Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Towards Zero Race Melbourne 2018: Elite Women Results

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Sprinting for the win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annemiek Van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) pre-race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The peloton on the course around Albert Park (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Fast action at the head of the bunch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Racing towards the Melbourne skyline (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annemiek Van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) in the peloton (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Australian champion Shannon Malseed in her new kit (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Georgia Williams (Mitchelton-Scott) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sarah Roy (Mitchelton-Scott) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Eri Yonamine of Wiggle High5 in the bunch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annemiek Van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) with the number one dossard (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annette Edmondson (Wiggle High5) was all smiles on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annette Edmondson (Wiggle High5) after confirmation of her win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The sprinters spread across the road (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The sprint winds up (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Me or you? Annette Edmondson (Wiggle High5) and Giorgia Bronzini (Cylance) check after the line (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annette Edmondson (Wiggle High5) unsure if she has won (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annette Edmondson and Wiggle High5 celebrate (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Barbara Guarischi (Team Virtu Cycling) won the sprint classification (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Annette Edmondson (Wiggle High5) with her winners check (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Waowdeals Pro Cycling lead the bunch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Annette Edmondson has won the women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Towards Zero Race Melbourne in a sprint photo finish. Georgia Bronzini (Cylance) was second with Kendal Ryan (Tibco) rounding out the podium in third place following a close and hard fought battle for victory

The victory continues the good form of Edmondson after she won the opening stage of the Santos Women's Tour in her home town of Adelaide earlier in the month.

Mitchelton-Scott led the sprint to the line with Sarah Roy and Gracie Elvin as the sprinters bided their time, protected by the wind. Inside the few final hundred meters, Wiggle High5 made its move with Edmondson on the right-hand side of the road. On her inside line, Hosking, Bronzini and Ryan were making their move.

Closing in on the finish line, the sprinters fanned across the line but it was Edmondson who kept her straight line and through her bike to take a narrow win. Riders unaware for several minutes who would be delivered the win.

With temperatures almost perfect for racing and on a very fast Formula 1 track, the peloton set out for the first of 12 laps of the 5.3km circuit. Sydney Uni - Staminade and Bepink were active in sending riders up the road for the early break. However, nothing truly stuck and as the laps counted down, it was clear a sprint finish would be inevitable but it would take a photo finish to decide the winner.

With Friday to rest, the peloton heads down the highway for the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Saturday and then the Women's Herald Sun Tour from Tuesday to close out a busy start to the 2018 season.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle High5	1:34:54
2	Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling
3	Kendall Ryan (USA) Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
4	Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale - Cipollini
5	Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling
6	Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
7	Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale - Cipollini
8	Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
9	Maria Vittoria Sperotto (Ita) Bepink
10	Abigail Van Twisk (GBr) Trek-Drops
11	Emilie Moberg (Nor) Team Virtu Cycling
12	Alison Jackson (Can) Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
13	Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling
14	Brodie Chapman (Aus) Holden Team Gusto
15	Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Wiggle High5
16	Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cub) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air T20
17	Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton-Scott
18	Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Australia
19	Lydia Rippon (NZl) New Zealand National Team
20	Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Specialized Women’s Racing
21	Katia Ragusa (Ita) Bepink
22	Kendelle Hodges (Aus) Specialized Women’s Racing
23	Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale - Cipollini
24	Shayna Powless (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air T20
25	Lucy Bechtel (Aus) Specialized Women’s Racing
26	Scotti Lechuga (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air T20
27	Molly Weaver (GBr) Trek-Drops
28	Georgia Whitehouse (Aus) Sydney Uni - Staminade
29	Abby Sneddon (Aus) Sydney Uni - Staminade
30	Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Australia
31	Kate Smith (NZl) New Zealand National Team
32	Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Australia
33	Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Team Virtu Cycling
34	Eva Buurman (Ned) Trek-Drops
35	Linda Villumsen (NZl) Team Virtu Cycling
36	Erica Clevenger (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air T20
37	Mikayla Harvey (NZl) New Zealand National Team
38	Grace Brown (Aus) Holden Team Gusto
39	Ella Harris (NZl) New Zealand National Team
40	Amy Cure (Aus) Wiggle High5
41	Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale - Cipollini
42	Shannon Malseed (Aus) Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
43	Riejanne Markus (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling
44	Annasley Park (GBr) Trek-Drops
45	Anouska Koster (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling
46	Danielle Morshead (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air T20
47	Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Wiggle High5
48	Erica Magnaldi (Ita) Bepink
49	Matilda Reynolds (Aus) Holden Team Gusto
50	Trine Schmidt (Den) Team Virtu Cycling
51	Kate Mcilroy (NZl) Specialized Women’s Racing
52	Alice Cobb (GBr) Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
53	Ella Bloor (Aus) Specialized Women’s Racing
54	Francesca Pattaro (Ita) Bepink
55	Jeanne Korevaar (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling
56	Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Ale - Cipollini
57	Holly Breck (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling
58	Rossella Ratto (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling
59	Amy Vesty (NZl) Sydney Uni - Staminade
60	Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling
61	Liza Rachetto (Aus) Holden Team Gusto
62	Jade Colligan (Aus) Sydney Uni - Staminade
63	Rylee McMullen (NZl) New Zealand National Team
64	Grace Anderson (NZl) New Zealand National Team
65	Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale - Cipollini
66	Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling
67	Lisa Morzenti (Ita) Bepink
68	Emma Grant (GBr) Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
69	Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Waowdeals Pro Cycling
70	Rotem Gafinovitz (Isr) Waowdeals Pro Cycling
71	Sarah Gigante (Aus) Holden Team Gusto	0:00:25
72	Kathryn Buss (USA) Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank	0:00:28
73	Katrin Garfoot Kordamentha Real Estate - Australia
74	Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Trek-Drops
75	Angela Smith (Aus) Sydney Uni - Staminade
76	Louise Norman Hansen (Den) Team Virtu Cycling
77	Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink
78	Rachel Neylan (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Australia	0:00:31
79	Peta Mullens (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Australia
80	Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek-Drops	0:00:40
81	Amanda Spratt (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott	0:00:45
82	Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
83	Georgia Williams (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott	0:01:00
84	Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Wiggle High5
85	Megan Scott (Aus) Sydney Uni - Staminade	0:01:04
86	Kate Perry (Aus) Specialized Women’s Racing	0:01:07