Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) held off a chasing elite group after a late race assault to win the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with temperatures hitting 40°C on Sunday.
The Swiss champion stayed as cool as attainable and waited to make his transfer from the whittled-down peloton as soon as his teammate Chris Harper was reeled within the third time up the Challambra Crescent climb. Then, with eight kilometres to go, Schmid powered away from a 12-rider group, increase a lead of a most of 15 seconds because the group behind him couldn’t get organized to shut down the hole.
Schmid waited to rejoice after he crossed the end line to assert the victory.
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