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Laura Weislo

Narváez's battles for bonus seconds bubbles over in contentious stage 4 Tour Down Under sprint in Victor Harbor

Jhonatan Narváez Bryan Coquard Bryan Coquard Cofidis Fabio Baldato UAE Team Emirates Tour Down Under GC Javier Romo Johnny Phil Bauhaus
VICTOR HARBOR AUSTRALIA JANUARY 24 LR Stage winner Bryan Coquard of France and Team Cofidis Jhonatan Narvaez of Ecuador and UAE Team Emirates Xrg Phil Bauhaus of Germany and Team Bahrain Victorious and Tim Torn Teutenberg of Germany and Team Lidl Trek sprint at finish line during the 25th Santos Tour Down Under 2025 Stage 4 a 1572km stage from Glenelg to Victor Harbor UCIWT on January 24 2025 in Victor Harbor Australia Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images.

The stakes are getting higher and higher in the Tour Down Under as Saturday's key climbing stage to Willunga Hill approaches. On stage 4 to Victor Harbor, the fight for the time bonuses was the point of contention as third-placed Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) gesticulated in frustration behind stage winner Bryan Coquard (Cofidis).

UAE Team Emirates' sports director Fabio Baldato asked the officials to review the sprint as Narváez felt Coquard closed down his line along the right side of the course in the finale, but the jury deemed the sprint was within the rules.

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