Stage 0: Adelaide → Adelaide, 51 km Full Results and Report
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The Down Under Classic is underway in Adelaide | 
One hour of racing and checking around Adelaide | 
Thomas de Gendt (Belgium / Team Lotto Soudal) and Peter Sagan (Slowakia / Team Bora - hansgrohe) | 
Depleted sprint finish after a crash in the final km | 
The margin of victory by Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal) over 2nd Peter Sagan (Svk/Bora-Hansgrohe) and 3rd Alex Edmondson (Aus/Mitchelton-Scott) | 
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Caleb Ewan celebrates his first win for his new team, Lotto Soudal | 
Confident at yesterday's teams presentation. More team presentations photo here... |
Stage 1: North Adelaide → Port Adelaide, 132 km Full Results and Report
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Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) prior to the Stage 1 start in North Adelaide before placing 8th after a hot day of racing | 
Diego Ulissi (ITA - UAE - Team Emirates) has won at the Tour Down Under before, but today is one for the pure sprinter | 
Winning is one thing, looking good and winning is another; Viviani's Tricolore foundation for success | 
Stage 1 rollout from North Adelaide | 
The colors of this year's peloton | 
Thomas de Gendt (Belgium / Team Lotto Soudal) setting the early pace | 
With 200m to go, Elia Viviani looked boxed in at 8th place, but no one closed the route up the barriers and Viviani found just enough space | 
With 50m to go, Elia Viviani (Italy / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) is now at the front the sprint | 
Elia Viviani (Italy / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) stretching out his winning margin | 
Italian national champ Elia Viviani (Italy / Deceuninck - Quick Step) wins Stage 1 ahead of 2nd Max Walscheid (Ger / Sunweb) and 3rd Jakub Mareczko (Ita/CCC Team) | 
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Elia Viviani had all the right moves today | 
Your Stage 1 winner, Elia Viviani (Italy / Deceuninck - Quick Step): "First win of the year for the team, first win for me, it’s a really great day for us. I felt a bit of pressure after the amazing season I had last year, but now I am more relaxed and already looking forward to the next opportunities I’ll get this week here in Australia" | 
And first race leader, Elia Viviani (Italy / Deceuninck - Quick Step) | 
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Stage 2: Norwood → Angaston, 149 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 2 rollout from Norwood | 
Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) before the effects of the high heat kicked in | 
Stage 2 scenery and terrain | 
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The heat has wiped the smile from Peter Sagan's face | 
Like yesterday, there was crash in the final km resulting in a depleted sprint finish | 
All the sprint favorites were ahead of the crash, but the uphill grind produced a surprising winner... | 
Patrick Bevin (NZl/CCC Team) wins in 3:14:31 ahead of 2nd Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal), 3rd Peter Sagan (Svk/Bora-Hansgrohe) and 4th Danny van Poppel (Ned/Jumbo-Visma) | 
Danny van Poppel (Netherlands / Jumbo - Visma) like most riders has suffered in the heat... "like a sausage in an oven" | 
Your surprise Stage 2 winner, 27 year-old Patrick Bevin (New Zealand / Team CCC): “It’s been a long time since I’ve had a good run in a bunch sprint but I’ve done a lot of work in the off season on my time trialling, with the power simplifying what I was doing. Obviously, it’s working as I was floating around that finish thinking I’ve got some legs here. The team was riding for Jakub Mareczko and I had a free role. But, chasing GC here you have to stay up there and not lose time. We knew it was a tough finish and because the stage was so easy, it was on for the last five kilometers when it was full gas. Coming into two kilometers to go I got myself in a really good position and I put myself on the shoulder and as that crash happened, I came around. [Luis Leon] Sanchez went off the front and I thought I would just go and try and use him as a springboard off the front. Straight sprinting I wasn’t going to be able to beat those guys but I had to capitalize on how hard it was.” | 
And new race leader (thanks to bonus seconds earned in yesterday's break), Patrick Bevin (New Zealand / Team CCC): “It’s a long week from here. We have had the two easy days so we’ll look at tomorrow. Tomorrow is tough. It’s my fourth time at the Santos Tour Down Under and I think it’s the toughest stage I’ve ever done. Leading the race changes the tactics a bit, you absorb a bit more pressure, but I feel like we are in a great position to box on in the next four stages.” |
Stage 3: Lobethal → Uraidla, 146 km Full Results and Report
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Jasha Sutterlin (GER - Movistar Team) making sure everything is in order at the Stage 3 start in Lobethal | 
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Lachlan Morton (Australia / Team EF Education First - Drapac P/B Cannondale) leading the break | 
Hilly circuits around Uraidla | 
Team Sky working for Wout Poels | 
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Fast downhill sprint finish in Uraidla. Race leader, Patrick Bevin (NZl/CCC Team), far left, was 5th and retains the race lead by just 1s. | 
Photo finish between Peter Sagan (Slowakia / Team Bora - hansgrohe) and Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain / Team Astana) while 3rd, Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott), looks on | 
Just like last year, Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) wins the tricky finish in Uraidla but the margin was closer this year... | 
The margin of victory for Sagan | 
Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP - Astana Pro Team) congratulates Peter Sagan after almost pipping him at the line | 
Another tough day for Danny van Poppel (Netherlands / Team Jumbo - Visma) | 
Really tough | 
Your Stage 3 winner, Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe), who we can say has perfected the Uraidla finish: "I am very happy to take this win. The guys from CCC controlled the pace and then BORA-hansgrohe worked hard to keep me on the front and take care of me, keeping me hydrated. In the end it was a great finish – when we passed the last climb I thought it was going to be like last year and in the end it just happened exactly the same. It was much better having some experience of a finale like this and I’m very happy we came to the finish with climbers because it made the sprint easier, but Sanchez was really close to taking the win." |
Stage 4: Unley → Campbelltown, 129 km Full Results and Report
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Yesterday's winner, Peter Sagan (Slowakia / Team Bora - hansgrohe) at the start of Stage 4 in Unley, wasn't a factor today | 
Thomas de Gendt (Belgium / Team Lotto Soudal) once again leading an early break | 
5.7 km to go: George Bennett (New Zealand / Team Jumbo - Visma) leading over the final climb/KOM before the corkscrew descent to the finish followed by Richie Porte and Michael Woods | 
The chase | 
Race leader Patrick Bevin (New Zealand / Team CCC) bridging across to the lead group | 
Daryl Impey (RSA/Mitchelton-Scott) timed it right to win Stage 4 in 3:03:27 ahead of race leader and 2nd today Patrick Bevin (NZl/CCC Team), 3rd Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa/Astana), 4th Ruben Guerreiro (Por/Katusha-Alpecin), 5th Rubén Fernandez (Spa/Movistar), 6th George Bennett (NZl/Jumbo-Visma), 7th Diego Ulissi (Ita/UAE Team Emirates) and 8th Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling | 
Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott) celebrates his win in Campbelltown, a regular stop at the Tour Down Under now | 
Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott) celebrates with his teammates | 
Your Stage 4 winner and last year's overall winner, Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott) | 
2nd today, race leader Patrick Bevin (New Zealand / Team CCC) extended his overall lead to 7s with two stages to go |
Stage 5: Glenelg → Strathalbyn, 150 km Full Results and Report
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Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) at the Stage 5 start in Glenelg | 
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Stage 5 start scene in Glenelg | 
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Race leader Paddy Bevin (CCC) crashed hard with 10 km to go | 
Sprint finish coming at you in Strathalbyn | 
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Caleb Ewan (AUS - Lotto Soudal) crossed first but was later relegated giving 2nd Jasper Philipsen (BEL - UAE - Team Emirates) the win while Peter Sagan (SVK - Bora - Hansgrohe) was 3rd | 
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Patrick Bevin (New Zealand / Team CCC) despite injuries rejoined the front of the race and didn't lose any time on GC maintaining his 7s lead | 
But he did lose some blood and he'll be very sore for the difficult final stage | 
This shoulder and head check by Caleb Ewan (AUS - Lotto Soudal) during the sprint finish seems to have resulted in his relegation. Screenshot @inrng. | 
Just 20 years old, Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / UAE Team Emirates) claims his first pro win after the controversial ruling. Philipsen left with mixed feelings after first WorldTour victory — cyclingnews
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Stage 6: McLaren Vale → Willunga Hill, 152 km Full Results and Report
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The rollout from McLaren Vale for Stage 6 ending on Willunga Hill (151.5 KM) | 
Danny van Poppel (Netherlands / Team Jumbo - Visma) leading the early break | 
The peloton | 
The peloton | 
Robert Gesink (Netherlands / Team Jumbo - Visma) pacesetting for the 1st of 2 times up Willunga Hill | 
The final time up Willunga Hill, Kenny Elissonde (France / Team Sky) - Rohan Dennis (Australia / Team Bahrain - Merida) - George Bennett (New Sealand / Team Jumbo - Visma) - Chris Hamilton (Australia / Team Sunweb) - Dylan van Baarle (Netherlands / Team Sky) | 
3 km to go: Team Sky's Kenny Elissonde and Wout Poels off the front on Willunga Hill | 
Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) bridged up to Wout Poels (Netherlands / Team Sky) | 
Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) then launched his final attack in his usual spot inside 1 km to go... | 
For the sixth straight time, Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) wins on Willunga Hill | 
Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo: “The stage was probably easier for me than it ever has been because I was in a good position. But when Kenny Ellisonde did a fantastic ride there for Wout Poels, that was hard to have to take it up myself. I had to gauge my effort. To be honest, I thought I’d had it there, but when I heard (director) Kim Andersen on the radio telling me that everyone behind me was suffering too, it gave me a second wind. But I tell you what, the last 300 meters were probably the longest 300 meters, it really hurt. But it was a sweet victory.” | 
2nd Wout Poels (Netherlands / Team Sky) for 2nd overall followed by 3rd Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott), the overall winner, 4th Rohan Dennis (Aus/ Bahrain-Merida) + 3s, 5th Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa/Astana) + 6s | 
6th Chris Hamilton (Aus/Sunweb) + 10s encouraged on enthusiastically his by dad seen here on the right leaning over the rail, 7th Michael Woods (Can/EF Education First Pro Cycling) admittedly blew up + 15s | 
Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott), first rider to win back to back overall titles at the Tour Down Under. As expected, the morning's leader, Paddy Bevin (CCC), was dropped with 25 km to go resulting from injuries sustained during his Stage 5 crash. | 
Emotional moment as Mathew Hayman (Australia / Team Mitchelton - Scott) celebrates his final race before retirement with teammate and overall winner Daryl Impey | 
Your Stage 6 winner, Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo): “It’s always good to start with a new team, and they have faith in you like that,” continued Porte. “But here, you have to climb better than the sprinters, and then sprint better than the climbers – it’s not a race that really suits me. It did two years ago with the Paracombe climb as well. I think it’s just nice to get a victory, the team was absolutely fantastic out there today.” “It was a really enjoyable week. Luca Guercilena, the boss (Trek-Segafredo’s General Manager), didn’t put any pressure on me. They were resigned to the fact it was going to be a hard race to win, especially when they are going for bonus sprints like that yesterday, then it’s not an easy one for me.” | 
Your overall winner, Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott), for the second year in a row | 
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