Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2017

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2017
General
output	3. Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Racing series	UCI WorldTour 2017 1st UWT
date	29th January 2017
overall length	174 km
Host country	Australia
begin	Melbourne
target	Melbourne
Teams	18th
Driver at the start	126
Driver at the finish	103
Average speed	40.247 km / h
Result
winner	Nikias Arndt ( Sunweb )
Second	Simon Gerrans ( Orica-Scott )
Third	Cameron Meyer (Australia)
Mountain scoring	Conor Dunne ( Aqua Blue Sport )
Sprint scoring	Alexander Porter (Australia)
Young talent evaluation	Jhonatan Restrepo ( Katusha-Alpecin )
Team evaluation	Australia
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The 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2017 was an Australian road bike race with start and finish after 174 km in Geelong . The one-day race takes place in honor of the former Tour de France winner Cadel Evans . It was held on Sunday , January 29, 2017 . The bike race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2017 and was the second of a total of 37 races in this series.

The winner of the race in the sprint of a 23-man group was Nikias Arndt from Germany from Team Sunweb ahead of Simon Gerrans . The eventual third-place finisher in the race, Cameron Meyer of the Australian national team , was only placed a good 200 meters from the finish .

Participating teams

WorldTeams (13) Bora-Hansgrohe Katusha-Alpecin Orica Scott Sunweb Quick-Step Floors Lotto Soudal AG2R La Mondiale BMC Racing Cannondale-Drapac Dimension data Lotto NL-Jumbo Sky Trek-Segafredo Professional Continental Teams (4) Aqua Blue Sport Gazprom-RusVelo Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij UnitedHealthcare National team Australia

Race result

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Nikias Arndt Germany Sunweb 4 h 19 min 15 s 2. Simon Gerrans Australia Orica Scott + 0 s 3. Cameron Meyer Australia Australia + 0 s 4th Jhonatan Restrepo Colombia Katusha-Alpecin + 0 s 5. Luke Rowe United Kingdom Sky + 0 s 6th Petr Vakoč Czech Republic Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 7th Nathan Haas Australia Dimension data + 0 s 8th. Gianluca Brambilla Italy Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 9. Jay McCarthy Australia Bora-Hansgrohe + 0 s 10. Paul Martens Germany LottoNL Jumbo + 0 s 11. Robert Gesink Netherlands LottoNL Jumbo + 0 s 12. Rafael Valls Spain Lotto Soudal + 0 s 13. Sven Erik Bystrøm Norway Katusha-Alpecin + 0 s 14th Lucas Hamilton Australia Australia + 0 s 15th Michael Woods Canada Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s 16. Jai Hindley Australia Australia + 0 s 17th Domenico Pozzovivo Italy AG2R La Mondiale + 0 s 18th Michael Storer Australia Australia + 0 s 19th Janier Acevedo Colombia UnitedHealthcare + 0 s 20th Brendan Canty Australia Cannondale-Drapac + 0 s

Sources: ProCyclingStats Cycling Quotient Cycling Archives

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nikias Arndt narrowly wins 2017 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. In: cyclingnews.com , January 29, 2017.
2. ↑ 2017 results. In: cadelevansgreatoceanroadrace.com.au , January 29, 2017.
3. ↑ Arndt got extra motivation at the Australian Open. radsport-news.com, January 29, 2017, accessed June 20, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official website
• Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2017 in the ProCyclingStats.com database