Cycling: Kaden Groves (Mitchelton – Scott) secured victory on Stage XNUMX of the Herald Sun Tour. Jai Hindley (Sunweb) still has the lead in the general classification after today's mass sprint.
Groves celebrates victory in mass sprint
Kaden Groves (Mitchelton-Scott) secured the first victory of the season for his Australian team outside of the national championships. The 21-year-old Australian outsprinted Italy's Alberto Dainese (Sunweb) and Estonia's Mihkel Räim (Israel Start-Up Nation) in the mass sprint. Despite excellent groundwork – including from Jonas Rutsch (EF), who led his teammates to the one-kilometer mark – sprinter Moreno Hofland (EF) finished only fourth. There were no changes in the overall standings.
Breakaways from Canada and Australia have no chance
The race was initially dominated by Australians James Whelan (EF) and Carter Turnbull (KordaMentha), as well as Canadians Guillaume Boivin (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Charles-Étienne Chrétien (Aevolo). However, the breakaway quartet ultimately had no realistic chance of taking the stage win. After 178,1 kilometers from Bright to Wangaratta, the expected mass sprint ensued.
It's @kaden_groves who takes the win in Wangaratta! 🙌🏁 @MitcheltonSCOTT #visitvictoria #jhst #suntour pic.twitter.com/aJeKqBZYhc
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