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Tobias Lund Andresen edged Matthew Brennan and Sam Welsford in a Barossa Valley bunch sprint. Brennan's second moved him into the young rider classification lead — the first major data point of his 2026 season.
120.6 km lumpy Barossa Valley circuit, hot, raced as a sprinter's day. Lund Andresen — Decathlon's quiet off-season signing — took his first major sprint of the year. Brennan, the day's second, took the young rider lead.
Brennan's second put him in the young rider classification, where he stayed for the week.
Second on Stage 1 behind Lund Andresen, claimed the young rider lead. The first major early-season pointer for the Visma development plan that ran through to his Arenberg lead-out for Van Aert at Roubaix in April.