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Tour Down Under (2020) Photos Jan 19 - 26

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Stage 0: Schwalbe Classic, 51 km Full Results and Report


Caleb Ewan (Australia / Team Lotto Soudal) signing in	Race directors Stuart O’Grady and Mike Turtur	Start scene for the Schwalbe Criterium in Adelaide
The early bredak	Caleb Ewan (Australia / Team Lotto Soudal) with teammate Tosh Van Der Sande	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Netherlands / Team Jumbo - Visma) as the pace picks up
Sprint finish as expected after 1 hour of circuits in downtown Adelaide with Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL) on his way to winning his 4th pre-race classic at Tour Down Under	The winning margin	1st Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL) in 1:04:29, 2nd Elia VIVIANI, (ITA/COFIDIS), 3rd Simone CONSONNI (ITA/COFIDIS)
"This was my first race of the season. Usually I do some races before, but I felt really good out there." said the winner, Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL)	The Schwalbe Criterium podium: 2nd Elia VIVIANI, (ITA/COFIDIS), 1st Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL) in 1:04:29, 3rd Simone CONSONNI (ITA/COFIDIS)	The Schwalbe Criterium podium: 2nd Elia VIVIANI, (ITA/COFIDIS), 1st Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL) in 1:04:29, 3rd Simone CONSONNI (ITA/COFIDIS)

Stage 1: Tanunda → Tanunda, 150 km Full Results and Report


Bjarne Riis (Team NTT Pro Cycling) talking to co-race director and former Team Saxo rider Stuart O’Grady at the Stage 1 start in Tanunda	Andre Greipel (Germany / Israel Start - Up Nation)	Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) - Mads Pedersen (DEN - Trek - Segafredo) - Juraj Sagan (Slovakia / Team Bora - hansgrohe) on the stage 1 startline in Tanunda
Scenery from Stage 1	The break on 7.2% Breakneck Hill	The peloton
	Sam Bennett (Ireland / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) wins a close sprint finish ahead of Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / UAE Team Emirates) and 3rd Erik Baska (Slovakia / Team Bora - hansgrohe)	The winning margin
	Sam Bennett (IRL - Deceuninck - Quick Step) was thrilled to get his first win for his new team: “I’d be lying if I’d say I didn’t feel the pressure to get that first win. I am very happy it came today, on the very first stage of the season’s first race, and I can’t thank my incredible teammates enough, because the result is down to their amazing effort”... “The team is very confident in me and the way they rode was amazing and gave me great confidence. There’s a lot of experience in this squad, and they showed it today, together with that unique Wolfpack spirit, which you can feel it immediately. Everybody did a fantastic job and played a superb role, keeping me in position and making sure I was where I had to be in order to fight for the victory. The week has just started and I hope other good results will soon follow”	Your Stage 1 winner...
and first race leader, Sam Bennett (IRL - Deceuninck - Quick Step

Stage 2: Woodside → Stirling, 136 km Full Results and Report


George BENNETT (JUMBO - VISMA) pre-Stage 2 in Woodside before finishing a respectable 10th in the uphill sprint finish	Scenery from Stage 2, Woodside to Stirling	Laurens De Vreese (Belgium / Team Astana) was the last break survivor earning him most combative rider
Caleb Ewan (Australia / Team Lotto Soudal) roars to the front in the final 50m	Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL) wins the Stage 2 uphill finish in 3:27:31 ahead of 2nd Daryl IMPEY (RSA/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 3rd Nathan HAAS (AUS/COFIDIS), 4th Jasper PHILIPSEN (BEL/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) and 5th Fabio FELLINE (ITA/ASTANA PRO)	Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL) wins Stage 2
“I am so happy, especially after what happened yesterday, when we were absent in the final”, explained Caleb Ewan. “We had a really good plan. We spoke about it for about one hour after yesterday’s stage one. We checked what we could do better. I have to say that the boys did absolutely a perfect job today. They did everything I asked for. They brought me in perfect position. A win like today, you really can’t do it on your own. I said to them yesterday that if I wanted to win today’s stage, a real tough one, I would need all their help. They really helped me all day and put me in a good position on the climbs, so that I was out of the mess.”	Your Stage 2 winner, Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL)	and new race leader, Caleb EWAN (AUS/LOTTO SOUDAL)

Stage 3: Unley → Paracombe, 131 km Full Results and Report


Fabian Cancellara at the Stage 3 start in Unley	Bjarne Riis (NTT Pro Cycling) - Race director Stuart O’Grady and UCI President David Lappartient	Calab Ewan poses with a fan
Banged up Elia Viviani (ITA - Cofidis) starts Stage 3 but needless to say he wasn't factor at the finish in Paracombe	Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) attacked with 2 km to go at the base of the finishing climb to Paracombe	Like 2017, Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) wins the uphill finish at Paracombe: "I think I lost a bit of time [when it flattened] in the last 300 meters. The thing is I felt good, and that bodes well for the next few days."
2nd Robert Power (AUS - Team Sunweb) + 5s and 3rd Simon Yates (GBR - Mitchelton - Scott)	Your Stage 3 winner, Richie Porte (AUS - Trek - Segafredo): "The strategy was to have as many guys up there into the bottom, and they did a super job," continued Porte. "Some of these younger guys are prepared to take much bigger risks than us older guys, it was a hectic run-in to the climb, but the guys put me in such a good position."	New race leader, Richie Porte (AUS - Trek - Segafredo): "Daryl (Impey) is still the man to beat, I think. Historically this has been the queen stage, but two more stages before Willunga – the race is not over yet. There's time bonuses on the road as well, and I expect that Mitchelton will go for them. I am happy to get the win today for the team."

Stage 4: Norwood → Murray Bridge, 153 km Full Results and Report


Antwan Tolhoek (Netherlands / Team Jumbo - Visma) applies sunscreen before the Stage 4 start in Norwood	Overall race favorites, Daryl Impey (RSA - Mitchelton - Scott) and Richie Porte (AUS - Trek - Segafredo)	Today's unsuccessful break consisting of Joey Rosskopf (USA - CCC Team) - Jorge Arcas (ESP - Movistar Team) - James Piccoli (CAN - Israel Start-Up Nation)
Feed zone	Sprint finish in Murray Bridge as expected with Caleb Ewan (Australia / Team Lotto Soudal) catching Sam Bennett (Ireland / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) before the line	Caleb Ewan (Australia / Team Lotto Soudal) wins Stage 4
Two stages wins + the pre-race criterium for Caleb Ewan (Australia / Team Lotto Soudal) so far	UCI President David Lappartient (FRA) and the Stage 4 winner, Caleb Ewan (AUS - Lotto Soudal)	Lead cut in half: Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) lost 3 secs today to Daryl Impy and now lead by 3s

Stage 5: Glenelg → Victor Harbor, 149 km Full Results and Report


Yukiya Arashiro (JPN - Bahrain - McLaren) reflecting on the Stage 5 start in Glenelg	Start scene for Stage 5	Stage 5 scenery
Stage 5 scenery	Stage 5 scenery	Gaps on the road late in the stage on the hilly section of the course; gc leaders Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) and Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott)
Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA - NTT Pro Cycling) wins the Stage 5 sprint in Victor Harbor ahead of Simone Consonni (ITA - Cofidis) and Jasper Philipsen (BEL - UAE - Team Emirates)	Your Stage 5 winner, Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy / Team NTT Pro Cycling)	New race leader, Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott) by 2 secs thanks to bonus time earned on the course
Daryl Impey - Race Leader: “It’s fantastic to lead the race going into Willunga. I’m chuffed at all of the work the guys have been doing, it’s been fantastic. “The whole week we’ve been trying to get into the lead here and put myself in a position tomorrow to beat Richie. I’m two seconds up, I don’t know if it’s enough but we’ve given ourselves every chance to win this bike race and it’s all up to tomorrow. “We did exactly what we planned on the climb. Lucas set a hell of a tempo up there, there was only 10 guys left so we had a very select group. I was praying that group would make it to the line because I fancied my chances there.”

Stage 6: Mclaren Vale → Willunga Hill, 152 km Full Results and Report


Freshly shorned for the wildfire relief cause; Lachlan Morton (Australia / Team EF Education First) prior to Stage 6 in McLaren Vale. Video: Locks lost: Lachlan Morton and Mitch Docker shave their hair for bushfire relief	Jens Voigt interviews Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) prior to Stage 6	Scenery from Stage 6
The finishing KOMs split the field	Race leader Daryl Impey (South Africa / Team Mitchelton - Scott) dropped off the podium today	For a guy that doesn't cycle much on the hills outside of Britain, Matthew Holmes (GBR / Team Lotto Soudal) mastered Willunga Hill extremely well
Matthew Holmes (GBR / Team Lotto Soudal) dropped the six time consecutive winner of Willunga Hill to win the final strage by 3s: “I don’t know. I've never really raced up a climb. I've been stuck in Britain for the last six years, which is not a bad thing. This is my second hilltop finish this week, and it seems to suit me. This will give the team a lot of confidence in me. Up to now I felt they didn’t know me very well. I am the new person in the team and they gave me the first easy job in the stages. From now on, maybe I can ask sometimes to ride for me in some stages.”	The winning margin	Although second today, Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo) wins the overall by 25s
Your Stage 6 winner, 26 years-old Matthew Holmes (GBR / Team Lotto Soudal) got his first WorldTour season off to very good start	Your 2020 Tour Down Under overall winner by 25s, Richie Porte (Australia / Team Trek Segafredo)	"To win the race again is a fantastic feeling," said Porte. "It was a hard day for our team; there were times when I thought maybe the GC was over and done with because it was a big group up the road. But credit to the guys, almost single-handedly, they brought that all back. "You know people are quick to single out Mads Pedersen because he's the World Champion here helping me, but every one of my teammates has been incredible; they all played their part in today."