Refresh
Peloton sees the end line for the primary time, on the finish of the primary of three 49.3km laps. The 2 escapees’s hole is now 2:41.
100km to go
Barré and Zimmermann have a 3:08 lead on the sphere. Chase is being led by the groups with an Australian sprinter, Jayco-AlUla for Caleb Ewan and BORA-hansgrohe for Sam Welsford.
BORA-hansgrohe, on the entrance, is stretching the sphere.
Peloton is unfold throughout the highway, glad to the 2 riders undergo off the entrance on a very popular day.
Outcomes of first KOM:
1 – Louis Barré (Arkea-B&B Motels)
2- Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty)
Peloton is taking it simple on the ascent of Menglers Hill, Sunday experience tempo …. for now.
Zimmermann taking up quite a lot of bottles onboard on this sizzling day on the climb of the primary KOM. Barré, in his first WorldTour race, crosses the road first.
Peloton is unfold throughout the highway, pleased with the composition of the two-rider break with 115km to go. Lower than 3kms to go to the primary KOM of the day, the cat 4 Menglers Hill.
Outcomes of first intermediate dash:
1- Finn Fisher-Black (UAE Workforce Emirates), 3 factors
2- Corbin Sturdy (Israel-Premier Tech), 2 factors
3- Jhonnatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers), 1 level
And instantly the counterattack. Louis Barré (Arkea-B&B Motels) goes once more, this time with Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty)
BORA-hansgrohe took over for Phil Bauhaus however Finn Fisher-Black (UAE Workforce Emirates) put in an enormous acceleration to cross the road first.
Ineos Grenadiers, Jayco-AlUla are swarming on the entrance as we head to the primary dash in Angaston with factors and time bonuses on the road.
Crash on right-hand flip. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) will get up rapidly and is getting checked out by the medical crew. And he will get again on his bike to attempt to rejoin the peloton.
And it’s all again along with 7km to the primary intermediate dash, with an uphill pinch to the road. Nonetheless Israel-Premier Tech dictating the tempo.
Van Der Lee is solo with 33 seconds on the sphere, strung out by Israel-Premier Tech.
Two EF Schooling-EasyPost riders go over Israel-Premier Tech to launch Jardi Van Der Lee. The Dutch rider has tries earlier than to flee in the present day.
134km to go
Israel-Premier Tech are taking management on the entrance of the peloton, all lined on the entrance setting the tempo.
Shade was at a premium as riders rolled as much as the beginning line, with many preferring to hold again underneath a tree a couple of metres again quite than make their strategy to the road up in the beginning line. Caleb Ewan, for one, rolled out in the back of the peloton, not spending a minute longer within the solar than required.
Ewan skipped the Tour Down Underneath criterium after feeling ‘underneath the climate’ following a coaching session within the scorching Adelaide warmth.
Two riders be a part of Barré off the entrance nevertheless it was short-lived. And it is all again collectively.
Peloton shut it down however Barré goes on solo.
One other try by Simmons, joined by George Bennett and Louis Barré. Group of 4 coming throughout.
Simmons is joined by two riders with a fast response from the sphere, and they’re reeled again in.
And we have now our first assault coming from the American champion Quinn Simmons.
Following a 4km impartial zone, race director Stuart O’Grady drops the flag for stage 1 of the Tour Down Underneath. As we speak’s course is predicted to favour the sprinters with a quick end in Tanunda.
Racing is nearly to set off for stage 1 of the Tour Down Underneath. Returning to the gorgeous Barossa for one more blistering dash stage, riders will sort out three laps of the area, travelling by means of Seppeltsfield, Greenock, Nuriootpa, Angaston and Tanunda for 144km.
Cyclingnews Australia editor Simone Giuliani studies that it is one other sizzling begin on the Tour Down Underneath in Tanunda, no must experience a motorcycle to rise up a sweat. Important piece of crew equipment in the present day is the sunscreen with forecast prime of 33 levels celsius.
One factor is for certain – there might be a brand new champion on the Tour Down Underneath, as 2023 winner Jay Vine will not be in the beginning, and the entire earlier winners have retired. Cyclingnews dug into the beginning listing and got here up with 9 riders to observe – some apparent, some not a lot – on the Tour Down Underneath.
The organisers have claimed that this yr’s race will check the cyclists like by no means earlier than as they race in South Australia. The six-stage race, from Tanundaand to Mount Lofty will cowl 824.6km and finish with double ascents on Willunga Hill and Mount Lofty on the robust closing weekend.
Welcome to Cyclingnews’ stay protection of the 2024 Tour Down Underneath, the primary occasion of the WorldTour.
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