en 2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2018 UCI World Tour, race 2 of 37
Race details
Dates	28 January 2018
Stages	1
Distance	164 km (101.9 mi)
Winning time	4h 04' 00"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
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The 2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 January 2018 in Australia. It was the fourth edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the second event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.^[1]^[2]

Australian rider Jay McCarthy (Bora–Hansgrohe) led home a 24-rider select group at the finish to take the victory,^[3] ahead of Italy's Elia Viviani from the Quick-Step Floors team in second position, while South Africa's Daryl Impey, the World Tour ranking leader, completed the podium for Mitchelton–Scott.

Teams

As the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, twelve of the eighteen WorldTeams competed in the race,^[4] down one on 2017. Three UCI Professional Continental teams competed – also one fewer than 2017 – while an Australian national squad completed the 16-team peloton.

UCI WorldTeams

Wildcard teams

Result

Result^[5]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jay McCarthy (AUS)	Bora–Hansgrohe	4h 04' 00"
2	Elia Viviani (ITA)	Quick-Step Floors	+ 0"
3	Daryl Impey (RSA)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 0"
4	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	Quick-Step Floors	+ 0"
5	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	BMC Racing Team	+ 0"
6	Nikias Arndt (GER)	Team Sunweb	+ 0"
7	Steele Von Hoff (AUS)	Australia (national team)	+ 0"
8	Maurits Lammertink (NED)	Team Katusha–Alpecin	+ 0"
9	Enrico Battaglin (ITA)	LottoNL–Jumbo	+ 0"
10	Lars Bak (DEN)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 0"