Jhonatan Narvaez wins Tour Down Under

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Stage 5 winner Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) avoided a crash in the final kilometres to safely cross the line at the end of flat and fast stage 6 in Adelaide to win the Santos Tour Down Under after taking second place last year.

Aware that the overall victory at the Tour Down Under often comes down to mere seconds, Narvaez secured a crucial one-second time bonus on the opening stage before taking a back seat to the sprinters. He showed his climbing form on the first mountain stage, finishing second behind Javier Romo (Movistar), who launched a solo attack on the descent of Knotts Hill to win stage 3. Narvaez then chipped away at his nine-second deficit to Romo with a third-place finish on the following stage before delivering a massive uphill sprint on Willunga to claim a dramatic stage win.