2017 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (World Tour), Australia, 3rd Edition
Women's race: January 28, 2017
Men's race:
January 29, 2017
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Men's Race, January 29: Geelong - Geelong, 174 km
Nikias Arndt (center, black & white kit) wins the 2017 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race
The race: Winner Nikias Arndt's Sunweb team sent this:
Following a great sprint it was Nikias Arndt (GER) who took the first victory of the team's road season at Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Arndt out sprinted the leading group of 23 riders after completing the 174km course alongside some of Victoria's most spectacular scenery.
Race winner Nikias Arndt said: "Today the team did a truly awesome job, Wilco and I were protected really well up until the final. We had a good plan to cover different scenarios on the difficult final lap. I had to fight really hard to survive the final climbs and the guys made sure I was set up for the sprint. I am really happy to finish off the trip to Australia like this and pleased that I could reward the team with a win after all of their hard work over the past three weeks."
"With such a difficult final lap we had to have two cards to play as we didn't know how the race would eventuate. We had Wilco there to cover the moves on the climbs on the final lap. We also had Nikias there in case there was a slightly bigger group that came to the finish. In the end our plan with Nikias came through. The guys went full for it and showed great dedication and Nikias proved to have the fastest legs. It's a great result for him and the team," said the team's coach Luke Roberts (AUS).
Complete Results:
174 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.270 km/hr
| 1 | Nikias Arndt | Sunweb | 4hr 19min 15sec |
| 2 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 3 | Cameron Meyer | Australia | s.t. |
| 4 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Katusha | s.t. |
| 5 | Luke Rowe | Sky | s.t. |
| 6 | Petr Vakoc | Quick Step | s.t. |
| 7 | Nathan Haas | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 8 | Gianluca Brambilla | Quick Step | s.t. |
| 9 | Jay McCarthy | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 10 | Paul Martens | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 11 | Robert Gesink | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 12 | Rafael Valls | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 13 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Katusha | s.t. |
| 14 | Lucas Hamilton | Australia | s.t. |
| 15 | Michael Woods | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 16 | Jai Hindley | Australia | s.t. |
| 17 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r-La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | Michael Storer | Australia | s.t. |
| 19 | Jánier Acevedo | UnitedHealthcare | s.t. |
| 20 | Brendan Canty | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 21 | Richie Porte | BMC | s.t. |
| 22 | Sergio Henao | Sky | s.t. |
| 23 | Dries Devenyns | Quick Step | s.t. |
| 24 | Jack Bauer | Quick Step | @ 18sec |
| 25 | Baptiste Planckaert | Katusha | +37'' |
| 26 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 27 | Aaron Gate | Aqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 28 | Gregor Mühlberger | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 29 | James Shaw | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 30 | Patrick Bevin | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 31 | Lars Bak | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 32 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 33 | Damiano Caruso | BMC | s.t. |
| 34 | Pavel Brutt | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 35 | Sjoerd van Ginneken | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 36 | Alexey Vermeulen | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 37 | Danilo Wyss | BMC | s.t. |
| 38 | Mitch Docker | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 39 | Clément Chevrier | Ag2r-La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 40 | Tiago Machado | Katusha | s.t. |
| 41 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r-La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | Jonathon Clarke | UnitedHealthcare | s.t. |
| 43 | Sander Armée | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 44 | Lachlan Norris | UnitedHealthcare | s.t. |
| 45 | Enrico Battaglin | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 46 | José Gonçalves | Katusha | s.t. |
| 47 | Koen de Kort | Trek-Segafredo | +42'' |
| 48 | Simon Geschke | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 49 | Chris Froome | Sky | +43'' |
| 50 | Jarlinson Pantano | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 51 | Wilco Kelderman | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 52 | Damien Howson | Orica-Scott | +45'' |
| 53 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-Scott | +47'' |
| 54 | Esteban Chaves | Orica-Scott | +54'' |
| 55 | Cameron Bayly | Australia | @ 1min 14sec |
| 56 | Julien Bérard | Ag2r-La Mondiale | +1' 56'' |
| 57 | Peter Stetina | Trek-Segafredo | +1' 57'' |
| 58 | Jesper Asselman | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | +2' 11'' |
| 59 | Leigh Howard | Aqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 60 | Scott Bowden | Australia | s.t. |
| 61 | Larry Warbasse | Aqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 62 | Jeroen Meijers | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 63 | Travis McCabe | UnitedHealthcare | s.t. |
| 64 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 65 | Koen Bouwman | LottoNL-Jumbo | +3' 47'' |
| 66 | Mads Pedersen | Trek-Segafredo | +4' 18'' |
| 67 | Maurits Lammertink | Katusha | +5' 22'' |
| 68 | Kenny Elissonde | Sky | +5' 32'' |
| 69 | Sebastián Henao | Sky | s.t. |
| 70 | Ben O'Connor | Dimension Data | +5' 49'' |
| 71 | Peter Koning | Aqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 72 | Chris Hamilton | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 73 | Rüdiger Selig | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 | Sam Bennett | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 75 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 76 | Jacques Van Rensburg | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 77 | Alexander Porter | Australia | s.t. |
| 78 | Ben Gastauer | Ag2r-La Mondiale | +7' 02'' |
| 79 | Taco van der Hoorn | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 80 | Tim Ariesen | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 81 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 82 | Nick van der Lijke | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 83 | Sergey Nikolaev | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 84 | François Bidard | Ag2r-La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 85 | Alex Howes | Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 86 | Martijn Tusveld | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 87 | Conor Dunne | Aqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 88 | Martin Velits | Quick Step | s.t. |
| 89 | Robert Wagner | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 90 | Lennard Hofstede | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 91 | Michel Kreder | Aqua Blue Sport | s.t. |
| 92 | Enric Mas | Quick Step | s.t. |
| 93 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | s.t. |
| 94 | Tanner Putt | UnitedHealthcare | s.t. |
| 95 | Miles Scotson | BMC | s.t. |
| 96 | Rohan Dennis | BMC | s.t. |
| 97 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Bora-hansgrohe | +11' 07'' |
| 98 | Lachlan Morton | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 99 | Calvin Watson | Aqua Blue Sport | +12' 38'' |
| 100 | Ivan Savitsky | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 101 | Artur Ershov | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 102 | Jaco Venter | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 103 | Jan Bakelants | Ag2r-La Mondiale | +14' 30'' |
Women's Race, complete Results:
Geelong - Geelong, 113 km
Annemiek van Vleuten clearly wins.
The race: Here's the story from Annemiek van Vleuten's Orica-Scott team.
Dutch leader Annemiek van Vleuten has taken out the Deakin Elite Women’s Race at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Geelong today.
Van Vleuten, a former world number one who has victories at some of the world’s biggest one-day Classics including the Tour of Flanders, made it two in a row at the race for Orica-Scott following teammate Amanda Spratt’s win last year.
Admitting she wasn’t one of the team’s protected riders, the 34-year-old was pleased she could deliver despite contributing to the early work as a domestique. “I was not one of the leaders for the day,” van Vleuten explained. “I am targeting the start of March so I said I would like to help my teammates. I have surprised myself. In the Tour Down Under I was struggling uphill but today I was one of the better riders uphill.
“Katrin Garfoot and Amanda Spratt were supposed to be our leaders and they didn’t have a great day. I noticed on the climbs that they weren’t there anymore and that it was only me. I had done already some work so I felt some pressure thinking maybe I have to also finish this race off. I think this is one of my strengths that I am a bit older and I have a big engine.”
Van Vleuten was part of a chase group of four who caught solo leader Emma Pooley (Holden Women’s Cycling Team) with 2.5km left to race before winning the five-up sprint in an exciting finish to the 133.3km race.
Once it came down to a reduced sprint, Van Vleuten said she was comfortable with her chances. “I knew that I was the fastest of the (final) group but there was also extra pressure because you don’t want that they surprise you,” she said of her thoughts in the final kilometre.
The result caps off an incredible start to 2017 for Orica-Scott. The women’s team will now travel to Europe having won three national titles, the Tour Down Under and Cadel Road Race titles under their belt.
How it happened:
The women’s peloton rolled out of Geelong with a buzz as they began the picturesque 113.3km Deakin Elite Women’s Race in front of good crowds and with the promise of live television coverage.
As the flag dropped, the peloton stayed composed as they waited for the protected roads to conclude and the cross winds to start playing havoc. Despite a number of efforts, particularly from local Australian outfits, the peloton continued to recover from any small splits or breakaways and with 25km to go the bunch remained relatively intact.
From there, the roads became more difficult and the pace was on. Numerous attacks were launched, but it was a solo move by Pooley on the final climb that proved to be the most threatening.
Van Vleuten contributed to a chase group of four riders who joined Pooley with 2.5km remaining before outsprinting them for the victory on Geelong’s waterfront.
Complete Results:
113 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.804 km/hr
| 1 | VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek | Orica-Scott | 3hr 4min 13sec |
| 2 | WINDER Ruth | United Healthcare | s.t. |
| 3 | HAGIWARA Mayuko | Wiggle-High5 | s.t. |
| 4 | KENNEDY Lucy | High5 Dream Team | s.t. |
| 5 | POOLEY Emma | Holden | s.t. |
| 6 | ZORZI Susanna | Drops | @ 27sec |
| 7 | WILD Kirsten | Cyclance | 0:00:33 |
| 8 | HOSKING Chloe | Ale Cipollini | s.t. |
| 9 | DYGERT Chloe | Sho-Air Twenty | s.t. |
| 10 | ELVIN Gracie | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 11 | EDMONDSON Annette | Wiggle-High5 | s.t. |
| 12 | STUMHOFER Gretchen | Sho-Air Twenty | s.t. |
| 13 | DUYCK Ann Sophie | Drops | s.t. |
| 14 | WATERREUS Kylie | Maaslandster Vris CCN | s.t. |
| 15 | LETH Julie | Wiggle-High5 | s.t. |
| 16 | JAMIESON Amanda | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 17 | VAN TWISK Abi | Drops | s.t. |
| 18 | WILLIAMS Lizzie | Hagens Berman-Supermint | s.t. |
| 19 | WILES Tayler | United Healthcare | s.t. |
| 20 | MANLY Alexandra | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 21 | FOREMAN-MACKEY Annie | Sho-Air Twenty | s.t. |
| 22 | BUCHANAN Rushlee | United Healthcare | s.t. |
| 23 | THOMAS Leah | Sho-Air Twenty | s.t. |
| 24 | BARNES Alice | Drops | s.t. |
| 25 | TUSLAITE Daiva | Ale Cipollini | s.t. |
| 26 | CATTERICK Georgia | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 27 | MCILROY Kate | Specialized | s.t. |
| 28 | BECHTEL Lucy | Specialized | s.t. |
| 29 | BROWN Grace | Holden | s.t. |
| 30 | BARROW Justine | Rush | s.t. |
| 31 | HALL Katie | United Healthcare | s.t. |
| 32 | MULLENS Peta | Hagens Berman-Supermint | s.t. |
| 33 | JASINSKA Malgorzta | Cyclance | s.t. |
| 34 | MALSEED Shannon | Holden | s.t. |
| 35 | LUCAS Sharlotte | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 36 | SPRATT Amanda | Orica-Scott | 0:00:37 |
| 37 | KASPER Romy | Ale Cipollini | 0:00:39 |
| 38 | CROOKS Jenelle | Orica-Scott | 0:00:39 |
| 39 | TAYLOR Carlee | Ale Cipollini | s.t. |
| 40 | KING Danielle | Cyclance | s.t. |
| 41 | CROMWELL Tiffany | Canyon-SRAM | 0:00:49 |
| 42 | WIASAK Rebecca | High5 | @ 1min 50sec |
| 43 | ANDERSON Grace | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 44 | LAUGHLIN Nina | Sho-Air Twenty | s.t. |
| 45 | PRATT Jessica | High5 | s.t. |
| 46 | WOMERSLEY Rebecca | Drops | s.t. |
| 47 | CURE Amy | Wiggle-High5 | s.t. |
| 48 | CHRISTIAN Anna | Drops | s.t. |
| 49 | RYAN Alexis | Canyon-SRAM | s.t. |
| 50 | VAN LOO Christel | Maaslandster Vris CCN | 0:02:59 |
| 51 | TREVISI Anna | Ale Cipollini | 0:03:42 |
| 52 | ENSING Janneke | Ale Cipollini | s.t. |
| 53 | ROBERTS Amy | Wiggle-High5 | 0:04:19 |
| 54 | GUARISCHI Barbara | Canyon-SRAM | s.t. |
| 55 | TEDDERGREEN Starla | Hagens Berman-Supermint | s.t. |
| 56 | ORTON Beth Ann | Hagens Berman-Supermint | s.t. |
| 57 | BRENNAUER Lisa | Canyon-SRAM | s.t. |
| 58 | LOBIGS Louisa | Holden | s.t. |
| 59 | RACHETTO Liza | Hagens Berman-Supermint | s.t. |
| 60 | HANSON Lauretta | United Healthcare | s.t. |
| 61 | RATTO Rossella | Cyclance | s.t. |
| 62 | SKERRITT Ellen | Rush | s.t. |
| 63 | GUNNING Jaime | Holden | s.t. |
| 64 | TUCKER HALL Lauren | United Healthcare | 0:04:23 |
| 65 | MAKISE Tsubasa | Maaslandster Vris CCN | 0:05:41 |
| 66 | LANE Jessica | Maaslandster Vris CCN | 0:09:44 |
| 67 | SCANLAN-BLOOR Ella | Specialized | 0:11:02 |
| 68 | GLOVER Kristy | Rush | 0:11:03 |
| 69 | RAYNOLDS Matilda | Rush | 0:11:28 |
| 70 | AUDRAIN Ivy | Hagens Berman-Supermint | s.t. |
| 71 | CLONAN Kristina | High5 | s.t. |
| 72 | LIVINGSTONE Ruby | New Zealand | s.t. |
| 73 | KINNEALY Erin | Holden | s.t. |
| 74 | GARNER Grace | Wiggle-High5 | s.t. |
| 75 | ARREOLA Sofia | Sho-Air Twenty | s.t. |
| 76 | PERRY Kate | Specialized | 0:14:14 |
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.
2017 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race map
Men's race start list with back numbers, January 28, 2017:
| BMC | |
| 1 | PORTE Richie |
| 2 | DENNIS Rohan |
| 3 | CARUSO Damiano |
| 4 | MOINARD Amaël |
| 5 | SCOTSON Miles |
| 6 | VENTOSO Francisco José |
| 7 | WYSS Danilo |
| ORICA - SCOTT | |
| 11 | GERRANS Simon |
| 12 | CHAVES Johan Esteban |
| 13 | BEWLEY Sam |
| 14 | DOCKER Mitchell |
| 15 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 16 | HEPBURN Michael |
| 17 | HOWSON Damien |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 21 | MCCARTHY Jay |
| 22 | BENNETT Sam |
| 23 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 24 | KOLAR Michal |
| 25 | MUHLBERGER Gregor |
| 26 | POSTLBERGER Lukas |
| 27 | SELIG Rüdiger |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 31 | HAAS Nathan |
| 32 | O'CONNOR Ben Alexander |
| 33 | FARRAR Tyler |
| 34 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques |
| 35 | MORTON Lachlan David |
| 36 | RENSHAW Mark |
| 37 | VENTER Jacobus |
| LOTTO - SOUDAL | |
| 41 | BAK Lars Ytting |
| 42 | VALLS FERRI Rafael |
| 43 | ARMEE Sander |
| 44 | DE BIE Sean |
| 45 | DE GENDT Thomas |
| 46 | HANSEN Adam |
| 47 | SHAW James Callum |
| LOTTO NL - JUMBO | |
| 51 | GESINK Robert |
| 52 | VERMEULEN Alexey |
| 53 | MARTENS Paul |
| 54 | BATTAGLIN Enrico |
| 55 | BOUWMAN Koen |
| 56 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
| 57 | WAGNER Robert |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 61 | MACHADO Tiago |
| 62 | RESTREPO Jhonatan |
| 63 | GONCALVES Jose |
| 64 | LAMMERTINK Maurits |
| 65 | BYSTROM Sven Erik |
| 66 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 67 | VICIOSO Angel |
| SKY | |
| 71 | FROOME Christopher |
| 72 | HENAO Sergio |
| 73 | VAN POPPEL Danny |
| 74 | ELISSONDE Kenny |
| 75 | HENAO Sebastian |
| 76 | ROWE Luke |
| 77 | STANNARD Ian |
| SUNWEB | |
| 81 | ARNDT Nikias |
| 82 | KELDERMAN Wilco |
| 83 | BAUHAUS Phil |
| 84 | FROHLINGER Johannes |
| 85 | GESCHKE Simon |
| 86 | HAMILTON Chris |
| 87 | HOFSTEDE Lennard |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 91 | THEUNS Edward |
| 92 | GUERREIRO Ruben |
| 93 | PANTANO Jarlinson |
| 94 | STETINA Peter |
| 95 | DIDIER Laurent |
| 96 | DE KORT Koen |
| 97 | PEDERSEN Mads |
| CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | |
| 101 | CANTY Brendan |
| 102 | SLAGTER Tom Jelte |
| 103 | WOODS Michael |
| 104 | BEVIN Patrick |
| 105 | CLARKE William |
| 106 | HOWES Alex |
| 107 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| QUICK STEP FLOORS | |
| 111 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca |
| 112 | MAS NICOLAU Enric |
| 113 | DEVENYNS Dries |
| 114 | VAKOC Petr |
| 115 | BAUER Jack |
| 116 | CAPECCHI Eros |
| 117 | VELITS Martin |
| AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 121 | BAKELANTS Jan |
| 122 | POZZOVIVO Domenico |
| 123 | MONTAGUTI Matteo |
| 124 | GASTAUER Ben |
| 125 | BÉRARD Julien |
| 126 | BIDARD François |
| 127 | CHEVRIER Clement |
| AQUA BLUE SPORT | |
| 131 | HOWARD Leigh |
| 132 | DUNNE Conor |
| 133 | GATE Aaron |
| 134 | KONING Peter |
| 135 | KREDER Michel |
| 136 | WARBASSE Larry |
| 137 | WATSON Calvin |
| GAZPROM - RUSVELO | |
| 141 | BRUTT Pavel |
| 142 | ERSHOV Artur |
| 143 | NIKOLAEV Sergey |
| 144 | SAVITSKY Ivan |
| 145 | SVESHNIKOV Kirill |
| 146 | TSATEVITCH Alexey |
| 147 | TRUSOV Nikolai |
| ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | |
| 151 | ARIESEN Tim |
| 152 | ASSELMAN Jesper |
| 153 | MEIJERS Jeroen |
| 154 | TUSVELD Martijn |
| 155 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 156 | VAN DER LIJKE Nick |
| 157 | VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd |
| UNITEDHEALTHCARE | |
| 161 | NORRIS Lachlan |
| 162 | ACEVEDO Janier Alexis |
| 163 | CLARKE Jonathan |
| 164 | HEGYVARY Adrian |
| 165 | HENDERSON Gregory |
| 166 | MCCABE Travis |
| 167 | PUTT Tanner |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| 171 | HAMILTON Lucas |
| 172 | BAYLY Cameron |
| 173 | BOWDEN Scott |
| 174 | HINDLEY Jai |
| 175 | MEYER Cameron |
| 176 | PORTER Alexander |
| 177 | STORER Michael |