Caleb Ewan takes victory at Schwalbe Classic Criterium

Caleb Ewan is first across the line at the Schwalbe Classic Criterium (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

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published 19 January 2020

Caleb Ewan took the sprint at the Tour Down Under Schwalbe Classic Criterium to make it four victories in five editions for the Australian.

The Lotto-Soudal sprinter beat out European road race champion Elia Viviani into second with his Cofidis team-mate Simone Consonni finishing third.

Speaking after his win, Ewan said: "I think it was maybe the last six or seven laps it started to rain a bit which made it a bit more nervous in the bunch. But we were in a great position, my team did a great job to help me stay up the front there because there was a lot of fighting for position. Roger [Kluge] left that gap for me in the final straight there and that gave me a really great launchpad.

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Caleb Ewan takes victory at Schwalbe Classic Criterium

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