January 23/26 19:27 pm - Tour Down Under: Men Stage 3
Posted by Editoress on 01/23/26
Sam Welsford’s (Ineos Grenadiers) win on stage 3 was his 7th (TDU) and 13th career.
Welsford’s win was his first for his new team INEOS Grenadiers after two seasons at Red Bull BORA hangrohe where he won six stages of the Tour Down Under.
“I think coming off a really hard year last year with injuries and broken bones, I lost a lot of you know self-belief and also with the team last year, I think you know we didn't get a really nice bit of season with injuries and stuff as well.”
Only Canadian entry Michael Leonard (EF Education-EasyPost) finished 56th on the stage at the same time as the winner and remains 7th overall at 1:22 seconds back. Leonard retains the lead in the Young rider overall ranking.
Stage 3 in Australia
| Stage 3: Henley Beach to Nairne, 140.8 km | |
| 1 Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 3:26:43 |
| 2 Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 3 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 4 Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 5 Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS-Astana | |
| 6 Zak Erzen (Cze) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 7 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 8 Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 9 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 10 Jensen Plowright (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 11 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 12 Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 13 Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 14 Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 15 Patrick Eddy (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 16 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 17 Gonzalo Serrano (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 18 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
| 19 Stian Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 20 Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 21 Samuel Watson (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 22 Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 23 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 24 Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 25 Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 26 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 27 Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 28 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 29 Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 30 Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 31 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 32 Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) XDS-Astana | |
| 33 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 34 Mauro Schmid (Sui) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 35 Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team | |
| 36 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 37 Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 38 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 39 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 40 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 41 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
| 42 Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 43 Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 44 Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 45 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 46 Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS-Astana | |
| 47 Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana | |
| 48 Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 49 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 50 Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 51 Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 52 Chris Harper (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 53 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 54 Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS-Astana | |
| 55 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 56 Michael Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 57 Petr Kelemen (Cze) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 58 Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 59 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
| 60 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 61 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team | |
| 62 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 63 Javier Romo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 64 Anton Schiffer (Ger) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 65 Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 66 Sam Oomen (Ned) Lidl-Trek | |
| 67 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 68 Matthew Greenwood (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 69 Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 70 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 71 Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 72 Damien Howson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 73 Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 74 Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 75 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 76 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 77 Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 78 Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team | |
| 79 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | |
| 80 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | |
| 81 Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS-Astana | |
| 82 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana | |
| 83 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 84 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 85 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 86 Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek | |
| 87 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 88 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 89 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 90 Fran Miholjevic (Cro) Bahrain-Victorious | all s.t. |
| 91 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step | 1:00 |
| 92 Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 0:00 |
| 93 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 94 Kellan O´Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 1:10 |
| 95 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:00 |
| 96 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 97 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | both s.t. |
| 98 Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | 1:23 |
| 99 Lucas Stevenson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 100 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | 0:00 |
| 101 Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 1:34 |
| 102 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | 0:00 |
| 103 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 1:45 |
| 104 Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 105 Simon Clarke (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 106 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 107 Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 108 Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 109 Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | all s.t. |
| 110 Casper Pedersen (Den) Soudal Quick-Step | 2:01 |
| 111 Juan Sebastián Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:05 |
| 112 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 113 Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 2:09 |
| 114 Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 115 Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:21 |
| 116 Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 117 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:43 |
| 118 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 119 Jack Haig (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 120 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 121 Joel Suter (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 122 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 123 Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | all s.t. |
| 124 Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 2:56 |
| 125 Tim Rex (Bel) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 126 Martin Urianstad Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 3:12 |
| 127 Liam Walsh (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:00 |
| 128 Andrew Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 3:36 |
| 129 Corbin Strong (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 130 Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech | both s.t. |
| 131 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 5:35 |
| 132 Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 133 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 134 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 135 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 136 Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | all s.t. |
| DNS Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| DNS Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| GC | |
| 1 Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 9:50:16 |
| 2 Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | at 0:06 |
| 3 Mauro Schmid (Sui) Jayco-AlUla | 1:05 |
| 4 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 1:12 |
| 5 Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 1:14 |
| 6 Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 1:16 |
| 7 Michael Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost | 1:22 |
| 8 Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 9 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:23 |
| 10 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 11 Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | both s.t. |
| 12 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 1:27 |
| 13 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 1:28 |
| 14 Javier Romo (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 15 Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team | 1:29 |
| 16 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team | 1:30 |
| 17 Anton Schiffer (Ger) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 1:31 |
| 18 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers | 1:33 |
| 19 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 20 Chris Harper (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 1:36 |
| 21 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | s.t. |
| 22 Sam Oomen (Ned) Lidl-Trek | 1:39 |
| 23 Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 24 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 1:42 |
| 25 Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 1:54 |
| 26 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 1:57 |
| 27 Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 1:58 |
| 28 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | 2:01 |
| 29 Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 2:02 |
| 30 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 31 Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious | 2:06 |
| 32 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 2:10 |
| 33 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | 2:14 |
| 34 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 35 Matthew Greenwood (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 2:15 |
| 36 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:30 |
| 37 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 2:40 |
| 38 Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS-Astana | 2:41 |
| 39 Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United | 2:42 |
| 40 Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team | 2:43 |
| 41 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | 2:44 |
| 42 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 2:45 |
| 43 Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS-Astana | |
| 44 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | both s.t. |
| 45 Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana | 2:46 |
| 46 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | 2:51 |
| 47 Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | s.t. |
| 48 Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS-Astana | 2:54 |
| 49 Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) XDS-Astana | 3:06 |
| 50 Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 4:14 |
| 51 Samuel Watson (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 52 Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 4:17 |
| 53 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | 4:19 |
| 54 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 4:21 |
| 55 Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS-Astana | 4:24 |
| 56 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers | 4:25 |
| 57 Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 4:28 |
| 58 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 4:29 |
| 59 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | 4:39 |
| 60 Casper Pedersen (Den) Soudal Quick-Step | 4:40 |
| 61 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 62 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 4:41 |
| 63 Gonzalo Serrano (Esp) Movistar Team | 4:42 |
| 64 Damien Howson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | 4:50 |
| 66 Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 4:54 |
| 67 Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 5:17 |
| 68 Jack Haig (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 5:25 |
| 69 Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 5:37 |
| 70 Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | 6:20 |
| 71 Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 6:46 |
| 72 Patrick Eddy (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 6:53 |
| 73 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 7:02 |
| 74 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team | 8:50 |
| 75 Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost | 9:06 |
| 76 Jensen Plowright (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 9:27 |
| 77 Andrew Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 10:27 |
| 78 Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 11:25 |
| 79 Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | 11:33 |
| 80 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling | 11:35 |
| 81 Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 82 Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 11:36 |
| 83 Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 11:37 |
| 84 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 11:41 |
| 85 Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious | 11:43 |
| 86 Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 11:44 |
| 87 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana | 11:45 |
| 88 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 11:46 |
| 89 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 11:48 |
| 90 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 11:49 |
| 91 Petr Kelemen (Cze) Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 92 Fran Miholjevic (Cro) Bahrain-Victorious | 11:50 |
| 93 Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | 11:54 |
| 94 Stian Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 12:06 |
| 95 Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 12:18 |
| 96 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 12:27 |
| 97 Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 12:39 |
| 98 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step | 12:42 |
| 99 Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek | 12:48 |
| 100 Liam Walsh (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 12:54 |
| 101 Zak Erzen (Cze) Bahrain-Victorious | 12:56 |
| 102 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 103 Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché | 12:58 |
| 104 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | 13:00 |
| 105 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 106 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | both s.t. |
| 107 Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 13:03 |
| 108 Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Picnic-PostNL | s.t. |
| 109 Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 13:05 |
| 110 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | 13:12 |
| 111 Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché | 13:14 |
| 112 Simon Clarke (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 13:33 |
| 113 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar Team | 13:54 |
| 114 Juan Sebastián Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 115 Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 13:59 |
| 116 Kellan O´Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 14:02 |
| 117 Martin Urianstad Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 14:24 |
| 118 Lucas Stevenson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 14:25 |
| 119 Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 14:45 |
| 120 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 14:49 |
| 121 Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 14:50 |
| 122 Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | 14:51 |
| 123 Corbin Strong (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | 15:29 |
| 124 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 15:39 |
| 125 Joel Suter (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 126 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | both s.t. |
| 127 Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:43 |
| 128 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | 15:48 |
| 129 Tim Rex (Bel) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 16:03 |
| 130 Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 16:39 |
| 131 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | 17:29 |
| 132 Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious | 17:33 |
| 133 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 18:35 |
| 134 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 18:39 |
| 135 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 18:49 |
| 136 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | 20:41 |
Tour Down Under, Men prologue results
Tour Down Under: Men Stage 1
Tour Down Under: Men Stage 2
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