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BMC now on the front, Morabito doing the work for Evans, Geraint Thomas, Porte, Hansen all in behind.
Gerrans with a little bit of work to do.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Team Sky at the front of the peloton, really trying to make things tough for their opposition. Climb hasn’t yet started in earnest.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Garmin’s Rohan Dennis also in position, as is Cadel! Rdier absolutely flew into this approach.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
1km to the Corkscrew, Hansen in a good position, third wheel.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Andre Greipel looking to get Hansen into the race, as is BMC for Cadel! 13.7km to the finish, Corkscrew not too far away now.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
5km now until the Corkscrew. Peloton positively flying now, at an average speed of around 48km/h. Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Canondale trying to find their way to the front of the peloton – but Team Sky is more or less having none of it.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Aaaaaaand there it is – peloton have swallowed up the leaders, sadly for Jens. Team Sky looking like they’re trying to set up Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Looks like another man down – Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (FRA) – FDJ.
17.6km to race and it’s Jens Voigt and Andriy Grivko battling hards – but with less than 20 seconds to race, the peloton are close.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
With around 20km to race, there is around 1:05 left to race. Seems an air of inevitability now, with around 10km to race until the Corkscrew.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
A bit of a problem back in the peloton, apparentky, although both riders have remounted and looking to rejoin the peloton.
CRASH: Bradley Linfield (AUS) – UNA and an Ag2r rider on a hairpin bend. #TDU
— SantosTDU_Live (@SantosTDU_Live) January 23, 2014
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Gap down to 1:30 now. Fight Jensie, fight!
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Surprisingly, Katusha now coming to the front of the peloton with around 24km to go. Pace on the downhill at an average of around 47km/h, up to 70-80 at times. Getting very interesting indeed.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Pace is really beginning to fly with the descent, Voigt on the front trying to drag Grivko and Meyer with him.
Plenty still to race with around 25km to race – but the peloton still has around 1:45 to catch up. Slowly dropping, but they’ve still got to get there.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Starting to get considerably busier at the front of the peloton with riders from Lampre, Lotto Belisol and Cannondale looking to establish themselves, with the big man Andre Greipel currently doing the work for KoM leader Adam Hansen.
27.5km to go.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
31km until the finish, and the three-man breakaway – Grivko, Voigt and Meyer – still battling hard with around 2:10 gap to the peloton. Jens currently doing the work.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Matthews still on the front of the peloton, and we’ve got around 40km to race, and about 30km until we’re getting to the Corkscrew. Gap still hovering at around 2:20.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
I know that Trek’s transparent jersey is definitely my least favourite?
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Gap down to around 1:56 with 49 or so kilometres to go. Peloton still seem to be sorting themselves out to an extent.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Loved your piece on the ride from Ballarat, btw!
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
So from that I take it you’re seeing Gerrans in the finish again, Bones?
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Ha – those profiles for the Tour de Pologne were solid!!
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Drapac’s Travis Meyer currently doing the work at the front of the peloton with a tick over 50km still to travel, while Europcar’s Jerome Cousin currently dropping back with a team car.
Back at the main group, the peloton is starting to string out as the likes of OGE and Team Sky start to move things along.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Michael Matthews and Matt Goss doing the majority of the pacemaking for Orica-GreenEDGE. Team Sky still looking decidedly ominous.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
We’re around 60km from the finish, having just passed through the hydration station.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates
Climb really beginning to kick off now, and the peloton have well and truly strung out.
2014 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 live blog, updates