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JANUARY
WORLDTOUR MEN’S RACE
JANUARY
WORLDTOUR MEN’S RACE
TOUR DOWN UNDER
Stage 5
25 January 2020
Glenelg–Victor Harbor
149.1km
The first 60km of stage 5 were an almost perfect
replica of the day before. In the bonus sprints,
Pedersen went all in for leader Porte, but the world
champion couldn’t prevent Impey from carving
out a narrow advantage before the final stage. The
peloton then started to fracture and a dangerous
group got away, led by Dennis (Ineos) and covered
by Porte. The threat was short-lived, however, and
it took another 20km for the day’s breakaway to
form, which included Pedersen who had been off
the back only minutes before. On the Kerby Hill
climb, Mitchelton-Scott shattered the peloton and
forced a split over the top, Porte snatching the
KOM points. But after a furious chase, everything
came back together within the last 10km. Ewan
was well placed into the last corner, but ultimately
it was Nizzolo (NTT) who launched off Kluge’s
(Lotto Soudal) wheel to take the victory. KN
WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
21°C
PROFILE
GLENELG
BREAKAWAY
MEADOWS MEMORIAL HALL
WIND
SW 11km/h
S S
2
MCLAREN FLAT
J. Černý (CCC), M. Pedersen (TFS), I. Schelling (BOH),
I. Stannard (INS)
KERBY HILL
VICTOR HARBOR
TOUR DOWN UNDER
Stage 6
26 January 2020
McLaren Vale–Willunga Hill
151.5km
A 26-strong breakaway was the first harbinger
of change to the usually formulaic Willunga Hill
stage. The group established a substantial lead,
but the unflappable peloton brought them back
into range on the first climb approach, Pedersen
personally taking chunks out of the advantage.
By the top, the breakaway had halved in size,
as had the gap to the peloton. The diminished
breakaway still carried about a minute onto the
final ascent, but their days were numbered. When
Porte attacked, Yates could only briefly hold
on before going the same way as his teammate
Impey, and the Tasmanian soon caught the
breakaway survivors. One of them was British
neo pro Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal), who
surprised even himself by first staying with Porte
then attacking to win the stage. Unseated, the
(former) King of Willunga came home 3 seconds
later, content to settle for overall victory on
Australia Day. KN
WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
21°C
PROFILE
MCLAREN VALE
BREAKAWAY
WIND
S 16km/h
S S
1
SNAPPER POINT
S. Archbold (DQT), B. Armirail (GFC), C. Benedetti
(BOH), M. Boaro (AST), J. Dibben (LTS), M. Docker
(EF1), A. Greipel (ISN), M. Haller (TBM), J. Hollmann
(MOV), M. Holmes (LTS), B. J. Lindeman (TJV),
I. Keisse (DQT), M. Le Turnier (COF), M. Marcato (UAD),
D. Novak (TBM), K. Reijnen (TFS), J. Rosskopf (CCC),
L. Rowe (INS), J. Rutsch (EF1), C. Scott (NAT),
V. S. Laengen (UAD), M. Storer (SUN), D. Sunderland
(NTT), K. Van Bilsen (COF), S. Welsford (NAT),
R. Zabel (ISN)
SNAPPER POINT
WILLUNGA HILL
1
WILLUNGA HILL
JANUARY
STAGE RESULTS
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
STAGE RESULTS
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
POS NAME TEAM TIME
1. G. Nizzolo NTT 3:32:45
2. S. Consonni COF s.t.
3. S. Bennett DQS s.t.
4. M. Mørkøv DQT s.t.
5. J. Philipsen UAD s.t.
6. A. Greipel ISN s.t.
7. K. Halvorsen EF1 s.t.
8. C. Ewan LTS s.t.
9. F. Felline AST s.t.
10. D. Impey MTS s.t.
11. R. Gibbons NTT s.t.
12. J. Keukeleire EF1 s.t.
13. D. van Baarle INS s.t.
14. A. Vendrame ALM s.t.
15. R. Kluge LTS s.t.
16. Y. Arashiro TBM s.t.
17. M. Marcato UAD s.t.
18. R. Porte TFS s.t.
19. J. Drizners NAT s.t.
20. L. L. Sanchez AST s.t.
POS NAME TEAM TIME
1. ↑1 D. Impey MTS 17:12:15
2. ↓1 R. Porte TFS 0:02
3. — R. Power SUN 0:09
KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
POS NAME TEAM PTS
1. — J. Rosskopf CCC 35
2. ↑1 R. Porte TFS 26
3. ↑1 S. Yates MTS 12
POINTS
POS NAME TEAM PTS
1. — J. Philipsen UAD 63
2. ↑1 D. Impey MTS 48
3. ↓1 C. Ewan LTS 47
POS NAME TEAM TIME
1. M. Holmes LTS 3:24:54
2. R. Porte TFS 0:03
3. M. Boaro AST 0:04
4. B. Armirail GFC 0:07
5. M. Storer SUN s.t.
6. D. Ulissi UAD s.t.
7. S. Geschke CCC s.t.
8. R. Dennis INS s.t.
9. D. van Baarle INS s.t.
10. S. Yates MTS 0:23
11. L. Hamilton MTS 0:26
12. D. Sunderland NTT s.t.
13. D. Novak TBM s.t.
14. O. Fraile AST s.t.
15. H. Pernsteiner TBM s.t.
16. M. Marcato UAD 0:29
17. N. Haas COF s.t.
18. V. S. Laengen UAD s.t.
19. D. Devenyns DQT s.t.
20. D. Impey MTS s.t.
POS NAME TEAM TIME
1. ↑1 D. Impey MTS 20:30:42
2. ↑14 R. Porte TFS 0:13
3. ↑6 W. Poels SKY 0:17
KING OF THE MOUNTAINS
POS NAME TEAM PTS
1. — J. Lea NAT 30
2. ↑5 W. Poels SKY 30
3. ↑1 R. Porte TFS 28
POINTS
POS NAME TEAM PTS
1. — P. Bevin CCC 56
2. ↑2 D. van Poppel TJV 54
3. ↓1 P. Sagan BOH 50
YOUNG RIDER
YOUNG RIDER
POS NAME TEAM TIME
1. — P. Sivakov INS 17:12:50
2. — S. Buitrago TBM s.t.
3. — J. Drizners NAT 0:08
POS NAME TEAM TIME
1. ↑2 C. Hamilton SUN 20:31:15
2. — R. Guerreiro TKA 0:07
3. ↓2 R. Gibbons DDD 0:10
TRIVIA
BONUSES
TRIVIA
BONUSES
» This was NTT’s first-ever stage win at the Tour Down Under
TYPE NAME TEAM
Sprint 1 M. Pedersen
TFS
Sprint 2 D. Impey
MTS
KOM 1 R. Porte TFS
» Matthew Holmes is the first British winner of a Tour Down Under stage since
Geraint Thomas won stage 2 of the 2013 edition
TYPE NAME TEAM
Sprint 1 A. Greipel
ISN
Sprint 2 S. Welsford
NAT
KOM 1 J. Rosskopf CCC
KOM 2 M. Holmes LTS
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