2020 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

Stage 1, Tuesday, January 21

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Tuesday, January 21: Stage 1, Tanunda-Tanunda, 150 km

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Sam Bennett (on the right) takes a close one to win the stage. Sirotti photo

Weather at the start-finish city of Tanunda at 12:15 PM, local time: 23C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Sam Bennett's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.

Sam Bennett got off to the perfect start to his time with Deceuninck – Quick-Step, taking his first ever victory in the Tour Down Under after a hectic and messy sprint in Tanunda, where the race returned after seven years. Bennett was the first of the sprinters to launch the sprint, with around 250 meters to go, and immediately showed his fast turn of legs, dashing to the line and convincingly holding off the charge of his rivals.

“I’d be lying if I’d say I didn’t feel the pressure to get that first win. I am very happy it came today, on the very first stage of the season’s first race, and I can’t thank my incredible teammates enough, because the result is down to their amazing effort”, an over the moon Sam said after the finish.

The closing kilometers of the stage delivered another Deceuninck – Quick-Step masterpiece, our team taking the front of the peloton early and bringing Sam into position on the left side of the road. They then gradually eased off the pace before ramping up the speed again, with the flamme rouge in sight. As soon as Iljo Keisse finished stretching the field out, Shane Archbold took over and opened the way for Michael Mørkøv, whose impeccable lead-out left Sam in a perfect position.

The Irish Champion blasted clear of the pack and put a bike length between him and runner-up Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) on his way to becoming the 91st different rider to score a victory for Deceuninck – Quick-Step. As a result, Bennett made repeated trips to the podium, but he never seemed to tire, collecting the winner’s trophy as well as the ochre and blue jerseys.

“The team is very confident in me and the way they rode was amazing and gave me great confidence. There’s a lot of experience in this squad, and they showed it today, together with that unique Wolfpack spirit, which you can feel it immediately. Everybody did a fantastic job and played a superb role, keeping me in position and making sure I was where I had to be in order to fight for the victory. The week has just started and I hope other good results will soon follow”, said the first Irishman in history to lead the Tour Down Under general classification.

Complete Results:

Stage 1 photos

150 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.083 km/hr

1	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 28min 54sec
2	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	s.t.
5	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
6	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
7	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
8	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
10	DAINESE Alberto	Team Sunweb	s.t.
11	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Movistar	s.t.
12	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	s.t.
13	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
14	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	HARPER Chris	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
16	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
17	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
18	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	BYSTROM Sven	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	VALLS Rafael	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
21	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
23	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
24	SABATINI Fabio	Cofidis	s.t.
25	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
27	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
28	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	DRIZNERS Jarrad	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
30	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
31	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
32	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
33	FELLINE Fabio	Astana	s.t.
34	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
35	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
37	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	HAAS Nathan	Cofidis	s.t.
39	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
40	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
41	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
42	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
43	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
44	CATTANEO Mattia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
45	POWLESS Neilson	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
46	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
47	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
49	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
50	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
53	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
54	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
55	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
57	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
58	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
60	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
61	SUNDERLAND Dylan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
62	DE BOD Stefan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
63	HERMANS Ben	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
64	BATTISTELLA Samuele	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
65	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
66	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
67	LINDORFF Tyler	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
68	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
69	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
70	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
72	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	WYSS Danilo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
75	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
76	DENNIS Rohan	Team INEOS	s.t.
77	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	HOLMES Matthew	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
80	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
81	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
82	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
83	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	JENNER Samuel	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
85	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
87	CONSONNI Simone	Cofidis	s.t.
88	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
90	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
91	BJERG Mikkel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
93	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
94	CERNY Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
95	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
96	LAENGEN Vegard	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
97	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
98	LÓPEZ Juan Pedro	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	HALLER Marco	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
100	ALMEIDA João	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
101	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
103	MATHIS Marco	Cofidis	s.t.
104	MORTON Lachlan	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
106	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
107	SCOTT Cameron	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
108	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
109	O'BRIEN Kelland	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
110	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	0:20
114	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	0:22
115	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	0:26
117	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	0:33
118	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
119	TILLER Rasmus	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	DOWSETT Alex	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:36
121	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	0:45
122	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:57
123	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:59
124	VENTOSO Francisco	CCC Team	1:10
125	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	1:12
126	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	1:14
127	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Pro Cycling	1:18
128	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	1:20
129	DIBBEN Jonathan	Lotto-Soudal	1:22
130	STANNARD Ian	Team INEOS	s.t.
131	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	1:30
132	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
133	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:33
134	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	2:11
136	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	2:15
137	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	2:23
138	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	3:25
139	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck-Quick Step	3hr 28min 44sec
2	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 4sec
3	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	0:06
4	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	0:07
5	DRIZNERS Jarrad	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
6	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	0:08
7	SUNDERLAND Dylan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
8	HAAS Nathan	Cofidis	0:09
9	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	0:10
11	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
12	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
13	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
14	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
16	DAINESE Alberto	Team Sunweb	s.t.
17	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Movistar	s.t.
18	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
19	HARPER Chris	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
20	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
21	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
22	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
23	BYSTROM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	VALLS Rafael	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
25	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
27	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
28	SABATINI Fabio	Cofidis	s.t.
29	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
31	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
32	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
34	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
35	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
36	FELLINE Fabio	Astana	s.t.
37	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
38	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
40	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
42	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
43	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
44	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
45	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
46	CATTANEO Mattia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
47	POWLESS Neilson	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
49	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
51	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
54	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
55	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
56	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
57	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
59	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
60	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
62	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
63	DE BOD Stefan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
64	HERMANS Ben	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	BATTISTELLA Samuele	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
67	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
68	LINDORFF Tyler	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
69	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
70	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
71	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
72	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
73	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	WYSS Danilo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
76	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
77	DENNIS Rohan	Team INEOS	s.t.
78	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	HOLMES Matthew	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
81	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
82	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
83	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
84	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
85	JENNER Samuel	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
86	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	CONSONNI Simone	Cofidis	s.t.
88	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
90	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
91	BJERG Mikkel	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
93	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
94	CERNY Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
95	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
96	LAENGEN Vegard	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
97	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
98	LÓPEZ Juan Pedro	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	HALLER Marco	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
100	ALMEIDA João	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
101	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
103	MATHIS Marco	Cofidis	s.t.
104	MORTON Lachlan	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
106	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
107	SCOTT Cameron	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
108	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
109	O'BRIEN Kelland	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
110	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
111	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
113	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	0:30
114	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	0:32
115	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
116	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	0:36
117	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	0:43
118	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
119	TILLER Rasmus	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	DOWSETT Alex	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:46
121	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	0:55
122	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	1:07
123	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:09
124	VENTOSO Francisco	CCC Team	1:20
125	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	1:22
126	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	1:24
127	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Pro Cycling	1:28
128	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	1:30
129	DIBBEN Jonathan	Lotto-Soudal	1:32
130	STANNARD Ian	Team INEOS	s.t.
131	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	1:40
132	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
133	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	1:43
134	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
135	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	2:21
136	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	2:25
137	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	2:33
138	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	3:35
139	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Looks like a nice day for a bike race.

Looks like vineyards

Sadly, crashes are part of bike racing.

World champion Mads Pedersen loads up.

Roger Kluge

A bike race must be on the way.

The pack grunts up a hill.

Joey Rosskopf leads an escape attempt.

Kenny Elissonde leans into a turn.

Here they come...

And Sam Bennett (on right) takes the stage

Sam Bennett just after the stage

Stage winner Sam Bennett

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile