Mauro Schmid solos to stunning Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race win
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A fantastic Mauro Schmid of Team Jayco AlUla has won the 2025 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race after a phenomenal attack that left the top favourites helpless. He resisted in the final meters and soloed into the finish over a small group.
Behind Schmid, the podium was completed by New Zealanders Aaron Gate (XDS Astana Team) and Laurence Pithie (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) who could not repeat last year's triumph.
Rounding out the top 10 were Javier Romo, Andrea Bagioli, Corbin Strong, Magnus Sheffield, Rémy Rochas, Oscar Onley and Finn Fisher-Black.
The Australian WorldTour races at the beginning of the season finally came to an end with an important victory for Jayco, who, thanks to a phenomenal Schmid, took the win. The Swiss, who already had a great Vuelta a España, has started the season strong and with the same desire to attack.
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- That's true, however there are hilly/mountainous one day races that Jonas doesn't compete in. Ardenes, autumn Italian racesvappaxbipmv10-03-2025
- Has been said before if differently. The persistence is such that you have to start considering the possibility it’s the man himself, trying to attract attention when there is none ;-)Mistermaumau10-03-2025
- Success in who’s eyes or according to what criteria?Mistermaumau10-03-2025
- It’s still interesting when neither are there :-) You know there is always still a thing called imagination? Shame you can’t see the interest in any race if you feel it’s only about who wins or is likely to. On the one hand people enjoy knowing one or both exist, on the other hand they moan when one is partipating. I think we should be looking more at our own attitudes towards expectations from entertainment.Mistermaumau10-03-2025
- It's not wrong if Jonas sticks to a plan and be as calculated as he can most of the time. While, it may seem boring, that's how they got an impulsive rider like Tadej worn out on stage 11 of TdF 2022. Of course, that also means that he didn't know how to read the room and adapt. One clear example is stage 6 of TdF 2023 where he was, in fact, riding at the front for Tadej after failing to drop him before Tadej attacked and dropped him.
KerisVroom10-03-2025 - Yes, but Pogacar is considered an outlier among modern GT riders. Modern GT riders mostly focus on stage races.KerisVroom10-03-2025
- Who f-ing cares what Doper says? Why are you giving this windbag air time?critguy10-03-2025
- And yet you were the only one commenting on the article... Ignore it and maybe they will get the pointvappaxbipmv10-03-2025
- The simple fact that we don’t see Jonas racing any of the classics tells the difference between the two.Pedalmasher10-03-2025
- yes, the prior preparation must be rational and precise, but the races have so many dynamic variables, they are chaotic. Jonas and Tadej have different styles in responding to the situations. Tadej is flexible and very reactive on his own, more instinctive . Jonas' style is passive, static, he sticks to the previous plan and waits for instructions before modifying it, more calculated.
maria2024202410-03-2025