BADEN COOKE WINS IN RAIN DOWN UNDER

Tour down under photo

Baden Cooke overcame pouring rain to win stage three of the Tour Down Under on Friday.

The tough Aussie was part of a decisive break that was sparked by team mate Jeremy Hunt and then stormed to victory with a final surge to the line in the last kilometre of the 128km stage to the holiday town of Victor Harbor. It was Cooke?s fourth win at the Tour Down Under and was the first for Unibet.com as a ProTour team.

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