Elia Viviani (Quick – Step Floors) był najszybszy na finiszu trzeciego etapu australijskiego wyścigu. Liderem pozostał Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott).
Etap numer trzy Santos Tour Down Under 2018 prowadził z Glenelg do Victor Harbor. Z powodu upału organizatorzy już wcześniej podjęli decyzję, że odcinek zostanie skrócony. Kolarze mieli do przejechania 120,5 km.
Bardzo szybko na ucieczkę zdecydowali się (już tradycyjnie) Nicholas Dlamini (Dimension Data) i Scott Bowden (UniSA-Australia). Zawodnik z RPA za cel przyjął sobie utrzymanie koszulki lidera klasyfikacji górskiej. Na podjeździe The Range nie dał szans swojemu rywalowi i zainkasował maksymalną ilość punktów.
50 kilometrów przed metą Dlamini odpuścił odjazd i Bowden samotnie walczył ze zbliżającym się peletonem. Jednak 20 kilometrów dalej jego jazda na czele zakończyła się. Swoich sił próbował jeszcze Tiago Machado (Katusha – Alpecin), ale jego zapędy zostały zneutralizowane na siedem kilometrów przed kreską.
Na finałowych metrach świetną pracę wykonała ekipa Mitchelton-Scott, ale Caleb Ewan popełnił błąd i rozpoczął sprint za późno. Doskonale wykorzystał to Elia Viviani, który triumfował po raz pierwszy w koszulce Quick – Step Floors.
Drugi był Phil Bauhaus (Team Sunweb), a trzeci Ewan. Zawodnik Mitchelton-Scott utrzymał prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej.
?? VIVIANI WINS ??@eliaviviani charges over the top of @CalebEwan to snatch @bigscreenvideo Stage 3!!! That was a monster finish!!#TDU pic.twitter.com/3BlV7ivKfi
— Santos Tour Down Under ?? (@tourdownunder) January 18, 2018
Wyniki trzeciego etapu:
| 1 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 3:04:40 | |
| 2 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | ||
| 3 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | ||
| 4 | Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 5 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | ||
| 6 | Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 7 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | ||
| 8 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 9 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 10 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | ||
| 11 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | ||
| 12 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 13 | Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 14 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | ||
| 15 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 16 | Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 17 | Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 18 | Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 19 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | ||
| 20 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 21 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 22 | Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 23 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 24 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 25 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 26 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 27 | George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 28 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 29 | Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 30 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 31 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 32 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 33 | Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 34 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 35 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | ||
| 36 | Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 37 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 38 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 39 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | ||
| 40 | Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 41 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | ||
| 42 | Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 43 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 44 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 45 | Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | ||
| 46 | Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 47 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 48 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 49 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 50 | Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 51 | Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 52 | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 53 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 54 | Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 55 | Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 56 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | ||
| 57 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 58 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 59 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 60 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 61 | Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 62 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 63 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 64 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 65 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data | ||
| 66 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 67 | Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 68 | Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data | ||
| 69 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 70 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 71 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | ||
| 72 | Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 73 | Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 74 | Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 75 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 76 | Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data | ||
| 77 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | ||
| 78 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 79 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | ||
| 80 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | ||
| 81 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 82 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 83 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 84 | Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 85 | Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team | ||
| 86 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | ||
| 87 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 88 | Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 89 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:00:24 | |
| 90 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:26 | |
| 91 | Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 92 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 93 | Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 94 | Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 95 | Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 96 | William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 97 | Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 98 | Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 99 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:31 | |
| 100 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 101 | Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:34 | |
| 102 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe | ||
| 103 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:00:38 | |
| 104 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:44 | |
| 105 | Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 106 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:00:48 | |
| 107 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | ||
| 108 | Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 109 | Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:00:54 | |
| 110 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:56 | |
| 111 | Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:02 | |
| 112 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:01:04 | |
| 113 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 114 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 115 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 116 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:01:29 | |
| 117 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | ||
| 118 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | 0:02:00 | |
| 119 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:02:17 | |
| 120 | Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:02:22 | |
| 121 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 122 | José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:02:30 | |
| 123 | Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:03:37 | |
| 124 | Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 125 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 126 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 127 | Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:04:54 | |
| 128 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team | 0:05:20 | |
| 129 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | 0:06:34 | |
| DNS | Steve Morabito (Swi) Groupama-FDJ |
Klasyfikacja generalna po trzecim etapie:
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 10:58:36 | |
| 2 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 0:00:10 | |
| 3 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:00:14 | |
| 4 | Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:15 | |
| 5 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:16 | |
| 6 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:00:17 | |
| 7 | Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:00:19 | |
| 8 | Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:20 | |
| 9 | Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 10 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 11 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 12 | Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 13 | George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 14 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 15 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 16 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 17 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 18 | Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 19 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 20 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | ||
| 21 | Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 22 | Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 23 | Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 24 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 25 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 26 | Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb | ||
| 27 | Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 28 | Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 29 | Brendan Canty (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 30 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 31 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data | ||
| 32 | Nathan Earle (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 33 | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 34 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ||
| 35 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 36 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 37 | Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 38 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 39 | Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data | ||
| 40 | Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 41 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 42 | Timothy Roe (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 43 | Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data | ||
| 44 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | ||
| 45 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data | ||
| 46 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 47 | Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 48 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:00:31 | |
| 49 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:33 | |
| 50 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:36 | |
| 51 | William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:00:47 | |
| 52 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:52 | |
| 53 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 54 | Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 55 | Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 56 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 57 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | ||
| 58 | Daan Olivier (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:01:00 | |
| 59 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team | ||
| 60 | Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:02 | |
| 61 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:10 | |
| 62 | Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:01:14 | |
| 63 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:01:18 | |
| 64 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:01:23 | |
| 65 | Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:01:24 | |
| 66 | Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team | ||
| 67 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:29 | |
| 68 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:01:33 | |
| 69 | Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:54 | |
| 70 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:02:06 | |
| 71 | Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 72 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:02:09 | |
| 73 | Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:02:35 | |
| 74 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:38 | |
| 75 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:02:51 | |
| 76 | Thomas Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:02:55 | |
| 77 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:02:58 | |
| 78 | Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors | 0:03:03 | |
| 79 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida | 0:03:06 | |
| 80 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 81 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:03:23 | |
| 82 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:03:27 | |
| 83 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:03:41 | |
| 84 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:06 | |
| 85 | Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 86 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 87 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:04:26 | |
| 88 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:05:10 | |
| 89 | Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:05:57 | |
| 90 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb | 0:06:14 | |
| 91 | José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:06:16 | |
| 92 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:06:21 | |
| 93 | Truls Engen Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 94 | Alex Porter (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:06:23 | |
| 95 | Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:34 | |
| 96 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:06:39 | |
| 97 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:06:45 | |
| 98 | Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | 0:07:31 | |
| 99 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | 0:07:41 | |
| 100 | Chris Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 101 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:07:43 | |
| 102 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Team Sky | 0:08:05 | |
| 103 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:08:07 | |
| 104 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 0:08:12 | |
| 105 | Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:08:53 | |
| 106 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:09:38 | |
| 107 | Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:09:39 | |
| 108 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:10:15 | |
| 109 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 110 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 111 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 112 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:10:34 | |
| 113 | Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ | 0:10:41 | |
| 114 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:10:59 | |
| 115 | Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | 0:11:54 | |
| 116 | Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:12:23 | |
| 117 | Jaime Castrillo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:12:34 | |
| 118 | Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:12:54 | |
| 119 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:14:30 | |
| 120 | Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:15:03 | |
| 121 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:15:33 | |
| 122 | Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo | 0:16:11 | |
| 123 | Scott Bowden (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:18:38 | |
| 124 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:21:01 | |
| 125 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:22:08 | |
| 126 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Groupama-FDJ | 0:25:59 | |
| 127 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida | 0:28:08 | |
| 128 | Sam Welsford (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 129 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | 0:31:05 |
