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Rohan Dennis’ Tour Down Under ochre dream disappears, uses his ‘one bullet’ on bike change chase

Rohan Dennis' Tour Down Under ochre dream disappears, uses his ‘one bullet’ on bike change chase


The Tour Down Under had looked to be all falling into place for Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma) on stage 2 when he stepped into the ochre leaders jersey, but on the run toward the tough climb of Corkscrew Road on stage 3 his pursuit of a second overall victory at the Australian WorldTour race quickly unravelled.

All was running to plan right until he was forced to make an ill-timed bike change. That meant chasing back through the second last climb of the day, Checkers, so he could rejoin ahead of the Corkscrew – always slated as a game changer.

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