Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2019 – Stage 3 [Highlights]

February 1, 2019

Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2019 – Stage 3 – Sale – Warragul : 161,3 km

The Herald Sun Tour is ready to roll out for its 65th edition in Victoria from January 30 through February 3. The UCI 2.1 race began in 1952 as the first professional stage race in Victoria since the 1934 Centenary Thousand Classic, and it continues through this season with only a couple interruptions in the 67-year run. This year’s race features five stages that will take riders from Phillip Island on stage 1 to Melbourne on the final day. Along the way, the 2019 Herald Sun Tour will visit Wonthaggi, Churchill, Sale, Warragul, Cape Schanck and Arthurs Seat.

It was a Team Sky – and a Welsh – one-two at the finish of stage 3 of the 2019 Jayco Herald Sun Tour on Friday when Owain Doull and Luke Rowe crossed the line together after the two riders escaped in the final five kilometres from a group of nine riders, with Doull taking the victory.

Overall race leader Michael Woods (EF Education First) kept his powder dry in the safety of the peloton, with the race set to be decided on four ascents of the climb of Arthurs Seat on Saturday’s penultimate stage.

A crash just 35 kilometres into the stage brought down a number of riders, and the two riders who came off worst were Carter Turnbull of the KordaMentha Australian Team, who was knocked unconscious, and was to be kept in hospital overnight for observation after recovering consciousness, and Australian road race champion Michael Freiberg (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast), who was also taken to nearby Traralgon Hospital, where he received stitches for facial injuries and treatment for cuts and bruises.

Soon after the crash, a group of nine riders escaped off the front, and Doull, Rowe, Nathan Elliott (KordaMentha Australian Team), Trek-Segafredo’s Will Clarke, Team Bridgelane’s Neil Van Der Ploeg, Conor Murtagh (Oliver’s Real Food Racing), Drapac Cannondale Holistic’s Liam White, Ryan Cavanagh (St George Continental) and EvoPro’s Luke Mudgway had built up a 5:25 lead over the bunch by the halfway stage of the 127km stage between Sale and Warragul in Victoria, Australia.

While Woods’ EF Education First squad was content to control the race and let the break have some rope, Mitchelton-Scott came to the front later on the stage, but weren’t able to reel the break in, with Doull’s Team Sky teammate Kristoffer Halvorsen bringing the bunch home 1:19 behind the stage winner.

The leading nine riders worked well together, but on a steep rise five kilometres before the finish, Rowe and Doull took the opportunity to attack the break, building up a 30-second lead to take the Sky one-two, with the remaining seven riders left to fight it out between them for third place, which was taken by Drapac Cannondale Holistic’s Liam White.

“We’d earmarked today’s stage as a potential day for the break to go, with how the race was unfolding, and we were both pretty keen,” Doull said at the finish.

“Luke and I made sure that we lost time yesterday so that the break could get a bit of rope out on the road, and it came around perfectly for us with the two of us being away with 5km to go. Luke – the gentleman – said to me, ‘You can have it,’ so I was more than happy to take it,” he said.

With the group’s gap decreasing, the two Welshman had made their decision: “Luke and I said we’d get everyone going through, and with 5km to go we just started ‘one-two-ing’. Luke went first, and didn’t quite get the gap, and then I went over the top, and got a gap, and then Luke managed to jump across, and after that we just TTed [time-trialled] it to the finish.

“It sounds simple, but it took a lot more than that,” he laughed.

Woods had a relatively simple day in the yellow leader’s jersey, and will be ready to try to defend his lead on Saturday’s fourth stage, which finishes with four climbs of Arthurs Seat on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.

“My team was fantastic all day,” said Woods. “I could really lean on them, and they kept me calm. I managed to stay safe, and am lucky to have such a good team around me.

“We did a great job of controlling the break. Everybody that was up the road was eight minutes or more down on the GC,” he explained, “and we just made sure that we kept the gap down, and brought it down to three minutes before Mitchelton took over, who weren’t able to bring it down totally.

“The onus is now on a lot of teams to really be aggressive tomorrow [stage 4],” said Woods, “but we’re prepared for that.”

Results :
1 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 3:28:47
2 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
3 Liam White (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:00:29
4 Luke Mudgway (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:00:36
5 Ryan Cavanagh (Aus) St George Continental
6 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
7 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:39
8 William Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
9 Nathan Elliot (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team 0:00:42
10 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky 0:01:19
11 Brenton Jones (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team
12 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
13 Theodore Yates (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic
14 Chris Harper (Aus) Team Bridgelane
15 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental
16 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
17 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo
18 Sam Jenner (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team
19 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling
20 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
21 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
22 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
23 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky
25 Nicholas White (Aus) Team Bridgelane
26 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky
27 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
28 Freddy Ovett (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
29 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Bridgelane
30 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky
31 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek-Segafredo
32 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
33 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
34 Cyrus Monk (Aus) EvoPro Racing
35 Jason Lea (Aus) Team Bridgelane
36 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
37 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EvoPro Racing
38 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling
39 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) Team Bridgelane
40 Muhammad Zawawi Azman (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
41 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
42 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling
43 Daniel Whitehouse (Aus) EvoPro Racing
44 Oliver Martin (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic
45 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane
46 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
47 Muhsin Al Redha Misbah (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
48 Michael Potter (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
49 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental
50 Thomas Hubbard (Aus) St George Continental
51 Tom Mcfarlane (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team
52 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:01:32
53 Dylan Newbery (Aus) Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling 0:01:34
54 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:37
55 Liam Magennis (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:01:47
56 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:50
57 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
58 Benjamin Andrews (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
59 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:08
60 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:35
61 Wouter Wippert (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:02:50
62 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:03:15
63 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First Pro Cycling
64 Aaron Gate (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:03:31
65 Jonathon Noble (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
66 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:03:38
67 Daniel Mclay (GBr) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:05:43
68 Corbin Strong (Aus) St George Continental 0:05:48
69 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:06:36
70 David Williams (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team 0:08:53
71 Zachary Johnson (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:09:53
72 Ashley Mackay (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
73 Timothy Cameron (Aus) St George Continental
74 Tom Kaesler (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic
75 Patrick Burt (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:11:08
76 Shane Archbold (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:12:27
77 Karl Michelin-Beard (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:18:22
OTL Rowan Dever (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing
OTL Taj Jones (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
OTL Thomas Coates (Aus) Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling
OTL Christopher Williams (Aus) Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling
DNF Carter Turnbull (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team
DNF Michael Freiberg (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
DNF Cameron Layton (Aus) Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First Pro Cycling 5:12:32
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:04
3 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:00:27
4 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:29
5 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:31
6 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Sky 0:00:53
7 Chris Harper (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:00:54
8 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:57
9 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
10 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:04
11 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:02:08
12 Sam Jenner (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team
13 Jarlinson Pantano Gomez (Col) Trek-Segafredo
14 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
15 Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling
16 Nicholas White (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:02:36
17 Daniel Whitehouse (Aus) EvoPro Racing
18 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:02:44
19 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:04:10
20 Freddy Ovett (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
21 Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:04:37
22 Cyrus Monk (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:04:59
23 Marcus Culey (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:05:45
24 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:06:18
25 Owain Doull (Gbr) Team Sky 0:06:24
26 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:06:32
27 Liam White (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:07:07
28 Ayden Toovey (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:07:45
29 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky 0:07:47
30 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:07:49
31 Brenton Jones (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team 0:07:57
32 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) Team Bridgelane
33 Jesse Ewart (Aus) Team Sapura Cycling 0:08:05
34 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
35 Muhammad Zawawi Azman (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
36 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling
37 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:08:17
38 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:23
39 Benjamin Andrews (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:08:43
40 Muhsin Al Redha Misbah (Mas) Team Sapura Cycling 0:09:05
41 Theodore Yates (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:09:47
42 Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:10:01
43 Conor Murtagh (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:10:12
44 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Team Bridgelane 0:10:13
45 Ryan Cavanagh (Aus) St George Continental
46 William Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:16
47 Nathan Elliot (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team 0:10:19
48 Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental 0:10:48
49 Jason Lea (Aus) Team Bridgelane
50 Tom Mcfarlane (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team
51 Michael Vink (NZl) St George Continental
52 Michael Potter (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:10:56
53 Oliver Martin (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic
54 Liam Magennis (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:11:24
55 Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:11:27
56 Dylan Newbery (Aus) Futuro-Maxxis Pro Cycling 0:11:32
57 Luke Mudgway (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:11:33
58 Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:11:43
59 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:12:18
60 Aaron Gate (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:13:00
61 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:13:07
62 Jonathon Noble (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:13:26
63 Daniel Mclay (GBr) EF Education First Pro Cycling 0:14:58
64 Corbin Strong (Aus) St George Continental 0:15:25
65 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:16:13
66 Thomas Hubbard (Aus) St George Continental 0:16:44
67 Patrick Burt (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:18:01
68 Ashley Mackay (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast 0:19:30
69 David Williams (Aus) KordaMentha Australian Team 0:19:32
70 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 0:20:31
71 Wouter Wippert (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:20:56
72 Angus Lyons (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:22:23
73 Timothy Cameron (Aus) St George Continental 0:28:45
74 Tom Kaesler (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:29:59
75 Karl Michelin-Beard (Aus) Oliver’s Real Food Racing 0:37:11
76 Zachary Johnson (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic 0:37:39
77 Shane Archbold (Aus) EvoPro Racing 0:38:43