Irlandzki sprinter wygrał pierwszy etap australijskiego wyścigu, który inauguruje ściganie na poziomie World Tour. Kolarz Deceuninck Quick-Step został także pierwszym liderem Santos Tour Down Under.
Pierwszy odcinek ścigania na Antypodach liczył 150 kilometrów i był rozgrywany na pięciu rundach wokół miasta Tanunda. Trasa nie miała zbyt wielu trudności, dlatego też wszyscy spodziewali się masowego finiszu z peletonu.
Do ucieczki na pierwszych kilometrach etapu zabrali się: Joey Rosskopf (CCC Team), Michael Storer (Team Sunweb), Dylan Sunderland (NTT Pro Cycling) oraz Jarrad Drizners (UniSA-Australia) na co dzień jeżdżący w barwach kontynentalnego Hagens Berman Axeon. Maksymalna przewaga uciekinierów wynosiła jedynie dwie minuty. Dlatego 54 kilometry przed metą Amerykanin Rosskopf zdecydował się na akcję „na solo”. Ostatecznie niestety został złapany przez rozpędzony peleton 35 kilometrów przed metą.
Na kolejne harce nie dopuściło wysokie tempo dyktowane przez ekipy sprinterskie. Najlepiej na finałowym kilometrze zachowali się kolarze „Watahy”. Shane Archbold oraz Michael Mørkøv świetnie rozprowadzili Sama Bennetta, dzięki czemu mógł świętować pierwszy sukces w tym sezonie. Tuż za nim na finałowej kresce znalazł się Belg Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) oraz Słowak Erik Baška (BORA – hansgrohe).
Dwójka Polaków z CCC Team jadąca w pierwszym wyścigu sezonu, czyli Szymon Sajnok oraz Łukasz Wiśniowski przyjechali w grupie zasadniczej i zajęli odpowiednio 22. oraz 69. miejsce.
Wyniki 1. etapu:
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 3:28:54 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 3 | Erik Ba_ka (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 4 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 5 | André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 6 | Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 7 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 8 | Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 9 | Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 10 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb | |
| 11 | Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Movistar Team | |
| 12 | Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos | |
| 13 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 14 | Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 15 | Chris Harper (Aus) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 16 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 17 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 18 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 19 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 20 | Rafael Valls (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 21 | George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 22 | Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team | |
| 23 | Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
| 24 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 25 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 26 | Luis Mas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 27 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 28 | Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 29 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 30 | Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 31 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 32 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 33 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 34 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 35 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 36 | Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 37 | Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 38 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 39 | Joey Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team | |
| 40 | James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 41 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 42 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos | |
| 43 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 44 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 45 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 46 | Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team | |
| 47 | Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 48 | Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team | |
| 49 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 50 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 51 | Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 52 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team | |
| 53 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 54 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team | |
| 55 | Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 56 | Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 57 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 58 | Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 59 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 60 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 61 | Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 62 | Stefan De Bod (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 63 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 64 | Samuele Battistella (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 65 | Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos | |
| 66 | Nicholas White (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 67 | Tyler Lindorff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 68 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 69 | Łukasz Wiśniowski (Pol) CCC Team | |
| 70 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 71 | Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
| 72 | Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 73 | Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 74 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 75 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 76 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team Ineos | |
| 77 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 78 | Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 79 | Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal | |
| 80 | Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 81 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 82 | Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 83 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 84 | Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 85 | Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 86 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 87 | Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 88 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 89 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 90 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 91 | Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 92 | Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 93 | Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 94 | Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team | |
| 95 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 96 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 97 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 98 | Juan Pedro Lopez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 99 | Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 100 | João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 101 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 102 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos | |
| 103 | Marco Mathis (Ger) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 104 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 105 | Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 106 | Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 107 | Cameron Scott (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 108 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 109 | Kelland O’Brien (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 110 | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 111 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 112 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 113 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:20 |
| 114 | Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:22 |
| 115 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 116 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:26 |
| 117 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:33 |
| 118 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 119 | Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 120 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation | 0:00:36 |
| 121 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:45 |
| 122 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:00:57 |
| 123 | Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:59 |
| 124 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team | 0:01:10 |
| 125 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:12 |
| 126 | Tom Scully (NZl) EF Pro Cycling | 0:01:14 |
| 127 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling | 0:01:18 |
| 128 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:20 |
| 129 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:22 |
| 130 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos | |
| 131 | Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis Solutions Credits | 0:01:30 |
| 132 | Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 133 | Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:01:33 |
| 134 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 135 | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | 0:02:11 |
| 136 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:02:15 |
| 137 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos | 0:02:23 |
| 138 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:03:25 |
| 139 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| DNF | Alexandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates |
Klasyfikacja generalna po 1 etapie:
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 3:28:44 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Erik Ba_ka (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:00:07 |
| 5 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 6 | Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos | 0:00:08 |
| 7 | Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 8 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis Solutions Credits | 0:00:09 |
| 9 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 10 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis Solutions Credits | 0:00:10 |
| 11 | André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 12 | Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 13 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 14 | Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 15 | Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 16 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team Sunweb | |
| 17 | Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Movistar Team | |
| 18 | Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 19 | Chris Harper (Aus) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 20 | Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 21 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 22 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 23 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 24 | Rafael Valls (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 25 | George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 26 | Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team | |
| 27 | Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
| 28 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 29 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 30 | Luis Mas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 31 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 32 | Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 33 | Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 34 | Eduard Prades (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 35 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 36 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 37 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 38 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 39 | Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 40 | Clément Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 41 | Joey Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team | |
| 42 | James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 43 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 44 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos | |
| 45 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 46 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 47 | Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 48 | Simon Geschke (Ger) CCC Team | |
| 49 | Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 50 | Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team | |
| 51 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 52 | Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 53 | Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 54 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team | |
| 55 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 56 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Movistar Team | |
| 57 | Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 58 | Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 59 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 60 | Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 61 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 62 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 63 | Stefan De Bod (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 64 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 65 | Samuele Battistella (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 66 | Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos | |
| 67 | Nicholas White (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 68 | Tyler Lindorff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 69 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 70 | Łukasz Wiśniowski (Pol) CCC Team | |
| 71 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 72 | Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team | |
| 73 | Kilian Frankiny (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 74 | Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 75 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 76 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 77 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Team Ineos | |
| 78 | Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 79 | Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 80 | Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal | |
| 81 | Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team | |
| 82 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 83 | Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 84 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 85 | Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 86 | Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 87 | Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 88 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 89 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 90 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | |
| 91 | Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 92 | Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 93 | Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 94 | Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team | |
| 95 | Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 96 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 97 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 98 | Juan Pedro Lopez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 99 | Marco Haller (Aut) Bahrain McLaren | |
| 100 | João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 101 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 102 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos | |
| 103 | Marco Mathis (Ger) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 104 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 105 | Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 106 | Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 107 | Cameron Scott (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 108 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck-QuickStep | |
| 109 | Kelland O’Brien (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 110 | Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 111 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 112 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 113 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:30 |
| 114 | Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:32 |
| 115 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 116 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:36 |
| 117 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:43 |
| 118 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 119 | Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor) NTT Pro Cycling | |
| 120 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation | 0:00:46 |
| 121 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:55 |
| 122 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:01:07 |
| 123 | Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:09 |
| 124 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team | 0:01:20 |
| 125 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:22 |
| 126 | Tom Scully (NZl) EF Pro Cycling | 0:01:24 |
| 127 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling | 0:01:28 |
| 128 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:30 |
| 129 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:32 |
| 130 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos | |
| 131 | Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis Solutions Credits | 0:01:40 |
| 132 | Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits | |
| 133 | Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:01:43 |
| 134 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 135 | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | 0:02:21 |
| 136 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:02:25 |
| 137 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos | 0:02:33 |
| 138 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:03:35 |
| 139 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation |
