Nathan Haas (Garmin Sharp) wygrał po finiszu z głównej grupy pierwszy etap wyścigu i objął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej.
Australijczyk wyprzedził swoich rodaków Matthewa Gossa (Orica-GreenEdge) i Jonathana Cantwella (Drapac).
Wyniki 1. etapu Herald Sun Tour (2.1), Geelong – Ballarat (125 km):
1 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 3:04:12 2 Matthew Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 3 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 4 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 6 Pat Shaw (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 7 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 9 Patrick Bevin (NZl) New Zealand Team 10 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 11 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 12 Steele von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp 13 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 14 Glenn O’Shea (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 15 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 16 Shaun O’Callaghan (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 17 Jack Haig (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 18 Calvin Watson (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 19 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 20 Alex Clements (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 21 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 22 John Anderson (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 23 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 24 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 25 Michael Vink (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts 26 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 27 Patrick Lane (Aus) Synergy Baku Cycling 28 Harry Carpenter (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 29 Robert Power (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 30 Rhys Gillett (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 31 Timothy Roe (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 32 Eric Sheppard (Aus) OCBC Singapore Team 33 Thomas Dekker (NED) Garmin Sharp 34 James Oram (NZl) New Zealand Team 35 Mark O’Brien (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 36 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp 37 Matthew Clarke (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 38 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp 39 Thomas Hamilton (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 00:15 40 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:18 41 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:20 42 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 01:25 43 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 02:26 44 Tural Isgandarov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling 45 Kristian Juel (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 46 Hugh Carth (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 47 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 06:46 48 Jeremy Cameron (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 49 Scott Davies (GBr) Great Britain National Team 50 Hayden McCormick (NZl) New Zealand Team 51 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 52 Jeffry Louder (NZl) UnitedHealthcare 53 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale Pro Cycling 54 Dion Smith (NZl) New Zealand Team 55 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 56 Samuel Horgan (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts 57 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Avanti Cycling Team 58 Chris Jory (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 59 James Rendall (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 60 Michael Cuming (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 61 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 62 Nathan Elliott (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 63 Joshua Prete (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 64 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 65 Matej Mahoric (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 09:47 66 Matty Lloyd (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 67 Samuel Witmitz (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 68 Jason Spencer (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 69 Bradley White (NZl) UnitedHealthcare 70 Ji Wen Low (Sin) OCBC Singapore Team 71 Robert-John McCarthy (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 72 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain National Team 73 Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 74 Felix English (Irl) Rapha Condor JLT 75 Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 76 Tom Scully (NZl) New Zealand Team 77 Adrian Hegyvary (NZl) UnitedHealthcare 78 Elchin Asadov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling 79 Cameron Bayly (Aus) OCBC Singapore Team 80 Thomas Rabou (NED) OCBC Singapore Team 81 Rico Rogers (Aus) OCBC Singapore Team 14:29 82 Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Team 83 Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Terengganu Team 84 Oliver Wood (GBr) Great Britain National Team 85 Daniel Klemme (Ger) Synergy Baku Cycling 86 Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain National Team 87 Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Team 88 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Synergy Baku Cycling 89 Luke Davison (Aus) Synergy Baku Cycling 90 Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Team 91 Ying Hon Ronald Yeung (Hkg) OCBC Singapore Team 92 Christopher Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 93 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) New Zealand Team 94 Fakhruddin Makuzi (Mas) Terengganu Team 95 Jacob Ragan (GBr) Great Britain National Team 17:54 DNF Anuar Manan (Mas) Terengganu Team Klasyfikcja po 1. etapie 1 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 03:07:05 2 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp 00:07 3 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 00:09 4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5 Steele von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp 00:11 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:12 7 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 8 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 9 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:13 10 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 11 Glenn O’Shea (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 00:14 12 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 13 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 14 Harry Carpenter (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 15 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:15 16 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 17 Shaun O’Callaghan (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 18 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 19 Patrick Bevin (NZl) New Zealand Team 00:16 20 Jack Haig (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 21 Timothy Roe (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 22 Thomas Dekker (NED) Garmin Sharp 23 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 00:17 24 Rhys Gillett (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 25 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:18 26 James Oram (NZl) New Zealand Team 27 Alex Clements (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 00:19 28 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:20 29 Pat Shaw (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 30 John Anderson (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 31 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp 32 Matthew Clarke (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 33 Michael Vink (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts 00:21 34 Robert Power (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 00:22 35 Eric Sheppard (Aus) OCBC Singapore Team 36 Calvin Watson (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 00:23 37 Patrick Lane (Aus) Synergy Baku Cycling 38 Thomas Hamilton (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 00:33 39 Mark O’Brien (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 00:34 40 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 00:37 41 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 00:40 42 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 01:37 43 Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 02:45 44 Kristian Juel (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 02:47 45 Hugh Carth (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 02:48 46 Tural Isgandarov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling 03:00 47 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Avanti Cycling Team 07:00 48 Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Avanti Cycling Team 49 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 50 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 07:01 51 Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 07:03 52 Hayden McCormick (NZl) New Zealand Team 53 Jeffry Louder (NZl) UnitedHealthcare 54 Samuel Horgan (NZl) Team Budget Forklifts 55 Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale Pro Cycling 07:04 56 James Rendall (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 07:06 57 Nathan Elliott (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 58 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 07:07 59 Dion Smith (NZl) New Zealand Team 60 Joshua Prete (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 61 Michael Cuming (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 62 Scott Davies (GBr) Great Britain National Team 07:09 63 Chris Jory (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 64 Jeremy Cameron (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 07:13 65 Tom Scully (NZl) New Zealand Team 09:55 66 Felix English (Irl) Rapha Condor JLT 09:56 67 Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain National Team 10:00 68 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain National Team 10:01 69 Bradley White (NZl) UnitedHealthcare 10:03 70 Jason Spencer (Aus) African Wildlife Safaris 71 Samuel Witmitz (Aus) Team Budget Forklifts 10:05 72 Robert-John McCarthy (Aus) Jayco Australian U23 10:06 73 Thomas Rabou (NED) OCBC Singapore Team 74 Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 10:07 75 Matej Mahoric (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 10:08 76 Cameron Bayly (Aus) OCBC Singapore Team 77 Adrian Hegyvary (NZl) UnitedHealthcare 10:09 78 Ji Wen Low (Sin) OCBC Singapore Team 10:13 79 Elchin Asadov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling 10:15 80 Matty Lloyd (Aus) Kordamentha Real Estate - Team Australia 10:28 81 Luke Davison (Aus) Synergy Baku Cycling 14:47 82 Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain National Team 14:48 83 Christopher Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT 84 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) New Zealand Team 85 Daniel Klemme (Ger) Synergy Baku Cycling 14:49 86 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Synergy Baku Cycling 14:51 87 Rico Rogers (Aus) OCBC Singapore Team 14:53 88 Oliver Wood (GBr) Great Britain National Team 89 Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Team 14:56 90 Umardi Rosdi (Mas) Terengganu Team 14:59 91 Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Team 15:01 92 Ying Hon Ronald Yeung (Hkg) OCBC Singapore Team 93 Zamri Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Team 15:03 94 Fakhruddin Makuzi (Mas) Terengganu Team 15:07 95 Jacob Ragan (GBr) Great Britain National Team 18:18