Team Germany's Nikias Arndt prepares to compete in the Men's Team Pursuit qualifying session at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne April 4, 2012. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
(Reuters) - German sprinter Nikias Arndt was the surprise winner of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Victoria on Sunday after he pipped Australian Cameron Meyer on the line to claim his first one-day win at World Tour level.
Meyer had made a bold solo bid for victory with 600 metres to go in the 174-km race that starts and finishes in Geelong but Sunweb rider Arndt reeled him in with a well-timed late sprint while holding off Orica-Scott's Simon Gerrans.
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