HERALD SUN TOUR, VAN POPPEL AVANTI TUTTA

Il prologo d’apertura dell’Herald Sun Tour va all’olandese Denny Van Poppel (Team Sky) che precede due corridori della JLT Condor, Brenton Jones e Alex Frame. I corridori più attesi dai media, Froome e Chaves, perdono rispettivamente 7 e 11 secondi.

Un prologo a Melbourne, niente male come cornice della prima vittoria stagionale; anche se Denny Van Poppel cronoman non è e al successo ci era andato vicino solo due settimane fa al Tour Down Under, classificandosi in seconda posizione nella volata della prima tappa. Una vittoria comunque non classificabile proprio come sorpresa, visto che un prologo il belga in forze alla Sky ne aveva già conquistato uno nel 2014, al Giro del Lussemburgo.
L’Herald Sun Tour si è così aperto con questi due chilometri contro il tempo di un percorso cittadino, dove le difficoltà erano rappresentate principalmente dalle curve.
É bastato fermare il tempo sui 2′32″ per permettere a Van Poppel di aggiudicarsi il prologo, precedendo di un solo secondo l’australiano Brenton Jones e, sempre con lo stesso tempo, il neozelandese Alex Frame. In gara c’era anche due “stelle” particolarmente attese al varco, il colombiano Esteban Chaves e, soprattutto, il britannico Chris Froome, vincitore di questa corsa l’anno passato: il tre volte vincitore del Tour de France si è piazzato 26° a 7″ da Van Poppel, mentre Chaves ha fatto peggio per 4 secondi.
Domani con il figlio d’arte Van Poppel in maglia di leader (il padre Jean-Paul, anch’egli velocista, corse tra i professionisti dal 1985 al 1995) si disputerà una tappa che, sicuramente, terminerà con un altro capoclassifica, di tutt’altro spessore: partita da Wangaratta, infatti, la frazione si concluderà dopo 170 Km con l’arrivo in salita a Falls Creek. Gli oltre 30 Km finali tutti all’insù, con una pendenza media del 6% negli ultimi 10000 metri, vedranno infatti sugli scudi i due grandi big al via della corsa australiana.

Paolo Terzi

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:02:32
2 Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT Condor 0:00:01
3 Alex Frame (NZl) JLT Condor
4 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:00:02
5 Leigh Howard (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:03
6 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
7 Jesse Kerrison (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
8 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor 0:00:04
9 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
10 Cameron Bayly (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
11 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
12 Joseph Cooper (NZl) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
13 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott 0:00:05
14 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport
15 Ayden Toovey (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:00:06
16 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky
17 Robbie Hucker (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
18 Cameron Meyer (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
19 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott
20 Brad Evans (NZl) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
21 Jacob Kauffmann (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
22 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:07
23 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
24 Darcy Ellerm-Norton (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
25 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
26 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
27 James Fouche (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0:00:08
28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott
29 Timothy Roe (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
30 Jason Christie (NZl) New Zealand National Team
31 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
32 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
33 Angus Lyons (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
34 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
35 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
36 Edmund Bradbury (GBr) JLT Condor
37 Brodie Talbot (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
38 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
39 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor
40 Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott
41 Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:09
42 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
43 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
44 Daniel Fitter (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
45 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
46 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
47 Alex Wohler (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
48 James Oram (NZl) New Zealand National Team
49 Guy Kalma (NZl) Attaque Team Gusto
50 Mario Vogt (Ger) Attaque Team Gusto
51 Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
52 Joshua Taylor (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
53 Drew Morey (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
54 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor 0:00:10
55 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott
56 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
56 James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor
58 Nathan Earle (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
59 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) New Zealand National Team
60 Sam Dobbs (NZl) New Zealand National Team
61 Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport
62 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
63 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:11
64 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-Scott
65 Kaden Groves (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
66 Patrick Sharpe (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
67 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
68 Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
69 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
70 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:12
71 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
72 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
73 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
74 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
75 Jai Hindley (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
76 Matthew Zenovich (NZl) New Zealand National Team
77 Michael Storer (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team 0:00:13
78 Nicholas Katsonis (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
79 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
80 Taylor Gunman (NZl) New Zealand National Team
81 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
82 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
83 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
84 Philip Martz (USA) Attaque Team Gusto 0:00:14
85 Oliver Kent-Spark (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
86 Scott Bowden (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
87 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
88 Thomas Hubbard (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
89 Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
90 Samuel Jenner (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team 0:00:15
91 Tom Robinson (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
92 Jay Dutton (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
93 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
94 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Attaque Team Gusto
95 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo 0:00:16
96 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:18
97 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:00:19
98 Josh Berry (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:20
99 Rustom Lim (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines
100 Mathew Ross (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg 0:00:21
101 Edgar Nohales Neto (Spa) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:23
102 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines
103 Jesse Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:24
104 Craig Evers (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:30

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:02:32
2 Brenton Jones (Aus) JLT Condor 0:00:01
3 Alex Frame (NZl) JLT Condor
4 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:00:02
5 Leigh Howard (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:03
6 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
7 Jesse Kerrison (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
8 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT Condor 0:00:04
9 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
10 Cameron Bayly (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
11 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
12 Joseph Cooper (NZl) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
13 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott 0:00:05
14 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport
15 Ayden Toovey (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:00:06
16 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky
17 Robbie Hucker (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
18 Cameron Meyer (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
19 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott
20 Brad Evans (NZl) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
21 Jacob Kauffmann (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
22 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:07
23 Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
24 Darcy Ellerm-Norton (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
25 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
26 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
27 James Fouche (NZl) New Zealand National Team 0:00:08
28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott
29 Timothy Roe (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
30 Jason Christie (NZl) New Zealand National Team
31 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
32 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
33 Angus Lyons (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
34 Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
35 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
36 Edmund Bradbury (GBr) JLT Condor
37 Brodie Talbot (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
38 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
39 Alistair Slater (GBr) JLT Condor
40 Rob Power (Aus) Orica-Scott
41 Tim Ariesen (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:09
42 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
43 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
44 Daniel Fitter (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
45 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
46 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
47 Alex Wohler (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
48 James Oram (NZl) New Zealand National Team
49 Guy Kalma (NZl) Attaque Team Gusto
50 Mario Vogt (Ger) Attaque Team Gusto
51 Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
52 Joshua Taylor (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
53 Drew Morey (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
54 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor 0:00:10
55 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott
56 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
56 James Gullen (GBr) JLT Condor
58 Nathan Earle (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
59 Hamish Schreurs (NZl) New Zealand National Team
60 Sam Dobbs (NZl) New Zealand National Team
61 Calvin Watson (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport
62 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
63 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:11
64 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-Scott
65 Kaden Groves (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
66 Patrick Sharpe (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
67 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
68 Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
69 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
70 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:12
71 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
72 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
73 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
74 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
75 Jai Hindley (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team
76 Matthew Zenovich (NZl) New Zealand National Team
77 Michael Storer (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team 0:00:13
78 Nicholas Katsonis (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
79 Janier Alexis Acevedo Calle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
80 Taylor Gunman (NZl) New Zealand National Team
81 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
82 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo
83 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
84 Philip Martz (USA) Attaque Team Gusto 0:00:14
85 Oliver Kent-Spark (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg
86 Scott Bowden (Aus) IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
87 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
88 Thomas Hubbard (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team
89 Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto
90 Samuel Jenner (Aus) KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team 0:00:15
91 Tom Robinson (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport
92 Jay Dutton (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team
93 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
94 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Attaque Team Gusto
95 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Gazprom–RusVelo 0:00:16
96 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:18
97 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:00:19
98 Josh Berry (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:20
99 Rustom Lim (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines
100 Mathew Ross (Aus) Drapac–Pat’s Veg 0:00:21
101 Edgar Nohales Neto (Spa) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:23
102 Mark John Lexer Galedo (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines
103 Jesse Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:24
104 Craig Evers (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:30