2023 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (World Tour), Australia, 7th Edition

Women's race: Saturday, January 28, 2023
Men's race: Sunday, January 29, 2023

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Men's Race, Sunday, January 29, 2023

Men's race course map

Geelong - Geelong, 176 km

Marius Mayrhofer is first across the line.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Geelong at 1:20 PM, local time: 18C (65F), cloudy, with the wind from the south at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 4% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's report.

Emotions ran high after Marius Mayrhofer claimed his maiden WorldTour win in Sunday’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

After 176 km in wet and gusty conditions, it was Mayrhofer who prevailed in the elite men’s road race in a hectic bunch sprint marred by a three-rider spill just 200 metres from the line.

The 22-year-old, from Team DSM, managed to dodge any friendly fire and outlasted Hugo Page (Intermarché Circus Wanty) and Australia’s Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) at the finish.

Then came the tears as he let his emotions fly.

“It feels great,” Mayrhofer said following the win which was watched on by family in the crowd. “Straight after the finish, I was completely done emotionally, and I couldn’t believe it. Now I’m fine again and happy to take the win.

“I’m still full of adrenaline and happiness. This evening, I’ll feel my legs a bit. The climb is pretty tough, especially for a sprinter. I had to dig deep a few times, but I felt good today.”

It could have been a dirty day for Mayrhofer after he was involved in a crash at the base of the Wandana Heights climb. Luckily, there was no damage done.

Page’s runner-up finish topped off an impressive effort from Intermarché Circus Wanty, with Taco van der Hoorn making his solo early break stick until the last 40 kilometres of the race.

The Dutch cyclist braved the unfavourable Surf Coast conditions alone throughout the afternoon and was rewarded with both the Mapei Sprint and Visit Victoria King of the Mountain jerseys.

During the final tough ascent up the Challambra Crescent, one last attack was made by Page’s teammate Sven Erik Bystrøm but to no avail, after a reduced peloton caught him 350 metres out from the line.

Australia’s Lucas Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) was the first to go in the bunch sprint with the finish in sight, before a dramatic crash involving Dries Devenyns, Dorian Godon and Ethan Hayter split the group.

Australian sprinting superstars Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla) and Caleb Ewan (Australian National Team) managed to dodge the spill and were right in the mix, but were unable to make ground on the winner to finish fourth and sixth respectively.

Complete results:

176 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.382 km/hr

1	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	4hr 15min 11sec
2	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
3	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
5	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Caleb Ewan	Australian National Team	s.t.
7	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
8	Marc Hirschi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	s.t.
13	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
14	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Maximilian Schachmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Tony Gallopin	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
20	James Fouche	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	s.t.
21	Kelland O'Brien	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Elie Gesbert	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Erik Bystrøm Sven	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
25	Damien Touzé	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 6sec
27	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	0:8
28	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	James Oram	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	s.t.
30	Matthew Dinham	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Jai Hindley	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-EasyPost	0:18
35	Nans Peters	Ag2r-Citroën	1:09
36	Lucas Hamilton	Jayco-AlUla	1:11
37	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	1:29
39	Michael Schär	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Filippo Baroncini	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
41	Jordi Meeus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	s.t.
44	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	1:45
45	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:46
46	Ben O'Connor	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Simon Yates	Jayco-AlUla	2:03
48	Liam Walsh	Australian National Team	2:17
49	Sjoerd Bax	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
50	Elliot Schultz	Australian National Team	s.t.
51	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	3:12
52	Dorian Godon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
53	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	3:22
54	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	3:39
55	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
56	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
58	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
59	Romain Combaud	Team DSM	s.t.
60	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	3:44
62	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Jarrad Drizners	Australian National Team	s.t.
64	Kane Richards	Australian National Team	s.t.
65	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	3:50
66	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	4:48
67	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	6:14
68	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	s.t.
69	Declan Trezise	Australian National Team	6:20
70	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
71	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Luke Durbridge	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
73	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
74	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
75	Zac Marriage	Australian National Team	s.t.
76	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:31
77	Tim Naberman	Team DSM	s.t.
78	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities Black Spoke	s.t.
79	Taco Van Der Hoorn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
80	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	12:40
81	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
82	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Dries Devenyns	Soudal Quick-Step	12:04

 

Men's race course map:

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Women's Race: Saturday, January 28, 2023 - Geelong - Geelong, 143 km

Women's race course map

Loes Adegeest beats Amanda Spratt for the win. FDJ-Suez photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Geelong at 1:30 PM, local time: 32C (89F), mostly cloudy, with the wnd from the southwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's report.

A new star has emerged from Team FDJ-Suez and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race after Loes Adegeest claimed the honours in the 2023 Deakin University Elite Women’s Road Race.

An E-Sports world champion, Adegeest’s jump from Zwift to the roads has paid dividends with the newly-signed FDJ-Suez rider claiming her first UCI WorldTour win on the circuit.

Adegeest edged out Australia’s Amanda Spratt (Trek-Segafredo) in a thrilling two-rider sprint to collect her first WorldTour win and the seventh edition of the women’s elite race on Saturday.

Riding for her FDJ-Suez teammate Grace Brown, Adgeest took control of the race as her teammate faded.

The deciding attack didn’t come until the final of two Challambra climbs on the 140.8 km circuit when the pair broke away. Adegeest never showed her hand in the closing kilometres, with Spratt doing most of the work in the run in to ensure they stayed away from the chase group.

Spratt didn’t have the legs to contest for the win and Adegeest capitalised, sprinting away to edge out her opponent in the last 200m to take the victory.

“I felt I could follow Spratt and I was actually the only one that could really follow Spratt… I knew after the first climb it could be my day,” Adegeest said. “I had thought the sprint through, and I knew there were headwinds so I had to start late… late, but not too late! I knew I had to come from the wheel, so I forced Spratt to the front and the gap for big enough to play poker a little bit. I tried that and it worked out.”

The 26-year-old’s impressive performances on the Challambra ascents also netted her the Visit Victoria Queen of the Mountain jersey.

“It has to sink in still a bit. It’s really good to start a season like this. To finish like this – it’s amazing,” she added.

Nina Buijsman (Human Powered Health) finished third, four seconds behind the leading pair, to round out the podium.

The podium, from left: Amanda Spratt (2nd), Loes Adegeest (1st) & Nina Buijsman (3rd). Cadel Evans Road Race photo

Spratt was awarded the pink jersey, becoming the WorldTour leader at the concluding race of the summer of cycling in Australia.

Georgia Howe (Team Jayco AlUla) was the pick of the sprinters while Josie Nelson (Team Coop-Hitech Products) won the Gerry Ryan Award Young Rider Classification.

Complete Results:

143 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.858 km/hr

1	Loes Adegeest	FDJ-Suez	3hr 52min 47sec
2	Amanda Spratt	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
3	Nina Buijsman	Human Powered Health	@ 4sec
4	Josie Nelson	Coop-Hitec	s.t.
5	Danielle De Francesco	Zaaf Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Henrietta Christie	Human Powered Health	s.t.
7	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
8	Georgia Williams	EF Education-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
9	Krista Doebel-Hickok	EF Education-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
10	Simone Boilard	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
11	Brodie Chapman	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
12	Claire Steels	Israel-Premier Tech Roland	s.t.
13	Rachel Neylan	Australian National Team	s.t.
14	Nikola Noskova	Zaaf Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Dilyxine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
16	Justine Barrow	Australian National Team	s.t.
17	Alexandra Manly	Jayco-AlUla	0:07
18	Amber Pate	Jayco-AlUla	0:28
19	Daria Pikulik	Human Powered Health	0:54
20	Georgie Howe	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
21	Grace Brown	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
22	Lauren Stephens	EF Education-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
23	Hole Mohr Mari	Coop-Hitec	1:25
24	Mia Hayden	Team Bridgelane	1:41
25	Lauretta Hanson	Trek-Segafredo	1:46
26	Victorie Guilman	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
27	Michaela Drummond	Zaaf Cycling Team	s.t.
28	That Nguyen Thi	Israel-Premier Tech Roland	s.t.
29	Chloe Hosking	Australian National Team	2:21
30	Maggie Coles-Lyster	Zaaf Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Georgia Danford	Coop-Hitec	s.t.
32	Eugénie Duval	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
33	Sylvie Swinkels	Coop-Hitec	s.t.
34	Emily Watts	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
35	Isabelle Carnes	ARA-Skip Capital	s.t.
36	Matilda Raynolds	Australian National Team	s.t.
37	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	5:25
38	Kaia Schmid	Human Powered Health	s.t.
39	Sophie Edwards	ARA-Skip Capital	s.t.
40	Antri Christoforou	Human Powered Health	s.t.
41	Tiril Jørgensen	Coop-Hitec	s.t.
42	Rachael Wales	ARA-Skip Capital	s.t.
43	Caroline Baur	Israel-Premier Tech Roland	s.t.
44	Camille Fahy	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
45	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	5:28
46	Coralie Demay	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
47	Sandrine Bideau	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
48	Mia Griffin	Israel-Premier Tech Roland	8:15
49	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
50	Debora Silvestri	Zaaf Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Elena Pirrone	Israel-Premier Tech Roland	s.t.
52	Keely Bennett	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
53	Jessica Allen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Jessica Pratt	Team Bridgelane	10:45
55	Lisa Klein	Trek-Segafredo	12:29
56	Ilaria Sanguineti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Kerry Jonker	Coop-Hitec	s.t.
58	Haylee Fuller	Australian National Team	s.t.
59	Tayler Wiles	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Clara Copponi	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
61	Chloe Moran	ARA-Skip Capital	s.t.
62	Lucinda Stewart	ARA-Skip Capital	s.t.
63	Gladys Verhulst	FDJ-Suez	s.t.

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