The 2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was a

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

one-day race that took place on 28 January 2018 in Australia. It was the fourth edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the second event of the

2018 UCI World Tour The 2018 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2018 men's cycling season. It was the tenth and final edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2 ...

. Australian rider Jay McCarthy () led home a 24-rider select group at the finish to take the victory, ahead of Italy's

Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional Cycle sport, cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 ...

from the team in second position, while South Africa's Daryl Impey, the World Tour ranking leader, completed the podium for .

Teams

As the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, twelve of the eighteen WorldTeams competed in the race, down one on 2017. Three UCI Professional Continental teams competed – also one fewer than 2017 – while an Australian national squad completed the 16-team peloton.

Result

References

External links

* Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race {{cycling-race-stub