2020 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia
22nd edition: January 21 - January 26, 2020
Also: Schwalbe Classic: Sunday, January 19
Tour Down Under Podium History | 2019 edition | 2021 edition
Tour Down Under: Schwalbe Classic | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6
Team presentation photos | Start list
Sunday, January 26: 6th & Final Stage, McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill, 151.5 km
Stage 6 photos | Stage 6 map & profile
Stage winner Matthew Holmes heads for the line with final Tour Down Under winner Richie Porte just behind him. Sirotti photo
Weather at Willunga at 11:30 AM, local time: 23C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the organizer's final race report:
Trek-Segafredo came to South Australia with purpose: the team wanted to win the Santos Tour Down Under title. Richie Porte duly delivered on promise – winning Subaru Stage 3, taking the Santos Ochre Leader’s Jersey… and then losing it again before The Final Showdown. For the first time in seven years, he was beaten to the top of Old Willunga Hill but his second place was more than enough to claim the crown he last won in 2017.
Richie Porte achieved another overall victory in the Santos Tour Down, earning his first stage race title with the Trek-Segafredo team that he joined at the start of last year.
As we’ve come to expect in the McLaren Vale wine region of South Australia, there was a huge cheer as he burst out ahead of the peloton with just over a kilometre to go and performed his trademark surge on an incline that has become part of Australian cycling folklore.
His attack is expected by all and, when it comes, it’s an impressive reminder of the climbing strength he possesses.
On this hill in January, there is nobody capable of matching his acceleration. He carries the weight of expectation but sheds that burden almost as quickly as he drops his rivals when he goes up this stretch of road in such a convincing manner that he’s almost earned naming rights for the incline. ‘Richie Porte Hill’ would be an appropriate title for he has won here so often and so convincingly that it seemed implausible that anyone else would ever throw a victory salute here when Porte is in the peloton.
This year he could afford to gamble a little for all he really had to do was finish more than two seconds ahead of the race leader after five stages, Daryl Impey of Mitchelton-SCOTT.
The South African champion is more a sprinter than a climber but he has been able to limit his losses to Porte in recent years.
When Impey first won the TDU in 2018, he was second to Porte on Old Willunga, surrendering eight seconds to the stage winner. The two finished first and second overall; Impey the winner, Porte the runner-up… but both with the same cumulative time. It was only a count-back on stage placings that earned Impey the victory.
Last year, the stage featuring ‘Richie Porte Hill’ was moved from being the penultimate stage (before a largely ‘ceremonial’ final day on the streets of Adelaide) to the final stage. Again, Richie danced away from his rivals. Again, Daryl refused to concede to the climber. And, for the first time in history, a rider won two successive titles. Could Impey earn three? It seemed possible… but unlikely. Even Mitchelton-SCOTT’s manager, Matt White admitted that beating Porte in 2020 was going “to be difficult”, and ‘Whitey’ prides himself on ‘his’ team winning this race.
There was small chance that Joey Rosskopf, the Subaru King of the Mountain in 2020, would pull off the ultimate coup. Had it been said that the American from CCC Team would rise up from 32nd on GC to first before the stage, there would have been laughter and derision. What? Finish 58 seconds ahead of Porte? On Old Willunga?! ‘No chance’, would have come the chorus.
But Rosskopf likes to attack. He is capable of climbing. And these two elements combined well in Be Safe Be Seen Stage 6 when he set off as part of a 26-strong group that worked up an advantage of five minutes while the bunch sped down past Port Willunga beach for the traditional early circuits of a stage that has always been a feature of the TDU.
After the first of two ascents of Old Willunga, Rosskopf and the breakaway enjoyed a lead of over two minutes. On the approach to the final climb of the 22nd Santos Tour Down Under, CCC still had the virtual leader. Could it be? For a few minutes it seemed possible but then came the charge of the GC specialists.
Within a few kilometres, Rosskopf’s dream scenario faded… quickly. Even before he started to climb, the American’s virtual lead was gone. Mitchelton-SCOTT sent troops to the front of the chase with 10 kilometres to go. The advantage of Rosskopf and crew then diminished rapidly: 2’05” with 9 kilometres remaining… then it collapsed: 8 kilometres to go 1’45”; 7 kilometres to go 1’30”; 6 kilometres to go 1’10”; 5 kilometres to go 40”. Sorry Joey, not today.
The Tasmanian has been repeating his stage winning routine year after year, with team after team – Sky in 2014 and 2015, BMC Racing in 2016, 2017 and 2018, then with Trek-Segafredo in 2019… but then came a little surprise this January.
Matthew Holmes interrupted proceedings a little today. In his first WorldTour race with the Lotto Soudal team, the 26-year-old from Wigan in Britain, won the stage.
Holmes had been in the move with Rosskopf since the start of the day. His new team had issued its instructions and he seized the opportunity to show what he could do when told to race for himself.
“We also had both Matthew Holmes and Jonathan Dibben in the breakaway,” explained Herman Frison, the DS from Lotto Soudal. “We told Dibben, ‘You can go full, but Matthew just take your bottles and wait a little bit and see about the final…’
“In the final, the bunch was always looking at each other,” continued Frison. “In the last lap [their lead] was 2:30, I said, ‘Yes, one from the break can go for the victory.’
“Then in the final the chase was closing in fast but he took the wheel (of Richie) and he took the victory.”
What a surprise: for the crowd, the commentators, the team, and even the rider.
To win a WorldTour race for the first time is impressive. To drag race a rider like Richie Porte to the line and win? That the kind of result that gets a lot of attention. And the significance of the victory wasn’t lost on Holmes.
“I tried to not sprint every time that they [accelerated],” said the 26-year-old. “Everyone’s got power meters and you know everyone is on the limit so I just rode hard and sensible and then just had to go with Richie when he came past.
“He was obviously going a hell of a lot quicker than me up there, so he had no sprint left.”
This explains the fact that Porte finally got beaten on ‘his’ hill. But the win still created a ripple in the crowd.
When Holmes crossed the line, there were more than a few sideways glances from those watching on. There were raised eyebrows, confused expressions, and whispers uttered with such regularity amongst the crowd that the same private question that was being asked among friends almost became audible over the incessant replaying of the race’s theme song.
‘Who is that?’ Many asked. And eventually they found out. ‘Matthew Holmes.’
Word quickly spread. Matthew Holmes, eh? He can climb! Indeed, he can. We’ll talk more about him in the years to come, but first let’s recognise how Richie’s second place atop Old Willunga confirmed his status as the race champion in 2020. And we should also review the significant shake up of the top order of the general classification that came because of the few kilometres up the Old Willunga Hill.
Richie Porte enjoys his victory.
It’s easy to say that Richie Porte’s second title is a result everyone expected today. Given that he began the final stage of the 2020 race ranked second overall, only two seconds behind the winner of the previous two editions, Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-SCOTT) the expectation was that he’d do that again, take the 10-second bonus for the stage win… and stroll away with the ochre jersey.
It didn’t exactly go that way even if he rolled back down the hill with the Overall Santos Ochre Leader’s Jersey, a broad smile and, surely, a strong sense of relief.
Porte did attack near his favourite spot. Everyone knew he would, including Mitchelton-SCOTT’s Grand Tour winner, the impressive (yet injured) Simon Yates who quickly responded to the Trek-Segafredo leader’s acceleration. That happened at 1,050 metres to go… give or take a metre.
It becomes easy to note the distance from the finish of Porte’s regular attack– this time it came when he looked up and saw the blue structure indicating one kilometre to go.
While the attack didn’t yield a stage win this time, it did get the reward that Trek-Segafredo had been working towards all week.
We’ll let the champion conclude this story with his observations of the finale of the last stage, the one won on his hill with an effort he’ll not forget in a while.
“There’s always little points where I hear the crowd,” said Porte once he’d arrived back at the race headquarters, the Hilton Adelaide, and answered questions from the media. “But unfortunately, I can’t really take it in.”
“That last 800 metres today bloody hurt. It was probably the most painful 800 metres of my life.
“You’ve got someone like Simon Yates sitting on your wheel [and] it’s not a given you’re going to drop him. So, I think that the crowds there today were just awesome, and it is electrifying to get to the top.
“Obviously, you don’t get to take it in too much because you’re in a different world of hurt. But the crowds there are just second to anything really… it’s like a Tour de France stage to be honest.”
There are recurring themes for Old Willunga, and Richie Porte’s attack is the most common. But, he was asked, does he realise exactly what effect he has on this fantastic ‘stadium’ for cycling when he weaves his magic. It is, after all, like a tunnel of noise that he’s passing through.
He may not realise it because he’s in there amongst the cheering. From the top, however, it’s possible to track his progress as the roar of the crowds announces his pending arrival at the top.
“I’ve heard that from people,” said Porte. “It’s maybe a little bit like when Cadel (Evans) attacked in the Geelong worlds (in 2010). You could hear all the Aussie fans cheering.
“I think the Willunga stage is a great day for Australian cycling.”
It must be. The crowds continue to return. The race fulfils its remit by luring people to South Australia to watch a bike race. And the riders respond by putting on a show.
Complete Results:
151.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.363 km/hr
| 1 | HOLMES Matthew | Lotto-Soudal | 3hr 24min 54sec |
| 2 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | @ 3sec |
| 3 | BOARO Manuele | Astana | 0:04 |
| 4 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama-FDJ | 0:07 |
| 5 | STORER Michael | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 6 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 7 | GESCHKE Simon | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 8 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 9 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 10 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:23 |
| 11 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:26 |
| 12 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 13 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 14 | FRAILE Omar | Astana | s.t. |
| 15 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 16 | MARCATO Marco | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:29 |
| 17 | HAAS Nathan | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 18 | LAENGEN Vegard | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 19 | DEVENYNS Dries | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 20 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 21 | BYSTROM Sven | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 22 | POWLESS Neilson | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 23 | SIVAKOV Pavel | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 24 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 25 | CATTANEO Mattia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 26 | RUTSCH Jonas | EF Pro Cycling | 0:35 |
| 27 | HINDLEY Jai | Team Sunweb | 0:36 |
| 28 | ROSSKOPF Joey | CCC Team | 0:38 |
| 29 | DE BOD Stefan | NTT Pro Cycling | 0:43 |
| 30 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain-McLaren | 0:44 |
| 31 | PICCOLI James | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 32 | BARDET Romain | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:48 |
| 33 | FELLINE Fabio | Astana | s.t. |
| 34 | SAMITIER Sergio | Movistar | 0:52 |
| 35 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 36 | STORK Florian | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 37 | FRANKINY Kilian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 38 | GIBBONS Ryan | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:00 |
| 39 | BATTISTELLA Samuele | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:04 |
| 40 | ALMEIDA Joao | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 41 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:10 |
| 42 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 43 | MAS Lluís | Movistar | s.t. |
| 44 | DOCKER Mitchell | EF Pro Cycling | 1:26 |
| 45 | WYSS Danilo | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:29 |
| 46 | DOMONT Axel | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:33 |
| 47 | POWER Robert | Team Sunweb | 1:38 |
| 48 | TOLHOEK Antwan | Jumbo-Visma | 1:42 |
| 49 | HARPER Chris | Jumbo-Visma | 1:46 |
| 50 | GOLDSTEIN Omer | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 51 | PIBERNIK Luka | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 52 | ELISSONDE Kenny | Trek-Segafredo | 1:52 |
| 53 | SCHELLING Ide | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:56 |
| 54 | PRADES Eduard | Movistar | s.t. |
| 55 | JENNER Samuel | UniSA-Australia | 1:59 |
| 56 | MORTON Lachlan | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 57 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 58 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | 2:15 |
| 59 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 60 | BOIVIN Guillaume | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 61 | ZABEL Rick | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 62 | ROELANDTS Jürgen | Movistar | s.t. |
| 63 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 64 | GREIPEL André | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 65 | MCCARTHY Jay | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 66 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar | s.t. |
| 67 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 68 | ROWE Luke | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 69 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | s.t. |
| 70 | LOPEZ Juan | Trek-Segafredo | 2:20 |
| 71 | BENEDETTI Cesare | Bora-hansgrohe | 3:18 |
| 72 | VANBILSEN Kenneth | Cofidis | 3:38 |
| 73 | DOULL Owain | Team INEOS | 3:46 |
| 74 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 75 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 76 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Movistar | s.t. |
| 77 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | s.t. |
| 78 | SANCHEZ Luis | Astana | s.t. |
| 79 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 80 | SCOTSON Miles | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 81 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | 3:57 |
| 82 | HOLLMANN Juri | Movistar | 4:27 |
| 83 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | EF Pro Cycling | 4:33 |
| 84 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | 5:53 |
| 85 | DOWSETT Alex | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 86 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 87 | BJERG Mikkel | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 88 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6:01 |
| 89 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | EF Pro Cycling | 6:25 |
| 90 | KANTER Max | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 91 | CONSONNI Simone | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 92 | DIBBEN Jonathan | Lotto-Soudal | 6:42 |
| 93 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | 7:29 |
| 94 | HEPBURN Michael | Mitchelton-Scott | 7:46 |
| 95 | LE TURNIER Mathias | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 96 | SCULLY Tom | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 97 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 98 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 7:52 |
| 99 | LAAS Martin | Bora-hansgrohe | 7:54 |
| 100 | LINDEMAN Bert-Jan | Jumbo-Visma | 8:03 |
| 101 | ROOSEN Timo | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 102 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | 8:09 |
| 103 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 8:53 |
| 104 | SCOTT Cameron | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 105 | WELSFORD Sam | UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 106 | RIES Michel | Trek-Segafredo | 9:32 |
| 107 | REIJNEN Kiel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 108 | DE GENDT Thomas | Lotto-Soudal | 10:03 |
| 109 | VAN DER HOORN Taco | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 110 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn | Team Sunweb | 10:12 |
| 111 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | 10:44 |
| 112 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 113 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | 11:04 |
| 114 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 115 | VENTOSO Francisco | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 116 | MATHIS Marco | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 117 | WHITE Nicholas | UniSA-Australia | 11:06 |
| 118 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 12:04 |
| 119 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 120 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 121 | DELAGE Mickaël | Groupama-FDJ | 12:42 |
| 122 | SARREAU Marc | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 123 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 124 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 125 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 126 | STANNARD Ian | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 127 | SABATINI Fabio | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 128 | DAINESE Alberto | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 129 | VIVIANI Elia | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 130 | PEDERSEN Mads | Trek-Segafredo | 17:10 |
| 131 | DE KORT Koen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 132 | LAWLESS Chris | Team INEOS | s.t. |
Final GC after stage 6:
- Final GC leader: Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo)
- Mountains classification winner: Joseph Rosskopf (CCC Team)
- Points classification winner: Jasper Philipsen (UAE-Team Emirates)
- Best young rider: Pavel Sivakov (Team INEOS)
- Team classification winner: Team Ineos
870.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.204 km/hr
| 1 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | 20hr 37min 8sec |
| 2 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 25sec |
| 3 | GESCHKE Simon | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 4 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 5 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 6 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:30 |
| 7 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:37 |
| 8 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | 0:46 |
| 9 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:52 |
| 10 | PERNSTEINER Hermann | Bahrain-McLaren | 0:54 |
| 11 | BYSTROM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:57 |
| 12 | DEVENYNS Dries | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 13 | CATTANEO Mattia | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 14 | HAAS Nathan | Cofidis | 1:00 |
| 15 | POWLESS Neilson | EF Pro Cycling | 1:05 |
| 16 | SIVAKOV Pavel | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 17 | FRAILE Omar | Astana | 1:06 |
| 18 | HINDLEY Jai | Team Sunweb | 1:12 |
| 19 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain-McLaren | 1:20 |
| 20 | FRANKINY Kilian | Groupama-FDJ | 1:28 |
| 21 | FELLINE Fabio | Astana | 1:35 |
| 22 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | UniSA-Australia | 1:36 |
| 23 | ROSSKOPF Joey | CCC Team | 1:37 |
| 24 | STORK Florian | Team Sunweb | 1:39 |
| 25 | PICCOLI James | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:43 |
| 26 | GIBBONS Ryan | NTT Pro Cycling | 1:47 |
| 27 | POWER Robert | Team Sunweb | 1:48 |
| 28 | MAS Lluís | Movistar | 1:57 |
| 29 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | Bahrain-McLaren | s.t. |
| 30 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 31 | MARCATO Marco | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:07 |
| 32 | HARPER Chris | Jumbo-Visma | 2:22 |
| 33 | HOLMES Matthew | Lotto-Soudal | 2:39 |
| 34 | WYSS Danilo | NTT Pro Cycling | 2:40 |
| 35 | LAENGEN Vegard | UAE-Team Emirates | 3:00 |
| 36 | VENDRAME Andrea | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:02 |
| 37 | GREIPEL André | Israel Start-Up Nation | 3:35 |
| 38 | BARDET Romain | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:39 |
| 39 | STORER Michael | Team Sunweb | 4:07 |
| 40 | ELISSONDE Kenny | Trek-Segafredo | 4:11 |
| 41 | PIBERNIK Luka | Bahrain-McLaren | 4:18 |
| 42 | SANCHEZ Luis | Astana | 4:26 |
| 43 | PRADES Eduard | Movistar | s.t. |
| 44 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | 4:27 |
| 45 | BOARO Manuele | Astana | 4:42 |
| 46 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Groupama-FDJ | 4:58 |
| 47 | ZABEL Rick | Israel Start-Up Nation | 5:19 |
| 48 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz | CCC Team | 5:20 |
| 49 | ARCAS Jorge | Movistar | 5:24 |
| 50 | ROELANDTS Jürgen | Movistar | 5:51 |
| 51 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 5:58 |
| 52 | DE BOD Stefan | NTT Pro Cycling | 6:09 |
| 53 | TOLHOEK Antwan | Jumbo-Visma | 6:54 |
| 54 | LOPEZ Juan | Trek-Segafredo | 6:56 |
| 55 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | EF Pro Cycling | 7:16 |
| 56 | BATTISTELLA Samuele | NTT Pro Cycling | 7:26 |
| 57 | SCOTSON Miles | Groupama-FDJ | 8:29 |
| 58 | HOLLMANN Juri | Movistar | 9:23 |
| 59 | SAMITIER Sergio | Movistar | 9:56 |
| 60 | BENEDETTI Cesare | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:26 |
| 61 | CERNY Josef | CCC Team | 10:39 |
| 62 | ALMEIDA Joao | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 10:46 |
| 63 | SUNDERLAND Dylan | NTT Pro Cycling | 10:53 |
| 64 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 11:05 |
| 65 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | EF Pro Cycling | 11:11 |
| 66 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | 11:30 |
| 67 | DOMONT Axel | Ag2r La Mondiale | 11:49 |
| 68 | RUTSCH Jonas | EF Pro Cycling | 12:35 |
| 69 | ROOSEN Timo | Jumbo-Visma | 12:37 |
| 70 | CONSONNI Simone | Cofidis | 13:21 |
| 71 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | 13:39 |
| 72 | GOLDSTEIN Omer | Israel Start-Up Nation | 13:40 |
| 73 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 14:12 |
| 74 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Movistar | 14:36 |
| 75 | KANTER Max | Team Sunweb | 15:01 |
| 76 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | 15:49 |
| 77 | MCCARTHY Jay | Bora-hansgrohe | 16:06 |
| 78 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 79 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-McLaren | 16:32 |
| 80 | DOULL Owain | Team INEOS | 16:48 |
| 81 | BJERG Mikkel | UAE-Team Emirates | 16:53 |
| 82 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 83 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Mitchelton-Scott | 17:03 |
| 84 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | 17:08 |
| 85 | FOMINYKH Daniil | Astana | 18:03 |
| 86 | LE TURNIER Mathias | Cofidis | 18:48 |
| 87 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto-Soudal | 18:52 |
| 88 | VENTOSO Francisco | CCC Team | 19:00 |
| 89 | VANBILSEN Kenneth | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 90 | TILLER Rasmus | NTT Pro Cycling | 19:04 |
| 91 | ARCHBOLD Shane | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 19:14 |
| 92 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | 19:25 |
| 93 | DOWSETT Alex | Israel Start-Up Nation | 19:43 |
| 94 | JENNER Samuel | UniSA-Australia | 20:04 |
| 95 | BOIVIN Guillaume | Israel Start-Up Nation | 20:33 |
| 96 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | Astana | 21:17 |
| 97 | SARREAU Marc | Groupama-FDJ | 21:23 |
| 98 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume | CCC Team | 21:31 |
| 99 | SCHELLING Ide | Bora-hansgrohe | 22:39 |
| 100 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | 22:57 |
| 101 | VIVIANI Elia | Cofidis | 23:02 |
| 102 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey | Ag2r La Mondiale | 23:06 |
| 103 | MORTON Lachlan | EF Pro Cycling | 23:19 |
| 104 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-McLaren | 23:20 |
| 105 | DIBBEN Jonathan | Lotto-Soudal | 23:34 |
| 106 | ROWE Luke | Team INEOS | 23:48 |
| 107 | HEPBURN Michael | Mitchelton-Scott | 24:15 |
| 108 | SCULLY Tom | EF Pro Cycling | 26:11 |
| 109 | RIES Michel | Trek-Segafredo | 26:40 |
| 110 | LAAS Martin | Bora-hansgrohe | 26:44 |
| 111 | LINDEMAN Bert-Jan | Jumbo-Visma | 27:44 |
| 112 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | Bora-hansgrohe | 28:19 |
| 113 | DE GENDT Thomas | Lotto-Soudal | 28:40 |
| 114 | DAINESE Alberto | Team Sunweb | 29:36 |
| 115 | SCOTT Cameron | UniSA-Australia | 29:39 |
| 116 | WELSFORD Sam | UniSA-Australia | 30:00 |
| 117 | STANNARD Ian | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 118 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | 30:46 |
| 119 | VAN DER HOORN Taco | Jumbo-Visma | 31:17 |
| 120 | LAWLESS Chris | Team INEOS | 31:59 |
| 121 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | Groupama-FDJ | 32:48 |
| 122 | DOCKER Mitchell | EF Pro Cycling | 32:50 |
| 123 | KEISSE Iljo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 34:05 |
| 124 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 34:39 |
| 125 | WHITE Nicholas | UniSA-Australia | 34:55 |
| 126 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn | Team Sunweb | 35:49 |
| 127 | REIJNEN Kiel | Trek-Segafredo | 36:54 |
| 128 | SABATINI Fabio | Cofidis | 37:04 |
| 129 | DE KORT Koen | Trek-Segafredo | 39:07 |
| 130 | MATHIS Marco | Cofidis | 39:09 |
| 131 | DELAGE Mickaël | Groupama-FDJ | 46:11 |
| 132 | PEDERSEN Mads | Trek-Segafredo | 49:21 |
Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
A long, strung-out peloton
Lots of different terrain in this stage.
World road champion Mads Pedersen
Joey Rosskopf & Bruno Armirail on Willunga Hill
Pavel Sivakov won the Best Young Rider classification.
Daryl Impey works to limit his losses on Willunga Hill.
Matthew Holmes leads Richie Porte to the finish.
Matthew Holmes wins stage six.
Rohan Dennis crosses the line.
Richie Porte just after the stage.
Daryl Impey just after the stage finish. He knows he did not win the Tour Down Under this year.
Nathan Haas after the stage. It was clearly a very hard day at the office.
Stage winner Matthew Holmes
INEOS won the Team Classification
2020 Tour Down Under winner Richie Porte
Saturday, January 25: Stage 5, Glenelg - Victor Harbor, 149.1 km
Stage 5 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile
Giacomo Nizzolo wins stage five.
Results:
| 1 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | 3hr 32min 45sec |
| 2 | CONSONNI Simone | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 3 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 4 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 5 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 6 | GREIPEL André | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 7 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | EF Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 8 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 9 | FELLINE Fabio | Astana | s.t. |
| 10 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
GC after stage 5:
| 1 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | 17hr 12min 15sec |
| 2 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | @ 2sec |
| 3 | POWER Robert | Team Sunweb | 0:09 |
| 4 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:13 |
| 5 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | 0:16 |
| 6 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:17 |
| 7 | GESCHKE Simon | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 8 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 9 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 10 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:25 |
Friday, January 24: Stage 4, Norwood - Murray Bridge, 152.8 km
Stage 4 complete results, stage story, photos, map and profile
Caleb Ewan wins again. Sirotti photo
Complete Results:
| 1 | EWAN Caleb | Lotto-Soudal | 3hr 29min 8sec |
| 2 | BENNETT Sam | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 3 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 4 | GREIPEL André | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 5 | DAINESE Alberto | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 6 | LAAS Martin | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 7 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | NTT Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 8 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | SARREAU Marc | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 10 | MORKOV Michael | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
GC after stage 4:
| 1 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | 13hr 39min 32sec |
| 2 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | @ 3sec |
| 3 | POWER Robert | Team Sunweb | 0:08 |
| 4 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:11 |
| 5 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | 0:14 |
| 6 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:15 |
| 7 | GESCHKE Simon | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 8 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 9 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 10 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:23 |
Thursday, January 23: Stage 3, Unley - Paracombe, 131 km
Stage 3 complete results, stage story, photos, map and profile
The stage and the GC lead are Richie Porte's. Sirotti photo
Results:
| 1 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | 3hr 14min 9sec |
| 2 | POWER Robert | Team Sunweb | @ 5sec |
| 3 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 4 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 5 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 6 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 7 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 8 | GESCHKE Simon | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 9 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 10 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:13 |
GC after stage 3
| 1 | PORTE Richie | Trek-Segafredo | 10hr 10min 24sec |
| 2 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott | @ 6sec |
| 3 | POWER Robert | Team Sunweb | 0:09 |
| 4 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:11 |
| 5 | BENNETT George | Jumbo-Visma | 0:14 |
| 6 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:15 |
| 7 | GESCHKE Simon | CCC Team | s.t. |
| 8 | DENNIS Rohan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 9 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | Team INEOS | s.t. |
| 10 | HAMILTON Lucas | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:23 |
Wednesday, January 22: Stage 2, Woodside - Stirling, 135.8 km
Stage 2 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile
Caleb Ewan is the day's fastest man. Sirotti photo
Results:
| 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. |
GC after stage 2:
| 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 |
Tuesday, January 21: Stage 1, Tanunda-Tanunda, 150 km
Stage 1 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile
Sam Bennett (on the right) takes a close one to win the stage. Sirotti photo
Results:
| 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. |
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 |
Sunday, January 19: Schwalbe Classic: Adelaide, Australia, 30 laps x 1.7 km circuit = 51.0 km
2020 Schwalbe Classic complete results, stage story, photos & map
Caleb Ewan is the day's fastest rider. Sirotti photo
Results:
| 1 | EWAN, Caleb (Lotto Soudal) | 1hr 4min29sec |
| 2 | VIVIANI, Elia (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 3 | CONSONNI, Simone (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 4 | PHILIPSEN, Jasper (UAE Team Emirates) | s.t. |
| 5 | HALVORSEN, Kristoffer (EF Pro Cycling) | s.t. |
| 6 | DAINESE, Alberto (Team Sunweb) | s.t. |
| 7 | MORKOV, Michael (Deceuninck-Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 8 | WELSFORD, Sam (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 9 | LAWLESS, Christopher (Team Ineos) | s.t. |
| 10 | NIZZOLO, Giacomo (NTT Pro Cycling) | s.t. |
Team presentation photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti, January18, 2020:
MC Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwan interviews Caleb Ewan.
Team Movistar
George Bennett
Yukiya Arashiro
World Road Champion Mads Pedersen
André Greipel is riding for Israel Start-Up Nation this year.
Sam Bennett
Team Ag2r La Mondiale
Rohan Dennis
Team Bora-hansgrohe
Elia Viviani
Team EF Education First
Team Sunweb
Start list with back numbers, January 18, 2020:
| Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 1 | IMPEY Daryl |
| 2 | YATES Simon |
| 3 | BAUER Jack |
| 4 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 5 | HAMILTON Lucas |
| 6 | HEPBURN Michael |
| 7 | MEYER Cameron |
| Trek-Segafredo | |
| 11 | PORTE Richie |
| 12 | PEDERSEN Mads |
| 13 | ELISSONDE Kenny |
| 14 | RIES Michel |
| 15 | LOPEZ Juan |
| 16 | REIJNEN Kiel |
| 17 | DE KORT Koen |
| Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 21 | BARDET Romain |
| 22 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey |
| 23 | CHEVRIER Clement |
| 24 | DOMONT Axel |
| 25 | GASTAUER Ben |
| 26 | VENDRAME Andrea |
| 27 | WARBASSE Larry |
| Lotto-Soudal | |
| 31 | EWAN Caleb |
| 32 | DE GENDT Thomas |
| 33 | HANSEN Adam |
| 34 | HOLMES Matthew |
| 35 | KLUGE Roger |
| 36 | DIBBEN Jonathan |
| 37 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| Cofidis | |
| 41 | VIVIANI Elia |
| 42 | CONSONNI Simone |
| 43 | HAAS Nathan |
| 44 | LE TURNIER Mathias |
| 45 | MATHIS Marco |
| 46 | SABATINI Fabio |
| 47 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| Deceuninck-Quick Step | |
| 51 | BENNETT Sam |
| 52 | ALMEIDA Joao |
| 53 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
| 54 | CATTANEO Mattia |
| 55 | DEVENYNS Dries |
| 56 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 57 | MORKOV Michael |
| Team INEOS | |
| 61 | DENNIS Rohan |
| 62 | DOULL Owain |
| 63 | LAWLESS Christopher |
| 64 | ROWE Luke |
| 65 | SIVAKOV Pavel |
| 66 | STANNARD Ian |
| 67 | VAN BAARLE Dylan |
| CCC TEAM | |
| 71 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume |
| 72 | CERNY Josef |
| 73 | GESCHKE Simon |
| 74 | ROSSKOPF Joey |
| 75 | SAJNOK Szymon |
| 76 | VENTOSO Francisco |
| 77 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz |
| Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 81 | GREIPEL André |
| 82 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| 83 | DOWSETT Alex |
| 84 | GOLDSTEIN Omer |
| 85 | HERMANS Ben |
| 86 | PICCOLI James |
| 87 | ZABEL Rick |
| UAE-Team Emirates | |
| 91 | PHILIPSEN Jasper |
| 92 | BYSTROM Sven Erik |
| 93 | BJERG Mikkel |
| 94 | LAENGEN Vegard Stake |
| 95 | MARCATO Marco |
| 96 | RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr |
| 97 | ULISSI Diego |
| Bora-hansgrohe | |
| 101 | MCCARTHY Jay |
| 102 | BASKA Erik |
| 103 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
| 104 | LAAS Martin |
| 105 | SAGAN Juraj |
| 106 | SCHELLING Ide |
| 107 | SCHWARZMANN Michael |
| Astana | |
| 111 | SANCHEZ Luis Leon |
| 112 | BOARO Manuele |
| 113 | FOMINYKH Daniil |
| 114 | DE VREESE Laurens |
| 115 | FELLINE Fabio |
| 116 | FRAILE Omar |
| 117 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
| Sunweb | |
| 121 | HINDLEY Jai |
| 122 | POWER Robert |
| 123 | STORER Michael |
| 124 | DAINESE Alberto |
| 125 | KANTER Max |
| 126 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn |
| 127 | STORK Florian |
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 131 | SCOTSON Miles |
| 132 | ARMIRAIL Bruno |
| 133 | FRANKINY Kilian |
| 134 | DELAGE Mickael |
| 135 | LIENHARD Fabian |
| 136 | SARREAU Marc |
| 137 | GUARNIERI Jacopo |
| Movistar | |
| 141 | ROELANDTS Jurgen |
| 142 | CULLAIGH Gabriel |
| 143 | HOLLMANN Juri |
| 144 | ARCAS PEÑA Jorge |
| 145 | MAS BONET Lluis |
| 146 | PRADES Eduard |
| 147 | SAMITIER Sergio |
| NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 151 | NIZZOLO Giacomo |
| 152 | GIBBONS Ryan |
| 153 | BATTISTELLA Samuele |
| 154 | WYSS Danilo |
| 155 | DE BOD Stefan |
| 156 | TILLER Rasmus |
| 157 | SUNDERLAND Dylan |
| Jumbo-Visma | |
| 161 | BENNETT George |
| 162 | HARPER Chris |
| 163 | HOFSTEDE Lennard |
| 164 | ROOSEN Timo |
| 165 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
| 166 | TOLHOEK Antwan |
| 167 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| Bahrain McLaren | |
| 171 | ARASHIRO Yukiya |
| 172 | NOVAK Domen |
| 173 | VALLS FERRI Rafael |
| 174 | HALLER Marco |
| 175 | PERNSTEINER Hermann |
| 176 | PIBERNIK Luka |
| 177 | BUITRAGO Santiago |
| EF Education First | |
| 181 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer |
| 182 | DOCKER Mitchell |
| 183 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 184 | MORTON Lachlan |
| 185 | SCULLY Thomas |
| 186 | POWLESS Neilson |
| 187 | RUTSCH Jonas |
| UniSA-Australia | |
| 191 | WHITE Nicholas |
| 192 | LINDORFF Tyler |
| 193 | JENNER Samuel |
| 194 | DRIZNERS Jarrad |
| 195 | WELSFORD Samuel |
| 196 | O'BRIEN Kelland |
| 197 | SCOTT Cameron |