Nikias Arndt (Sunweb) claimed the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race victory after denying Cameron Meyer right on the line.
Meyer looked set to take the win after blasting away from a small leading group with just 800m to go in Geelong. But his attack failed by just a couple of metres as Arndt put down the power to reel Meyer in and just get his wheel in front at the finish.
Nikias Arndt said: “Today the team did a truly awesome job, Wilco and I were protected really well up until the final. We had a good plan to cover different scenarios on the difficult final lap. I had to fight really hard to survive the final climbs and the guys made sure I was set up for the sprint. I am really happy to finish off the trip to Australia like this and pleased that I could reward the team with a win after all of their hard work over the past three weeks.”
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2017 results:
| 1 | Nikias Arndt (Sunweb) | 4:19:15 |
| 2 | Simon Gerrans (Orica-Scott) | ,, |
| 3 | Cameron Meyer (Australia) | ,, |
| 4 | Jhonatan Restrepo (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 5 | Luke Rowe (Team Sky) | ,, |
| 6 | Petr Vakoc (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 7 | Nathan Haas (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 8 | Gianluca Brambilla (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 9 | Jay Mccarthy (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 10 | Paul Martens (LottoNl-Jumbo) | ,, |
