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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Elia Viviani will lead the Deceuninck-QuickStep team at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cadel Evans Gr🎀eat Ocean Criterium and Road Race 🎶;on January 24 in Melbourne and January 27 in Geelong. The Italian champion is aiming to continue his ꩲearly-season success with a victory.

"Wꦚe have a very motivated Elia, who was runner-up last year and wants to be again in conten🔜tion for a solid result," said QuickStep team director Rik Van Slycke.

Viviani will be supported in the race by Rémi Cava𓃲gna, D💦ries Devenyns, Mikkel Honoré, James Knox, Michael Mørkøv and Fabio Sabatini.

T♎he Italian champion arrives at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean 'weekend' in top form, fresh off of a stage win at the opening day of the Tour Down Under, where he took the first leader's jersey in the process.

In last year's edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Viviani finished second behind winner Jay McCarthy (Bora-Hansgrohe). It was a thrilling finale as two small groups, the first containing McCarthy a༺nd Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott), and the second including Viviani, merged and sprinted to the finish line.

The criterium will kick things off on Thursday with a 14-lap circuit race on a 5.3km loop of the Formula 1 Grand Prix track. Sunday's road race will be 163km that will start in Melbourne. The peloton wil💛l take on the steep Challambra climb four times before finishing in Geelong.

"It will not be easy, because the field here is strong, but we have a plan 𓃲and more than one rider who can be in the mix in the finale," Van Slycke said.

"It’s pretty hot a🌟t the moment, and it looks like the mercury will go up also on Thursday, when we have the criterium, but we hope it will be be💛tter on Sunday. Regardless of the conditions, we are ready for the challenge."