6ª Tour Down Under: Impey, ganador final

Impey celebra su triunfo en el podio de Adelaida / © TDU

Nicolás Van Looy / Ciclo21

Tras dejar la carrera encarrilada en la cima de Willunga Hill, Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) sólo tenía que cuidarse hoy de evitar que Richie Porte (BMC), segundo en la general con el mismo tiempo que él, consiguiera bonificar. Con eso en mente, la última etapa, con principio y final en Adelaida, se planteaba como una batalla táctica entre la escuadra australiana con jefe de filas sudafricano y la americana con líder australiano.

La etapa estuvo marcada por la fuga del hiperactivo Logan Owen (EF-Education First) y Ben O’Connor (Dimension Data), aunque no llegaron a contar nunca con más de dos minutos sobre un pelotón en el que los equipos de los velocistas no quisieron asumir riesgos innecesarios permitiendo una fuga demasiado peligrosa.

Greipel consiguió su segundo triunfo parcial / © TDU

Bajo, de nuevo, un calor asfixiante, las vueltas al circuito iban cayendo e Impey, siempre muy atento en la cabeza del grupo, se iba acercando a su triunfo final sin que Porte y su BMC parecieran muy interesados en arriesgarse a sufrir un percance peleando por los segundos de bonificación.

Ya en los metros finales fue Adré Greipel (Lotto-Soudal), ganador de la primera etapa, el más rápido en un apretadísimo sprint en el que consiguió sueprar a Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) prácticamente en el último golpe de riñón. De esta manera, el alemán pone el tanteador de los sprinters a su favor con dos triunfos y, aunque sólo estemos hablando de los primeros días del año, parece haber confirmado que ha conseguido dejar atrás todos los fantasmas que le lastraron durante 2017.

Carlos Barbero (Movistar) fue el mejor español de la etapa al acabar en novena posición, mientras que Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) y Luis León Sánchez (Astana) fueron, con sus séptima y octava posiciones, los mejores españoles en la general final.

Puntos TOP Ciclo 21: Carlos Barbero, 4 (primer español etapa 2.UWT); Gorka Izagirre, 40 (32 7 + 8 primer español general 2.UWT); Luis Léon Sánchez, 24 (8º) / Marc Soler, 2 (primer sub-26 etapa); Enric Mas, 4 (primer sub-26 general).

1ª: Greipel / 2ª: Ewan / 3ª: Viviani / 4ª: Sagan / 5ª Porte

CLASIFICACIÓN 6ª ETAPA

1		André Greipel	1982	Lotto – Soudal	02:01:19
2		Caleb Ewan	1994	Michelton – Scott	+ 00
3		Peter Sagan	1990	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 00
4		Phil Bauhaus	1994	Team Sunweb	+ 00
5		Elia Viviani	1989	Quick-Step Floors	+ 00
6		Steele von Hoff	1987	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 00
7		Simone Consonni	1994	UAE Team Emirates	+ 00
8		Mads Pedersen	1995	Trek – Segafredo	+ 00
9		Carlos Barbero Cuesta	1991	Movistar Team	+ 00
10		Mads Würtz Schmidt	1994	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 00
11		Pierre Latour	1993	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00
12		Dries Devenyns	1983	Quick-Step Floors	+ 00
13		Mickaël Cherel	1986	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00
14		Diego Ulissi	1989	UAE Team Emirates	+ 00
15		Jasha Sütterlin	1992	Movistar Team	+ 00
16		Gorka Izagirre	1987	Bahrain – Merida	+ 00
17		Ion Izagirre	1989	Bahrain – Merida	+ 00
18		Domenico Pozzovivo	1982	Bahrain – Merida	+ 00
19		Egan Arley Bernal	1997	Team Sky	+ 00
20		George Bennett	1990	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 00
21		Lukasz Wisniowski	1991	Team Sky	+ 00
22		Ruben Guerreiro	1994	Trek – Segafredo	+ 00
23		Robert Gesink	1986	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 00
24		Nathan Earle	1988	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 00
25		Rüdiger Selig	1989	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 00
26		Jay McCarthy	1992	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 00
27		Sam Oomen	1995	Team Sunweb	+ 00
28		Chris Hamilton	1995	Team Sunweb	+ 00
29		Nathan Haas	1989	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 00
30		Enrico Battaglin	1989	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 00
31		Luis León Sánchez	1983	Astana Pro Team	+ 00
32		Georg Preidler	1990	FDJ	+ 00
33		Tom Jelte Slagter	1989	Team Dimension Data	+ 00
34		Mark Renshaw	1982	Team Dimension Data	+ 00
35		Nico Denz	1994	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00
36		Daryl Impey	1984	Michelton – Scott	+ 00
37		Mitchell Docker	1986	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 00
38		Maurits Lammertink	1990	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 00
39		Salvatore Puccio	1989	Team Sky	+ 00
40		Fabio Sabatini	1985	Quick-Step Floors	+ 00
41		Marc Soler	1993	Movistar Team	+ 00
42		Richie Porte	1985	BMC Racing Team	+ 00
43		Adam Hansen	1981	Lotto – Soudal	+ 00
44		Lars Ytting Bak	1980	Lotto – Soudal	+ 00
45		Brendan Canty	1992	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 00
46		Daniel Oss	1987	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 00
47		Matteo Montaguti	1984	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00
48		Nelson Oliveira	1989	Movistar Team	+ 00
49		Yukiya Arashiro	1984	Bahrain – Merida	+ 00
50		Jens Debusschere	1989	Lotto – Soudal	+ 00
51		Danilo Wyss	1985	BMC Racing Team	+ 00
52		Manuele Mori	1980	UAE Team Emirates	+ 00
53		Patrick Bevin	1991	BMC Racing Team	+ 00
54		Michael Valgren	1992	Astana Pro Team	+ 00
55		Alex Frame	1993	Trek – Segafredo	+ 00
56		Ben O’Connor	1995	Team Dimension Data	+ 00
57		Manuele Boaro	1987	Bahrain – Merida	+ 00
58		Marco Marcato	1984	UAE Team Emirates	+ 00
59		Fumiyuki Beppu	1983	Trek – Segafredo	+ 00
60		Eros Capecchi	1986	Quick-Step Floors	+ 00
61		Pavel Kochetkov	1986	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 00
62		Mathew Hayman	1978	Michelton – Scott	+ 00
63		Ben Gastauer	1987	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00
64		Niklas Eg	1995	Trek – Segafredo	+ 00
65		Tiago Machado	1985	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 00
66		Tom Scully	1990	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 00
67		Tom Bohli	1994	BMC Racing Team	+ 00
68		Simon Gerrans	1980	BMC Racing Team	+ 00
69		Scott Davies	1995	Team Dimension Data	+ 00
70		Maarten Wynants	1982	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 00
71		Nans Peters	1994	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 00
72		Owain Doull	1993	Team Sky	+ 00
73		Cameron Meyer	1988	Michelton – Scott	+ 00
74		Enric Mas Nicolau	1995	Quick-Step Floors	+ 00
75		Ruben Fernandez	1991	Movistar Team	+ 00
76		Michael Mørkøv	1985	Quick-Step Floors	+ 00
77		Mathieu Ladagnous	1984	FDJ	+ 00
78		Koen de Kort	1982	Trek – Segafredo	+ 00
79		Alexander Porter	1996	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 00
80		Laurent Didier	1984	Trek – Segafredo	+ 00
81		Riccardo Minali	1995	Astana Pro Team	+ 00
82		Daniel Moreno	1981	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 00
83		Marcel Sieberg	1982	Lotto – Soudal	+ 00
84		Jaco Venter	1987	Team Dimension Data	+ 00
85		Nicholas Dlamini	1995	Team Dimension Data	+ 00
86		Alex Edmondson	1993	Michelton – Scott	+ 12
87		Jose Goncalves	1989	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 13
88		Mike Teunissen	1992	Team Sunweb	+ 16
89		Lachlan Morton	1992	Team Dimension Data	+ 18
90		William Clarke	1985	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 18
91		Valerio Agnoli	1985	Bahrain – Merida	+ 18
92		Nuno Bico	1994	Movistar Team	+ 18
93		Chad Haga	1988	Team Sunweb	+ 18
94		Antoine Duchesne	1991	FDJ	+ 18
95		Florian Senechal	1993	Quick-Step Floors	+ 18
96		Rohan Dennis	1990	BMC Racing Team	+ 18
97		Simon Clarke	1986	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 18
98		Miles Scotson	1994	BMC Racing Team	+ 18
99		Timothy Roe	1989	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 18
100		Laurens De Vreese	1988	Astana Pro Team	+ 18
101		Michael Storer	1997	Team Sunweb	+ 18
102		Stijn Vandenbergh	1984	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 30
103		Tom Leezer	1985	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 37
104		Nikias Arndt	1991	Team Sunweb	+ 40
105		Jhonatan Restrepo	1994	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 42
106		Rui Costa	1986	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:05
107		Ramunas Navardauskas	1988	Bahrain – Merida	+ 01:09
108		Artyom Zakharov	1991	Astana Pro Team	+ 01:10
109		Thomas De Gendt	1986	Lotto – Soudal	+ 01:20
110		Jaime Castrillo Zapater	1996	Movistar Team	+ 01:20
111		Davide Cimolai	1989	FDJ	+ 01:20
112		Scott Bowden	1995	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 01:20
113		Maciej Bodnar	1985	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 01:20
114		Sam Welsford	1996	Australian Cycling Academy	+ 01:31
115		Matteo Bono	1983	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:46
116		Robert Wagner	1983	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 02:04
117		Daan Olivier	1992	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 02:10
118		Zakkari Dempster	1987	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 02:10
119		Peter Kennaugh	1989	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 02:10
120		Sam Bennett	1990	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 02:19
121		Oscar Gatto	1985	Astana Pro Team	+ 02:43
122		Truls Korsæth	1993	Astana Pro Team	+ 02:43
123		Christopher Lawless	1995	Team Sky	+ 03:23
124		Logan Owen	1995	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 04:26
125		Damien Howson	1992	Michelton – Scott	+ 04:46

CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL FINAL

01	Daryl Impey	1984	South Africa	Michelton – Scott	20:03:34
02	Richie Porte	1985	Australia	BMC Racing Team	+ 00
03	Tom Jelte Slagter	1989	Netherlands	Team Dimension Data	+ 14
04	Diego Ulissi	1989	Italy	UAE Team Emirates	+ 20
05	Dries Devenyns	1983	Belgium	Quick-Step Floors	+ 20
06	Egan Arley Bernal	1997	Colombia	Team Sky	+ 20
07	Gorka Izagirre	1987	Spain	Bahrain – Merida	+ 20
08	Luis León Sánchez	1983	Spain	Astana Pro Team	+ 23
09	Ruben Guerreiro	1994	Portugal	Trek – Segafredo	+ 23
10	Robert Gesink	1986	Netherlands	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 24
11	George Bennett	1990	New Zealand	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 24
12	Ion Izagirre	1989	Spain	Bahrain – Merida	+ 24
13	Pierre Latour	1993	France	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 24
14	Domenico Pozzovivo	1982	Italy	Bahrain – Merida	+ 24
15	Sam Oomen	1995	Netherlands	Team Sunweb	+ 24
16	Chris Hamilton	1995	Australia	Team Sunweb	+ 24
17	Enric Mas Nicolau	1995	Spain	Quick-Step Floors	+ 24
18	Ben O’Connor	1995	Australia	Team Dimension Data	+ 26
19	Jay McCarthy	1992	Australia	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 29
20	Mickaël Cherel	1986	France	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 29
21	Nathan Earle	1988	Australia	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 29
22	Brendan Canty	1992	Australia	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 29
23	Scott Davies	1995	Great Britain	Team Dimension Data	+ 45
24	Daniel Moreno	1981	Spain	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 57
25	Cameron Meyer	1988	Australia	Michelton – Scott	+ 01:01
26	Michael Valgren	1992	Denmark	Astana Pro Team	+ 01:12
27	Lars Ytting Bak	1980	Denmark	Lotto – Soudal	+ 01:22
28	Georg Preidler	1990	Austria	FDJ	+ 01:26
29	Eros Capecchi	1986	Italy	Quick-Step Floors	+ 01:28
30	Rohan Dennis	1990	Australia	BMC Racing Team	+ 01:46
31	Laurent Didier	1984	Luxembourg	Trek – Segafredo	+ 01:57
32	Peter Sagan	1990	Slovakia	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 02:25
33	Adam Hansen	1981	Australia	Lotto – Soudal	+ 03:04
34	Marc Soler	1993	Spain	Movistar Team	+ 03:09
35	Rui Costa	1986	Portugal	UAE Team Emirates	+ 03:11
36	Niklas Eg	1995	Denmark	Trek – Segafredo	+ 05:24
37	Maurits Lammertink	1990	Netherlands	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 06:16
38	Simon Clarke	1986	Australia	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 06:28
39	Manuele Mori	1980	Italy	UAE Team Emirates	+ 06:34
40	Stijn Vandenbergh	1984	Belgium	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 06:53
41	Simon Gerrans	1980	Australia	BMC Racing Team	+ 07:06
42	Timothy Roe	1989	Australia	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 07:42
43	Yukiya Arashiro	1984	Japan	Bahrain – Merida	+ 09:00
44	Marco Marcato	1984	Italy	UAE Team Emirates	+ 09:57
45	Owain Doull	1993	Great Britain	Team Sky	+ 10:30
46	Valerio Agnoli	1985	Italy	Bahrain – Merida	+ 10:34
47	Lachlan Morton	1992	Australia	Team Dimension Data	+ 11:01
48	Michael Storer	1997	Australia	Team Sunweb	+ 11:02
49	Ben Gastauer	1987	Luxembourg	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 11:20
50	Ruben Fernandez	1991	Spain	Movistar Team	+ 11:24
51	Enrico Battaglin	1989	Italy	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 11:43
52	Koen de Kort	1982	Netherlands	Trek – Segafredo	+ 12:00
53	Laurens De Vreese	1988	Belgium	Astana Pro Team	+ 12:41
54	Mike Teunissen	1992	Netherlands	Team Sunweb	+ 12:47
55	Nathan Haas	1989	Australia	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 13:45
56	Nikias Arndt	1991	Germany	Team Sunweb	+ 13:46
57	Danilo Wyss	1985	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team	+ 13:47
58	Tiago Machado	1985	Portugal	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 13:50
59	Nelson Oliveira	1989	Portugal	Movistar Team	+ 14:18
60	Mathew Hayman	1978	Australia	Michelton – Scott	+ 15:30
61	Daniel Oss	1987	Italy	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 15:43
62	Miles Scotson	1994	Australia	BMC Racing Team	+ 16:09
63	Fumiyuki Beppu	1983	Japan	Trek – Segafredo	+ 16:22
64	Salvatore Puccio	1989	Italy	Team Sky	+ 16:32
65	William Clarke	1985	Australia	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 16:34
66	Jhonatan Restrepo	1994	Colombia	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 17:02
67	Nuno Bico	1994	Portugal	Movistar Team	+ 17:15
68	Maarten Wynants	1982	Belgium	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 17:19
69	Daan Olivier	1992	Netherlands	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 17:46
70	Steele von Hoff	1987	Australia	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 18:32
71	Artyom Zakharov	1991	Kazakhstan	Astana Pro Team	+ 18:36
72	Jasha Sütterlin	1992	Germany	Movistar Team	+ 19:55
73	Tom Leezer	1985	Netherlands	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 20:18
74	Tom Bohli	1994	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team	+ 20:20
75	Michael Mørkøv	1985	Denmark	Quick-Step Floors	+ 21:05
76	Alex Edmondson	1993	Australia	Michelton – Scott	+ 22:55
77	Caleb Ewan	1994	Australia	Michelton – Scott	+ 23:01
78	Carlos Barbero Cuesta	1991	Spain	Movistar Team	+ 23:27
79	Matteo Montaguti	1984	Italy	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 23:34
80	Mathieu Ladagnous	1984	France	FDJ	+ 23:46
81	Tom Scully	1990	New Zealand	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 24:01
82	Elia Viviani	1989	Italy	Quick-Step Floors	+ 24:12
83	Mitchell Docker	1986	Australia	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 24:22
84	Nans Peters	1994	France	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 24:45
85	Jose Goncalves	1989	Portugal	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 24:58
86	Jaco Venter	1987	South Africa	Team Dimension Data	+ 25:27
87	Patrick Bevin	1991	New Zealand	BMC Racing Team	+ 27:13
88	Zakkari Dempster	1987	Australia	Israel Cycling Academy	+ 28:13
89	Simone Consonni	1994	Italy	UAE Team Emirates	+ 28:20
90	Matteo Bono	1983	Italy	UAE Team Emirates	+ 28:25
91	Peter Kennaugh	1989	Great Britain	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 28:40
92	Manuele Boaro	1987	Italy	Bahrain – Merida	+ 29:06
93	Pavel Kochetkov	1986	Russia	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 29:24
94	Chad Haga	1988	USA	Team Sunweb	+ 30:35
95	Mark Renshaw	1982	Australia	Team Dimension Data	+ 30:48
96	André Greipel	1982	Germany	Lotto – Soudal	+ 31:08
97	Thomas De Gendt	1986	Belgium	Lotto – Soudal	+ 31:21
98	Antoine Duchesne	1991	Canada	FDJ	+ 33:18
99	Nicholas Dlamini	1995	South Africa	Team Dimension Data	+ 33:40
100	Lukasz Wisniowski	1991	Poland	Team Sky	+ 33:55
101	Alexander Porter	1996	Australia	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 34:27
102	Nico Denz	1994	Germany	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 35:10
103	Oscar Gatto	1985	Italy	Astana Pro Team	+ 35:45
104	Riccardo Minali	1995	Italy	Astana Pro Team	+ 35:46
105	Fabio Sabatini	1985	Italy	Quick-Step Floors	+ 36:12
106	Florian Senechal	1993	France	Quick-Step Floors	+ 36:16
107	Jaime Castrillo Zapater	1996	Spain	Movistar Team	+ 37:01
108	Rüdiger Selig	1989	Germany	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 38:14
109	Marcel Sieberg	1982	Germany	Lotto – Soudal	+ 39:07
110	Truls Korsæth	1993	Norway	Astana Pro Team	+ 39:09
111	Damien Howson	1992	Australia	Michelton – Scott	+ 39:39
112	Maciej Bodnar	1985	Poland	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 39:51
113	Robert Wagner	1983	Germany	Team LottoNL – Jumbo	+ 41:09
114	Mads Würtz Schmidt	1994	Denmark	Team Katusha – Alpecin	+ 41:24
115	Christopher Lawless	1995	Great Britain	Team Sky	+ 41:25
116	Mads Pedersen	1995	Denmark	Trek – Segafredo	+ 41:33
117	Logan Owen	1995	USA	Team EF Education First – Drapac	+ 41:46
118	Jens Debusschere	1989	Belgium	Lotto – Soudal	+ 41:49
119	Scott Bowden	1995	Australia	Bennelong – Swisswellness	+ 43:13
120	Phil Bauhaus	1994	Germany	Team Sunweb	+ 45:21
121	Alex Frame	1993	New Zealand	Trek – Segafredo	+ 47:29
122	Sam Bennett	1990	Ireland	Bora – Hansgrohe	+ 53:09
123	Ramunas Navardauskas	1988	Litauen	Bahrain – Merida	+ 55:28
124	Sam Welsford	1996	Australia	Australian Cycling Academy	+ 56:34
125	Davide Cimolai	1989	Italy	FDJ	+ 59:55