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El éxito de Meersman © twitter
El australiano Cadel Evans, ganador del Tour de Francia en 2011 y campeón del mundo de fondo en carretera en 2009 ya es exprofesional. Y se fue con una notable quinta plaza en «su» carrera -la nueva Cadel Evans Great Race 1.1 UCI– después de ser tercero en el pasado Tour Down Under, la primera prueba del UCI World Tour que se apuntó su compañero Rohan Dennis.
El primer ocupante del palmarés de esta carrera que se celebró en Geelong -en la periferia de Melbourne- es el belga Gianni Meersman, del Etixx-Quick Step, el más rápido de nueve corredores destacados tras 178 kilómetros, superando a los australianos Simon Clarke (Orica) y Nathan Haas (Cannondale).
El corredor del Etixx tuvo la preciada ayuda de su compañero, el catalán David de la Cruz, trabajando para él y permitiendo que ese mínimo grupo llegara destacado. El español fue el único de los tres presentes que terminó, ya que abandonaron Samuel Sánchez y Vicente Reynés.
Puntos TOP Ciclo 21: David de la Cruz, 2 (primer español 1.1)
CLASIFICACIÓN COMPLETA
| 1 | Gianni MEERSMAN | BEL | EQS | 30 | 4:15:22 | ||
| 2 | Simon CLARKE | AUS | OGE | 29 | +0 | ||
| 3 | Nathan HAAS | AUS | TCG | 26 | +0 | ||
| 4 | Luke ROWE | GBR | SKY | 25 | +0 | ||
| 5 | Cadel EVANS | AUS | BMC | 38 | +0 | ||
| 6 | Giampaolo CARUSO | ITA | KAT | 35 | +0 | ||
| 7 | Moreno MOSER | ITA | TCG | 25 | +0 | ||
| 8 | Danilo WYSS | SUI | BMC | 30 | +0 | ||
| 9 | Peter KENNAUGH | GBR | SKY | 26 | +7 | ||
| 10 | Heinrich HAUSSLER | AUS | IAM | 31 | +9 | ||
| 11 | Silvan DILLIER | SUI | BMC | 25 | +9 | ||
| 12 | Aleksei TCATEVICH | RUS | KAT | 26 | +9 | ||
| 13 | Patrick BEVIN | NZL | ART | 24 | +9 | ||
| 14 | Tanner PUTT | USA | UHC | 23 | +9 | ||
| 15 | Pieter SERRY | BEL | EQS | 27 | +9 | ||
| 16 | David DE LA CRUZ | ESP | EQS | 26 | +9 | ||
| 17 | Samuel SPOKES | AUS | DPC | 23 | +9 | ||
| 18 | Brendan CANTY | AUS | BFL | 23 | +9 | ||
| 19 | Ian STANNARD | GBR | SKY | 28 | +9 | ||
| 20 | Richie PORTE | AUS | SKY | 30 | +9 | ||
| 21 | Hayden ROULSTON | NZL | TFR | 34 | +9 | ||
| 22 | Nathan EARLE | AUS | SKY | 27 | +9 | ||
| 23 | Alex CLEMENTS | AUS | AUS | 22 | +9 | ||
| 24 | Yves LAMPAERT | BEL | EQS | 24 | +9 | ||
| 25 | Cameron BAYLY | AUS | STR | 25 | +9 | ||
| 26 | Peter STETINA | USA | BMC | 28 | +9 | ||
| 27 | Michael SCHÄR | SUI | BMC | 29 | +9 | ||
| 28 | Sergey LAGUTIN | RUS | KAT | 34 | +9 | ||
| 29 | Cameron MEYER | AUS | OGE | 27 | +9 | ||
| 30 | Martin ELMIGER | SUI | IAM | 37 | +59 | ||
| 31 | Jarlinson PANTANO | COL | IAM | 27 | +1:32 | ||
| 32 | Patrick LANE | AUS | AWS | 24 | +1:58 | ||
| 33 | Maxime BOUET | FRA | EQS | 29 | +1:58 | ||
| 34 | Stef CLEMENT | NED | IAM | 33 | +1:58 | ||
| 35 | Tiziano DALL’ANTONIA | ITA | AND | 32 | +1:58 | ||
| 36 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | ITA | AND | 37 | +1:58 | ||
| 37 | Tyler FARRAR | USA | MTN | 31 | +1:58 | ||
| 38 | Jesse SERGENT | NZL | TFR | 27 | +1:58 | ||
| 39 | Darren LAPTHORNE | AUS | DPC | 32 | +1:58 | ||
| 40 | Davide VILLELLA | ITA | TCG | 24 | +1:58 | ||
| 41 | Daniel SUMMERHILL | USA | UHC | 26 | +1:58 | ||
| 42 | Maxim BELKOV | RUS | KAT | 30 | +1:58 | ||
| 43 | Rudiger SELIG | GER | KAT | 26 | +2:43 | ||
| 44 | Calvin WATSON | AUS | TFR | 22 | +2:43 | ||
| 45 | Alistair DONOHOE | AUS | STR | 20 | +2:43 | ||
| 46 | Lucas EUSER | USA | UHC | 32 | +2:43 | ||
| 47 | Christopher JONES | USA | UHC | 36 | +2:43 | ||
| 48 | Mitchell COOPER | AUS | NSR | 22 | +2:43 | ||
| 49 | Alexander SMYTH | AUS | AWS | 27 | +5:42 | ||
| 50 | Robert POWER | AUS | AUS | 20 | +5:42 | ||
| 51 | Patrick SHAW | AUS | ART | 29 | +7:23 | ||
| 52 | Damien HOWSON | AUS | OGE | 23 | +9:04 | ||
| 53 | Alex HOWES | USA | TCG | 27 | +12:06 | ||
| 54 | Jack BAUER | NZL | TCG | 30 | +12:08 | ||
| DNF | Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ | ESP | BMC | 37 | |||
| DNF | Caleb EWAN | AUS | OGE | 21 | |||
| DNF | Sam BEWLEY | NZL | OGE | 28 | |||
| DNF | Michael HEPBURN | AUS | OGE | 24 | |||
| DNF | Mark RENSHAW | AUS | EQS | 33 | |||
| DNF | Vladimir ISAYCHEV | RUS | KAT | 29 | |||
| DNF | Eugenio ALAFACI | ITA | TFR | 25 | |||
| DNF | Laurent DIDIER | LUX | TFR | 31 | |||
| DNF | Vicente REYNES MIMO | ESP | IAM | 34 | |||
| DNF | David TANNER | AUS | IAM | 31 | |||
| DNF | Matthew Harley GOSS | AUS | MTN | 29 | |||
| DNF | Matt BRAMMEIER | IRL | MTN | 30 | |||
| DNF | Nick DOUGALL | RSA | MTN | 23 | |||
| DNF | Songezo JIM | RSA | MTN | 25 | |||
| DNF | Serge PAUWELS | BEL | MTN | 32 | |||
| DNF | John MURPHY | USA | UHC | 31 | |||
| DNF | Adrian HEGYVARY | USA | UHC | 31 | |||
| DNF | Marco FRAPPORTI | ITA | AND | 30 | |||
| DNF | Alberto NARDIN | ITA | AND | 25 | |||
| DNF | Martin KOHLER | SUI | DPC | 30 | |||
| DNF | Robbie HUCKER | AUS | DPC | 25 | |||
| DNF | Peter KONING | NED | DPC | 25 | |||
| DNF | Bernard SULZBERGER | AUS | DPC | 32 | |||
| DNF | Brodie TALBOT | AUS | BFL | 26 | |||
| DNF | Samuel HORGAN | NZL | BFL | 28 | |||
| DNF | Jacob KAUFFMANN | AUS | BFL | 28 | |||
| DNF | Tommy NANKERVIS | AUS | BFL | 32 | |||
| DNF | Michael TORCKLER | NZL | BFL | 28 | |||
| DNF | Stuart SHAW | AUS | STR | 38 | |||
| DNF | Oliver KET-SPARK | AUS | STR | 23 | |||
| DNF | Martz ALDER | USA | STR | 25 | |||
| DNF | Stuart SMITH | AUS | STR | 24 | |||
| DNF | Kane WALKER | AUS | NSR | 26 | |||
| DNF | Michael FITZGERALD | AUS | NSR | 27 | |||
| DNF | Jackson MAWBY | AUS | NSR | 20 | |||
| DNF | Grayson NAPIER | NZL | NSR | 20 | |||
| DNF | Joel Robert STRACHAN | AUS | NSR | 34 | |||
| DNF | Michael CROSBIE | AUS | AWS | 23 | |||
| DNF | Massimo GRAZIATO | ITA | AWS | 27 | |||
| DNF | Sean LAKE | AUS | AWS | 24 | |||
| DNF | Darcy WOOLLEY | AUS | AWS | 22 | |||
| DNF | James MOWATT | AUS | DSR | 25 | |||
| DNF | Michael Cupitt | AUS | DSR | 33 | |||
| DNF | Chris JORY | AUS | DSR | 28 | |||
| DNF | Kyle BRIDGWOOD | AUS | DSR | 26 | |||
| DNF | David MELVILLE | AUS | DSR | 28 | |||
| DNF | Ryan THOMAS | AUS | DSR | 20 | |||
| DNF | Thomas ROBINSON | AUS | CMR | 26 | |||
| DNF | Jayden COPP | AUS | CMR | 26 | |||
| DNF | Ben HILL | AUS | CMR | 25 | |||
| DNF | Nicholas KATSONIS | AUS | CMR | 21 | |||
| DNF | David EDWARDS | AUS | CMR | 22 | |||
| DNF | Josh TAYLOR | AUS | CMR | 24 | |||
| DNF | Anthony Giacoppo | AUS | ART | 29 | |||
| DNF | Mitchell LOVELOCK-FAY | AUS | ART | 23 | |||
| DNF | Mark O’BRIEN | AUS | ART | 28 | |||
| DNF | Neil VAN DER PLOEG | AUS | ART | 28 | |||
| DNF | Jack HAIG | AUS | AUS | 22 | |||
| DNF | Jack BECKINSALE | AUS | AUS | 22 | |||
| DNF | Ryan CAVANAGH | AUS | AUS | 20 | |||
| DNF | Harry CARPENTER | AUS | AUS | 22 |
