2023 Tour Down Under Results from BikeRaceInfo

Saturday, January 21: Stage 4, Port Willunga - Willunga, 133.2 km

Bryan Coquard gets his first World Tour race win. Photo: GettySport

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The race: Here's the race organizer's stage four report.

The Santos Tour Down Under has delivered an historic maiden WorldTour stage win for Frenchman Bryan Coquard.

Coquard (Cofidis) crossing the finish line at Willunga town on Saturday saw the Santos Tour Down Under also deliver a fourth winner from a different nation in an intriguing 2023 edition of the race.

The 30-year-old claimed the Think! Road Safety Stage 4 victory ahead of Wednesday’s efex Prologue winner Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) and Hugo Page (Intermarche Circus Wanty).

“I have waited for 10 years for this first WorldTour win,’’ an elated Coquard said. “I think I had a bad start to the race, I have won many races but no WorldTour races, I am very happy about this.

"It was nice to smell this team spirit with the guys who I can win."

Coquard joins Italy’s Bettiol, Germany’s Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), Australia’s Rohan Dennis (Jumbo Visma) and Spain’s Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) as unique international stage winners.

The Cofidis sprinter currently sits 13th in the overall rankings after his empathic victory.

Jay Vine (UAE Emirates) is still the race leader, 15 seconds ahead of Bilbao and Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla).

The reigning Australian time trial champion is just 112.5km from claiming his first WorldTour GC when the Schwalbe stage 5 Unley to Mount Lofty pedals off from 11.30 am on Sunday.

Santos Tour Down Under key points

51.4km: efex king of the mountain 1 – Lower Willunga (category 4): Distance: 2.4km – Average gradient 2.9 percent

Daryl Impey (Israel-Premier Tech) and Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-EasyPost) led a breakaway and opened up a 3min 49sec gap in the first real piece of the action for stage 4.

Rutsch was first over the line on High Street, Willunga followed by two-time Tour Down Under champion Impey.

Mikkel Honore (EF Education-Easypost) came third in a sprint to the line, edging a point closer to efex King of the Mountain leader Jay Vine (UAE Emirates).

Taj Jones (Israel-Premier Tech) re-joined the race after a nasty crash just after the first efex King of the Mountain at lower Willunga.

The Australian started the stage 14min:30sec behind overall race leader Vine.

69.5km: Ziptrak Sprint 1 - Esplanade at Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach

Impey and Rutsch shared the honours.

The South African earned maximum bonuses as the main peloton started chasing the race leaders anxious for crucial bonus seconds.

Ziptrak GC points leader Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlULa) picked up a bonus second at Aldinga Beach for his third place.

Matthews was three points ahead of Vine in the virtual points classification at that stage of the coveted race.

The average race speed at the first sprint was 47 km/h.

92.3km: efex king of the mountain 2 – Lower Willunga (category 4): Distance: 2.4km – Average gradient 2.9 percent

The sound of the bell warning the peloton that this was the final lap of stage 4 saw the serious GC contenders on the chase to the finish line.

Honore earned the maximum KOM points, Marc Hirschi (UAE Emirates) was second and Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) earned a point for third place.

Honore’s KOM points bonus saw him leapfrog Vine in the virtual KOM classification at that stage of the race.

Yates was seven points behind the Dane.

110.4km: Ziptrak Sprint 2 - Esplanade at Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach

This sprint was chaotic, elbows appeared to be out before 21-year-old Frenchman Hugo Page (Intermarche Circus Wanty) earned maximum time bonuses.

Poland’s Kamil Gredik (Bahrain Victorious) finished second and Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla) picked up the third, time bonus.

Yates’ bonus second equalled Pello Bilbao’s 15-second gap to race leader Vine in the virtual classification with just 22.8km before the finish.

The pace of the race was stunning with speeds reaching 51km/h at times before the windy conditions slowed the peloton to 44km/h.

133.2km: Race Finish

It came down to a fine bunch sprint finish when Frenchman Bryan Coqurd upstaged the favourites at the Willunga township finish line on a sunny and windy day.

The serious GC contenders Vine, Bilbao and Yates all came through unscathed in another fitting finale in Willunga.

Complete results:

Stage 4 photos

133.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.01 km/hr

1	Bryan Coquard	COFIDIS	2hr 53min 4sec
2	Alberto Bettiol	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
3	Hugo Page	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	s.t.
4	Paul Penhoet	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
5	Corbin Strong	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	s.t.
6	Michael Matthews	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
7	Dorian Godon	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
8	Marius Mayrhofer	TEAM DSM	s.t.
9	Kim Heiduk	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
10	Caleb Ewan	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
11	Ethan Hayter	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
12	Rudy Molard	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
13	Sven Erik Bystrom	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	s.t.
14	Damien Touze	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
15	Alessandro Covi	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
16	Milan Vader	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
17	Timo Roosen	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
18	Mauro Schmid	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
19	Gorka Izagirre	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
20	Natnael Tesfazion	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
21	Antonio Tiberi	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
22	Jay Vine	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
23	Emils Liepins	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
24	Simon Yates	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
25	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
26	Pello Bilbao	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
27	Elie Gesbert	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
28	Sebastian Berwick	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	s.t.
29	Mattia Cattaneo	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
30	Marc Hirschi	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
31	Ben O'Connor	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
32	George Bennett	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
33	Reuben Thompson	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
34	Jai Hindley	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
35	Imanol Erviti	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
36	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
37	Kevin Ledanois	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
38	Alex Baudin	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
39	Luis Guillermo Mas	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
40	Dion Smith	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	s.t.
41	Nans Peters	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	@14sec
42	Jens Keukeleire	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+23''
43	Marc Brustenga	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
44	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+31''
45	Ivan Romeo Abad	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
46	Jonas Rutsch	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
47	Alexis Renard	COFIDIS	+38''
48	Paul Lapeira	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
49	Ben Swift	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
50	Michael Schar	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	s.t.
51	Laurence Pithie	GROUPAMA-FDJ	+42''
52	Martijn Tusveld	TEAM DSM	s.t.
53	Michael Hepburn	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
54	Jannik Steimle	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	+1'05''
55	Martin Svrcek	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
56	Simon Clarke	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+1'33''
57	Geraint Thomas	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
58	Sean Quinn	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
59	Michael Vink	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+1'36''
60	Sjoerd Bax	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
61	Taco Van Der Hoorn	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+1'42''
62	Jarrad Drizners	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
63	Luke Durbridge	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+2'00''
64	Lucas Plapp	INEOS GRENADIERS	+2'02''
65	Kamil Michal Gradek	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
66	Jasha Dimitri Sutterlin	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	+4'14''
67	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
68	Nikias Arndt	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
69	Dries Devenyns	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
70	Derek Gee	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	s.t.
71	Tim Van Dijke	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
72	Luis Leon Sanchez	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
73	Victor Lafay	COFIDIS	s.t.
74	Johan Jacobs	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
75	Christopher Hamilton	TEAM DSM	s.t.
76	Davide Cimolai	COFIDIS	s.t.
77	Miles Scotson	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
78	Stan Van Tricht	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
79	Christopher Froome	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	s.t.
80	Hermann Pernsteiner	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
81	Leo Hayter	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
82	Fabio Felline	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
83	Jos Van Emden	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
84	Boy Van Poppel	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	s.t.
85	Asbjorn Hellemose	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
87	Julius Johansen	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	s.t.
88	Lennard Hofstede	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
89	Francois Bidard	COFIDIS	s.t.
90	Marco Haller	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
91	Phil Bauhaus	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
92	Hugo Hofstetter	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
93	Tony Gallopin	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
94	Lucas Hamilton	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
95	Campbell Stewart	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
96	Thomas Scully	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
97	Samuel Gaze	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
98	Kaden Groves	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
99	Rohan Dennis	JUMBO-VISMA	+5'54''
100	Mikkel Honore	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+6'02''
101	Daryl Impey	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	s.t.
102	Lukasz Owsian	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
103	Matthew Dinham	TEAM DSM	s.t.
104	Sergio Samitier	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
105	Senne Leysen	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
106	Michael Storer	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
107	Oscar Riesebeek	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+6'57''
108	Jensen Plowright	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+9'07''
109	Mathis Le Berre	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
110	Luis-Joe Luhrs	BORA-HANSGROHE	+9'27''
111	Robert Stannard	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+9'33''
112	Michael Gogl	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+9'45''
113	Liam Walsh	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+9'59''
114	Cameron Scott	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	+12'42''
115	Harrison Wood	COFIDIS	+15'51''
116	Romain Combaud	TEAM DSM	s.t.
117	Andre Rodrigues De Carvalho	COFIDIS	s.t.
118	Lorenzo Germani	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
119	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
120	Zachary Marriage	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
121	Alessandro Verre	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
122	Manuele Boaro	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
123	Tim Naberman	TEAM DSM	s.t.
124	Gerben Thijssen	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	s.t.
125	Leonardo Basso	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
126	Martin Laas	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	s.t.
127	Ewen Costiou	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
128	Taj Jones	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	s.t.
129	Shane Archbold	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
DNF	Filippo Baroncini	TREK-SEGAFREDO

GC after stage 4:

GC leader: Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates)
Points classification leader: Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla)
Mountains classification leader: Mikkel Honore (EF Education-EasyPost)
Best young rider: Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

560.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.67 km/hr

1	Jay Vine	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	13hr 26min 31sec
2	Simon Yates	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	@ 15sec
3	Pello Bilbao	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
4	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS GRENADIERS	+45''
5	Mauro Schmid	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	+46''
6	Ethan Hayter	INEOS GRENADIERS	+50''
7	Sven Erik Bystrom	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+54''
8	Hugo Page	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+56''
9	Antonio Tiberi	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+58''
10	Ben O'Connor	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	+1'00''
11	Gorka Izagirre	MOVISTAR TEAM	+1'01''
12	Bryan Coquard	COFIDIS	s.t.
13	Marc Hirschi	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
14	Milan Vader	JUMBO-VISMA	+1'03''
15	Natnael Tesfazion	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
16	Rudy Molard	GROUPAMA-FDJ	+1'04''
17	Sebastian Berwick	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+1'05''
18	Marius Mayrhofer	TEAM DSM	+1'06''
19	Mattia Cattaneo	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
20	George Bennett	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+1'08''
21	Jai Hindley	BORA-HANSGROHE	+1'11''
22	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-HANSGROHE	+1'32''
23	Paul Penhoet	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
24	Elie Gesbert	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	+1'39''
25	Reuben Thompson	GROUPAMA-FDJ	+1'44''
26	Alex Baudin	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	+1'45''
27	Dorian Godon	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	+1'52''
28	Michael Matthews	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+2'37''
29	Nans Peters	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	+2'58''
30	Corbin Strong	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+3'30''
31	Kevin Ledanois	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	+3'46''
32	Lucas Plapp	INEOS GRENADIERS	+4'46''
33	Imanol Erviti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+4'57''
34	Ivan Romeo Abad	MOVISTAR TEAM	+5'03''
35	Alessandro Covi	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+5'04''
36	Maximilian Schachmann	BORA-HANSGROHE	+5'15''
37	Kaden Groves	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+5'16''
38	Dries Devenyns	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
39	Victor Lafay	COFIDIS	+5'18''
40	Tony Gallopin	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+5'21''
41	Nikias Arndt	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	+5'22''
42	Derek Gee	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+5'25''
43	Jonas Rutsch	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+5'26''
44	Damien Touze	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	+5'27''
45	Luis Leon Sanchez	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	+5'31''
46	Christopher Hamilton	TEAM DSM	+5'32''
47	Asbjorn Hellemose	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+5'48''
48	Alberto Bettiol	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+5'53''
49	Miles Scotson	GROUPAMA-FDJ	+5'59''
50	Leo Hayter	INEOS GRENADIERS	+6'07''
51	Francois Bidard	COFIDIS	+6'53''
52	Jens Keukeleire	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+6'56''
53	Paul Lapeira	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	+7'05''
54	Rohan Dennis	JUMBO-VISMA	+7'19''
55	Lucas Hamilton	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+7'21''
56	Michael Storer	GROUPAMA-FDJ	+7'24''
57	Timo Roosen	JUMBO-VISMA	+7'32''
58	Emils Liepins	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+7'36''
59	Michael Vink	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+7'53''
60	Michael Schar	AG2R CITROEN TEAM	+7'59''
61	Caleb Ewan	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+8'21''
62	Hermann Pernsteiner	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	+8'42''
63	Dion Smith	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+8'45''
64	Luis Guillermo Mas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+8'58''
65	Jasha Dimitri Sutterlin	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
66	Martin Svrcek	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	+9'01''
67	Matthew Dinham	TEAM DSM	+9'04''
68	Laurence Pithie	GROUPAMA-FDJ	+9'13''
69	Sean Quinn	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
70	Marc Brustenga	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+9'28''
71	Michael Hepburn	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+9'54''
72	Samuel Gaze	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+10'25''
73	Stan Van Tricht	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	s.t.
74	Marco Haller	BORA-HANSGROHE	+10'43''
75	Robert Stannard	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+10'56''
76	Ben Swift	INEOS GRENADIERS	+10'57''
77	Boy Van Poppel	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+11'13''
78	Julius Johansen	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+11'31''
79	Michael Gogl	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+11'35''
80	Sjoerd Bax	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+11'47''
81	Tim Van Dijke	JUMBO-VISMA	+12'15''
82	Lennard Hofstede	JUMBO-VISMA	+12'41''
83	Martijn Tusveld	TEAM DSM	+12'45''
84	Geraint Thomas	INEOS GRENADIERS	+13'18''
85	Jannik Steimle	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	+13'52''
86	Fabio Felline	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	+14'30''
87	Johan Jacobs	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
88	Campbell Stewart	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+14'39''
89	Kim Heiduk	INEOS GRENADIERS	+14'45''
90	Alexis Renard	COFIDIS	+14'48''
91	Phil Bauhaus	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	+14'51''
92	Lukasz Owsian	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	+14'52''
93	Daryl Impey	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+15'24''
94	Mikkel Honore	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+15'44''
95	Jos Van Emden	JUMBO-VISMA	+16'06''
96	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	+16'11''
97	Hugo Hofstetter	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	+16'23''
98	Simon Clarke	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+16'24''
99	Jarrad Drizners	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+17'04''
100	Kamil Michal Gradek	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	+17'56''
101	Oscar Riesebeek	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+18'14''
102	Luis-Joe Luhrs	BORA-HANSGROHE	+18'28''
103	Mathis Le Berre	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	+18'50''
104	Alessandro Verre	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	+19'23''
105	Lorenzo Germani	GROUPAMA-FDJ	+19'43''
106	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+19'58''
107	Liam Walsh	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+20'10''
108	Ewen Costiou	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	+20'19''
109	Sergio Samitier	MOVISTAR TEAM	+20'24''
110	Luke Durbridge	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+20'29''
111	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+20'50''
112	Davide Cimolai	COFIDIS	+21'13''
113	Senne Leysen	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+21'49''
114	Jensen Plowright	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	+22'19''
115	Taco Van Der Hoorn	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+23'18''
116	Romain Combaud	TEAM DSM	+23'38''
117	Christopher Froome	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+24'38''
118	Thomas Scully	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	+24'53''
119	Andre Rodrigues De Carvalho	COFIDIS	+26'14''
120	Tim Naberman	TEAM DSM	s.t.
121	Manuele Boaro	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	+27'52''
122	Taj Jones	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH	+30'21''
123	Shane Archbold	BORA-HANSGROHE	+30'26''
124	Harrison Wood	COFIDIS	+30'36''
125	Zachary Marriage	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+31'43''
126	Gerben Thijssen	INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY	+31'58''
127	Cameron Scott	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	+34'34''
128	Martin Laas	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	+36'01''
129	Leonardo Basso	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM	+36'07''