Australian Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), 23 years old, was proclaimed champion of the Tour Down Under in her country, after winning the third stage, on a 93.4 km route between Adelaide and Willunga Hill.
Gigante, who was in a small leading group, attacked on the final climb, just over two km from the finish line and ended up crossing it alone, with a 16 second advantage over the Dutch Nienke Vinke (dsm-firmenich PostNL) and 27 seconds advantage over compatriots Neve Bradbury (Canyon//SRAM Racing) and Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek).
In this way, the Australian reversed the ten second disadvantage she had in the general classification at the beginning of the day with the leader until then, the Danish Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez). With the result Gigante and climbed to the top of the final podium, escorted by Vinke and Bradbury, both benefiting from the bonuses obtained on the third day.
The stage began with an attack on the climb to Windy Point, led by the Danish Amanda Poulsen (Bridgelane), the Italian Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health) and the Australian Sophie Edwards (ARA-Skip Capital) who were shortly afterwards joined by three other cyclists of the platoon.
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Ragusa and Edwards plus Gina Ricardo (Bidgelane) held on, although they were caught with 76km to go. A new attack then appeared on the final climb that ended up taking Sarah Gigante to victory.
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Results of the 3rd stage of the Santos Tour Down Under Women
Final results of the Santos Tour Down Under Women 2024
