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2020 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

Stage 2, Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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Wednesday, January 22: Stage 2, Woodside - Stirling, 135.8 km

Caleb Ewan

Caleb Ewan is the day's fastest man. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Stirling at 3:00 PM, local time: 17C (62F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 19 km/hr (12 mph).

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

Novatech Stage 2 of the 22nd Santos Tour Down Under ended with a familiar sight: Caleb Ewan across the line in first place after a finely timed, fast, strong sprint.

Amongst the crowd at the finish was Ewan’s wife, Ryann, and his young daughter who were glowing after the 25-year-old collected his eighth TDU stage win.

Ewan now leads the race for overall honours but even his team know he won’t have a chance to win the title in 2020, even though he is clearly in stomping good sprint form. The aim was stage wins; he has one now, and there’s reason to be satisfied.

There was also a sense of relief for Ewan and his team as he and the others from Lotto Soudal didn’t appear to have been caught in a crash only 1.4 kilometres from the finish that claimed numerous victims including high-profile riders like Simon Yates (with a “nasty knock to his knee”, according to Mitchelton-SCOTT sporting manager, Matt White), as well as Elia Viviani (Cofidis Solutions Credits), Ben Hermans of the Israel Start-Up Nation team. Hermans sustained a collarbone fracture and is out of the race.

There’ll be other wounded riders because of the accident that happened near the centre of a rather narrow road, and in the middle of a tightly packed peloton, and the medical report of Novatech Stage 2 will be read with interest.

“I’m super happy with that win,” said the new race leader, Ewan, who now leads Sam Bennett on GC (although the two stage winners share the same time and only a count-back on stage placings puts the Australian ahead in the rankings).

Last year’s TDU champion, Daryl Impey, was second in the stage and he’s now ranked third on GC, one second behind Ewan and Bennett. The South African champion was well positioned throughout the stage and his bid for a third successive Santos Tour Down Under title is still on track but it has suffered a setback because of the injuries sustained by Yates.

“The boys did an absolutely perfect job today,” said Ewan. “They did everything I asked for and I got delivered to the line in a perfect position.

“When you take a win like that, you really can’t do it on your own. I said to them yesterday, ‘If I’m going to win today’s stage, it’s a tough one so I need all the help I can get…’ And they really helped me all day and kept me in a good position which meant I could avoid the mess. And that helped me in the end because I had good legs for the sprint.”

After the podium he acknowledged the difficulty of the Stirling stage which features 2,357 metres of climbing. “We always know it’s going to be a tough day and it’s one of those days that can go either way,” explained Ewan. “It can be a sprinter like me getting to the finish and winning, or it can be guys like Daryl [Impey].

“Today was quite mixed: it was Daryl second and [Nathan] Haas third. It’s a pretty mixed podium. Those guys are a bit punchier and I’m a sprinter, so it’s one of those exciting kind of stages for cycling because it’s really hard to pick a winner before the start.”

Nathan Haas has a new team and a new approach to his racing. Of course, he would have liked it if he earned his maiden TDU stage win but third place in Stirling is a solid consolation. Still, his thoughts after the race weren’t on his result, rather the condition of his team leader at Cofidis Solutions Credits, Elia Viviani.

With the European champion having his wounds tended to in the van behind Haas, the Australian explained his emotions after a frantic day of racing. “I’m feeling really terrible for Elia right now,” said Haas. “We were here for him today.

“He’s super hungry and this is a disappointment, but I’m sure a guy like him knows how to come back from this.”

Haas then spoke of his own result: “In terms of my third today, the bigger thing for me – as I don’t really care about the position – is that I’m just finally feeling my mojo again after what was easily the hardest year of my career/life last year.”

He summed up the stage with a review of his new approach to racing. “I’ve said this before, but when people believe in you, you start to believe again in yourself.

“I’m hoping I can start to repay the faith that Cofidis Solutions Credits has put him me.

“I was in front of it,” concluded Haas, when asked about the crash. “A big wave just came from the left. I even squeezed me out a lot. I had to slam on my brakes, and I could hear the crash happen.

“I’m told that it wasn’t actually on my wheel, it was a few wheels back. But it was a big, loud bang and I hate to hear that in cycling.”

Complete Results:

Stage 2 photos

135.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.264 km/hr

1	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	3hr 27min 31sec
2	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	HAAS Nathan	Cofidis	s.t.
4	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
5	FELLINE Fabio	Astana	s.t.
6	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	SANCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
9	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
10	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
12	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
13	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
15	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
16	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
18	WYSS Danilo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	POWLESS Neilson	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
21	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
22	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
23	CONSONNI Simone	Cofidis	s.t.
24	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
25	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
27	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
28	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
29	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
30	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
32	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
33	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	CERNY Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
36	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
37	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
38	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	SUNDERLAND Dylan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
42	DE BOD Stefan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
44	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
45	CATTANEO Mattia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
46	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Movistar	s.t.
47	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
48	LOPEZ Juan Pedro	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
50	DENNIS Rohan	Team INEOS	s.t.
51	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
52	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
53	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
54	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
55	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
57	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
58	BYSTROM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
59	DRIZNERS Jarrad	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
60	LINDORFF Tyler	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
61	HOLMES Matthew	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
63	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
64	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 2min 23sec
65	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	@ 0sec
66	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:23
67	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
68	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	@ 0sec
69	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	s.t.
70	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
72	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	3:12
73	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 0sec
74	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
75	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
76	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	s.t.
77	TILLER Rasmus	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
78	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
79	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
80	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
83	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
84	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	4:16
85	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 0sec
86	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	4:29
87	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
88	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
89	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
90	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Pro Cycling	4:32
91	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	@ 0sec
92	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	s.t.
93	DIBBEN Jonathan	Lotto-Soudal	4:42
94	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
95	JENNER Samuel	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
96	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
97	O'BRIEN Kelland	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
98	MORTON Lachlan	EF Pro Cycling	4:50
99	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
100	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	5:01
101	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	5:06
102	DAINESE Alberto	Team Sunweb	s.t.
103	HARPER Chris	Jumbo-Visma	@ 0sec
104	STANNARD Ian	Team INEOS	5:06
105	ALMEIDA Joao	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:21
106	BATTISTELLA Samuele	NTT Pro Cycling	@ 0sec
107	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
108	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	5:25
109	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	5:29
110	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	@ 0sec
111	BJERG Mikkel	UAE-Team Emirates	5:35
112	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 0sec
113	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
114	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	6:08
115	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	6:17
116	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
117	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
119	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
120	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
121	SCOTT Cameron	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
122	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
123	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	6:46
124	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	DOWSETT Alex	Israel Start-Up Nation	7:29
126	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	0:00
127	MATHIS Marco	Cofidis	7:29
128	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
129	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
130	VALLS Rafael	Bahrain-McLaren	@ 0sec
131	HALLER Marco	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
132	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-McLaren	7:34
133	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	10:55
134	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
135	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
136	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	SABATINI Fabio	Cofidis	13:47
138	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
139	HERMANS Ben	Israel Start-Up Nation	@ 0sec

GC after stage 2:

285.800 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.180 km/hr

1	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	6hr 56min 15sec
2	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
3	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 1sec
4	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	0:04
5	HAAS Nathan	Cofidis	0:05
6	DRIZNERS Jarrad	UniSA-Australia	0:07
7	SUNDERLAND Dylan	NTT Pro Cycling	0:08
8	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	s.t.
9	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	0:09
11	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
12	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:10
13	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
14	SANCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
15	FELLINE Fabio	Astana	s.t.
16	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
18	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
19	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
20	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Movistar	s.t.
21	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
22	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
23	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
24	POWLESS Neilson	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
25	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	s.t.
26	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
27	BYSTROM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
28	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
29	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
30	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
31	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
33	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
34	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
35	CATTANEO Mattia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
36	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	WYSS Danilo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
39	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
40	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
41	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
43	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
46	DE BOD Stefan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
48	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
50	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
51	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
52	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
53	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
54	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
55	CONSONNI Simone	Cofidis	s.t.
56	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
57	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	s.t.
60	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
61	HARPER Chris	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
63	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
64	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	DENNIS Rohan	Team INEOS	s.t.
67	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	LINDORFF Tyler	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
69	CERNY Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
70	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
72	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
73	HOLMES Matthew	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
74	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
75	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
76	LOPEZ Juan Pedro	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
78	VALLS Rafael	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
79	BATTISTELLA Samuele	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
80	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
82	HERMANS Ben	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
83	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
84	HALLER Marco	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
85	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	0:32
86	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	0:36
87	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	0:43
88	TILLER Rasmus	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
89	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	1:20
90	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	1:40
91	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:33
92	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
93	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	3:22
94	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:32
95	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	3:35
96	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
97	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	4:26
98	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	4:39
99	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Pro Cycling	4:42
101	JENNER Samuel	UniSA-Australia	4:50
102	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	4:52
103	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
104	O'BRIEN Kelland	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
105	MORTON Lachlan	EF Pro Cycling	5:00
106	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
107	DAINESE Alberto	Team Sunweb	5:16
108	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	5:24
109	ALMEIDA Joao	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:31
110	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	5:38
111	BJERG Mikkel	UAE-Team Emirates	5:45
112	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	6:08
113	DIBBEN Jonathan	Lotto-Soudal	6:14
114	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	6:18
115	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	6:23
116	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	6:27
117	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
119	SCOTT Cameron	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
120	STANNARD Ian	Team INEOS	6:38
121	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	6:44
122	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	6:50
123	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	6:56
124	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	7:09
125	MATHIS Marco	Cofidis	7:39
126	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
127	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	7:41
128	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-McLaren	7:44
129	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	7:59
130	DOWSETT Alex	Israel Start-Up Nation	8:15
131	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	8:29
132	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	8:50
133	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Pro Cycling	8:57
134	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	11:01
135	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:02
136	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:02
137	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	12:25
138	SABATINI Fabio	Cofidis	13:57
139	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	16:12