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Marius Mayrhofer (Team DSM) took his first pro win at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race on Sunday, ahead of a plethora of Australian stars in Geelong.
Pre-race favorites Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dustney) and Michael Matthews (Jaco Alula) were in the mix at the final bunch kick, but it was 22-year-old German rider Mayrhofer who took victory ahead of Hugo Page (Intermarche-Circus). -Vanti), and Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech).
“It’s everything for me. The last race I won was in the juniors and I became a cyclist because I wanted to win races. In the full U23s, I wasn’t able to win and now I finally take my first win.” ,” Mayrhofer said after the race.
“My team did a fantastic job all day. They protected me, we did this climb four times and each time I was in front so I saved a lot of energy with it. They covered all the moves so I stayed in the bunch and had energy all day I can save you.”
“Before the finish it was a slight slope where I could pick up the pace and then with 400m to go I thought ‘now this is victory over nothing’ and I just went full throttle,” he continued. “I’ve been dreaming of this win for so long, and I still can’t believe what happened.”
The climbers did everything they could to split the WorldTour one-day and disrupt the sprint Sundays.
Despite several attempts by the likes of Jay Hindle (Bora Hansgrohe) and J Vines (UAE Emirates) to force a select group and fend off the sprinters, the fast-finishers held on to a lesser bunch.
It was until a late break from Mauro Schmid (Soudal Quick–Step) and Sven Erik Bistrom (Intermarche–Circus–Vanti) that went into the final 6km.
It looked like we’d see a repeat of the women’s race from the day before, where a two-up breakaway made it to the line, but in the final few hundred meters, two breakaway riders caught the bunch to set them up. Sprint.
Meyerhofer’s win gave DSM two wins in 12 hours after Sam Wellsford dominated the bunch sprint in San Juan.
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