2025 Santos Tour Down Under Stage 3 Results & Recap
Stage 3 of the 2025 Santos Tour Down Under is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Javier Romo wins stage 3
Movistar’s Javier Romo’s maiden WorldTour victory stunned the favourites at Thursday at the Santos Tour Down Under at the Uraidla finish line. The 26-year-old Spaniard conquered the efex men’s stage 3 and powered to victory over the Pound Road, Knotts Hill climb which made its debut and was the most talked about stage of the 25th anniversary of the coveted race.\n“I’m very happy, this morning I cannot imagine this day but I worked from September for this race,’’ Romo said. “My team had a lot of confidence in me, and they worked very well to help me. The position today was very important and in the final (to the finish line) I had very good legs and everything was perfect.”
Romo’s solo attack to the finish line saw him wrestle the Santos ochre leader’s jersey from Australian sprint king Sam Welsford. UAE Team Emirates – XRG’s Jhonatan Narvaez finished third ahead of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe) across the finish line at Uraidla.
The peloton powered up Norton Summit Road after The Parade, Norwood, start with an average speed of 40 km/h before the first KOM at Ashton.
It was no surprise as Browning continued to put himself in the WorldTour shop window by earning maximum bonuses at Echunga. Bouchard also claimed bonuses for a second intermediate sprint placing alongside veteran Australian Simon Clarke, 38, (Israel-Premier Tech) in what appeared to be a ploy to test the peloton’s patience with last year’s champion Stephen Williams lurking in the shadows.
Browning created history by being the first ever Santos Tour Down Under rider up Pound Road on the way to conquer Knott’s Hill with Bouchard at his wheel. Jayco AlUla’s Chris Harper was third ahead of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe) and Jayco AlUla’s Plapp.
It started getting serious as Bouchard claimed maximum bonuses, followed by Browning and Finn Fisher-Black. The race started splitting after the sprint before the peloton came back together.
Groupama-FDJ’s French star Remy Rochas powered first over the KOM followed by Narvaez, Romo, Finn Fisher-Black and Oscar Onley from Team Picnic PostNL.
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