Orica-GreenEdge domination
Orica-GreenEdge’s Australian national championships road race was one its worse performances in its four year history. That was quickly forgeton this week as the home team dominated the opening WorldTour event, winning four stages, wearing the leaders jersey for four of the five days, winning the overall and claiming the points classification.
The team well and truly rose to the challenge at the Tour Down Under, fulfilling its dual objectives of stage wins with Caleb Ewan and the overall with Simon Gerrans. The stage 2 crash into Stirling inside the final 500 metres that saw Gerrans and Daryl Impey fall was the only blemish of the race. From the moment Ewan opened up his sprint in the Down Under Classic to his uncatchable low aero position that landed his second stage of the week on Sunday, Orica-GreenEdge enjoyed a dream start to the season.
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No rider has defended the ochre jersey but Gerrans is already a favourite for the 2017 edition of the race and his fifth overall victory having made the race his own since first winning the GC in 2006. Gerrans' 2014 victory set up his best season as a professional yet and the 35-year-old will be hoping to have laid the platform for success once again in Adelaide.
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the Jayco Herald Sun Tour are the team’s next two objectives with pressure remaining high on the team to keep its winning start to 2016 running.
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