A day after his sterling victory in Stirling, a 'stuff-up' by Caleb Ewan, when victory looked a foregone conclusion, potentially cost him the Santos Tour Down Under stage 3 sprint into Victor Harbor.
"I am really disappointed with my sprint, to be honest. I hesitated in the end and that really cost me," said Ewan, who finished third behind Elia Viviani and Phil Bauhaus.
"I had a perfect lead-out from the boys. I am disappointed to end that lead-out with a loss."
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Daryl Impey, followed by newly-crowned Australian champion Alex Edmondson, were the two final Mitchelton-Scott riders looking after Ewan and delivered the race leader into position for the win inside 200 metres to go.
Ewan was like a striker left with only an empty net to aim for, while Viviani was the defender dashing in late and nicking the ball off Ewan's boot - a classic piece of Italian defending.
"I thought it was going to be a block headwind - that's what we thought it was going to be at the start of the day. I really didn't want to go too early and have another sprinter on my wheel and get rolled at the last minute," Ewan said of his approach.
Falling win rate
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