This is the 'queen stage', but the key is the fact that the organisers have made this the final day of racing, rather than the penultimate stage, like it was in the past," says Mitchelton-Scott head sports director Matt White. "In previous years, if you were within 10 seconds of the race lead after Willunga Hill, and going into the final day of racing, you still had a chance of winning the overall on the last day. That dynamic has been taken away, and that puts more importance on Willunga and the result there.
"There are no second chances this year. On Willunga, everyone knows where Richie Porte attacks. It's around the one-kilometre-to-go banner. However, nobody has been able to match his incredible accelerations. The time gaps in those last couple of minutes are always a mystery to a certain extent with cars being barraged and race radio delays, and key riders know they can hold nothing back all the way to the line."
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Nate Brown ready to take the ‘road captain’ reins at Rally UHC
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Wout van Aert begins extended training camp in Girona
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Canyon-SRAM confirm 15 returning riders in 2020
One spot still available for Zwift Academy winner -
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Movistar neo-pro Mathias Norsgaard suffers tibia fracture after being hit by a car
Young Dane facing six months delay to his racing debut after hitting a lamp post in Girona
