Caleb Ewan (Orica-GreenEdge) has secured his second consecutive stage win in the 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour, sprinting to victory in Nagambie on stage 3 ahead of Tyler Farrar (MTN-Qhubeka) and Steele von Hoff (KordaMentha-Australia).
Ewan came into the final corner (the same finishing corner as yesterday’s stage) further from the front than he did 24 hours earlier, but the 20-year-old was still about to get the result he was after. He overhauled the early jump of Drapac’s Will Clarke and several other riders before kicking to win by more than a bike length.
“Same finish line and same result, I am really happy with both of them,” Ewan said after winning the stage. “It played out a little differently [to stage 2]. It was pretty hectic in the final with the big wide road.”
Earlier in the day a group of six riders broke clear of the peloton inside the first 10km: Adam Phelan (Drapac), Jake Kauffmann (Budget Forklifts), Cameron Bayly (search2retain-health.com.au), Jayden Copp, Ben Hill (CharterMason Giant), and Ryan Thomas (Data#3 Symantec). The six riders’ lead peaked at 2:47 but with the peloton keen for a bunch sprint, the break was never given much latitude.
All six leaders had been caught with 3km to go in the stage, setting the race up for another bunch sprint.
Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) maintained his overall lead again after finishing safely in the bunch, despite there being a number of crashes in the peloton throughout the stage.
“There was a lot of nervous guys out there, I don’t know what it was,” said Meyer. “If it was that it was quite fast all day, they wanted to keep the break in check that’s for sure and they definitely wanted a sprint finish. A lot of teams were very eager and I think that caused a few crashes out there.”
Meyer’s teammate and defending champion Simon Clarke was among the riders to crash, as too were Robert Power (U23-Australia) and Alistair Donohoe (Search2retain).
Meyer still leads the GC by four seconds ahead of New Zealand national champion Joe Cooper (Avanti) with Cooper’s teammate and compatriot Patrick Bevin another 11 seconds behind.
The 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour concludes tomorrow with a 125.4km stage that starts and finishes atop Arthurs Seat on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. The riders will tackle the tough 3km climb three times on tomorrow’s stage en route to deciding the winner of the race overall.
Herald Sun Tour
Stage 3
: Mitchelton Wines > Nagambie
Saturday 7th February (2015)
Classification: 2.1
Category: Int. Men
Distance: 148.6km
Stage Result
| 1. |  |
EWAN Caleb
Orica GreenEDGE
|
03:25:17 |
| 2. |  |
FARRAR Tyler
MTN - Qhubeka
|
- |
| 3. | |
VON HOFF Steele
NFTO
|
- |
| 4. | |
MURPHY John
UnitedHealthcare
|
- |
| 5. | |
CLARKE William
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
| 6. |  |
DALL\'ANTONIA Tiziano
Androni Giocattoli
|
- |
| 7. |  |
ENGLISH Felix
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 8. | |
NAPIER Grayson
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 9. |  |
BEVIN Patrick
Avanti Racing Team
|
- |
| 10. | |
MOWATT James
Data#3 Symantec team
|
- |
| 11. | |
NANKERVIS Tommy
Team Budget Forklifts
|
- |
| 12. | |
VAN DER PLOEG Paul
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
- |
| 13. |  |
BRIGGS Graham
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 14. |  |
PAUWELS Serge
MTN - Qhubeka
|
- |
| 15. | |
NORRIS Lachlan
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
| 16. | |
SHAW Patrick
Avanti Racing Team
|
- |
| 17. | |
MAWBY Jackson
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 18. | |
MOSES Thomas
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 19. | |
MEYER Cameron
Orica GreenEDGE
|
- |
| 20. | |
SCHULTZ Nick
|
- |
| 21. | |
WALKER Kane
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 22. | |
CAMERON Jeremy
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
- |
| 23. | |
DAVIES Scott
|
- |
| 24. | |
WURF Cameron
|
- |
| 25. | |
CLARKE Simon
Orica GreenEDGE
|
- |
| 26. | |
COOPER Joseph
Avanti Racing Team
|
- |
| 27. | |
LAWLESS Christopher
|
- |
| 28. | |
EUSER Lucas
UnitedHealthcare
|
- |
| 29. | |
CAVANAGH Ryan
|
- |
| 30. | |
PELLIZOTTI Franco
Androni Giocattoli
|
- |
| 31. | |
TALBOT Brodie
Team Budget Forklifts
|
- |
| 32. | |
FERGUSON Grant
|
- |
| 33. | |
GOSS Matthew
MTN - Qhubeka
|
- |
| 34. | |
LAKE Sean
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
- |
| 35. | |
HOWSON Damien
Orica GreenEDGE
|
- |
| 36. | |
O\' BRIEN Mark
Avanti Racing Team
|
- |
| 37. | |
POWER Robert
|
- |
| 38. | |
CANTY Brendan
Team Budget Forklifts
|
- |
| 39. |  |
JIM Songezo
MTN - Qhubeka
|
- |
| 40. | |
TORCKLER Michael
Team Budget Forklifts
|
- |
| 41. | |
MORTON Lachlan
Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
|
- |
| 42. | |
JONES Chris
UnitedHealthcare
|
- |
| 43. | |
LANE Patrick
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
- |
| 44. | |
KATSONIS Nicholas
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
- |
| 45. | |
FRAPPORTI Marco
Androni Giocattoli
|
- |
| 46. | |
HAMILTON Chris
|
- |
| 47. | |
EDWARDS David
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
- |
| 48. | |
CARPENTER Harry
|
- |
| 49. | |
CULLAIGH Gabriel
|
- |
| 50. | |
HANDLEY Richard
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 51. | |
COOPER Mitchell
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 52. | |
PHELAN Adam
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
| 53. | |
SUMMERHILL Daniel
UnitedHealthcare
|
- |
| 54. | |
LYONS Angus
|
- |
| 55. | |
EVERS Craig
Data#3 Symantec team
|
- |
| 56. | |
HILL Benjamin
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
- |
| 57. | |
SPOKES Samuel
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
| 58. | |
VAN DER PLOEG Neil
Avanti Racing Team
|
- |
| 59. | |
BEWLEY Sam
Orica GreenEDGE
|
0:21 |
| 60. | |
NARDIN Alberto
Androni Giocattoli
|
0:28 |
| 61. | |
HEPBURN Michael
Orica GreenEDGE
|
0:31 |
| 62. | |
EDMONDSON Joshua
|
0:45 |
| 63. | |
HUCKER Robbie
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
| 64. | |
HEGYVARI Adrian
UnitedHealthcare
|
1:00 |
| 65. | |
BAYLY Cameron
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
1:02 |
| 66. | |
HOUSE Kristian
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 67. | |
KELLY Jake
|
1:43 |
| 68. | |
SPURRELL Tyler
Data#3 Symantec team
|
2:00 |
| 69. | |
BRAMMEIER Matthew
MTN - Qhubeka
|
2:02 |
| 70. | |
DOUGALL Nicholas
MTN - Qhubeka
|
- |
| 71. | |
THOMAS Scott
Data#3 Symantec team
|
2:55 |
| 72. | |
CLEMENTS Alex
|
- |
| 73. | |
SMYTH Alexander
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
3:05 |
| 74. | |
CUMING Michael
JLT Condor
|
3:24 |
| 75. | |
COPP Jayden
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
3:34 |
| 76. | |
KAUFFMANN Jacob
Team Budget Forklifts
|
- |
| 77. | |
LOVELOCK-FAY Mitchell
Avanti Racing Team
|
- |
| 78. | |
PUTT Tanner
UnitedHealthcare
|
- |
| 79. | |
STRACHAN Joel
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 80. | |
MORTON Angus
Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
|
- |
| 81. | |
GRAZIATO Massimo
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
4:27 |
| 82. | |
SHAW Stuart
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
5:02 |
| 83. | |
RICE Michael
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
- |
| 84. | |
THOMAS Ryan
Data#3 Symantec team
|
5:18 |
| 85. | |
MELVILLE David
Data#3 Symantec team
|
5:20 |
| DNF. | |
DONOHOE Alistair
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
WITMITZ Sam
Team Budget Forklifts
|
- |
| DNS. | |
BECKINSALE Jack
|
- |
| DNS. | |
JONES Brenton
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
General Classification
| 1. | |
MEYER Cameron
Orica GreenEDGE
|
09:36:23 |
| 2. | |
COOPER Joseph
Avanti Racing Team
|
0:04 |
| 3. | |
BEVIN Patrick
Avanti Racing Team
|
0:15 |
| 4. | |
CLARKE Simon
Orica GreenEDGE
|
0:19 |
| 5. | |
NORRIS Lachlan
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
0:23 |
| 6. | |
HOWSON Damien
Orica GreenEDGE
|
- |
| 7. | |
SUMMERHILL Daniel
UnitedHealthcare
|
0:24 |
| 8. | |
MORTON Lachlan
Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
|
0:27 |
| 9. | |
DAVIES Scott
|
0:28 |
| 10. | |
COOPER Mitchell
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 11. | |
PAUWELS Serge
MTN - Qhubeka
|
0:29 |
| 12. | |
POWER Robert
|
- |
| 13. | |
HAMILTON Chris
|
- |
| 14. | |
TORCKLER Michael
Team Budget Forklifts
|
0:30 |
| 15. | |
FERGUSON Grant
|
- |
| 16. | |
PELLIZOTTI Franco
Androni Giocattoli
|
- |
| 17. | |
SHAW Patrick
Avanti Racing Team
|
- |
| 18. | |
JONES Chris
UnitedHealthcare
|
0:31 |
| 19. | |
CANTY Brendan
Team Budget Forklifts
|
- |
| 20. | |
EUSER Lucas
UnitedHealthcare
|
0:32 |
| 21. | |
O\' BRIEN Mark
Avanti Racing Team
|
0:34 |
| 22. | |
CULLAIGH Gabriel
|
21:45 |
| 23. | |
EDMONDSON Joshua
|
22:16 |
| 24. | |
EWAN Caleb
Orica GreenEDGE
|
25:26 |
| 25. | |
VON HOFF Steele
NFTO
|
25:38 |
| 26. | |
VAN DER PLOEG Neil
Avanti Racing Team
|
25:47 |
| 27. | |
VAN DER PLOEG Paul
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
- |
| 28. | |
ENGLISH Felix
JLT Condor
|
25:50 |
| 29. | |
PHELAN Adam
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
| 30. | |
NANKERVIS Tommy
Team Budget Forklifts
|
25:52 |
| 31. | |
MURPHY John
UnitedHealthcare
|
- |
| 32. | |
EDWARDS David
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
- |
| 33. | |
BRIGGS Graham
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 34. | |
MOWATT James
Data#3 Symantec team
|
- |
| 35. | |
CARPENTER Harry
|
25:53 |
| 36. | |
GOSS Matthew
MTN - Qhubeka
|
- |
| 37. | |
LYONS Angus
|
- |
| 38. | |
DALL\'ANTONIA Tiziano
Androni Giocattoli
|
25:54 |
| 39. | |
MAWBY Jackson
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 40. | |
WURF Cameron
|
25:55 |
| 41. | |
CAVANAGH Ryan
|
- |
| 42. | |
SPOKES Samuel
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
- |
| 43. | |
HANDLEY Richard
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 44. | |
EVERS Craig
Data#3 Symantec team
|
- |
| 45. | |
HILL Benjamin
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
- |
| 46. | |
MOSES Thomas
JLT Condor
|
- |
| 47. | |
WALKER Kane
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 48. | |
LAKE Sean
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
25:57 |
| 49. | |
LANE Patrick
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
- |
| 50. | |
NAPIER Grayson
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
25:58 |
| 51. | |
TALBOT Brodie
Team Budget Forklifts
|
25:59 |
| 52. | |
CAMERON Jeremy
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
- |
| 53. | |
SCHULTZ Nick
|
26:00 |
| 54. | |
JIM Songezo
MTN - Qhubeka
|
26:02 |
| 55. | |
KATSONIS Nicholas
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
26:03 |
| 56. | |
FRAPPORTI Marco
Androni Giocattoli
|
26:06 |
| 57. | |
LAWLESS Christopher
|
26:14 |
| 58. | |
HEPBURN Michael
Orica GreenEDGE
|
26:18 |
| 59. | |
NARDIN Alberto
Androni Giocattoli
|
26:31 |
| 60. | |
HUCKER Robbie
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
26:42 |
| 61. | |
BEWLEY Sam
Orica GreenEDGE
|
26:45 |
| 62. | |
BAYLY Cameron
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
26:55 |
| 63. | |
HEGYVARI Adrian
UnitedHealthcare
|
26:56 |
| 64. | |
FARRAR Tyler
MTN - Qhubeka
|
26:57 |
| 65. | |
CLARKE William
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
26:59 |
| 66. | |
HOUSE Kristian
JLT Condor
|
27:15 |
| 67. | |
KELLY Jake
|
27:39 |
| 68. | |
SPURRELL Tyler
Data#3 Symantec team
|
27:52 |
| 69. | |
BRAMMEIER Matthew
MTN - Qhubeka
|
27:56 |
| 70. | |
DOUGALL Nicholas
MTN - Qhubeka
|
28:17 |
| 71. | |
THOMAS Scott
Data#3 Symantec team
|
28:50 |
| 72. | |
SMYTH Alexander
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
29:01 |
| 73. | |
CLEMENTS Alex
|
29:18 |
| 74. | |
COPP Jayden
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
29:29 |
| 75. | |
PUTT Tanner
UnitedHealthcare
|
- |
| 76. | |
KAUFFMANN Jacob
Team Budget Forklifts
|
29:30 |
| 77. | |
CUMING Michael
JLT Condor
|
29:40 |
| 78. | |
MORTON Angus
Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
|
29:51 |
| 79. | |
STRACHAN Joel
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
29:52 |
| 80. | |
LOVELOCK-FAY Mitchell
Avanti Racing Team
|
30:14 |
| 81. | |
GRAZIATO Massimo
African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
30:23 |
| 82. | |
RICE Michael
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
30:58 |
| 83. | |
SHAW Stuart
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
31:00 |
| 84. | |
THOMAS Ryan
Data#3 Symantec team
|
31:11 |
| 85. | |
MELVILLE David
Data#3 Symantec team
|
31:22 |
Mountains Classification
| 1. | |
POWER Robert
|
48 |
| 2. | |
BAYLY Cameron
search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
40 |
| 3. | |
CANTY Brendan
Team Budget Forklifts
|
20 |
| 4. | |
NORRIS Lachlan
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
16 |
| 5. | |
PHELAN Adam
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
14 |
| 6. | |
FARRAR Tyler
MTN - Qhubeka
|
12 |
| 7. | |
COPP Jayden
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
12 |
| 8. | |
KAUFFMANN Jacob
Team Budget Forklifts
|
12 |
| 9. | |
BEVIN Patrick
Avanti Racing Team
|
8 |
| 10. | |
PAUWELS Serge
MTN - Qhubeka
|
8 |
| 11. | |
CUMING Michael
JLT Condor
|
8 |
| 12. | |
HOWSON Damien
Orica GreenEDGE
|
4 |
| 13. | |
CLARKE William
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
4 |
| 14. | |
HILL Benjamin
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
2 |
Points Classification
| 1. | |
EWAN Caleb
Orica GreenEDGE
|
20 |
| 2. | |
MEYER Cameron
Orica GreenEDGE
|
16 |
| 3. | |
FARRAR Tyler
MTN - Qhubeka
|
14 |
| 4. | |
VON HOFF Steele
NFTO
|
14 |
| 5. | |
COOPER Joseph
Avanti Racing Team
|
12 |
| 6. | |
MURPHY John
UnitedHealthcare
|
8 |
| 7. | |
SUMMERHILL Daniel
UnitedHealthcare
|
6 |
| 8. | |
EVERS Craig
Data#3 Symantec team
|
6 |
| 9. | |
HILL Benjamin
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
6 |
| 10. | |
KAUFFMANN Jacob
Team Budget Forklifts
|
6 |
| 11. | |
BEVIN Patrick
Avanti Racing Team
|
6 |
| 12. | |
SHAW Patrick
Avanti Racing Team
|
6 |
| 13. | |
PHELAN Adam
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
6 |
| 14. | |
COPP Jayden
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
6 |
| 15. | |
CLARKE Simon
Orica GreenEDGE
|
4 |
| 16. | |
CUMING Michael
JLT Condor
|
4 |
| 17. | |
STRACHAN Joel
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
4 |
| 18. | |
HAMILTON Chris
|
2 |
| 19. | |
EDMONDSON Joshua
|
2 |
| 20. | |
CLARKE William
Drapac Professional Cycling
|
2 |
Youth Classification
| 1. | |
DAVIES Scott
|
09:36:51 |
| 2. | |
COOPER Mitchell
Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
- |
| 3. | |
POWER Robert
|
0:01 |
| 4. | |
HAMILTON Chris
|
- |
| 5. | |
FERGUSON Grant
|
0:02 |
| 6. | |
CULLAIGH Gabriel
|
21:17 |
| 7. | |
EWAN Caleb
Orica GreenEDGE
|
24:58 |
| 8. | |
EDWARDS David
Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
25:24 |
| 9. | |
CARPENTER Harry
|
25:25 |
| 10. | |
LYONS Angus
|
- |
Teams Classification
| 1. | Orica GreenEDGE
|
28:49:55 | |
| 2. | Avanti Racing Team
|
0:02 | |
| 3. | UnitedHealthcare
|
0:29 | |
| 4. | Great Britain
|
21:29 | |
| 5. | Team Budget Forklifts
|
25:55 | |
| 6. | KordaMentha Australian Team
|
25:56 | |
| 7. | Drapac Professional Cycling
|
51:07 | |
| 8. | MTN - Qhubeka
|
51:22 | |
| 9. | Jayco-AIS Under-23 National Team
|
51:23 | |
| 10. | Navitas Satalyst Racing team
|
51:31 | |
| 11. | Androni Giocattoli
|
51:41 | |
| 12. | JLT Condor
|
1:16:47 | |
| 13. | Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
|
1:16:48 | |
| 14. | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team
|
1:17:03 | |
| 15. | Data#3 Symantec team
|
1:18:51 | |
| 16. | search2retain-health.com.au Cycling Team
|
1:28:03 |