Summary
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along the picturesque Great Ocean Road. The first race was held in 2015, as the farewell race for Cadel Evans—Australia's only Tour de France winner or Road World Champion.[1] The 2017 edition was added to the UCI World Tour for the first time.[2][3]
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | January (28-29 in 2023) |
| Region | Australia |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI World Tour |
| Type | One-day |
| Web site | www |
| History (men) | |
| First edition | 2015 |
| Editions | 8 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Gianni Meersman (BEL) |
| Most wins | No repeat winners |
| Most recent |  Laurence Pithie (NZL) |
| History (women) | |
| First edition | 2015 |
| Editions | 8 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Rachel Neylan (AUS) |
| Most wins | No repeat winners |
| Most recent |  Rosita Reijnhout (NED) |
In November 2020, it was announced that the 2021 race would not be held due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. This was due in part to a number of UCI WorldTour teams making the decision to stay in Europe due to uncertainty around international travel conditions and logistics of quarantine requirements.[4]
The event returned in January 2023, featuring on both the men's and women's World Tour calendars.[5]
Course edit
The men's version is 176 km (109 mi), while the women's is 143 km (89 mi). In 2023, the mass participation People's Ride includes three distance options—35km, 50km, or 125km.[6]
The race starts on the Geelong waterfront in Victoria, and travels westward to the rolling hills of Moriac, turning south toward the famous surf beach of Bells Beach, following the surf coast to Torquay and through Cadel’s hometown of Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove, before heading north back to a Geelong circuit before finishing back around on the waterfront.[7] The course is suited to puncheurs.[1]
Results edit
Men's race edit
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Belgium
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Gianni Meersman | Etixx–Quick-Step | |
| 2016 |  Great Britain
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Peter Kennaugh | Team Sky | |
| 2017 |  Germany
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Nikias Arndt | Team Sunweb | |
| 2018 | Australia
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Jay McCarthy | Bora–Hansgrohe | |
| 2019 |  Italy
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Elia Viviani | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | |
| 2020 | Belgium
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Dries Devenyns | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | |
| 2021 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2022 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2023 | Germany
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Marius Mayrhofer | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | |
| 2024 | New Zealand
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Laurence Pithie | Groupama–FDJ | |
Wins per country edit
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 2 | Belgium Germany
|
| 1 | Australia Great Britain Italy New Zealand
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Women's race edit
| Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Australia
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Rachel Neylan | Building Champions Squad | |
| 2016 | Australia
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Amanda Spratt | Orica–AIS | |
| 2017 | Netherlands
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Annemiek van Vleuten | Orica–Scott | |
| 2018 | Australia
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Chloe Hosking | Alé–Cipollini | |
| 2019 |  Cuba
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Arlenis Sierra | Astana | |
| 2020 | Germany
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Liane Lippert | Team Sunweb | |
| 2021 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2022 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2023 | Netherlands
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Loes Adegeest | FDJ–Suez | |
| 2024 | Netherlands
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Rosita Reijnhout | Visma–Lease a Bike | |
Wins per country edit
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 3 | Australia Netherlands
|
| 1 | Cuba Germany
|
Melbourne pre-race criterium edit
In 2017 the pre-race criterium was known as the Race Melbourne - Albert Park, becoming the Towards Zero Race Melbourne in 2018.[8] In 2019 the race was held in a team-based format with points awarded for sprints. Deceuninck-QuickStep won the men's event[9] and Trek Segafredo won the women's event.[10] In 2020 the race was not held and was replaced by Race Torquay.[11]
Men's race edit
| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |  Ireland
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Sam Bennett | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| 2018 | Ireland
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Sam Bennett | Bora–Hansgrohe |
Women's race edit
| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Netherlands
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Kirsten Wild | Cylance Pro Cycling |
| 2018 | Australia
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Annette Edmondson | Wiggle High5 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2015". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017". UCI. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2021 cancelled". Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Jackie Tyson (30 September 2022). "Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race returns on WorldTour 2023 calendar". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Home". Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Elite Men's Overview". Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "CQ Ranking". cqranking.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Deceuninck-QuickStep win new-look Race Melbourne". Cycling News. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women win Race Melbourne". Cycling News. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ de Neef, Matt (14 May 2019). "Cadel's Race support event moves from Melbourne to Torquay". Cycling Tips. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
Sources edit
- Bacon, Ellis. "Devenyns wins men's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.