Richie Porte zdobył królewski etap Santos Tour Down Under, umacniając się na czele klasyfikacji łącznej wyścigu.
Kolarz BMC Racing, na oczach tłumów zgromadzonych na Willunga Hill (3 km; 7,1%), wyprzedził o 20 sekund Nathana Haasa (Dimension Data) i Estebana Chavesa (Orica-Scott).
Decydujący o losach czołówki odcinek przez 3/4 trasy nie należał do wymagających. Dopiero przed 120 kilometrem wyrosło przed kolarzami Willunga Hill, które z przewagą niespełna 2 minut zdobyła ucieczka w składzie William Clarke (Cannondale-Drapac), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Jeremy Maison (FDJ) i Jack Bauer (Quick-Step Floors).
Zespół BMC kontrolował wydarzenia. Czołówka ostatnie 10 kilometrów rozpoczęła z zapasem 45 sekund. 4 kilometry dalej teren przed finałem na Willunga Hill został “wyczyszczony”.
Z przodu pokazali się kolarze Team Sky, pracujący dla Sergio Henao. Gdy z przodu obok Kolumbijczyka znaleźli się Rafael Valls (Lotto Soudal), Chaves i Porte, ten ostatni nie czekał dłużej. “Tasmański Diabeł” depnął mocniej, łatwo oderwał się od rywali i odjechał po swoje czwarte zwycięstwo na Willunga Hill.
Incredible!! @richie_porte punches way out from the finish of @bikeExchange Stage 5, and nobody can keep up!! King of #Willunga again! #TDU pic.twitter.com/iEnJJAtgNu
— Tour Down Under (@tourdownunder) 21 stycznia 2017
1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 3:40:13 2 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 00:20 3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 4 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 5 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 6 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 00:23 7 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 8 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 10 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 11 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 12 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 13 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 00:28 14 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 00:32 15 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 16 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 00:35 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 00:39 18 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 00:40 19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 20 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 00:44 21 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 00:46 22 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 01:00 23 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 01:01 24 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia 25 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 26 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 27 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 28 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 01:09 29 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 30 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 31 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 01:22 32 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 33 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 34 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 01:25 35 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 01:33 36 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 37 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 01:44 38 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 01:50 39 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 40 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 41 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 42 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 43 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 02:00 45 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 02:10 46 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 02:18 47 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 02:25 48 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 49 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 50 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 02:54 51 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 52 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 03:20 53 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 54 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 03:31 56 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 57 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 58 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 03:36 59 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 03:58 60 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 61 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 04:05 62 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 64 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 04:14 65 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 05:00 66 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 05:12 67 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 05:56 68 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 69 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 05:58 70 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 71 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 72 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 06:28 73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 74 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 06:35 75 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 76 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 77 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 78 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 06:37 79 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 80 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 81 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 06:41 82 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 06:47 83 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 06:49 84 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 06:58 85 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 07:05 86 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 87 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 88 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 07:20 89 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 07:31 90 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 07:41 91 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 92 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 08:05 93 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ 94 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 08:10 95 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 96 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 08:52 97 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 08:57 98 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 99 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 100 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 09:37 101 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10:22 102 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 103 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 104 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 105 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 106 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 11:25 107 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 12:24 108 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott 109 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia 13:41 110 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia 111 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 112 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 113 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 114 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 14:48 115 Niccol? Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 15:19 116 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 16:06 117 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 118 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 119 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 120 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 121 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 122 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 18:26 123 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 124 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 125 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 126 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 127 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 128 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 129 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 130 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 131 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
1 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 18:00:21 2 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 00:48 3 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 00:51 4 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:54 5 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:59 6 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 01:02 7 Rafael Valls (Spa) Lotto Soudal 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 10 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 01:06 11 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 12 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 01:07 13 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 01:15 14 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 01:18 15 Michael Storer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 16 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 01:19 17 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 01:23 18 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 01:25 19 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ 01:29 20 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 01:38 21 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 01:44 22 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 01:45 23 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 02:03 24 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) UniSA-Australia 02:04 25 Jai Hindley (Aus) UniSA-Australia 02:08 26 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 02:12 27 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 02:16 28 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 02:20 29 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 02:24 30 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 02:25 31 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 02:36 32 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 02:45 33 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 02:49 34 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 02:54 35 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 03:12 36 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 03:15 37 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 38 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 03:45 39 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 04:16 40 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 04:23 41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 04:43 42 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 04:46 43 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 04:48 44 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 45 Víctor de la Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 04:57 46 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 05:04 47 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 05:34 48 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 49 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 06:00 50 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 06:05 51 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 06:44 52 Cameron Meyer (Aus) UniSA-Australia 06:45 53 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 07:07 54 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 07:27 55 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 07:28 56 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 07:31 57 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 08:01 58 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 08:03 59 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 08:04 60 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 08:08 61 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 08:14 62 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 08:24 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 08:36 64 Francois Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 09:15 65 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 09:22 66 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 09:30 67 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 09:49 68 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 10:01 69 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10:11 70 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 10:13 71 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 10:20 72 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 10:31 73 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 10:48 74 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 11:08 75 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 11:53 76 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 11:55 77 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 11:59 78 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 12:10 79 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 12:16 80 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ 12:21 81 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 12:43 82 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 13:08 83 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 13:33 84 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 14:10 85 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 14:20 86 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 14:57 87 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 15:08 88 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 15:11 89 Samuel Jenner (Aus) UniSA-Australia 15:54 90 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott 16:23 91 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 16:43 92 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 17:05 93 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 17:15 94 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 17:23 95 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 17:59 96 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 20:28 97 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 20:37 98 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 20:46 99 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 21:11 100 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 21:24 101 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 21:58 102 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 22:43 103 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22:45 104 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 23:37 105 Niccol? Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 24:02 106 Roger Kluge (Ger) Orica-Scott 24:19 107 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 24:39 108 Callum Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia 24:46 109 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 25:01 110 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 25:42 111 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 25:43 112 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 26:19 113 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 26:43 114 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 27:13 115 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 27:49 116 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 117 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 28:09 118 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 28:14 119 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 28:42 120 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 28:59 121 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 29:23 122 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 30:22 123 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 30:24 124 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 31:25 125 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 34:22 126 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 35:33 127 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 35:34 128 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 35:36 129 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 35:56 130 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 38:33 131 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 46:29