January 20/26 16:26 pm - Tour Down Under, Men prologue results
Posted by Editoress on 01/20/26
Great Britain’s Samuel Watson (Ineos Grenadiers) won the opening stage of the 2026 World Tour in Adelaide, a 3.6 km time trial.
Only Canadian entry Michael Leonard (EF Education-EasyPost) finished 13th and secured the top young rider jersey.
Results from the first stage
| Prologue Adelaide ITT, 3.6 km | |
| 1 Samuel Watson (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 4:16 |
| 2 Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | at 0:01 |
| 3 Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:03 |
| 4 Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:04 |
| 5 Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 0:05 |
| 6 Mauro Schmid (Sui) Jayco-AlUla | 0:05 |
| 7 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:05 |
| 8 Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek | 0:05 |
| 9 Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:05 |
| 10 Jensen Plowright (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:07 |
| 11 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:07 |
| 12 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:07 |
| 13 Michael Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:08 |
| 14 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:08 |
| 15 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 0:08 |
| 16 Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:08 |
| 17 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:09 |
| 18 Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:09 |
| 19 Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:09 |
| 20 Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 0:09 |
| 21 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 0:09 |
| 22 Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 0:09 |
| 23 Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:09 |
| 24 Kellan O´Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 0:09 |
| 25 Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS-Astana | 0:10 |
| 26 Andrew Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 0:10 |
| 27 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:10 |
| 28 Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:10 |
| 29 Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:10 |
| 30 Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:10 |
| 31 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:11 |
| 32 Liam Walsh (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:11 |
| 33 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:11 |
| 34 Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:11 |
| 35 Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:11 |
| 36 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:11 |
| 37 Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:11 |
| 38 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:11 |
| 39 Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:12 |
| 40 Patrick Eddy (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:12 |
| 41 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:12 |
| 42 Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 0:12 |
| 43 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:13 |
| 44 Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:13 |
| 45 Zak Erzen (Cze) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:13 |
| 46 Joel Suter (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:13 |
| 47 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:13 |
| 48 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:13 |
| 49 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana | 0:13 |
| 50 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 0:13 |
| 51 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:14 |
| 52 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 0:14 |
| 53 Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:14 |
| 54 Javier Romo (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:14 |
| 55 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:15 |
| 56 Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:15 |
| 57 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:16 |
| 58 Simon Clarke (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 0:16 |
| 59 Casper Pedersen (Den) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:16 |
| 60 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team | 0:16 |
| 61 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 0:17 |
| 62 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | 0:17 |
| 63 Anton Schiffer (Ger) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:17 |
| 64 Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:17 |
| 65 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | 0:17 |
| 66 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:17 |
| 67 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:17 |
| 68 Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:17 |
| 69 Petr Kelemen (Cze) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:17 |
| 70 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:17 |
| 71 Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 0:17 |
| 72 Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS-Astana | 0:18 |
| 73 Juan Sebastián Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:18 |
| 74 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:19 |
| 75 Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:19 |
| 76 Lucas Stevenson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:19 |
| 77 Jack Haig (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:19 |
| 78 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:19 |
| 79 Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:19 |
| 80 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 0:19 |
| 81 Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:19 |
| 82 Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:20 |
| 83 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:20 |
| 84 Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:20 |
| 85 Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team | 0:20 |
| 86 Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:20 |
| 87 Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:20 |
| 88 Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Picnic-PostNL | 0:20 |
| 89 Fran Miholjevic (Cro) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:20 |
| 90 Max van der Meulen (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:20 |
| 91 Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 0:20 |
| 92 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:21 |
| 93 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | 0:21 |
| 94 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:21 |
| 95 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 0:21 |
| 96 Corbin Strong (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | 0:21 |
| 97 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:21 |
| 98 Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:21 |
| 99 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:21 |
| 100 Chris Harper (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:22 |
| 101 Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 0:22 |
| 102 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | 0:22 |
| 103 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:22 |
| 104 Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS-Astana | 0:22 |
| 105 Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:22 |
| 106 Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:22 |
| 107 Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | 0:22 |
| 108 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | 0:22 |
| 109 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 0:22 |
| 110 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 0:23 |
| 111 Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana | 0:23 |
| 112 Tim Rex (Bel) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:24 |
| 113 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:24 |
| 114 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:25 |
| 115 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:25 |
| 116 Sam Oomen (Ned) Lidl-Trek | 0:25 |
| 117 Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 0:25 |
| 118 Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team | 0:25 |
| 119 Matthew Greenwood (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:26 |
| 120 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:26 |
| 121 Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:26 |
| 122 Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:27 |
| 123 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 0:27 |
| 124 Martin Urianstad Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:27 |
| 125 Gonzalo Serrano (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:28 |
| 126 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 0:28 |
| 127 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:28 |
| 128 Damien Howson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:28 |
| 129 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | 0:28 |
| 130 Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | 0:28 |
| 131 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:29 |
| 132 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:30 |
| 133 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:31 |
| 134 Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché | 0:31 |
| 135 Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS-Astana | 0:31 |
| 136 Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 0:31 |
| 137 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | 0:31 |
| 138 Stian Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 0:34 |
| 139 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | 0:36 |
| 140 Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) XDS-Astana | 0:43 |
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