Tour Down Under 2016 race overview

Tour Down Under 2016

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Tour Down Under stage 6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge	1:55:02
2	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek–Segafredo	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre–Merida	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Davide Martinelli (Ita) Etixx–Quick-Step	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale	Row 9 - Cell 2

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Final general classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica–GreenEdge	19:11:33
2	Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team	0:00:09
3	Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky	0:00:11
4	Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff	0:00:20
5	Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Esp) Team Movistar	0:00:28
7	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Lotto Soudal	0:00:36
9	Steve Morabito (Sui) FDJ	0:00:49
10	Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale	0:00:50

The Tour Down Under will be the first WorldTour event of the season in which teams can freely use disc brakes. There is uncertainty over the safety and benefits of disc brakes of which you can read more by clicking here. As the first big race of the season, the Tour Down Under is a great opportunity to have a look at new tech on offer and by clicking here you can find out what to expect from the 2016 edition of the race.