{"id":15611,"date":"2019-01-20T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2019\/01\/20\/daryl-impey-wins-back-to-back-titles-at-tour-down-under-r7677\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T05:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T05:31:32","slug":"daryl-impey-wins-back-to-back-titles-at-tour-down-under-r7677","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/daryl-impey-wins-back-to-back-titles-at-tour-down-under-r7677\/","title":{"rendered":"Daryl Impey wins back-to-back titles at Tour Down Under"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African Daryl Impey has created history today, becoming the first male to win back-to-back Tour Down Under titles with a third-place finish on the final stage.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-26240800-1547980606.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1407516\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1407516\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-26240800-1547980606.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-26240800-1547980606.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After winning on countback in 2018, Impey finished behind Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) and Wout Poels (Team Sky) up Willunga today to claim a more convincing 13-second victory in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old\u2019s performance wraps up an incredibly successful fortnight for Mitchelton-SCOTT after world championship silver medallist Amanda Spratt won her third consecutive Women\u2019s Tour Down Under title last Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hIFJEzHVJgo?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Early break:<\/h2>\n<p>Seven riders immediately surged ahead of the bunch at the start of racing as the peloton, led by Trek-Segafredo, EF Education First and Astana Pro Team, were content to let them take the intermediate sprints and bonus seconds on offer.<\/p>\n<p>They sat at a steady three-minute advantage through the initial laps, but as they started to climb Willunga for the first time, it was down under two minutes and quickly diminishing. As soon as the road went up, they splinted, and the peloton had them in sight.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Pressure up the first climb:<\/h2>\n<p>Team Sky hit the front of the bunch from the bottom of the first ascent, putting pressure on those behind. It was enough to shell race leader Patrick Bevin (CCC Team), who was brave to start today\u2019s stage whilst clearly hindered by the injuries of yesterday\u2019s crash, and pull the remnants of the breakaway back.<\/p>\n<p>Over the top, Team Sky had two riders with a small advantage, but they sat up and waited for the surviving chase group of around 60riders.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Richie wins on Willunga but Impey times to perfection:<\/h2>\n<p>It was Team Sky who drove the pace once again on the final ascent. Porte reacted with 1.5km remaining, his usual launch pad, and quickly bridged across to Wout Poels (Team Sky) who was then alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w0FzPpTOlYY?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Behind, Michael Woods (EF Education First) and Chris Hamilton (Team Sunweb) were the first reactors, but Impey stayed calm and sat on the wheel of teammate Lucas Hamilton, who rode beyond his 22-years.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing his strengths, Impey used the final, flatter 500m to launch from Hamilton\u2019s wheel and gain metres to finish just behind, on the same time as, Porte and Poels to secure the back-to-back victory.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Daryl Impey:<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI took the pressure but having the faith of the team goes a long way. We saw the boys committed right to the end. I couldn\u2019t believe they (Porte and Poels) were that close so I just dug deep and went for it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6-GyPMjk7dY?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s special to go back to back. I never dreamed to come here and win twice in a row. Every year we come here with strong ambitions. I knew the competition is always tough. I just believed in myself, and it was just fantastic to pull it off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday we really dug deep, and we took some valuable seconds. We knew we had some seconds on the climbing group. The stage win gave us a lot of momentum, and we started to believe we had a chance to win the race. The whole team rode great. The guys picked me up during the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year I was a lot more ecstatic because I felt like I made a big step. I feel like I am maturing more as a rider, and that\u2019s so exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to dedicate the win to him (Mathew Hayman). He\u2019s been a fantastic team mate, a lot of my victories have come with Maty. To let him go out this way, we were going to celebrate his career anyway tonight, but to win the race overall it\u2019ll be a double celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-slate-100 p-5\">\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Stage 6 Results<\/h2>\n<p>1 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 3:30:14<br \/>2 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky<br \/>3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott<br \/>4 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:03<br \/>5 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:06<br \/>6 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:10<br \/>7 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:00:15<br \/>8 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:17<br \/>9 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data<br \/>10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">General Classification<\/h2>\n<p>1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 20:30:42<br \/>2 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:13<br \/>3 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:17<br \/>4 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19<br \/>5 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:26<br \/>6 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00:33<br \/>7 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:00:38<br \/>8 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:40<br \/>9 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates<br \/>10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Daryl Impey has created history today, becoming the first male to win back-to-back Tour Down Under titles with a third-place finish on the final stage. After winning on countback in 2018, Impey finished behind Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) and Wout Poels (Team Sky) up Willunga today to claim a more convincing 13-second victory in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[402,468],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-15611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-daryl-impey","tag-tour-down-under"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15611"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=15611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}