Tour Down Under: Ewan wins stage 2 in Stirling
Mitchelton-Scott finish 1-2 with Daryl Impey in second, Ewan takes overall lead
Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) got redemption for his stage 1 loss at the Tour Down Under, taking out the uphill stage 2 sprint Wednesday in Stirling ahead of teammate Daryl Impey and seizing the overall race lead as well.
Ewan was calm and comfortable as the peloton circled the loop around Stirling the last of three times, then he waited for Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) to jump in the sprint before launching from is own lead-out and overtaking the world champion at the line. Impey also slipped past Sagan for second, with Sagan's teammate Jay McCarthy finishing third. Sagan missed the podium in fourth.
Ewan now leads the overall by 10 seconds over Impey and 12 seconds over Sagan and McCarthy.
"I heard on the radio that Greipel had been dropped on the last climb, so I’m happy to be back in ochre," Ewan said. "It’s just good to get that confidence back after the last few races."
Ewan lost to Sagan in the People's Choice Classic and fell to Greipel on stage 1, but he looked strong and confident during the stage 2 run to Stirling and then on the three 21km finishing circuits.
"I hid pretty well in the field," he said. "I've done this circuit before so I know where I can relax and when I need to be at the front. The boys did the same thing. We were relaxed when we could and went hard when we needed to."
The stage win and overall lead are huge prizes for Ewan, who wasn't sure that he'd be in position to contest the sprint after the climb to the finish.
"It was something we were all unsure about, whether I'd make it over the top," he admitted. "The boys put me in a perfect position again, and this team backed me 100 per cent even though some results haven't went perfect for us. So for them to back me on a stage that doesn't even suit me, it means a lot."
The 148.6km stage from Unley to Stirling was contested under stifling conditions with temperatures above 30 degrees. That didn't deter the escape artists, however, and as soon as the lengthy 14km neutral roll out was over a group of four slipped away.
In the group were three riders who escaped on the previous stage: Will Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac), Nicholas Dlamini (Dimension Data) and Scott Bowden (UniSA-Australia). They were joined on this outing by Movistar neo-pro Jaimie Castrillo.
The peloton let the leaders build their gap out to more than six minutes as they rode toward Stirling. Dlamini, wearing the mountains jersey he won the day before, took maximum points on the first and only KOM just 12.8km into the day. With his lead in the mountains competition extended, the South African rider sat up and slipped back into the peloton.
Clarke, Bowden and Castillo continued on, with Clarke picking up maximum bonus seconds on both intermediate sprints at 45.9km and 77.3km. Like Dlamini, Clarke collected his bonuses and then sat up, choosing to slip back into the peloton with the virtual race lead. Bowden decided to join his fellow Australian and sat up as well.
Castrillo was a bit hungrier, however, and soldiered on alone. The 21-year-old held on until just under 15km remaining before the peloton swept him up. From there it was a constant battle for position as teams swapped out setting the pace that eventually saw some of the sprinters - and especially Greipel - jettisoned from the bunch.
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Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 4:03:55 |
2 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | |
3 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
4 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
5 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
6 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
7 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | |
8 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
9 | Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
10 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team | |
11 | Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
12 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
13 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
14 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
15 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
16 | Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
17 | Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
18 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | |
19 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
20 | Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
21 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
22 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
23 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data | |
24 | Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | |
25 | Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky | |
26 | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | |
27 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
28 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
29 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ | |
30 | Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors | |
31 | Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data | |
32 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
33 | George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
34 | Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
35 | Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
36 | Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
37 | Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
38 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | |
39 | Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | |
40 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
41 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
42 | Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
43 | Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | |
44 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | |
45 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
46 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
47 | Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data | |
48 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | |
49 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:00:11 |
50 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:13 |
51 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
52 | William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
53 | Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:16 |
54 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:27 |
55 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:32 |
56 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
57 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | |
58 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
59 | Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
60 | Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
61 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | |
62 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | 0:00:40 |
63 | Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
64 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:50 |
65 | Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:00:54 |
66 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team | |
67 | Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:58 |
68 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:01:03 |
69 | Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:01:04 |
70 | Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team | |
71 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:01:13 |
72 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:01:15 |
73 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:01:42 |
74 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | |
75 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:01:46 |
76 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:01:49 |
77 | Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
78 | Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:02:09 |
79 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:18 |
80 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:02:43 |
81 | Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | |
82 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:02:46 |
83 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | |
84 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:03:03 |
85 | Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:03:21 |
86 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
87 | José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:03:26 |
88 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | 0:03:28 |
89 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:03:46 |
90 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
91 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
92 | Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
93 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
94 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:05:15 |
95 | Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:05:37 |
96 | Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
97 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:05:51 |
98 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:06:01 |
99 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
100 | Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | |
101 | Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | 0:07:21 |
102 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | |
103 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
104 | Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
105 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | |
106 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
107 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:08:31 |
108 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 0:09:55 |
109 | Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
110 | Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ | |
111 | Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team | |
112 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
113 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | |
114 | Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | |
115 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
116 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
117 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
118 | Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:11:09 |
119 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
120 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:14:49 |
121 | Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo | |
122 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
123 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
124 | Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
125 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
126 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:19:26 |
127 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida | 0:24:11 |
128 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ | |
129 | Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
130 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | |
DNS | Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 5 | pts |
2 | Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | |
3 | Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 5 | pts |
2 | Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 3 | |
3 | Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team | 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 15 | pts |
2 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | 14 | |
3 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | 13 | |
4 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 12 | |
5 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | 11 | |
6 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 10 | |
7 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | 9 | |
8 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 8 | |
9 | Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 7 | |
10 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | 10 | pts |
2 | William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 6 | |
3 | Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team | 4 | |
4 | Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
1 | Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Bahrain - Merida | 12:11:45 |
2 | Mitchelton - Scott | |
3 | UAE Team Emirates | |
4 | Quick - Step Floors | |
5 | Movistar Team | |
6 | AG2R La Mondiale | |
7 | Team Dimension Data | |
8 | Team Sunweb | |
9 | Trek - Segafredo | |
10 | Team Sky | 0:00:11 |
11 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:13 |
12 | EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | |
13 | Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo | 0:00:27 |
14 | BMC Racing Team | 0:00:32 |
15 | Team Katusha Alpecin | 0:00:54 |
16 | UniSA Australia | 0:01:03 |
17 | Bora - Hansgrohe | 0:02:43 |
18 | Lotto Soudal | 0:03:59 |