PREVIEW | Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2025 - Sprinters and puncheurs could all fancy chances on intriguing parcours
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Giving continuation to the Australian summer racing, the men's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is one of the most recent additions to the World Tour calendar. Taking place on the 2nd of February, it provides opportunities for both sprinters, puncheurs and classics riders to take an early big win. We preview the race ahead.
The Australian race revolves around the city of Geelong, with deep connections to Cadel Evans. It is a mostly flat race all throughout, before entering the final circuit where the riders will race around on four occasions, and they will have two climbs within it.
The climb to Challambra Crescent is 1.3 kilometers at 7.9%. Not too hard, but enough to split the peloton, drop several riders, and on the final lap attack hard, specially as towards the summit it goes up to 15%. It's a very explosive section that ends with 9 kilometers to go where the riders will be in small groups, but have around two kilometers to reorganize.
Following that there will be a small uphill pitch where some attacks are, again, possible, of around 300 meters at 10%. However from there on the race changes quite significantly and the final 6 kilometers will be much more prone to chasing.
Along big avenues, the riders will have only two corners until they reach the finishing straight. It is as simple of a finale as it could be where a solo rider stands little chances, and having a large group can be very beneficial. This is where the balance between the early attackers and the sprinters will be interesting.
The race usually ends in a sprint and it shouldn't be an exception this year. The final kilometers take place by the sea and have no technical features, which makes it very viable for a group to chase back. If it comes down to a sprint, it will be flat and surprises will not be easy, even if we won't likely have strong leadouts.
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Prediction Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2025:
*** Laurence Pithie
** Stephen Williams, Sam Welsford, Tobias Lund Andresen
* Corbin Strong, Bryan Coquard, Lewis Askey, Oscar Onley, Albert Philipsen
Pick: Laurence Pithie
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