2019 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

Stage 3 results:
January 17, Norwood - Angaston, 146.2 km

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Thursday, January 17: Stage 3, Lobethal - Uraidla, 146.2 km

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Peter Sagan barely beats Luis Leon Sanchez to take stage three. Sirotti photo

The race: Stage winner Peter Sagan's Bora-hansgrohe team posted this report.

In a carbon copy of stage 4 of the 2018 race, the Slovak National Champion, Peter Sagan, used his local knowledge to take the win on a punishing stage from Lobethal to Uraidla. While the terrain was tough, Peter was kept in contention with a strong support effort from his BORA-hansgrohe teammates, with three of the team helping Peter stay in touch as the other all-rounders were dropped on the hard final climbs. While some late attacks threatened to snatch the top prize, Peter kept his head and pushed hard to take the victory. The win moves Peter into second in the GC and will wear the race’s blue points jersey tomorrow.

Two passes of an opening 17.1km circuit, followed by a ride to a 13.9km loop ridden seven times to end the day to make146.2km in total, today’s stage was much more undulating than the previous days’ racing, with more than 3,000m of climbing. In spite of the amount of climbing, if the stronger all-rounders could stay in contention, they would have a shot at the win. In the opening 10km, seven riders stepped up to make the day’s break, clearly not deterred by the amount of climbing ahead of them. With the weather a gentler 32°C, this allowed the break to build an advantage over the peloton, albeit never much more than three minutes over the course of the day.

As the day went on, it was clear the break wasn’t going to last, dropping riders from 50km out and finally being swept up at 13km to go. It was here the race exploded into action and the speeds ramped up as the severe pace saw the peloton become a select group as the riders fell off the back. As the final 2km came into view, the attacks started, with Jay McCarthy and the Austrian National Champion, Lukas Pöstlberger working hard to pull them back and the Slovak National Champion, Peter Sagan, riding hard and staying in contact. Once the finishing straight came into view, there was no doubt who would take the win – having taken the stage here last year, Peter’s intimate knowledge of the route put him in a perfect position, surging ahead and claiming his first victory of the Tour Down Under, and of the 2019 season.

From the Finish Line
"I am very happy to take this win. The guys from CCC controlled the pace and then BORA-hansgrohe worked hard to keep me on the front and take care of me, keeping me hydrated. In the end it was a great finish – when we passed the last climb I thought it was going to be like last year and in the end it just happened exactly the same. It was much better having some experience of a finale like this and I’m very happy we came to the finish with climbers because it made the sprint easier, but Sanchez was really close to taking the win." – Peter Sagan

"It was a hard stage but the entire team put on a strong effort and worked so well to get the win. When the peloton started to thin out and got down to a select group of 50, we had four guys in the front. They did an excellent job in the last kilometres, keeping things under control and neutralizing all attempts to attack. Then, Peter finished this effort with a perfect sprint and we're, obviously, very happy with this result. Tomorrow will be another hard stage with a tough climb before the finish, so we'll see how the race unfolds and take our chances." – Patxi Vila

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos

146.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.797 km/hr

1	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 46min 6sec
2	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
3	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	s.t.
6	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
7	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
8	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
9	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
11	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
13	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
14	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
15	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
17	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
18	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
19	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	HALLER Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
22	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
25	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
28	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
29	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
30	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
31	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
33	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
34	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
36	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
37	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
38	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 7sec
39	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
41	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
42	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
43	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
44	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
45	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
48	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	0:20
49	WHELAN James	EF Education First	0:26
50	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	0:41
51	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
52	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	0:55
53	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	0:56
54	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
55	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	@ 1min 25sec
56	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	1:27
57	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:59
58	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	2:20
59	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	3:15
60	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
61	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
62	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
63	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
64	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
65	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
66	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	3:36
67	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	4:07
68	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
69	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
70	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
72	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	4:30
73	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
74	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
75	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	5:23
76	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
77	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
78	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	LEEZER Tom	Jumbo-Visma	5:36
80	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	7:07
81	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	7:16
82	KNEES Christian	Sky	8:15
83	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
84	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	10:06
85	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
86	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	PETERS Nans	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
88	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
89	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
91	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
93	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	11:26
94	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
95	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
96	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	11:39
97	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	12:30
98	DENZ Nico	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
99	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
103	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
105	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
107	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
108	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
109	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
110	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
111	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	s.t.
112	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
113	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
115	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
116	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	s.t.
118	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
119	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
120	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
121	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
122	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	s.t.
123	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
124	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	12:50
125	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	13:28
126	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
127	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
128	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
129	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
130	BOARO Manuele	Astana	15:03
131	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r-La Mondiale	16:23
132	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	20:34
DNF	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb

GC after stage 3:

397.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.439 km/hr

1	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	10hr 20min 9sec
2	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 1sec
3	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	0:09
4	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	0:10
5	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	0:11
6	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	0:15
7	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
8	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
12	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
13	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
14	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
15	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
17	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
18	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
19	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
20	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
21	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
23	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
24	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
25	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
26	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
31	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
32	HALLER Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
33	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
35	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
38	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	0:22
39	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
40	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
41	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
42	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
43	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
44	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
45	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
46	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
47	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
48	WHELAN James	EF Education First	0:41
49	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	0:56
50	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
51	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	@ 1min 5sec
52	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
53	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	1:11
54	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
55	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	1:40
56	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	1:42
57	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	2:57
58	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	3:30
59	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
60	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
61	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
62	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
63	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
64	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
65	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	3:51
66	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	4:22
67	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
68	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
69	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	4:54
70	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	5:02
71	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	5:38
72	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
73	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
74	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
75	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
76	LEEZER Tom	Jumbo-Visma	5:51
77	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	5:52
78	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	6:14
79	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	6:39
80	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	7:21
81	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	8:14
82	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	8:25
83	KNEES Christian	Sky	8:30
84	DOULL Owain	Sky	10:21
85	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
87	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	s.t.
88	PETERS Nans	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
89	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
91	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	11:01
93	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	11:38
94	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	11:41
95	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
96	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	11:54
97	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	12:29
98	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	12:39
99	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
100	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	12:43
101	DENZ Nico	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
102	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	12:44
103	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama-FDJ	12:45
104	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
105	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
106	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
107	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	s.t.
108	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
109	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	s.t.
112	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
113	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
114	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
115	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
116	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
117	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
118	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
119	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	13:09
120	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto-Soudal	13:15
121	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	13:17
122	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	13:28
123	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	13:37
124	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	13:39
125	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	13:41
126	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	13:43
127	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
128	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
129	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	14:01
130	BOARO Manuele	Astana	15:33
131	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r-La Mondiale	16:38
132	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	20:49

Stage 3 map & profile:

 

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

We haven't had a baby kangaroo picture yet. Here is Steve Morabito with a pair of the little cuties.

Race leader Patrick Bevin waits for the stage to start.

CCC Team at the front of the pack, protecting their leader Patrick Bevin.

Another shot of CCC Team doing the hard, hot work of keeping GC leader Bevin safe.

The day's break won't survive to the end.

Elia Viviani takes a chance on getting away.

Koala Crossing. Not a hazard we have here up in Oregon.

It's time to sprint for the line.

Peter Sagan just wins stage 3.

Second-place Luis Leon Sanchez reaches back to winner Sagan.

Peter Sagan just after the stage.

Peter Sagan enjoys his stage win.

GC leader Patrick Bevin gets the leader's jersey for stage 4.