Tour Down Under 2026 - Prologue : Le classement général

Vainqueur du prologue, Samuel Watson prend les commandes du classement général du Tour Down Under 2026. Photo : @INEOSGrenadiers

Retrouvez le classement général du Tour Down Under 2026 après le prologue disputé ce mardi 20 janvier. Vainqueur de l’étape du jour, Samuel Watson (INEOS Grenadiers) a pris le maillot de leader.

RÉSULTATS. Vainqueur de l’étape du jour, un prologue de 3,4 kilomètres dans les rues d’Adelaide, Samuel Watson prend par la même occasion la tête au classement du général du Tour Down Under 2026. Le Britannique de chez INEOS Grenadiers devance Ethan Vernon (NSN Cycling Team) et Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe).

1 🥇

WATSON Samuel

24 ans

2 🥈

VERNON Ethan

25 ans

3 🥉

PITHIE Laurence

23 ans

🇬🇧 Samuel Watson ouvre le bal sur le prologue du Tour Down Under 2026 #TotalVelo #tourdownunder #TDU #LesRP https://t.co/ISvtUe3Q8f
— TotalVelo (@total_velo) January 20, 2026

Classement général complet – Tour Down Under 2026 – Prologue

Cl.	Nom	Equipe	Temps
1	WATSON Samuel	INEOS Grenadiers	04:16
2	VERNON Ethan	NSN Cycling Team	00:01
3	PITHIE Laurence	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	00:03
4	VINE Jay	UAE Team Emirates – XRG	00:04
5	GAUTHERAT Pierre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:05
6	SCHMID Mauro	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
7	ZIJLAARD Maikel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	,,
8	TEUTENBERGTim Torn	Lidl – Trek	,,
9	BLEDDYN Oliver	Australia	,,
10	PLOWRIGHT Jensen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:07
11	RESELL Erik Nordsæter	Uno-X Mobility	,,
12	FISHER-BLACK Finn	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	,,
13	LEONARD Michael	EF Education – EasyPost	00:08
14	SWEENY Harry	EF Education – EasyPost	,,
15	PLAPP Luke	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
16	RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	Soudal Quick-Step	,,
17	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE Team Emirates – XRG	00:09
18	STORK Florian	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	,,
19	LAMPERTI Luke	EF Education – EasyPost	,,
20	L’HOTE Antoine	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	,,

🏆 Le classement complet du prologue du Tour Down Under 2026 #TotalVelo #TourDownUnder #LesRP https://t.co/mP4wIp0GZB
— TotalVelo (@total_velo) January 20, 2026

Cl.	Nom	Equipe	Temps
21	CHARMIG Anthon	Uno-X Mobility	,,
22	ANDRESEN Tobias Lund	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	,,
23	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan	UAE Team Emirates – XRG	,,
24	O’BRIEN Kelland	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
25	GATE Aaron	XDS Astana Team	00:10
26	CHAMBERLAIN Oscar	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	,,
27	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Soudal Quick-Step	,,
28	BRENNER Marco	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	,,
29	BRENNAN Matthew	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	,,
30	WELSFORD Sam	INEOS Grenadiers	,,
31	MAYRHOFER Marius	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	00:11
32	WALSH Liam	Australia	,,
33	VEISTROFFER Baptiste	Lotto Intermarché	,,
34	TUCKWELL Luke	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	,,
35	WALKER Max	EF Education – EasyPost	,,
36	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	INEOS Grenadiers	,,
37	STANNARD Robert	Bahrain – Victorious	,,
38	THORNLEY Callum	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	,,
39	SENTJENS Sente	Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:12
40	EDDY Patrick	Australia	,,
41	ZAMBANINI Edoardo	Bahrain – Victorious	,,
42	KRON Andreas	Uno-X Mobility	,,
43	VAN POPPEL Danny	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	00:13
44	HAGENES Per Strand	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	,,
45	ERŽEN Žak	Bahrain – Victorious	,,
46	SUTER Joel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	,,
47	DRIZNERS Jarrad	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	,,
48	EENKHOORN Pascal	Soudal Quick-Step	,,
49	ROMELE Alessandro	XDS Astana Team	,,
50	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
51	SWIFT Ben	INEOS Grenadiers	00:14
52	O’CONNOR Ben	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
53	BALLERSTEDT Maurice	Alpecin-Premier Tech	,,
54	ROMO Javier	Movistar Team	,,
55	MACKELLAR Alastair	EF Education – EasyPost	00:15
56	FOX Matthew	Lotto Intermarché	,,
57	FIORELLI Filippo	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	00:16
58	CLARKE Simon	NSN Cycling Team	,,
59	PEDERSEN Casper	Soudal Quick-Step	,,
60	CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro	Movistar Team	,,
61	GUDMESTAD Tord	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	00:17
62	VAN UDEN Casper	Team Picnic PostNL	,,
63	SCHIFFER Anton	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	,,
64	INGEBRIGTSEN Storm	Uno-X Mobility	,,
65	KONRAD Patrick	Lidl – Trek	,,
66	MORO Manlio	Movistar Team	,,
67	BJERG Mikkel	UAE Team Emirates – XRG	,,
68	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain – Victorious	,,
69	KELEMEN Petr	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	,,
70	TORRES Albert	Movistar Team	,,
71	GILMORE Brady	NSN Cycling Team	,,
72	VAN BEKKUM Darren	XDS Astana Team	00:18
73	MOLANO Juan Sebastián	UAE Team Emirates – XRG	,,
74	SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG Embret	INEOS Grenadiers	00:19
75	VAN DER LEE Jardi Christiaan	EF Education – EasyPost	,,
76	STEVENSON Lucas	Australia	,,
77	HAIG Jack	INEOS Grenadiers	,,
78	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates – XRG	,,
79	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama – FDJ United	,,
80	PRODHOMME Nicolas	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	,,
81	ZANA Filippo	Soudal Quick-Step	,,
82	BUSATTO Francesco	Alpecin-Premier Tech	00:20
83	TAMINIAUXLionel	Lotto Intermarché	,,
84	ETXEBERRIAHaimar	Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe	,,
85	NOVÁK Pavel	Movistar Team	,,
86	MARSMAN Tim	Alpecin-Premier Tech	,,
87	GOGL Michael	Alpecin-Premier Tech	,,
88	RENARD-HAQUIN Henri-François	Team Picnic PostNL	,,
89	MIHOLJEVIĆ Fran	Bahrain – Victorious	,,
90	VAN DER MEULEN Max	Bahrain – Victorious	,,
91	SCOTSON Callum	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	,,
92	HAMILTON Lucas	INEOS Grenadiers	00:21
93	DINHAM Matthew	Team Picnic PostNL	,,
94	BOWER Lewis	Groupama – FDJ United	,,
95	BAGIOLI Andrea	Lidl – Trek	,,
96	STRONG Corbin	NSN Cycling Team	,,
97	MATTIO Pietro	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	,,
98	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Intermarché	,,
99	CAVAGNA Rémi	Groupama – FDJ United	,,
100	HARPER Chris	Australia	00:22
101	MCKENZIEHamish	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
102	HAMILTON Chris	Team Picnic PostNL	,,
103	WIRTGEN Luc	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	,,
104	SCHRETTL Marco	XDS Astana Team	,,
105	FONTAINETitouan	Groupama – FDJ United	,,
106	DONNENWIRTH Tom	Groupama – FDJ United	,,
107	STEWART Jake	NSN Cycling Team	,,
108	MÄRKL Niklas	Team Picnic PostNL	,,
109	PORTER Rudy	Team Jayco AlUla	,,
110	SOBRERO Matteo	Lidl – Trek	00:23
111	VELASCO Simone	XDS Astana Team	,,
112	REX Tim	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	00:24
113	PALENI Enzo	Groupama – FDJ United	,,
114	ZIMMERMANN Georg	Lotto Intermarché	00:25
115	CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander	EF Education – EasyPost	,,
116	OOMEN Sam	Lidl – Trek	,,
117	GLIVAR Gal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	,,
118	TESFATSION Natnael	Movistar Team	,,
119	GREENWOOD Matthew	Australia	00:26
120	SKAARSETH Anders	Uno-X Mobility	,,
121	STOCKWELL Oliver	Bahrain – Victorious	,,
122	REINDERINK Pepijn	Soudal Quick-Step	00:27
123	MOSCA Jacopo	Lidl – Trek	,,
124	URIANSTAD BUGGE Martin	Uno-X Mobility	,,
125	SERRANO Gonzalo	Movistar Team	00:28
126	SCHULTZ Nick	NSN Cycling Team	,,
127	MARTIN Guillaume	Groupama – FDJ United	,,
128	HOWSON Damien	Australia	,,
129	KNOX James	Team Picnic PostNL	,,
130	PEACE Oliver	Team Picnic PostNL	,,
131	DAINESE Alberto	Soudal Quick-Step	00:29
132	RUTSCH Jonas	Lotto Intermarché	00:30
133	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE Team Emirates – XRG	00:31
134	THOMPSON Reuben	Lotto Intermarché	,,
135	TONEATTI Davide	XDS Astana Team	,,
136	HUISING Menno	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	,,
137	BENNETT George	NSN Cycling Team	,,
138	FREDHEIM Stian	Uno-X Mobility	00:34
139	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Lidl – Trek	00:36
140	KAJAMINI Florian Samuel	XDS Astana Team	00:43

And we’re off to flying start with @samuel_wats0n in the hot seat!

His time of 4:16.90 is the quickest so far over the 3.6km course 👊#TourDownUnder pic.twitter.com/RJBAZUYSBG
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) January 20, 2026