January 18/18 9:49 am - Tour Down Under: Stage 3
Posted by Editoress on 01/18/18
Elia Viviani hit back from two top six finishes in the opening stages to claim the top honour in Victor Harbor Stage 3 in what will be a welcome win for the Italian sprinter in his first race for Quick-Step Floors.
The Italian stunned Mitchelton-SCOTT's lead pair of Caleb Ewan (wearing the Santos Ochre Leader's Jersey) and Alex Edmondson, who led the peloton for the last kilometre.
The Santos Ochre Leader's jersey-wearer Ewan mistimed his run – with some suggesting he may have wanted to give Edmondson a chance at victory instead – affording Viviani the chance to launch himself like a long-range missile and tear through to claim the line.
German Phil Bauhaus (Sunweb) took second ahead of Ewan, who will continue to wear Ochre for the Stage 4 start in Norwood.
It will be a welcome win for Viviani, who had back-to-back fourths after Stage 1 on Tuesday (he finished off the podium in Sunday's People's Choice Classic).
In a heat-shortened stage, the peloton was clearly in conservation mode as it wound its way from Glenelg to McLaren Vale and up to The Range for a Category 1 climb on Pennys Hill Road at the Range.
Once again it was Nic Dlamini (Team Dimension Data) taking top points from Scott Bowden (UniSA-Australia) at the checkpoint, extending his claim on the Subaru King of the Mountain jersey for another day.
An exhausted, but elated Viviani praised his Quick-Step teammates for setting his final run for the win.
"It was an effort!" Viviani said after the stage.
"You need to conserve energy and refresh yourself until, for me, 200m to go and then try to be in a good position.
"The guys did a perfect job… the feeling was good with the team, and I have an amazing team.
"So thanks to all of my teammates!"
Having spent much time on the track to charge his legs for the sprint finishes and pushing himself through a strong winter training period, Viviani claimed the final sprint finish for the event until Stage 6 in Adelaide on Sunday.
"It's the fourth sprint we've done, and it's not easy to come in January and be in good condition," Viviani said.
"I never win like here in the [early] season like that.
"I did a good winter, the feeling with the team is good, and I'm really, really lucky to be here and to take this win."
Antoine Duchesne (FDJ) the only Canadian entry finished 95th, 26s behind the winner, and now sits 113th in GC at 10:41 back.
Results
| Stage 3: Glenelg to Victor Harbor, 146.5 km | |
| 1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 3:04:40 |
| 2 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 3 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | |
| 4 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 5 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 7 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | |
| 8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 10 Jay McCarthy (Aus) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 11 Daniel Oss (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 12 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 14 Rudiger Selig (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 15 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 16 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 17 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 18 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 19 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-SCOTT | |
| 20 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 21 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 22 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 23 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 24 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 25 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 26 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 27 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 28 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 29 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 30 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 31 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 32 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | |
| 33 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 34 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 35 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 36 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky | |
| 37 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 38 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 39 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 40 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | |
| 41 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 42 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 43 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 44 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 45 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 46 Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 47 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 48 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 49 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 50 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 51 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 52 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 53 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 54 Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 55 Rubén Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 56 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 57 Georg Preidler (Aut) FDJ | |
| 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 59 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 60 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 61 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 62 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 63 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 64 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 65 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Dimension Data | |
| 66 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 67 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 68 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 69 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 70 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 71 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | |
| 72 Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 73 Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 74 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 75 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 76 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 77 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 78 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 79 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 80 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | |
| 81 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 82 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 83 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
| 84 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 85 Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 86 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | |
| 87 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 88 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 89 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:24 |
| 90 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:26 |
| 91 Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 92 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 93 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 94 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 95 Antoine Duchesne (Can) FDJ | |
| 96 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 97 Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 98 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 99 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:31 |
| 100 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 101 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo | 0:34 |
| 102 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 103 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:38 |
| 104 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:44 |
| 105 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 106 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:48 |
| 107 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 108 Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | both s.t. |
| 109 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac | 0:54 |
| 110 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:56 |
| 111 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 1:02 |
| 112 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) BORA-hansgrohe | 1:04 |
| 113 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 114 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ | |
| 115 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data | both s.t. |
| 116 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 1:29 |
| 117 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-SCOTT | s.t. |
| 118 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | 2:00 |
| 119 Sam Bennett (Irl) BORA-hansgrohe | 2:17 |
| 120 Jaime Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:22 |
| 121 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 122 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 2:30 |
| 123 Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 3:37 |
| 124 Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 125 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 126 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 127 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | 4:54 |
| 128 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team | 5:20 |
| 129 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | 6:34 |
| DNS Steve Morabito (Sui) FDJ | |
| GC | |
| 1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | 10:58:36 |
| 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | at 0:10 |
| 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-SCOTT | 0:14 |
| 4 Jay McCarthy (Aus) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:15 |
| 5 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe | 0:16 |
| 6 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:17 |
| 7 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:19 |
| 8 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:20 |
| 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 10 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 11 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 12 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 13 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 14 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 15 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 16 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 17 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 18 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky | |
| 19 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 20 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 21 Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 22 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 23 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 24 Georg Preidler (Aut) FDJ | |
| 25 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 26 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | |
| 27 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 28 Rubén Fernandez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 29 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | |
| 31 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Dimension Data | |
| 32 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 33 Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 35 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 36 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 37 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 38 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 39 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 40 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 42 Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia | |
| 43 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 44 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | |
| 45 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Team Dimension Data | |
| 46 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 47 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | all s.t. |
| 48 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:31 |
| 49 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 0:33 |
| 50 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:36 |
| 51 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | 0:47 |
| 52 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | 0:52 |
| 53 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 55 Tom Bohli (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 56 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 57 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 58 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | 1:00 |
| 59 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 60 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:02 |
| 61 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 1:10 |
| 62 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 1:14 |
| 63 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | 1:18 |
| 64 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 1:23 |
| 65 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | 1:24 |
| 66 Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 67 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 1:29 |
| 68 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo | 1:33 |
| 69 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 1:54 |
| 70 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 2:06 |
| 71 Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 72 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 2:09 |
| 73 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 2:35 |
| 74 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:38 |
| 75 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | 2:51 |
| 76 Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac | 2:55 |
| 77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | 2:58 |
| 78 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | 3:03 |
| 79 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | 3:06 |
| 80 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 81 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | 3:23 |
| 82 Daniel Oss (Ita) BORA-hansgrohe | 3:27 |
| 83 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | 3:41 |
| 84 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 4:06 |
| 85 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 86 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | both s.t. |
| 87 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-SCOTT | 4:26 |
| 88 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 5:10 |
| 89 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 5:57 |
| 90 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | 6:14 |
| 91 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 6:16 |
| 92 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac | 6:21 |
| 93 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
| 94 Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 6:23 |
| 95 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team | 6:34 |
| 96 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 6:39 |
| 97 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) BORA-hansgrohe | 6:45 |
| 98 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 7:31 |
| 99 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Dimension Data | 7:41 |
| 100 Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | s.t. |
| 101 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 7:43 |
| 102 Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | 8:05 |
| 103 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 8:07 |
| 104 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 8:12 |
| 105 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-SCOTT | 8:53 |
| 106 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 9:38 |
| 107 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 9:39 |
| 108 Rudiger Selig (Ger) BORA-hansgrohe | 10:15 |
| 109 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 110 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 111 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | all s.t. |
| 112 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 10:34 |
| 113 Antoine Duchesne (Can) FDJ | 10:41 |
| 114 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 10:59 |
| 115 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | 11:54 |
| 116 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac | 12:23 |
| 117 Jaime Castrillo (Esp) Movistar Team | 12:34 |
| 118 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | 12:54 |
| 119 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) BORA-hansgrohe | 14:30 |
| 120 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | 15:03 |
| 121 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 15:33 |
| 122 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo | 16:11 |
| 123 Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 18:38 |
| 124 Sam Bennett (Irl) BORA-hansgrohe | 21:01 |
| 125 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 22:08 |
| 126 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ | 25:59 |
| 127 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida | 28:08 |
| 128 Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 129 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | 31:05 |
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