Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2018

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2018
General
output	4. Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Racing series	UCI WorldTour 2018 1st UWT
date	January 28, 2018
overall length	164 km
Host country	Australia
begin	Melbourne
target	Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus
Teams	16
Driver at the start	106
Driver at the finish	69
Average speed	40.33 km / h
Result
winner	Jay McCarthy ( Bora-Hansgrohe )
Second	Elia Viviani ( Quick-Step Floors )
Third	Daryl Impey ( Mitchelton-Scott )
Mountain scoring	Lasse Norman Hansen ( Aqua Blue Sport )
Sprint scoring	Pavel Kochetkow ( Katusha-Alpecin )
Young talent evaluation	Bjorg Lambrecht ( Lotto-Soudal )
Team evaluation	Quick-Step Floors
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The 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2018 was an Australian road bike race with start and finish after 164 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 28, 2018 . The bike race was part of the UCI WorldTour 2018 .

Participating teams

WorldTeams (12) Lotto Soudal Trek-Segafredo Team Sunweb Sky Mitchelton-Scott Team Lotto NL-Jumbo Quick-Step Floors Katusha-Alpecin Dimension data Bora-Hansgrohe AG2R La Mondiale BMC Racing Team Professional Continental Teams (3) Aqua Blue Sport Israel Cycling Academy Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij National team Australia

route

After the start in Geelong there was a 100 km long lap around Geelong. This was followed by four laps of 15 km each. The round included the Challambra Crescent (1 km long / max. 10% steep). From the last crossing it was nine kilometers to the finish.

Race course

At temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius, five drivers took off with the starting shot: Pawel Kotschetkow (Russia / Katusha Alpecin), Robbert de Greef (Netherlands / Roompot), Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark / Aqua Blue Sport ), Sam Welsford and Alexander Porter (both Australia / both national team). They could get out for a maximum of six minutes. On the third lap, Kotschetkow and Hansen were the last to leave the field. On the last lap, nine riders separated themselves on the climb: Peter Kennaugh (Great Britain), Daniel Oss (Italy), Jay McCarthy (Australia / all Bora), Simon Gerrans (Australia / BMC), Dries Devenyns (Belgium / Quick Step), Daryl Impey (South Africa), Esteban Chaves (Colombia / Mitchelton Scott), Pierre-Roger Latour (France / Ag2R) as well as Robert Gesink (Netherlands) and George Bennett (New Zealand / both LottoNL). A good kilometer before the finish line, another larger group managed to catch up with the outliers. In the end, McCarthy managed the group sprint ahead of Elia Viviani (Italy / Quick Step), who had the higher top speed but was poorly positioned.

Race result

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Jay McCarthy Australia Bora-Hansgrohe 4 h 04 min 00 s 2. Elia Viviani Italy Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 3. Daryl Impey South Africa Mitchelton-Scott + 0 s 4th Dries Devenyns Belgium Quick-Step Floors + 0 s 5. Simon Gerrans Australia BMC Racing Team + 0 s 6th Nikias Arndt Germany Sunweb + 0 s 7th Steele Von Hoff Australia Australia + 0 s 8th. Maurits Lammertink Netherlands Katusha-Alpecin + 0 s 9. Enrico Battaglin Italy LottoNL Jumbo + 0 s 10. Lars Bak Denmark Lotto Soudal + 0 s 11. Robert Gesink Netherlands LottoNL Jumbo + 0 s 12. Owain Doull United Kingdom Sky + 0 s 13. Pierre Latour France AG2R La Mondiale + 0 s 14th Koen de Kort Netherlands Trek-Segafredo + 0 s 15th Maarten Wijnants Belgium LottoNL Jumbo + 0 s 16. Cameron Meyer Australia Mitchelton-Scott + 0 s 17th José Gonçalves Portugal Katusha-Alpecin + 0 s 18th Mickaël Chérel France AG2R La Mondiale + 0 s 19th Bjorg Lambrecht Belgium Lotto Soudal + 0 s 20th Ruben Guerreiro Portugal Trek-Segafredo + 0 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Preview of the races of the day / January 28th. radsport-news.com, January 28, 2018, accessed January 28, 2018 . 
2. ↑ McCarthy ends his trip home with a victory. radsport-news.com, January 28, 2018, accessed January 28, 2018 . 

Web links

• Official website
• Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2018 in the ProCyclingStats.com database