2016 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (HC), Australia, 2nd Edition
Women's race: January 30
Men's race:
January 31
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Geelong - Geelong, 174 km
Peter Kennaugh wins the race solo. Nice job!
The Race: Here's the day's racing as explaned by the race organizer:
The race got off to a cracking start, with speeds in excess of 60km/h as the peloton left Geelong and made their way to 13th Beach. The frenetic pace made it tough for attacks to stick, but the peloton was finally happy with the composition of the break when Patrick Lane (Avanti Isowhey Sports), Josh Berry (St George Merida Cycling Team), Adrian Hegyvary (Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team) and Alessandro de Marchi (BMC Racing Team) snuck off the front ahead of the first sprint point.
It was the Victorian, Patrick Lane, who took out the first and second intermediate sprints as well as the first King of the Mountain points in his quest to win both jerseys.
The leading quartet were joined by Kristian House (ONE Pro Cycling) and Morgan Smith (Kenyan Riders Downunder), and held a lead that hovered around six minutes before ORICA-GreenEDGE and Trek-Segafredo racing committed to the chase.
With 100km to go there was a crash at the back of the peloton that brought down one of the pre-race favourites, Caleb Ewan (ORICA-GreenEDGE). He was able to continue, but the exertion meant he missed the first split of the peloton.
As the race entered the final 70 kilometres and the roads headed north the attacks started in earnest, quickly causing more splits in the peloton that left a select group of approximately 35 riders to take up the chase on the first of three loops through Geelong.
Patrick Lane took maximum points on the lap one climb, to seal the King of the Mountain jersey.
With 40km to go, Lane and BMC Racing’s de Marchi were the only riders left from the breakaway, and they held a two minute advantage over the chase group of 11 riders that included ORICA-GreenEDGE’s Simon Gerrans as the second lap of the Geelong circuit began.
On the second time up the Geelong climb, de Marchi put in a herculean effort to drop Patrick Lane and drag his own teammate Danilo Wyss up the climb in a BMC Racing Team 1-2 punch that again caused huge splits in the chasing group with 30km left to race.
The move sparked a flurry of attacks and counter attacks over the next ten kilometres, and with one lap to go it was Cameron Meyer (Team Dimension Data), Raphael Valls Ferri (Lotto Soudal) and Salvatore Puccio (Team Sky) with a narrow 20 second gap on the chasing peloton.
The challenging course again produced an unpredictable race with some of the heavyweights of world cycling, Team Katusha, BMC Racing, IAM Cycling, ORICA-GreenEDGE and Trek-Segafredo all still in contention until the last 15 kilometres when Kennaugh broke away.
At the start of the final climb, it was Raphael Valls Ferri who attacked first, but it was Team Sky’s Peter Kennaugh who chased him down and summited the climb first before going on to build a lead of 20 seconds as the race approached the final ten kilometres.
In front of tens of thousands of spectators Kennaugh held a 14 second lead with one kilometre to go and a desperate peloton breathing down his neck. It was a brave ride from the Brit who blew kisses to the crowd as he crossed the line victorious.
Complete Results:
174 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.615 km/hr
| 1 | Peter KENNAUGH (SKY) | 4hr 4min 59sec |
| 2 | Leigh HOWARD (IAM CYCLING) | @ 6sec |
| 3 | Niccolo BONIFAZIO (TREK SEGAFREDO) | s.t. |
| 4 | Pim LIGTHART (LOTTO-SOUDAL) | s.t. |
| 5 | Simon GERRANS (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | s.t. |
| 6 | Nathan HAAS (DIMENSION DATA) | s.t. |
| 7 | Aleksei TCATEVICH (KATUSHA) | s.t. |
| 8 | Ben SWIFT (SKY) | s.t. |
| 9 | Enrico BATTAGLIN (LOTTO NL-JUMBO) | s.t. |
| 10 | Dion SMITH (ONE PRO CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 11 | Steele VON HOFF (ONE PRO CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 12 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG (DIMENSION DATA) | s.t. |
| 13 | Luke ROWE (SKY) | s.t. |
| 14 | Steven LAMPIER (JLT CONDOR) | s.t. |
| 15 | Jonathan CLARKE (UNITED HEALTHCARE) | s.t. |
| 16 | Nathan EARLE DRAPAC) | s.t. |
| 17 | Tiago MACHADO (KATUSHA) | s.t. |
| 18 | Floris GERTS (BMC) | s.t. |
| 19 | Michael STORER (AUSTRALIA) | s.t. |
| 20 | James ORAM (ONE PRO CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 21 | Sergey LAGUTIN (KATUSHA) | 11 |
| 22 | Rafael VALLS FERRI (LOTTO-SOUDAL) | s.t. |
| 23 | Adam HANSEN (LOTTO-SOUDAL) | s.t. |
| 24 | Aleksejs SARAMOTINS (IAM CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 25 | Jarlison PANTANO GOMEZ (IAM CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 26 | Gert DOCKX (LOTTO-SOUDAL) | s.t. |
| 27 | Cameron MEYER (DIMENSION DATA) | 15 |
| 28 | Mathew HAYMAN (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | 38 |
| 29 | Jack HAIG (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | s.t. |
| 30 | Danilo WYSS (BMC) | @ 1min 3sec |
| 31 | Bernard SULZBERGER DRAPAC) | 2:14 |
| 32 | Fumiyuki BEPPU (TREK SEGAFREDO) | s.t. |
| 33 | Robbie HUCKER (AVANTI-ISOWHEY) | s.t. |
| 34 | Jason CHRISTIE (KENYAN RIDERS DOWNUNDER) | s.t. |
| 35 | Damien HOWSON (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | s.t. |
| 36 | Rein TAARAMAE (KATUSHA) | 3:07 |
| 37 | Anthony GIACOPPO (AVANTI-ISOWHEY) | 3:19 |
| 38 | Alistair DONOHOE (AUSTRALIA) | s.t. |
| 39 | Maxim BELKOV (KATUSHA) | s.t. |
| 40 | Sebastian HENAO GOMEZ (SKY) | s.t. |
| 41 | Salvatore PUCCIO (SKY) | s.t. |
| 42 | Maarten TJALLINGII (LOTTO NL-JUMBO) | s.t. |
| 43 | Jack BOBRIDGE (TREK SEGAFREDO) | s.t. |
| 44 | Neil VAN DER PLOEG (AVANTI-ISOWHEY) | s.t. |
| 45 | Marcel AREGGER (IAM CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 46 | Adam PHELAN DRAPAC) | s.t. |
| 47 | Patrick LANE (AVANTI-ISOWHEY) | s.t. |
| 48 | Joseph COOPER (AVANTI-ISOWHEY) | s.t. |
| 49 | Lars BAK (LOTTO-SOUDAL) | 6:09 |
| 50 | Vladimir ISAYCHEV (KATUSHA) | s.t. |
| 51 | Samuel SPOKES DRAPAC) | s.t. |
| 52 | Rick ZABEL (BMC) | s.t. |
| 53 | Chris HARPER (STATE OF MATTER) | s.t. |
| 54 | Saxon IRVINE (DATA #3 CISCO) | s.t. |
| 55 | Thomas DE GENDT (LOTTO-SOUDAL) | s.t. |
| 56 | Dylan SUNDERLAND (STATE OF MATTER) | s.t. |
| 57 | Angus LYONS (AUSTRALIA) | s.t. |
| 58 | Ryan CAVANAGH (STATE OF MATTER) | s.t. |
| 59 | Simon PELLAUD (IAM CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 60 | Damiano CUNEGO (NIPPO-VIVI FANTINI) | s.t. |
| 61 | Scott AMBROSE (NOVO NORDISK) | s.t. |
| 62 | Joshua HUNT (ONE PRO CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 63 | Patrick SHAW (AVANTI-ISOWHEY) | s.t. |
| 64 | Hayden MCCORMICK (ONE PRO CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 65 | Ian BOSWELL (SKY) | 6:24 |
| 66 | Ryder HESJEDAL (TREK SEGAFREDO) | 6:24 |
| 67 | Rohan DENNIS (BMC) | 6:38 |
| 68 | Peter VELITS (BMC) | s.t. |
| 69 | Martijn KEIZER (LOTTO NL-JUMBO) | s.t. |
| 70 | Richard HANDLEY (ONE PRO CYCLING) | s.t. |
| 71 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN (LOTTO NL-JUMBO) | 6:41 |
| 72 | Alessandro DE MARCHI (BMC) | s.t. |
| 73 | Benjamin HILL (ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO) | 9:32 |
| 74 | Jai HINDLEY (ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO) | s.t. |
| 75 | Sulieman KANGANGI (KENYAN RIDERS DOWNUNDER) | s.t. |
| 76 | Patrick SHARPE (ST GEORGE MERIDA) | s.t. |
| 77 | Brian KAMSTRA (NOVO NORDISK) | s.t. |
| 78 | Mathew ROSS (AUSTRALIA) | s.t. |
| 79 | Luke PARKER (STATE OF MATTER) | s.t. |
| 80 | Alexander SMYTH (STATE OF MATTER) | s.t. |
| 81 | Samuel JENNER (AUSTRALIA) | s.t. |
| 82 | Sean LAKE (AVANTI-ISOWHEY) | s.t. |
| 83 | Gavin MANNION DRAPAC) | s.t. |
| 84 | Conor DUNNE (JLT CONDOR) | s.t. |
| 85 | Alistair SLATER (JLT CONDOR) | s.t. |
| 86 | George BENNETT (LOTTO NL-JUMBO) | 12:27 |
| 87 | Christopher LAWLESS (JLT CONDOR) | s.t. |
| 88 | 86 Jaco VENTER (DIMENSION DATA) | s.t. |
| 89 | 135 Koishi YUMA (NIPPO-VIVI FANTINI) | s.t. |
| 90 | 164 Thomas HUBBARD (DATA #3 CISCO) | s.t. |
| 91 | 83 Tyler FARRAR (DIMENSION DATA) | s.t. |
| 92 | 95 John MURPHY (UNITED HEALTHCARE) | s.t. |
Women's Race, complete Results:
Amanda Spratt wins, nearest chaser is almost a minute back
The race: as explained by the winner's team, Orica-AIS.
The peloton rolled out of Geelong along the Waterfront to take on the 113km route, tackling the Great Ocean Road.
Despite multiple attacks within the first 50km the riders weren't given much freedom, being quickly closed down by the efforts of ORICA-AIS, doing a lot of work to control the bunch until the climbs. Jessica Allen (High5 Dream Team) was able to gain an advantage over the peloton and establish the main move of the day. After taking out the Queen of the Mounatin, Allen was shortly joined by Taryn Heather (Bike Bug) as the pair rode out to a maximum advantage of one-minute 30seconds.
Continuing their team role Roy and Rowney got back on the front and led the chase with the help of team Holden, and eventually swallowed up the two escapees with just 30km to go.
The action heated up once more, as ORICA-AIS made it an aggressive race by attacking one after another, whittling the bunch down to 20 riders until defending champion Neylan got a gap. Having to do all the work out front with only 23km to go, the riders behind bridged back up the duo, allowing Spratt to launch off the front.
As the race hit the sharp 20% finish circuit climb, famous for it’s use on the 2010 UCI Road Cycling World Championships course, Spratt's gap hovered around 12seconds with only 9km to go. Spratt proved too strong though and managed to hold off the chase effort of Wiggle High5's Dani King to take the victory.
Complete results:
113 km raced at an average speed of 37.930 km/hr
| 1 | Amanda SPRATT (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | 2hr 58min 45sec |
| 2 | Rachel NEYLAN (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | @ 49sec |
| 3 | Danielle KING (WIGGLE HIGHS) | s.t. |
| 4 | Chloe HOSKING (WIGGLE HIGHS) | @ 1min 3sec |
| 5 | Lauren KITCHEN (HOGS BREATH CAFE) | s.t. |
| 6 | Tiffany CROMWELL (BOSS RACING TEAM) | s.t. |
| 7 | Tayler WILES (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | s.t. |
| 8 | Ruth CORSET (RUSH WOMEN'S TEAM) | s.t. |
| 9 | Miranda GRIFFITHS (HOLDEN WOMEN'S CYCLING TEAM) | s.t. |
| 10 | Peta MULLENS (WIGGLE HIGHS) | 1:07 |
| 11 | Lucy KENNEDY (HIGH FIVE DREAM TEAM) | 1:24 |
| 12 | Kirsten HOWARD (SUBARU NSWIS NKC) | 3:16 |
| 13 | Louisa LOBIGS (HOLDEN WOMEN'S CYCLING TEAM) | 3:17 |
| 14 | Ruby LIVINGSTONE (ROXSOLT) | s.t. |
| 15 | Justine BARROW (BOSS RACING TEAM) | s.t. |
| 16 | Julie LETH (HOGS BREATH CAFE) | s.t. |
| 17 | Lucy GARNER (WIGGLE HIGHS) | s.t. |
| 18 | Amy ROBERTS (WIGGLE HIGHS) | s.t. |
| 19 | Loren ROWNEY (ORICA-GREENEDGE) | s.t. |
| 20 | Genevieve WHITSON (CBR WOMEN'S RACNG TEAM) | s.t. |
| 21 | Joanne HOGAN (RUSH WOMEN'S TEAM) | s.t. |
| 22 | Shannon MALSEED (HOLDEN WOMEN'S CYCLING TEAM) | 5:09 |
| 23 | Tayla EVANS (BIKEBUS-NEXTGEN) | s.t. |
| 24 | Emily CUNNINGHAM (BOSS RACING TEAM) | s.t. |
| 25 | Jessica ALLEN (HIGH FIVE DREAM TEAM) | s.t. |
| 26 | Georgia CATTERICK (ROXSOLT) | s.t. |
| 27 | Sophie MACKAY (SPECIALISED WOMEN'S RACING) | 5:42 |
| 28 | Lucy BARKER (MERCEDES-BENZ) | 7:27 |
| 29 | Hannah GUMBLEY (ROXSOLT) | s.t. |
| 30 | Bridie O'DONNELL (RUSH WOMEN'S TEAM) | 8:22 |
| 31 | Rachel WARD (BIKEBUS-NEXTGEN) | 8:53 |
| 32 | Taryn HEATHER (BIKEBUS-NEXTGEN) | s.t. |
| 33 | Chloe MCINTOSH (CBR WOMEN'S RACNG TEAM) | 8:59 |
| 34 | Aimee INGRAM (MERCEDES-BENZ) | 9:15 |
| 35 | Christina TENISWOOD (MERCEDES-BENZ) | 9:33 |
| 36 | Lynne CLARKE (BOSS RACING TEAM) | 10:12 |
| 37 | Angela SMITH (SUBARU NSWIS NKC) | 10:13 |
| 38 | Hollee SIMONS (SUBARU NSWIS NKC) | s.t. |
| 39 | Emily ROPER (HOGS BREATH CAFE) | s.t. |
| 40 | Kendelle HODGES (HIGH FIVE DREAM TEAM) | s.t. |
| 41 | Deborah HENNESSEY (HOGS BREATH CAFE) | 12:48 |
| 42 | Harriet SMITH (BCWS) | 13:28 |
| 43 | Penny BROWN (SPECIALISED WOMEN'S RACING) | 15:35 |
| 44 | Ania LIGAS (BCWS) | 17:04 |
| 45 | Verita STEWART (SPECIALISED WOMEN'S RACING) | 20:21 |
| 46 | Margeaux THOMPSON (BCWS) | s.t. |
| 47 | Fiona YARD (SPECIALISED WOMEN'S RACING) | s.t. |
| 48 | Belinda CHAMBERLAIN (CBR WOMEN'S RACNG TEAM) | s.t. |
| 49 | Esther BORG (BCWS) | s.t. |
| 50 | Emily CUST (BCWS) | s.t. |
| 51 | Minda MURRAY (RUSH WOMEN'S TEAM) | s.t. |
| 52 | Abby SNEDDON (ROXSOLT) | s.t. |
| 53 | Kristy GLOVER (BIKEBUS-NEXTGEN) | s.t. |
| 54 | Jessica LANE (MERCEDES-BENZ) | 22:35 |
| 55 | Ella SCANLAN-BLOOR (ROXSOLT) | 24:25:00 |
The men's race has an additional 3 laps of 20.2 km (small loop in map near the start-finish line) that is not part of the women's race.
2016 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race map
Mens race start list with back numbers: January 30, 2016
| TEAM KATUSHA | |
| 1 | BELKOV Maxim |
| 2 | ISAYCHEV Vladimir |
| 3 | LAGUTIN Sergey |
| 4 | MACHADO Tiago |
| 5 | SILIN Egor |
| 6 | TAARAMAE Rein |
| 7 | TSATEVITCH Alexey |
| TEAM SKY | |
| 11 | BOSWELL Ian |
| 12 | HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian |
| 13 | KENNAUGH Peter |
| 14 | PUCCIO Salvatore |
| 15 | ROWE Luke |
| 16 | SWIFT Ben |
| BMC RACING TEAM | |
| 21 | ZABEL Rick |
| 22 | DE MARCHI Alessandro |
| 23 | DENNIS Rohan |
| 24 | GERTS Floris |
| 25 | VELITS Peter |
| 26 | WYSS Danilo |
| ORICA-GREENEDGE | |
| 31 | GERRANS Simon |
| 32 | EWAN Caleb |
| 33 | BEWLEY Sam |
| 34 | HAIG Jack |
| 35 | DOCKER Mitchell |
| 36 | HOWSON Damien |
| 37 | HAYMAN Mathew |
| LOTTO-SOUDAL | |
| 41 | BAK Lars Ytting |
| 42 | DE GENDT Thomas |
| 43 | DOCKX Gert |
| 44 | HANSEN Adam |
| 45 | HENDERSON Gregory |
| 46 | LIGTHART Pim |
| 47 | VALLS FERRI Rafael |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 51 | ALAFACI Eugenio |
| 52 | BEPPU Fumiyuki |
| 53 | BERNARD Julien |
| 54 | BOBRIDGE Jack |
| 55 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo |
| 56 | DIDIER Laurent |
| 57 | HESJEDAL Ryder |
| TEAM LOTTO NL-JUMBO | |
| 61 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 62 | BENNETT George |
| 63 | KEIZER Martijn |
| 64 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
| 65 | TJALLINGII Maarten |
| IAM CYCLING | |
| 71 | AREGGER Marcel |
| 72 | HOWARD Leigh |
| 73 | PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson |
| 74 | PELLAUD Simon |
| 75 | SARAMOTINS Aleksejs |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 81 | MEYER Cameron |
| 82 | HAAS Nathan |
| 83 | FARRAR Tyler |
| 84 | JIM Songezo |
| 85 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 86 | VENTER Jacobus |
| 87 | CAVENDISH Mark |
| UNITEDHEALTHCARE | |
| 91 | CLARKE Jonathan |
| 92 | HEGYVARY Adrian |
| 93 | MAGNER Tyler |
| 94 | MENZIES Karl |
| 95 | MURPHY John |
| 96 | SUMMERHILL Daniel |
| 97 | PUTT Tanner |
| ONE PRO CYCLING | |
| 101 | HANDLEY Richard |
| 102 | HOUSE Kristian |
| 103 | HUNT Joshua |
| 104 | MCCORMICK Hayden |
| 105 | ORAM James |
| 106 | SMITH Dion |
| 107 | VON HOFF Steele |
| DRAPAC PROFESSIONAL CYCLING | |
| 111 | EARLE Nathan |
| 112 | MANNION Gavin |
| 113 | MEYER Travis |
| 114 | SPOKES Samuel |
| 115 | PHELAN Adam |
| 116 | SCULLY Thomas |
| 117 | SULZBERGER Bernard |
| TEAM NOVO NORDISK | |
| 121 | AMBROSE Scott |
| 122 | CHERHAL Corentin |
| 123 | DE KEIJZER Gerd |
| 124 | GLASSPOOL James |
| 125 | KAMSTRA Brian |
| 126 | WILLIAMS Christopher |
| NIPPO-VINI FANTINI | |
| 131 | CUNEGO Damiano |
| 132 | BERLATO Giacomo |
| 133 | COLLI Daniele |
| 134 | MARINI Nicolas |
| 135 | KOISHI Yuma |
| 136 | KUBOKI Kazushige |
| AVANTI ISOWHEY SPORTS | |
| 141 | COOPER Joseph |
| 142 | GIACOPPO Anthony |
| 143 | LANE Patrick |
| 144 | HUCKER Robbie |
| 145 | VAN DER PLOEG Neil |
| 146 | SHAW Patrick |
| 147 | LAKE Sean |
| STATE OF MATTER / MAAP | |
| 151 | CUMING Michael |
| 152 | TAYLOR Joshua |
| 153 | CAVANAGH Ryan |
| 154 | SMYTH Alexander |
| 155 | PARKER Luke |
| 156 | SUNDERLAND Dylan |
| 157 | HARPER Chris |
| DATA#3 CISCO | |
| 161 | ALLEN Adam |
| 162 | BRIDGWOOD Kyle |
| 163 | VOLKERS Samuel |
| 164 | HUBBARD Thomas |
| 165 | GRUNKE Alex |
| 166 | EVERS Craig |
| 167 | IRVINE Saxon |
| JLT CONDOR | |
| 171 | LAWLESS Christopher |
| 172 | DOWNING Russel |
| 173 | MOULD Jonathan |
| 174 | ATKINS George |
| 175 | SLATER Alistair |
| 176 | LAMPIER Steven |
| 177 | DUNNE Conor |
| ATTAQUE TEAM GUSTO | |
| 181 | BAYLY Cameron |
| 182 | DOBBS Sam |
| 183 | LU Shao Hsuan |
| 184 | KALMA Guy |
| 185 | HINDLEY Jai |
| 186 | HILL Ben |
| 187 | GUY Timothy |
| ST GEORGE MERIDA CYCLING TEAM | |
| 191 | DUTTON Jay |
| 192 | SHARPE Patrick |
| 193 | WOODS Nicholas |
| 194 | BONELLO Daniel |
| 195 | TALBOT Brodie |
| 196 | BERRY Josh |
| 197 | WILES Harrison |
| KENYAN RIDERS DOWNUNDER | |
| 201 | CHRISTIE Jason |
| 202 | MILLER Nick |
| 203 | KANGANGI Suleiman |
| 204 | ELLIOTT Nathan |
| 205 | GICHORA KAMAU Joseph |
| 206 | SMITH Morgan |
| 207 | KIPROTICH LANGAT Geoffrey |
| JAYCO-AUSTRALIA | |
| 211 | DONOHOE Alistair |
| 212 | DYBALL Ben |
| 213 | JENNER Samuel |
| 214 | LYONS Agnus |
| 215 | ROSS Mathew |
| 216 | SCHULTZ Nicholas |
| 217 | STORER Michael |