Tour Down Under 2023: Australian Jay Vine takes overall victory at WorldTour opener

The 27-year-old Australian Vine, who already became Australian time trial champion in January 2023, finished the 112.5-kilometre final stage on Mount Lofty in second place, beaten only by Great Britain's Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla). But the overall victory was the UCI ESports World Champion of 2022 thanks to a lead of eleven seconds. Two kilometres before the finish, Yates launched an attack, but it was ineffective. The Spaniard Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) finished third overall, 0:27 seconds behind Vine.

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Overall standings Tour Down Under 2023 - Result

1st Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) 16:07:41

2. Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla) +0:11

3rd Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:27

4th Magnus Sheffield, (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:57

5th Mauro Schmid (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:58

6th Ben O`Connor (AG2R Citroën Team) +1:04

7th Sven Erik Bystrøm (Intermarché - Circus - Wanty) +1:06

8th Antonio Tiberi (Trek-Segafredo) +1:07

9th Gorka Izaguirre (Movistar) +1:13

10th Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) +1:13

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Jay Vine: After two Vuelta stage wins in the previous year, the first tour success

The rider from Team UAE Emirates thus joined a group of Australian cycling greats and title winners such as Rohan Dennis and Richie Porte. "The last winner of this event, Richie Porte, is an idol of mine. And to be standing here is something special in my career," Vine was quoted as saying after his Tour Down Under victory. Defending champion Richie Porte has now ended his career. Tübingen-born Marius Mayrhofer (Team DSM) was the best German rider at the 2023 Tour of Australia, finishing in 21st place.

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