January 19/17 9:20 am - Tour Down Under: Stage 3
Posted by Editoress on 01/19/17
Ewan adds to Tour Down Under stage tally in Victor Harbor
22-year-old Caleb Ewan claimed his second stage of the 2017 Tour Down Under, sprinting to victory in a messy bunch kick into Victor Harbor on stage three today. Mike Woods (Cannondale-Drapac) finished 39th, safely in the chase group at 4 seconds back, Woods now sits 17th in GC at 33 seconds back of race leader Richie Porte (BMC).
Ewan, who also won on the opening stage of the six-day race, avoided a crash in the final five kilometres and came from a long way back, but timed his move to perfection to win ahead of world champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Niccolo Bonifazio (Team Bahrain Merida).
“It was definitely satisfying,” Ewan said of today’s victory. “It got really really hectic in the end and I thought in the last ‘kay’ I was too far back but luckily I made my way up before the sprint and had a good run to the finish.”
“I lost my last (lead out) guy in Daryl Impey in the crash so that was a big blow. But I just held in there tight and tried to jump onto some of the other wheels and it opened up for me in the end.”
The victory was just reward for the Sydney-born rider, who worked hard for his ORICA-SCOTT teammates on yesterday’s Queen stage, despite wearing the ochre leader’s jersey.
“Today was pretty tough backing up from yesterday,” Ewan said. “I went pretty deep and it took me probably three quarters of the race to really get into it again.”
How it happened:
The peloton rolled out of Glenelg for the third day of racing at the Tour Down Under, but it wasn’t long after the flag dropped that the first attacks began.
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) was the antagonist and he gained a narrow advantage on an alert peloton. The reaction from behind saw three riders bridge across to join him out in front.
The quartet, which also included Clement Chevrier (AG2r La Mondiale), Jeremy Maison (FDJ) and Vegard Laengen (UAE Abu Dhabi), rode out to a maximum advantage of around four minutes as they approached the finishing circuits in Victor Harbor before the peloton began to increase their pursuit.
As they road into the final 30km, the gap began to decrease and Laengen launched a solo attempt on the penultimate lap to keep his hopes of a stage win alive. De Gendt tried to join him but the duo went unrewarded as the bunch came back together for the final sprint.
A crash in the final five kilometres made for a messy finale but Ewan avoided any trouble and timed his run into the head wind to perfection.
Tomorrow’s stage four starts in Norwood and travels 149.5km before finishing in Campbelltown in what could be another opportunity for the sprinters.
Report by Orica-Scott (edited)
Results from the third stage in Australia
| Stage 3: Glenelg to Victor Harbor, 144 km | |
| 1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 3:24:45 |
| 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 3 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 4 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky | |
| 5 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 6 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 7 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 8 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 9 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 10 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 11 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 12 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 13 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 14 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 15 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | |
| 16 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 17 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 18 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data | |
| 19 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 20 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 21 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 22 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 23 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 24 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | |
| 25 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 26 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | |
| 27 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 28 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott | |
| 29 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 30 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 31 Rafael Valls (Esp) Lotto Soudal | |
| 32 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 33 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Esp) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 34 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | 0:04 |
| 35 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 36 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott | |
| 37 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 38 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 39 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 40 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 41 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 42 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 43 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | |
| 44 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 45 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | all s.t. |
| 46 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:08 |
| 47 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 48 José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 49 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 50 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 51 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky | |
| 52 Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team | |
| 53 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 54 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 55 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | |
| 56 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 57 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 58 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ | all s.t. |
| 59 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida | 0:12 |
| 60 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott | |
| 61 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 62 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 63 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 64 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 65 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 66 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 67 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | |
| 68 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 69 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 70 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 71 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 72 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 73 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | |
| 74 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 75 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 76 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 77 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 78 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 79 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 80 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | |
| 81 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 82 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 83 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Esp) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 84 Víctor de la Parte (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 85 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data | |
| 86 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 87 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | all s.t. |
| 88 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:19 |
| 89 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | |
| 90 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 91 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia | all s.t. |
| 92 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:23 |
| 93 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors | 0:25 |
| 94 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott | 0:29 |
| 95 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 0:33 |
| 96 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:36 |
| 97 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | 0:38 |
| 98 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:58 |
| 99 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | 1:00 |
| 100 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | 1:05 |
| 101 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 102 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 1:09 |
| 103 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 104 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 105 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 106 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb | 1:36 |
| 107 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:39 |
| 108 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ | |
| 109 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 110 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 111 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 112 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 113 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 114 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 115 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 1:49 |
| 116 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 1:55 |
| 117 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data | 2:13 |
| 118 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 119 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 2:18 |
| 120 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:00 |
| 121 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:00 |
| 122 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 2:41 |
| 123 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott | 0:00 |
| 124 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:41 |
| 125 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 2:54 |
| 126 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 0:00 |
| 127 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 4:18 |
| 128 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott | 5:21 |
| 129 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 5:47 |
| 130 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00 |
| 131 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 132 Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| GC | |
| 1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 10:34:59 |
| 2 Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Movistar Team | at 0:20 |
| 3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott | 0:22 |
| 4 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:24 |
| 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data | 0:27 |
| 6 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:29 |
| 7 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 8 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | |
| 9 Rafael Valls (Esp) Lotto Soudal | |
| 10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 11 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 12 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 13 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 14 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | all s.t. |
| 15 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:33 |
| 16 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | |
| 17 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 18 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 19 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 20 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:45 |
| 21 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 22 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ | 0:47 |
| 23 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | 0:49 |
| 24 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 25 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | both s.t. |
| 26 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:52 |
| 27 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:53 |
| 28 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 29 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia | both s.t. |
| 30 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:57 |
| 31 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 32 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | both s.t. |
| 33 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin | 1:01 |
| 34 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott | 1:02 |
| 35 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott | 1:07 |
| 36 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 1:12 |
| 37 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 1:14 |
| 38 José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:15 |
| 39 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data | 1:17 |
| 40 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 1:19 |
| 41 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 42 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 43 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | all s.t. |
| 44 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | 1:20 |
| 45 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | 1:31 |
| 46 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors | 1:32 |
| 47 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 1:36 |
| 48 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 1:41 |
| 49 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 1:43 |
| 50 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 51 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:44 |
| 52 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 1:48 |
| 53 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 2:03 |
| 54 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2:10 |
| 55 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 2:36 |
| 56 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 2:46 |
| 57 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | 2:47 |
| 58 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | 2:58 |
| 59 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 3:02 |
| 60 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 3:09 |
| 61 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:12 |
| 62 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | 3:23 |
| 63 Víctor de la Parte (Esp) Movistar Team | 3:38 |
| 64 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 3:40 |
| 65 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | 3:41 |
| 66 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 3:43 |
| 67 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 3:46 |
| 68 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 3:50 |
| 69 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 70 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 3:53 |
| 71 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 3:55 |
| 72 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 4:03 |
| 73 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 4:07 |
| 74 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ | 4:09 |
| 75 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 4:21 |
| 76 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 77 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal | 4:28 |
| 78 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | 4:38 |
| 79 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 80 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Esp) Katusha-Alpecin | 5:12 |
| 81 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | 5:20 |
| 82 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 5:46 |
| 83 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors | 5:55 |
| 84 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | 6:08 |
| 85 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 6:19 |
| 86 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 6:25 |
| 87 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 7:18 |
| 88 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | 7:27 |
| 89 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ | 7:43 |
| 90 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 91 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | 8:13 |
| 92 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 8:33 |
| 93 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | 8:37 |
| 94 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 95 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida | 8:49 |
| 96 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 9:18 |
| 97 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team | 9:33 |
| 98 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb | 9:46 |
| 99 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac | 9:56 |
| 100 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 10:24 |
| 101 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 10:55 |
| 102 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 11:10 |
| 103 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | 11:19 |
| 104 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida | 11:26 |
| 105 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac | 11:27 |
| 106 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 11:30 |
| 107 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 11:33 |
| 108 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac | s.t. |
| 109 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac | 11:36 |
| 110 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | 11:37 |
| 111 Francisco Ventoso (Esp) BMC Racing Team | 11:41 |
| 112 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky | |
| 113 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | both s.t. |
| 114 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott | 11:45 |
| 115 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
| 116 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott | 11:46 |
| 117 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 11:52 |
| 118 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ | 12:11 |
| 119 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 12:13 |
| 120 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | 12:26 |
| 121 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 12:35 |
| 122 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | 13:31 |
| 123 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data | 14:12 |
| 124 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 14:28 |
| 125 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky | 14:55 |
| 126 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 15:49 |
| 127 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 17:20 |
| 128 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 18:34 |
| 129 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 130 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | 19:04 |
| 131 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott | 19:23 |
| 132 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 22:39 |
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