Tobias Lund Andresen succeeds Biniam Girmay in the Surf Coast Classic honor roll. The 22-year-old Danish rider from Team Picnic PostNL secured the seventh victory of his young career by outsprinting Sam Welsford from Red Bull - BORA – hansgrohe and Tim Torn Teutenberg, the German in Lidl – Trek jersey.

The race ignited immediately after the start from Lorne with several attacks by riders from Lidl – Trek and EF Education – EasyPost, followed by multiple attacks that, together with the wind, repeatedly split the peloton into several groups.

Around the ninetieth kilometer of the race, the average speed was reported to be over 47 km/h and the race was led by a group of twenty-five riders that later grew to about forty a few kilometers later.

Ten kilometers from the finish, the group was again reported to be split into multiple sections, but upon entering Torquay, race radio announced a regrouping, and shortly after, the final sprint was reached, which sanctioned Tobias Lund Andresen's victory.

FINAL STANDINGS

1 ANDRESEN Tobias Lund Team Picnic PostNL 03:16:05

2 WELSFORD Sam Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe ,,

3 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn Lidl - Trek ,,

4 STRONG Corbin Israel - Premier Tech ,,

5 TESFATSION Natnael Movistar Team ,,

6 COQUARD Bryan Cofidis ,,

7 SWIFT Ben INEOS Grenadiers ,,

8 CANAL Carlos Movistar Team ,,

9 MARIT Arne Intermarchè - Wanty ,,

10 GATE Aaron XDS Astana Team ,,

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