Biniam Girmay has won the Surf Coast Classic as the return of Luke Plapp gave Australian cycling team Jayco AlUla a timely boost to their domestic campaign.
The Eritrean star (Intermarche Wanty) outsprinted Italian Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers) and New Zealander Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) to take out the 156km race, ahead of Sunday's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
Plapp suffered severe road rash a week ago and had to pull out of Adelaide's Tour Down Under when he crashed near the end of stage four.