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2020 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

Stage 3, Thursday, January 23, 2020

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Thursday, January 23: Stage 3, Unley - Paracombe, 131 km

Richie Porte

The stage and the GC lead are Richie Porte's. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Paracombe at 11:30 AM, local time: 16C (61F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 35 km/hr (22 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage three summary.

“The team was fantastic, firstly,” said an elated Richie Porte moments after crossing the finish line atop the steep climb up Paracombe Road at the end of the Santos Tour Down Under’s Subaru Stage 3 to take a fine stage victory.

“I have to take my cap off to those guys firstly,” continued Porte. “They put all their faith in me today. They did a really good job at controlling it. I felt good at the bottom of the climb and I got a bit of a gap there. My neo-professional teammate Juan Lopez was really good and it was a shame it was such a headwind in the final; [without it] I think we could have done some real damage.”

Still, he did enough to not just win the stage but he took the Santos Ochre Leader’s Jersey too.

The race lead was expected to change and although Caleb Ewan reached the base of the climb with the front group, he soon lost contact when it got steep. The winner of Novatech Stage 2 finished Subaru Stage 3 in 61st place and is now ranked 55th at 2’19”.

With the time bonus for first place, and an advantage of five seconds over a group of eight who battled together to limit their losses to the experienced and capable climber who attacked at the base of the final hill, Porte now leads the 22nd Tour Down Under by six seconds.

It was an impressive display but the Tasmanian won’t be lulled into believing the race for the title is over. He knows all too well how big an impact time bonuses have, and he also understands how good the two-time champion, Daryl Impey, is at sprinting for these time gains.

Paracombe Road was used as a launch pad for the overall victory in 2015 when a selection of climbers closely marked each other much of the way up the relatively short, but steep climb that has an average gradient of 9.3 percent, with one nasty section at 20 percent.

Back in 2015, the game of tactics that backfired; Porte, Cadel Evans, Tom Dumoulin and Domenico Pozzovivo were all so concerned with one another that they didn’t have a chance to respond when local superstar, Rohan Dennis, blasted on by them all and took an outstanding victory.

This scene was replayed in Porte’s mind today as he took the initiative early. ‘To hell with the headwind,’ he seemed to say, ‘I’m going!’ And off he set, onward to a considerable advantage that earned him the win and a lead of six seconds over Impey. The runner-up in stage three, Rob Power (Team Sunweb) now moves up to third overall, nine second behind Porte.

“I think back to 2015 when myself and Cadel Evans were looking at each other and Rohan came from behind and smacked us, won the stage, and won the Tour. So to win here this year is a really good feeling,” said Porte before attending the podium protocol to collect his first Santos Ochre Leader’s Jersey of 2020.

“Daryl is still the man to beat the moment, with the bonus seconds on the road,” Porte said, well aware of the South African’s ability to suffer and minimise his losses on the crucial final climb of the final stage, when the race returns to Old Willunga Hill.

He’s already thinking of what’s to come on Sunday but he’s also keen to enjoy his winning moment atop the climb that’s also known as ‘Torrens Hills’.

“To take another victory is a great feeling so I’m going to savour that,” concluded Porte.

In the first Ziptrak Sprint (at 77km) the leading trio absorbed all the points and time bonuses on offer: 1. Scotson 5pts/3”; 2. Boivin 3pts/2”; 3. Bouchard 2pts/1”. Although the riders crested the climb used for the finish four times, points for the polka-dot Subaru King of the Mountain Jersey were only awarded for the final ascent, ranked category-one and translating to the following allocation of points for the first six at the finish: 16pts, 12pts, 8pts, 6pts, 4pts and 2pts.

Although there were more points on offer, Joey Rosskopf (CCC Team) has steadily built a solid collection of points and he maintains his lead in the climbing classification.

Up front during the race, the Australian/Canadia/French alliance was a strong one and the three leaders shared the work well, only interrupting their cooperation to surge for points. At the second Ziptrak Sprint (95km) the order across the line was: 1. Boivin; 2. Bouchard; 3. Scotson. Despite their efforts, the peloton steadily ate away at their advantage and with 3.0km to go, the trio were just 35” ahead.

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos

131 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.484 km/hr

1	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	3hr 14min 9sec
2	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	@ 5sec
3	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
4	DENNIS Rohan	Team INEOS	s.t.
5	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
6	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
7	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
8	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
9	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:13
11	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:15
12	BYSTROM Sven	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
13	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
15	CATTANEO Mattia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
16	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
17	HARPER Chris	Jumbo-Visma	0:23
18	POWLESS Neilson	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
19	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
22	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
23	HAAS Nathan	Cofidis	s.t.
24	FRAILE Omar	Astana	0:27
25	SANCHEZ Luis	Astana	s.t.
26	BATTISTELLA Samuele	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
27	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	0:32
28	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:34
29	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
30	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	HOLMES Matthew	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
32	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
33	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
34	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	DRIZNERS Jarrad	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
36	FELLINE Fabio	Astana	s.t.
37	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
39	ALMEIDA Joao	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
40	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
41	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
42	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	s.t.
43	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:46
44	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
45	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	0:50
46	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
47	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Pro Cycling	0:52
48	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	0:54
49	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
50	WYSS Danilo	NTT Pro Cycling	0:58
51	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:10
52	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	1:17
53	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	1:21
54	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	1:27
55	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	1:32
56	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:49
57	CERNY Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
58	LOPEZ Juan Pedro	Trek-Segafredo	1:51
59	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	2:19
61	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
64	DOWSETT Alex	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
65	JENNER Samuel	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
66	LAENGEN Vegard	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
67	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
68	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
69	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	2:36
71	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	2:40
72	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	3:00
73	VENTOSO Francisco	CCC Team	s.t.
74	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	STANNARD Ian	Team INEOS	s.t.
76	BJERG Mikkel	UAE-Team Emirates	3:10
77	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	3:26
78	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
79	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
80	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	s.t.
81	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
82	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	3:38
83	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
84	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	3:51
85	O'BRIEN Kelland	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
86	SCOTT Cameron	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
87	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Movistar	3:59
88	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	s.t.
89	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Pro Cycling	4:07
90	HALLER Marco	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
91	SUNDERLAND Dylan	NTT Pro Cycling	4:14
92	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
94	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
96	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
97	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	4:18
99	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
100	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	s.t.
101	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	4:33
102	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	s.t.
103	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	s.t.
104	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
105	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
106	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
107	TILLER Rasmus	NTT Pro Cycling	4:48
108	DAINESE Alberto	Team Sunweb	4:57
109	DIBBEN Jonathan	Lotto-Soudal	4:59
110	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
111	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
112	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	5:13
113	DE BOD Stefan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
114	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
117	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:26
118	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	6:26
119	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
120	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
121	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
122	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
123	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
124	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
127	LINDORFF Tyler	UniSA-Australia	6:32
128	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	6:34
129	MATHIS Marco	Cofidis	s.t.
130	SABATINI Fabio	Cofidis	s.t.
131	CONSONNI Simone	Cofidis	s.t.
132	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	7:40
133	MORTON Lachlan	EF Pro Cycling	8:46
134	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:01
135	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	12:36
136	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.

GC after stage 3

416.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.970 km/hr

1	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	10hr 10min 24sec
2	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 6sec
3	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	0:09
4	YATES Simon	Mitchelton-Scott	0:11
5	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	0:14
6	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:15
7	GESCHKE Simon	CCC Team	s.t.
8	DENNIS Rohan	Team INEOS	s.t.
9	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team INEOS	s.t.
10	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:23
11	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:25
12	BYSTROM Sven	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
13	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
14	CATTANEO Mattia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
15	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
16	HAAS Nathan	Cofidis	0:28
17	POWLESS Neilson	EF Pro Cycling	0:33
18	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team INEOS	s.t.
20	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
21	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
22	HARPER Chris	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	SANCHEZ Luis	Astana	0:37
24	FRAILE Omar	Astana	s.t.
25	DRIZNERS Jarrad	UniSA-Australia	0:41
26	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	VENDRAME Andrea	Ag2r La Mondiale	0:44
28	FELLINE Fabio	Astana	s.t.
29	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
30	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
31	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	TOLHOEK Antwan	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
34	GIBBONS Ryan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
35	STORK Florian	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	HOLMES Matthew	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	PICCOLI James	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:56
38	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
39	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	1:00
40	ZABEL Rick	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
41	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Pro Cycling	1:02
42	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama-FDJ	1:04
43	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar	s.t.
44	SAMITIER Sergio	Movistar	1:06
45	WYSS Danilo	NTT Pro Cycling	1:08
46	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	1:20
47	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	1:27
48	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	1:31
49	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	1:37
50	BENEDETTI Cesare	Bora-hansgrohe	1:42
51	WARBASSE Larry	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:59
52	CERNY Josef	CCC Team	s.t.
53	ELISSONDE Kenny	Trek-Segafredo	2:01
54	LOPEZ Juan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	2:19
56	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	2:25
57	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	2:29
58	HOLLMANN Juri	Movistar	s.t.
59	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
60	LAENGEN Vegard	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
61	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	2:44
62	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	2:48
63	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	Lotto-Soudal	3:02
64	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	3:36
65	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
66	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
67	CULLAIGH Gabriel	Movistar	4:09
68	HALLER Marco	Bahrain-McLaren	4:17
69	VENTOSO Francisco	CCC Team	4:20
70	SUNDERLAND Dylan	NTT Pro Cycling	4:22
71	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	4:24
72	KANTER Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
73	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	EF Pro Cycling	4:43
74	MORKOV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:09
75	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	5:23
76	DE BOD Stefan	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
77	BENNETT Sam	Deceuninck-Quick Step	5:26
78	TILLER Rasmus	NTT Pro Cycling	5:31
79	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	5:41
80	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	5:49
81	BATTISTELLA Samuele	NTT Pro Cycling	5:58
82	ALMEIDA Joao	Deceuninck-Quick Step	6:05
83	LE TURNIER Mathias	Cofidis	6:13
84	SARREAU Marc	Groupama-FDJ	6:36
85	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
86	LINDORFF Tyler	UniSA-Australia	6:42
87	CONSONNI Simone	Cofidis	6:44
88	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis	s.t.
89	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	7:01
90	JENNER Samuel	UniSA-Australia	7:09
91	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	8:00
92	ARCHBOLD Shane	Deceuninck-Quick Step	8:38
93	O'BRIEN Kelland	UniSA-Australia	8:43
94	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	8:44
95	DOULL Owain	Team INEOS	8:51
96	BJERG Mikkel	UAE-Team Emirates	8:55
97	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Pro Cycling	8:56
98	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	8:57
99	SCHELLING Ide	Bora-hansgrohe	9:03
100	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	9:27
101	STANNARD Ian	Team INEOS	9:38
102	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Groupama-FDJ	9:52
103	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Ag2r La Mondiale	9:55
104	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	10:09
105	DAINESE Alberto	Team Sunweb	10:13
106	DOMONT Axel	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
107	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn	Team Sunweb	10:16
108	SCOTT Cameron	UniSA-Australia	10:18
109	NIZZOLO Giacomo	NTT Pro Cycling	10:22
110	DOWSETT Alex	Israel Start-Up Nation	10:34
111	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	10:39
112	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	10:47
113	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	11:00
114	RIES Michel	Trek-Segafredo	11:05
115	DIBBEN Jonathan	Lotto-Soudal	11:13
116	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	11:18
117	GOLDSTEIN Omer	Israel Start-Up Nation	11:36
118	SCHWARZMANN Michael	Bora-hansgrohe	11:57
119	NOVAK Domen	Bahrain-McLaren	11:58
120	LAAS Martin	Bora-hansgrohe	12:09
121	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	12:12
122	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	12:32
123	LAWLESS Chris	Team INEOS	12:44
124	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	12:53
126	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Pro Cycling	13:04
127	ROWE Luke	Team INEOS	13:23
128	BOIVIN Guillaume	Israel Start-Up Nation	13:31
129	MORTON Lachlan	EF Pro Cycling	13:46
130	SCULLY Tom	EF Pro Cycling	14:07
131	MATHIS Marco	Cofidis	14:13
132	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	15:19
133	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	17:24
134	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	18:28
135	BASKA Erik	Bora-hansgrohe	18:59
136	SABATINI Fabio	Cofidis	20:31
137	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama-FDJ	22:38