Caleb Ewan z grupy Orica-Scott okazał się najlepszy w czwartym dniu Santos Tour Down Under.
Australijski sprinter na finiszowych metrach ponownie pokonał mistrza świata Petera Sagana (Bora-hansgrohe) oraz Danny’ego van Poppela (Team Sky).
Rdzawą koszulkę lidera utrzymał Richie Porte (BMC Racing).
Na trasie próbowali uciekać Tsgabu Grmay (Bahrain-Merida), Maurits Lammertink (Katusha-Alpecin) i Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors), następnie Tyler Farrar (Dimension Data), Will Clarke (Cannondale-Drapac), Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo) i Michael Kolar (Bora-Hansgrohe), jednak dopiero Ondrej Cink (Bahrain-Merida), Jack Bauer (Quick-Step Floors) i Cameron Meyer (UniSA-Australia) zawiązali ucieczkę dnia.
Bauer najdłużej utrzymał się na czele, został wchłonięty dopiero 4 kilometry przed metą. Na finiszowych metrach grupie Sky udało rozprowadzić się Van Poppela, jednak po raz trzeci najszybsze nogi w wyścigu pokazał Caleb Ewan.
He’s done it again!! @CalebEwan bags another victory on @BupaAustralia Stage 4, leaving world champion @petosagan in second place!!! #TDU pic.twitter.com/SBtNNf6oI9
— Tour Down Under (@tourdownunder) 20 stycznia 2017
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 3:45:19 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 3 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 6 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 7 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 8 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia 9 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 10 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 11 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 12 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 13 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 14 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 15 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 16 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 17 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 18 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 19 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 20 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 21 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 22 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 24 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 25 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 26 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 27 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 28 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 29 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 30 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 31 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 32 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 33 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 34 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 35 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 36 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 37 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 38 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 39 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 40 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 41 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 43 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 44 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 45 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 46 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 47 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 49 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 50 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 51 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 53 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 54 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 55 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 56 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 57 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia 58 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 59 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 60 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 61 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 62 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia 63 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 64 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 65 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 66 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 67 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 68 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 69 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ 70 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 71 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 72 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 73 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 74 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 75 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 76 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 77 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 78 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 80 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 81 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 82 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 83 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott 84 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 85 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 86 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 87 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 88 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 89 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 90 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 91 Niccol? Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 92 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 93 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 94 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 95 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 96 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 97 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 99 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 100 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 101 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 102 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 00:16 103 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 104 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:18 105 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 106 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:21 107 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 108 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:23 109 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:26 110 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 00:36 111 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 112 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 113 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:39 114 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:41 115 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 00:43 116 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 00:56 117 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 118 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 119 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 01:04 120 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 01:08 121 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 122 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 01:16 123 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 01:23 124 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 01:36 125 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 02:17 126 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 127 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 03:03 128 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 05:14 129 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 05:19 130 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 06:39 131 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 132 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 09:42
1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 14:20:18 2 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:20 3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 00:22 4 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:24 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 00:27 6 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 00:29 7 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 8 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 9 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 10 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 12 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 13 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 14 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 15 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 16 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 00:33 17 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 18 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 19 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 20 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 21 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 00:45 22 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 00:47 24 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 00:49 25 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 26 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 27 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 00:52 28 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 00:53 29 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 30 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 31 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 00:55 32 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia 00:57 33 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 34 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 01:01 35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 01:02 36 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 01:07 37 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 01:12 38 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 01:14 39 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 01:15 40 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 01:17 41 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 01:19 42 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 43 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 44 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 45 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 01:20 46 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 01:27 47 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 01:31 48 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 01:41 49 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:43 50 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 51 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:44 52 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 01:48 53 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia 02:03 54 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 02:31 55 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 02:36 56 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 02:46 57 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 03:02 58 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 03:04 59 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 03:12 60 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 03:23 61 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 03:38 62 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 03:40 63 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 64 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 03:41 65 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 03:50 66 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 67 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 03:53 68 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 03:55 69 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 04:03 70 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ 04:09 71 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 04:17 72 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 73 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 04:21 74 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 75 James Shaw (GBr) Lotto Soudal 04:28 76 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 04:38 77 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 05:03 78 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 05:12 79 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 05:17 80 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 05:56 81 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 06:00 82 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 06:08 83 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 06:11 84 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 06:19 85 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 06:25 86 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 06:42 87 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 07:18 88 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 07:27 89 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 07:43 90 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 91 Niccol? Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 08:33 92 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 08:37 93 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 94 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 08:49 95 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 09:08 96 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 09:33 97 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 09:46 98 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 09:56 99 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 10:30 100 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 10:42 101 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia 10:55 102 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 11:26 103 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 11:33 104 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 105 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 11:41 106 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 11:45 107 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott 108 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 109 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 11:48 110 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 11:52 111 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 11:57 112 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 11:58 113 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 12:11 114 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12:13 115 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 12:49 116 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 13:07 117 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 13:22 118 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 13:31 119 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 13:43 120 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 14:30 121 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 14:51 122 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 15:08 123 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 15:32 124 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 16:57 125 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 17:00 126 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 18:34 127 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 19:40 128 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 19:57 129 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 21:18 130 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 23:59 131 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 26:02 132 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 27:53