After the summit finish on Paracombe on stage 3, it was back to the sprinters on stage 4 of the 2020 Tour Down Under, with a tricky finish in Murray Bridge.
After avenging his opening-day disappointment with a storming victory in Stirling on stage 2, Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) established himself as the fastest rider in this race with a second stage victory.
Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep), who won that opening stage, made a good go of it after a strong team lead-out, but started his sprint a little early and was comfortably overtaken by Ewan.
Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) continued his consistent display with a third-place finish that puts him in the lead of the points classification.
In the battle for the overall classification, crosswinds caused some tense moments, but Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) retained the ochre jersey. However, Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott), winner of the past two editions, picked up three bonus seconds at the intermediate sprints to cut the deficit at the top of the standings to three seconds.
Watch how the whole stage unfolded in the highlights video above.
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