2025 Santos Tour Down Under
(World Tour), Australia

25th edition: January 17 - January 26, 2025
Men's Stage 3, January 23

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Thursday, January 23: Stage 3, Norwood - Uraidla, 147.5 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Javier Romo wins the stage and becomes the new GC leader.

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Weather at the finish city of Uraidla at 11:25 AM, local time: 19C (66F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 60% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage three summary.

Movistar’s Javier Romo’s maiden WorldTour victory stunned the favourites at the Santos Tour Down Under at the Uraidla finish line on Thursday.

The 26-year-old Spaniard conquered the efex men’s stage 3 and powered to victory over the Pound Road, Knotts Hill climb which made its debut and was the most talked about stage of the 25th anniversary of the coveted race.

It's time to race. Stage 3 gets going.

“I’m very happy, this morning I cannot imagine this day but I worked from September for this race,’’ Romo said. “My team had a lot of confidence in me, and they worked very well to help me.

“The position today was very important and in the final (to the finish line) I had very good legs and everything was perfect.”

Romo’s solo attack five kilometerrs from the finish line saw him wrestle the Santos ochre leader’s jersey from Australian sprint king Sam Welsford.

The West Australian road and track star owned the leader’s jersey for the first two stages but kept the Ziptrak sprint jersey ahead of Friday's Hahn Stage 4, Glenelg to Victor Harbor

UAE Team Emirates – XRG’s Jhonatan Narvaez finished third ahead of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe) across the finish line at Uraidla. 

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

147.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.156 km/hr

1	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	3hr 46min 1sec
2	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	@ 5sec
3	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
12	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
13	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
14	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
18	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:21
20	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:25
21	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
22	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
27	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
28	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:02
31	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	s.t.
37	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	s.t.
47	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
49	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
52	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	1:16
55	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
59	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:19
60	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:28
61	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
64	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
65	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:23
68	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
76	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
77	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	5:50
80	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
81	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
88	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	6:32
89	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	7:08
90	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:45
92	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
95	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
98	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
100	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
103	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	10:09
104	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	11:10
105	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:11
106	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:40
107	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
109	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
111	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
113	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
116	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
117	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
120	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
121	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
122	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
124	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
125	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
126	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
127	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
129	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
133	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
136	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

Classification leaders:

• Stage winner: Javier Romo (Movistar)
• Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey: Javier Romo (Movistar)
• Sprint jersey: Sam Welsford (Red Bull – Bora - Hansgrohe)
• King of the Mountain jersey: Fergus Browning (ARA Australia)
• Young Rider jersey: Albert Withen Philipsen (Lidl-Trek)
• Most Competitive Rider: Geoffrey Bouchard (Declathon Ag2r La Mondiale)
• Winning Team: Lidl-Trek

427 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.737 km/hr

1	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	10hr 13min 51sec
2	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	@ 8sec
3	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	0:10
4	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:12
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
7	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
9	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
10	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
13	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
14	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	0:30
20	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:31
22	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:35
23	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
27	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:06
31	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	1:12
32	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
42	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
44	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
55	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
56	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
57	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:29
60	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:38
61	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
62	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
63	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	4:23
68	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	4:33
69	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
70	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
75	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
79	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	5:56
80	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	6:00
81	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	6:42
88	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	6:50
89	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	7:18
90	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:50
92	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	7:51
93	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	7:54
94	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	7:55
95	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
99	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
100	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
102	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	10:19
103	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	11:20
104	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:07
105	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:30
106	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	12:44
107	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	12:50
108	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
110	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
111	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
113	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
117	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
119	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
120	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	13:15
122	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	13:53
123	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	14:58
125	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:33
126	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:02
127	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
128	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
129	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
130	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
131	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
133	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
134	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	20:27
136	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	23:27

 

Stage three photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Now-retired racer Mark Cavendish at the start.

Fergus Browning and Ben Swift try to get away.

No shortage of fans at the race.

Javier Romo takes a solo win and is the new GC leader.

Jhonatan Narvaez (white jersey) is second, followed by Finn Fisher-Black and Albert Withen Philipsen.

Mauro Schmid finished 19th, just after the first group.

Javier Romo just after winning the stage.

Fergus Browning is King of the Mountains.

Sam Welsford leads the Sprint Classification

Best young rider Albert Withen Philipsen

Javier Romo will start stage four in orange.

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map & profile