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Denmark's Andresen upstages sprint stars to take Tour Down Under opener
- Sam Watson won the prologue by clocking 4:16.90 at Victoria Park, Adelaide, claiming the ochre jersey and delivering Ineos Grenadiers its first 2026 World Tour win.
- The short 3.6km prologue tested riders in fierce southerly wind and blustery circuit conditions after Ineos team preparations and prologue setup this year.
- British rival Ethan Vernon finished about 0.5 seconds behind Watson, while Australian Jay Vine placed fourth; the team said, `We go 100 per cent for him`.
- Ineos will protect Watson and he will lead out Sam Welsford on Wednesday, shifting his role while the race lead demands team protection and close time gaps.
- Watson is eyeing stages three and five, which suit sprinters, while Wednesday's 120km Barossa loop starts and finishes in Tanunda and Thursday features two climbs of Corkscrew Rd.
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Denmark's Tobias Lund Andresen is the winner of the second stage of the Tour of Australia. On the 120.6 km long stage near Adelaide, he surprised the sprint specialists in the final and took the lead in the overall standings after winning the stage.
Danes Tobias Lund Andresen, for his first race with the French team, won the first stage of the Tour Down Under in the sprint.
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The traditional first professional road race of the year, the Tour Down Under in Australia, began on Tuesday.
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