South Africa’s Daryl Impey became the first rider in the race’s history to defend his Tour Down Under title after the sixth and final stage concluded on Willunga Hill today.
Trek-Segafredo’s Richie Porte claimed his sixth consecutive victory on Willunga Hill, with Team Sky’s Wout Poels finishing second and Mitchelton-Scott’s Impey third.
South Africa’s Daryl Impey became the first rider in the race’s history to defend his Tour Down Under title. Photo: Chris Auld/Tour Down Under
Impey finished with a general classification time of 20:30:42, 13 seconds clear of Porte.
Stage six
1. Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 3:30:14
2. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
3. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
4. Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:03
5. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:06
6. Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:10
7. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:00:15
8. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:17
9. Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
10. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
*Selected
12. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:20
104. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 0:09:41
General classification
1. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 20:30:42
2. Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:13
3. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:17
4. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19
5. Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:26
6. Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:33
7. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:00:38
8. Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:40
9. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
10. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
*Selected
11. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:43
100. Nic Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 0:25:57
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