2020 Tour Down Under

The 2020 Men's Tour Down Under was a road cycling stage race that took place between 21 and 26 January 2020 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was the 22nd edition of the Tour Down Under and the first race of the 2020 UCI World Tour.^[1]

2020 Men's Tour Down Under

2020 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 21
Race details
Dates	21–26 January 2020
Stages	6
Distance	870.2 km (540.7 mi)
Winning time	20h 37' 08"
Results
Winner  Richie Porte (AUS) (Trek–Segafredo)   Second  Diego Ulissi (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates)   Third  Simon Geschke (GER) (CCC Team) Mountains  Joey Rosskopf (USA) (CCC Team) Youth  Pavel Sivakov (RUS) (Team Ineos) Sprints  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) (UAE Team Emirates)   Team Team Ineos
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Teams

All nineteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team of up to seven riders into the race. Along with an Australian national team, there are twenty teams in the race. Of the 140 riders that started the race, 132 riders finished.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Astana
• Bahrain–McLaren
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• CCC Team
• Cofidis
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• EF Pro Cycling
• Groupama–FDJ
• Israel Start-Up Nation
• Lotto–Soudal
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Movistar Team
• NTT Pro Cycling
• Team Ineos
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Sunweb
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

National Teams

• UniSA–Australia

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	21 January	Tanunda to Tanunda	150 km (93.2 mi)		Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)
2	22 January	Woodside to Stirling	135.8 km (84.4 mi)		Flat stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
3	23 January	Unley to Paracombe	131 km (81.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Richie Porte (AUS)
4	24 January	Norwood to Murray Bridge	152.8 km (94.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
5	25 January	Glenelg to Victor Harbor	149.1 km (92.6 mi)		Flat stage	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
6	26 January	McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill	151.5 km (94.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Matthew Holmes (GBR)
Total		870.2 km (540.7 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

21 January 2020 — Tanunda to Tanunda, 150 km (93 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 Result[5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 28' 54" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Erik Baška (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Elia Viviani (ITA) Cofidis + 0" 5  André Greipel (GER) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 6  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) EF Pro Cycling + 0" 7  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 8  Marc Sarreau (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 9  Sam Welsford (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 0" 10  Alberto Dainese (ITA) Team Sunweb + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[5][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 3h 28' 44" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 4" 3  Erik Baška (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 4  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 7" 5  Jarrad Drizners (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 7" 6  Chris Lawless (GBR) Team Ineos + 8" 7  Dylan Sunderland (AUS) NTT Pro Cycling + 8" 8  Nathan Haas (AUS) Cofidis + 9" 9  Michael Storer (AUS) Team Sunweb + 9" 10  Elia Viviani (ITA) Cofidis + 10"

Stage 2

22 January 2020 — Woodside to Stirling, 135.8 km (84 mi)^[7]

Stage 2 Result[8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 3h 27' 31" 2  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 3  Nathan Haas (AUS) Cofidis + 0" 4  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 5  Fabio Felline (ITA) Astana + 0" 6  Andrea Vendrame (ITA) AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 7  Timo Roosen (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 8  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Astana + 0" 9  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 10  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 6h 56' 15" 2  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 1" 4  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 4" 5  Nathan Haas (AUS) Cofidis + 5" 6  Jarrad Drizners (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 7" 7  Dylan Sunderland (AUS) NTT Pro Cycling + 8" 8  Chris Lawless (GBR) Team Ineos + 8" 9  Jay McCarthy (AUS) Bora–Hansgrohe + 8" 10  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 9"

Stage 3

23 January 2020 — Unley to Paracombe, 131 km (81.4 mi)^[10]

Stage 3 Result[11][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo 3h 14' 09" 2  Robert Power (AUS) Team Sunweb + 5" 3  Simon Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 5" 4  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Ineos + 5" 5  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 5" 6  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 5" 7  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 5" 8  Simon Geschke (GER) CCC Team + 5" 9  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 5" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 13"

General classification after Stage 3[11][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo 10h 10' 24" 2  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 6" 3  Robert Power (AUS) Team Sunweb + 9" 4  Simon Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 11" 5  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 14" 6  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 15" 7  Simon Geschke (GER) CCC Team + 15" 8  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Ineos + 15" 9  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 15" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 23"

Stage 4

24 January 2020 — Norwood to Murray Bridge, 152.8 km (94.9 mi)^[13]

Stage 4 Result[14][15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 3h 29' 08" 2  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  André Greipel (GER) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 5  Alberto Dainese (ITA) Team Sunweb + 0" 6  Martin Laas (EST) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) NTT Pro Cycling + 0" 8  Erik Baška (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 9  Marc Sarreau (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 10  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[14][15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo 13h 39' 32" 2  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 3" 3  Robert Power (AUS) Team Sunweb + 8" 4  Simon Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 11" 5  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 14" 6  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 15" 7  Simon Geschke (GER) CCC Team + 15" 8  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Ineos + 15" 9  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 15" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 23"

Stage 5

25 January 2020 — Glenelg to Victor Harbor, 149.1 km (92.6 mi)^[16]

Stage 5 Result[17][18] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) NTT Pro Cycling 3h 32' 45" 2  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 0" 3  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 4  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 5  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 6  André Greipel (GER) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 7  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) EF Pro Cycling + 0" 8  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 9  Fabio Felline (ITA) Astana + 0" 10  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[17][18] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott 17h 12' 15" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo + 2" 3  Robert Power (AUS) Team Sunweb + 9" 4  Simon Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 13" 5  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 16" 6  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 17" 7  Simon Geschke (GER) CCC Team + 17" 8  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Ineos + 17" 9  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 17" 10  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 25"

Stage 6

26 January 2020 — McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill, 151.5 km (94.1 mi)^[19]

Stage 6 Result[20][21] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matthew Holmes (GBR) Lotto–Soudal 3h 24' 54" 2  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo + 3" 3  Manuele Boaro (ITA) Astana + 4" 4  Bruno Armirail (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 7" 5  Michael Storer (AUS) Team Sunweb + 7" 6  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 7" 7  Simon Geschke (GER) CCC Team + 7" 8  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Ineos + 7" 9  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 7" 10  Simon Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 23"

General classification after Stage 6[20][21][22] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo 20h 37' 08" 2  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 25" 3  Simon Geschke (GER) CCC Team + 25" 4  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Ineos + 25" 5  Dylan van Baarle (NED) Team Ineos + 25" 6  Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton–Scott + 30" 7  Simon Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott + 37" 8  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 46" 9  Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 52" 10  Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT) Bahrain–McLaren + 54"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Most competitive rider(s)	Team classification
1	Sam Bennett	Sam Bennett	Jarrad Drizners	Sam Bennett	Jasper Philipsen	Joey Rosskopf	UAE Team Emirates
2	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan	Joey Rosskopf	Jasper Philipsen		Laurens De Vreese
3	Richie Porte	Richie Porte		Daryl Impey	Pavel Sivakov	Miles Scotson	Mitchelton–Scott
4	Caleb Ewan			Jasper Philipsen		Laurens De Vreese
5	Giacomo Nizzolo	Daryl Impey				Mads Pedersen
6	Matthew Holmes	Richie Porte				Luke Rowe	Team Ineos
Final		Richie Porte	Joey Rosskopf	Jasper Philipsen	Pavel Sivakov	not awarded	Team Ineos

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the sprints classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[20][22][23]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Richie Porte (AUS)	Trek–Segafredo	20h 37' 08"
2	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 25"
3	Simon Geschke (GER)	CCC Team	+ 25"
4	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	Team Ineos	+ 25"
5	Dylan van Baarle (NED)	Team Ineos	+ 25"
6	Daryl Impey (RSA)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 30"
7	Simon Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 37"
8	George Bennett (NZL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 46"
9	Lucas Hamilton (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 52"
10	Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT)	Bahrain–McLaren	+ 54"

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[20][22][24]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)	UAE Team Emirates	63
2	Daryl Impey (RSA)	Mitchelton–Scott	48
3	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	47
4	Sam Bennett (IRL)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	42
5	André Greipel (GER)	Israel Start-Up Nation	38
6	Richie Porte (AUS)	Trek–Segafredo	29
7	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	28
8	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	NTT Pro Cycling	24
9	Erik Baška (SVK)	Bora–Hansgrohe	21
10	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	Team Ineos	20

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[20][22][25]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Joey Rosskopf (USA)	CCC Team	51
2	Richie Porte (AUS)	Trek–Segafredo	38
3	Bruno Armirail (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	18
4	Matthew Holmes (GBR)	Lotto–Soudal	16
5	Manuele Boaro (ITA)	Astana	14
6	Simon Yates (GBR)	Mitchelton–Scott	12
7	Samuel Jenner (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	10
8	Dylan Sunderland (AUS)	NTT Pro Cycling	9
9	Daryl Impey (RSA)	Mitchelton–Scott	8
10	George Bennett (NZL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	8

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[20][22][26]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Pavel Sivakov (RUS)	Team Ineos	20h 38' 13"
2	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Bahrain–McLaren	+ 15"
3	Jarrad Drizners (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	+ 31"
4	Florian Stork (GER)	Team Sunweb	+ 34"
5	Michael Storer (AUS)	Team Sunweb	+ 3' 02"
6	Juan Pedro López (ESP)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 5' 51"
7	Samuele Battistella (ITA)	NTT Pro Cycling	+ 6' 21"
8	Juri Hollmann (GER)	Movistar Team	+ 8' 18"
9	João Almeida (POR)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 9' 41"
10	Jonas Rutsch (GER)	EF Pro Cycling	+ 11' 30"

Teams classification

Final teams classification (1–10)^[20][22][27]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Team Ineos	61h 53' 19"
2	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 25"
3	Team Sunweb	+ 1' 19"
4	Astana	+ 1' 30"
5	Bahrain–McLaren	+ 1' 32"
6	UAE Team Emirates	+ 1' 36"
7	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 1' 50"
8	NTT Pro Cycling	+ 2' 52"
9	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3' 38"
10	CCC Team	+ 5' 11"