C’est l’Australien Jack Bobridge, 25 ans, (UniSA) qui a remporté la 1ère étape du SantosTour Down Under. Au terme des 133 km entre Tanunda et Campbelltown, il devance Lieuwe Westra et Luke Durbridge.
Dès le départ, 4 hommes prennent le large avec Bobridge, Westra, Durbridge et Belkov. Le quatuor va vite prendre une avance d’1 min avec un peloton qui semble gérer l’écart. Mais à l’approche de la ligne d’arrivée, les SKY imposent le rythme et l’écart n’est plus que d’une dizaine de secondes. On semble se diriger vers un sprint massif mais le quatuor ne semble pas résigner à cette solution et relance l’échappée. Derrière on se regarde et l’écart repasse à 40 sec à 5km de l’arrivée.
Malgré le travail du Team Giant de Kittel, ils ne seront jamais rejoint . Le peloton viendra mourir au pied du finish. Le sprint du quatuor est remporté par Jack Boridge qui prend les commandes du général à l’issue de cette 1ère étape. Jack Bobridge avait remporté la poursuite individuelle aux jeux du Commonwealth et avait terminé 3ème du championnat d’Australie du contre la montre cette saison.
Le Français Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R) prend la 11ème place.
Classement de la 1ère étape.
| 1 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 2:59:44 | |
| 2 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 3 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 4 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 5 | Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 6 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 7 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 8 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 9 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 10 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 11 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 12 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 13 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 14 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 15 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 16 | Barry Markus (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 17 | Miles Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 18 | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 19 | Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 20 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 21 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 22 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 23 | Jack Haig (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 24 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 25 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 26 | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 27 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 28 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 29 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 30 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 31 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 32 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 33 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 34 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 35 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 36 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 37 | George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 38 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 39 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 40 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 41 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha | ||
| 42 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 43 | Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 44 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 45 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
| 46 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 47 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 48 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 49 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 50 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Team Katusha | ||
| 51 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 52 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 53 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 54 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 55 | Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 56 | Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling | ||
| 57 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 58 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling | ||
| 59 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 60 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 61 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 62 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 63 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 64 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | ||
| 65 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 66 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 67 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 68 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 69 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 70 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 71 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 72 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 73 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 74 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 75 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 76 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 77 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 78 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 79 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 80 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 81 | Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 82 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 83 | Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 84 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 85 | Robert Power (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 86 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 87 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 88 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | ||
| 89 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 90 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 91 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | ||
| 92 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 93 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 94 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 95 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 96 | Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 97 | Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling | ||
| 98 | Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 99 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 100 | Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 101 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 102 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 103 | Neil van der Ploeg (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 104 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 105 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 106 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:00:17 | |
| 107 | Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 108 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 109 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 110 | Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:23 | |
| 111 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 112 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:25 | |
| 113 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 114 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:00:37 | |
| 115 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:44 | |
| 116 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:46 | |
| 117 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:59 | |
| 118 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 119 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:09 | |
| 120 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:01:28 | |
| 121 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:02:08 | |
| 122 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:05:40 | |
| 123 | Martin Kohler (Swi) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 124 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 125 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 126 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:11 | |
| 127 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 128 | Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 129 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 130 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 131 | Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 132 | Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:08:36 | |
| 133 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin |
Classement général
| 1 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 2:59:31 | |
| 2 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:04 | |
| 3 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:06 | |
| 4 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:10 | |
| 5 | Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:13 | |
| 6 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 7 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 8 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 9 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 10 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 11 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 12 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 13 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 14 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 15 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 16 | Barry Markus (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 17 | Miles Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 18 | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 19 | Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 20 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 21 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 22 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 23 | Jack Haig (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 24 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 25 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 26 | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 27 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 28 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 29 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 30 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 31 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 32 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 33 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 34 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 35 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 36 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 37 | George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 38 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 39 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 40 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 41 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha | ||
| 42 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 43 | Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 44 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 45 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
| 46 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 47 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 48 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 49 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 50 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Team Katusha | ||
| 51 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 52 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 53 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 54 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 55 | Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 56 | Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling | ||
| 57 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 58 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling | ||
| 59 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 60 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 61 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 62 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 63 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 64 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | ||
| 65 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 66 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 67 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 68 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 69 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 70 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 71 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 72 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 73 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 74 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 75 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 76 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 77 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 78 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 79 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 80 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 81 | Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 82 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 83 | Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 84 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 85 | Robert Power (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 86 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 87 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 88 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | ||
| 89 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 90 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 91 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | ||
| 92 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 93 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 94 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 95 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 96 | Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 97 | Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling | ||
| 98 | Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 99 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 100 | Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 101 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 102 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 103 | Neil van der Ploeg (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 104 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 105 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 106 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:00:30 | |
| 107 | Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 108 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 109 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 110 | Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:36 | |
| 111 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 112 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:38 | |
| 113 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 114 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:00:50 | |
| 115 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:57 | |
| 116 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:59 | |
| 117 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:01:12 | |
| 118 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 119 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:22 | |
| 120 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:01:41 | |
| 121 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:02:21 | |
| 122 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:05:53 | |
| 123 | Martin Kohler (Swi) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 124 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 125 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 126 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:24 | |
| 127 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 128 | Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 129 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 130 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 131 | Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 132 | Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:08:49 | |
| 133 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin |