Von Hoff escapes crash to finish third in Tour Down Under opener

Steele von Hoff is making quite a name for himself. Just a little over a week after capturing the Australian men's national criterium championship, the Garmin-Sharp rider earned a hard-fought podium position with a third-place sprint finish behind two of the world's best in Simon Gerrans and André Greipel on the opening stage of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide on Tuesday.

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