Successo di Alberto Dainese nella prima tappa del Jayco Herald Sun Tour (2.1) corsa a tappe australiana che ha preso il via Nagambie e si è conclusa, dopo 121 km, a Shepparton. Mette subito la sua firma il velocista del Team Sunweb, che al termine di uno sprint gomito a gomito supera il corridore di casa Kaden Groves (Mitchelton Scott) e l'olandese Moreno Hofland della EF Pro Cycling. 

Prima vittoria dunque per Dainese, classe 1998 padovano di Abano Terme, passato quest'anno nel World Tour con il Team Sunweb, e già protagonista in questo avvio di stagione sulle strade australiane con il quinto posto in una tappa del Santos Tour Down Under e il sesto nel Schwalbe Classic. 

«I ragazzi hanno fatto un lavoro perfetto oggi - ha spiegato Dainese dopo il traguardo -. Abbiamo controllato la fuga tutto il giorno e Storer ha fatto un ottimo lavoro in testa al gruppo. Il resto dei ragazzi si è mosso alla perfezione negli ultimi cinque chilometri e abbiamo ottenuto un bel risultato. Sono entrato all'ultima curva intorno alla quinta o sesta ruota dietro a Max. Ho aspettato un po' a partire perché lo sprint era un po' disordinato e c'era vento contrario, ma alla fine sono riuscito a vincere».

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb 2:36:42
2 Kaden Groves (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
3 Moreno Hofland (Ned) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:00
4 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:00
5 Godfrey Slattery (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:00
6 Michael Rice (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:00
7 Roy Eefting (Ned) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
8 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team 0:00:00
9 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:00
10 Thomas Bolton (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing 0:00:00
11 Luke Mudgway (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:00
12 Scott McGill (USA) Aevolo 0:00:00
13 Tyler Stites (USA) Aevolo 0:00:00
14 James Whelan (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:00
15 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:00
16 Ben Carman (Aus) Nero Continental 0:00:00
17 Hayden McCormick (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:00
18 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
19 Myles Stewart (Aus) Nero Continental 0:00:00
20 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
21 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
22 Kees Duyvesteyn (NZl) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
23 Cade Bickmore (USA) Aevolo 0:00:00
24 Max Kanter (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
25 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
26 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
27 Salvador Guardiola Tora (Esp) Kinan Cycling Team 0:00:00
28 Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
29 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:00
30 Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
31 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:00
32 Carter Turnbull (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:00
33 Conor Leahy (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:00
34 Jay Vine (Aus) Nero Continental 0:00:00
35 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
36 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
37 Bentley Niquet-Olden (Aus) Nero Continental 0:00:00
38 Sean McElroy (USA) Aevolo 0:00:00
39 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
40 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:00
41 Ari Scott (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:00
42 Ethan Batt (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:00
43 James Oram (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:00
44 Yudai Arashiro (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team 0:00:00
45 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
46 Conor Schunk (USA) Aevolo 0:00:00
47 Charles-Étienne Chrétien (Can) Aevolo 0:00:00
48 Calan White (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:00
49 Rudy Porter (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:00
50 Ben Metcalfe (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
51 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:00
52 Alexander White (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:00
53 Joshua Kench (NZl) Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:00
54 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Kinan Cycling Team 0:00:00
55 Connor Reardon (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
56 Hiroshi Tsubaki (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team 0:00:00
57 Alex Heaney (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
58 Liam White (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing 0:00:00
59 Sebastian Berwick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
60 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:00
61 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing 0:00:00
62 Marcos Garcia Fernandez (Esp) Kinan Cycling Team 0:00:00
63 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
64 Aidan McNeil (USA) Aevolo 0:00:00
65 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:00
66 Brendon Davids (RSA) Oliver's Real Food Racing 0:00:00
67 Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Kinan Cycling Team 0:00:00
68 Jonas Rutsch (GER) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:00
69 Michael Potter (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:00
70 Ashley Mackay (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:00
71 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
72 Dylan McKenna (Aus) Nero Continental 0:00:00
73 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling 0:00:00
74 Daniel Gandy (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
75 Florian Stork (GER) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
76 Christopher Miller (Aus) Nero Continental 0:00:00
77 Samuel Hill (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:00:00
78 Mark O'Brien (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:00
79 Joel Yates (NZl) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:00
80 David Williams (Aus) Nazionale Australia 0:00:00
81 Sebastian Barrett (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:00
82 Muhammad Hakimi Ajis (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:00:00
83 Michael Freiberg (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:00
84 Riley Fleming (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing 0:00:00
85 Daniel Di Domenico (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:00
86 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing 0:00:00
87 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:00
88 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 0:00:00
89 Samuel Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:18
90 Benjamin Perry (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00:18
91 Ryan Thomas (Aus) ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:00:18
92 Ryan Cavanagh (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:18
93 Jesse Coyle (Aus) Nero Continental 0:01:13
94 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing 0:03:18
95 Nicholas White (Aus) Team BridgeLane 0:03:18