2018 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

Stage 4, Friday, January 19, 2018

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Friday, January 19: Stage 4, Norwood - Uraidla, 128.2 km

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Peter Sagan wins stage four and takes over the GC lead.

Weather at the finish city of Uraidla at 12:30 PM, local time: 37C (99F), sunny. Wind from the WNW at 16 km/hr (16 mph).

The race: Because of the hot weather this stage started at 10:30 AM, an hour earlier than originally scheduled.

Here's the organizer's stage four report:

Peter Sagan has blitzed his rivals on the downhill run to the finish in Uraidla amid 45-degree temperatures in Adelaide to claim Bupa Stage 4 of the Santos Tour Down Under – and the Santos Ochre Leader’s Jersey - while becoming the first reigning world road champion to claim stage honours in the event’s 20-edition history.

Sagan (BORA-hansgrohe) formed part of the lead bunch that reeled in race leader Zak Dempster on the approach to the Subaru King of the Mountain climb atop Norton Summit Road.

Dicing with defending Santos TDU champion Richie Porte on the run through Ashton and on towards the finish at Uraidla, Sagan hovered at the front of the race-leading group as ownership of the front changed hands.

Then on the fast descent to the line, the Slovakian master made his move. Taking the wheel of South African Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-SCOTT), it was Sagan turning on the taps in the final metres to claim the line for his first stage win of the Santos Tour Down Under following his non-points victory in the People’s Choice Classic last Sunday.

It’s a significant victory for Sagan, who announced his return to Adelaide in October 2017 and in doing so brought the iconic rainbow hoops back to the start line. For the tour, it’s the first time a reigning road world champion has won an official stage of the race.

Impey claimed second ahead of former winner Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) and Sagan’s Australian teammate Jay McCarthy (BORA-hansgrohe).

Sagan will shed the rainbow jersey for the iconic Ochre for tomorrow’s fifth stage from McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill.

Complete Results:

128.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.246 km/hr

1	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 21min 7sec
2	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
3	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	Astana	s.t.
4	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
5	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	DEVENYNS Dries	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
8	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
9	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
10	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
12	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
13	PREIDLER Georg	FDJ	s.t.
14	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
15	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
16	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	GESINK Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
18	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
19	EARLE Nathan	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
20	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
21	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
22	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
23	VALGREN Michael	Astana	s.t.
24	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
25	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
26	MORENO Daniel	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
27	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
28	BAK Lars Ytting	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
31	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
32	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
33	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
34	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
35	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
36	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	@ 54sec
37	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
38	ROE Timothy	UniSA-Australia	@ 1min 21sec
39	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	2:19
40	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	2:40
41	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	3:51
42	GERRANS Simon	BMC	3:56
43	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
44	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
46	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
47	BICO Nuno	Movistar Team	s.t.
48	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	4:05
50	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	5:03
51	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	6:21
52	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
53	OLIVIER Daan	LottoNL-Jumbo	6:38
54	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
55	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
56	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
57	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	s.t.
58	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
59	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	s.t.
60	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	8:01
61	TEUNISSEN Mike	Team Sunweb	s.t.
62	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	9:00
63	BOARO Manuele	Bahrain-Merida	9:02
64	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
66	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
67	PETERS Nans	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
68	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	s.t.
69	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar Team	10:39
70	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	10:43
71	DUCHESNE Antoine	FDJ	s.t.
72	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
73	EDMONDSON Alexander	Mitchelton-Scott	10:46
74	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	11:30
75	EWAN Caleb	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
76	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	s.t.
77	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	s.t.
78	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	s.t.
79	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar Team	s.t.
80	MACHADO Tiago	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
81	SCULLY Thomas	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
82	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
83	BOHLI Tom	BMC	s.t.
84	MONTAGUTI Matteo	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
85	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
86	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
87	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	s.t.
88	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
89	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
90	DEMPSTER Zakkari	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
91	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
93	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
94	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	13:21
95	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	14:34
96	VON HOFF Steele	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
97	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
98	GATTO Oscar	Astana	14:37
99	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	15:18
101	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
102	BOWDEN Scott	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
103	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
104	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	15:25
105	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	15:26
106	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
107	OWEN Logan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
108	DENZ Nico	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
109	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar Team	16:32
111	PORTER Alexander	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
112	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	Sky	17:15
113	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
114	BAUHAUS Phil	Team Sunweb	s.t.
115	KORSAETH Truls	Astana	s.t.
116	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	s.t.
117	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
119	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
120	LAWLESS Christopher	Sky	18:44
121	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
122	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
123	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	19:10
124	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	19:13
125	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
126	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
127	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	19:33

GC after Stage 4:

1	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	14hr 19min 49sec
2	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 2sec
3	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	0:09
4	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	Astana	0:10
5	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	0:14
6	GESINK Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
7	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
8	BENNETT George	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
9	DEVENYNS Dries	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
10	BERNAL Egan Arley	Sky	s.t.
11	IZAGIRRE Ion	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
12	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
13	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
14	CHÉREL Mickaël	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
15	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
16	PREIDLER Georg	FDJ	s.t.
17	OOMEN Sam	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	GUERREIRO Ruben	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
20	PORTE Richie	BMC	s.t.
21	CANTY Brendan	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
22	EARLE Nathan	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
23	BAK Lars Ytting	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
24	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	MORENO Daniel	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
26	VALGREN Michael	Astana	s.t.
27	DIDIER Laurent	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
28	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
29	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	MAS Enric	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
31	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
32	CAPECCHI Eros	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
33	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
34	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	1:05
35	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First-Drapac	1:18
36	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	1:21
37	ROE Timothy	UniSA-Australia	1:35
38	SOLER Marc	Movistar Team	2:54
39	EG Niklas	Trek-Segafredo	4:10
40	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	4:19
41	MORI Manuele	UAE-Team Emirates	4:37
42	BEPPU Fumiyuki	Trek-Segafredo	4:42
43	GERRANS Simon	BMC	s.t.
44	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r-La Mondiale	s.t.
45	BICO Nuno	Movistar Team	5:14
46	LAMMERTINK Maurits	Katusha-Alpecin	5:36
47	MORTON Lachlan	Dimension Data	6:52
48	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	6:56
49	AGNOLI Valerio	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
50	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	7:06
51	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	7:25
52	OLIVIER Daan	LottoNL-Jumbo	7:32
53	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	7:34
54	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	8:01
55	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LottoNL-Jumbo	8:05
56	SCOTSON Miles	BMC	8:26
57	TEUNISSEN Mike	Team Sunweb	8:31
58	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	9:06
59	WYSS Danilo	BMC	9:10
60	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r-La Mondiale	9:16
61	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
62	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	9:32
63	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar Team	10:53
64	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
65	EWAN Caleb	Mitchelton-Scott	11:24
66	CLARKE William	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
67	VIVIANI Elia	Quick-Step Floors	11:32
68	RESTREPO Jhonatan	Katusha-Alpecin	11:43
69	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar Team	11:44
70	PUCCIO Salvatore	Sky	11:55
71	BOHLI Tom	BMC	12:16
72	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	s.t.
73	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	12:23
74	MACHADO Tiago	Katusha-Alpecin	12:38
75	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	12:42
76	PETERS Nans	Ag2r-La Mondiale	13:02
77	DEMPSTER Zakkari	UniSA-Australia	13:25
78	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	13:30
79	BONO Matteo	UAE-Team Emirates	13:59
80	SCULLY Thomas	EF Education First-Drapac	14:19
81	EDMONDSON Alexander	Mitchelton-Scott	14:21
82	MORKOV Michael	Quick-Step Floors	14:27
83	MONTAGUTI Matteo	Ag2r-La Mondiale	15:30
84	BEVIN Patrick	BMC	s.t.
85	CONSONNI Simone	UAE-Team Emirates	15:40
86	VON HOFF Steele	UniSA-Australia	15:51
87	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First-Drapac	16:58
88	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar Team	17:26
89	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	18:03
90	RENSHAW Mark	Dimension Data	19:05
91	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	19:09
92	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	19:29
93	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	20:22
94	KENNAUGH Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	21:16
95	DUCHESNE Antoine	FDJ	21:18
96	DLAMINI Nickolas	Dimension Data	21:58
97	GATTO Oscar	Astana	22:14
98	PORTER Alexander	UniSA-Australia	22:44
99	MINALI Riccardo	Astana	23:06
100	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Katusha-Alpecin	23:13
101	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Floors	23:18
102	GONÇALVES José	Katusha-Alpecin	23:25
103	DENZ Nico	Ag2r-La Mondiale	23:27
104	KORSAETH Truls	Astana	23:30
105	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	SABATINI Fabio	Quick-Step Floors	23:32
107	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	23:58
108	HOWSON Damien	Mitchelton-Scott	24:05
109	BOARO Manuele	Bahrain-Merida	24:29
110	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	24:40
111	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz	Sky	25:14
112	SELIG Rüdiger	Bora-hansgrohe	25:34
113	LAWLESS Christopher	Sky	26:19
114	WAGNER Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	27:22
115	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	27:24
116	OWEN Logan	EF Education First-Drapac	27:43
117	WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	Katusha-Alpecin	28:46
118	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	28:53
119	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	29:50
120	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	30:06
121	BAUHAUS Phil	Team Sunweb	32:12
122	BOWDEN Scott	UniSA-Australia	33:50
123	FRAME Alex	Trek-Segafredo	34:49
124	BENNETT Sam	Bora-hansgrohe	38:10
125	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	Bahrain-Merida	42:36
126	WELSFORD Sam	UniSA-Australia	43:20
127	CIMOLAI Davide	FDJ	45:26

Stage 4 map:

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Race leader Caleb Ewan heads to the start. Stage 4's bumpy profile was not suited for the speedster, who finished 75th, more than 11 minutes down.

Panorama

The peloton rounds a corner.

And then back up

BMC's Richie Porte is 14 seconds down on Peter Sagan in the GC.

Zakkari Dempster & Alex Porter try their luck.

Here they come...

And the race is Peter Sagan's

After an incredibly hot day of racing, stage winner Peter Sagan starts re-hydrating.

After winning the stage and taking over the GC lead, Peter Sagan shows there's still more left in the tank.

Peter Sagan will start stage five in the leader's jersey.

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