Worldtourové týmy obsadily stupně vítězů v 1. etapě australského Jayco Herald Sun Tour. Ve spurterském dojezdu kompletního pelotonu zvítězil Alberto Dainese (Team Sunweb), druhé místo bral Kaden Groves (Mitchelton Scott) a třetí Moreno Hofland (EF Pro Cycling).
V krásném počasí odstartoval v jihovýchodním cípu Austrálie nejstarší etapový závod tohoto kontinentu – 67. ročník Jayco Herald Sun Tour. V itineráři je 5 etap v celkové délce přes 600 kilometrů, první a poslední etapa jsou rovinaté, střední část závodu se podívá i do výšek 1500 m n.m..
Start 2020 JAYCO HERALD SUN TOUR Men’s Stage 1, 122.4km road race from Nagambie to Shepparton on Feburary 5th, 2020 in Victoria, Australia. (Photo by Con Chronis)Ve startovní listině chybí obhájci loňského titulu – tým Ineos a Dylan Van Baarle, ale jsou zde čtyři wourltourové týmy – Mitchelton Scott, Team Sunweb, EF Pro Cycling a Israel Start-Up Nation. Ty doplňuje několik australských týmů, japonský Kinan Cycling Team nebo například americko-kanadský tým mladíků do 21 let Aevolo.
První etapa, dlouhá 122 km, vedla z Nagambie do Sheppartonu, a to téměř po rovině. Již po 9,5 km si první sprinterské body připsal Roy Eefting z týmu Sapura Cycling. Brzy poté se vytvořil denní únik ve složení Ryan Thomas (ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast), Conor Murtagh (Oliver’s Real Food Racing), Ben Hill (Team BridgeLane) a Charles-Etienne Chretien (Aevolo). K nim se později připojil Jesse Coyle (Nero Continental) a kvintet vybudoval maximální náskok něco přes tři minuty.
V pelotonu během závodu došlo k pádu, ze kterého vyšel dosti pošramocený lídr australského týmu BridgeLane Nicholas White, ale podařilo se mu etapu dokončit a doufá prý ve vítězství v jiné etapě.
Druhou sprinterskou prémii na 20. kilometru před cílem vyhrál Benjamin Hill. Peloton v tu dobu díky týmům Sunweb, EF Pro Cycling a Israel Start-Up Nation již rychle stahoval náskok uprchlíků. Hill se proto rozhodl k útoku na svoje kolegy v úniku, odskočil osamocen na úplné čelo závodu a vybojoval alespoň cenu pro největšího bojovníka dne. Dojeti byli všichni zhruba pět kilometrů před cílem.
Spurt se otvíral na široké silnici. Na čele se drželi jezdci EF Pro Cycling a vláček Mitcheltonu se ocitl v nevýhodné pozici pár metrů za špicí. Max Kanter však ukázkově protáhl Daineseho poslední pravou zatáčkou, dostal ho zhruba na páté místo a jednadvacetiletý Ital dokázal nakonec spurt vyhrát. Také druhému v pořadí, Australanu Kadenu Grovesovi, je teprve 21 let, pouze třetí Holanďan Moreno Hofland je zkušenější.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2020, 1. etapa
| P. | Jméno | Tým | Čas/Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Dainese |  | SUN | 2:36:42 |
| 2 | Kaden Groves |  | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 3 | Moreno Hofland |  | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 4 | Mihkel Räim |  | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 5 | Godfrey Slattery | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 6 | Michael Rice | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
| 7 | Roy Eefting | | TSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 8 | Yasuharu Nakajima |  | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 9 | Tom Scully |  | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 10 | Thomas Bolton | | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| P. | Jméno | Tým | Čas/Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Dainese | | SUN | 2:36:42 |
| 2 | Kaden Groves | | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 3 | Moreno Hofland | | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 4 | Mihkel Räim | | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 5 | Godfrey Slattery | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 6 | Michael Rice | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
| 7 | Roy Eefting | | TSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 8 | Yasuharu Nakajima | | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 9 | Tom Scully | | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 10 | Thomas Bolton | | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| 11 | Luke Mudgway | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 12 | Scott McGill |  | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 13 | Tyler Stites | | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 14 | James Whelan | | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 15 | Neilson Powless | | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 16 | Ben Carman | | NER | + 0:00:00 |
| 17 | Hayden McCormick | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 18 | Craig Wiggins | | STG | + 0:00:00 |
| 19 | Myles Stewart | | NER | + 0:00:00 |
| 20 | Samuel Jenner | | BLN | + 0:00:00 |
| 21 | Ayden Toovey | | BLN | + 0:00:00 |
| 22 | Kees Duyvesteyn | | BLN | + 0:00:00 |
| 23 | Cade Bickmore | | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 24 | Max Kanter |  | SUN | + 0:00:00 |
| 25 | Simon Yates |  | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 26 | Dion Smith | | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 27 | Salvador Guardiola |  | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 28 | Robert Power | | SUN | + 0:00:00 |
| 29 | Guillaume Boivin |  | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 30 | Jai Hindley | | SUN | + 0:00:00 |
| 31 | Omer Goldstein |  | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 32 | Carter Turnbull | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 33 | Conor Leahy | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 34 | Jay Vine | | NER | + 0:00:00 |
| 35 | Damien Howson | | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 36 | Jesse Ewart | | TSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 37 | Bentley Niquet-Olden | | NER | + 0:00:00 |
| 38 | Sean McElroy | | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 39 | Ben Hill | | BLN | + 0:00:00 |
| 40 | Alex Cataford | | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 41 | Ari Scott | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 42 | Ethan Batt | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 43 | James Oram | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 44 | Yudai Arashiro | | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 45 | Cameron Meyer | | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 46 | Conor Schunk | | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 47 | Charles-Étienne Chrétien | | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 48 | Calan White | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 49 | Rudy Porter | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 50 | Ben Metcalfe | | BLN | + 0:00:00 |
| 51 | Nick Schultz | | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 52 | Xander White | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 53 | Josh Kench | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 54 | Thomas Lebas |  | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 55 | Connor Reardon | | STG | + 0:00:00 |
| 56 | Hiroshi Tsubaki | | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 57 | Alex Heaney | | STG | + 0:00:00 |
| 58 | Liam White | | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| 59 | Sebastian Berwick | | STG | + 0:00:00 |
| 60 | Lachlan Morton | | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 61 | Sebastian Presley | | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| 62 | Marcos García | | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 63 | Michael Storer | | SUN | + 0:00:00 |
| 64 | Aidan McNeil | | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 65 | James Piccoli | | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 66 | Brendon Davids |  | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| 67 | Genki Yamamoto | | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 68 | Jonas Rutsch | | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 69 | Michael Potter | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
| 70 | Ashley Mackay | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
| 71 | Marcus Culey | | TSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 72 | Dylan McKenna | | NER | + 0:00:00 |
| 73 | Mitchell Docker | | EF1 | + 0:00:00 |
| 74 | Daniel Gandy | | STG | + 0:00:00 |
| 75 | Florian Stork | | SUN | + 0:00:00 |
| 76 | Chris Miller | | NER | + 0:00:00 |
| 77 | Sam Hill | | BLN | + 0:00:00 |
| 78 | Mark O'Brien | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 79 | Joel Yates | | STG | + 0:00:00 |
| 80 | David Williams | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 81 | Sebastian Barrett | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
| 82 | Hakimi Ajis |  | TSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 83 | Michael Freiberg | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
| 84 | Riley Flemming | | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| 85 | Daniel Di Domenico | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
| 86 | Angus Lyons | | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| 87 | Alex Dowsett | | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 88 | Asbjørn Andersen |  | SUN | + 0:00:00 |
| 89 | Sam Bewley | | MTS | + 0:00:18 |
| 90 | Benjamin Perry | | ISN | + 0:00:18 |
| 91 | Ryan Thomas | | ACA | + 0:00:18 |
| 92 | Ryan Cavanagh | | STG | + 0:00:18 |
| 93 | Jesse Coyle | | NER | + 0:01:13 |
| 94 | Conor Murtagh | | OLI | + 0:03:18 |
| 95 | Nick White | | BLN | + 0:03:18 |
| P. | Jméno | Tým | Čas/Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Dainese | | SUN | 2:36:32 |
| 2 | Kaden Groves | | MTS | + 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Moreno Hofland | | EF1 | + 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Roy Eefting | | TSC | + 0:00:07 |
| 5 | Ben Hill | | BLN | + 0:00:07 |
| 6 | Craig Wiggins | | STG | + 0:00:09 |
| 7 | Charles-Étienne Chrétien | | AEV | + 0:00:09 |
| 8 | Mihkel Räim | | ISN | + 0:00:10 |
| 9 | Godfrey Slattery | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 10 | Michael Rice | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| 11 | Yasuharu Nakajima | | KIN | + 0:00:10 |
| 12 | Tom Scully | | EF1 | + 0:00:10 |
| 13 | Thomas Bolton | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 14 | Luke Mudgway | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 15 | Scott McGill | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 16 | Tyler Stites | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 17 | James Whelan | | EF1 | + 0:00:10 |
| 18 | Neilson Powless | | EF1 | + 0:00:10 |
| 19 | Ben Carman | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 20 | Hayden McCormick | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 21 | Myles Stewart | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 22 | Samuel Jenner | | BLN | + 0:00:10 |
| 23 | Ayden Toovey | | BLN | + 0:00:10 |
| 24 | Kees Duyvesteyn | | BLN | + 0:00:10 |
| 25 | Cade Bickmore | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 26 | Max Kanter | | SUN | + 0:00:10 |
| 27 | Simon Yates | | MTS | + 0:00:10 |
| 28 | Dion Smith | | MTS | + 0:00:10 |
| 29 | Salvador Guardiola | | KIN | + 0:00:10 |
| 30 | Robert Power | | SUN | + 0:00:10 |
| 31 | Guillaume Boivin | | ISN | + 0:00:10 |
| 32 | Jai Hindley | | SUN | + 0:00:10 |
| 33 | Omer Goldstein | | ISN | + 0:00:10 |
| 34 | Carter Turnbull | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 35 | Conor Leahy | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 36 | Jay Vine | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 37 | Damien Howson | | MTS | + 0:00:10 |
| 38 | Jesse Ewart | | TSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 39 | Bentley Niquet-Olden | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 40 | Sean McElroy | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 41 | Alex Cataford | | ISN | + 0:00:10 |
| 42 | Ari Scott | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 43 | Ethan Batt | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 44 | James Oram | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 45 | Yudai Arashiro | | KIN | + 0:00:10 |
| 46 | Cameron Meyer | | MTS | + 0:00:10 |
| 47 | Conor Schunk | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 48 | Calan White | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 49 | Rudy Porter | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 50 | Ben Metcalfe | | BLN | + 0:00:10 |
| 51 | Nick Schultz | | MTS | + 0:00:10 |
| 52 | Xander White | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 53 | Josh Kench | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 54 | Thomas Lebas | | KIN | + 0:00:10 |
| 55 | Connor Reardon | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 56 | Hiroshi Tsubaki | | KIN | + 0:00:10 |
| 57 | Alex Heaney | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 58 | Liam White | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 59 | Sebastian Berwick | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 60 | Lachlan Morton | | EF1 | + 0:00:10 |
| 61 | Sebastian Presley | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 62 | Marcos García | | KIN | + 0:00:10 |
| 63 | Michael Storer | | SUN | + 0:00:10 |
| 64 | Aidan McNeil | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 65 | James Piccoli | | ISN | + 0:00:10 |
| 66 | Brendon Davids | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 67 | Genki Yamamoto | | KIN | + 0:00:10 |
| 68 | Jonas Rutsch | | EF1 | + 0:00:10 |
| 69 | Michael Potter | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| 70 | Ashley Mackay | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| 71 | Marcus Culey | | TSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 72 | Dylan McKenna | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 73 | Mitchell Docker | | EF1 | + 0:00:10 |
| 74 | Daniel Gandy | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 75 | Florian Stork | | SUN | + 0:00:10 |
| 76 | Chris Miller | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 77 | Sam Hill | | BLN | + 0:00:10 |
| 78 | Mark O'Brien | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 79 | Joel Yates | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 80 | David Williams | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 81 | Sebastian Barrett | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| 82 | Hakimi Ajis | | TSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 83 | Michael Freiberg | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| 84 | Riley Flemming | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 85 | Daniel Di Domenico | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| 86 | Angus Lyons | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 87 | Alex Dowsett | | ISN | + 0:00:10 |
| 88 | Asbjørn Andersen | | SUN | + 0:00:10 |
| 89 | Ryan Thomas | | ACA | + 0:00:26 |
| 90 | Sam Bewley | | MTS | + 0:00:28 |
| 91 | Benjamin Perry | | ISN | + 0:00:28 |
| 92 | Ryan Cavanagh | | STG | + 0:00:28 |
| 93 | Jesse Coyle | | NER | + 0:01:23 |
| 94 | Nick White | | BLN | + 0:03:26 |
| 95 | Conor Murtagh | | OLI | + 0:03:28 |
| P. | Jméno | Tým | Čas/Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Dainese | | SUN | 10 |
| 2 | Kaden Groves | | MTS | 8 |
| 3 | Roy Eefting | | TSC | 6 |
| 4 | Ben Hill | | BLN | 6 |
| 5 | Moreno Hofland | | EF1 | 6 |
| 6 | Mihkel Räim | | ISN | 4 |
| 7 | Ryan Thomas | | ACA | 4 |
| 8 | Nick White | | BLN | 4 |
| 9 | Craig Wiggins | | STG | 2 |
| 10 | Charles-Étienne Chrétien | | AEV | 2 |
| P. | Jméno | Tým | Čas/Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Dainese | | SUN | 2:36:32 |
| 2 | Kaden Groves | | MTS | + 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Craig Wiggins | | STG | + 0:00:09 |
| 4 | Charles-Étienne Chrétien | | AEV | + 0:00:09 |
| 5 | Godfrey Slattery | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 6 | Thomas Bolton | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 7 | Scott McGill | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 8 | Tyler Stites | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 9 | Myles Stewart | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 10 | Kees Duyvesteyn | | BLN | + 0:00:10 |
| 11 | Cade Bickmore | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 12 | Carter Turnbull | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 13 | Conor Leahy | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 14 | Bentley Niquet-Olden | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 15 | Sean McElroy | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 16 | Ari Scott | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 17 | Ethan Batt | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 18 | Conor Schunk | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 19 | Calan White | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 20 | Rudy Porter | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 21 | Ben Metcalfe | | BLN | + 0:00:10 |
| 22 | Xander White | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 23 | Josh Kench | | BSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 24 | Connor Reardon | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 25 | Sebastian Berwick | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 26 | Sebastian Presley | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 27 | Aidan McNeil | | AEV | + 0:00:10 |
| 28 | Jonas Rutsch | | EF1 | + 0:00:10 |
| 29 | Dylan McKenna | | NER | + 0:00:10 |
| 30 | Daniel Gandy | | STG | + 0:00:10 |
| 31 | David Williams | | AUS | + 0:00:10 |
| 32 | Sebastian Barrett | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| 33 | Hakimi Ajis | | TSC | + 0:00:10 |
| 34 | Riley Flemming | | OLI | + 0:00:10 |
| 35 | Daniel Di Domenico | | ACA | + 0:00:10 |
| P. | Jméno | Tým | Čas/Body | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EF Pro Cycling | | EF1 | 7:50:06 |
| 2 | Aevolo | | AEV | + 0:00:00 |
| 3 | Team Sunweb | | SUN | + 0:00:00 |
| 4 | Mitchelton - Scott | | MTS | + 0:00:00 |
| 5 | Team Bridgelane | | BLN | + 0:00:00 |
| 6 | Israel Start-Up Nation | | ISN | + 0:00:00 |
| 7 | Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy | | BSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 8 | Nero Continental | | NER | + 0:00:00 |
| 9 | Australia | | AUS | + 0:00:00 |
| 10 | Kinan Cycling Team | | KIN | + 0:00:00 |
| 11 | Team Sapura Cycling | | TSC | + 0:00:00 |
| 12 | Oliver's Real Food Racing | | OLI | + 0:00:00 |
| 13 | St George Continental Cycling Team | | STG | + 0:00:00 |
| 14 | Ara Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | | ACA | + 0:00:00 |
