2016 People's Choice Classic (Tour Down Under Classic) Criterium,
January 17, 2016
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January 17: People's Choice Classic (Down Under Classic). 51 km Circuit Race. Adelaide, East End
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Caleb Ewan wins People's Choice Classic
The race. Here's the report form winner Caleb Ewans Orica-GreenEdge team:
2016 Australian criterium champion Caleb Ewan has claimed the People’s Choice Classic at the Santos Tour Down Under this evening. Ewan launched off the wheel of ORICA-GreenEDGE teammate Daryl Impey and found an opening to burst ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek–Segafredo) and Adam Blythe (Tinkoff) for the first honours in Adelaide.
The win takes the 2015 Vuelta a Espana stage winner to six victories in 2016 after his success at the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic and the Australian road championships earlier this month.“I felt really good coming into this race,” the 21-year-old said after the victory. “I’ve had some good races leading up to this and I think I should be peaking pretty well this week.”
“We said before the race that we would sit back in the bunch a little bit and because there are no really sharp corners it was really easy to sit in. We conserved a lot of energy early in the race and about mid-way through we started making our way up through the bunch and I think what we did worked perfectly. It’s always hard to go into a race as the favourite, and to be able to actually pull it off is another thing, so I’m really relieved that I won today and it gives me a whole lot of confidence going into the next races as well.”
The Santos Tour Down Under officially commences on Tuesday with a 130.8km opening stage from Prospect to Lyndoch.
How it happened: As the gun fired to signify the start of racing at the People’s Choice Classic Astana Pro Team was immediately on the attack. The Kazakhstan team put three riders at the fore and they dragged a handful of riders on their tail. When their time in front came to an end, it was instantly met with a series of counter attacks but ORICA-GreenEDGE and IAM Cycling were amongst the teams controlling the peloton to bring them back to the group.
One of the biggest moves of the 51km race was a solo effort by Team UniSA Australia’s Chris Hamilton that lasted a number of laps before he too was sucked back up by the bunch.
With the race destined for a bunch kick, ORICA-GreenEDGE assembled the lead out train, Daryl Impey the final rider for Ewan to launch from in the closing metres.
Complete results:
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Orica–GreenEdge) | 1hr 2min 25sec |
| 2 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek–Segafredo) | s.t. |
| 3 | Adam Blythe (Tinkoff) | s.t. |
| 4 | Ben Swift (Sky) | s.t. |
| 5 | Marko Kump (Lampre–Merida) | s.t. |
| 6 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data) | s.t. |
| 7 | Davide Martinelli (Etixx–Quick-Step) | s.t. |
| 8 | Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) | s.t. |
| 9 | Wouter Wippert (Cannondale) | s.t. |
| 10 | Patrick Shaw (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 11 | Greg Henderson (Lotto-Soudal) | s.t. |
| 12 | Koen De Kort (Giant–Alpecin) | s.t. |
| 13 | Anthony Giacoppo (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 14 | Juan José Lobato Del Valle (Movistar) | s.t. |
| 15 | Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 16 | José Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) | s.t. |
| 17 | Daryl Impey (Orica–GreenEdge) | s.t. |
| 18 | Mark Renshaw (Dimension Data) | s.t. |
| 19 | Leigh Howard (IAM Cycling) | s.t. |
| 20 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Tinkoff) | s.t. |
| 21 | Alexey Tsatevitch (Katusha) | s.t. |
| 22 | Brenton Jones (Drapac) | s.t. |
| 23 | Kiel Reijnen (Trek–Segafredo) | s.t. |
| 24 | Steele von Hoff (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 25 | Cyril Gautier (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 26 | Jascha Sütterlin (Movistar) | s.t. |
| 27 | Oscar Gatto (Tinkoff) | s.t. |
| 28 | Jay McCarthy (Tinkoff) | s.t. |
| 29 | Patrick Bevin (Cannondale) | s.t. |
| 30 | Arman Kamyshev (Astana) | s.t. |
| 31 | Roger Kluge (IAM Cycling) | s.t. |
| 32 | Egor Silin (Katusha) | s.t. |
| 33 | Adam Hansen (Lotto-Soudal) | @ 8sec |
| 34 | Adam Phelan (Drapac) | s.t. |
| 35 | Laurens De Vreese (Astana) | s.t. |
| 36 | Alberto Bettiol (Cannondale) | s.t. |
| 37 | Rohan Dennis (BMC) | s.t. |
| 38 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana) | s.t. |
| 39 | Peter Velits (BMC) | s.t. |
| 40 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Astana) | s.t. |
| 41 | Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL–Jumbo) | s.t. |
| 42 | Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) | s.t. |
| 43 | Manuele Boaro (Tinkoff) | 0:00:11 |
| 44 | Yoann Offredo (FDJ) | s.t. |
| 45 | Danilo Wyss (BMC) | s.t. |
| 46 | Steve Morabito (FDJ) | s.t. |
| 47 | Pim Ligthart (Lotto-Soudal) | s.t. |
| 48 | Julian Arredondo (Trek–Segafredo) | s.t. |
| 49 | Luka Pibernik (Lampre–Merida) | s.t. |
| 50 | Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) | s.t. |
| 51 | Michael Gogl (Tinkoff) | s.t. |
| 52 | Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff) | s.t. |
| 53 | Lieuwe Westra (Astana) | s.t. |
| 54 | Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 55 | Federico Zurlo (Lampre–Merida) | s.t. |
| 56 | Carlos Verona (Etixx–Quick-Step) | s.t. |
| 57 | Anthony Roux (FDJ) | s.t. |
| 58 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Etixx–Quick-Step) | s.t. |
| 59 | Lars Boom (Astana) | s.t. |
| 60 | Sean Lake (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 61 | Gert Dockx (Lotto-Soudal) | s.t. |
| 62 | Diego Ulissi (Lampre–Merida) | s.t. |
| 63 | Lucas Hamilton (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 64 | Simon Gerrans (Orica–GreenEdge) | s.t. |
| 65 | David De La Cruz (Etixx–Quick-Step) | s.t. |
| 66 | Lachlan Norris (Drapac) | s.t. |
| 67 | Nathan Haas (Dimension Data) | s.t. |
| 68 | Ruben Zepuntke (Cannondale) | s.t. |
| 69 | Sergio Henao (Sky) | s.t. |
| 70 | Pieter Serry (Etixx–Quick-Step) | s.t. |
| 71 | Aleksejs Saramotins (IAM Cycling) | 0:00:24 |
| 72 | Georg Preidler (Giant–Alpecin) | s.t. |
| 73 | Martin Velits (Etixx–Quick-Step) | s.t. |
| 74 | Boy Van Poppel (Trek–Segafredo) | 0:00:28 |
| 75 | Mathew Hayman (Orica–GreenEdge) | 0:00:30 |
| 76 | Matteo Montaguti (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 77 | Ryder Hesjedal (Trek–Segafredo) | s.t. |
| 78 | Gavin Mannion (Drapac) | s.t. |
| 79 | Bram Tankink (LottoNL–Jumbo) | s.t. |
| 80 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Giant–Alpecin) | s.t. |
| 81 | Floris Gerts (BMC) | s.t. |
| 82 | Carter Jones (Giant–Alpecin) | s.t. |
| 83 | Bert De Backer (Giant–Alpecin) | s.t. |
| 84 | Luke Rowe (Sky) | 0:00:40 |
| 85 | Martijn Keizer (LottoNL–Jumbo) | 0:00:47 |
| 86 | Peter Stetina (Trek–Segafredo) | 0:00:53 |
| 87 | George Bennett (LottoNL–Jumbo) | 0:00:55 |
| 88 | Petr Vakoc (Etixx–Quick-Step) | 0:00:57 |
| 89 | Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNL–Jumbo) | @ 1min 8sec |
| 90 | Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) | s.t. |
| 91 | Tiago Machado (Katusha) | s.t. |
| 92 | Manuele Mori (Lampre–Merida) | s.t. |
| 93 | Murilo Fischer (FDJ) | s.t. |
| 94 | Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Movistar) | s.t. |
| 95 | Rory Sutherland (Movistar) | s.t. |
| 96 | Jesse Sergent (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 97 | Chris Hamilton (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 98 | Laurent Pichon (FDJ) | s.t. |
| 99 | Benoit Vaugrenard (FDJ) | s.t. |
| 100 | Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto-Soudal) | s.t. |
| 101 | Patrick Lane (UniSA-Australia) | s.t. |
| 102 | Johan Le Bon (FDJ) | s.t. |
| 103 | Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha) | s.t. |
| 104 | Sergey Lagutin (Katusha) | s.t. |
| 105 | Jaco Venter (Dimension Data) | s.t. |
| 106 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Lampre–Merida) | s.t. |
| 107 | Salvatore Puccio (Sky) | s.t. |
| 108 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Lotto-Soudal) | 0:01:19 |
| 109 | Davide Malacarne (Astana) | 0:01:20 |
| 110 | Moreno Moser (Cannondale) | s.t. |
| 111 | Cameron Meyer (Dimension Data) | s.t. |
| 112 | David Tanner (IAM Cycling) | 0:01:22 |
| 113 | Marcel Aregger (IAM Cycling) | s.t. |
| 114 | Samuel Spokes (Drapac) | s.t. |
| 115 | Maxim Belkov (Katusha) | 0:01:25 |
| 116 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (LottoNL–Jumbo) | s.t. |
| 117 | Richie Porte (BMC) | s.t. |
| 118 | Jesús Herrada (Movistar) | s.t. |
| 119 | Tyler Farrar (Dimension Data) | 0:01:28 |
| 120 | Songezo Jim (Dimension Data) | s.t. |
| 121 | Christophe Riblon (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 122 | Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 123 | Louis Meintjes (Lampre–Merida) | s.t. |
| 124 | Jarlinson Pantano (IAM Cycling) | s.t. |
| 125 | Peter Kennaugh (Sky) | 0:01:37 |
| 126 | Ian Stannard (Sky) | s.t. |
| 127 | Geraint Thomas (Sky) | s.t. |
| 128 | Rein Taaramäe (Katusha) | 0:01:39 |
| 129 | Nathan Earle (Drapac) | 0:01:41 |
| 130 | Graeme Brown (Drapac) | s.t. |
| 131 | Luke Durbridge (Orica–GreenEdge) | 0:01:43 |
| 132 | Simon Clarke (Cannondale) | 0:01:46 |
| 133 | Michael Woods (Cannondale) | s.t. |
| 134 | Marcus Burghardt (BMC) | 0:01:55 |
| 135 | Simon Geschke (Giant–Alpecin) | 0:02:32 |
| 136 | Cheng Ji (Giant–Alpecin) | s.t. |
| 137 | Primoz Roglic (LottoNL–Jumbo) | s.t. |
| 138 | Jack Bobridge (Trek–Segafredo) | s.t. |
People's Choice Classic photos by Sirotti:
Diego Ulissi before the start
Ag2r boys are about to race. I think that's Diego Montaguti and Domenico Pozzovivo
BMC rider Marcus Burghart. I don't know who the UniSA rider is
Graeme Brown
Geraint Thomas
Jack Bobridge leads thorugh a corner
Lieuwe Westra and Lars Boom of Astana
The peloton completes a lap
Steve Morabito
Peter Stetina of Trek
Swiss champion Danilo Wyss
Caleb Ewen is the clear winner
Caleb Ewan is on a hot streak
People Choice Classic map and elevation:
People's Choice Classic map and elevation
| BMC Racing Team | |
| Directeur sportif: Peiper Alan | |
| 1 | Rohan DENNIS |
| 2 | Danilo WYSS |
| 3 | Alessandro DE MARCHI |
| 4 | Richie PORTE |
| 5 | Peter VELITS |
| 6 | Marcus BURGHARDT |
| 7 | Floris GERTS |
| | |
| Orica Greenedge | |
| Directeur sportif: White Matthew | |
| 11 | Simon GERRANS |
| 12 | Michael ALBASINI |
| 13 | Daryl IMPEY |
| 14 | Mathew HAYMAN |
| 15 | Luke DURBRIDGE |
| 16 | Caleb EWAN |
| 17 | Michael HEPBURN |
| | |
| Team Giant - Alpecin | |
| Directeur sportif: VISBEEK Aike | |
| 21 | Simon GESCHKE |
| 22 | Bert DE BACKER |
| 23 | Koen DE KORT |
| 24 | Georg PREIDLER |
| 25 | Cheng JI |
| 26 | Tobias LUDVIGSSON |
| 27 | Carter JONES |
| | |
| Team Sky | |
| Directeur sportif: Arvesen Kurt-Asle | |
| 31 | Geraint THOMAS |
| 32 | Sergio Luis HENAO |
| 33 | Salvatore PUCCIO |
| 34 | Peter KENNAUGH |
| 35 | Ian STANNARD |
| 36 | Luke ROWE |
| 37 | Ben SWIFT |
| | |
| Lotto-Soudal | |
| Directeur sportif: Aerts Mario | |
| 41 | Thomas DE GENDT |
| 42 | Lars Ytting BAK |
| 43 | Gert DOCKX |
| 44 | Greg HENDERSON |
| 45 | Rafael VALLS FERRI |
| 46 | Pim LIGTHART |
| 47 | Adam HANSEN |
| | |
| Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | |
| Directeur sportif: Guidi Fabrizio | |
| 51 | Simon CLARKE |
| 52 | Patrick BEVIN |
| 53 | Michael WOODS |
| 54 | Moreno MOSER |
| 55 | Ruben ZEPUNTKE |
| 56 | Wouter WIPPERT |
| 57 | Alberto BETTIOL |
| | |
| Trek - Segafredo | |
| Directeur sportif: Baffi Adriano | |
| 61 | Jack BOBRIDGE |
| 62 | Kiel REIJNEN |
| 63 | Julian ARREDONDO |
| 64 | Boy VAN POPPEL |
| 65 | Peter STETINA |
| 66 | Ryder HESJEDAL |
| 67 | Giacomo NIZZOLO |
| | |
| Tinkoff | |
| Directeur sportif: Michaelsen Lars | |
| 71 | Manuele BOARO |
| 72 | Oscar GATTO |
| 73 | Adam BLYTHE |
| 74 | Michael GOGL |
| 75 | Ivan ROVNY |
| 76 | Jay MCCARTHY |
| 77 | Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN |
| R | Erik BASKA |
| | |
| Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| Directeur sportif: Biondi Laurent | |
| 81 | Domenico POZZOVIVO |
| 82 | Gediminas BAGDONAS |
| 83 | Jesse SERGENT |
| 84 | Christophe RIBLON |
| 85 | Cyril GAUTIER |
| 86 | Matteo MONTAGUTI |
| 87 | Alexis GOUGEARD |
| | |
| Astana Pro Team | |
| Directeur sportif: Zanini Stefano | |
| 91 | Lars BOOM |
| 92 | Dmitriy GRUZDEV |
| 93 | Laurens DE VREESE |
| 94 | Arman KAMYSHEV |
| 95 | Davide MALACARNE |
| 96 | Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL |
| 97 | Lieuwe WESTRA |
| | |
| Team Katusha | |
| Directeur sportif: Konyshev Dmitri | |
| 101 | Tiago MACHADO |
| 102 | Maxim BELKOV |
| 103 | Vladimir ISAYCHEV |
| 104 | Alexey TSATEVITCH |
| 105 | Egor SILIN |
| 106 | Sergey LAGUTIN |
| 107 | Rein TAARAMAE |
| | |
| FDJ | |
| Directeur sportif: Guesdon Frédéric | |
| 111 | Steve MORABITO |
| 112 | Johan LE BON |
| 113 | Yoann OFFREDO |
| 114 | Murilo FISCHER |
| 115 | Benoit VAUGRENARD |
| 116 | Laurent PICHON |
| 117 | Anthony ROUX |
| | |
| Movistar Team | |
| Directeur sportif: Arrieta Lujambio José Luis | |
| 121 | Juan José LOBATO DEL VALLE |
| 122 | Rory SUTHERLAND |
| 123 | Jascha SÜTTERLIN |
| 124 | Nelson OLIVEIRA |
| 125 | Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR |
| 126 | Jesús HERRADA |
| 127 | José Joaquin ROJAS |
| | |
| IAM Cycling | |
| Directeur sportif: Carlström Kjell | |
| 131 | Matteo PELUCCHI |
| 132 | Leigh HOWARD |
| 133 | Roger KLUGE |
| 134 | Jarlinson PANTANO |
| 135 | Marcel AREGGER |
| 136 | Aleksejs SARAMOTINS |
| 137 | David TANNER |
| | |
| Etixx - Quick Step | |
| Directeur sportif: Van Slycke Rik | |
| 141 | Petr VAKOC |
| 142 | Davide MARTINELLI |
| 143 | Pieter SERRY |
| 144 | David DE LA CRUZ |
| 145 | Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK |
| 146 | Martin VELITS |
| 147 | Carlos VERONA |
| | |
| Team LottoNl - Jumbo | |
| Directeur sportif: Maassen Frans | |
| 151 | Bram TANKINK |
| 152 | Maarten TJALLINGII |
| 153 | George BENNETT |
| 154 | Primoz ROGLIC |
| 155 | Martijn KEIZER |
| 156 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN |
| 157 | Enrico BATTAGLIN |
| | |
| Lampre - Merida | |
| Directeur sportif: Mauduit Philippe | |
| 161 | Federico ZURLO |
| 162 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam GRMAY |
| 163 | Louis MEINTJES |
| 164 | Luka PIBERNIK |
| 165 | Marko KUMP |
| 166 | Diego ULISSI |
| 167 | Manuele MORI |
| | |
| Dimension Data | |
| Directeur sportif: Sans Vega Alex | |
| 171 | Cameron MEYER |
| 172 | Nathan HAAS |
| 173 | Mark RENSHAW |
| 174 | Tyler FARRAR |
| 175 | Songezo JIM |
| 176 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG |
| 177 | Jaco VENTER |
| | |
| Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| Directeur sportif: Southam Tom | |
| 181 | Graeme BROWN |
| 182 | Samuel SPOKES |
| 183 | Nathan EARLE |
| 184 | Brenton JONES |
| 185 | Gavin MANNION |
| 186 | Lachlan NORRIS |
| 187 | Adam PHELAN |
| | |
| UNISA Australia | |
| Directeur sportif: SANDERS David | |
| 191 | Steele VON HOFF |
| 192 | Anthony GIACOPPO |
| 193 | Patrick LANE |
| 194 | Lucas HAMILTON |
| 195 | Chris HAMILTON |
| 196 | Sean LAKE |
| 197 | Patrick SHAW |