Belgian Jens Keukeleire took the victory on stage one of the Tour of Slovenia today after outstanding work in the finale by Australian teammate Jack Haig who finished fourth.
A tactically sound day unfolded for ORICA-GreenEDGE with Haig splitting the race on the final climb after a vicious acceleration before leading Keukeleire out for the sprint and the win ahead of Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida).
“It was a hard stage today,” said Keukeleire. “There were a few teams trying to control the race but it was a good course for me, I’m pretty fast on that kind of finish."
Place | Rider/Team | Time |
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1 | Jens Keukeleire (BEL) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 4:27:33 |
2 | Diego Ulissi (ITA) - Lampre - Merida | ST |
3 | Scott Thwaites (GBR) - Bora-Argon 18 | ST |
4 | Jack Haig (AUS) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:00:03 |
5 | Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) - Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 0:00:03 |
6 | Sacha Modolo (ITA) - Lampre - Merida | 0:00:03 |
7 | Omar Fraile Matarranz (SPA) - Dimension Data | 0:00:03 |
8 | Enrico Barbin (ITA) - Bardiani CSF | 0:00:03 |
9 | Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) - Dimension Data | 0:00:03 |
10 | Luca Chirico (ITA) - Bardiani CSF | 0:00:03 |
Place | Mitchelton-SCOTT Riders | Time |
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1 | Jens Keukeleire (BEL) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 4:27:33 |
4 | Jack Haig (AUS) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:00:03 |
54 | Christian Meier (CAN) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:01:39 |
62 | Mitchell Docker (AUS) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:01:57 |
106 | King Lok Cheung (HKG) - ORICA-GreenEDGE | 0:06:10 |