2024 Tour Down Under Results from BikeRaceInfo

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The race: Here's the race organizer's stage 3 report.

Australia’s powerful sprint gun Sam Welsford claimed his second UCI WorldTour stage win of the Santos Tour Down Under in resounding fashion on Thursday. The lively West Australian thanked his Bora-hansgrohe teammates after a near-perfect lead-out train saw him take Stage 3 from Tea Tree Gully to Campbelltown with an incredible finish on Gorge Road at Athelstone.

Welsford, 27, ended the stage ahead of two-time Santos Tour Down Under stage winner Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers) and Great Britain’s Daniel McLay (Arkea-B&B) in a bunch sprint finish.

“It’s a bit of a blur, it was superfast,” Welsford said. “We knew at the top of Gorge Road (in the Adelaide Hills) we had to be in a good position.

“It was a crazy downhill, it was quite technical with lots of corners, the boys did a good job of holding the ride and making sure it wasn’t too early and making sure that we kept out of the wind.

“We knew if we went too early, we would go to the back and the boys at that speed were amazing and did a really good job of leading me out.

“It’s very special to come to the race with the team and the first one together and pick up two stages, it is a product of how committed we are and how motivated we are to make sure we win together in a big way.

“We have our eyes set on some really big goals this year and it is a good stepping stone to make sure when we come to the Grand Tours or one-day races, we have it dialed.”

Welsford’s dash to the finish earned him the right to wear the Sprint Jersey during Friday’s Stage 4 from Murray Bridge to Port Elliot. He wore the Santos Ochre Leader’s Jersey during Stage 2 from Norwood to Lobethal after his debut WorldTour win for Bora-hansgrohe on Tuesday at Tanunda.

Wednesday’s Lobethal stage winner, Mexican rising star Isaac Del Toro, 20, (UAE Emirates) will stay in ochre for Friday’s stage. The second-youngest rider at this year’s Santos Tour Down Under is two seconds clear overall of New Zealand’s Corbin Strong (Israel Premier Tech).

“It was a great day for us,’’ Del Toro said. “Everyone has helped me all day and it was crazy, it’s good for us, we’re ok and healthy.”

ARA Australia’s Luke Burns locked in the King of the Mountain Jersey while his teammate Tristan Saunders earned the Most Competitive Rider Jersey after leading the breakaway for most of the stage.

“Two days in a row (with the KOM jersey) that I had plan A and executed it nicely,” Burns said. “I think we’ll try to hold onto the jersey until the end, but we still have Michael Storer up there and we’ll try to defend his position on the GC. He’s going to have a crack for the last two stages.”

A nasty crash involving several members of the Astana Qazaqstan team marred the final stages of the race which started at Tea Tree Gully for the first time.

With 31 nationalities on the 2024 Santos Tour Down Under start list – the highest number in event history – Jayco AlUla and Bora-hansgrohe controlled the breakaway, opening up a 2min 49 sec gap over the main peloton after the first King of the Mountain climb at 2.2km from the start line.

Burns kept up his good form by taking out the first prize of the day before SA’s Saunders charged to the front of the peloton to make his mark on the coveted race.

Saunders, 23, opened a 1min 55-sec gap with 77km to go near Springton before the second prime sprint of the day approached at Mt Pleasant. He earned a one-second bonus at Lyndoch behind Axel Mariault (Cofidis) who claimed the maximum time bonus and South Africa’s Stefan De Bod (EF Education Easypost).

Saunders’ knowledge of the Adelaide Hills roads made it easier for the wise WorldTour heads of Mariault and De Bod to follow the local rider.

Mariault claimed the second prime sprint at Mt Pleasant ahead of De Bod and Saunders before riders entered the fee

KEY POINTS
2.1km: King of the Mountain 1 - Tea Tree Gully Hill (Category 3)
King of the Mountain leader Luke Burns claimed the first points of Stage 3 by winning the day’s first king of the mountain climb ahead of fellow ARA Australian Cycling Team rider Tristan Saunders and Cofidis’s Axel Mariault. Burns broke away immediately following the race start and charged towards the first climb.

34.6km: King of the Mountain 2 - Whispering Wall Climb (Category 4)
Luke Burns took out the second King of the Mountain climb. He beat ARA Australian Cycling Team team-mate Tristan Saunders, Axel Mariault of Cofidis and South African rider Stefan De Bod of EF Education-Easy Post, who joined the trio after the first King of the Mountain climb.

46.8km: Sprint 1 - Barossa Valley Way, Lyndoch near Sunrise Bakery & Café
Cofidis’s Axel Mariault won Sprint #1 ahead of Stefan De Bod from EF Education-Easy Post and ARA Australian Cycling Team’s Tristan Saunders. Mariault powered past De Bod and Saunders to take the first sprint points of Stage 3.

83.6km: Sprint 2 - Melrose Street, Mt Pleasant at Mt Pleasant Bakery & Café
Alex Mariault made it two sprints from two and claimed very handy bonus seconds, pipping EF Education-Easy Post’s Stefan De Bod on the line. The Cofidis rider claimed the points in a photo finish while ARA Australian Cycling Team’s Tristan Saunders finished behind the pair.

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

145.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.43 km/hr

1	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 20min 42sec
2	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
4	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
6	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
7	Jose Alvaro Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
9	Jhonatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Emils Liepins	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
11	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
13	Ivan Garcia Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
14	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
16	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
19	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
21	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
22	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Liam Walsh	Australian National Team	s.t.
24	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
27	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Declan Trezise	Australian National Team	s.t.
29	Franck Bonnamour	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
33	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
35	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Owain Doull	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
37	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
38	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
41	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
43	Clement Berthet	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
44	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
46	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Archie Ryan	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
48	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
49	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
51	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Christopher Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
53	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
56	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
57	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
60	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
61	Jonas Rutsch	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
62	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
67	Harrison Sweeny	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
68	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
69	Nicholas Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
73	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
74	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Rudiger Selig	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
76	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Roger Adria	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
80	Damien Howson	Australian National Team	s.t.
81	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
82	Chris Harper	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
83	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
84	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
85	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Antonio Morgado Tomas	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
87	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Nans Peters	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
92	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Jackson Medway	Australian National Team	s.t.
94	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
95	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
96	Simon Yates	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
97	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
98	Michael Storer	Australian National Team	s.t.
99	Luke Burns	Australian National Team	s.t.
100	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
101	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
102	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
103	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
104	Tristan Saunders	Australian National Team	s.t.
105	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
107	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
110	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
112	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
113	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	+0''
115	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	+0''
116	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 18sec
117	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	+19''
118	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	Ef Education-Easypost	+21''
119	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
120	Josef Cerny	Soudal Quick-Step	+23''
121	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco Alula	+42''
122	Kelland O’Brien	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
123	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	+59''
124	Sean Flynn	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+2'20''
125	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+4'17''
126	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
127	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+5'39''
128	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	+6'24''
129	Christian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+6'26''
130	Johan Price Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	+7'03''
131	Torstein Traeen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
132	Vinicius Rangel Costa	Movistar Team	+9'25''
133	Johan Niklas Jacobs	Movistar Team	+9'53''
134	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
135	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
136	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
137	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	+11'34''
DNF	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ

GC after stage 3:

GC leader: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains classification leader: Luke Burns (Australian National Team)
Points classification leader: Sam Welsford (Bora-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Intermarché-Wanty

430.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.96 km/hr

1	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	10h 16min 4sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 2sec
3	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	+5''
4	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	+7''
5	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
7	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	+8''
8	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+9''
10	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	+10''
11	Jhonatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+11''
13	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
16	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Ivan Garcia Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Franck Bonnamour	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
22	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
23	Clement Berthet	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
24	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
29	Archie Ryan	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
30	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
31	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
32	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
33	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Harrison Sweeny	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
36	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Antonio Morgado Tomas	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
39	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
42	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
43	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
46	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
50	Jonas Rutsch	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
51	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	Roger Adria	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Christopher Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
54	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
56	Damien Howson	Australian National Team	s.t.
57	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
58	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Chris Harper	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
60	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
62	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Simon Yates	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
64	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
65	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
66	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Nicholas Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
69	Michael Storer	Australian National Team	s.t.
70	Declan Trezise	Australian National Team	+36''
71	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
72	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	+50''
73	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+51''
74	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	+1'04''
75	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	+1'09''
76	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	+1'10''
77	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
79	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
80	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Owain Doull	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
82	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
83	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
84	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
85	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
86	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Nans Peters	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
89	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	+1'48''
90	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+1'50''
91	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	+2'02''
92	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	+2'16''
94	Sean Flynn	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+2'31''
95	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	+2'34''
96	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	+2'35''
97	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	+2'48''
98	Kelland O’Brien	Team Jayco Alula	+2'49''
99	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+3'03''
100	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
101	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	+3'24''
102	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Ef Education-Easypost	+3'43''
103	Emils Liepins	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+4'07''
104	Rudiger Selig	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
105	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
106	Luke Burns	Australian National Team	+4'28''
107	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	+4'47''
108	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
109	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+4'52''
110	Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	+5'01''
111	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
112	Patrick Bevin	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
113	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
114	Tristan Saunders	Australian National Team	+5'35''
115	Liam Walsh	Australian National Team	+5'50''
116	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+5'58''
117	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	+6'00''
118	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco Alula	+6'13''
119	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	Ef Education-Easypost	+6'22''
120	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	+6'30''
121	Christian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+6'37''
122	Josef Cerny	Soudal Quick-Step	+7'38''
123	Jackson Medway	Australian National Team	+8'53''
124	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	+9'55''
125	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+10'04''
126	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
127	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
128	Vinicius Rangel Costa	Movistar Team	+10'31''
129	Patrick Eddy	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+10'35''
130	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	+12'15''
131	Torstein Traeen	Bahrain Victorious	+12'40''
132	Johan Niklas Jacobs	Movistar Team	+12'41''
133	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	+12'44''
134	Leo Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	+13'33''
135	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco Alula	+13'53''
136	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	+14'55''
137	Johan Price Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	+29'06''