Caleb Ewan was down the order in 22nd across.

Despite a south-westerly wind forecast for Adelaide’s high-temperature day, the peloton was forced to battle a steady headwind coming into Port Adelaide. Powering to the line was no problem for the world’s fastest sprinters, but getting there was a battle of tactics.

The peloton eased its pace with 20km to go as it made its way through the northern suburbs of Adelaide in anticipation of its western deviation to the Port.

The pace kicked as the peloton closed within 10 kilometres of the finish through Mawson Lakes onto the long, unprotected Port River Expressway. Spreading across the full three width of the carriageway, teams began moving into formation for the finish.

But with two final 90-degree turns within the final kilometre (a long drive to the finish), the bunch scrambled for organisation as the finish closed in.

Jumbo Visma was in train early, but it was Walscheid who broke best heading to the line before Viviani swooped – not unlike his win in Victor Harbor last year – to claim the opening stage.

He will now wear the Santos Ochre jersey when the race re-starts in Norwood on Wednesday for Novatech Stage 2, while his Ziptrak® sprinter’s jersey will fall to the shoulders of Walscheid as next best-placed.

The Santos Tour Down Under is one of the few UCI WorldTour races where the home country’s national representative team is given a start. Because of that, UniSA-Australia’s riders – all of whom are looking to impress for pro contracts – are usually featured in the early breakaway.

It was no different on Ziptrak Stage 1, with Jason Lea (UniSA-Australia) joining Artyom Zakharov (Astana), Paddy Bevin (CCC Team) and Michael Storer (Team Sunweb) in the early break.

They eked out a maximum four-minute lead, which the peloton whittled down to just over two by the time they reached the foot of the Subaru King of the Mountain climb at Snake Gully.

The 9% gradient was tough in plus-45-degree conditions, and so when Zakharov kicked with 100m to go, the response would be important to prevent him from claiming the Subaru polka dot jersey in Port Adelaide. Only one rider – Lea – answered the call, and successfully took the inside line up the final bend to the Subaru checkpoint to claim maximum points and the honour of the polkadots on Stage 2.

Zakharov bailed out of the breakaway after failing to claim the Subaru KOM checkpoint, and left it to the Trans-Tasman alliance of Aussies Lea and Storer, and Kiwi Bevin, to chalk up the Ziptrak sprints in Inglewood.

Bevin and Storer split the winnings between them on the two sprint marks, before pushing out along the crest of Hermitage with Lea in tow.

The breakaway didn’t last much longer than its foray through the technical descent back to Snake Gully – caught just over 40km from the finish.

Also:

Officials released this statement regarding the change in the course of the first stage:

Santos Tour Down Under race organisers along with team and rider representatives have made the decision to modify the race route for Ziptrak Stage 1 tomorrow, Tuesday 15 January 2019.

Based on the severe conditions forecast of strong winds, the 3.4 km finishing circuit will be removed.

Race Director, Mike Turtur confirmed the peloton will now complete Ziptrak Stage 1 on the first approach to the line, with no final lap as previously planned.

“The reason for this decision is the collective opinion of all representatives taking into consideration that the extreme weather conditions may result in a major peloton break-up which would be problematic on the finishing circuit,” said Race Director Mike Turtur.

“We consulted with rider representative Adam Hansen (Lotto Soudal), Team Director representative Matthew White (Mitchelton-Scott) and with our Chief Commissaire, and all parties have agreed this is the sensible approach.”

Ziptrak Stage 1 will now be 129 km, with the riders expected to finish in Port Adelaide at 2.24 pm.

Complete Results:

Stage 1 photos

129 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.472 km/hr

1	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 19min 47sec
2	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
3	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
4	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
5	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
6	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
8	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
12	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
13	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
14	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
16	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
17	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
19	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
21	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
22	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
23	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	s.t.
25	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
26	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
27	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
28	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
30	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
31	HALLER Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
32	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
33	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
34	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
35	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
38	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	s.t.
40	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
41	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
43	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	s.t.
44	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
45	PETERS Nans	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
46	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
47	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
48	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
49	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
50	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
51	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
53	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
55	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
57	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
58	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
61	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
63	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
64	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
65	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
66	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
67	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
68	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
69	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
70	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
71	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
72	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
73	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
74	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
75	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
76	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
77	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
78	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
79	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
80	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
82	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
84	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
85	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
89	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
90	LEEZER Tom	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
91	KNEES Christian	Sky	s.t.
92	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
93	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
94	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
95	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
96	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
97	WHELAN James	EF Education First	s.t.
98	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
99	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
100	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
101	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	DENZ Nico	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
103	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
104	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
106	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
107	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
108	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
109	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
111	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
114	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
115	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
116	BOARO Manuele	Astana	@ 15sec
117	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	0:24
118	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	0:30
119	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
120	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	0:32
121	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	s.t.
122	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	0:40
123	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	s.t.
124	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	0:43
125	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	0:53
128	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	0:56
129	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
130	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	1:29
132	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	1:54
133	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	3:17

GC after Stage 1:

1	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 19min 37sec
2	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	@ 4sec
3	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	0:05
4	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	0:06
6	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	0:08
7	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	0:10
8	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
10	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
11	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
16	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
17	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
19	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
20	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
22	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
23	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
24	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
25	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
28	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
29	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
30	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
32	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
33	HALLER Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
34	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
35	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
36	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
39	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
40	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
45	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	s.t.
46	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
47	PETERS Nans	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
48	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
49	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
50	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
51	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
52	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
53	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
55	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
57	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
58	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
59	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
60	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
63	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
64	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
65	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
66	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
67	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
68	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
69	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
70	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
71	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
72	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
73	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
76	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
77	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
78	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
79	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
80	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
81	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
82	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
83	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
85	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
86	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
90	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
91	LEEZER Tom	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
92	KNEES Christian	Sky	s.t.
93	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
95	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
96	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
97	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
98	WHELAN James	EF Education First	s.t.
99	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
100	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
101	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	DENZ Nico	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
103	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
104	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
106	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
107	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
108	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
109	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
110	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
111	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
114	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
115	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
116	BOARO Manuele	Astana	0:25
117	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	0:34
118	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	0:40
119	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
120	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	0:42
121	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	s.t.
122	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	0:50
123	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	s.t.
124	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	0:53
125	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
127	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	1:03
128	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	1:06
129	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
130	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	1:39
132	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	2:04
133	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	3:27

Stage 1 map & profile:

Tour Down Under stage one photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Down Under Classic winner Caleb Ewan before the race start.

The caravan is lined up and ready to go.

Tom Jelte Slagter heads to the start

The crowd at the race start

The peloton racing under the hot sun.

The day's breakaway

One of the escapees was Patrick Bevin

Lovely scenery

Daryl Impey

Our obligatory Tour Down Under kangaroo crossing sign picture.

The roads weren't flat

The pack heads for the line with Elia Viviani in front

Elia Viviani is the day's fastest rider.

Viviani will start stage two in the GC leader's jersey.