C’est l’Australien Cadel Evans (BMC) qui remporte en solitaire cette 3 ème étape , longue de 145 km, entre Norwood et Campbelltown. Le vainqueur du Tour de France 2011 devance Nathans Haas (Garmin-Sharp) et le vainqueur de la veille Diego Ulissi (Lampre Merida).
C’est sur les pentes du Corkscrew que l’Australien a fait la différence. Richie Porte (Sky) a bien tenté de s’accrocher à ses roues mais il n’a pu suivre le rythme soutenu de Cadel Evans
Il endosse le maillot de leader et frappe un grand coup sur ce Tour Down Under.
Classement de la 3 ème étape
| 1 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 3:34:05 | |
| 2 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp |
0:00:15 | |
| 3 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 4 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 5 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 6 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 7 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 8 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 9 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 10 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 11 | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 12 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 13 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 14 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:00:43 | |
| 15 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 16 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 17 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 18 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 19 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:00 | |
| 20 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp |
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| 21 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 22 | George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale | ||
| 23 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 24 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp |
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| 25 | Jack Haig (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 26 | Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 27 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 28 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 29 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 30 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 31 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 32 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 33 | Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | 0:01:34 | |
| 34 | Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 35 | Mark O’Brien (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 36 | Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 37 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 38 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale | ||
| 39 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | ||
| 40 | Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 41 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:19 | |
| 42 | Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 44 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 45 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar | ||
| 46 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 47 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 48 | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 49 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | ||
| 50 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 51 | Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 52 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 53 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 54 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 55 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:03:17 | |
| 56 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 57 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 0:03:25 | |
| 58 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 59 | Bradley Linfield (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 60 | Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp |
0:04:02 | |
| 61 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:04:17 | |
| 62 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 63 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 64 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 65 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 66 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 67 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 68 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 69 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp |
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| 70 | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 71 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 72 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp |
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| 73 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 74 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp | ||
| 75 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 76 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 77 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:28 | |
| 78 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:05:44 | |
| 79 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 80 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 81 | Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale | ||
| 82 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale | ||
| 83 | Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 84 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 85 | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar |
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| 86 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 87 | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:06:22 | |
| 88 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 89 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 90 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 91 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | ||
| 92 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing | 0:06:55 | |
| 93 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | ||
| 94 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 95 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 96 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale | ||
| 97 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 98 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 99 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 100 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 101 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 102 | Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 103 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 104 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 105 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar |
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| 106 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 107 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 108 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 109 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 110 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 111 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 112 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 113 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 0:08:54 | |
| 114 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:09:20 | |
| 115 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 116 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale | 0:10:11 | |
| 117 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 118 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 119 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:10:46 | |
| 120 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 121 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:11:35 | |
| 122 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | 0:11:44 | |
| 123 | Campbell Flakemore (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 124 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 125 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 126 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 127 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 128 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 129 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 130 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 131 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 132 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:11:57 | |
| 133 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:14:51 | |
| 134 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 135 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar |
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| DNS | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida |
Classement général provisoire
| 1 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 10:46:39 | |
| 2 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:12 | |
| 3 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:15 | |
| 4 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp | 0:00:27 | |
| 5 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:29 | |
| 6 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 7 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:33 | |
| 8 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 9 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 10 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 11 | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 12 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 13 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 14 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | 0:01:01 | |
| 15 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 16 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 17 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 18 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 19 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:01:13 | |
| 20 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:14 | |
| 21 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:18 | |
| 22 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 23 | Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 24 | Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin Sharp |
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| 25 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 26 | George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale | ||
| 27 | Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 28 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 29 | Jack Haig (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 30 | Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:01:52 | |
| 31 | Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 32 | Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 33 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale | ||
| 34 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 35 | Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 36 | Mark O’Brien (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 37 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | ||
| 38 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:33 | |
| 39 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:02:37 | |
| 40 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 41 | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 42 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | ||
| 43 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 44 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 45 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 46 | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar | ||
| 47 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 48 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:03:35 | |
| 49 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 50 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp |
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| 51 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp |
0:04:27 | |
| 52 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:35 | |
| 53 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 54 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp | ||
| 55 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 56 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:46 | |
| 57 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:05:52 | |
| 58 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:06:00 | |
| 59 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 0:06:02 | |
| 60 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 61 | Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:30 | |
| 62 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 63 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 64 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:06:40 | |
| 65 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 66 | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 6:52:00 | |
| 67 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 68 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 69 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 0:07:03 | |
| 70 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar |
0:07:13 | |
| 71 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 72 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 73 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 0:07:36 | |
| 74 | Bradley Linfield (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 75 | Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale | 0:08:19 | |
| 76 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 77 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale | ||
| 78 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 79 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:08:24 | |
| 80 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 81 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:08:28 | |
| 82 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 83 | Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp |
0:08:35 | |
| 84 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:08:57 | |
| 85 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | ||
| 86 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | 0:09:07 | |
| 87 | Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:09:30 | |
| 88 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | ||
| 89 | Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team | 0:09:55 | |
| 90 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 91 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:10:05 | |
| 92 | Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:11:02 | |
| 93 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:11:06 | |
| 94 | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar |
0:11:39 | |
| 95 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:12:02 | |
| 96 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge | ||
| 97 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:12:39 | |
| 98 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale | 0:12:46 | |
| 99 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing | 0:13:07 | |
| 100 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale | 0:13:51 | |
| 101 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:14:04 | |
| 102 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:14:05 | |
| 103 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:14:19 | |
| 104 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 105 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:14:22 | |
| 106 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:14:24 | |
| 107 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:14:35 | |
| 108 | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:13 | |
| 109 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale | 0:15:17 | |
| 110 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 111 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:15:24 | |
| 112 | Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:15:35 | |
| 113 | Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha | 0:15:55 | |
| 114 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:15:56 | |
| 115 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp |
0:16:02 | |
| 116 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:17:26 | |
| 117 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:18:40 | |
| 118 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | 0:20:11 | |
| 119 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 120 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:20:19 | |
| 121 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:20:27 | |
| 122 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:21:11 | |
| 123 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 124 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:22:22 | |
| 125 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 126 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:23:45 | |
| 127 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar |
0:24:54 | |
| 128 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:26:04 | |
| 129 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:26:21 | |
| 130 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:27:54 | |
| 131 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:29:53 | |
| 132 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Uni-SA Australia | 0:34:47 | |
| 133 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 0:34:52 | |
| 134 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:37:59 | |