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Tour Down Under: Sagan sprints to his first win of 2019

by Vincent Goh

Jan 17, 2019

Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) took his first win of 2019 in stage 3 of the Santos Tour Down Under on Thursday. The 28-year-old Slovak sprinted to victory in Uraidla, Australia — the same town that hosted his first race win of 2018.

A handful of riders, including EF’s Mike Woods and Sky’s Kenny Elissonde, tried attacking out of the peloton at the end of the 146.2-kilometer stage from Lobethal, but none of the moves stuck. A reduced but compact bunch rode into the final kilometer, where Mitchelton-Scott’s Daryl Impey was the first big name to launch his move.

Sagan surged past the South African with 200 meters to go. Astana’s Luis León Sánchez nearly matched Sagan’s speed in the finale but came up short, settling for second. Impey finished third on the day.

Sagan said after his win that his experience racing on the same roads last year came in handy in the finale.

“On the last climb, I said, ‘It’s going to be the same as last year again,’” Sagan said in a post-race interview. “In the end it was like copy paper.”

CCC’s Patrick Bevin retained his overall race lead with a fifth place finish in the stage.

The Tour Down Under continues on Friday with stage 4, which runs 129.2 kilometers from Unley to Campbelltown.

Santos Tour Down Under Stage 3 Results

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	3:46:06
2	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana Pro Team	,,
3	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
4	VAN POPPEL Danny	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
5	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	,,
6	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
7	GUERREIRO Ruben	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
8	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
9	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	,,
10	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
11	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
12	GIBBONS Ryan	Team Dimension Data	,,
13	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
14	POELS Wout	Team Sky	,,
15	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
16	BENNETT George	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
17	PRADES Eduard	Movistar Team	,,
18	WOODS Michael	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	,,
19	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama – FDJ	,,
20	HALLER Marco	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
21	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	,,
22	VALGREN Michael	Team Dimension Data	,,
23	MCCARTHY Jay	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
24	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
25	MORABITO Steve	Groupama – FDJ	,,
26	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto Soudal	,,
27	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
28	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team Sky	,,
29	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
30	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	,,
31	PORTE Richie	Trek – Segafredo	,,
32	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
33	KNOX James	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
34	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Team Dimension Data	,,
35	O’CONNOR Ben	Team Dimension Data	,,
36	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
37	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	,,
38	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:07
39	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
40	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
41	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	,,
42	VALLS Rafael	Movistar Team	,,
43	MAS Lluís	Movistar Team	,,
44	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
45	GESINK Robert	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
46	BAK Lars Ytting	Team Dimension Data	,,
47	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
48	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:20
49	WHELAN James	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	0:26
50	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	0:41
51	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	,,
52	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama – FDJ	0:55
53	ELISSONDE Kenny	Team Sky	0:56
54	DAVIES Scott	Team Dimension Data	,,
55	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	1:25
56	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar Team	1:27
57	OSS Daniel	BORA – hansgrohe	1:59
58	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	2:20
59	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar Team	3:15
60	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
61	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana Pro Team	,,
62	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	,,
63	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
64	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
65	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana Pro Team	,,
66	STETINA Peter	Trek – Segafredo	3:36
67	MULLEN Ryan	Trek – Segafredo	4:07
68	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
69	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
70	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek – Segafredo	,,
71	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto Soudal	,,
72	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	4:30
73	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	,,
74	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	,,
75	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	5:23
76	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
77	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
78	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
79	LEEZER Tom	Team Jumbo-Visma	5:36
80	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	7:07
81	BODNAR Maciej	BORA – hansgrohe	7:16
82	KNEES Christian	Team Sky	8:15
83	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	,,
84	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	10:06
85	DOULL Owain	Team Sky	,,
86	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama – FDJ	,,
87	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
88	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	,,
89	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama – FDJ	,,
90	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
91	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
92	ROWE Luke	Team Sky	,,
93	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	11:26
94	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar Team	,,
95	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	,,
96	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	11:39
97	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	12:30
98	DENZ Nico	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
99	DE KORT Koen	Trek – Segafredo	,,
100	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
101	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto Soudal	,,
102	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana Pro Team	,,
103	VINCENT Léo	Groupama – FDJ	,,
104	BALLERINI Davide	Astana Pro Team	,,
105	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama – FDJ	,,
106	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team Sky	,,
107	DOWSETT Alex	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
108	HANSEN Adam	Lotto Soudal	,,
109	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
110	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	,,
111	DLAMINI Nic	Team Dimension Data	,,
112	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek – Segafredo	,,
113	CLARKE Will	Trek – Segafredo	,,
114	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana Pro Team	,,
115	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
116	GATTO Oscar	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
117	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	,,
118	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
119	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	,,
120	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
121	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	,,
122	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	,,
123	CHEVRIER Clément	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
124	WYNANTS Maarten	Team Jumbo-Visma	12:50
125	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	13:28
126	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
127	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	,,
128	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	,,
129	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	,,
130	BOARO Manuele	Astana Pro Team	15:03
131	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R La Mondiale	16:23
132	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	20:34

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	10:20:09
2	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	0:01
3	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana Pro Team	0:09
4	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	0:10
5	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	0:11
6	VAN POPPEL Danny	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:15
7	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
8	GIBBONS Ryan	Team Dimension Data	,,
9	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	,,
10	BENNETT George	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
11	WOODS Michael	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	,,
12	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
13	GUERREIRO Ruben	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
14	POELS Wout	Team Sky	,,
15	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama – FDJ	,,
16	LATOUR Pierre	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
17	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
18	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Team Sky	,,
19	PRADES Eduard	Movistar Team	,,
20	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
21	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
22	O’CONNOR Ben	Team Dimension Data	,,
23	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
24	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
25	VALGREN Michael	Team Dimension Data	,,
26	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	,,
27	PORTE Richie	Trek – Segafredo	,,
28	MCCARTHY Jay	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
29	MORABITO Steve	Groupama – FDJ	,,
30	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	,,
31	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
32	HALLER Marco	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
33	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Team Dimension Data	,,
34	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
35	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
36	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto Soudal	,,
37	KNOX James	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
38	HAAS Nathan	Team Katusha – Alpecin	0:22
39	GESINK Robert	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
40	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
41	MAS Lluís	Movistar Team	,,
42	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	,,
43	VALLS Rafael	Movistar Team	,,
44	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
45	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
46	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
47	BAK Lars Ytting	Team Dimension Data	,,
48	WHELAN James	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	0:41
49	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	0:56
50	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	,,
51	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:05
52	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama – FDJ	1:10
53	ELISSONDE Kenny	Team Sky	1:11
54	DAVIES Scott	Team Dimension Data	,,
55	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	1:40
56	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar Team	1:42
57	OSS Daniel	BORA – hansgrohe	2:57
58	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	3:30
59	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar Team	,,
60	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
61	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana Pro Team	,,
62	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana Pro Team	,,
63	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
64	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Soudal	,,
65	STETINA Peter	Trek – Segafredo	3:51
66	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	4:22
67	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
68	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek – Segafredo	,,
69	MULLEN Ryan	Trek – Segafredo	4:54
70	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto Soudal	5:02
71	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Team Jumbo-Visma	5:38
72	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
73	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	,,
74	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
75	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
76	LEEZER Tom	Team Jumbo-Visma	5:51
77	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	5:52
78	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	6:14
79	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	6:39
80	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	7:21
81	BODNAR Maciej	BORA – hansgrohe	8:14
82	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	8:25
83	KNEES Christian	Team Sky	8:30
84	DOULL Owain	Team Sky	10:21
85	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama – FDJ	,,
86	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
87	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	,,
88	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
89	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama – FDJ	,,
90	ROWE Luke	Team Sky	,,
91	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
92	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	11:01
93	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	11:38
94	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar Team	11:41
95	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	,,
96	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	11:54
97	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck – Quick Step	12:29
98	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	12:39
99	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana Pro Team	,,
100	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team Sky	12:43
101	DENZ Nico	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
102	VINCENT Léo	Groupama – FDJ	12:44
103	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama – FDJ	12:45
104	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek – Segafredo	,,
105	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
106	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana Pro Team	,,
107	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	,,
108	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	,,
109	DE KORT Koen	Trek – Segafredo	,,
110	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
111	DLAMINI Nic	Team Dimension Data	,,
112	BALLERINI Davide	Astana Pro Team	,,
113	CHEVRIER Clément	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
114	HANSEN Adam	Lotto Soudal	,,
115	CLARKE Will	Trek – Segafredo	,,
116	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
117	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	,,
118	DOWSETT Alex	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
119	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	13:09
120	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto Soudal	13:15
121	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	13:17
122	GATTO Oscar	BORA – hansgrohe	13:28
123	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	13:37
124	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	13:39
125	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	BORA – hansgrohe	13:41
126	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	13:43
127	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	,,
128	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
129	WYNANTS Maarten	Team Jumbo-Visma	14:01
130	BOARO Manuele	Astana Pro Team	15:33
131	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R La Mondiale	16:38
132	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	20:49

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	36
2	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck – Quick Step	34
3	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	34
4	VAN POPPEL Danny	Team Jumbo-Visma	31
5	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	23
6	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana Pro Team	22
7	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	22
8	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team Sky	18
9	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	14
10	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	14
11	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	13
12	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	13
13	GIBBONS Ryan	Team Dimension Data	11
14	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana Pro Team	10
15	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	10
16	GUERREIRO Ruben	Team Katusha – Alpecin	9
17	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	9
18	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	8
19	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	8
20	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	7
21	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek – Segafredo	7
22	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	6
23	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama – FDJ	6
24	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	5
25	DENZ Nico	AG2R La Mondiale	3
26	VINCENT Léo	Groupama – FDJ	2

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	20
2	BOARO Manuele	Astana Pro Team	12
3	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana Pro Team	12
4	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	6
5	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	4
6	WHELAN James	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	4
7	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	4
8	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	2
9	DLAMINI Nic	Team Dimension Data	2

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	10:20:19
2	GIBBONS Ryan	Team Dimension Data	0:05
3	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	,,
4	GUERREIRO Ruben	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
5	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
6	O’CONNOR Ben	Team Dimension Data	,,
7	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
8	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	,,
9	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	,,
10	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
11	KNOX James	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
12	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:12
13	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	,,
14	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
15	WHELAN James	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	0:31
16	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	0:46
17	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:55
18	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama – FDJ	1:00
19	DAVIES Scott	Team Dimension Data	1:01
20	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar Team	1:32
21	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	3:20
22	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana Pro Team	,,
23	MULLEN Ryan	Trek – Segafredo	4:44
24	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	5:28
25	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	7:11
26	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	8:15
27	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama – FDJ	10:11
28	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
29	PETERS Nans	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
30	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	11:28
31	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	11:44
32	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	12:29
33	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team Sky	12:33
34	DENZ Nico	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
35	VINCENT Léo	Groupama – FDJ	12:34
36	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	12:35
37	DLAMINI Nic	Team Dimension Data	,,
38	BALLERINI Davide	Astana Pro Team	,,
39	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	13:07
40	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	13:29
41	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	13:33
42	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
43	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	20:39

Rank	Name	Time
1	UAE-Team Emirates	31:01:12
2	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
3	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
4	Team Sunweb	,,
5	Team Dimension Data	,,
6	Team Jumbo-Visma	0:07
7	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
8	Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team	,,
9	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
10	Movistar Team	0:14
11	UniSA-Australia	0:48
12	Groupama – FDJ	0:55
13	Team Sky	0:56
14	EF Education First Pro Cycling Team	2:46
15	Astana Pro Team	6:30
16	Lotto Soudal	7:22
17	Trek – Segafredo	7:43
18	CCC Team	12:51
19	AG2R La Mondiale	13:21