C’est l’Australien Rohan Dennis, 24 ans, qui a remporté la 3ème étape du Santos Down Under entre Norwood et Paracomb. Au terme des 143 km, il devance son co-équipier Cadel Evans et le Néerlandais Tom Dumoulin.
Tout s’est joué
dans la montée finale, à 8 km du sommet. Will Clarke (Drapac) Lasse Norman Hansen (Cannondale-Garmin), Calvin Watson (Trek) et Axel Domont (AG2R La Mondiale) sont alors rejoints par un petit peloton et c’est à ce moment que les BMC décident d’agir avec un démarrage impressionnant de Dennis. Le peloton explose sous l’impulsion de ces derniers et dans l’ultime km Dennis s’envole vers la victoire d’étape et la prise du maillot de leader.
Le Français Maxime Bouet (AG2R) se classe 8ème du général.
Classement de la 3ème étape
| 1 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 3:35:08 | |
| 2 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:03 | |
| 3 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 4 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:00:05 | |
| 5 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 6 | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 7 | Jack Haig (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 8 | Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 10 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:13 | |
| 11 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:15 | |
| 12 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 13 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha | ||
| 14 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | 0:00:18 | |
| 15 | George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 16 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 17 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 18 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:21 | |
| 19 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 20 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 21 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 22 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
| 23 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 24 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:27 | |
| 25 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:35 | |
| 26 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:00:42 | |
| 27 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 28 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 29 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 30 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 31 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 32 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 33 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Team Katusha | ||
| 34 | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 35 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 36 | Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 37 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:50 | |
| 38 | Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 39 | Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 40 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 41 | Robert Power (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 42 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 43 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:01:10 | |
| 44 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:01:14 | |
| 45 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 46 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 47 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 48 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 49 | Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:24 | |
| 50 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:28 | |
| 51 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 52 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling | ||
| 53 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:59 | |
| 54 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 55 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 56 | Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 57 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 58 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 59 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | ||
| 60 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 61 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 62 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 63 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 64 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 65 | Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling | 0:02:09 | |
| 66 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 67 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 68 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:28 | |
| 69 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:02:32 | |
| 70 | Miles Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 71 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:02:37 | |
| 72 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:02:53 | |
| 73 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 74 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 75 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:12 | |
| 76 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 77 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:03:14 | |
| 78 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 79 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 80 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 81 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 82 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 83 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge | 0:03:26 | |
| 84 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:03:31 | |
| 85 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 86 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 87 | Martin Kohler (Swi) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 88 | Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 89 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:03:35 | |
| 90 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 91 | Barry Markus (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 92 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 93 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 94 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 95 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 96 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:03:54 | |
| 97 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 98 | Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:59 | |
| 99 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:04:34 | |
| 100 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | ||
| 101 | Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling | ||
| 102 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 103 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 104 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | 0:04:37 | |
| 105 | Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:04:42 | |
| 106 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | 0:05:01 | |
| 107 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:05:18 | |
| 108 | Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 109 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | 0:05:48 | |
| 110 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 111 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 0:06:12 | |
| 112 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:07:12 | |
| 113 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 114 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:07:37 | |
| 115 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 116 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:52 | |
| 117 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 118 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 119 | Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:08:35 | |
| 120 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | ||
| 121 | Neil van der Ploeg (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 122 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:08:42 | |
| 123 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:11:35 | |
| 124 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | ||
| 125 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling | ||
| 126 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 127 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | ||
| 128 | Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 129 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 130 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 131 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| DNS | Campbell Flakemore (Aus) BMC Racing Team |
Classement général
| 1 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 10:17:06 | |
| 2 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:07 | |
| 3 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:09 | |
| 4 | Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky | 0:00:15 | |
| 5 | Jack Haig (Aus) UniSA-Australia | ||
| 6 | Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 7 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 8 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step | ||
| 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 10 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:22 | |
| 11 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:00:23 | |
| 12 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:25 | |
| 13 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha | ||
| 14 | Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 15 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:27 | |
| 16 | George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:00:28 | |
| 17 | Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 18 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling | ||
| 19 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:31 | |
| 20 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 21 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
| 22 | Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 23 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal | ||
| 24 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:37 | |
| 25 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:00:39 | |
| 26 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:43 | |
| 27 | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:45 | |
| 28 | David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling | 0:00:52 | |
| 29 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Team Katusha | ||
| 30 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 31 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 32 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 33 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:01:00 | |
| 34 | Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 35 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:01:17 | |
| 36 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:24 | |
| 37 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 38 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 39 | Robert Power (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:01:25 | |
| 40 | Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:26 | |
| 41 | Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:34 | |
| 42 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 0:01:38 | |
| 44 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 45 | Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:01:52 | |
| 46 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:59 | |
| 47 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 48 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling | 0:02:06 | |
| 49 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:02:09 | |
| 50 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 51 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:33 | |
| 52 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:02:41 | |
| 53 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:02:42 | |
| 54 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:51 | |
| 55 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:02:58 | |
| 56 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:03:03 | |
| 57 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:03:05 | |
| 58 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | 0:03:06 | |
| 59 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:03:24 | |
| 60 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 0:03:41 | |
| 61 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:42 | |
| 62 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 63 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:03:45 | |
| 64 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 65 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 66 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:03:51 | |
| 67 | Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling | 0:03:52 | |
| 68 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:04:08 | |
| 69 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:04:10 | |
| 70 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:04:31 | |
| 71 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | 0:04:44 | |
| 72 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:04:52 | |
| 73 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:05:00 | |
| 74 | Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:05:06 | |
| 75 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky | 0:05:11 | |
| 76 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:05:12 | |
| 77 | Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 0:05:16 | |
| 78 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:05:18 | |
| 79 | Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:05:28 | |
| 80 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:05:35 | |
| 81 | Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:54 | |
| 82 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 83 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:06:10 | |
| 84 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:06:55 | |
| 85 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:06:57 | |
| 86 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:58 | |
| 87 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:07:34 | |
| 88 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:07:44 | |
| 89 | Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:07:51 | |
| 90 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal | 0:07:57 | |
| 91 | Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:08:14 | |
| 92 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:08:29 | |
| 93 | Alex Edmondson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:09:12 | |
| 94 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge | 0:09:24 | |
| 95 | Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:09:29 | |
| 96 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step | 0:09:46 | |
| 97 | Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling | 0:10:32 | |
| 98 | Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:10:40 | |
| 99 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:11:18 | |
| 100 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:11:32 | |
| 101 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:11:35 | |
| 102 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:11:44 | |
| 103 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:12:02 | |
| 104 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 0:12:09 | |
| 105 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 0:12:31 | |
| 106 | Martin Kohler (Swi) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:13:31 | |
| 107 | Neil van der Ploeg (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:14:33 | |
| 108 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky | 0:15:01 | |
| 109 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:15:13 | |
| 110 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:15:18 | |
| 111 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:15:46 | |
| 112 | Miles Scotson (Aus) UniSA-Australia | 0:16:25 | |
| 113 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:18:12 | |
| 114 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ||
| 115 | Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky | 0:18:51 | |
| 116 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:19:04 | |
| 117 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | 0:20:01 | |
| 118 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 119 | Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:20:58 | |
| 120 | Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:22:03 | |
| 121 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin | 0:22:28 | |
| 122 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:23:24 | |
| 123 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:23:32 | |
| 124 | Barry Markus (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:23:33 | |
| 125 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:25:26 | |
| 126 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | 0:25:28 | |
| 127 | Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:25:45 | |
| 128 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:27:56 | |
| 129 | Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:28:39 | |
| 130 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:31:21 | |
| 131 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing |