Tour Down Under 2024: Second sprint triumph Welsford, Del Toro still leads

Results 3rd stage 2024 Tour Down Under

1. Sam Welsford (aus)
2. Elia Viviani (ita) s.t.
3. Daniel McLay (gbr) s.t.
4. Laurence Pithie (fra) s.t.
5. Max Kanter (ger) s.t.
6. Caleb Ewan (aus) s.t.
7. José Hodeg (col) s.t.
8. Biniam Girmay (eri) s.t.
9. Jhonatan Narváez (ecu) s.t.
10. Emils Liepins (lat) s.t.

GC after stage 3
1. Isaac Del Toro (mex)
2. Corbin Strong (nzl) + 0.02
3. Axel Mariault (fra) + 0.05
4. Biniam Girmay (eri) + 0.07
5. Stephen Williams (gbr) s.t.
6. Stephan De Bod (rsa) s.t.
7. Georg Zimmermann (ger) + 0.08
8. Finn Fisher-Black (nzl) s.t.
9. Louis Barré (fra) + 0.09
10. Caleb Ewan (aus) + 0.10

Race report
Luke Burns initiates the breakaway. He is first joined by Tristan Saunders, and then Axel Mariault. The three open a 3 minutes lead before it’s all back together again in the last 31 kilometres. Saunders is the last attacker to be caught.

Sam Welsford powers to his second stage win in three days in the ensuing bunch sprint, while Isaac Del Toro holds the ochre jersey.

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