Airdate: 2019 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

Seven screens the 2019 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race this weekend with the Elite Women’s Race on Saturday and Men on Sunday.

Mark Beretta will host with Matt Keenan and Robbie McEwen on commentary.

Reigning champion, Australian cyclist Jay McCarthy, will set out to defend his crown as he races with German team BORA–hansgrohe.

After a strong showing in last week’s Tour Down Under that included a final stage win, Australian Richie Porte leads Trek Segafredo.

South African Daryl Impey, fresh from winning the Tour Down Under, leads the Australian outfit Mitchelton-Scott, while Italian champion Elia Viviani will be out to build on his recent strong form.

Regarded as one of the leading one-day classic races outside of Europe, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race is the opening one-day race of the UCI WorldTour calendar. The Elite Men’s Road Race 163km course starts at Geelong’s waterfront, heads southeast through Cadel’s hometown of Barwon Heads to Thirteenth Beach, then along the coast through Torquay and Bells Beach before winding back through the rolling Ceres hills to Geelong.

Sunrise sports guru Mark Beretta hosts Seven’s coverage alongside Tour de France commentator Matt Keenan and former cycling star Robbie McEwen – a triple winner of the Green sprinters jersey in the Tour De France – along with former Australian champion Kate Bates and Spanish Classic specialist Juan Antonio Flecha.

Jacqui Felgate will be reporting on all the colour and action from around the course as the teams race through some of Victoria’s most scenic but challenging roads.

The Deakin University Elite Women’s Road Race will be broadcast on 7TWO and streamed Live on 7plus on Saturday January 26 and highlights will also be on Channel 7, 7TWO and 7plus on Sunday January 27.

Reigning champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Australia’s Chloe Hosking, will return to defend her crown with Italian cycling team Ale Cipollini.

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – Elite Women
Saturday January 26
Sydney 12.30pm Live 7TWO and 7plus
Melbourne 12.30pm Live 7TWO and 7plus
Brisbane 11.30am Live 7TWO and 7plus
Adelaide 12.00pm Live 7TWO and 7plus
Perth 9.30am Live 7TWO and 7plus

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – Elite Men
Sunday January 27
Sydney 10.30am Live Ch 7 and 7plus, 1.00pm Live 7TWO
Melbourne 10.30am Live Ch 7 and 7plus, 1.00pm Live 7TWO
Brisbane 9.30am Live 7TWO and 7plus, 10.00am Live Ch 7
Adelaide 10.00am Live Ch 7 and 7plus, 12.30pm Live 7TWO
Perth 8.00am Live 7TWO and 7plus