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4km to go to the second and ultimate 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 sector to regulate the hole to the break. The trio off the entrance has 2:11 with 79km to go.
“Each dash I strive my finest. I am motivated. All of us count on a bunch dash and, we are going to strive our greatest to make it one higher than the primary time,” runner-up on stage 1 Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) mentioned at the beginning of stage 3.
“They’re [BORA-hansgrohe] nonetheless robust, so I count on them to do the perfect lead out. Particularly, I feel this ultimate fits them even higher than the primary one. So, yeah, I count on them to be good. And this time I must 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 highway.
“It is one other day and we attempt to take pleasure in it right now,” stage 2 winner and present GC chief Del Toro mentioned earlier than the beginning of stage 3.
“It is a difficult stage, however to be sincere, I wish to stick with my staff and attempt to do the perfect factor for the ultimate with Alvaro and attempt to keep there secure and in place.”
Job carried out 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 within 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 ultimate 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 sector led by Jayco-AlUla with BORA-hansgrohe behind them – as soon as once more. The staff 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 Training-EasyPost) within the chase group, 20 seconds behind, with 136km to go.
139km to go
Burns and Saunders have 1:30 hole. Discipline is proud of the composition, and unfold throughout the highway.
Mechanical for Casper Pedersen (Soudal Fast-Step) who is asking his staff automotive behind the sector.
A complete of 138 riders signed in for the stage right now 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 making an attempt 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 right now – 100km out entrance, sit up, go once more – Chasing Tour Down Below 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 sector.
Racing is underway for the longest stage of the Tour Down Below Stage 3 is one for the sprinters with a downhill end. Who would be the quickest right now?
As quickly because the flag drops, the peloton will probably 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 Below is about to start out in underneath 10 minutes. The 145.3km route begins in Tea Tree Gully. It tackles the primary climb nearly instantly earlier than travelling into the Barossa’s jap edge earlier than a speedy end down Gorge Street and into Campbelltown.
It’s presently 18 C with overcast situations with clouds forecast to clear over the day.
Stage 2 winner Isaac del Toro (UAE Staff Emirates) tops the final classification with a slim 2-second lead on stage 2 runner-up Corbin Robust (Israel-Premier Tech). Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), who completed fourth two days in a row, moved as much as third general, seven seconds in arrears.
20-year-old Del Toro additionally tops the perfect younger rider classification whereas Girmay additionally leads the factors classification.
Welcome to Cyclingnews’ reside protection of stage 3, from Tea Tree Gully to Campbelltown, of the Tour Down Below. The stage begins at 11:10am native time or 12:30am GMT and finishes roughly 4 hours later.
