New Zealand’s Patrick Bevin won stage two of the Tour Down Under in Angaston today.
The CCC rider finished the 122.1km stage, which kicked off in Norwood, in a time of 3:14:31.
A bunch of cyclists in action during the opening stage of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide. Photo: Chris Auld/Tour Down Under
Lotto Soudal’s Caleb Ewan placed second, with Peter Sagan in third.
Defending champion Daryl Impey, of Mitchelton-Scott, was the first South African to finish after placing 11th. He is in 15th place on the general classification.
Bevin also took the leader’s jersey from Deceuninck-Quick-Step’s Elia Viviani, with Ewan third overall.
View more results below.
Stage two
1. Patrick Bevin (NZL – CCC Team) 3:14:31
2. Caleb Ewan (AUS – Lotto Soudal)
3. Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora-Hansgrohe)
4. Danny van Poppel (NED – Team Jumbo Visma)
5. Jasper Philipsen (BEL – UAE Team Emirates)
6. Phil Bauhaus (GER – Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team)
7. Elia Viviani (ITA – Deceuninck – Quick-Step)
8. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP – Astana Pro Team)
9. Kiel Reijnen (USA – Trek-Segafredo)
10. Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR – Team Sky)
*Selected
11. Daryl Impey (RSA – Mitchelton-Scott)
31. Ryan Gibbons (RSA – Team Dimension Data)
82. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA – Team Dimension Data)
General classification
1. Patrick Bevin (NZL – CCC Team) 6:34:03
2. Elia Viviani (ITA – Deceuninck-Quick-Step) +0:00:05
3. Caleb Ewan (AUS – Lotto Soudal) +0:00:09
4. Max Richard Walscheid (GER – Team Sunweb)
5. Arytyom Zakharov (KAZ – Astana Pro Team)
6. Jason Lea (AUS – UniSA-Australia) +0:00:10
7. Michael Storer (AUS – Team Sunweb)
8. Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00:11
9. Jakub Mareczko (ITA – CCC Team)
10. Jaime Castrillo (ESP – Movistar Team) +0:00:12
*Selected
15. Daryl Impey (RSA – Mitchelton–Scott)
19. Ryan Gibbons (RSA – Team Dimension Data)
51. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA – Team Dimension Data)
