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Tobias Lund Andresen wins charged edition of men’s Surf Coast Classic

Tobias Lund Andresen wins charged edition of men's Surf Coast Classic

A winning sprint for Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic PostNL) at the Surf Coast Classic in Torquay, 2025 Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic PostNL) flew across the…

Thursday, Jan 30

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A winning sprint for Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic PostNL) at the Surf Coast Classic in Torquay, 2025 Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic PostNL) flew across the line in first place after an action-packed edition of the men’s Surf Coast Classic where both the climbs, crosswinds and a determination to take the sting out of the sprint of the dominant finishing force of Sam Welsford (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) set the race alight.

Andresen overcame the Australian, who was feeling the impacts of the tough 157km day at the 1.1 event from Lorne to Torquay that acts as an entree to the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road race. Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl-Trek) was third which means, that after some near misses in South Australia, the 22-year-old has already managed to pull off his first podium place after spending less than a month in the WorldTour.

It too was an early season achievement for Andresen, who had the aim of taking his first one-day win this year and pulled it off before January was over when he claimed the challenging sprint, which has a left-hand turn into the final kilometre.

"I was around the corner in Sam’s wheel in, like fifth position, so I was very happy," said Andresen in Torquay as he looked back at what was going through his mind during that winning effort. "But then, yeah, I got swarmed so that moment you just have to stay calm – you’re not going to get anything out of rushing yourself."

"A bit lucky for me, Teutenberg, […]

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