00:00Yeah, I think, you know, we had a lot of eyes on us today and we are backed up against the
00:08wall and from the start, you know, no one really wanted to help us out there today but,
00:11you know, we kind of expected that so we went out there and just kept the break in check
00:15and eventually some teams started to put one on in the last maybe 60k and then, yeah, the
00:21gap started coming down as well and, but yeah, really happy with the team, you know, we're
00:25really relieved.
00:26A lot of pressure going, coming in from last year so really happy to get the first run
00:29on the board.
00:30Yeah, I had someone on my wheel and I was keeping them in check and I didn't actually
00:35notice the left.
00:36I mean, I should have been closer to the left I think but, yeah, eventually I went to stop
00:42and salute but I went pretty long so I didn't have much legs left and I should have realized
00:47that it was a really fast downhill sprint at the end so then they come really fast from
00:50the back and I thought I had it but he came with such pace that I thought my front wheel
00:57was over the line but then he came zooming past me and I was like, hmm, maybe I mucked
01:01that up but I was happy to get it, yeah.
01:05To be honest it was pretty good today.
01:06The boys did a lot of work, you know, we took the front a lot on the right there and Lawrence
01:12and Ryan and Danny went a lot on the front like that running was super long with the
01:18wind and the turns made it quite difficult to defend the front so, yeah, and Danny told
01:24me he had more to give in the final, he could have gone longer so I just need to be a bit
01:27more patient and not stop going so bloody early and use him a lot longer, make my life
01:32a lot easier I think.
01:33I have a new trainer now and I've been targeting a lot of like hours on the bike and lots of
01:38general fitness.
01:39I think, you know, I have a lot of power from the track and the legs so working that aerobic
01:42capacity is probably more my weakness and improving that allows me to still do my good
01:47sprint, you know, still carrying fatigue so just working on the engine, being able to
01:52handle the harder days and still producing a strong sprint.
01:55For a 25th year the top 20 cycling teams in the world gather in the city of Adelaide in
02:02South Australia.
02:03Yeah, I think this is definitely a stage for the sprinters as we see Leek Durbridge signing
02:08on here for Jaco Alulo in the National Champions jersey, he won that last week in Perth.
02:13And number 133 hasn't started and Robbie McEwen and Anna are going to tell me why not at the
02:18moment.
02:19These are the three riders we think broke his collarbone in that crash on Saturday evening
02:22in the Criatina.
02:25These are the three riders who have got together immediately after the start here, Zac Marridge
02:30and Fergus Browning, the two Australian riders in this group, but the first time check's
02:35come through and it's already up to over one and a half minutes.
02:39Here's the FX, king of the mountain, there's the line, uncontested.
02:44Wow, little bit surprised but I think that was the conversation they had on the climb
02:49and they told the Frenchman to behave himself and he has, he's gone over in third place.
02:54As we start the sprint here and this is the Frenchman deciding show, he's a pretty good
02:57sprinter as he's trying to get the few seconds time bonus and getting his revenge a little
03:04bit I think there on the fact that he didn't challenge in the king of the mountain.
03:08So, tranchant, good result for him and three seconds time bonus plus maximum points in
03:15the zip track sprint in Williamstown.
03:18So we're getting faster and we're not far short of two hours in the saddle and they've
03:24been in the lead from the first 500 meters of the day.
03:31Four minutes one, so still continuing to reverse, there's the top of the climb and that's what
03:41we expected over the top, Browning taking it and at the moment it's opening up.
03:51And this is at the back of the peloton thanks to our drone cam and how impressive with the
03:57technology changes that we can basically fly right above the peloton, get a real sense
04:02of it.
04:03The gap is now down to 3.14, we know the peloton is starting to reel them back, they're going
04:08to have to just continue working together, working to keep this breakaway alive as long
04:14as possible.
04:15Zach Maric rolls through ahead of Fergus Browning.
04:22So Maric has built up his bonuses out on the course now to four.
04:30Four seconds bonus for him.
04:33Lead out in full swing now, Leperre goes in the middle, number 51, the French champion
04:37but it's Narvaez on the right.
04:42Jonathan Narvaez showing his cards, number 34.
04:46That is interesting for the Ecuadorian rider there.
04:51Takes the third place and he gets what could be a valuable sprint bonus, second overall
04:55in this race last year, 29 kilometers distant.
05:02And then there's got to be a rapid reaction from this field, it is still a gap and it's
05:08still over a minute, it's still going to be a chase off this hill down towards Gombraka
05:13for the last time.
05:16No surprise on the rider taking the prize, Browning has won the third of three climbs
05:21today.
05:22That's a good lead in the King of the Mountains, 21 points.
05:26Oh it's been a crash, that's Luke Durbridge down in the centre of the picture, I never
05:30saw any hint of that.
05:33That was all of the movement.
05:35Luke Platt caught up but unsure if he's actually gone down as well.
05:38Most of the riders, well you can see how far forward that's happened in the peloton because
05:44there was a break in the peloton, everybody's scrambling to try and get back in the wheels,
05:48just two kilometers to go.
05:50Because I didn't see it, have a look at this now.
05:53He's there and there we go behind, sort of just in front of midway in the peloton and
05:59it's always the danger when riders have been working at the front, they're being overtaken
06:03by riders behind, they're trying to push forward and get up in a better position and the differential
06:08in speed is often what is behind these sorts of crashes.
06:13But the race moves on, Sam Welsford giving him the call, so this is Van Poppel, a look
06:17over the shoulder, Welsford there in second wheel, behind him, it's just a scramble to
06:23be on the wheel of Sam Welsford and the gap is opening behind.
06:27This is the left hand of the sweeper and it's a little bit of a distance to where we actually
06:31get to the line.
06:32Welsford is in the position but has he got into this position Rob, a little bit too early.
06:37There's a slight split in the peloton here now, as it's still now Welsford going to the
06:41line, this is the turn to the slight left, he's coming up to the line, well he's advertised
06:47it, he's done it and he's got the victory, I think, I think, did he just wake it?
06:53He started to celebrate early, he's got it, Welsford has taken it on the line.
06:58A year ago here in the Santos, two or down under and the gap on the line, well it's a
07:04healthy one still, a millimetre or a metre doesn't matter to a sprinter, that's arms
07:09in the air.
07:10It's a long way job.
07:11Yeah.
07:12He ideally would have wanted to be back against the right barrier but you do that in this
07:17situation, that is going too far, would lead to a DQ, right behind him from FDJ Groupama,
07:25well a good third place in him but a fast finishing.
07:29They've seen the man that was on everybody's lips at the start of the day, Sam Welsford,
07:34he's an Olympic track champion and now once again a winner in the Santos Tour Down Under.
07:42He won three stages last year and he's got one finger up, that's the first one for me
07:47this year.
07:50Sam, that was a long way from home.
07:53Yeah, bloody hell, I'm getting sick and tired of going early now, I mean, that's enough.
07:59Yeah, super hard running, I probably stepped off Danny a little bit too early actually,
08:05I think he had a lot more to give but he did such a big good job and he was on the front
08:09for so long and we probably hit the front a bit early and that last straight was super
08:13hard to control the front, you know, it was pretty hard and we were getting dive bombed
08:18every corner so we had to kind of come back a bit and wait, we ran out of guys but the
08:24boys did an amazing job today and yeah, we took it on with the only team riding all day
08:27until the end and then, yeah, so happy to pay him back for the win.
08:31He likes winning but he likes Ochre even more, put your hands together once again.
08:37You can't start much better than this.
08:43So there's the situation now, as expected a four second advantage in the Ochre jersey
08:48competition which is the main jersey of course and in third place, Marridge is there in third
08:54place and Matthew Walls will be delighted with fourth place.
08:58Well done Matthew, a very confident young man and let's see if he can build on what
09:03he's done today and that would mean a stage win.
09:06So he leads in the Zwift Young Riders competition as well, that's for riders born after the
09:111st of January 2003.
09:15There's the situation in that competition, Fergus Browning though has made a perfect
09:20start, a nap hand, 21 points from a possible 21.
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