January 24/26 12:58 pm - Tour Down Under: Men Stage 4
Posted by Editoress on 01/24/26
Ethan Vernon (NSN Cycling Team) overcame the odds and the extreme heat to claim a first win in Willunga.
Vernon was the fastest ahead of a bunch sprint. The slight uphill finish of the shortened stage assisted the NSN sprinter who was ecstatic with the biggest win of his career.
“I really wanted to win out there and start the season strong, and to be the first rider (from the team) to be in this jersey is really special,” Vernon said.
“When I left my home country (Andorra) it was minus 15C so it was a big shock to the weather difference. In the end, the boys looked after me and kept me cool and showed that in the end they supported me the best.”
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) remains the overall leader with one stage to go.
Lone Canadian entry Michael Leonard (EF Education-EasyPost) finished 33rd on the stage at the same time as the winner and remains 7th overall at 1:22 seconds back. Leonard dropped to 2nd in the Young rider overall ranking.
| Stage 4: Brighton to Willunga, 130.8 km | |
| 1 Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | 2:56:30 |
| 2 Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 3 Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 4 Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 5 Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS-Astana | |
| 6 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 7 Samuel Watson (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 8 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 9 Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 10 Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 11 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 12 Patrick Eddy (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 13 Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 14 Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek | |
| 15 Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 16 Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 17 Javier Romo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 18 Mauro Schmid (Sui) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 19 Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team | |
| 20 Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 21 Jensen Plowright (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 22 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 23 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 24 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
| 25 Gonzalo Serrano (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 26 Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 27 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 28 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 29 Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 30 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 31 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 32 Sam Oomen (Ned) Lidl-Trek | |
| 33 Michael Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 34 Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) XDS-Astana | |
| 35 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 36 Chris Harper (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 37 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 38 Anton Schiffer (Ger) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 39 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team | |
| 40 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 41 Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 42 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 43 Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 44 Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 45 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 46 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | all s.t. |
| 47 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:13 |
| 48 Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:18 |
| 49 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 50 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:25 |
| 51 Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana | |
| 52 Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 53 Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS-Astana | |
| 54 Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team | |
| 55 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 56 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 57 Andrew Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | all s.t. |
| 58 Damien Howson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:36 |
| 59 Jack Haig (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 60 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 61 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 62 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 63 Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | all s.t. |
| 64 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | 0:41 |
| 65 Lucas Stevenson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| 66 Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | both s.t. |
| 67 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 0:44 |
| 68 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 69 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team | both s.t. |
| 70 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:57 |
| 71 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step | 0:58 |
| 72 Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:01 |
| 73 Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 74 Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 75 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 76 Zak Erzen (Cze) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 77 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
| 78 Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | all s.t. |
| 79 Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 1:03 |
| 80 Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS-Astana | |
| 81 Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS-Astana | |
| 82 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 83 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 84 Martin Urianstad Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | all s.t. |
| 85 Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:13 |
| 86 Matthew Greenwood (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 1:16 |
| 87 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 88 Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:19 |
| 89 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 90 Simon Clarke (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 1:22 |
| 91 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:25 |
| 92 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:28 |
| 93 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | |
| 94 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek | both s.t. |
| 95 Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:31 |
| 96 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 97 Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 1:33 |
| 98 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 99 Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 100 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | all s.t. |
| 101 Petr Kelemen (Cze) Tudor Pro Cycling | 1:37 |
| 102 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 1:38 |
| 103 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | 1:42 |
| 104 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana | 1:52 |
| 105 Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché | 1:53 |
| 106 Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 1:59 |
| 107 Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 2:12 |
| 108 Tim Rex (Bel) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 2:14 |
| 109 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 2:16 |
| 110 Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 111 Casper Pedersen (Den) Soudal Quick-Step | 2:19 |
| 112 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 113 Fran Miholjevic (Cro) Bahrain-Victorious | both s.t. |
| 114 Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious | 2:22 |
| 115 Joel Suter (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | 2:37 |
| 116 Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché | 3:19 |
| 117 Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 118 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | 3:24 |
| 119 Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Picnic-PostNL | 3:45 |
| 120 Kellan O´Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 4:21 |
| 121 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 122 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4:43 |
| 123 Juan Sebastián Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4:51 |
| 124 Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 8:32 |
| 125 Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 126 Stian Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | both s.t. |
| DNF Jhonatan Narváez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| DNF Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| DNF Antoine L'Hote (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| DNF Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| DNF Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| DNF Kevin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| DNF Jake Stewart (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | |
| DNF Corbin Strong (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| DNF Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| DNF Liam Walsh (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 12:46:46 |
| 2 Mauro Schmid (Sui) Jayco-AlUla | 1:03 |
| 3 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 1:12 |
| 4 Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 1:14 |
| 5 Andreas Kron (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 1:16 |
| 6 Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | 1:19 |
| 7 Michael Leonard (Can) EF Education-EasyPost | 1:22 |
| 8 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 1:23 |
| 9 Filippo Zana (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 10 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 1:27 |
| 11 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 1:28 |
| 12 Javier Romo (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 13 Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team | 1:29 |
| 14 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) Movistar Team | 1:30 |
| 15 Anton Schiffer (Ger) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 1:31 |
| 16 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) Ineos Grenadiers | 1:33 |
| 17 Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 18 Chris Harper (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 1:36 |
| 19 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | s.t. |
| 20 Sam Oomen (Ned) Lidl-Trek | 1:39 |
| 21 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:48 |
| 22 Oliver Bleddyn (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 1:54 |
| 23 Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 1:58 |
| 24 Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | 2:01 |
| 25 Gal Glivar (Slo) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 2:04 |
| 26 Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious | 2:06 |
| 27 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Lotto-Intermarché | 2:14 |
| 28 Jefferson Cepeda (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 29 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 2:15 |
| 30 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 2:18 |
| 31 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 2:45 |
| 32 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 33 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:48 |
| 34 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 2:55 |
| 35 Florian Samuel Kajamini (Ita) XDS-Astana | 3:06 |
| 36 Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team | 3:08 |
| 37 Marco Schrettl (Aut) XDS-Astana | 3:10 |
| 38 Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 3:11 |
| 39 Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana | s.t. |
| 40 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 3:16 |
| 41 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | 3:25 |
| 42 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | 3:27 |
| 43 Oliver Peace (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | s.t. |
| 44 Matthew Greenwood (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 3:30 |
| 45 Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 3:35 |
| 46 Darren van Bekkum (Ned) XDS-Astana | 3:44 |
| 47 Davide Toneatti (Ita) XDS-Astana | 3:57 |
| 48 Brady Gilmore (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 4:14 |
| 49 Samuel Watson (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 50 Aaron Gate (NZl) XDS-Astana | 4:24 |
| 51 Gonzalo Serrano (Esp) Movistar Team | 4:42 |
| 52 Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 4:46 |
| 53 Tom Donnenwirth (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 4:54 |
| 54 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 5:12 |
| 55 Damien Howson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 5:18 |
| 56 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 5:24 |
| 57 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers | 5:28 |
| 58 Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 5:31 |
| 59 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | 5:38 |
| 60 Jack Haig (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 6:01 |
| 61 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | 6:06 |
| 62 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 6:09 |
| 63 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | 6:10 |
| 64 Haimar Etxeberria (Esp) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 6:18 |
| 65 Patrick Eddy (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 6:53 |
| 66 Casper Pedersen (Den) Soudal Quick-Step | 6:59 |
| 67 Menno Huising (Ned) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 7:10 |
| 68 Luke Tuckwell (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 8:17 |
| 69 Luke Lamperti (Usa) EF Education-EasyPost | 9:24 |
| 70 Jensen Plowright (Aus) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 9:27 |
| 71 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar Team | 9:34 |
| 72 Max Walker (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost | 9:39 |
| 73 Andrew Oscar Chamberlain (Aus) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 10:52 |
| 74 Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 11:19 |
| 75 Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | 11:23 |
| 76 Laurence Pithie (NZl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 11:31 |
| 77 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Tudor Pro Cycling | 11:35 |
| 78 Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 11:36 |
| 79 Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 11:37 |
| 80 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 11:49 |
| 81 Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 12:06 |
| 82 Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious | 12:44 |
| 83 Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek | 12:48 |
| 84 Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 12:49 |
| 85 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step | 13:12 |
| 86 Sam Welsford (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 13:20 |
| 87 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 13:26 |
| 88 Petr Kelemen (Cze) Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 89 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana | 13:37 |
| 90 Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step | 13:40 |
| 91 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 13:52 |
| 92 Zak Erzen (Cze) Bahrain-Victorious | 13:57 |
| 93 Francesco Busatto (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 14:04 |
| 94 Hamish McKenzie (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 14:06 |
| 95 Fran Miholjevic (Cro) Bahrain-Victorious | 14:09 |
| 96 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | 14:28 |
| 97 Pepijn Reinderink (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step | 14:30 |
| 98 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | 14:42 |
| 99 Simon Clarke (Aus) NSN Cycling Team | 14:55 |
| 100 Lucas Stevenson (Aus) ARA Australian Cycling Team | 15:06 |
| 101 Reuben Thompson (NZl) Lotto-Intermarché | 15:07 |
| 102 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 15:12 |
| 103 Tim Marsman (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 15:18 |
| 104 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | 15:19 |
| 105 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar Team | 15:22 |
| 106 Martin Urianstad Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 15:27 |
| 107 Matthew Fox (Aus) Lotto-Intermarché | 16:17 |
| 108 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 16:22 |
| 109 Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Fra) Picnic-PostNL | 16:48 |
| 110 Titouan Fontaine (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 16:49 |
| 111 Storm Ingebrigtsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 17:01 |
| 112 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 17:12 |
| 113 Michael Gogl (Aut) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 17:52 |
| 114 Joel Suter (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | 18:16 |
| 115 Tim Rex (Bel) Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 18:17 |
| 116 Kellan O´Brien (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 18:23 |
| 117 Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | 18:26 |
| 118 Juan Sebastián Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 18:45 |
| 119 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | 19:12 |
| 120 Oliver Stockwell (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious | 19:55 |
| 121 Sente Sentjens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 20:16 |
| 122 Stian Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 20:38 |
| 123 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | 20:41 |
| 124 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 23:00 |
| 125 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 23:18 |
| 126 Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 24:15 |
Tour Down Under, Men prologue results
Tour Down Under: Men Stage 1
Tour Down Under: Men Stage 2
Tour Down Under: Men Stage 3
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