Victorian Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) has celebrated Australia Day by winning his third Santos Tour Down Under crown in front of 115 thousand fans who flocked to the Adelaide circuit for the Be Safe Be Seen — MAC final stage of the WorldTour season opening event.
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‘‘I’ve got my third Tour Down Under win thanks to an outstanding team,’’ said Gerrans. ‘‘This is an Australian team, on Australia Day, in a WorldTour event, what else could I ask for?’’
Australians scooped a clean sweep of overall honours with Gerrans also topping the Adam Internet Sprint category. His Australian registered professional team, Orica-GreenEDGE won the Hindmarsh teams' classification and Queenslander Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) will take home the Skoda King of the Mountain climber's prize. The Cycle Instead Young Rider award went to UniSA-Australia's Jack Haig.
Gerrans took the crown by a hard-earned, one-second margin from 2011 Tour de France champion and compatriot, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) after wrenching it from his shoulders in the hilltop finish yesterday at Willunga. Italian Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) was a further four seconds back in third place overall.
