Gianni Meersman (Etixx-Quick Step) wygrał pierwsze w historii zawody Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
Na nieznacznie pofałdowanej trasie Belg przyjechał na czele niedużej grupy, wyprzedzając Simona Clarke’a (Orica-GreenEdge) i Nathan Haasa (Cannondale-Garmin).
Wyścigiem w Geelong swoją karierę zakończył mistrz świata (2009) i zwycięzca Tour de France (2011) Cadel Evans. 38-letni kolarz BMC Racing zajął 5. miejsce.
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1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Extixx - Quick Step 4:15:22 2 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Cannondale-Garmin 4 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 7 Moreno Moser (Ita) Team Cannondale-Garmin 8 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team 9 Pete Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 00:07 10 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 00:09 11 Silvan Dillier (Sui) BMC Racing Team 12 Aleski Tcatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 13 Fraser Gough (NZl) Avanti Racing Team 14 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare 15 Pieter Serry (Bel) Extixx - Quick Step 16 Davide de la Cruz Melgarejo (Esp) Extixx - Quick Step 17 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 18 Brendan Canty (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 19 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 20 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 21 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 22 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 23 Alex Clements (Aus) Jayco-AIS Under 23 Team 24 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Extixx - Quick Step 25 Cameron Bayly (Aus) search2retain-health.com.au 26 Peter Setina (USA) BMC Racing Team 27 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 28 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 29 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 30 Martin Elmiger (Sui) IAM Cycling 00:59 31 Jarlison Pantano Gomez (Col) IAM Cycling 01:32 32 Pat Lane (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris Racing Team 01:58 33 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Extixx - Quick Step 34 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 35 Tiziano Dall'Ántonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 36 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 37 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN Qhubeka 38 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 39 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 40 Davide Villella (Ita) Team Cannondale-Garmin 41 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare 42 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 43 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 02:43 44 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 45 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) search2retain-health.com.au 46 Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare 47 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 48 Mitchell Cooper (Aus) Navitas Satalyst Racing Team 49 Alex Smyth (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris Racing Team 05:42 50 Robert Power (Aus) Jayco-AIS Under 23 Team 51 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Avanti Racing Team 07:23 52 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 09:04 53 Alexander Howes (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin 12:06 54 Hans Jacob Bauer (NZl) Team Cannondale-Garmin 12:08