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Tour Down Under: Tobias Lund Andresen holds off speeding Matthew Brennan to win tight stage 1 sprint

Matthew Brennan Lund Andresen Tobias Lund Andresen Ineos Grenadiers Sam Welsford Enzo Paleni Tanunda Sam Watson VismaLease a Bike Jhonatan Narváez
TANUNDA, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: Tobias Lund Andresen of Denmark and Decathlon CMA CGM Team celebrates at finish line as stage winner (C) ahead of Matthew Brennan of Great Britain and Team Visma | Lease a Bike (L) and Sam Welsford of Australia and Team INEOS Grenadiers (R) during the 26th Santos Tour Down Under 2026, Stage 1 a 120.6km stage from Tanunda to Tanunda on January 21, 2026 in Tanunda, Australia. (Photo by Con Chronis/Getty Images).

After a long, hot and quiet day on the bike it came down to the fast men in Tanunda for stage 1 of the Tour Down Under 2026 with Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon CMA CGM) shocking the biggest names of Sam Welsford (Ineos Grenadiers) and Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) to take the win.

It was a perfect leadout by Tord Gudmestad for Lund Andresen who was dropped off in sight of the line. Brennan and Welsford came up very late to try and get by the Danish rider, but it wasn’t to be and Lund Andresen held them off. Brennan finished second ahead of Welsford who was third.

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