South African Ryan Gibbons placed fifth on stage one of the Tour Down Under that started in North Adelaide today.
The Dimension Data rider is also in eighth position overall.
Dimension Data’s Ryan Gibbons finished fifth on stage one of the Tour Down Under that started in North Adelaide today. Photo: Stiehl Photography
The 129km stage, which finished in Port Adelaide, was won by Deceuninck-Quick-Step’s Elia Viviani.
Team Sunweb’s Max Richard Walscheid and CCC Team’s Jakub Mareczko completed the podium.
Bahrain-Merida’s Phil Bauhaus finished in fifth.
Viviani also leads the general classification, with Walscheid second and CCC Team’s Patrick Bevin third.
View more results below.
Stage one
1. Elia Viviani (ITA – Deceuninck-Quick-Step) 3:19:47
2. Max Richard Walscheid (GER – Team Sunweb)
3. Jakub Mareczko (ITA – CCC Team)
4. Phil Bauhaus (GER – Bahrain-Merida)
5. Ryan Gibbons (RSA – Team Dimension Data)
6. Jasper Philipsen (BEL – UAE Team Emirates)
7. Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR – Team Sky)
8. Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora-Hansgrohe)
9. Danny van Poppel (NED – Team Jumbo-Visma)
10. Daniel Hoelgaard (NOR – Groupama-FDJ)
General classification
1. Elia Viviani (ITA – Deceuninck-Quick-Step) 3:19:37
2. Max Richard Walscheid (GER – Team Sunweb) 3:19:41
3. Patrick Bevin (NZL – CCC Team) 3:19:42
4. Michael Storer (AUS – Team Sunweb)
5. Jakub Mareczko (ITA – CCC Team) 3:19:43
6. Jason Lea (AUS – Team BridgeLane) 3:19:45
7. Phil Bauhaus (GER – Bahrain-Merida) 3:19:47
8. Ryan Gibbons (RSA – Team Dimension Data)
9. Jasper Philipsen (BEL – UAE Team Emirates)
10. Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR – Team Sky)
*Selected
11. Daryl Impey (RSA – Mitchelton–Scott)
39. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA – Team Dimension Data)
