Sprinters fight for the first ochre jersey of this edition.

Stage 1 of the season’s first World Tour race was also the longest of the week, 144 kilometers around Tanunda, a town situated just 70 kilometers north-west of Adelaide, and one of the most popular locations in the event’s history.

The route comprised three ascents of Mengler’s Hill, the last of which came less than 15 kilometers from the line, but not even the tailwind, the sweltering heat and the hard pace the peloton was pushing going into the base of the last climb could split the peloton, who remained as one after bringing back the two-man breakaway.

Soudal Quick-Step became prominent at the front inside the closing five kilometers, with Julian Alaphilippe trying to position Casper Pedersen ahead of the flamme rouge, but with many teams jostling for position it turned out to be a complicated task, despite our riders giving their best. The mad dash to the line was won by Sam Welsford (Bora-hansgrohe), while the Wolfpack’s best finisher was French neo-pro Antoine Huby.

“It was obvious as soon as the first kilometers that the bunch had only one goal today which was making sure a breakaway or a late attack wouldn’t make it today. It was very hot out there, and for the riders it was more a question of surviving these conditions. On Wednesday the temperature should be lower, so we’ll see what the race will bring”, explained sports director Geert Van Bondt.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Sam Welsford
BORA - hansgrohe
3:25:56
2 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
3 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
4 Caleb Ewan
Team Jayco AlUla
0:00
5 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
6 Max Kanter
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
7 Danny van Poppel
BORA - hansgrohe
0:00
8 Corbin Strong
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
9 Madis Mihkels
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
10 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
0:00
27 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
39 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
82 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
98 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
114 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:25
127 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
1:25
128 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
1:25
1 Sam Welsford
BORA - hansgrohe
3:25:46
2 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
0:04
3 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
0:06
4 Corbin Strong
Israel - Premier Tech
0:07
5 Georg Zimmermann
Intermarché - Wanty
0:07
6 Finn Fisher-Black
UAE Team Emirates
0:07
7 Louis Barré
0:08
8 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
0:09
9 Caleb Ewan
Team Jayco AlUla
0:10
10 Max Kanter
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:10
30 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
42 Pieter Serry
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
83 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
98 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
114 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:35
127 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
1:35
128 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
1:35
1 Sam Welsford
BORA - hansgrohe
30 pt
2 Phil Bauhaus
Bahrain - Victorious
25 pt
3 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
22 pt
4 Caleb Ewan
Team Jayco AlUla
19 pt
5 Jhonatan Narváez Prado
INEOS Grenadiers
18 pt
6 Max Kanter
Astana Qazaqstan Team
15 pt
7 Corbin Strong
Israel - Premier Tech
14 pt
8 Danny van Poppel
BORA - hansgrohe
13 pt
9 Madis Mihkels
Intermarché - Wanty
9 pt
10 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
7 pt
1 Louis Barré
6 pt
2 Georg Zimmermann
Intermarché - Wanty
4 pt
3 Luke Burns
Australia
4 pt
4 Axel Mariault
Cofidis
2 pt
5 Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1 pt
6 Tobias Bayer
Alpecin - Deceuninck
1 pt
1 Madis Mihkels
Intermarché - Wanty
3:25:56
2 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
0:00
3 Patrick Eddy
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
4 Bastien Tronchon
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
5 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
6 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
7 António Morgado
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
8 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
9 Gianmarco Garofoli
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
10 Manlio Moro
Movistar Team
0:00
19 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
1:25
1 Intermarché - Wanty 10:17:48
2 BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
3 Cofidis 0:00
4 Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
5 Alpecin - Deceuninck 0:00
6 UAE Team Emirates 0:00
7 Movistar Team 0:00
8 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 0:00
9 Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:00
10 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:00

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