In the warm-up race prior to Tour Down Under, Team Saxo-Tinkoff's Jonathan Cantwell was boxed in.

"Takashi put Cantwell in a great spot in the front part of the field with 500 meters to go but in the very last corner before the finish line, Johnny was kind of boxed in and he could just watch the Lotto-Belisol squad bring Greipel forward the the victory. But everyone on the team is highly motivated and excited to race and I hope to bring home a top result from the race," said Team Saxo-Tinkoff sports director, Fabrizio Guidi after the race to teamsaxotinkoff.com.