Tour Down Under: Steimle retains top 10 place

Five climbs, three of which were classified, were spread over the 149.9 kilometers of Wednesday’s stage, but the rolling terrain didn’t convince too many riders to go in the breakaway. In fact, only one man – Nans Peters (AG2R Citroen) – zipped away from the group in the first hour of racing, putting five minutes between him and the chasers, a gap which began coming down in the last 100 kilometers.
It was a rather quiet day, with the exceptions of a couple of crashes. In one of these, James Knox was involved, fortunately without any serious consequences. The Brit got back on his bike and made his way back to the peloton, which continued its chase on the circuit, further reducing the deficit to the lone leader. The moment he was caught, the sprinters moved towards the front of the peloton in anticipation of the mass gallop.
With two kilometers to go, it was Soudal Quick-Step’s Mattia Cattaneo who took over the pace-setting for Jannik Steimle, who was tucked in his wheel. The German, eighth in the Adelaide prologue, finished just outside the top 10 on the uphill drag in Tanunda – as Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) came out on top in the messy sprint of stage 1 – and remained in the top 10 overall.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
3:37:35 |
2 |
Caleb Ewan UniSA-Australia |
0:00 |
3 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
0:00 |
4 |
Alessandro Covi UAE Team Emirates |
0:00 |
5 |
Paul Penhoët Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
6 |
Emīls Liepiņš Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
7 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
8 |
Hugo Hofstetter Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:00 |
9 |
Taj Jones Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
10 |
Gerben Thijssen Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:00 |
14 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
37 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
62 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
102 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
111 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
116 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:02 |
DSQ |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
-03:37:35 |
1 |
Alberto Bettiol EF Education-EasyPost |
3:43:54 |
2 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
0:06 |
3 |
Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers |
0:08 |
4 |
Julius Johansen Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:10 |
5 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:11 |
6 |
Samuel Gaze Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:11 |
7 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:12 |
8 |
Marius Mayrhofer Team DSM |
0:13 |
9 |
Corbin Strong Israel - Premier Tech |
0:13 |
10 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:13 |
26 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:22 |
33 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:25 |
45 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:29 |
97 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:49 |
118 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:33 |
1 |
Phil Bauhaus Bahrain - Victorious |
30 pt |
2 |
Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla |
26 pt |
3 |
Caleb Ewan UniSA-Australia |
25 pt |
4 |
Alessandro Covi UAE Team Emirates |
19 pt |
5 |
Paul Penhoët Groupama - FDJ |
17 pt |
6 |
Emīls Liepiņš Trek - Segafredo |
15 pt |
7 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
13 pt |
8 |
Hugo Hofstetter Team Arkéa Samsic |
11 pt |
9 |
Taj Jones Israel - Premier Tech |
9 pt |
10 |
Gerben Thijssen Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
7 pt |
16 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
4 pt |
2 |
Nans Peters AG2R Citroën Team |
3 pt |
3 |
Alessandro Covi UAE Team Emirates |
3 pt |
4 |
Dorian Godon AG2R Citroën Team |
1 pt |
5 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
1 pt |
1 |
Magnus Sheffield INEOS Grenadiers |
3:44:02 |
2 |
Hugo Page Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:04 |
3 |
Lorenzo Germani Groupama - FDJ |
0:10 |
4 |
Leo Hayter INEOS Grenadiers |
0:16 |
5 |
Antonio Tiberi Trek - Segafredo |
0:17 |
6 |
Laurence Pithie Groupama - FDJ |
0:21 |
7 |
Liam Walsh UniSA-Australia |
0:23 |
8 |
Ewen Costiou Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:27 |
9 |
Alessandro Verre Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:29 |
10 |
Iván Romeo Movistar Team |
0:31 |
15 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:41 |
1 | Intermarché - Circus - Wanty | 11:12:25 |
2 | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:00 |
3 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:04 |
4 | Team DSM | 0:10 |
5 | UAE Team Emirates | 0:16 |
6 | Team Jayco AlUla | 0:16 |
7 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:17 |
8 | Groupama - FDJ | 0:20 |
9 | Israel - Premier Tech | 0:21 |
10 | Bahrain - Victorious | 0:23 |