January 16, 2019 (Angaston, Australia) – Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First Pro Cycling) finished 12th with the same time as winner Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team on Stage 2 from Norwood to Angaston, 122.1km, as a crash a few hundred metres from the finish marred the stage. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal was second and Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe was third. Woods sits 25th overall.

Results (brief)

1. Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team 3:14:31
2. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
3. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
4. Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
5. Jasper Phlipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
6. Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
7. Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
8. Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team
9. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
10. Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky

12. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling

GC after Stage 2

1. Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team 6:34:03
2. Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05
3. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:09
4. Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb
5. Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
6. Jason Lea (Aus) UniSA-Australia 0:10
7. Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb
8. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:11
9. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team
10. Jaime Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team 0:12

25. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling