Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) najszybciej finiszował na kreskę trzeciego etapu Santos Tour Down Under.
Włoski sprinter pokonał Phila Bauhausa (Team Sunweb) oraz lidera wyścigu Caleba Ewana (Mitchelon-Scott).
To był mój dopiero czwarty sprint, a nie jest łatwo prezentować wysoką dyspozycję w styczniu. Nigdy nie wygrałem w ten sposób, na tak wczesnym etapie sezonu. Drużyna wykonała świetną robotę, podziękowania dla wszystkich kolegów!
– powiedział Viviani.
Po punkty na górskich i lotnych premiach krótko po starcie odjechali peletonowi Nicholas Dlamini (Dimension Data) i Scott Bowden (UniSA-Australia).
Dwójka zyskała około 6 minut przewagi. Lider klasyfikacji górskiej odpuścił akcję już na ponad 50 kilometrów przed metą, a Bowden został doścignięty niespełna 20 kilometrów przed kreską.
Z powodu upału etap został skrócony o 26 kilometrów.
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 3:04:40 2 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 3 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 4 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 7 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 10 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 11 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 12 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 14 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 15 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 16 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 17 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 18 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 19 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 20 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 21 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 22 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 23 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 24 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 25 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 26 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 27 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 28 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 29 Michael Morkov (Den) Quick-Step Floors 30 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia 31 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 32 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 33 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 34 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 35 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 36 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky 37 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 38 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 39 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 40 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 41 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 42 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 43 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac 44 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 45 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 46 Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 48 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 49 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 50 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 51 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 52 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 53 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 54 Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky 55 Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 56 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 57 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 59 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 60 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 61 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 62 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 63 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 64 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 65 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 66 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 67 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 68 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 69 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 70 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 71 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 72 Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia 73 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 74 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 75 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 76 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 77 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 78 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 80 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 81 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 83 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 84 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 85 Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team 86 Łukasz Wiśniowski (Pol) Team Sky 87 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 88 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 89 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 00:24 90 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:26 91 Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia 92 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 93 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 94 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 95 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 96 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 97 Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac 98 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 99 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:31 100 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 101 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 00:34 102 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 103 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 00:38 104 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 00:44 105 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 106 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 00:48 107 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 108 Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 109 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac 00:54 110 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 00:56 111 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 01:02 112 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:04 113 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 114 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 115 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 116 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 01:29 117 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 118 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 02:00 119 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 02:17 120 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team 02:22 121 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 122 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 02:30 123 Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia 03:37 124 Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia 125 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida 126 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 127 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 04:54 128 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 05:20 129 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 06:34 DNS Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 10:58:36 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 00:10 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 00:14 4 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:15 5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:16 6 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 00:17 7 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin 00:19 8 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:20 9 Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 10 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 11 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 12 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 13 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo 14 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 15 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 16 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 17 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 18 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky 19 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 20 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 21 Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 23 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ 25 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 26 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 27 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 28 Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team 29 Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 31 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 32 Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia 33 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac 35 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 36 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 37 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 38 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 39 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 40 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 42 Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia 43 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 44 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 45 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 46 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 48 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 00:31 49 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 00:33 50 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:36 51 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 00:47 52 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 00:52 53 Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 55 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 56 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 58 Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:00 59 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 60 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:02 61 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 01:10 62 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 01:14 63 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:18 64 Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia 01:23 65 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 01:24 66 Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team 67 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 01:29 68 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:33 69 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 01:54 70 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia 02:06 71 Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 72 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 02:09 73 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 02:35 74 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 02:38 75 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 02:51 76 Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac 02:55 77 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 02:58 78 Michael Morkov (Den) Quick-Step Floors 03:03 79 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 03:06 80 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 81 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 03:23 82 Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 03:27 83 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 03:41 84 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 04:06 85 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 87 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 04:26 88 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 05:10 89 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 05:57 90 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 06:14 91 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 06:16 92 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac 06:21 93 Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 94 Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia 06:23 95 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 06:34 96 Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 06:39 97 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe 06:45 98 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 07:31 99 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 07:41 100 Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky 101 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 07:43 102 Łukasz Wiśniowski (Pol) Team Sky 08:05 103 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 08:07 104 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 08:12 105 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 08:53 106 Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb 09:38 107 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 09:39 108 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 10:15 109 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 110 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 111 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 112 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 10:34 113 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 10:41 114 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 10:59 115 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 11:54 116 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac 12:23 117 Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team 12:34 118 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 12:54 119 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 14:30 120 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 15:03 121 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 15:33 122 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 16:11 123 Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia 18:38 124 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 21:01 125 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 22:08 126 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 25:59 127 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida 28:08 128 Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia 129 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 31:05