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Stage 5 winner Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Crew Emirates XRG) prevented a crash within the last kilometres to soundly cross the road on the finish of flat and quick stage 6 in Adelaide to win the Santos Tour Down Below after taking second place final yr.
Conscious that the general victory on the Tour Down Below usually comes right down to mere seconds, Narvaez secured a vital one-second time bonus on the opening stage earlier than taking a again seat to the sprinters. He confirmed his climbing type on the primary mountain stage, ending second behind Javier Romo (Movistar), who launched a solo assault on the descent of Knotts Hill to win stage 3. Narvaez then chipped away at his nine-second deficit to Romo with a third-place end on the next stage earlier than delivering a large uphill dash on Willunga to say a dramatic stage win.
Positioned on the entrance of the peloton, Welsford and his dash prepare prevented a crash within the last three kilometres that splintered the sector behind them. He then adopted the wheel of his lead-out Danny van Poppel as they went across the last nook. With 100 metres to go, Welsford opened up his dash. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) was on his wheel however couldn’t match his energy, settling for second, whereas Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) claimed third in Adelaide.
Narvaez claimed the highest spot within the last common classification with a nine-second lead over Romo—the identical margin that left the Ecuadorian in second place in 2024. Finn Fisher-Black (Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) takes third place, an additional three seconds in arrears.
Along with his stage victory, Welsford secured the factors classification. One of the best younger rider jersey went to 19-year-old Albert Withen Philipsen (Lidl-Trek). Fergus Browning (ARA Australia) secured the mountain classification after three consecutive days of arduous work within the breakaway. Lidl-Trek received the general crew classification.
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At simply 90 kilometres lengthy, the ultimate stage of the Tour Down Below was a red-hot, blisteringly quick victory lap in downtown Adelaide for Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Crew Emirates XRG). With a nine-second lead on Javier Romo (Movistar), Narvaez’s lead wasn’t below risk within the intermediate dash bonuses.
The primary dash was taken by a three-man breakaway that escaped within the opening lap. Casper Pedersen (Soudal-Quickstep), Kelland O’Brien (Jayco-AlUla), and Damien Howson (ARA Australian Nationwide Crew) made up the transfer.
Pedersen led by the primary dash, O’Brien claimed the second, whereas Howson mopped up the KOM factors in honour of teammate and mountains classification chief Fergus Browning.
The trio’s lead went out to a most of 46 seconds, however an assault from Finn Fisher-Black (Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) forward of the second intermediate dash – an try to maneuver forward of Romo – was marked by the Spaniard’s loyal teammate Natnael Tesfazion.
One other assault from Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNl) to attempt to get forward of Fisher-Black and onto the rostrum was additionally nullified earlier than he may bridge the now 10-second hole.
The peloton settled down with 30km to go, giving the non-threatening escape group’s hole stretch again out. Howson claimed the final KOM with 18km to go.
Pedersen, Howson and O’Brien labored nicely collectively within the closing kilometres but it surely was a futile effort. Groups like XDS Astana, Groupama-FDJ and Bahrain Victorious got here ahead within the last 15km to cut away on the 15-second lead the trio nonetheless maintained, however waited till the final to complete the catch.
Their’ possibilities declined additional with 8km to go when Pedersen attacked his companions, who went again to the bunch.
Ineos Grenadiers led the bunch previous Pedersen with 2.4 kilometres to go, because the jostling for place dominated the entrance of the peloton. A crash within the last kilometres pressured a break up within the peloton with the riders on the entrance persevering with on to dash for victory.
Positioned behind his teammates, Sam Welsford (Crimson Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) launched his dash and nobody may match his acceleration as he claimed his third stage victory of the race.
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