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Finn Fisher-Black was second on the stage and Tobias Lund Andresen was third.
Jay Vine, for the second time in his profession, is the general winner of the Santos Tour Down Underneath.
Gilmore assaults however Brennan goes excessive and takes the stage win.
Kwiako leads out with 300 metres to go.
Peloton catches the trio within 1km to go. Visma practice on the entrance.
Decathlon can be jostling for place on the entrance.
It’s now Visma main with Brennan in third wheel at 1.5km to go. Hole to trio is 5 seconds.
Trio of Cepeda, Buitrago and Glivar have 10 seconds with 2km to go.
Lidl goes to the entrance with an remoted Vine staying near the entrance.
Yates is down and Vine is on his personal within 3km to go.
Yates pushes ahead forward of Vine. Yates is on the entrance, and Fisher-Black and Pithie are near the entrance adopted by Visma.
Uno-X takes over the entrance of the peloton, as Buitrago pushes the tempo within the break.
NSN is lifting the tempo on the entrance, and hole is now 19 seconds with 4.5k to go
Tudor, and Crimson Bull on the entrance. Vine shadowed by teammate Yates is sticking near the entrance.
Romo is again within the peloton.
Cepeda is driving the break with Buitrago and Glivar as Romo loses contact within 6km to go.
Riders peeling off on the entrance of the peloton.
Breakaway continues to be working cohesively. Hole holding at 33 seconds with 7km to go.
And NSN’s Simon Clarke does a giant flip on the entrance within the second-to-last race of his profession.
Romo, Cepedar, Glivar and Buitrago have 30 seconds with 8 km to go because the street begins going up.
Yates goes to the entrance to regulate and preserve Vine – on his wheel – secure within the ultimate chaotic finale.
With 10km to go, the quartet has 32 seconds on the peloton.
Earlier than the beginning of the stage, Romo was 25 seconds behind Schmid and 16 seconds behind Sweeny.
Now it is Tudor and Jayco taking the reins on the entrance of the peloton. Romo can be threatening Schmid’s second on GC.
Romo was 1:28 down on GC, and is now threatening Sweeny’s third place on GC.
Cepeda, then Romo are driving on the entrance of the break. The quarter has 30 seconds with 14km to go.
Tudor – for Brenner – transfer as much as the entrance. Brenner is barely 2 seconds from third place on the ultimate GC podium.
The complete workforce of UAE – 3 riders – are taking over the chase. Oliveira, then Yates and race chief Vine.
The transfer contains two Movistar in Romo and Cepeda, Glivar from Alpecin and Buitrago of Bahrain. They’ve 18 seconds with 17km to go.
Stannard is preventing to remain on the wheels with 18.5km to go.
Gal Glivar and Romo be a part of up with Buitrago, Stannard and Cepeda.
Buitrago and Stannard are collectively as Movistar’s Cepeda jumps throughout. Two extra chasers.
Lap 8 of 8 – 21.3km to go
Bahrain is doing the chasing – they know that break with Stannard, is doomed.
Harper is racing for the Australian Nationwide workforce, races for Pinarello-Q36.5 Professional Biking ordinarily.
With 23km to go, Eenkhoorn and Stannard have 29 seconds to the sector, with Harper closing in onto the duo.
Assault from the peloton. Chris Harper powers away and shoots forward.
Peloton is closing in on the Van Bekkum, Plapp and Novák.
Eenkhoorn and Stannard are nonetheless collectively, onto the drag to the end line to begin the eighth and ultimate lap.
Loaded with bottles. Plapp is sticking to Van Bekkum’s wheel as they catch and cross Novák.
And Novák jumps on the practice.
Visma takes over the entrance of the sector, all in for Brennan.
Van Bekkum. catches and handed Plapp who’s leaping on his wheel, whereas carrying all the additional weight of all of the water bottles.
Assault begin from the peloton. XDS Astana’s Darren van Bekkum is flying up the street.
And now Pavel Novák is gapped as they undergo the feedzone. Eenkhoorn and Stannard proceed on, with a 42-second lead with 31km to go.
Plapp sits up from the break. He collects water bottles for his teammate within the feedzone.
Vehicles taken out from behind the break of 4, hole at 42 seconds.
The hole is now underneath the one-minute mark, as stress will increase within the area.
Tempo is choosing up within the area. The complete workforce of EF is behind Scotson with Sweeny sitting behind two teammates, in the course of the road.
And as soon as once more, Eenkhoorn leads them throughout the road, adopted by Novak, Stannard and Plapp, as he did for the primary intermediate dash.
Break is heading in direction of the second intermediate dash the place they need to merely throughout the road.
Scotson leads the peloton throughout the road, 1:32 behind the quartet.
Lap #7 – 42.6km to go
Decathlon’s Callum Scotson, native of Adelaide, is again setting the tempo on the entrance. He is aware of these roads fairly properly. Behind him, continues to be EF’s Max Walker. The 2 have been rotating properly.
Hole all the way down to 1:31, with 48km to go. Nonetheless EF, and Decathlon rotating on the entrance to deliver the quartet again.
The 4 riders within the break are Pavel Novák (Movistar), Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), Pascal Eenkhoorn (Soudal-Quickstep), and Robert Stannard (Bahrain Victorious)
The hole continues to tumble, 2:02 with 57km to go.
Lap #6 (of 8) – 63.9km to go
Plapp leads the quartet throughout the road, adopted by Eenkhoorn, Stannard and Novák.
The additional firepower on the entrance has lowered the hole to 2:46 with 67km to go.
Jay Vine is now left with two teammates, Ivo Oliveira and Adam Yates with 70km to go.
Now three groups doing the chasing with Decathlon including a rider to the rotation with EF and Visma. Gao is 3:18 with 72km to go.
Menno Huising, Lucas Stevenson and Alberto Dainese all went down within the earlier crash and have been compelled to desert the race.
EF and Visma are rotating on the entrance, driving to shut that hole down.
Visma takes over the pacemaking within the peloton, they should deliver the break, now at 3:41, to have the ability to go for the stage win.
Oh, EF may be attempting to get the very best younger rider jersey again, as Novák was third within the classification, 1:46 behind their rider Michael Leonard.
Seeing some change on the entrance of the peloton. EF places a rider – Max Walker – on the entrance, adopted by Molano and Visma.
Lap 5 – 85.2km to go
No KOM this time round as Stannard leads the quartet throughout the road, adopted by Plapp, Eenkhoorn and Novák.
In the meantime, the 4 off the entrance – Stannard, Plapp, Eenkhoorn and Novák – now have 2:58.
The jersey of XDS-Astana’s Florian Kajamini is all torn up. He stops by his workforce automobile to get a brand new helmet.
Different riders within the peloton are checking in with Vine as he makes it again to the peloton within 92km to go.
Yates goes again to assist Vine and Oliveira.
One other bike change for Vine, will get again on his personal bike. Appears that Oliveira fastened the difficulty.
Vine has a motorcycle drawback, and will get his teammate Oliveira’s bike.
Novák has caught Plapp, Stannard and Eenkhorn with 95km to go.
Crash
Novák is now solely 26 seconds from the break.
And no response to Novák’s solo flyer, and he is gone clear.
Shock. Movistar’s Pavel Novák launches from the peloton. Let’s examine if anybody responds.
The three riders within the break are driving tempo, not going all in, and neither is the peloton actually. The hole is now 1:33.
Marian Urianstad (Uno-X) takes the ultimate KOM level on provide and waves to the gang.
Lap #4- 106.4km to go
Break jumps the roundabout as they race by means of Aldgate. Shortest line is quickest line.
Molano is holding the break at across the 2-minute mark. Visma is lined up behind them, then Jayco, UAE, EF Training and Tudor. Apart from Visma, it displays the place on GC for race chief Jay Vine (UAE), Mauro Schmid (Jayco), Harry Sweeny (EF) and Marco Brenner (Tudor).
From a bit earlier within the stage, Sebastian Molano and his UAE teammates on the entrance of the peloton. Now Molano, is solo at setting the tempo.
One lone UAE rider on the entrance of the sector now with Molana. VIsma is massed behind him, after which Jayco.
Break has 2:10 on the peloton. Plapp’s puncture and gradual wheel change value them about 30 seconds as Eenkhoorn and Stannard waited for the Australian.
Let’s hear what Jay Vine (UAE Staff Emirates-XRG) mentioned firstly in Stirling this morning.
“We have nonetheless bought actually sturdy guys. Everybody’s nonetheless tremendous motivated, however the stage is absolutely troublesome. 170 Ks, and this can be a actually demanding circuit. So we’re gonna should be attentive from begin to end. And like I mentioned three days in the past after I took the ochre [leader’s jersey] , it is by no means over until it is over. So yeah, bought to remain centered and concentrated proper to the final final metre.”
“I feel everybody from the highest 10 will need to try to shuffle round just a little bit. And there is, , seconds between second [on GC] throughout to, I feel, like thirteenth or one thing. So there are bonus seconds out on the road. This course has so much to supply by way of making it onerous or attritional. So I feel we are able to see numerous groups attempting to, attempting to do one thing, even when it is simply to enhance their place by two or three spots.”
Eenkhoorn rolls by means of first on the intermediate dash, adopted by Stannard and Plapp.
Trio now has 1km to the primary intermediate dash in Heathfield.
UAE, with Visma lined up behind them, cross the road 2:14 down.
Begin of lap 3 of 8 – 127.8km to go
In his chase, Plapp appeared to take a bottle from the impartial automobile, bought a small assist however did not truly take the bottle.
Plapp catches Eenkhoorn, who appeared to have waited whereas Stannard is simply up the street.
Juan Sebastian Molano, the UAE sprinter, is on the entrance of the peloton adopted by his teammates together with Vine. Behind them en masse is Visma.
The break has 2:45, so Plapp is someplace within the center after a gradual wheel change.
Rear wheel puncture for Plapp, and it is a gradual change. Chain off as properly.
Plenty of exercise within the convoy, with riders going again to their vehicles to get provides for his or her teammates.
Plenty of chatter within the trio, largely by Plapp.
Break, with Stannard, Plapp and Eenkhoorn have 1:10 with 134.5km and are the decrease slopes Stirling climb which isn’t a KOM on this lap.
The peloton has calmed down, momentarily as domestiques deliver up ice socks and bottles for his or her teammates.
The very best-placed rider within the break is Eenkhoorn at 2:15, and Plapp is at 2:55
The brand new break of Robert Stannard (Bahrain Victorious, Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla) and Pascal Eenkhoorn (Soudal-Quickstep) solely have 25 seconds.
Stannard has made it throughout once more however the trio have a really slim lead of 8 seconds.
Eenkhoorn attacked once more and was rapidly joined by Plapp. The pair is discussing technique, however they solely have 12 seconds on the sector.
White jersey Andrea Raccagni continues to be chasing within the workforce vehicles with help his Alberto Dainese, the sprinter on their workforce.
Jayco-AlUla sports activities director Matthew Hayman shared his ideas with Cyclingnews firstly in Stirling this morning. Their GC chief Mauro Schmid sits second total, 1:30 down and 9 seconds forward of Harry Sweeny (EF Training-Easypost).
Begin of lap #2
Cepeda, together with Pepijn Reinderink, joins up with Plapp.
Plapp assaults once more, and is roofed by EF rider.
Two riders are coming throughout the hole, however the peloton is closing too.
White jersey Andrea Raccagni (Soudal-Quickstep) has a mechanical on the again.
Hole is tumbling, all the way down to 14 seconds as Veistroffer is trying over his shoulder.
The street has began to go up, as they head to the highest of KOM #1, on the end line, and the beginning of lap 2/=.
An even bigger group attempting to flee the peloton, because the trio up the street has a couple of one-minute lead.
Extra assaults within the peloton. Luke Plapp makes a transfer adopted by Vine’s teammate Oliveira.
The three riders within the break are Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto-Intermarché), Fabio van den Bossche (Soudal-Quickstep) and Robert Stannard (Bahrain Victorious).
Baptiste Veistroffer and Fabio van den Bossche make it throughout to Stannard, they usually have 23 seconds with 159km togo.
Counter assault by Kell OBrien attempting to flee the peloton. A couple of riders in between O’Brien and Stannard.
Stannard is solo with 5 riders chasing collectively and ones and twos additionally leaping. Jayco is on the entrance of the peloton, seeking to shut it down.
A couple of riders have a small hole with no respiratory area.
Shuffling and re-shuffling on the entrance with riders to kind the break. Now it is Patrick Konrad who tries to go, and Robert Stannard comes throughout and previous him.
Staff administrators informed their riders at present ‘don’t miss the break’. Therefore onslaught of assaults.
After being caught, Veistroffer counters and is shutdown. And extra assaults, this time by Soudal Quickstep and NSN reacts.
Baptiste Veistroffer is one other rider attempting to flee. He was within the break on stage 3.
Soudal, Crimson Bull, Ineos, XDS Astana and extra try to flee.
Extra riders bounce on Eenkhoorn’s transfer. Plenty of groups need to be within the break.
First assault by Pascal Eenkhoorn with a fast response.
And we’re off and racing!
The warmth and crashes took a toll yesterday, as 10 riders didn’t end stage 4. The peloton, all the way down to 126 riders, is off for the brief 0.5km impartial zone.
Present situations firstly in Henley Seaside, in accordance with CN’s reporter on the bottom, Simone Giuliani, are:
“A far kinder temperature awaits the riders as they get set for the beginning of the ultimate stage, with temperatures sitting at a civilised 25 levels because the workforce vehicles roll as much as the beginning line. What’s extra, the forecast most firstly/end line within the hills is forecast to hit simply 32°C … not precisely a cool change however far kinder than yesterday, the place one other 10°C was added on prime of that.
Right here’s what race director Stuart O’Grady mentioned about stage 5: “That is going to be the very best ultimate stage we’ve ever had. In earlier editions of the race the script has sometimes been determined by Willunga Hill, however a Stirling circuit on the ultimate day is a complete new ball sport. It’s virtually like a world championship or nationwide championship-style circuit the place there can be so many alternatives to assault.”
“Even when you’re inside a minute of the lead, if the racing is tough and good sufficient, you have got the potential to destroy the ochre jersey as a result of it’s going to be very onerous for a workforce to regulate the peloton for eight laps round Stirling. Stirling gives an ideal viewing platform with nice food and drinks choices and plenty of shade, so it must be a cracking day.”
At 169.8 kilometres, that is among the many longest closing levels in Santos Tour Down Underneath historical past. The peloton will deal with eight laps of an undulating circuit that heads south from Stirling, with intermediate sprints at Longwood earlier than it loops again, for a complete of three,436 m of elevation acquire.
“The final day round Stirling provides much more up and down, with a noticed blade profile and 4 categorized climbs earlier than the ending ascent on Mount Barker Street. The climb is 2km lengthy and rises solely 78 metres, averaging 4%. However the common is misleading as some pitches of 11% will weigh closely on drained legs.”
Stage 2 winner Jay Vine (UAE Staff Emirates-XRG) leads the overall classification with 1:03 on Mauro Schmid (Jayco AlUla), and Harry Sweeny (EF Training-Eastypost) in third, at 1:12. Although Vine seems pretty safe, the battle for second and third on GC must be heated with solely 10 seconds separating third and seventh place.
Welcome to Cyclingnews’ dwell protection of stage 5, beginning and ending in Stirling, of the Tour Down Underneath. The stage begins at 11:10 am native time and finishes roughly 4 hours later.
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