Lo statunitense Travis McCabe ha vinto allo sprint la terza tappa dell’Herald Sun Tour. Il portacolori della Unitedhealthcare ha preceduto sul traguardo di Nagambie batte gli australiani Mitchell Docker (ORICA-Scott) e Leigh Howard (Aqua Blue Sport).Nella prima parte della tappa ci sono stati numerosi tentativi di fuga, con Chris Froome ed il leader Damien Howson attenti nelle prime posizioni: l’azione buona è partita al chilometro 25 e ha visto protagonisti nove corridori, il russo Pavel Brutt che per alcuni chilometri leader virtuale della corsa. Il lavoro del Team Sky e JLT Condor ha riportato il gruppo compatto prima dello sprint.
Senza variazioni la classifica generale, che vede sempre in maglia gialla l’australiano Damien Howson (ORICA-Scott) a guidare con 38 secondi di vantaggio su Jai Hindley in vista dell’ultima tappa di domani.

ORDINE D’ARRIVO

1 Travis McCabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 3:46:00
2 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:00:00
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:00
4 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:00
5 Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:00:00
6 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:00:00
7 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:00:00
8 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:00
9 Jesse Kerrison (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:00:00
10 Brad Evans (NZl) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Development Team 0:00:00
11 Daniel Fitter (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:00:00
12 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:00:00
13 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:00
14 Taco Van Der Hoorn (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:00
15 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:00:00
16 Nathan Earle (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:00:00
17 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:00
18 Marcelo Felipe (Phi) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:00:00
19 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:00:00
20 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
21 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:00:00
22 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Development Team 0:00:00
23 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:00:00
24 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
25 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:00
26 Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:00:00
27 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:00:00
28 Michael Storer (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:00:00
29 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:00
30 Jason Christie (NZl) Nationalmannschaft Neuseeland 0:00:00

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica – Scott 12:32:12
2 Jai Hindley (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:00:38
3 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky 0:00:53
4 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:01:08
5 Michael Storer (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:01:10
6 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:12
7 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:01:13
8 Nathan Earle (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:01:15
9 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica – Scott 0:01:15
10 Timothy Roe (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:01:17
11 Ian Bibby (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:01:26
12 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:01:28
13 Edmund Bradbury (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:01:35
14 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:01:40
15 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 0:01:43
16 Cameron Bayly (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:01:45
17 Jesse Featonby (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Development Team 0:01:56
18 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:01:57
19 Alistair Donohoe (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:02:04
20 Benjamin Dyball (Aus) St. George Continental Cycling Team 0:02:30
21 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:03:40
22 Dylan Sunderland (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:03:43
23 Jason Christie (NZl) Nationalmannschaft Neuseeland 0:04:51
24 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:05:39
25 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 0:07:03
26 Robbie Hucker (Aus) IsoWhey Sports – SwissWellness 0:07:07
27 Daniel Fitter (Aus) NSW Institute of Sport 0:07:16
28 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica – Scott 0:07:27
29 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:08:03
30 Jesse James Ewart (Aus) 7 Eleven Roadbike Philippines 0:10:23
31 Cyrus Monk (Aus) Drapac – Pat’s Veg Holistic Development Team 0:10:35
32 James Oram (NZl) Nationalmannschaft Neuseeland 0:11:40
33 Mario Vogt (GER) Attaque Team Gusto 0:12:35
34 Steve Lampier (GBr) JLT – Condor 0:12:44
35 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:12:47
36 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Nationalmannschaft Australien 0:13:05
37 Sam Dobbs (NZl) Nationalmannschaft Neuseeland 0:14:21
38 Timothy Guy (Aus) Attaque Team Gusto 0:15:26
39 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:16:34
40 Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:16:53