Coquard was the fourth winner from a different nation in as many days when he won the stage at Willunga. The other three are Italy’s Bettiol, Germany’s Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), Australia’s Rohan Dennis (Jumbo Visma) and Spain’s Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) as unique international stage winners.
He came in ahead of Bettiol and Page and is now in 13th overall.
“I have waited for 10 years for this first WorldTour win,’’ an elated Coquard said.
“I think I had a bad start to the race, I have won many races but no WorldTour races, I am very happy about this.
“It was nice to smell this team spirit with the guys who I can win.”
Jay Vine (UAE Emirates) is still the race leader, 15 seconds ahead of Bilbao and Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla).
