Sun Tour: Stage 3 win for Chaves

Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-SCOTT) has ridden into the Jayco Herald Sun Tour lead after a stunning solo victory atop of Lake Mountain on the Mitchelton Winery Stage 3 of Australia’s oldest stage race.

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Sun Tour: Stage 3 win for Chaves

Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-SCOTT) has sensationally ridden into the Jayco Herald Sun Tour lead after a stunning solo victory atop of Lake Mountain on the Mitchelton Winery Stage 3 of Australia’s oldest stage race.

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Chaves attacked at the base of the final ascent and rode clear of a quickly reducing peloton, powering up the category 1 climb with 20 kilometres remaining in the unrelenting 218km race that began in Nagambie at Mitchelton Winery. Twenty-one-year-old Alex Evans (Mobius BridgeLane) put in a breakthrough ride to finish second to the Grand Tour contender, riding solo up the climb in pursuit of Chaves, eventually finishing 42seconds in arrears.

Portuguese National Champion Ruben Guerreiro (Trek-Segefredo) out-foxed his chase group companions to finish in third place, 1:09 behind the Columbian. Mitchelton-Scott now hold the top three spots overall, with Chaves 32 seconds ahead of 2015 Tour winner Cameron Meyer and 39 seconds to reigning champion Damien Howson.

On a day where riders were in the saddle for over six hours, the race began in the rolling hills of Strathbogie Shire, before heading up and into the picturesque town of Eildon and then crossing over to Marysville before eventually finishing at the summit of Lake Mountain. An eight rider breakaway established at the 25 kilometre mark, including Gatorade sprint leader Steele von Hoff (Bennelong SwissWellness), and Dutchman Etienne van Empel (Roompot-Nederlandse). Edmund Bradbury (JLT Condor), Brad Evans (Mobius Bridgelane), Jonathan Noble (Brisbane Continental), Mathew Ross (KordaMentha Australian National Team) and the McDonalds Downunder duo of Alexander Ray and Kane Richards.

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The group gained a significant advantage of six-and-a-half minutes before hovering around four minutes for the day. After an epic 185 kilometres baking in the summer’s heat, their time in the limelight came to an end, with the Mitchelton-Scott led peloton initiating the catch inside the final 25 kilometres.

The 65th Jayco Herald Sun Tour concludes on Sunday with the Gumbuya World Stage 4 road race around Kinglake.
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STAGE 3
1 Jhoan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO (MTS) 5h53:55
2 Alexander EVANS* (MBL) 42
3 Ruben GUERREIRO (TFS) +1:09
4 Cameron MEYER (MTS) +1:09
5 Damien HOWSON (MTS) +1:09
6 Nathan EARLE (ICA) +1:09
7 Freddy OVETT (ACA) +1:09
8 Krists NEILANDS (ICA) +1:09
9 James WHELAN* (AUS) +1:09
10 Sam CROME (BSC) +1:09
11 Lucas HAMILTON* (MTS) +1:09
12 Dylan SUNDERLAND* (BSC) +1:12
13 Niklas EG (TFS) +1:12
14 Lionel MAWDITT (AUS) +1:12
15 Chris HARPER (BSC) +1:15
16 Robert POWER (MTS) +2:42
17 Ryan CHRISTENSEN* (OLI) +3:24
18 Lawrence WARBASSE (ABS) +3:24
19 Patrick LANE (AUS) +3:24
20 Jeroen MEIJERS (RNL) +3:24
21 Cyrus MONK* (DEC) +3:24
22 Cameron BAYLY (BSC) +3:36
23 Michael VINK (BCT) +3:36
24 Calan WHITE* (BCT) +3:36
25 Daniel WHITEHOUSE (IPC) +3:51
26 Jesse FEATONBY (DEC) +5:04
27 Ian BIBBY (JLT) +5:44
28 Koen DE KORT (TFS) +6:04
29 Martijn BUDDING (RNL) +6:04
30 Zakkari DEMPSTER (ICA) +6:04
31 Nick MILLER (TMD) +6:04
32 Thomas STEWART (JLT) +6:04
33 Michael POTTER* (ACA) +6:04
34 Jokin ETXABE LETURIA (IPC) +6:43
35 Oliver MARTIN (BCT) +6:45
36 Lasse NORMAN HANSEN (ABS) +7:19
37 Alistair SLATER (JLT) +7:19
38 Angus LYONS* (MBL) +9:00
39 Ethan BERENDS* (MBL) +10:43
40 Calvin WATSON (ABS) +11:29
41 Tyler WILLIAMS (ICA) +13:36
42 Mathew BICKNEL (TMD) +14:34
43 Alistair DONOHOE (MBL) +16:32
44 Oliver KENT-SPARK (DEC) +16:32
45 Nicholas WHITE* (OLI) +16:32
46 Mathew ROSS* (AUS) +16:32
47 Reece TUCKNOTT* (AUS) +16:32
48 Kane RICHARDS* (TMD) +16:32
49 Thomas KAESLER (DEC) +16:32
50 Nicholas REDDISH* (OLI) +16:32
51 Benjamin ANDREWS* (OLI) +16:32
52 August JENSEN (ICA) +16:32
53 Tom ROBINSON (BCT) +16:32
54 Matthew GIBSON* (JLT) +16:32
55 Robbert DE GREEF (RNL) +16:32
56 Joseph COOPER (BSC) +16:32
57 Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN (RNL) +16:32
58 Aidan KAMPERS* (ACA) +16:32
59 Peter KONING (ABS) +19:40
60 Jack SUTTON (OLI) +19:40
61 Steele VON HOFF (BSC) +19:52
62 Stuart SHAW (ACA) +19:52
63 Theodore YATES (DEC) +19:52
64 Michael HEPBURN (MTS) +19:52
65 Liam WHITE (DEC) +19:52
66 Roy GOLDSTEIN (ICA) +19:52
67 Peter LIVINGSTONE* (MBL) +19:52
68 Michael RICE* (AUS) +19:52
69 Yukinori HISHINUMA (IPC) +19:52
70 Ryan THOMAS (BCT) +19:52
71 Edmund BRADBURY (JLT) +19:52
72 Edward CLANCY (JLT) +19:52
73 Hamish SCHREURS (ICA) +19:52
74 Cameron LAYTON (TMD) +19:52
75 Anthony GIACOPPO (BSC) +19:52
76 Liam MAGENNIS* (DEC) +19:52
77 Amarni DRAKE* (ACA) +19:52
78 Ken-Levi EIKELAND (IPC) +19:52
79 Toby ORCHARD* (ACA) +19:52
80 Casper PEDERSEN* (ABS) +19:52
81 Alexander RAY (TMD) +19:52
82 Brad EVANS (MBL) +19:52
83 Jesse COYLE (MBL) +19:52
84 Shane ARCHBOLD (ABS) +20:53
85 Tim ARIESEN (RNL) +28:31
86 Etienne VAN EMPEL (RNL) +28:31
87 Joel STRACHAN (TMD) +28:31
88 Mads PEDERSEN (TFS) +28:31
89 Sean WHITFIELD (OLI) +28:31
90 Graham BRIGGS (JLT) +29:40
91 Alex FRAME (TFS) +29:40
92 Alexander EDMONDSON (MTS) +32:41
93 Jonathon NOBLE* (BCT) +32:55
94 Rien SCHUURHUIS (OLI) +32:55
95 Yuan Tang PENG (TMD) +32:55
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OVERALL
1 Jhoan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO (MTS) 14h56:35
2 Cameron MEYER (MTS) 32
3 Damien HOWSON (MTS) 39
4 Ruben GUERREIRO (TFS) 45
5 Dylan SUNDERLAND* (BSC) +1:06
6 Chris HARPER (BSC) +1:09
7 Alexander EVANS* (MBL) +1:54
8 Sam CROME (BSC) +1:58
9 Krists NEILANDS (ICA) +2:02
10 Freddy OVETT (ACA) +2:04
11 Lionel MAWDITT (AUS) +2:05
12 Niklas EG (TFS) +2:11
13 James WHELAN* (AUS) +2:15
14 Nathan EARLE (ICA) +2:16
15 Lucas HAMILTON* (MTS) +2:21
16 Jeroen MEIJERS (RNL) +2:56
17 Cameron BAYLY (BSC) +3:04
18 Patrick LANE (AUS) +3:19
19 Lawrence WARBASSE (ABS) +3:22
20 Michael VINK (BCT) +3:29
21 Robert POWER (MTS) +3:37
22 Daniel WHITEHOUSE (IPC) +3:56
23 Ryan CHRISTENSEN* (OLI) +4:18
24 Cyrus MONK* (DEC) +4:30
25 Calan WHITE* (BCT) +5:28
26 Thomas STEWART (JLT) +5:33
27 Koen DE KORT (TFS) +5:34
28 Zakkari DEMPSTER (ICA) +5:56
29 Lasse NORMAN HANSEN (ABS) +6:33
30 Ian BIBBY (JLT) +6:45
31 Michael POTTER* (ACA) +6:54
32 Oliver MARTIN (BCT) +6:54
33 Martijn BUDDING (RNL) +6:57
34 Nick MILLER (TMD) +7:53
35 Alistair SLATER (JLT) +9:47
36 Angus LYONS* (MBL) +10:23
37 Calvin WATSON (ABS) +12:26
38 Ethan BERENDS* (MBL) +12:48
39 Tyler WILLIAMS (ICA) +15:12
40 Mathew ROSS* (AUS) +16:20
41 Robbert DE GREEF (RNL) +16:28
42 Sjoerd VAN GINNEKEN (RNL) +16:32
43 Kane RICHARDS* (TMD) +16:59
44 Matthew GIBSON* (JLT) +17:20
45 August JENSEN (ICA) +17:37
46 Oliver KENT-SPARK (DEC) +18:58
47 Steele VON HOFF (BSC) +19:04
48 Tom ROBINSON (BCT) +19:35
49 Ryan THOMAS (BCT) +19:45
50 Jokin ETXABE LETURIA (IPC) +19:51
51 Michael HEPBURN (MTS) +19:56
52 Anthony GIACOPPO (BSC) +20:38
53 Reece TUCKNOTT* (AUS) +21:07
54 Michael RICE* (AUS) +21:15
55 Hamish SCHREURS (ICA) +21:30
56 Aidan KAMPERS* (ACA) +21:41
57 Edmund BRADBURY (JLT) +21:54
58 Joseph COOPER (BSC) +22:07
59 Alistair DONOHOE (MBL) +22:21
60 Nicholas WHITE* (OLI) +22:23
61 Shane ARCHBOLD (ABS) +23:41
62 Theodore YATES (DEC) +23:48
63 Brad EVANS (MBL) +24:26
64 Liam MAGENNIS* (DEC) +25:01
65 Edward CLANCY (JLT) +25:17
66 Stuart SHAW (ACA) +25:30
67 Liam WHITE (DEC) +25:35
68 Amarni DRAKE* (ACA) +25:42
69 Cameron LAYTON (TMD) +25:47
70 Alexander RAY (TMD) +25:55
71 Benjamin ANDREWS* (OLI) +26:14
72 Nicholas REDDISH* (OLI) +26:18
73 Mathew BICKNEL (TMD) +26:59
74 Mads PEDERSEN (TFS) +28:08
75 Tim ARIESEN (RNL) +28:22
76 Jesse FEATONBY (DEC) +28:47
77 Roy GOLDSTEIN (ICA) +29:10
78 Peter LIVINGSTONE* (MBL) +29:23
79 Toby ORCHARD* (ACA) +29:35
80 Jesse COYLE (MBL) +31:01
81 Casper PEDERSEN* (ABS) +31:51
82 Peter KONING (ABS) +32:15
83 Etienne VAN EMPEL (RNL) +32:46
84 Alexander EDMONDSON (MTS) +33:36
85 Sean WHITFIELD (OLI) +34:05
86 Ken-Levi EIKELAND (IPC) +34:44
87 Jonathon NOBLE* (BCT) +35:36
88 Jack SUTTON (OLI) +36:49
89 Alex FRAME (TFS) +37:41
90 Ashley MACKAY* (ACA) +38:27
91 Yuan Tang PENG (TMD) +38:59
92 Yukinori HISHINUMA (IPC) +39:29
93 Thomas KAESLER (DEC) +41:29
94 Rien SCHUURHUIS (OLI) +46:07
95 Joel STRACHAN (TMD) +46:28
96 Graham BRIGGS (JLT) +49:11

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