Tour Down Under - Stage 3
Laurens De Vreese has attacked in the first metres and is building a three-minute lead along the Southern Expressway..!
Tinkoff has waited a while before chasing, it means a harder day in the saddle…
Jay McCarthy and Adam Blythe have the time to discuss their tactics…
The peloton arrives in McLaren Vale still three minutes behind De Vreese…
Alessandro De Marchi is pacing Rohan Dennis back after the race-defender fell off earlier…
Tinkoff leads the peloton on the hilly roads south of Adelaide…
Cheng Ji collects water bottles for his Giant-Alpecin teamates…
De Vreese is starting his second hour as a lone escaper…
Mc Carthy descends a hill into the township of Clarendon…
The peloton passes the fine vines of Shaw & Smith in the Adelaide Hills…
Ruben Zepuntke lead the Cannondale train as it catches De Vreese and heads into the last 20-kilometres…
George Bennett is being paced up Corkscrew Hill, but McCarthy is comfortably on his wheel…
McCarthy has moved to the front on the steep ascent, but Porte is starting to come around him…
Richie Porte and Simon Gerrans are side-by-side inide the last-kilometre of climbing, with Pozzovivo right behind…
Richie Porte kicks again to diminish his rivals, but he’s dropped team-leader Dennis..!
Porte kicks hard again, shredding the leaders but not the race-leader…
Michael Woods has attacked past Porte, with Henao and Pozzovivo following him…
Sergio Henao attacks now, he’ll cross the summit ahead of everyone else…
McCarthy is chasing back-on on the short descent to the finish…
Simon Gerrans and Rohan Dennis sprint for the line, the win, and valuable bonus seconds…
sprintoge
Simon Gerrans wins stage 3 from Dennis and McCarthy..!
Simon Gerrans is the new race-leader of the Tour Down Under…