{"id":53726,"date":"2024-01-29T07:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T07:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pithie-wins-worldtours-cadel-evans-great-ocean-road-race-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T07:19:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T07:19:35","slug":"pithie-wins-worldtours-cadel-evans-great-ocean-road-race-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pithie-wins-worldtours-cadel-evans-great-ocean-road-race-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pithie wins WorldTour’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Zealand’s Laurence Pithie powered home to nudge out Eritrea’s Natnael Tesfatsion in a split finish to claim his first WorldTour victory in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Geelong on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Groupama-FDI rider lunged at the finish line to pip Tesfatsion (Lidl-Trek) by a half-wheel in the tightest finish in the eighth running of the 176-kilometre race along the southern coastline of Australia’s Victoria state.<\/p>\n

Germany’s Georg Zimmermann (Intermarche-Wanty) was third just ahead of New Zealand’s Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) and Ecuador’s Jhonatan Narvaez (Ineos-Grenadiers).<\/p>\n

They covered the journey in four hours 17 minutes and 40 seconds.<\/p>\n

Pithie had to wait for the photo-finish confirmation before he could celebrate his first WorldTour victory with his team-mates.<\/p>\n

“Oh, that’s incredible,” Pithie said. “I had really good positions on the climbs and followed everyone.”<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old New Zealander surged to the front from a 12-man group which had broken away on the final ascent of the steep Challambra Crescent section of the road race.<\/p>\n

Although he was boxed in the final scramble, Pithie was able to move away from Strong’s wheel, and come around Tesfatsion to claim victory with a throw to the line.<\/p>\n

“I got stuck about one kilometre from the finish,” Pithie said. “I knew I had to be patient. We spoke in the briefing this morning, patience was going to be key.<\/p>\n

“It was just going at full gas. I was coming back at him (Tesfatsion), I had to close the gap.<\/p>\n

“The Intermarche rider (Zimmermann) on the outside, he was coming quick, but I just managed to hold on in the lunge.”<\/p>\n

American Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) broke away with under three kilometres left before he was reeled in by Tour Down Under winner Stephen Williams.<\/p>\n

But the Welshman was soon swamped by Tesfatsion, setting up the fight to the finish with Pithie.<\/p>\n

The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race — named after Australia’s four-time Olympic cyclist and 2011 Tour de France winner — is the second event on the WorldTour following the six-stage Tour Down Under, won by Williams in Adelaide earlier this month.<\/p>\n

With the start and finish at the Geelong waterfront, the course takes the riders out of Geelong before heading towards the coast before returning to Geelong.<\/p>\n

The Geelong loop, tackled four times, includes the steep 20 percent gradient Challambra climb, before the riders head back to the waterfront for the final dash to the line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AUSTRALIA: New Zealand’s Laurence Pithie powered home to nudge out Eritrea’s Natnael Tesfatsion in a split finish to claim his first WorldTour victory in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Geelong on Sunday. 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