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2019 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

Stage 5 results:
January 19, Glenelg - Strathalbyn, 149.5 km

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Saturday, January 19: Stage 5, Glenelg - Strathalbyn, 149.5 km

Jasper Philipsen

Caleb Ewan was first across the line, but was relegated, making Jasper Philipsen the stage winner. Sirotti photo

The race: Here's the stage summary the organizer sent me.

19 January 2019: A crash inside the final 10km may have ended Patrick Bevin’s bid for victory in the 2019 Santos Tour Down Under. He landed heavily on his right knee and although, with the help of his CCC team-mates, he was able to re-join the peloton before the finish, he didn’t attend the podium ceremony. Instead of receiving the ochre leader’s jersey, the New Zealander was rushed to hospital for further examinations.

We wait to see what the medical report is to find out if Bevin can indeed continue the race that he’s led since winning stage two on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, young Belgian rider, Jasper Philipsen of UAE Team Emirates, scored his first WorldTour win with an impressive turn of pace in the frantic sprint into a headwind in Strathalbyn. The news came as a shock to the Lotto-Soudal team as it waited patiently in the bus for the podium protocol to finish.

The reason for Ewan’s disqualification was a headbutt as both Philipsen and Ewan battled to get on the wheel of Peter Sagan in the lead-in to the sprint.

“I had no idea” said Mario Aerts, DS of the Belgian team.

Upon watching footage of the sprint, before the commissaire’s announcement was made public, Philipsen said he didn’t believe that Ewan’s indiscretion was enough to warrant a disqualification.

The podium ceremony was slightly delayed while officials waited for confirmation of the decision about Ewan’s headbutt. Ultimately Dave McKenzie stepped onto the podium to announce that the winner of stage five was, indeed... “Philipsen”. There was a mild reaction from the crowd; perhaps some expected it, as the incident could easily be seen on the big screen at the site of the finish... either way, after a brief stunned silence, there was applause before the Belgian appeared on stage, hands held high.

“Yeah, it was unfair for him,” said Philipsen immediately after viewing the footage, “but I know he was on the wheel of Sagan. “Then I was in the wind, so I lost energy if I stayed there. So I had to try to go on the wheel as well but it was hard.

“For sure it’s difficult,” Philipsen explained about the incident, “Caleb is one of the strongest sprinters in the world and I tried to also take my position and go into the wheel of Sagan but he was already there...

“So, it was a bit of a fight in the heat of the moment. But then, when he bumped me, I went a little bit down because I didn’t want to mess too hard. Then the sprint started and everybody came over from the right and left, so I was a bit afraid to get boxed in. Then, in the end, I could get through. I felt pretty strong today and came pretty close in the final; it was a close finish but at the end I can be happy with a second place.”

For the first time in many years, there was a change on the itinerary for the Saturday of the Santos Tour Down Under. Instead of racing in McLaren Vale –on the familiar circuit down to the Port Willunga Beach and then back to Willunga, and up Old Willunga Hill –the fifth stage was from Glenelg to Strathalbyn.

The 149.5km stage began at 11.30am, slightly later than usual, and cooler conditions greeted the riders. The temperature at the start was in the high-20s, rising to mid-30s, and with bright blue skies.

It was also the stage of the mass-participation Subaru Ride, using the same roads as used by the professionals. Thousands of cycling fans lined the route after finishing their challenge and waiting for the TDU peloton.

Jason Lea (UniSA) was again on the attack early, joined by team-mate Ayden Toovey and AG2R La Mondiale’sClement Chevrier. This trio was concerned with the climbing points at the Sellicks Hill (44km). Toovey set the pace, Lea followed and Chevrier did his best to beat the rider in the polka-dot jersey to the top of the only categorised climb of the stage... but Lea was too strong and added first-place points to his tally.

The escape gained only a small advantage, around 20 seconds. Once the climb was over, it was time for Mitchelton-Scott to set up Daryl Impey to chase points and time bonuses at the intermediate sprint. Yesterday’s stage winner duly claimed first place for the Ziptrak prime at Myponga (47km); ranked second on GC, he got closer to the ochre jersey that he won in 2018... but not much. You see, Paddy Bevin was second, meaning both riders at the top of GC increased their respective advantages but Daryl also knocked off one second to his deficit to Paddy.

Impey’s effort was reversed at the second intermediate sprint: Bevin beat Impeyto the line at Inman Valley (74km).

Immediately after the second sprint, Mathieu Ladagnous (Groupama-FDJ) was on the attack. He was chased down by one of the early escapees, Toovey (UniSA). They enjoyed a lead of 40 seconds but were caught around the 35km to go mark.

With 32km to go, the Dutch Jumbo-Visma team raced to the front and split the peloton. Team Sky was the first to respond in numbers. It was a solid effort and, for a while, it seemed as though Impey may have been one of the riders caught up... but the surge, as hard as it was, didn’t last long.

Sky was the next to try: with 21km to go, Luke Rowe and three others moved to the front. They were joined by Bora-Hansgrohe riders and the effort spat a selection of riders out the back of the pack. After a few kilometres with the bunch strung out, there was another regrouping.

Bevin caught up in crash!
With 9.8km to go, the race leader was caught in a crash that involved about 10 riders. Bevin was tangled in bikes and clearly in pain. It took him considerable time to get back on the bike but he was supported by all his CCC team-mates once he remounted his bike and started to chase.

Bevin landed heavily. There was a brief pause in effort by the peloton out of respect for the race leader. With 6km to go, the pace lifted again and Deceuninck-Quickstep, Jumbo-Visma and Mitchelton-Scott were at the front of the bunch, while several hundred metres separated Bevin from the main peloton. Lotto-Soudal also arrived in numbers at the front of the bunch.

At the time of the chase, the average speed was up at 70km/h (assisted by a tailwind and slight downhill) but Bevin rejoined the peloton with about 3km to go. He finished the stage with the main bunch but a terribly torn jersey and obviously in considerable pain.

Complete Results:

Stage 5 photos

149.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.336 km/hr

1	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	3hr 37min 0sec
2	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
4	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
5	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
6	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
7	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	s.t.
8	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	s.t.
9	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
10	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	s.t.
11	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	s.t.
12	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
13	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
14	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
15	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
16	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
17	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
18	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
20	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
21	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
22	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	s.t.
23	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
24	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	s.t.
25	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
27	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
28	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	s.t.
29	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
30	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
31	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
33	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
34	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
35	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
36	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
37	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
40	KNEES Christian	Sky	s.t.
41	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
42	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
43	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	s.t.
44	HALLER Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
45	LEEZER Tom	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
47	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
49	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
50	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
51	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
54	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
56	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
57	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
58	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
61	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
62	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
63	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
64	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	s.t.
65	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
66	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	s.t.
68	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
69	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
71	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
72	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
73	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
75	BOARO Manuele	Astana	s.t.
76	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	s.t.
77	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
78	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
79	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
80	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
82	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	s.t.
83	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	@ 17sec
85	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	0:20
86	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	0:24
88	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
89	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	0:29
91	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	0:31
92	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	s.t.
93	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	0:34
94	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	0:41
95	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	0:43
97	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
98	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	0:46
99	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	0:47
100	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	0:54
101	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:56
102	WHELAN James	EF Education First	@ 1min 0sec
103	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
104	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:04
105	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	s.t.
106	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
107	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	1:11
108	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
109	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	1:22
110	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	s.t.
111	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
112	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
113	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
114	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	1:59
115	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
116	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	2:14
117	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	s.t.
118	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	s.t.
119	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	3:30
120	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	4:18
121	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	4:33
122	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	s.t.
123	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	5:40
124	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
125	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
126	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
127	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
128	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
129	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

676.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.732 km/hr

1	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	17hr 0min 25sec
2	IMPEY Daryl	Mitchelton-Scott	@ 7sec
3	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	Astana	0:16
4	GIBBONS Ryan	Dimension Data	0:26
5	POLANC Jan	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
6	GUERREIRO Ruben	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
7	BENNETT George	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	HAMILTON Chris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	POELS Wout	Sky	s.t.
10	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	s.t.
11	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
13	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
14	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
15	POZZOVIVO Domenico	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
16	PORTE Richie	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
17	HINDLEY Jai	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
19	HAMILTON Lucas	Mitchelton-Scott	0:33
20	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	0:38
21	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	Groupama-FDJ	0:47
22	MEYER Cameron	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
23	O'CONNOR Ben	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	SLAGTER Tom-Jelte	Dimension Data	s.t.
25	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	PERNSTEINER Hermann	Bahrain-Merida	0:52
27	MAS Lluís	Movistar	0:54
28	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	0:58
29	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	MORABITO Steve	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	HARPER Chris	UniSA-Australia	s.t.
32	SUNDERLAND Dylan	UniSA-Australia	@ 1min 5sec
33	CAVAGNA Rémi	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
34	STORER Michael	Team Sunweb	1:10
35	LATOUR Pierre	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:15
36	GESINK Robert	Jumbo-Visma	1:22
37	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	1:31
38	MCCARTHY Jay	Bora-hansgrohe	1:41
39	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Jumbo-Visma	2:05
41	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Lotto-Soudal	2:20
42	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	2:21
43	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	2:27
44	KNOX James	Deceuninck-Quick Step	2:47
45	VALLS Rafael	Movistar	2:54
46	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama-FDJ	3:16
47	ARASHIRO Yukiya	Bahrain-Merida	3:26
48	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	4:00
49	WHELAN James	EF Education First	4:45
50	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	4:51
51	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	5:06
52	ELISSONDE Kenny	Sky	s.t.
53	PANTANO Jarlinson	Trek-Segafredo	5:58
54	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	6:00
55	DAVIES Scott	Dimension Data	6:27
56	HALLER Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	6:33
57	DUPONT Hubert	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:34
58	MARCZYŃSKI Tomasz	Lotto-Soudal	7:02
59	STETINA Peter	Trek-Segafredo	7:12
60	VAN POPPEL Danny	Jumbo-Visma	7:21
61	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	8:09
62	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	8:10
63	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	8:15
64	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	8:28
65	WHITE Nicholas	UniSA-Australia	8:39
66	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	8:56
67	HEPBURN Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	9:08
68	LEEZER Tom	Jumbo-Visma	9:25
69	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain-Merida	10:36
70	TOOVEY Ayden	UniSA-Australia	11:21
71	PHILIPSEN Jasper	UAE-Team Emirates	11:26
72	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar	11:52
73	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	12:28
74	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	12:32
75	KNEES Christian	Sky	12:45
76	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	13:00
77	HAAS Nathan	Katusha-Alpecin	13:08
78	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	13:18
79	FRANKINY Kilian	Groupama-FDJ	13:25
80	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck-Quick Step	13:27
82	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	Team Sunweb	13:49
83	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	Jumbo-Visma	13:59
84	DOCKER Mitchell	EF Education First	14:19
85	MORTON Lachlan	EF Education First	14:40
86	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	14:52
87	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	14:55
88	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	15:01
89	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	15:08
90	CHEVRIER Clément	Ag2r La Mondiale	15:25
91	BALLERINI Davide	Astana	15:49
92	HOELGAARD Daniel	Groupama-FDJ	16:06
93	DOULL Owain	Sky	16:08
94	DLAMINI Nic	Dimension Data	16:19
95	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	16:23
96	VINCENT Léo	Groupama-FDJ	16:48
97	OLIVEIRA Ivo	UAE-Team Emirates	17:00
98	EWAN Caleb	Lotto-Soudal	17:24
99	ZAKHAROV Artyom	Astana	s.t.
100	ROWE Luke	Sky	17:27
101	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	17:30
102	CLARKE Will	Trek-Segafredo	18:32
103	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	18:36
104	DOWSETT Alex	Katusha-Alpecin	18:41
105	PETERS Nans	Ag2r La Mondiale	18:50
106	BOARO Manuele	Astana	19:07
107	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	19:14
108	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Sky	19:49
109	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	19:51
110	LEA Jason	UniSA-Australia	19:56
111	POTTER Michael	UniSA-Australia	20:09
112	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck-Quick Step	20:18
113	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	20:27
114	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	20:29
115	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck-Quick Step	20:34
116	VAN DER PLOEG Neil	UniSA-Australia	20:35
117	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain-Merida	20:44
118	SUTHERLAND Rory	UAE-Team Emirates	20:46
119	VENTOSO Francisco José	CCC Team	21:01
120	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
121	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	21:18
122	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	21:28
123	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	21:36
124	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	22:12
125	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	23:07
126	COSNEFROY Benoît	Ag2r La Mondiale	23:10
127	BAGDONAS Gediminas	Ag2r La Mondiale	23:33
128	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek-Segafredo	26:54
129	GATTO Oscar	Bora-hansgrohe	26:57
130	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	27:50
131	SAJNOK Szymon	CCC Team	34:20