Potential podium slipping away from Nathan Haas at Tour Down Under

Under any other circumstances, Nathan Haas’ (Garmin-Sharp) fight for the podium would be making Australian sporting page headlines. But while Aussie heavyweights Cadel Evans and Simon Gerrans wrestle for control of the Tour Down Under’s ochre leader’s jersey, Haas, who was sitting in fourth position just nine seconds off third place Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida), has now dropped to fifth overall and is no longer in podium contention. But that has not dampened Haas’ spirits and what has become a feel-good story of the race.