Dries Devenyns snatches victory with late move at Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2020

The Belgian takes his first victory since 2016 and Deceuninck - Quick-Step's 750th

Dries Devenyns wins the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2020 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Deceuninck - Quick-Step's Dries Devenyns took a surprise victory at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2020 after proving the most cunning of a 20-man move, slipping off the front of the group in the closing kilometres with Pavel Sivakov (Ineos) and beating the Russian in a two-up sprint.

Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) came third as he led the first chase group over the line four seconds later, while Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) finished seventh 25 seconds behind at the front of a group containing Elia Viviani (Cofidis) and Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott).

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Jonny was Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor until 2022.

I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.

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