Frank's dropping places. Yesterday morning he was about 220km from the the WA / SA border. This morning he's about 20km into SA, so he's ridden ~240km in the past 24 hours. I would expect him to have covered a higher distance. I hope everything is OK.
He's had a 7hour rest stop. That's the second one he's taken so far and they are both at about the same interval so I'm guessing they are strategic rather than out of desperation.
Sarah Hammond is storming along. Now 4th overall.
Mike might have closed gap on Kristof, but that is only due to Kristof taking a big rest stop. Mike will also have to take a 3hr rest soon so Kristof will pull away again.
Big surprise is Donncha retiring, and Julianna Buhring. She's said allergic reaction to mediation; earlier in vid she'd complained about really sore arse, so I'm guessing she tried something on a raw backside and it reacted badly. Ouch.