2024 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (World Tour), Australian National Team, 8th Edition

Women's race: Saturday, January 27, 2024
Men's race: Sunday, January 28, 2024

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Men's Race, Sunday, January 28, 2024

Men's race course map | Start list

A bike throw gives Laurence Pithie the race. Race organizer's photo

Geelong - Geelong, 174.3 km

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Weather at the start/finish city of Geelong at 11:30 AM, local time: 22C (72F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

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

In a thrilling finish to the line, young Kiwi superstar Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ) pipped Natnael Tesfazion (Lidl-Trek) and Georg Zimmerman (Intermache – Wanty) at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

In what was a highly controlled race, there was a successful breakaway involving Team Bridgelane and ARA | Skip Capital. With enough riders to secure the Mapei Sprint Classification, the group worked together to establish a consistent time advantage and Team Bridgelane took the sprint jersey.

With the bunch controlled and the breakaway riding hard through Torquay and into Geelong, the Shimano King of the Mountain jersey quickly came up for grabs. Team Bridgelane collaborated and quickly dropped ARA | Skip Capital, having a fantastic day out with their all-Australian rising talent also clinching the three King of the Mountain classifications that were up for grabs.

This played well for the peloton as they were able to keep control of the race with the gap. Riders from top outfits such as Team Jayco AlUla, INEOS Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek, Team DSM-Firmenich Post NL and Groupama FDJ began to bring their riders up to the front in the remaining two laps of the Geelong finishing circuit setting the tempo of the race.

The bunch sprung into action over the last 25km, splitting the race over the final climb of Challambra which ultimately weakened the likes of Caleb Ewan (Team Jayco AlUla) and Elia Viviani (INEOS Grenadiers).

The last hard drive over the final climb was strong enough to take away 19 riders and set up the finale of racing, steering clear of the sprinters in the second group with Ewan and Viviani.

With three kilometres to go, the final attacks swung into action – Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) lasted all the way to the finishing straight but was ultimately pulled back by the rest of the group.

From there it was a test of who had the best legs after four gruelling laps of Challambra, with top-notch young-international prospect Pithie claiming his first WorldTour top honour

Complete results:

174.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.597 km/hr

1	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	4hr 17min 40sec
2	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
4	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
8	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
9	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Louis Barré	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
13	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 2sec
15	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	0:07
16	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:10
17	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	0:12
18	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	0:18
19	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	0:24
21	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
23	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
24	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
25	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
27	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Luke Burns	Team BridgeLane	s.t.
29	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Pedro Lopez Juan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Elliot Schultz	Team BridgeLane	s.t.
33	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Rudy Porter	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:28
37	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
38	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
39	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
40	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:05
41	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	1:41
42	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
43	William Eaves	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
44	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Sean Flynn	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:01
47	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
49	Cohen Jessen	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
50	Jackson Medway	Team BridgeLane	s.t.
51	Zac Marriage	Team BridgeLane	s.t.
52	Tristan Saunders	Team BridgeLane	s.t.
53	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
54	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Matthew Greenwood	Team BridgeLane	3:46
60	Emils Liepins	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:49
61	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
64	Blake Quick	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
65	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
66	Samuel Jenner	Team BridgeLane	s.t.
67	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
68	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
70	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:37
71	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	6:12
72	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:21
73	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
74	Tyler Tomkinson	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
75	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
76	Declan Trezise	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
77	Nate Hadden	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
78	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	7:59
DNS	Eddy Finé	Cofidis
DNF	Joshua Cranage	ARA | Skip Capital
DNF	Dylan Proctor-Parker	ARA | Skip Capital
DNF	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels
DNF	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels
DNF	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan Team
DNF	Simon Geschke	Cofidis
DNF	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek
DNF	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL

 

Men's race course map:

 

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Men's Start list with back numbers, January 27, 2024:

	Arkea-B&B Hotels
1	Miles Scotson
2	Louis Barré
3	Anthony Delaplace
4	Laurens Huys
5	Kevin Ledanois
6	Daniel Mclay
7	Michel Ries
	Team Astana Qazaqstan
11	Samuele Battistella
12	Gianmarco Garofoli
13	Michele Gazzoli
14	Dmitriy Gruzdev
15	Max Kanter
17	Cristian Scaroni
	Cofidis
21	Piet Allegaert
22	Ruben Fernandez
23	Eddy Finé
24	Milan Fretin
25	Simon Geschke
26	Oliver Knight
27	Axel Mariault
	EF Education-EasyPost
31	Stefan De Bod
32	Owain Doull
33	Jack Rootkin-Gray
34	Jonas Rutsch
35	Archie Ryan
36	Harry Sweeny
37	Jardi Van Der Lee
	Groupama-FDJ
41	Clément Davy
42	Fabian Lienhard
43	Enzo Paleni
44	Laurence Pithie
45	Reuben Thompson
	INEOS Grenadiers
51	Laurens De Plus
52	Filippo Ganna
53	Leo Hayter
54	Jhonnatan Narvaez
55	Ben Swift
56	Joshua Tarling
57	Elia Viviani
	Intermarché-Wanty
61	Lilian Calmejane
62	Biniam Girmay
63	Madis Mihkels
64	Tom Paquot
65	Simone Petilli
66	Dion Smith
67	Georg Zimmermann
	Lidl-Trek
71	Dario Cataldo
72	Pedro Lopez Juan
73	Bauke Mollema
74	Jacopo Mosca
75	Quinn Simmons
76	Natnael Tesfazion
77	Mathias Vacek
	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
81	Patrick Bevin
82	Pavel Bittner
83	Patrick Eddy
84	Sean Flynn
85	Chris Hamilton
86	Emils Liepins
87	Oscar Onley
	Team Jayco-AlUla
91	Caleb Ewan
92	Kelland O'Brien
93	Chris Harper
94	Rudy Porter
95	Blake Quick
96	Lucas Plapp
97	Campbell Stewart
	Israel-Premier Tech
101	George Bennett
102	Guillaume Boivin
103	Simon Clarke
104	Derek Gee
105	Nick Schultz
106	Corbin Strong
107	Stephen Williams
	Ara | Skip Capital
111	Dylan Proctor-Parker
112	Tyler Tomkinson
113	William Eaves
114	Declan Trezise
115	Joshua Cranage
116	Nate Hadden
117	Cohen Jessen
	Team Bridgelane
121	Tristan Saunders
122	Elliot Schultz
123	Zac Marriage
124	Jackson Medway
125	Matthew Greenwood
126	Samuel Jenner
127	Luke Burns

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Women's Race: Saturday, January 27, 2024 - Geelong - Geelong, 140.8 km

Women's race course map | Start list

Rosita Reijnhout wins. Getty Images photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Geelong at 3:30 PM, local time: 23C (73F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 32 km/hr (20 mph).

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

Young-gun Rosita Reijnhout (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) flies solo to claim her maiden Women’s WorldTour title at the Deakin University Elite Women’s Road Race. At only 19-years-old, Reijnhout becomes the youngest female in the event’s history to win the elite women’s title.

Despite their best efforts during the final lap of Challambra on the way to the finish, Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ) and Cecillie Uttrup-Ludwig (FDJ – Suez) had to settle for second and third respectively.

As the race got underway, a breakaway quickly formed between Team Bridgelane, Australian National Team and ARA | Skip Capital seeing the opportunity to set themselves up to clinch the intermediate jersey. The strong winds made it extremely difficult for the breakaway to establish itself and stay up the road due to difficult headwind conditions. The peloton decided to pull them back to the bunch and neutralize the race.

For the best part of Torquay to Barwon Heads there was minimal cross winds and opportunities to break up the bunch, with the peloton remaining together for the majority of the race.

Ally Anderson (ARA | Skip Capital) and Stine Dale (Team Coop-Respol) tried their luck and animated the race when they took a gamble and headed into the strong wind conditions, despite not being particularly suitable for the break. When the peloton reached the Geelong finish circuit for the first time, Team Visma-Lease a Bike, AG Insurance – Soudal Quick-Step and LIV AlUla Jayco began to work very hard, sending riders up to the front of the bunch to control the pace.

At this point, FDJ-Suez and UAE Team ADQ were hanging at the front, however, were more subdued and playing the field.

Attacking on the first climb, Audrey Cordon Ragot (Human Powered Health) forced the race to spring into action. Quickly developing a time gap, the peloton quickly chased and climbed to keep the pressure high and the race alive. The pure climbers put their abilities on full display when they attacked Challambra for the second time, Uttrup-Ludwig was the first to attack, with Wlodarczyk quickly following her wheel, splitting the front group and establishing the break.

AG Insurance – Soudal Quick-Step worked hard to protect and set-up Sarah Gigante, however despite her best efforts to jump across to the lead breakaway – it was too little too late.

Reijnhout went flying down and showed her top form as she sailed to the finish line.

Complete Results:

• Race winner: Rosita Reijnhout (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Queen of the Mountain: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez)
• Sprint classification winner: Nienke Veenhoven (Visma | Lease a Bike)

140.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.177 km/hr

1	Rosita Reijnhout	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3hr 53min 31sec
2	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
3	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
4	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	@ 5sec
5	Grace Brown	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
6	Francesca Barale	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
7	Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Sarah Roy	Australian National Team	s.t.
9	Kim Le Court	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
10	Alice Towers	CANYON//SRAM Racing	s.t.
11	Sarah Gigante	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
12	Ella Wyllie	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
13	Marion Bunel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:07
14	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	0:13
15	Neve Bradbury	CANYON//SRAM Racing	0:36
16	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	0:39
17	Amber Pate	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
18	Ilaria Sanguineti	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Nina Buijsman	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
20	Yanina Kuskova	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
21	Evita Muzic	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
22	Nienke Vinke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
23	Brodie Chapman	Lidl-Trek	0:42
24	Lieke Nooijen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:04
25	Kaja Rysz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
26	Alexandra Manly	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
27	Kate Richardson	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
28	Tiffany Cromwell	CANYON//SRAM Racing	s.t.
29	Ella Simpson	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
30	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
31	Alicia Gonzalez	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
32	Olga Zabelinskaya	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
33	Dilyxine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
34	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
35	Matilda Raynolds	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
36	Emily Watts	Australian National Team	s.t.
37	Maud Oudeman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:07
38	Sophie Edwards	ARA | Skip Capital	1:15
39	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
40	Talia Appleton	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
41	Stina Kagevi	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
42	Heidi Franz	Lifeplus Wahoo	1:20
43	Haylee Fuller	Team Bridgelane	1:37
44	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
45	Madina Kakhorova	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
46	Elynor Backstedt	Lidl-Trek	2:29
47	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
48	Franziska Koch	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:37
49	Katelyn Nicholson	Team Bridgelane	3:41
50	Abi Smith	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:49
51	Mari Hole Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	3:52
52	Sophie Marr	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
53	Elyne Roussel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:15
54	Krista Doebel-Hickok	Human Powered Health	s.t.
55	Georgie Howe	Liv AlUla Jayco	4:29
56	Camilla Ranes Bye	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
57	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	4:30
58	Alex Morrice	CANYON//SRAM Racing	s.t.
59	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	4:32
60	Margarita Misyurina	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
61	Karin Söderqvist	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
62	Lily Williams	Human Powered Health	s.t.
63	Ally Wollaston	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
64	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
65	Mijntje Geurts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
66	Kristyna Burlova	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
67	Keira Will	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
68	Mikayla Harvey	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
69	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
70	Georgia Baker	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
71	Henrietta Christie	Human Powered Health	s.t.
72	Audrey Cordon-Ragot	Human Powered Health	s.t.
73	Nienke Veenhoven	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
74	Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
75	Linda Riedmann	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:55
76	Sofiya Karimova	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
77	Nafosat Kozieva	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
78	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
79	Alli Anderson	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
80	Lucie Fityus	ARA | Skip Capital	s.t.
81	Gladys Verhulst-Wild	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
82	Coralie Demay	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
83	Safia Al Sayegh	UAE Team ADQ	6:47
84	Anastasia Carbonari	UAE Team ADQ	8:02
85	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	8:37
DNF	Mia Hayden	Australian National Team
DNF	Stephanie Hibburt	Australian National Team
DNF	Darcie Richards	Australian National Team
DNF	Josie Talbot	Australian National Team
DNF	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek
DNF	Maeve Plouffe	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
DNS	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek

 

Women's race course map:

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Women's start list with back numbers, January 27, 2007

	AG INSURANCE - SOUDAL TEAM
1	Sarah Gigante
2	Kimberley Le Court De Billot
3	Anya Louw
4	Gaia Masetti
5	Julie Van De Velde
6	Ally Wollaston
	CANYON SRAM RACING
11	Neve Bradbury
12	Tiffany Cromwell
14	Alex Morrice
16	Alice Towers
	FDJ SUEZ
21	Grace Brown
22	Nina Buijsman
23	Coralie Demay
24	Cecilie Ludwig
25	Evita Muzic
26	Gladys Verhulst Wild
	HUMAN POWERED HEATLTH
31	Audrey Cordon-Ragot
32	Henrietta Christie
33	Krista Doebel-Hickok
34	Ruth Edwards
35	Katia Ragusa
36	Lily Williams
	LIDL - TREK
41	Elynor Bäckstedt
42	Brodie Chapman
43	Lauretta Hanson
44	Ilaria Sanguine
45	Amanda Spratt
	LIV ALULA JAYCO
51	Alexandra Manly
52	Amber Pate
53	Ella Wyllie
54	Georgia Baker
55	Georgina Howe
56	Ruby Roseman-Gannon
	TEAM DSM - FIRMENICH POST NL
61	Francesca Barale
62	Eleonora Ciabocco
63	Franziska Koch
64	Maeve Plouffe
65	Abi Smith
66	Nienke Vinke
	TEAM VISMA LEASE A BIKE WOMEN
71	Linda Riedmann
72	Maud Oudeman
73	Lieke Nooijen
74	Rosita Reijnhout
75	Mijntje Geurts
76	Nienke Veenhoven
	UAE TEAM ADQ
81	Sofia Bertizzolo
82	Eugenia Bujak
83	Mikayla Harvey
84	Safiya Alsayegh
85	Anastasia Carbonari
86	Dominika Wlodarczyk
	LIFEPLUS WAHOO
91	Kate Richardson
92	Kaja Rysz
93	Karin Soderqvist
94	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco
95	Heidi Franz
96	Kristýna Burlová
	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93
101	Alison Avoine
102	Marion Bunel
103	Roxane Fournier
104	Victorie Guilman
105	Dilyxine Miermont
106	Elyne Roussel
	TEAM COOP-REPSOL
111	Camilla Bye
112	Stine Dale
113	India Grangier
114	Stina Kagevi
115	Mari Mohr
	TASHKENT CITY WOMEN PROFESSIONAL CYCLING
121	Olga Zabelinskaya
122	Margarita Misyurina
123	Nafosat Kozieva
124	Sofiya Karimova
125	Madina Kakhkhorova
126	Yanina Kuskova
	ARA : SKIP CAPITAL
131	Alli Anderson
132	Ella Simpson
133	Sophie Edwards
134	Keira Will
135	Sophie Marr
136	Lucie Fityus
	TEAM BRIDGELANE
141	Haylee Fuller
142	Katelyn Nicholson
143	Matilda Raynolds
144	Talia Appleton
145	Gina Ricardo
146	Lillee Pollock
	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
151	Sarah Roy
152	Josie Talbot
153	Emily Watts
154	Darcie Richards
155	Mia Hayden
156	Stephanie Hibburt