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On February 1, 2015, Cadel Evans retired from professional cycling by participating in the first edition of a race bearing his name: the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. This way, Australia honored the only Australian ever to win the Tour de France. However, the tribute did not stop there, as the race has continued to be held year after year… up to this day. Ten years later, both the men's and women's races have become established events on the UCI World Tour, the top tier of world cycling.

 
Women's Race: Course and Favorites

The women’s race covers a total of 142 kilometers with 1,100 meters of positive elevation gain. In the final section, there will be two laps of a 20-kilometer circuit that includes the climb to Challambra Crescent (1.1 km at 8.1%).

Elise Chabbey (1000), Niamh Fisher-Black (800), Karlijn Swinkels (800), Noemi Rüegg (400), Ruby Roseman-Gannon (600), and Justine Ghekiere (600) are some of the favorites among the puncheurs who will need to use the Challambra Crescent climb to distance the sprinters. Chloe Dygert (800), Clara Copponi (400), Georgia Baker (200), Ally Wollaston (400), and Kathrin Schweinberger (200) would prefer a grouped finish.

 
Men's Race: Course and Favorites

The men’s race follows an identical course to the women’s, with the sole difference being that the men will complete four laps of the final circuit instead of two, for a total of 182 kilometers.

Laurence Pithie (400), Corbin Strong (600), Natnael Tesfatzion (200), Bryan Coquard (800), Andrea Bagioli (400), Oscar Onley (600), Georg Zimmermann (400), Michael Kwiatkowski (400), Javier Romo (200), Stephen Williams (600), Ion Izagirre (400), Luke Plapp (600), and Mauro Schmid (400) are among the favorites for the men’s race, which typically sees a small group reach the finish. The final climb may prove too challenging for pure sprinters like Sam Welsford (400), Tobias Lund Andresen (400), Arne Marit (400), or Tim Torn Teutenberg (200).

 
Photo: © Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race