Source: velonews.competitor.com --- Saturday, January 30, 2016
Cycling: 18th Santos Tour Down Under 2016 / Stage 5 Start Departure Vertrek / MCCARTHY Jay (AUS) Red Jersey/ McLaren Vale -Willunga Hill 374m (151.5Km) / Etape Rit Ronde TDU (c)Tim De Waele NEW ORLEANS — There is nothing flashy or pretentious about Australian cyclist Jay McCarthy. The former national junior-level triathlete, who turned to cycling at age 17, has spent the majority of his three previous seasons riding for a version of the Tinkoff team and flying under the radar — that was until his coming-out party at the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide in January. At the TDU, McCarthy showed the same dogged tenacity that rode him onto the final podium on the last stage of the Tour of Turkey last year, by capturing his first professional win and battling fellow Aussie and eventual four-time race winner Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) for stage wins, valuable intermediate sprint time bonuses and the ochre leader’s jersey for the majority of the six-day WorldTour opener. McCarthy shined during a week where the Australians dominated by claiming every stage. He joined well-known countrymen Gerrans, Richie Porte (BMC Racing), and Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge) in the national spotlight. “Could I have been happy with just the win on stage 2?” questioned McCarthy, who ultimately finished fourth on general classification just outside the final podium behind Gerrans, Porte, and Colombian Sergio Henao (Team Sky). “Perhaps, but my team was w ...
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