Saudi Tour 2022 - Caleb Ewan wins Stage 1 after a fine overall performance from Lotto-Soudal to start 2022
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ByEurosport
Updated 01/02/2022 at 14:17 GMT
Caleb Ewan took the overall jersey at the Saudi Tour after his team executed a perfect gameplan on the first stage of the Saudi Tour. The Australian took first place with only 100m of the opening stage to go. The race continues on Wednesday live on Eurosport with the final stage on Sunday. Dylan Groenewegen finished outside the top 10.
Caleb Ewan
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Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) comfortably won the opening stage of the Saudi Tour to kick off 2022 in style.
The Australian beat Martin Laas (Bora-Hansgrohe) (+0:00:04) and Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) (+0:00:06) in a bunch sprint with just 100m to go.
"There's no better way to start the season than with a win, so I'm super happy with that," Ewan said after the 42km stage at Winter Park.
“I’m super happy with how the team performed, I really got delivered perfectly. I think I only had to sprint for 100 metres so big thanks to them, they did a great job.
“We have the strongest team here for sure. It’s a bit of new lead out with Rudi [Selig] coming in and also Jarrad [Drizner].
“They did a great job to come into the team straight away and integrate and deliverred it perfectly like that."
Lotto-Soudal rider Jasper De Buyst took fourth while Niccolo Bonifazio (TotalEnergies) rounded out the top five.
De Buyst took charge with 250m to go and his lead-out lasted until the final 100m heading into the final corner when Ewan able to comfortably finish in a time of 4:41.52.
Dylan Groenewegen finished outside the top 10 on his BikeExchange-Jayco debut.
The race continues on Wednesday live on Eurosport with the final stage on Sunday
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