Top 10 for Steimle in Tour Down Under Opener
A 5.5km prologue held over a flat, power course in Adelaide and raced on normal bikes kicked off the Tour Down Under the first event of the World Tour, which returned after two years of absence. With it came also the rain, which poured down not long after the start, making the roads slippery and ruining many riders’ hopes.
Jannik Steimle was the last Soudal Quick-Step member to roll down the ramp, and the German ended up by finishing the day as the team’s best placed rider, thanks to a strong ride that confirmed his prowess against the clock. Runner-up at the German ITT Nationals last summer, the 26-year-old averaged an impressive 50.51km/h and stopped the clock in 6:32, enough for a top 10 finish and just three seconds off the podium.
The Tour Down Under continues Wednesday with a hilly stage around Tanunda. The main difficulty on the route will be Menglers Hill, which the peloton will tackle five times, the last ascent of this short but testing climb coming inside the last ten kilometers.
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Race details
| 1 |
Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost |
6:19 |
| 2 |
Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers |
0:08 |
| 3 |
Julius Johansen Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:10 |
| 4 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:11 |
| 5 |
Samuel Gaze Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:11 |
| 6 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:12 |
| 7 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
0:13 |
| 8 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:13 |
| 9 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates |
0:14 |
| 10 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
0:14 |
| 28 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:22 |
| 35 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:25 |
| 49 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:29 |
| 57 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:31 |
| 107 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:46 |
| 111 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:49 |
| 1 |
Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost |
6:19 |
| 2 |
Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers |
0:08 |
| 3 |
Julius Johansen Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:10 |
| 4 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:11 |
| 5 |
Samuel Gaze Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:11 |
| 6 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:12 |
| 7 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
0:13 |
| 8 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:13 |
| 9 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates |
0:14 |
| 10 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
0:14 |
| 28 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:22 |
| 35 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:25 |
| 49 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:29 |
| 57 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:31 |
| 107 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:46 |
| 111 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:49 |
| 1 |
Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers |
6:27 |
| 2 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:04 |
| 3 |
Lorenzo Germani Groupama - FDJ |
0:10 |
| 4 |
James Moriarty UniSA-Australia |
0:11 |
| 5 |
Leo Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:16 |
| 6 |
Antonio Tiberi Trek - Segafredo |
0:17 |
| 7 |
Laurence Pithie Groupama - FDJ |
0:21 |
| 8 |
Graeme Frislie UniSA-Australia |
0:21 |
| 9 |
Liam Walsh UniSA-Australia |
0:23 |
| 10 |
Ewen Costiou Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:27 |
| 17 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:41 |
| 1 | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 19:40 |
| 2 | Intermarché - Circus - Wanty | 0:00 |
| 3 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:04 |
| 4 | Team DSM | 0:10 |
| 5 | UAE Team Emirates | 0:16 |
| 6 | Team Jayco AlUla | 0:16 |
| 7 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:17 |
| 8 | Groupama - FDJ | 0:20 |
| 9 | Israel - Premier Tech | 0:21 |
| 10 | Bahrain - Victorious | 0:23 |
