Refresh
65km to go
Barré and Zimmermann are nonetheless dangling off the entrance, struggling within the warmth, with a niche of 26 seconds. The breeze is selecting up and temperatures holding at 34 levels celcius.
Outcomes of second intermediate dash:
1- Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty), 3 factors, 3 seconds
2- Louis Barré (Arkea-B&B Accommodations), 2 factors, 2 seconds
3- Corbin Sturdy (Israel-Premier Tech), 1 level, 1 second
Sturdy jumped from the peloton to get the remaining factors.
Cooperation has ended within the break. Barré countered Zimmermann to go for the dash however the German crossed the road first within the second intermediate dash.
Will the break maintain till the second intermediate dash in 1km? The pair has a 58-second lead.
Below the impetus of BORA-hansgrohe and Jayco-AlUla, the hole is now below the one-minute mark with 73km to go.
Barré and Zimmermann are starting to really feel the warmth. Their hole is all the way down to 1:25 with 77km to go.
Riders are selecting up contemporary bottles and ice-filled socks as they undergo the feed zone. Gross sales of panty hosiery should be going up this week.
BORA-hansgrohe and Jayco-AlUla are working collectively within the pacemaking, holding the velocity regular and holding the hole at round 2:06.
Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty) and Louis Barré (Arkea-B&B Accommodations) broke away with 25km into stage 1.
Peloton sees the end line for the primary time, on the finish of the primary of three 49.3km laps. The 2 escapees’s hole is now 2:41.
100km to go
Barré and Zimmermann have a 3:08 lead on the sphere. Chase is being led by the groups with an Australian sprinter, Jayco-AlUla for Caleb Ewan and BORA-hansgrohe for Sam Welsford.
BORA-hansgrohe, on the entrance, is stretching the sphere.
Peloton is unfold throughout the highway, blissful to the 2 riders endure off the entrance on a very popular day.
Outcomes of first KOM:
1 – Louis Barré (Arkea-B&B Accommodations)
2- Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty)
Peloton is taking it simple on the ascent of Menglers Hill, Sunday trip tempo …. for now.
Zimmermann taking up loads of bottles onboard on this scorching day on the climb of the primary KOM. Barré, in his first WorldTour race, crosses the road first.
Peloton is unfold throughout the highway, pleased with the composition of the two-rider break with 115km to go. Lower than 3kms to go to the primary KOM of the day, the cat 4 Menglers Hill.
Outcomes of first intermediate dash:
1- Finn Fisher-Black (UAE Group Emirates), 3 factors
2- Corbin Sturdy (Israel-Premier Tech), 2 factors
3- Jhonnatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers), 1 level
And instantly the counterattack. Louis Barré (Arkea-B&B Accommodations) goes once more, this time with Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty)
BORA-hansgrohe took over for Phil Bauhaus however Finn Fisher-Black (UAE Group Emirates) put in a giant acceleration to cross the road first.
Ineos Grenadiers, Jayco-AlUla are swarming on the entrance as we head to the primary dash in Angaston with factors and time bonuses on the road.
Crash on right-hand flip. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) will get up shortly and is getting checked out by the medical workforce. And he will get again on his bike to attempt to rejoin the peloton.
And it’s all again along with 7km to the primary intermediate dash, with an uphill pinch to the road. Nonetheless Israel-Premier Tech dictating the tempo.
Van Der Lee is solo with 33 seconds on the sphere, strung out by Israel-Premier Tech.
Two EF Training-EasyPost riders go over Israel-Premier Tech to launch Jardi Van Der Lee. The Dutch rider has tries earlier than to flee immediately.
134km to go
Israel-Premier Tech are taking management on the entrance of the peloton, all lined on the entrance setting the tempo.
Shade was at a premium as riders rolled as much as the beginning line, with many preferring to hold again below a tree a couple of metres again relatively than make their method to the road up firstly line. Caleb Ewan, for one, rolled out in the back of the peloton, not spending a minute longer within the solar than required.
Ewan skipped the Tour Down Below criterium after feeling ‘below the climate’ following a coaching session within the scorching Adelaide warmth.
Two riders be part of Barré off the entrance nevertheless it was short-lived. And it is all again collectively.
Peloton shut it down however Barré goes on solo.
One other try by Simmons, joined by George Bennett and Louis Barré. Group of 4 coming throughout.
Simmons is joined by two riders with a fast response from the sphere, and they’re reeled again in.
And we’ve our first assault coming from the American champion Quinn Simmons.
Following a 4km impartial zone, race director Stuart O’Grady drops the flag for stage 1 of the Tour Down Below. At present’s course is predicted to favour the sprinters with a quick end in Tanunda.
Racing is nearly to set off for stage 1 of the Tour Down Below. Returning to the attractive Barossa for an additional blistering dash stage, riders will deal with three laps of the area, travelling by means of Seppeltsfield, Greenock, Nuriootpa, Angaston and Tanunda for 144km.
Cyclingnews Australia editor Simone Giuliani studies that it is one other scorching begin on the Tour Down Below in Tanunda, no must trip a motorbike to rise up a sweat. Important piece of workforce package immediately is the sunscreen with forecast prime of 33 levels celsius.
One factor is for certain – there can be a brand new champion on the Tour Down Below, as 2023 winner Jay Vine will not be firstly, and the entire earlier winners have retired. Cyclingnews dug into the beginning listing and got here up with 9 riders to look at – some apparent, some not a lot – on the Tour Down Below.
The organisers have claimed that this 12 months’s race will take a look at the cyclists like by no means earlier than as they race in South Australia. The six-stage race, from Tanundaand to Mount Lofty will cowl 824.6km and finish with double ascents on Willunga Hill and Mount Lofty on the powerful last weekend.
Welcome to Cyclingnews’ reside protection of the 2024 Tour Down Below, the primary occasion of the WorldTour.
