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Movistar’s Javier Romo’s maiden WorldTour victory stunned the favorites at the Santos Tour Down Under at the Uraidla finish line on Thursday.
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.
“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,” he added.
Romo’s solo attack to the finish line saw him wrestle the Santos ochre leader’s jersey from Australian sprint king Sam Welsford.
The West Australian road and track star owned the leader’s jersey for the first two stages but kept the Ziptrak sprint jersey ahead of Friday’s Hahn Stage 4, Glenelg to Victor Harbor.
Meanwhile, UAE Team Emirates – XRG’s Jhonatan Narvaez finished third ahead of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe) across the finish line at Uraidla.
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