Caleb Ewan (Orica–GreenEdge) finiszował z peletonu po zwycięstwo na mecie pierwszego etapu 18. Tour Down Under.
21-letni Australijczyk wyprzedził swojego rodaka Marka Renshawa (Dimension Data) oraz Holendra Woutera Wipperta (Cannondale).
Ucieczkę na pierwszym etapie zainicjowali Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r La Mondiale), Martijn Keizer (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) oraz Sean Lake (UniSA-Australia). Trójka stanowiła ozdobnik ścigania, uzyskując zaledwie 2:19 nad peletonem po 56 kilometrach zmagań.
Współpraca czołówki układała się długo, ale najpierw Krizer, a następnie Gougeard dali za wygraną. Lake kontynuował ucieczkę w pojedynkę, ucieczkę skazaną na porażkę. Kontrolujący sytuację peleton wchłonął śmiałka niespełna 6 kilometrów przed kreską.
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 3:24:13 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data 3 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale 4 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre–Merida 5 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff 6 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek–Segafredo 7 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 8 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia 9 José Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Team Movistar 10 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 11 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 12 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL–Jumbo 13 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale 14 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 15 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana 16 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Etixx–Quick-Step 17 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 18 Koen De Kort (Ned) Giant–Alpecin 19 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha 20 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) UniSA-Australia 21 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 22 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Juan José Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Team Movistar 24 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 25 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica–GreenEdge 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 27 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Giant–Alpecin 28 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Rsa) 29 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana 30 Patrick Shaw (Aus) UniSA-Australia 31 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre–Merida 32 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 33 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre–Merida 34 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 35 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana 36 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Dimension Data 37 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek–Segafredo 38 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek–Segafredo 39 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Lotto Soudal 40 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana 41 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale 42 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Dimension Data 43 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 44 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 45 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Astana 46 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana 47 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 48 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx–Quick-Step 49 Jascha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Movistar 50 Carlos Verona (Esp) Etixx–Quick-Step 51 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 52 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff 53 Steve Morabito (Sui) FDJ 54 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff 55 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 56 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff 57 Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Esp) Team Movistar 58 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 59 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre–Merida 60 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Team Movistar 61 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal 62 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) FDJ 64 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 65 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff 66 Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica–GreenEdge 67 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 68 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 69 Louis Meintjes (Rsa) Lampre–Merida 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 71 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 72 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff 73 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 74 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 75 Nathan Earle (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 76 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 77 David De La Cruz (Esp) Etixx–Quick-Step 78 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 79 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 80 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 81 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 82 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale 83 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL–Jumbo 84 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 85 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Movistar 86 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL–Jumbo 87 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek–Segafredo 88 Jesús Herrada (Esp) Team Movistar 89 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 90 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 91 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana 92 Georg Preidler (Aut) Giant–Alpecin 93 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale 94 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff 95 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 98 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Lampre–Merida 99 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx–Quick-Step 100 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx–Quick-Step 101 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 102 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Pro Cycling 103 Songezo Jim (Rsa) Team Dimension Data 104 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team 105 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 106 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 107 Patrick Lane (Aus) UniSA-Australia 108 Sean Lake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 109 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 110 Carter Jones (USA) Giant–Alpecin 111 Chris Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 112 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 113 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 114 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Team Katusha 115 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 116 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek–Segafredo 117 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 118 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 119 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Trek–Segafredo 120 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx–Quick-Step 121 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre–Merida 123 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 124 Jaco Venter (Rsa) Team Dimension Data 125 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 126 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 127 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 128 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek–Segafredo 00:19 129 Bert De Backer (Bel) Giant–Alpecin 00:22 130 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 00:40 131 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 132 Simon Geschke (Ger) Giant–Alpecin 00:48 133 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Dimension Data 01:01 134 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 01:05 135 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 136 Cheng Ji (Chn) Giant–Alpecin 02:46 137 Marcel Aregger (Sui) IAM Cycling 05:29 138 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 139 Martijn Keizer (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 05:32 140 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 07:56
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 3:24:13 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data 00:04 3 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale 00:06 5 Sean Lake (Aus) UniSA-Australia 00:07 6 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre–Merida 00:10 7 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff 8 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek–Segafredo 9 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 10 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia 11 José Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Team Movistar 12 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 13 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 14 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL–Jumbo 15 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale 16 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 17 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana 18 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Etixx–Quick-Step 19 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Giant–Alpecin 21 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha 22 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) UniSA-Australia 23 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 24 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Juan José Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Team Movistar 26 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 27 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica–GreenEdge 28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 29 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Giant–Alpecin 30 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Rsa) 31 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana 32 Patrick Shaw (Aus) UniSA-Australia 33 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre–Merida 34 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 35 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre–Merida 36 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 37 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana 38 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Dimension Data 39 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek–Segafredo 40 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek–Segafredo 41 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Lotto Soudal 42 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana 43 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale 44 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Dimension Data 45 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 46 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 47 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Esp) Astana 48 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana 49 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 50 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx–Quick-Step 51 Jascha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Movistar 52 Carlos Verona (Esp) Etixx–Quick-Step 53 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 54 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff 55 Steve Morabito (Sui) FDJ 56 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff 57 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 58 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff 59 Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Esp) Team Movistar 60 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 61 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre–Merida 62 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Team Movistar 63 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Soudal 64 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Murilo Fischer (Bra) FDJ 66 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 67 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff 68 Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica–GreenEdge 69 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 70 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 71 Louis Meintjes (Rsa) Lampre–Merida 72 Bram Tankink (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 73 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 74 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff 75 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 76 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 77 Nathan Earle (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 78 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 79 David De La Cruz (Esp) Etixx–Quick-Step 80 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 81 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 82 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 83 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 84 Ruben Zepuntke (Ger) Cannondale 85 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL–Jumbo 86 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 87 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Team Movistar 88 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL–Jumbo 89 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek–Segafredo 90 Jesús Herrada (Esp) Team Movistar 91 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 92 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana 93 Georg Preidler (Aut) Giant–Alpecin 94 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale 95 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff 96 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 99 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Lampre–Merida 100 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx–Quick-Step 101 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Etixx–Quick-Step 102 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 103 Gavin Mannion (USA) Drapac Pro Cycling 104 Songezo Jim (Rsa) Team Dimension Data 105 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team 106 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 107 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 108 Patrick Lane (Aus) UniSA-Australia 109 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 110 Carter Jones (USA) Giant–Alpecin 111 Chris Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 112 Lachlan Norris (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 113 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 114 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Team Katusha 115 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 116 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek–Segafredo 117 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 118 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 119 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Trek–Segafredo 120 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx–Quick-Step 121 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre–Merida 123 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 124 Jaco Venter (Rsa) Team Dimension Data 125 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 126 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 127 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Pro Cycling 128 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek–Segafredo 129 Bert De Backer (Bel) Giant–Alpecin 00:19 130 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 00:22 131 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 00:40 132 Simon Geschke (Ger) Giant–Alpecin 133 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Dimension Data 00:48 134 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 01:01 135 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 01:05 136 Cheng Ji (Chn) Giant–Alpecin 137 Marcel Aregger (Sui) IAM Cycling 02:46 138 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 05:29 139 Martijn Keizer (Ned) LottoNL–Jumbo 140 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge 08:06