Lidl-Trek lit up the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race on Sunday and came agonisingly close to victory with two of their riders. Quinn Simmons was caught by the peloton inside the final kilometre after a late solo attack only for Natnael Tesfazion to be out-bike-thrown by Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ) during the reduced-group sprint in Geelong.
After a lacklustre week of performances at the Tour Down Under - where their best result was a Bauke Mollema ninth place on the final stage - the American squad were back at the pointy end of racing and setting the agenda for the final 30km.
