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THE man they call the Sniper has taken aim at producing the best season of his career, with Simon Gerrans claiming the first major tour of the season at the Tour Down Under yesterday.
The 33-year-old described his historic third win over Tour de France winner Cadel Evans on Australia Day as "the perfect day out''.
"It is a huge honour to win the Tour Down Under and to cap it off on Australia Day, racing for an Australian team, it doesn't get much better,'' said Gerrans (Orica GreenEDGE) who survived a hectic finish in yesterday's street circuit finale in Adelaide to claim a one second victory over Cadel Evans (BMC Racing).
Gerrans, chasing stage wins in the Tour of France, Giro d'Italia and Tour of Spain this year, now leads the World Tour rankings thanks to his victory in the opener of the series. Incredibly five Australians (Gerrans 1, Evans 2, Richie Porte 4, Nathan Haas 5, Adam Hansen 9) feature in the top 10 thanks to their performance in the six-day Tour Down Under.
It was a day for the history books yesterday as the race set new crowd record with an estimated 766,000 watching the six-leg Tour.
Simon Gerrans of Australia smiles prior to the final stage of the Tour Down Under. Source: AFP
Tour de France stage winner Andre Greipel rode off with a record 16th stage victory after beating Bathurst rider Mark Renshaw in the final 85km criterium in Adelaide yesterday while Gerrans became the first man to win three Tour titles.
The 16th edition of the race has been labelled the best ever thanks to the calibre of field, large crowds and thrilling, close racing.
"The racing was fantastic and the fans really make this race. They make the ambience,'' said Evans "I am so pleased and proud of us as a country and as a cycling nation, but also a sporting nation, to see this event and what the ambience makes of us.''
Matt White, team director of Australia's first pro team Orica GreenEDGE,said the 2016 was a tour to remember.
"The best thingt is the best Australians battling it out,'' he said. "These are the best guys in the world at what they do,'' he said.
"To have Richie (Porte), Cadel (Evans and Simon (Gerrans) going hammer and tongs for the overall of their own tour, it's been a great week.''
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