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2023 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

23rd edition: January 15 - January 22, 2023

Men's Stage 2: January 19

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Thursday, January 19: Stage 2, Brighton - Victor Harbor, 154.8 km

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Rohan Dennis wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

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Weather at the finish city of Victor Harbor at 12:40, local time: 17C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 26 km/hr (17 mph). No rain is forecast.

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

South Australia’s living time trial legend Rohan Dennis greeted a raucous crowd to take a stage win and GC in his own backyard.   

Jumbo-Visma’s Dennis – a 2015 Tour Down Under champion – was far too good, using his time trial skills when it counted to claim the Oakley stage 2 Brighton to Victor Harbor.

Dennis joined a breathtaking five-man breakaway group on the final climb including two Grand Tour winners.

Simon Yates (Jayco AlULa), Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) Australian gun Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla) and Swiss Mauro Schmid (Soudal-Quickstep) was a field of dreams which added to the late race drama before the Victor Harbor finish line.     

“It was hard,’’ Dennis said, “It was always going to blow up on that climb.

“It was done before, like when Daryl Impey won in 2018 but I honestly thought it would come back and I wasn’t willing to take that risk when Jay and Yates went up the road. So, I buried myself and hoped it paid off and it did.”

Dennis recorded his first Tour Down Under stage win since claiming the 2015 title when he showcased his bike skills at the uphill Paracombe finish line.

The two-time world-time trial champion and reigning Commonwealth Games gold medalist finished the race ahead of Vine, Schmid, Yates, Hindley and Australia’s sprint gun Caleb Ewan at Victor Harbor.

Although Dennis rued the absence of teammate Robert Gesink who crashed and broke his hip during the Ziptrak stage 1 Tanunda to Tanunda, he was forced to play a tactical game with a man down.

Jayco AlULa was also dealt a major blow on race day when Australia’s Chris Harper didn’t start.

He joined Gesink, Jordi Meeus (Bora-hansgrohe), Australians Graeme Frislie (Australian National Team) and Conor Leahy (Australian National Team) and Patrick Bevin (Team DSM) while Great Britain’s James Knox (Soudal-Quickstep) was disqualified after drafting team cars following a crash on stage 1.

After a tepid start on the Southern Expressway from a Brighton departure Alberto Bettiol’s overall lead came to an abrupt sad ending. Bettiol appeared to suffer from a cramp to his left leg about 11km from the finish line and threw his water bottle onto the tarmac in anger.  

However, the battle was on for the early time bonuses in the Ziptrak sprint 1 Esplanade, Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach at the 33.6km mark.

It was a chaotic lead into the sprint which pleased ochre jersey leader Bettiol when Trek-Segafredo’s Marc Brustenga clinched the intermediate sprint pole position. 

Jayco AlUla’s Michael Matthews was third, earning a one-second bonus to stay behind Bettiol’s overall lead.

Bettiol’s EF Education-Easypost team had the Italian well protected when south-easterly 25km/h winds made riding uncomfortable as the peloton approached Sellicks Hill.

Bettiol’s teammates were heading the main peloton as a breakaway led by Italian Manuele Boaro from Astana Qazakstan and Swiss Johan Jacobs maintained a four-minute gap.

As Myponga Reservoir approached the peloton split as they chased down Boaro and Jacobs.

Dennis kept the split company alongside the efex king of the mountain polka dot jersey of Luke Plapp from Ineos Grenadiers alongside teammate Magnus Sheffield who recovered from his stage 1 crash.

As the Ziptrak sprint 2 on Main South Road, approached Bettiol was still in good shape to cause an upset. Matthews made a dash for more time bonuses in the intermediate sprint but the Italian stayed on his wheel to pick up a bonus second as the Australian came in second behind Corbin Strong from Israel Premier Tech.

At that stage of the race Bettiol still held a four-second overall lead over Matthews and Sheffield. 

Kazak Dmitriy Griuzdev then soloed to earn the first efex King of the Mountain of the day at Parawa Hill earning seven points with 67.6km before the Victor Harbor finish line.

Italy’s Alessandro Covi was second up the summit and put the heat on wrestling the polka dot king of the mountain jersey from Plapp who was third before the Nettle Hill summit was in sight, 20.9km from Victor Harbor.

In the lead-up to the second king of the mountain, Matthews was forced to change bikes after a mishap with Sheffield before Jay Vine (UAE Emirates) led a breakaway with Dennis, Yates, Hindley and Schmid.

Vine claimed King of the Mountain honours and will own the polka dot jersey for the Hahn stage 3 Norwood to Campbelltown on Friday.

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

154.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.59 km/hr

1 Rohan Dennis JUMBO-VISMA 4hr 0min 40sec
2 Jay Vine UAE TEAM EMIRATES @ 2sec
3 Mauro Schmid SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
4 Simon Yates TEAM JAYCO-ALULA s.t.
5 Jai Hindley BORA-HANSGROHE +5''
6 Caleb Ewan AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM +11''
7 Emils Liepins TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
8 Corbin Strong ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
9 Kaden Groves ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
10 Paul Penhoet GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
11 Marius Mayrhofer TEAM DSM s.t.
12 Ethan Hayter INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
13 Bryan Coquard COFIDIS s.t.
14 Nikias Arndt BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
15 Tony Gallopin TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
16 Hugo Page INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
17 Magnus Sheffield INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
18 Pello Bilbao BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
19 Marco Haller BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
20 Miles Scotson GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
21 Sven Erik Bystrom INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
22 Robert Stannard ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
23 Antonio Tiberi TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
24 Marc Hirschi UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
25 Stan Van Tricht SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
26 Ben O'Connor AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
27 Christopher Hamilton TEAM DSM s.t.
28 Lucas Plapp INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
29 Giovanni Aleotti BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
30 Maximilian Schachmann BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
31 Luis Leon Sanchez ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
32 Gorka Izagirre MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
33 Mattia Cattaneo SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
34 Alex Baudin AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
35 Gianni Moscon ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
36 Rudy Molard GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
37 Milan Vader JUMBO-VISMA s.t.
38 Nans Peters AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
39 Natnael Tesfazion TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
40 George Bennett UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
41 Victor Lafay COFIDIS s.t.
42 Lorenzo Germani GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
43 Michael Gogl ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
44 Alessandro Covi UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
45 Leo Hayter INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
46 Dries Devenyns SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
47 Asbjorn Hellemose TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
48 Elie Gesbert TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
49 Dorian Godon AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
50 Hermann Pernsteiner BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
51 Sebastian Berwick ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
52 Francois Bidard COFIDIS s.t.
53 Reuben Thompson GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
54 Michael Storer GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
55 Lennard Hofstede JUMBO-VISMA s.t.
56 Damien Touze AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
57 Derek Gee ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
58 Michael Hepburn TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +31''
59 Michael Matthews TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +2'13''
60 Jonas Rutsch EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST s.t.
61 Mikkel Honore EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST s.t.
62 Alberto Bettiol EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST s.t.
63 Geraint Thomas INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
64 Ben Swift INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
65 Shane Archbold BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
66 Jasha Dimitri Sutterlin BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
67 Phil Bauhaus BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
68 Kamil Michal Gradek BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
69 Lukasz Owsian TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
70 Imanol Erviti MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
71 Ivan Romeo Abad MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
72 Taj Jones ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
73 Tim Van Dijke JUMBO-VISMA s.t.
74 Tim Naberman TEAM DSM s.t.
75 Matthew Dinham TEAM DSM s.t.
76 Daryl Impey ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
77 Kevin Ledanois TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
78 Boy Van Poppel INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
79 Luis-Joe Luhrs BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
80 Laurence Pithie GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
81 Romain Combaud TEAM DSM s.t.
82 Jens Keukeleire EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST s.t.
83 Martin Svrcek SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
84 Timo Roosen JUMBO-VISMA s.t.
85 Alessandro Verre TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
86 Julius Johansen INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
87 Michael Schar AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
88 Paul Lapeira AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
89 Ewen Costiou TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
90 Michael Vink UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
91 Sjoerd Bax UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
92 Liam Walsh AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
93 Samuel Gaze ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
94 Oscar Riesebeek ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
95 Harrison Wood COFIDIS s.t.
96 Filippo Baroncini TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
97 Marc Brustenga TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
98 Lucas Hamilton TEAM JAYCO-ALULA s.t.
99 Fabio Felline ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
100 Finn Fisher-Black UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
101 Jarrad Drizners AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
102 Campbell Stewart TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +2'25''
103 Sean Quinn EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST +3'18''
104 Manuele Boaro ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM +7'39''
105 Dmitriy Gruzdev ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM +7'40''
106 Senne Leysen ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
107 Jannik Steimle SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
108 Luis Guillermo Mas MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
109 Christopher Froome ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
110 Jensen Plowright ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
111 Cameron Scott BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
112 Lukasz Wisniowski EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST s.t.
113 Johan Jacobs MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
114 Kim Heiduk INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
115 Alexis Renard COFIDIS s.t.
116 Andre Rodrigues De Carvalho COFIDIS s.t.
117 Jos Van Emden JUMBO-VISMA s.t.
118 Zachary Marriage AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
119 Dion Smith INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
120 Martijn Tusveld TEAM DSM s.t.
121 Gerben Thijssen INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
122 Leonardo Basso ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
123 Davide Cimolai COFIDIS s.t.
124 Martin Laas ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
125 Taco Van Der Hoorn INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
126 Sergio Samitier MOVISTAR TEAM s.t.
127 Luke Durbridge TEAM JAYCO-ALULA s.t.
128 Simon Clarke ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
129 Thomas Scully EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST s.t.
130 Hugo Hofstetter TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
131 Mathis Le Berre TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
DNF James Moriarty AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM  
DNS Chris Harper TEAM JAYCO-ALULA  
DNS Jordi Meeus BORA-HANSGROHE  
DNS Graeme Frislie AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM  
DNS Conor Leahy AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM

 

GC after stage 2:

  • GC leader: Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma)
  • Points classification leader: Caleb Ewan (Australian National Team)
  • Mountains classification leader: Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates)
  • Best young rider: Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers)
  • Teams classification leader: Alpecin-Deceuninck

310.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.05 km/hr

1 Rohan Dennis JUMBO-VISMA 7hr 44min 41sec
2 Jay Vine UAE TEAM EMIRATES @ 3sec
3 Magnus Sheffield INEOS GRENADIERS +12''
4 Mauro Schmid SOUDAL QUICK-STEP +13''
5 Corbin Strong ISRAEL PREMIER TECH +14''
6 Hugo Page INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
7 Kaden Groves ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK +15''
8 Marius Mayrhofer TEAM DSM +17''
9 Nikias Arndt BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS +19''
10 Miles Scotson GROUPAMA-FDJ +20''
11 Ethan Hayter INEOS GRENADIERS +21''
12 Simon Yates TEAM JAYCO-ALULA s.t.
13 Derek Gee ISRAEL PREMIER TECH +22''
14 Lorenzo Germani GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
15 Lucas Plapp INEOS GRENADIERS +24''
16 Pello Bilbao BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
17 Michael Gogl ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK +25''
18 Sven Erik Bystrom INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
19 Dorian Godon AG2R CITROEN TEAM +27''
20 Leo Hayter INEOS GRENADIERS +28''
21 Antonio Tiberi TREK-SEGAFREDO +29''
22 Dries Devenyns SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
23 Gianni Moscon ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM +30''
24 Ben O'Connor AG2R CITROEN TEAM +31''
25 Gorka Izagirre MOVISTAR TEAM +32''
26 Marc Hirschi UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
27 Maximilian Schachmann BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
28 Marco Haller BORA-HANSGROHE +33''
29 Mattia Cattaneo SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
30 Milan Vader JUMBO-VISMA +34''
31 Natnael Tesfazion TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
32 Robert Stannard ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
33 Tony Gallopin TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
34 Rudy Molard GROUPAMA-FDJ +35''
35 Victor Lafay COFIDIS s.t.
36 Sebastian Berwick ISRAEL PREMIER TECH +36''
37 Bryan Coquard COFIDIS +38''
38 George Bennett UAE TEAM EMIRATES +39''
39 Jai Hindley BORA-HANSGROHE +42''
40 Giovanni Aleotti BORA-HANSGROHE +43''
41 Paul Penhoet GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
42 Luis Leon Sanchez ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM +44''
43 Asbjorn Hellemose TREK-SEGAFREDO +45''
44 Reuben Thompson GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
45 Caleb Ewan AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM +47''
46 Christopher Hamilton TEAM DSM +49''
47 Elie Gesbert TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC +50''
48 Francois Bidard COFIDIS +52''
49 Damien Touze AG2R CITROEN TEAM +53''
50 Michael Storer GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
51 Emils Liepins TREK-SEGAFREDO +55''
52 Alex Baudin AG2R CITROEN TEAM +56''
53 Nans Peters AG2R CITROEN TEAM +57''
54 Lennard Hofstede JUMBO-VISMA +1'03''
55 Alessandro Covi UAE TEAM EMIRATES +1'10''
56 Stan Van Tricht SOUDAL QUICK-STEP +1'37''
57 Alberto Bettiol EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST +2'05''
58 Michael Matthews TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +2'09''
59 Julius Johansen INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY +2'16''
60 Samuel Gaze ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK +2'17''
61 Marc Brustenga TREK-SEGAFREDO +2'21''
62 Kevin Ledanois TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
63 Michael Vink UAE TEAM EMIRATES +2'23''
64 Michael Hepburn TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +2'28''
65 Matthew Dinham TEAM DSM +2'29''
66 Timo Roosen JUMBO-VISMA +2'31''
67 Filippo Baroncini TREK-SEGAFREDO +2'33''
68 Paul Lapeira AG2R CITROEN TEAM s.t.
69 Laurence Pithie GROUPAMA-FDJ +2'35''
70 Taj Jones ISRAEL PREMIER TECH +2'36''
71 Liam Walsh AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM +2'37''
72 Sjoerd Bax UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
73 Jasha Dimitri Sutterlin BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
74 Lucas Hamilton TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +2'38''
75 Daryl Impey ISRAEL PREMIER TECH +2'41''
76 Ewen Costiou TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
77 Shane Archbold BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
78 Alessandro Verre TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC +2'43''
79 Ivan Romeo Abad MOVISTAR TEAM +2'45''
80 Ben Swift INEOS GRENADIERS s.t.
81 Michael Schar AG2R CITROEN TEAM +2'47''
82 Imanol Erviti MOVISTAR TEAM +2'48''
83 Fabio Felline ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
84 Harrison Wood COFIDIS s.t.
85 Jonas Rutsch EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST +2'50''
86 Campbell Stewart TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +2'51''
87 Lukasz Owsian TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC +2'54''
88 Martin Svrcek SOUDAL QUICK-STEP +2'55''
89 Tim Naberman TEAM DSM +2'59''
90 Tim Van Dijke JUMBO-VISMA +3'00''
91 Phil Bauhaus BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS +3'03''
92 Jens Keukeleire EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST s.t.
93 Luis-Joe Luhrs BORA-HANSGROHE +3'05''
94 Boy Van Poppel INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
95 Finn Fisher-Black UAE TEAM EMIRATES +3'15''
96 Mikkel Honore EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST +3'24''
97 Hermann Pernsteiner BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS +3'36''
98 Oscar Riesebeek ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK +3'43''
99 Geraint Thomas INEOS GRENADIERS +4'11''
100 Sean Quinn EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST +5'31''
101 Romain Combaud TEAM DSM +5'40''
102 Jannik Steimle SOUDAL QUICK-STEP +7'46''
103 Jarrad Drizners AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM +7'48''
104 Dion Smith INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY +7'56''
105 Jos Van Emden JUMBO-VISMA +7'58''
106 Kim Heiduk INEOS GRENADIERS +8'04''
107 Johan Jacobs MOVISTAR TEAM +8'07''
108 Manuele Boaro ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
109 Simon Clarke ISRAEL PREMIER TECH s.t.
110 Luis Guillermo Mas MOVISTAR TEAM +8'09''
111 Martijn Tusveld TEAM DSM s.t.
112 Jensen Plowright ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK +8'11''
113 Senne Leysen ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK +8'13''
114 Andre Rodrigues De Carvalho COFIDIS +8'14''
115 Hugo Hofstetter TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC +8'15''
116 Martin Laas ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM +8'16''
117 Zachary Marriage AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM +8'18''
118 Mathis Le Berre TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
119 Kamil Michal Gradek BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS +8'22''
120 Leonardo Basso ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
121 Dmitriy Gruzdev ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM +8'27''
122 Christopher Froome ISRAEL PREMIER TECH +8'30''
123 Gerben Thijssen INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY +8'33''
124 Alexis Renard COFIDIS +8'53''
125 Sergio Samitier MOVISTAR TEAM +9'06''
126 Davide Cimolai COFIDIS +9'25''
127 Taco Van Der Hoorn INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY +10'05''
128 Cameron Scott BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS +10'54''
129 Luke Durbridge TEAM JAYCO-ALULA +11'45''
130 Lukasz Wisniowski EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST +15'02''
131 Thomas Scully EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST +15'22''

 


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Stage 2 map & profile:

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Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Chris Froome

Chris Froome signs in.

Jay Hindley

Ben O'Connor before the stage start.

The peloton goes up a gentle rise. The TV helicopter is overhead.

Crossing a dam.

Rohan Dennis has time to sit up and wave to the crowd. Second-place Jay Vine is just on the left of the photo.

Jay Vine

Jay Vine was second, with Mauro Schmid right behind him.

Jay Hindley finished fifth

Rohan Dennis just after winning the stage.

Caleb Ewan (shown with his little sprinter-trainees) is the points classification leader.

Rohan Dennis will start stage three in the leader's jersey.