Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2024
Latest News from the Race
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‘Dressing the wounds, screaming in the shower’ – Plapp tests recovery from Tour Down Under crash
Australian champion lines up heavily bandaged at Surf Coast Classic, testing waters before Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race -
'Perfect, exactly what I like' – Race recon, crit win puts Bertizzolo on high ahead of Women's Cadel Evans Race
Italian says target was drawn around the Women's WorldTour one-day race right from the start, with form falling into place -
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Date | January 28, 2024 |
Start location | Geelong |
Finish location | Geelong |
Distance | 176km |
Category | WorldTour |
Previous edition winnner | Marius Mayrhofer (dsm-firmenich) |
Taking place on January 28, 2024, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race will be the first one-day classics and the second event in the WorldTour following the Santos Tour Down Under.
Marking Cadel Evans’ final professional race, the Victorian race was first held in 2015 and stepped up to the WorldTour in 2017
Last year, Marius Mayrhofer (dsm-firmenich) outsprinted Hugo Page (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) to take the win out of a reduced peloton.
Last held in 2020, the mid-week race, the Surf Coast Classic, on January 25, makes its return as the official precursor to the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race..
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After making some adjustments from previous years and running the race in the opposite direction in its 2023 return after a two-year hiatus, the organisers have continued with the same Deakin University Elite Women’s route for this year’s race.
With the start and finish at the Geelong waterfront, the 176km course takes the riders out of Geelong and past the rolling farmland hills, before heading toward the Surf Coast, Bells Beach and heading back to Geelong via the Great Ocean Road.
The Geelong loop, tackled four times by the men, includes the punchy Challambra climb, which has a habit of splitting the field before riders head back toward the waterfront for the final dash to the line.
Stages
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Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 202428 January 2024 | Geelong | WorldTour
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Elite Men | Geelong - Geelong2023-09-28 176km
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Latest Content on the Race
‘Dressing the wounds, screaming in the shower’ – Plapp tests recovery from Tour Down Under crash
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian champion lines up heavily bandaged at Surf Coast Classic, testing waters before Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
'Perfect, exactly what I like' – Race recon, crit win puts Bertizzolo on high ahead of Women's Cadel Evans Race
By Simone Giuliani published
News Italian says target was drawn around the Women's WorldTour one-day race right from the start, with form falling into place
The 2024 WorldTour starts here – A guide to Australia's pro cycling festival
By Simone Giuliani published
News The dates, themes and key events as the new season launches in the southern hemisphere summer
Midweek events return to Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race programme in 2024
By Barry Ryan published
News Geelong Classic and Surf Coast Classic to precede weekend's WorldTour races
9 conclusions from the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Races
By Simone Giuliani published
Analysis Weather again unpredictable but exciting races for women and men hit the mark
Simon Clarke bounces back from COVID-19 to keep Cadel Evans Race podium record intact
By Simone Giuliani published
News ‘These young kids are just getting faster and faster so a podium … is nearly as good as a win’
No day for favourites as Michael Matthews misses out in Cadel Evans Road Race sprint
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'It's disappointing. We came here to win, we didn't'
Michael Matthews – Good memories, cooler weather and a plan to win at debut Cadel Evans Road Race
By Simone Giuliani published
News A return to territory where Matthews took his U23 world title as Jayco AlUla looks to find top step of Geelong WorldTour race
Top News on the Race
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Simon Clarke bounces back from COVID-19 to keep Cadel Evans Race podium record intact
‘These young kids are just getting faster and faster so a podium … is nearly as good as a win’ -
No day for favourites as Michael Matthews misses out in Cadel Evans Road Race sprint
'It's disappointing. We came here to win, we didn't' -
Michael Matthews – Good memories, cooler weather and a plan to win at debut Cadel Evans Road Race
A return to territory where Matthews took his U23 world title as Jayco AlUla looks to find top step of Geelong WorldTour race
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Caleb Ewan to test climbing skills at Australian Road Nationals
Lotto Dstny rider to take on Mount Buninyong after four-year absence -
Grace Brown opens up contender list at women’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
'I’ve always had in the back of my mind that I’d like to win it one day and hopefully this next edition will be that opportunity' -
Cadel's Road Race puts end to pre-Worlds Australian race block speculation
Victorian race says finding alternate opportunities in 2022 calendar after early season cancellation was 'too difficult'
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Speculation Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans races could hold events ahead of September Worlds
Australian races neither confirm nor deny reports of international events that could shake-up the race calendar -
2021 Tour Down Under cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also cancelled as WorldTour teams opt to stay in Europe -
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race organisers to make decision on 2021 events 'in coming weeks'
No further comment from Tour Down Under organisation
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2020 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Start lists
Men and women's official starters as of January 31, 2020