Amael Moinard of BMC and Stuart O’Grady of Orica GreenEdge shared the cuspides for general classification after Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under. Moinard finished 65th and O’Grady 66th, both with a time of 7 minutes and 55 seconds behind the leader of the race, Geraint Thomas.

An abandon by Timothy Duggan of Saxobank brought the number of riders to 130. Simone Stortoni, who held the Point d’Appui after Stage 2, fell back to 75th place. Moinard’s teammate, Martin Kohler, holds the Lanterne Rouge after Van Popple moved up 10 places.