Herald Sun Tour 2019, Michael Woods batte Richie Porte

Ancora Education First all’Herald Sun Tour 2019. Dopo aver vinto la frazione inaugurale con Daniel McLay, la formazione statunitense si ripete anche nella prima frazione impegnativa grazie a Mike Woods, che in una volata a due regola Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo), unico in grado di resistergli nell’impegnativo finale. In terza posizione chiude Kenny Elissonde (Team Sky), tra i primi a muoversi, prima di doversi arrendere alle accelerazioni del canadese, ovviamente nuovo leader della corsa.

In una tappa nervosa sono in sei a provarci, andando a costituire la fuga del giorno, nella quale ritroviamo due protagonisti del tentativo della prima frazione, Ayden Toovey (Team BridgeLane) e Karl Michelin-Beard (Oliver’s Real Food). Con loro anche Liam White (Drapac – Cannondale Holistic), Thomas Coates (Futuro – Maxxis), Cyrus Monk e Shane Archbold (EvoPro Racing), con i quali riescono stavolta ad avere un vantaggio massimo superiore ai tre minuti. Tuttavia nuovamente il gruppo tiene il guinzaglio abbastanza corto, iniziando ad aumentare l’andatura già piuttosto lontani dalla conclusione.

In ragione di un percorso accidentato, davanti cominciano a sfilarsi alcuni corridori, mentre dietro aumenta il nervosismo per le posizioni di testa, provocando una caduta a poco più di trenta chilometri dalla conclusione. La Sky continua a tenere il ritmo molto elevato, annullando così definitivamente il tentativo dei tre attaccanti rimasti quando ormai si è in vista dell’ultima salita, che si conclude su una specie di sterrato. A muoversi per primi sono proprio gli uomini della formazione britannica, che lanciano Pavel Sivakov e Kenny Elissonde, ai quali si aggiunge inizialmente anche Chris Harper (Team BrideLane). Dieto questo terzetto un gruppetto di sei uomini guidato da tre corridori della Mitchelton-Scott, Lucas Hamilton, Damien Howson e Nick Schultz, accompagnati dai due grandi favoriti, Michael Woods (EF Education First), Richie Porte (Trek – Segafredo), con Dylan van Baarle (Sky) a fare la guardia per i suoi compagni.

Giunti nella parte non asfaltata, con distacchi minimi fra i gruppetti, a muoversi è Michael Woods, che piazza una frustata alla quale solamente Richie Porte riesce a resistere, non senza fatica. L’australiano riesce così a scollinare subito dietro lo scatenato canadese, mentre in terza posizione passa Chris Hamilton, raggiunto in discesa da Kenny Elissonde. I distacchi sono ancora abbastanza ridotti e 12 chilometri sulla carta potrebbero consentire di rientrare, ma organizzarsi non è semplice perché lo sparpaglio creato dal corridore nordamericano ha creato tutti microgruppetti.

I due al comando hanno dunque la meglio, con Woods che non fatica a regolare Porte in volata. Alle loro spalle Elissonde, al traguardo dopo 17″, si prende la terza posizione davanti al compagno Van Baarle, mentre quinto chiude Hamilton, entrambi a 19″. Più lontani gli altri, con un quartetto guidato da Sivakov a 43″ e Robert Stannard (Mitchelton-Scott) a chiudere la top ten di giornata dopo 1’54”.

Ordine di Arrivo Seconda Tappa Herald Sun Tour 2019

1 WOODS Michael CAN EF Education First 33 02:55:44
2 PORTE Richie AUS TREK – SEGAFREDO 34 02:55:44
3 ELISSONDE Kenny FRA TEAM SKY 28 02:56:01
4 VAN BAARLE Dylan NED TEAM SKY 27 02:56:03
5 HAMILTON Lucas AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 23 02:56:03
6 SIVAKOV Pavel RUS TEAM SKY 22 02:56:27
7 HARPER Chris AUS Team bridgelane 25 02:56:27
8 HOWSON Damien AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 27 02:56:27
9 SCHULTZ Nicholas AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 25 02:56:27
10 STANNARD Robert AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 21 02:57:38
11 SUNDERLAND Dylan AUS Team bridgelane 23 02:57:38
12 JENNER Samuel AUS AUSTRALIA 22 02:57:38
13 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson COL TREK – SEGAFREDO 31 02:57:38
14 MORTON Lachlan AUS EF Education First 27 02:57:38
15 STETINA Peter USA TREK – SEGAFREDO 32 02:57:38
16 WHITEHOUSE Daniel GBR EvoPro Racing 24 02:58:06
17 WHITE Nicholas AUS Team bridgelane 22 02:58:06
18 DYBALL Benjamin AUS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 30 02:58:06
19 MONK Cyrus AUS EvoPro Racing 23 02:59:40
20 OVETT Freddy AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 25 02:59:40
21 FREIBERG Michael AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 29 02:59:40
22 DONOHOE Alistair AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 24 02:59:40
23 SMITH Dion NZL MITCHELTON – SCOTT 26 02:59:40
24 CULEY Marcus AUS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 26 03:01:07
25 FEATONBY Jesse AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 32 03:01:48
26 TURNBULL Carter AUS AUSTRALIA 19 03:03:03
27 KNEES Christian GER TEAM SKY 38 03:03:21
28 MULLEN Ryan IRL TREK – SEGAFREDO 25 03:03:27
29 JONES Brenton AUS AUSTRALIA 28 03:03:27
30 WHITE Liam AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 25 03:03:27
31 EWART Jesse AUS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 25 03:03:27
32 HALVORSEN Kristoffer NOR TEAM SKY 23 03:03:27
33 DOULL Owain GBR TEAM SKY 26 03:03:27
34 DE KORT Koen NED TREK – SEGAFREDO 37 03:03:27
35 ROWE Luke GBR TEAM SKY 29 03:03:27
36 AZMAN Muhammad Zawawi MAS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 25 03:03:27
37 MCCORMICK Hayden NZL Team bridgelane 25 03:03:27
38 MOHD ZARIFF Muhamad Nur Aiman MAS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 22 03:03:27
39 NEWBERY Dylan AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 25 03:03:27
40 TOOVEY Ayden AUS Team bridgelane 24 03:03:27
41 BURT Patrick AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 23 03:03:27
42 WHELAN James AUS EF Education First 23 03:03:27
43 DOCKER Mitchell AUS EF Education First 33 03:03:27
44 ANDREWS Benjamin AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 22 03:03:27
45 MISBAH Muhsin Al Redha MAS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 22 03:04:15
46 YATES Theodore AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 24 03:05:21
47 SCULLY Tom NZL EF Education First 29 03:05:21
48 VAN DER PLOEG Neil AUS Team bridgelane 32 03:06:18
49 CLARKE William AUS TREK – SEGAFREDO 34 03:06:18
50 PRESLEY Sebastian AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 21 03:06:18
51 MCFARLANE Thomas AUS AUSTRALIA 21 03:06:18
52 STRONG Corbin NZL St George Continental Cycling Team 19 03:06:18
53 HUBBARD Thomas NZL St George Continental Cycling Team 28 03:06:18
54 WILLIAMS David AUS AUSTRALIA 19 03:06:18
55 MAGENNIS Liam AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 22 03:06:18
56 LEA Jason AUS Team bridgelane 23 03:06:18
57 WIGGINS Craig AUS St George Continental Cycling Team 20 03:06:18
58 GATE Aaron NZL EvoPro Racing 29 03:06:18
59 MURTAGH Conor AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 26 03:06:18
60 POTTER Michael AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 22 03:06:18
61 CAVANAGH Ryan AUS St George Continental Cycling Team 24 03:06:18
62 JONES Taj AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 19 03:06:18
63 NOBLE Jonathon AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 23 03:06:18
64 BEWLEY Sam NZL MITCHELTON – SCOTT 32 03:06:18
65 ELLIOTT Nathan AUS AUSTRALIA 29 03:06:18
66 MCLAY Daniel GBR EF Education First 27 03:06:18
67 SWEENY Harrison AUS EvoPro Racing 21 03:06:18
68 MACKAY Ashley AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 23 03:06:18
69 MUDGWAY Luke NZL EvoPro Racing 23 03:06:18
70 VINK Michael NZL St George Continental Cycling Team 28 03:06:18
71 SCOTSON Callum AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 23 03:06:18
72 MARTIN Oliver AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 24 03:06:18
73 FRAME Alex NZL TREK – SEGAFREDO 26 03:14:46
74 COATES Thomas AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 27 03:14:46
75 WIPPERT Wouter NED EvoPro Racing 29 03:15:03
76 MICHELIN-BEARD Karl AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 25 03:15:26
77 KAESLER Tom AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 24 03:15:26
78 CAMERON Timothy AUS St George Continental Cycling Team 28 03:15:26
79 LYONS Angus AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 23 03:15:26
80 JOHNSON Zachary AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 19 03:16:53
81 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL EvoPro Racing 30 03:20:28
82 LAYTON Cameron AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 28 03:21:08
83 DEVER Rowan AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 37 03:22:05
84 WILLIAMS Christopher AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 38 03:22:05
DNF PORTER Rudy AUS AUSTRALIA 19  
DNF MILLER Nick NZL Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 28  
DNF BETTLES Carter AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 21  
DNF ROBOTHAM Rhys AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 19

Classifica Generale

1 WOODS Michael CAN EF Education First 33 05:12:32
2 PORTE Richie AUS TREK – SEGAFREDO 34 05:12:36
3 ELISSONDE Kenny FRA TEAM SKY 28 05:12:59
4 HAMILTON Lucas AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 23 05:13:01
5 VAN BAARLE Dylan NED TEAM SKY 27 05:13:05
6 SIVAKOV Pavel RUS TEAM SKY 22 05:13:25
7 HARPER Chris AUS Team bridgelane 25 05:13:29
8 HOWSON Damien AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 27 05:13:29
9 SCHULTZ Nicholas AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 25 05:13:29
10 STANNARD Robert AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 21 05:14:36
11 SUNDERLAND Dylan AUS Team bridgelane 23 05:14:40
12 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson COL TREK – SEGAFREDO 31 05:14:40
13 STETINA Peter USA TREK – SEGAFREDO 32 05:14:40
14 JENNER Samuel AUS AUSTRALIA 22 05:14:40
15 MORTON Lachlan AUS EF Education First 27 05:14:40
16 WHITE Nicholas AUS Team bridgelane 22 05:15:08
17 WHITEHOUSE Daniel GBR EvoPro Racing 24 05:15:08
18 DYBALL Benjamin AUS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 30 05:15:16
19 SMITH Dion NZL MITCHELTON – SCOTT 26 05:16:38
20 DONOHOE Alistair AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 24 05:16:42
21 OVETT Freddy AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 25 05:16:42
22 FREIBERG Michael AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 29 05:16:42
23 MONK Cyrus AUS EvoPro Racing 23 05:17:31
24 CULEY Marcus AUS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 26 05:18:17
25 FEATONBY Jesse AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 32 05:18:50
26 TURNBULL Carter AUS AUSTRALIA 19 05:20:13
27 TOOVEY Ayden AUS Team bridgelane 24 05:20:17
28 HALVORSEN Kristoffer NOR TEAM SKY 23 05:20:19
29 KNEES Christian GER TEAM SKY 38 05:20:21
30 DOULL Owain GBR TEAM SKY 26 05:20:25
31 JONES Brenton AUS AUSTRALIA 28 05:20:29
32 MCCORMICK Hayden NZL Team bridgelane 25 05:20:29
33 ROWE Luke GBR TEAM SKY 29 05:20:29
34 WHITE Liam AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 25 05:20:33
35 WHELAN James AUS EF Education First 23 05:20:36
36 EWART Jesse AUS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 25 05:20:37
37 AZMAN Muhammad Zawawi MAS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 25 05:20:37
38 MULLEN Ryan IRL TREK – SEGAFREDO 25 05:20:37
39 MOHD ZARIFF Muhamad Nur Aiman MAS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 22 05:20:37
40 DE KORT Koen NED TREK – SEGAFREDO 37 05:20:37
41 DOCKER Mitchell AUS EF Education First 33 05:20:37
42 BURT Patrick AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 23 05:20:44
43 ANDREWS Benjamin AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 22 05:20:44
44 MISBAH Muhsin Al Redha MAS TEAM SAPURA CYCLING 22 05:21:37
45 YATES Theodore AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 24 05:22:19
46 SCULLY Tom NZL EF Education First 29 05:22:19
47 MCLAY Daniel GBR EF Education First 27 05:23:06
48 MCFARLANE Thomas AUS AUSTRALIA 21 05:23:20
49 WIGGINS Craig AUS St George Continental Cycling Team 20 05:23:20
50 LEA Jason AUS Team bridgelane 23 05:23:20
51 GATE Aaron NZL EvoPro Racing 29 05:23:20
52 VINK Michael NZL St George Continental Cycling Team 28 05:23:20
53 STRONG Corbin NZL St George Continental Cycling Team 19 05:23:28
54 MAGENNIS Liam AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 22 05:23:28
55 CLARKE William AUS TREK – SEGAFREDO 34 05:23:28
56 PRESLEY Sebastian AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 21 05:23:28
57 VAN DER PLOEG Neil AUS Team bridgelane 32 05:23:28
58 MACKAY Ashley AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 23 05:23:28
59 MURTAGH Conor AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 26 05:23:28
60 POTTER Michael AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 22 05:23:28
61 CAVANAGH Ryan AUS St George Continental Cycling Team 24 05:23:28
62 BEWLEY Sam NZL MITCHELTON – SCOTT 32 05:23:28
63 ELLIOTT Nathan AUS AUSTRALIA 29 05:23:28
64 MARTIN Oliver AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 24 05:23:28
65 JONES Taj AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 19 05:23:46
66 NOBLE Jonathon AUS Pro racing Sunshine Coast 23 05:23:46
67 NEWBERY Dylan AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 25 05:23:49
68 WILLIAMS David AUS AUSTRALIA 19 05:24:30
69 SWEENY Harrison AUS EvoPro Racing 21 05:24:50
70 MUDGWAY Luke NZL EvoPro Racing 23 05:24:50
71 SCOTSON Callum AUS MITCHELTON – SCOTT 23 05:24:50
72 HUBBARD Thomas NZL St George Continental Cycling Team 28 05:29:16
73 FRAME Alex NZL TREK – SEGAFREDO 26 05:31:48
74 WIPPERT Wouter NED EvoPro Racing 29 05:31:57
75 LYONS Angus AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 23 05:32:36
76 MICHELIN-BEARD Karl AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 25 05:32:40
77 CAMERON Timothy AUS St George Continental Cycling Team 28 05:32:43
78 KAESLER Tom AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 24 05:33:57
79 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL EvoPro Racing 30 05:38:07
80 WILLIAMS Christopher AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 38 05:39:22
81 DEVER Rowan AUS Oliver’s Real Food Racing 37 05:39:24
82 JOHNSON Zachary AUS Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team 19 05:41:37
83 LAYTON Cameron AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 28 05:44:06
84 COATES Thomas AUS Futuro – MAXXIS PRO CYCLING 27 05:44:10

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