Santos Tour Down Under 2016: Results & News

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Tour Down Under 2016 race overview

Tour Down Under 2016

Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) safely negotiated the final stage of the Tour Down Under to claim an unprecedented fourth overall title while his team also celebrated the stage victory with Caleb Ewan.

Ewan powered away from Mark Renshaw (Dimension Data) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) at the end of the final lap of the city-centre circuit, making it six wins from six stages for Australian riders, and four for the Orica-GreenEdge team. Gerrans' overall victory, 10 years on from his first, propels the 35-year-old to the top of the WorldTour standings.

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Tour Down Under stage 6
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 1:55:02
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data Row 1 - Cell 2
3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek–Segafredo Row 2 - Cell 2
4 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Row 3 - Cell 2
5 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha Row 4 - Cell 2
6 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky Row 5 - Cell 2
7 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre–Merida Row 6 - Cell 2
8 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Etixx–Quick-Step Row 7 - Cell 2
9 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling Row 8 - Cell 2
10 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale Row 9 - Cell 2
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Final general classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 19:11:33
2 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:09
3 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:00:11
4 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff 0:00:20
5 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Row 4 - Cell 2
6 Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Esp) Team Movistar 0:00:28
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale Row 6 - Cell 2
8 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Lotto Soudal 0:00:36
9 Steve Morabito (Sui) FDJ 0:00:49
10 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale 0:00:50

Tour Down Under 2016 start list


The complete, official start list is available here.

Tour Down Under 2016 race tech


The Tour Down Under will be the first WorldTour event of the season in which teams can freely use disc brakes. There is uncertainty over the safety and benefits of disc brakes of which you can read more by clicking here. As the first big race of the season, the Tour Down Under is a great opportunity to have a look at new tech on offer and by clicking here you can find out what to expect from the 2016 edition of the race.

Tour Down Under 2016 stages:

• Down Under Classic (Adelaide) – 51 km – Sunday, January 17


• Tour Down Under Stage 1 – Prospect to Lyndoch – 130.8 km – Tuesday, January 19


• Tour Down Under Stage 4 – Norwood to Victor Harbor – 138 km – Friday, January 22


• Tour Down Under Stage 5 – McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill – 151.5 km – Saturday, January 23

 Tour Down Under 2016 Route Map

Tour Down Under race history: 2015 Tour Down Under | 2014 Tour Down Under | 2013 Tour Down Under | Tour Down Under Past winners

 

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