Australijczyk Caleb Ewan wygrał pierwszy etap i objął prowadzenie w 19. wyścigu Santos Tour Down Under.
Zawodnik grupy Orica-Scott pokonał na finiszu z peletonu Danny’ego van Poppela (Team Sky) i Sama Bennetta (Bora-hansgrohe).
Pierwszy odcinek został skrócony o 27 kilometrów z powodu temperatury sięgającej 40 stopni C. Po starcie odjechał Laurens De Vreese. 29-latek z Astany utrzymywał samotne prowadzenie przez ponad 90 kilometrów. Został złapany dopiero przed lotną premią, niespełna 20 kilometrów do mety.
Kolejną akcję podjął Jan Bakelants (Ag2r), do którego bez powodzenia próbował dołączyć Adam Hansen (Lotto Soudal). Obu śmiałków wchłonięto na ostatnich 5 kilometrach.
Na finiszu Peter Sagan rozprowadził jadącego środkiem Bennetta, ale po jego lewej stronie, skutecznie przy bandzie zafiniszował Caleb Ewan. Drugi, wolniejszy o pół roweru, był Danny van Poppel.
What a finish to @hostworksmedia Stage !! It was quick, as expected, and @CalebEwan does it again … just!! #TDU pic.twitter.com/cJkojxd2Hk
— Tour Down Under (@tourdownunder) January 17, 2017
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 3:24:18 2 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 4 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 5 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 6 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 7 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 8 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 9 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 10 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 12 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 13 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 14 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 15 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 16 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 17 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 18 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 19 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 20 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 21 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 22 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 23 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 24 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 25 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 26 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 28 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 29 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 31 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 32 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 33 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 34 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 35 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 36 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 37 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 38 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 39 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 40 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 41 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 42 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 43 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 44 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 45 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 46 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 47 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 48 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 49 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 50 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 51 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 53 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 54 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 55 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 57 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 59 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 61 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 62 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 63 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 64 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 65 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 66 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 67 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 68 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 69 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott 71 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 72 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia 73 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 74 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 75 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 76 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 77 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ 78 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 79 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 80 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 81 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 82 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 83 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 84 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 86 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 87 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 88 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 89 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 90 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 91 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 92 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia 93 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 94 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 95 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 96 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 98 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 99 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 100 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 101 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 102 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 103 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia 104 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 105 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 106 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 107 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 108 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 109 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 110 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 111 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 112 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 113 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 114 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 115 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 116 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 117 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 118 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 119 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 120 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 121 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:15 122 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 123 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 00:23 124 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 00:26 125 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 00:30 126 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:32 127 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:50 128 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 129 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 130 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 03:35 131 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 132 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 06:56 DNF Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 3:24:08 2 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 00:04 3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:06 4 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:07 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 00:08 6 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 7 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 8 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:10 9 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 10 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 11 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 12 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 13 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 14 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 16 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 17 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 18 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 19 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 20 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 21 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 22 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 23 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 24 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 25 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 26 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 27 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 28 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 30 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 31 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 32 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 33 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 34 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 36 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 37 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 38 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 39 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 40 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 41 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 42 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 43 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 44 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 45 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 46 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 47 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 48 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 49 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 50 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 51 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 52 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 54 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 55 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 56 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 58 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 60 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 62 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 63 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 64 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 65 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 66 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 67 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 68 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 69 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 70 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott 71 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 72 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia 73 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 74 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 75 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 76 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 77 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ 78 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 79 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 80 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 81 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 82 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 83 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 84 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 86 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 87 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 88 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 89 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 90 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 91 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 92 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia 93 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 94 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 95 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 96 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 98 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 99 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 100 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 101 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 102 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 103 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia 104 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 105 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 106 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 107 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 108 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 109 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 110 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 111 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 112 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 113 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 114 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 115 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 116 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 117 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 118 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 119 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 120 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 121 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:25 122 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 123 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 00:33 124 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 00:36 125 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 00:40 126 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:42 127 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 01:00 128 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 129 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 130 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 03:45 131 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 132 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 07:03