Bauhaus victory on the first day of the Tour Down Under

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The German phil bauhaus (Bahrain Victorius) prevailed in a rough first stage of the Tour Down Underwhich was held over a 149.9-kilometre route starting and finishing in Tanunda ahead of Caleb Evan (Australian National Team) and michael matthews (Jayco-Alula).

bauhaus He knew how to withstand the attacks of evan Y Matthews to take first place after being involved in one of the first falls of the stage, the longest, around Tanunda.

There was also a final crash just 400 meters from the finish line, after a disorganized and nerve-wracking finish to the start of the season, with a tire touch in the middle of the pack bringing down several riders and splitting the field, leaving to those in front to dispute the final stretch to the finish line.

Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), winner of Tuesday’s prologue, maintains the leader’s jersey with a six-second advantage over Matthewswho moved up eight places overall after grabbing some bonus seconds midway through the stage.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE 1ST STAGE:

1 – BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain – Victorious 3:37:35

2 – EWAN Caleb (UniSA-Australia) mt

3 – MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) mt

4 – COVI Alessandro (UAE) mt

5 – PENHOËT Paul (Groupama) mt

6 – LIEPINŠ Emils (Trek) mt

7 – PAGE Hugo (Intermarché) mt

8 – HOFSTETTER Hugo (Arkéa) mt

9 – JONES Taj (Israel) mt

10 – THIJSSEN Gerben (Intermarché) mt

GENERAL RANKING:

1 – BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education) 3:43:54

2 – MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) +0:06

3 – SHEFFIELD Magnus (INEOS) +0:08

4 – JOHANSEN Julius (Intermarché) +0:10

5 – GROVES Kaden (Alpecin) +0:11

6 – GAZE Samuel (Alpecin) mt

7 – PAGE Hugo (Intermarché) +0:12

8 – MAYRHOFER Marius (DSM) +0:13

9 – STRONG Corbin (Israel) mt

10 – STEIMLE Jannik (Soudal) mt

23 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +0:20

40 – IZAGIRRE Gorka (Movistar) +0:28

82 – ERVITI Imanol (Movistar) +0:42