Lasse Norman Hansen is now leading the Herald Sun Tour after an impressive stage one victory in Warrnambool earlier today.
2012 Olympic Track Gold medallist, Danish cyclist, was able to cross the finish line faster than everyone else by outpassing a reduced bunch of sprint taking today’s 161.6km stage which started in Colac before coming to an end in Warrnambool.
Aqua Blue Sport’s man has now moved into the competition’s leader’s yellow jersey which he took from Britain’s Ed Clancy.
HIGHLIGHTS | Relive all the action from a thrilling @Honda Civic Stage 1 of the @JaycoAust @theheraldsun #SunTour, which saw Danish star Lasse Norman Hansen (@AquaBlueSport) outsprint @SteeleVH (@BennelongSwissW) on the uphill finish into @WarrnamboolCity https://t.co/1gF3PLm1nB
— Jayco HeraldSun Tour (@HeraldSunTour) February 1, 2018
Learning from his mistakes
“This is a nice comfort prize after yesterday,” Hansen said. “I was a bit gutted to have missed it yesterday. But, like I said, I made a mistake and you can’t expect to win when you make a mistake on a short prologue. I am really happy to make up for it today and get away with the win and jersey.”
Bennelong SwissWellness’ man Steele von Hoff took second as Mitchelton-Scott’s Cameron Meyer took third, sealing his position in the last sprint of the race, only 10 seconds behind.
“I don’t know if you can explain what happened out there. It was definitely chaotic in the last 30 kilometres,” Meyer said. “We put ourselves in a good position for the general classification. We are right up there.”
Our debrief of @HeraldSunTour stage 1. A windy, tough day taken out by Danish hardman @Lasse_Norman from @AquaBlueSport . He will wear the yellow jersey tomorrow on the roads to Ballarat. Have a listen to our thoughts below! #cycling #SunTour https://t.co/C3e2frotil pic.twitter.com/LyqV5QWHjo
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Tomorrow’s second, 198.6 km stage of the Herald Sun Tour will start in Warrnambool in Buninyong, a circuit extremely similar to the Australian national championships one.
