Dutch cyclist Tom-Jelte ‘TJ’ Slagter has celebrated his first WorldTour victory while Andre Greipel notched up his 100th career win on the final stage of the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide.
23 year old Slagter from the Blanco team snatched the race lead on Saturday’s stage finish atop Old Willunga Hill and went into Sunday’s 90 kilometre final stage on the Adelaide City Council Street Circuit, with a 13 second buffer. At the end of yesterday’s 20 laps of the 4.5km circuit he added a further four seconds to his advantage to finish 17 seconds in front.
It was a brilliant result for the youngster who also won the bikeexchange.com.au third stage on Thursday and claimed the Cycle Instead Best Young Rider classification.
Photography by Jeff Wray.
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