Refresh
Peloton is single filed, with the hole is at 1:45 with three Jayco riders on the wheel of a Bora rider.
Saunders is now solo with 59km to go. It is the Australian’s first time racing the Tour Down Underneath.
De Bod and Mariault contest the intermediate dash however the Frenchman was capable of get round him to take the highest factors in bike throw. The duo sat up, shook arms and Saunders went straight on previous them.
4km to go to the second and last intermediate dash in Mount Nice. Saunders, Mariault and De Bod within the break are working properly collectively, hole at 1:55
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75km to go
Peloton slowly, very slowly, nibbling seconds off the lead of the trio off the entrance.
Jayco-AlUla and BORA-hansgrohe groups every put a rider on the entrance of the sphere to manage the hole to the break. The trio off the entrance has 2:11 with 79km to go.
“Each dash I attempt my greatest. I am motivated. All of us count on a bunch dash and, we’ll attempt our greatest to make it one higher than the primary time,” runner-up on stage 1 Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) stated at the beginning of stage 3.
“They’re [BORA-hansgrohe] nonetheless robust, so I count on them to do the most effective lead out. Particularly, I believe this last fits them even higher than the primary one. So, yeah, I count on them to be good. And this time I should be on the wheel of Sam [Welsford] after which hopefully I’ve comparable legs than the primary day.”
Deja vu over again. Jayco-AlUla’s Michael Hepburn and BORA-hansgrohe’s Filip Maciejuk are sharing the pacemaking on the entrance of the peloton, as they did in yesterday’s stage. Hole at 2:16 with 90km to go.
Three riders within the break, Saunders, Mariault and De Bod have 2:39 lead with 96km to go.
Battle for the intermediate dash with Mariault who was sitting in third wheel, crossed the road first, adopted by De Bod.
100km to go
Within 2km to go to the primary intermediate dash. Three riders within the break, Mariault, De Bod and Saunders, with a lead of three:04. De Bod and Mariault are the digital leaders on the street.
“It is one other day and we attempt to get pleasure from it at present,” stage 2 winner and present GC chief Del Toro stated earlier than the beginning of stage 3.
“It is a sophisticated stage, however to be trustworthy, I wish to stick with my crew and attempt to do the most effective factor for the ultimate with Alvaro and attempt to keep there protected and in a great place.”
Job completed for Burns for the day. The Australian sat up, leaving three riders within the break with a 3:17 hole.
Outcomes of second KOM:
1- Luke Burns (Australia), 3 factors
2- Tristan Saunders (Australia), 2 factors
3- Axel Mariault (Cofidis), 1 level
Burns jumps inside 200 meters to go to take high factors of KOM #2 adopted by his teammate Saunders.
Jayco-AlUla and BORA-hansgrohe are controlling the tempo and holding the hole at 2:59. We’re lower than 10km to the second and last KOM of the day. Will Burns and Saunders proceed within the break after the Whispering Wall Climb.
BORA-hansgrohe takes over the pacemaking within the area with the hole now at 2:48 at 126km to go.
The 2 highest-placed riders within the breakaway are Mariault and De Bod who’re each 11 seconds again from Del Toro. Burns is 4:28 down and Saunders is 5:37 in arrears.
Deep dialog between Burns and Mariault within the break. They now have 2:19 lead on the sphere led by Jayco-AlUla with BORA-hansgrohe behind them – as soon as once more. The crew of the ochre chief’s jersey, UAE Staff Emirates is sitting additional again.
133km to go, and the chase group connects with the riders off the entrance. 4 riders within the breakaway: teammate Burns and Saunders, De Bod and Mariault.
Mariault was joined by Stefan de Bod (EF Schooling-EasyPost) within the chase group, 20 seconds behind, with 136km to go.
139km to go
Burns and Saunders have 1:30 hole. Discipline is pleased with the composition, and unfold throughout the street.
Mechanical for Casper Pedersen (Soudal Fast-Step) who is looking his crew automotive in the back of the sphere.
A complete of 138 riders signed in for the stage at present as an ailing Oliver Knight (Cofidis) didn’t end the stage yesterday.
Outcomes of first KOM:
1- Luke Burns (Australia), 5 factors
2- Tristan Saunders (Australia), 3 factors
3- Axel Mariault (Cofidis), 2 factors
Burns and Saunders have 45-second hole with Axel Mariault of Cofidis attempting to bridge up.
Burns spent many of the stage within the break yesterday and took the lead within the KOM classification. A lead he intends to defend, and he has a teammate to assist him at present – 100km out entrance, sit up, go once more – Chasing Tour Down Underneath KOM factors
Burns is joined by a teammate Tristan Saunders not even a kilometer into the stage.
And Luke Burns (Australia) makes the primary assault. No response from the sphere.
Racing is underway for the longest stage of the Tour Down Underneath Stage 3 is one for the sprinters with a downhill end. Who would be the quickest at present?
As quickly because the flag drops, the peloton can be climbing cat 3 Tea Tree Gully Hill, a 2.1km ascent with 6% common gradient and a ramp of 15.6%.
Stage 3 of the Tour Down Underneath is ready to start out in underneath 10 minutes. The 145.3km route begins in Tea Tree Gully. It tackles the primary climb virtually instantly earlier than travelling into the Barossa’s jap edge earlier than a speedy end down Gorge Street and into Campbelltown.
It’s at present 18 C with overcast situations with clouds forecast to clear over the day.
Stage 2 winner Isaac del Toro (UAE Staff Emirates) tops the overall classification with a slim 2-second lead on stage 2 runner-up Corbin Sturdy (Israel-Premier Tech). Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), who completed fourth two days in a row, moved as much as third total, seven seconds in arrears.
20-year-old Del Toro additionally tops the most effective younger rider classification whereas Girmay additionally leads the factors classification.
Welcome to Cyclingnews’ stay protection of stage 3, from Tea Tree Gully to Campbelltown, of the Tour Down Underneath. The stage begins at 11:10am native time or 12:30am GMT and finishes roughly 4 hours later.