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2024 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

24th edition: January 12 - January 21, 2024
Also: Down Under Classic, Saturday, January 13

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Sunday, January 21: 6th & Final Stage, Unley - Mount Lofty, 128.2 km

Stage 6 map & profile | Stage 6 photos

Stephen Williams wins stage six and the 2024 Tour Down Under. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the town of Crafers, on the route, 3 kilometers from the finish at Mount Lofty, at 12:25 PM, local time: 19C (67F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Stephen Williams of Israel Premier Tech stormed home in a frantic finish at Mount Lofty to claim the Stage 6 win and overall victory of the 2024 Santos Tour Down Under on Sunday.

Williams edged out Ineos Grenadiers’ Jhonatan Narvaez and Isaac Del Toro Romero of UAE Team Emirates who finished second and third respectively, in both Schwalbe Stage 6 and overall.

The trio were locked in a battle in the race to the finish with Del Toro Romero leading the way until the last few hundred meters. In the final sprint, Williams burst past his rivals and crossed the line in the Ochre Jersey to secure top spot in the General Classification.

“I’m over the moon, really happy and really pleased to finish it off,” said the 27-year-old. I knew we’d give ourselves a good chance today on Lofty, it’s a perfect finish for me.

“To come in a small, select group like that I’d always back myself going to the line in a sprint so, to do it in this jersey as well makes it even more special.”

After starting in Unley, riders went early with the first King of the Mountain climb points available just 3.8kms from the start.

Jersey leader Luke Burns of ARA Australian Cycling Team amongst those leading the charge. Burns finished second behind Team Jayco AlUla’s Chris Harper, further cementing his lead in the climbing classification.

With around 100kms to race, a group of seven broke away including Stefan De Bod from EF Education Easy-Post and Simon Geschke of Cofidis, who were both under two minutes off the lead in the General Classification.

The breakaway continued to push ahead and lead the peloton by as much as three minutes after 40kms.

With De Bod among the bunch, he took the lead in the virtual standings.

The peloton was consistently around three minutes behind the breakaway, but began reeling them in with under 50kms to go before the gap was slashed to under 90 seconds with 33kms remaining.

With 7.5kms to race, there was a crash towards the back of the peloton with a bunch of riders hitting the deck, with the frontrunners avoiding getting caught up in the tangle.

The breakaway was officially caught inside the final three kms to set up a thrilling finish which culminated in a scintillating final 300 meters.

Burns’ King of the Mountain #1 victory early in the day to ensure he sealed King of the Mountain classification.

“It’ feels awesome,” he said. “I was there for the points on the first one so, locked it up at the first KOM.”

West Australian Sam Welsford of Bora-Hansgrohe was the winner of the Sprint classification following three stage wins.

“It’s definitely more than I was expecting to come away with here at the Santos Tour Down Under but the boys have been super magical,” he said.

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale took out the general teams’ classification after the final stage.

KEY POINTS
3.8km: King of the Mountain 1 - Windy Point (Category 1)
Team Jayco AlUla’s Chris Harper took out the first King of the Mountain climb of Stage 6. King of the Mountain jersey leader Luke Burns (ARA Australian Cycling Team) also collected valuable points in second, while Alessandro Covi of UAE Team Emirates finished third.

56.1km: Sprint 1 - Strathalbyn Road at Mylor Oval, Mylor
Maurice Ballerstedt from Alpecin-Deceuninck claimed Stage 6’s Sprint #1 ahead of Soudal Quick-Step’s Gil Gelders and EF Education Easy-Post’s Stefan De Bod who earned a valuable second bonus.

69.5km: King of the Mountain 2 - Mount Lofty (Category 1)
Soudal Quick-Step’s Gil Gelders crossed the line uncontested ahead of Jacopo Mosca of Lidl-Trek and EF Education Easy-Post’s Stefan De Bod in the first of three climbs of Mount Lofty.

79.9km: Sprint 2 - Greenhill Road at Uraidla Hotel, Uraidla
Jacopo Mosca of Lidl-Trek won Sprint #2 with Franck Bonnamour (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) and Antonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates) crossing the line close behind.

98.2km: King of the Mountain 3 - Mount Lofty (Category 1)
Gil Gelders of Soudal Quick-Step took out the final King of the Mountain for Stage 6, edging out Antonio Morgado from UAE Team Emirates and Franck Bonnamour of Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team.

Complete results:

Stage 6 photos

128.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.481 km/hr

1	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	3hr 5min 26sec
2	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
5	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	@ 3sec
6	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	+10''
7	Damien Howson	Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Christian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
9	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
10	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
11	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Roger Adria	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
16	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
19	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Archie Ryan	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
21	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
22	Simon Yates	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
23	Michael Storer	Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Nicholas Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
26	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	+16''
27	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
28	Luke Burns	Australian Cycling Team	+25''
29	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+27''
30	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	+35''
31	Chris Harper	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
32	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Christopher Hamilton	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
34	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
36	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
37	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
38	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
39	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+40''
41	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	+47''
42	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+51''
43	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
44	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
45	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
46	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+55''
47	Nans Peters	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
48	Jonas Rutsch	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
49	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
50	Tristan Saunders	Australian Cycling Team	+1'03''
51	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+1'05''
52	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Vinicius Rangel Costa	Movistar Team	s.t.
54	Owain Doull	Ef Education-Easypost	+1'13''
55	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	+1'24''
56	Antonio Morgado Tomas	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	+1'29''
58	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
59	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
61	Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
62	Laurens De Plus	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
63	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	+1'51''
64	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
65	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+1'53''
66	Jackson Medway	Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+2'06''
69	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	+2'12''
71	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
72	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
73	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	+2'19''
74	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	+2'20''
75	Franck Bonnamour	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+2'27''
76	Harrison Sweeny	Ef Education-Easypost	+2'38''
77	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Johan Niklas Jacobs	Movistar Team	s.t.
79	Clement Berthet	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+2'48''
80	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+3'00''
81	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+3'13''
82	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	+3'17''
83	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	+3'23''
85	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Emils Liepins	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+4'00''
87	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
89	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
90	Kelland O’Brien	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
91	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+4'22''
93	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+4'24''
94	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	+4'41''
95	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	+4'56''
97	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+5'01''
98	Ivan Garcia Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
99	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Ef Education-Easypost	+5'06''
100	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
104	Liam Walsh	Australian Cycling Team	+5'49''
105	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	+6'39''
106	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
107	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	+6'41''
108	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	+6'59''
109	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	+7'26''
110	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
111	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
112	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
113	Declan Trezise	Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Ben Swift	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	+7'28''
117	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
118	Leo Hayter	Ineos Grenadiers	+8'03''
119	Filippo Ganna	Ineos Grenadiers	+11'55''
120	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
121	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
122	Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	+13'06''
123	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
124	Elia Viviani	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
126	Josef Cerny	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
127	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
128	Johan Price Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
129	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
130	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
DNF	Patrick Eddy	dsm-firmenich-PostNL

Final GC after stage 6:

GC winner: Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech)
Mountains classification winner: Luke Burns (Australian Cycling Team)
Points classification winner: Sam Welsford (Bora-hansgrohe)
Best young rider: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification winner: Declathlon-Ag2r-La Mondiale

824.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.890 km/hr

1	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	19hr 13min 34sec
2	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	@ 9sec
3	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	+11''
4	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+20''
5	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+23''
6	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	+33''
7	Simon Yates	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
8	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+36''
9	Damien Howson	Australian Cycling Team	+42''
10	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	+50''
11	Nicholas Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	+57''
13	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	+1'02''
15	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
18	Roger Adria	Bora-hansgrohe	+1'07''
19	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	+1'08''
20	Michael Storer	Australian Cycling Team	+1'09''
21	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+1'11''
22	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	+1'12''
23	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+1'20''
24	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	+1'25''
25	Christopher Hamilton	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+1'27''
26	Chris Harper	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
27	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	+1'36''
28	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+1'46''
29	Archie Ryan	Ef Education-Easypost	+1'48''
30	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	+2'04''
31	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+2'05''
32	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	+2'06''
33	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
34	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	+2'08''
35	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+2'11''
36	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	+2'26''
37	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+2'45''
38	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+2'53''
39	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+3'00''
41	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	+3'27''
43	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	+3'28''
44	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	+3'32''
45	Laurens De Plus	Ineos Grenadiers	+3'34''
46	Clement Berthet	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+3'38''
47	Antonio Morgado Tomas	UAE Team Emirates	+3'44''
48	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	+4'21''
49	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+4'28''
50	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	+4'32''
51	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+4'46''
52	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	+5'01''
53	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	+5'21''
54	Franck Bonnamour	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+5'24''
55	Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers	+5'43''
56	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	+5'57''
57	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	+5'58''
58	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	+6'08''
59	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	+7'06''
60	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+7'22''
61	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	+7'35''
62	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+7'48''
63	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	+8'05''
64	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	+8'25''
65	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
66	Harrison Sweeny	Ef Education-Easypost	+8'35''
67	Luke Burns	Australian Cycling Team	+8'37''
68	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	+8'42''
69	Jonas Rutsch	Ef Education-Easypost	+8'45''
70	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	+9'12''
71	Nans Peters	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+9'44''
72	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	+9'58''
73	Owain Doull	Ef Education-Easypost	+10'02''
74	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	+10'14''
75	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	+10'43''
76	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	+10'51''
77	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+11'53''
78	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+13'19''
79	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	+13'24''
80	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+13'46''
81	Ivan Garcia Cortina	Movistar Team	+14'07''
82	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	Ef Education-Easypost	+14'15''
83	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	+14'19''
84	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+14'25''
85	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+14'32''
86	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+14'33''
87	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	+14'43''
89	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	+14'46''
90	Kelland O’Brien	Team Jayco Alula	+15'01''
91	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+15'03''
93	Tristan Saunders	Australian Cycling Team	+15'33''
94	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	+15'38''
95	Emils Liepins	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+15'46''
96	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	+15'57''
97	Christian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+16'09''
98	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	+16'41''
99	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	+16'43''
100	Declan Trezise	Australian Cycling Team	+16'57''
101	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	+16'59''
102	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	+17'02''
103	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	+17'28''
104	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Ef Education-Easypost	+17'44''
105	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+18'01''
106	Jackson Medway	Australian Cycling Team	+18'54''
107	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	+19'00''
108	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+19'03''
109	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich-PostNL	+20'06''
110	Ben Swift	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
111	Vinicius Rangel Costa	Movistar Team	+20'26''
112	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+20'55''
113	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	+21'22''
114	Liam Walsh	Australian Cycling Team	+22'00''
115	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	+23'55''
116	Filippo Ganna	Ineos Grenadiers	+24'09''
117	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	+24'30''
118	Elia Viviani	Ineos Grenadiers	+24'35''
119	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	+26'16''
120	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+26'38''
121	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+28'24''
122	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco Alula	+29'10''
123	Leo Hayter	Ineos Grenadiers	+30'24''
124	Johan Niklas Jacobs	Movistar Team	+30'51''
125	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	+31'32''
126	Josef Cerny	Soudal Quick-Step	+32'48''
127	Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	+33'44''
128	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+34'27''
129	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco Alula	+44'25''
130	Johan Price Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	+53'17''

Stage 6 photos by Photoreporter Sirotti:

Simon Clarke heads to the start with what I assume are a couple of young team mechanics.

Race leader Stephen Williams signs in before the start of stage six.

Stephen Williams before the stage start.

Oscar Onley

Racing across the South Australia countryside.

Elia Viviani

Jacopo Mosca

Stefan De Bod

Reuben Thompson

Stephen Williams wins stage six just ahead of INEOS rider Jhonatan Narvaez.

Laurence Pithie finishes

Michele Storer finishes

In a nice sporting gesture Isaac del Toro congratulates Stephen Williams.

Stephen Williams and his Israel-Premier Tech team.

The Tour Down Under's jersey winners, from left: Best young rider Isaac del Toro, GC winner Stephen Williams, Points classification winner Sam Welsford & Mountains classification winner Luke Burns.

Points classification winner Sam Welsford

Stage 6 and final Tour Down Under winner Stephen Williams.

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Saturday, January 20: Stage 5, Christies Beach - Willunga Hill, 129.3 km

Complete stage 5 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Oscar Onley wins stage five. TDU photo

Results:

1	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2hr 52min 23sec
2	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 3sec
5	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
6	Simon Yates	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
7	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+6''
8	Isaac Del Toro Romero	Uae Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Damien Howson	Australian Cycling Team	+12''
10	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	Uae Team Emirates	+20''

GC after stage 5:

1	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	16hr 8min 18sec
2	Oscar Onley	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
3	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	@ 5sec
4	Isaac Del Toro Romero	Uae Team Emirates	s.t.
5	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	+13''
6	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
7	Simon Yates	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
8	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+16''
9	Damien Howson	Australian Cycling Team	+22''
10	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	+24''

Friday, January 19: Stage 4, Murray Bridge - Port Elliot, 136.2 km

Complete stage 4 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Sam Welsford beats Biniam Girmay to win stage four. Sirotti photo

Results:

1	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	2hr 59min 50sec
2	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
3	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
4	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
8	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.

GC after stage 4:

1	Isaac Del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	13hr 15min 54sec
2	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	@ 1sec
3	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	+2''
4	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	+5''
5	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	+7''
6	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
8	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	+8''
9	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+9''

Thursday, January 18: Stage 3, Tea Tree Gully - Campbelltown, 145.3 km

Complete stage 3 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Sam Welsford wins stage three. TDU photo

Results:

1	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 20min 42sec
2	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
4	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
6	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
7	Jose Alvaro Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
9	Jhonatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Emils Liepins	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.

GC after stage 3:

1	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	10h 16min 4sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 2sec
3	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	+5''
4	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	+7''
5	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
7	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	+8''
8	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+9''
10	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	+10''

Wednesday, January 17: Stage 2, Norwood - Lobethal, 141.6 km

Complete stage 2 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Isaac del Toro took a flyer and made it stick, barely. But good enough for the stage win and GC lead. TDU photo

Results:

1	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 29min 37sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
5	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
6	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains classification leader: Luke Burns (Australian National Team)
Points classification leader: Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty)
Best young rider: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Intermarché-Wanty

1	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	6hr 55min 22sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 2sec
3	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	+7''
4	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	+8''
6	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+9''
8	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco AlUla	+10''
9	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	+11''

Tuesday, January 16: Stage 1, Tanunda - Tanunda, 144 km

Complete stage 1 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Sam Welsford takes the first stage. TDU photo

Results:

1	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 25min 56sec
2	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
4	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
5	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
7	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
10	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 25min 46sec
2	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	@ 4sec
3	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	+6''
4	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	+7''
5	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
6	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+8''
8	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	+9''
9	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula	+10''
10	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.

Men's Tour Down Under start list with back numbers, January 15, 2024:

	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
1	ALESSANDRO COVI (Italy)
2	FINN FISHER-BLACK (New Zealand)
3	ALVARO HODEG CHAGUI (Colombia)
4	ANTONIO MORGADO TOMAS (Portugal)
5	DIEGO ULISSI (Italy)
6	MICHAEL VINK (New Zealand)
7	ISAAC DEL TORO ROMERO (Mexico)
	TEAM JAYCO ALULA
11	Caleb EWAN (Australia)
12	Simon YATES (United Kingdom)
13	Luke PLAPP (Australia)
14	Kelland O'BRIEN (Australia)
15	Michael HEPBURN (Australia)
16	Chris HARPER (Australia)
17	Campbell STEWART (New Zealand)
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
21	Nicolo Buratti (Italy)
22	PHIL BAUHAUS (Germany)
23	JACK HAIG (Australia)
24	FRAN MIHOLJEVIC (Croatia)
25	JOHAN PRICE-PEJTERSEN (Denmark)
26	CAMERON SCOTT (Australia)
27	TORSTEIN TRAEEN (Norway)
	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
31	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE (France)
32	JOSEF CERNY (Czech Republic)
33	JAMES KNOX (United Kingdom)
34	CASPER PEDERSEN (Denmark)
35	PIETER SERRY (Belgium)
36	ANTOINE HUBY (France)
37	GIL GELDERS (Belgium)
	DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM
41	CLEMENT BERTHET (France)
42	FRANCK BONNAMOUR (France)
43	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN (Finland)
44	PAUL LAPEIRA (France)
45	VALENTIN PARET PEINTRE (France)
46	NANS PETERS (France)
47	BASTIEN TRONCHON (France)
	INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY
51	LILIAN CALMEJANE (France)
52	BINIAM GIRMAY HAILU (Eritrea)
53	MADS MIHKELS (Estonia)
54	TOM PAQUOT (Belgium)
55	SIMONE PETILLI (Italy)
56	DION SMITH (New Zealand)
57	GEORG ZIMMERMANN (Germany)
	ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
61	GEORGE BENNETT (New Zealand)
62	GUILLAUME BOIVIN (Canada)
63	SIMON CLARKE (Australia)
64	DEREK GEE (Canada)
65	NICK SCHULTZ (Australia)
66	CORBIN STRONG (New Zealand)
67	STEPHEN WILLIAMS (United Kingdom)
	INEOS GRENADIERS
71	FILIPPO GANNA (Italy)
72	LAURENS DE PLUS (Belgium)
73	LEO HAYTER (United Kingdom)
74	JHONATAN NARVAEZ (Ecuador)
75	JOSHUA TARLING (United Kingdom)
76	BEN SWIFT (United Kingdom)
77	ELIA VIVIANI (Italy)
	BORA – HANSGROHE
81	SAM WELSFORD (Australia)
82	ROGER ADRIA (Spain)
83	PATRICK GAMPER (Austria)
84	FILIP MACIEJUK (Poland)
85	RYAN MULLEN (Ireland)
86	DANNY VAN POPPEL (Netherlands)
87	BEN ZWIEHOFF (Germany)
	TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
91	Patrick BEVIN (New Zealand)
92	PAVEL BITTNER (Czech Republic)
93	PATRICK EDDY (Australia)
94	SEAN FLYNN (United Kingdom)
95	CHRIS HAMILTON (Australia)
96	EMILS LIEPINS (Latvia)
97	OSCAR ONLEY (United Kingdom)
	COFIDIS
101	PIET ALLEGAERT (Belgium)
102	RUBEN FERNANDEZ (Spain)
103	EDDY FINE (France)
104	MILAN FRETIN (Belgium)
105	OLIVER KNIGHT (United Kingdom)
106	SIMON GESCHKE (Germany)
107	AXEL MARIAULT (France)
	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
111	LOUIS BARRE (France)
112	ANTHONY DELAPLACE (France)
113	LAURENS HUYS (Belgium)
114	KEVIN LEDANOIS (France)
115	DANIEL MCLAY (United Kingdom)
116	MILES SCOTSON (Australia)
117	MICHEL RIES (Luxembourg)
	MOVISTAR TEAM
121	JON BARRENETXEA (Spain)
122	IVAN GARCIA-CORTINA (Spain)
123	RUBEN GUERREIRO (Portugal)
124	JOHAN NIKLAS JACOBS (Switzerland)
125	MANLIO MORO (Italy)
126	VINICIUS RANGEL COSTA (Brazil)
127	GONZALO SERRANO (Spain)
	TEAM VISMA \| LEASE A BIKE
131	KOEN BOUWMAN (Netherlands)
132	ROBERT GESINK (Netherlands)
133	BART LEMMEN (Netherlands)
134	JOHANNES STAUNE-MITTET (Norway)
135	MILAN VADER (Netherlands)
136	LOE VAN BELLE (Netherlands)
137	MICK VAN DIJKE (Netherlands)
	EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST
141	Harrison Sweeny (Australia)
142	STEFAN DE BOD (South Africa)
143	OWAIN DOULL (United Kingdom)
144	JACK ROOTKIN-GRAY (United Kingdom)
145	JONAS RUTSCH (Germany)
146	ARCHIE RYAN (Ireland)
147	JARDI CHRISTIAAN VAN DER LEE (Netherlands)
	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
151	MAURICE BALLERSTEDT (Germany)
152	LARS BOVEN (Netherlands)
153	JURI HOLLMAN (Germany)
154	TOBIAS BAYER (Austria)
155	JASON OSBORNE (Germany)
156	LUCA VERGALLITO (Italy)
157	STAN VAN TRICHT (Belgium)
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
161	SAMUELE BATTISTELLA (Italy)
162	GIANMARCO GARFOLI (Italy)
163	MICHELE GAZZOLI (Italy)
164	DMITRIY GRUZDEV (Kazakhstan)
165	MAX KANTER (Germany)
166	RUDIGER SELIG (Germany)
167	CHRISTIAN SCARONI (Italy)
	LIDL-TREK
171	DARIO CATALDO (Italy)
172	JUAN PEDRO LOPEZ PEREZ (Spain)
173	BAUKE MOLLEMA (Netherlands)
174	JACOPO MOSCA (Italy)
175	QUINN SIMMONS (United States)
176	NATNAEL TESFAZION (Eritrea)
177	MATTHIAS VACEK (Czech Republic)
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
181	CLEMENT DAVY (France)
182	IGNATUS KONOVALOVAS (Lithuania)
183	FABIAN LIENHARD (Switzerland)
184	ENZO PALENI (France)
185	LAURENCE PITHIE (New Zealand)
186	RUDY MOLARD (France)
	ARA AUSTRALIAN CYCLING TEAM
191	MICHAEL STORER (Australia)
192	DAMIEN HOWSON (Australia)
193	DECLAN TREZISE (Australia)
194	TRISTAN SAUNDERS (Australia)
195	LUKE BURNS (Australia)
196	JACKSON MEDWAY (Australia)
197	LIAM WALSH (Australia)

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Women's Tour Down Under

Sunday, January 14: 3rd & Final Stage, Adelaide - Willunga Hill, 93.4 km

Course map & profile

Sarah Gigante wins stage three and the 2024 Tour Down Under. Photo: Sprint Cycling

Weather at the start city of Adelaide at 11:30 AM, local time: 26C (78F), Partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is forecast to rise to 27C (81F) by 1:00 PM.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage three summary.

Sarah Gigante delivered a major WorldTour title to her new team AG Insurance Soudal as promised at the Santos Tour Down Under on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Australian forced her rivals to crack on the way atop Willunga Hill to take the Tour Down Under General Classification and a stage 3 win which started in Adelaide.

Gigante’s victory was emphatic considering she bounced back from several setbacks including myopericarditis – inflammation of both the heart muscle and the pericardium and broken bones from bike crashes.

Her former team Movistar released her from her contract in 2023 before she signed with the new WorldTour outfit in December.

“I only raced one race last year, but I have been going out there every single day and doing training sessions,’’ Gigante said.

The peloton still intact on a climb. TDU photo

“I’m back in great form and I’m with my old coach Dylan Lindsay and I went from the very bottom of (Willunga Hill), my teammates helped me, I was out of position, but they drove me up to near the front (of the peloton).

“As soon as the road went upwards, I went.”

Gigante’s win capped off a successful WorldTour for the team.

It started with New Zealand gun Ally Wollaston claiming Stage 1 and the leader’s jersey on Friday.

Wollaston relinquished the jersey to FDJ-Suez’s Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig on Saturday before Gigante’s claimed overall honors.

The Kiwi was doing her fair share of the work to get the Australian into shape before the Willunga Hill climb.

But before Gigante’s emphatic victory, Liv AlUla Jayco’s tactical nous saw national road champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon was the provisional leader.

She earned three bonus seconds when she claimed the first preme sprint which saw her on equal time with overnight race leader Ludwig (FDJ-Suez).

The pressure was on Ludwig and her team as Roseman-Gannon earned another bonus second to take the overall lead when she finished third in the second sprint of the day at Aldinga Beach.

But UAE Team ADQ’s Dominika Wlodarczyk was on her game too when she took maximum bonus seconds at Aldinga Beach to take the equal provisional lead alongside Roseman-Gannon.

That smart intermediate sprint tactic turned the race on its ear, but Gigante quashed those feint hopes atop Willunga Hill.

The Stage 3 Adelaide to Willunga Hill also conquered two significant milestones.

The stage departed for the first time from home base – the Tour Village in Victoria Square, Adelaide and it was also the first time the race finished atop Willunga Hill.

Just 10 seconds separated Ludwig (FDJ-Suez) and six riders including Roseman-Gannon who was sitting third overall before Sunday’s stage.

Ludwig’s main contenders for the Willunga Hill climb included, three-time Santos Tour Down Under champion Amanda Spratt, and Gigante were only 20 seconds behind the flamboyant Dane.

The Danish superstar is the highest ranked UCI rider at the Tour Down Under, after finishing seventh in 2023.

With about 70km before the finish, three riders Stine Dale (COOP-Repsol) Haylee Fuller (Team Bridgelane) and Lucie Fityus (ARA Skip Capital) attacked but they were no immediate threat to the main GC contenders.

The trio opened a gap of 49 seconds before the peloton had enough as Ludwig rode comfortably as her strong team kept the Dane out of trouble.

Gigante was patient before the main peloton flew into the Willunga township which signaled the business end of the race was about to kick off.

Spratt’s Lidl-Trek team kept the three-time Santos Tour Down Under in good shape led by Lauretta Hanson’s domestique duties Aldinga beach approached but Gigante was far too strong in the end.

KEY POINTS
3.8km: Queen of the Mountain 1: (Category 1) Belair Road at Belair Family Health Centre, Belair
Italy’s Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health) claimed her third major prize of the stage race at Windy Point which was part of the race route for the first time in history. Ragusa earned 37 points and was at that point, 26 points clear of second placed Health Partners stage 2 winner Cecelie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez).

49.1km: Sprint 1 – Main Road at Willunga Show Hall, Willunga
Reigning national road champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv AlUla Jayco) claimed a timely bonus by winning the first sprint of the day. Roseman-Gannon at that point was on equal time with the then race leader Ludwig.

66.8km: Sprint 2 – Esplanade at Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach
UAE Team ADQ’s Dominika Wlodarczyk became a thorn between Australia’s Liv AlUla Jayco team to claim the three second bonus ahead of teammates Georgia Baker and Roseman-Gannon.

93.2km: Queen of the Mountain 2: (Category 1) Old Willunga Hill Road, Willunga Hill
Sarah Gigante did untold damage to the chasing bunch at the top of Willunga Hill before earning the title.

2024 Tour Down Under winner Sarah Gigante. TDU photo

Complete results:

93.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.20 km/hr

1	Sarah Gigante	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	2hr 30min 38sec
2	Nienke Vinke	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	@ 16sec
3	Neve Bradbury	Canyon//Sram Racing	+27''
4	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	+46''
6	Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+47''
7	Ella Wyllie	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
8	Maud Oudeman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
9	Rosita Reijnhout	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
10	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
11	Nicole Frain	Australian National Team	+52''
12	Marion Bunel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+55''
13	Francesca Barale	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
14	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	FDJ-Suez	+1'02''
15	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	+1'11''
16	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
17	Emily Watts	Australian National Team	+1'14''
18	Ella Simpson	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
19	Brodie Chapman	Lidl-Trek	+1'18''
20	Heidi Franz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
21	Soraya Paladin	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
22	Alice Towers	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
23	Abi Smith	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+1'22''
24	Evita Muzic	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
25	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
26	Mikayla Harvey	UAE Team ADQ	+1'32''
27	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	+1'51''
28	Elizabeth Stannard	Australian National Team	s.t.
29	Lily Williams	Human Powered Health	+2'06''
30	Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	+2'09''
31	Amber Pate	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
32	Olga Zabelinskaya	Tashkent City Women Pros	+2'19''
33	Matilda Raynolds	Team Bridgelane	+2'25''
34	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Kimberley Le Court De Billot	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
36	Tiffany Cromwell	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
37	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	+2'30''
38	Lieke Nooijen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+2'46''
39	Sophie Edwards	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
40	Sophie Marr	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
41	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	+3'09''
42	Sarah Roy	Australian National Team	+3'10''
43	Lucie Fityus	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
44	Haylee Fuller	Team Bridgelane	+3'34''
45	Alexandra Manly	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+3'40''
46	Georgina Howe	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
47	Mijntje Geurts	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
48	Dilyxine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
49	Grace Brown	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
50	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
51	Kate Richardson	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
52	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
53	Kaja Rysz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
54	Nina Buijsman	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
55	Karin Soderqvist	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
56	Franziska Koch	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+4'28''
57	Linda Riedmann	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+4'29''
58	Gladys Verhulst Wild	FDJ-Suez	+4'57''
59	Georgia Baker	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
60	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
61	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
62	Ally Wollaston	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
63	Elyne Roussel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+5'56''
64	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
65	Amanda Poulsen	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
66	Coralie Demay	FDJ-Suez	+6'52''
67	Yanina Kuskova	Tashkent City Women Pros	+7'12''
68	Nienke Veenhoven	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+7'19''
69	Alex Morrice	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
70	Anastasia Carbonari	UAE Team ADQ	+7'32''
71	Stina Kagevi	Team Coop-Repsol	+7'52''
72	Mari Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
73	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	+8'26''
74	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
75	Krista Doebel-Hickok	Human Powered Health	s.t.
76	Elynor Backstedt	Lidl-Trek	+8'50''
77	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Ilaria Sanguinetti	Lidl-Trek	+8'54''
79	Talia Appleton	Team Bridgelane	+9'42''
80	Audrey Cordon Ragot	Human Powered Health	+9'50''
81	Margarita Misyurina	Tashkent City Women Pros	+12'50''
82	Madina Kakhorova	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
83	Keira Will	Ara \| Skip Capital	+13'46''
84	Darcie Richards	Australian National Team	+14'05''
85	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	+17'53''

Final GC after stage 3:

GC winner: Sara Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)
Mountains classification winner: Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health)
Points classification leader: Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ)
Best young rider: Nienke Vinke (Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL)
Team classification winner: Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL

291.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.62 km/hr

1	Sarah Gigante	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	7hr 57min 33sec
2	Nienke Vinke	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	@ 20sec
3	Neve Bradbury	Canyon//Sram Racing	+33''
4	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	+37''
5	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	+44''
6	Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+57''
7	Ella Wyllie	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
8	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
9	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	FDJ-Suez	+1'02''
10	Nicole Frain	Australian National Team	s.t.
11	Francesca Barale	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+1'05''
12	Maud Oudeman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+1'07''
13	Rosita Reijnhout	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
14	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+1'09''
15	Marion Bunel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+1'15''
16	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	+1'21''
17	Soraya Paladin	Canyon//Sram Racing	+1'22''
18	Ella Simpson	Ara \| Skip Capital	+1'24''
19	Heidi Franz	Lifeplus Wahoo	+1'28''
20	Alice Towers	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
21	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	+1'30''
22	Evita Muzic	FDJ-Suez	+1'32''
23	Emily Watts	Australian National Team	s.t.
24	Brodie Chapman	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
25	Mikayla Harvey	UAE Team ADQ	+1'42''
26	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	+1'53''
27	Abi Smith	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+1'58''
28	Elizabeth Stannard	Australian National Team	+2'27''
29	Lieke Nooijen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+2'56''
30	Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	+2'57''
31	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	+3'06''
32	Kimberley Le Court De Billot	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
33	Olga Zabelinskaya	Tashkent City Women Pros	+3'07''
34	Tiffany Cromwell	Canyon//Sram Racing	+3'13''
35	Sophie Edwards	Ara \| Skip Capital	+3'27''
36	Matilda Raynolds	Team Bridgelane	+3'29''
37	Amber Pate	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+3'33''
38	Sophie Marr	Ara \| Skip Capital	+3'41''
39	Alexandra Manly	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+3'49''
40	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	+3'54''
41	Lucie Fityus	Ara \| Skip Capital	+3'58''
42	Grace Brown	FDJ-Suez	+4'27''
43	Karin Soderqvist	Lifeplus Wahoo	+4'31''
44	Sarah Roy	Australian National Team	+4'47''
45	Nina Buijsman	FDJ-Suez	+5'22''
46	Ally Wollaston	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	+5'28''
47	Georgia Baker	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+5'29''
48	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	+5'38''
49	Georgina Howe	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+5'53''
50	Kaja Rysz	Lifeplus Wahoo	+6'01''
51	Franziska Koch	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+6'44''
52	Linda Riedmann	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+6'50''
53	Yanina Kuskova	Tashkent City Women Pros	+7'22''
54	Stina Kagevi	Team Coop-Repsol	+8'35''
55	Krista Doebel-Hickok	Human Powered Health	+8'36''
56	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	+9'09''
57	Dilyxine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+9'28''
58	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+9'30''
59	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	+9'31''
60	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco	Lifeplus Wahoo	+10'54''
61	Mari Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	+12'41''
62	Gladys Verhulst Wild	FDJ-Suez	+13'18''
63	Lily Williams	Human Powered Health	+13'43''
64	Haylee Fuller	Team Bridgelane	+15'12''
65	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	+15'28''
66	Kate Richardson	Lifeplus Wahoo	+16'30''
67	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+16'35''
68	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+17'34''
69	Ilaria Sanguinetti	Lidl-Trek	+17'36''
70	Elyne Roussel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+18'06''
71	Coralie Demay	FDJ-Suez	+18'40''
72	Nienke Veenhoven	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+19'07''
73	Alex Morrice	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
74	Anastasia Carbonari	UAE Team ADQ	+19'53''
75	Mijntje Geurts	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+21'04''
76	Elynor Backstedt	Lidl-Trek	+21'32''
77	Talia Appleton	Team Bridgelane	+22'01''
78	Audrey Cordon Ragot	Human Powered Health	+22'32''
79	Amanda Poulsen	Team Bridgelane	+24'11''
80	Margarita Misyurina	Tashkent City Women Pros	+24'28''
81	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	+27'59''
82	Keira Will	Ara \| Skip Capital	+28'00''
83	Madina Kakhorova	Tashkent City Women Pros	+28'57''
84	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	+29'40''
85	Darcie Richards	Australian National Team	+32'10''

Stage 3 map & profile:

Saturday, January 13: Stage 2, Glenelg - Stirling, 104.2 km

Course map & profile

Cecilie Ludwig takes the stage and the GC lead. TDU photo

Bill & Carol McGann’s book The Story of the Tour de France, 2022: The Fastest Tour Ever is available in both Kindle eBook & audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish city of Stirling at 2:10 PM, local time: 24C (76F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 23 km/hr (14 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report.

Denmark’s Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig claimed Stage 2 of the Santos Tour Down Under with a punchy finish at Stirling on Saturday.

The 28-year-old FDJ-Suez gun won the longest Tour Down Under women’s stage in history with 104.2km between the Glenelg beachside start and the finish at Stirling in the picturesque Adelaide Hills.

“Plan A was to sprint for (teammate and reigning Santos Tour Down Under champion) Grace Brown,’’ Ludwig told TV Seven Plus.

“We had it all figured out and how we were going to do it, but Grace didn’t feel good and we had to change the plan and it’s now time to celebrate.

“It’s so good to be in Australia where my boyfriend (WorldTour rider Miles Scotson) comes from and it’s awesome.”

After winning a stage of the Tour de France in 2022, the victory has put Ludwig in pole position to claim the Santos Tour Down Under title.

The upcoming stage 3 from Adelaide to Willunga Hill on Sunday suits Ludwig.

Friday’s stage winner and Santos leader Ally Wollaston relinquished the ochre jersey to the Dane after Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ) finished second at Stirling ahead of Australia’s reigning road champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv AlUla Jayco).

Bertizzolo also claimed the sprint jersey while Human Powered Health’s Italian Katia Ragusa kept the Queen of the Mountain jersey after a fine day in the saddle.

Bertizzolo is just two seconds behind Ludwig and one second ahead of Roseman-Gannon.

Temperatures in Stirling hovered around 24C which suited the riders after Friday's searing 35C. The peloton reached speeds of up to 85 kph, with Henrietta Christie from Health Powered Health forced out of the race after a crash on Friday.

AG Insurance Soudal attacked about 72km from the finish line with Australian Sarah Gigante at the front.

It was a fitting return to the big stage for Gigante, who described her form as the best it has been starring at the Santos Festival of Cycling in 2021.

Team Bridgelane worked hard early and mirrored Friday’s opening stage when a solo attack from Matilda Raynolds saw the Australian team take the spotlight.

Come Saturday it was time for Raynolds’ teammate Haylee Fuller to hit center stage.

She was the first rider to test what the potential end of the race would feel like as she crossed the Stirling finish line for the first of the three circuits.

Lidl Trek then heaped pressure on the peloton as the race approached the second Queen of the Mountain finish.

The team looked at keeping three-time Santos Tour Down Under champion Amanda Spratt in good shape for a fitting finale.

ARA Australian Cycling Team’s Emily Watts also attacked hard to open up a 29-second gap 12.4km out from the finish, but the peloton caught the 23-year-old Australian seven kilometers from Stirling.

Watts, however, was rewarded with the Yamaha most competitive rider’s jersey.

KEY POINTS
12.4km: Queen of the Mountain 1: (Category 1) Cherry Gardens Hill
Human Powered Health’s Italian gem Katia Ragusa took out her third QOM win since claiming the pair during Ziptrak Stage 1, earning maximum points. Ragusa claimed 20 points and held onto the QOM podium before the Stirling finish.

35.7km: Sprint 1 – Mawson Road, Meadows at Meadows Bakery
The challengers were nervous and took what seemed an eternity to earn bonus seconds.
UAE Team ADQ’s Dominika Wlodarczyk used every sinew to pip Australia’s Roseman-Gannon (Liv Jayco AlUla) while Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health), the 2020 Santos Tour Down Under champion, took third place in a long race to the bonus seconds line.

53.4km: Sprint 2 – Strathalbyn Road at Mylor Oval, Mylor
Poland’s Wlodarczyk earned the maximum three-second time bonus ahead of Australia’s Ruby Roseman-Gannon and US rider Lily Williams from Human Powered Health. Roseman-Gannon provisionally moved within three seconds of race leader Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance Soudal) until the Kiwi gave up her leader's jersey. Wollaston is 31 seconds behind Ludwig.

82.9km: Queen of the Mountain 2: (Category 2) Stirling Climb
Ragusa was too good and will wear the polka dot jersey for the Hyundai Stage 3 on Sunday.
The Italian easily powered away at Stirling in what should have been an end-of race dress rehearsal at the same place 21.3km later.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig looks back after winning the stage. TDU photo

ALL THE JERSEYS
Overall Stage Winner – Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez)
Santos Leader’s Jersey – Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez)
efex Queen of the Mountain – Katia Rugusa (Human Powered Health)
Ziptrak Sprinter’s Jersey – Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ)
Zwift Young Rider’s Jersey – Francesca Barale (Human Powered Health)
Most Competitive – Emily Watts (Australian National Team)

Complete results:

104.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.83 km/hr

1	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	FDJ-Suez	2hr 54min 28sec
2	Soraya Paladin	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
3	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
4	Francesca Barale	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
5	Heidi Franz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
6	Alexandra Manly	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
7	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	s.t.
9	Sarah Gigante	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
10	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
11	Nienke Vinke	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
12	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
13	Maud Oudeman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
14	Lieke Nooijen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
15	Mikayla Harvey	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
16	Rosita Reijnhout	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
17	Nicole Frain	Australian National Team	s.t.
18	Ella Wyllie	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
19	Yanina Kuskova	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
20	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
21	Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
22	Brodie Chapman	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
24	Neve Bradbury	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
25	Alice Towers	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
26	Evita Muzic	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
27	Krista Doebel-Hickok	Human Powered Health	s.t.
28	Ella Simpson	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
29	Marion Bunel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
30	Emily Watts	Australian National Team	@ 14sec
31	Abi Smith	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+16''
32	Elizabeth Stannard	Australian National Team	s.t.
33	Stina Kagevi	Team Coop-Repsol	+23''
34	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
35	Amber Pate	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
36	Sophie Edwards	Ara \| Skip Capital	+31''
37	Karin Soderqvist	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
38	Georgina Howe	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
39	Georgia Baker	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
40	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
41	Mari Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
42	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
43	Kimberley Le Court De Billot	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
44	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
45	Ally Wollaston	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
46	Sophie Marr	Ara \| Skip Capital	+35''
47	Lucie Fityus	Ara \| Skip Capital	+38''
48	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
49	Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
50	Olga Zabelinskaya	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
51	Tiffany Cromwell	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
52	Nina Buijsman	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
53	Grace Brown	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
54	Matilda Raynolds	Team Bridgelane	+55''
55	Sarah Roy	Australian National Team	+1'27''
56	Franziska Koch	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+1'56''
57	Linda Riedmann	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+2'11''
58	Kaja Rysz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
59	Dilyxine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+4'08''
60	Kate Richardson	Lifeplus Wahoo	+6'51''
61	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
62	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco	Lifeplus Wahoo	+7'04''
63	Ilaria Sanguinetti	Lidl-Trek	+7'49''
64	Gladys Verhulst Wild	FDJ-Suez	+8'11''
65	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	+8'24''
66	Nienke Veenhoven	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+11'28''
67	Amanda Poulsen	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
68	Haylee Fuller	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
69	Talia Appleton	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
70	Margarita Misyurina	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
71	Anastasia Carbonari	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
72	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
73	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
74	Alex Morrice	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
75	Elyne Roussel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
76	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
77	Coralie Demay	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
78	Audrey Cordon Ragot	Human Powered Health	s.t.
79	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Keira Will	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
81	Mijntje Geurts	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
82	Lily Williams	Human Powered Health	s.t.
83	Elynor Backstedt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Madina Kakhorova	Tashkent City Women Pros	+15'47''
85	Darcie Richards	Australian National Team	+17'01''
DNF	Safia Al Sayegh	UAE Team ADQ
DNF	Maeve Plouffe	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl
DNF	Camilla Bye	Team Coop-Repsol
DNF	Alli Anderson	Ara \| Skip Capital
DNF	Kristyna Burlova	Lifeplus Wahoo
DNF	Sofiya Karimova	Tashkent City Women Pros
DNF	Nafosat Kozieva	Tashkent City Women Pros
DNS	Henrietta Christie	Human Powered Health

GC after stage 2:

198.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 36.35 km/hr

1	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	FDJ-Suez	5hr 26min 55sec
2	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	@ 2sec
3	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+3''
4	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
5	Soraya Paladin	Canyon//Sram Racing	+4''
6	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	+8''
7	Francesca Barale	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+10''
8	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	Lieke Nooijen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
10	Nienke Vinke	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
11	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	s.t.
12	Heidi Franz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
13	Nicole Frain	Australian National Team	s.t.
14	Mikayla Harvey	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
15	Alice Towers	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
16	Sarah Gigante	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
17	Yanina Kuskova	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
18	Krista Doebel-Hickok	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	Alexandra Manly	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
20	Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
21	Neve Bradbury	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
22	Ella Wyllie	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
23	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
24	Evita Muzic	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
25	Ella Simpson	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
26	Maud Oudeman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+20''
27	Rosita Reijnhout	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
28	Brodie Chapman	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Marion Bunel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
30	Emily Watts	Australian National Team	+24''
31	Ally Wollaston	AG Insurance-Soudal	+31''
32	Georgia Baker	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+33''
33	Abi Smith	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+36''
34	Elizabeth Stannard	Australian National Team	s.t.
35	Sophie Edwards	Ara \| Skip Capital	+41''
36	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
37	Kimberley Le Court De Billot	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
38	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal	s.t.
39	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal	+43''
40	Stina Kagevi	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
41	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	+45''
42	Grace Brown	FDJ-Suez	+47''
43	Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	+48''
44	Lucie Fityus	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
45	Tiffany Cromwell	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
46	Olga Zabelinskaya	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
47	Karin Soderqvist	Lifeplus Wahoo	+51''
48	Sophie Marr	Ara \| Skip Capital	+55''
49	Matilda Raynolds	Team Bridgelane	+1'04''
50	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
51	Amber Pate	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+1'24''
52	Sarah Roy	Australian National Team	+1'37''
53	Nina Buijsman	FDJ-Suez	+1'42''
54	Georgina Howe	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+2'13''
55	Franziska Koch	Team dsm-firmenich Postnl	+2'16''
56	Kaja Rysz	Lifeplus Wahoo	+2'21''
57	Linda Riedmann	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
58	Mari Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	+4'49''
59	Dilyxine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+5'48''
60	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	+7'01''
61	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco	Lifeplus Wahoo	+7'14''
62	Gladys Verhulst Wild	FDJ-Suez	+8'21''
63	Ilaria Sanguinetti	Lidl-Trek	+8'42''
64	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	+10'06''
65	Lily Williams	Human Powered Health	+11'37''
66	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+11'38''
67	Haylee Fuller	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
68	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Margarita Misyurina	Tashkent City Women Pros	s.t.
70	Nienke Veenhoven	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+11'48''
71	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
72	Alex Morrice	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
73	Coralie Demay	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
74	Elyne Roussel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	+12'10''
75	Talia Appleton	Team Bridgelane	+12'19''
76	Anastasia Carbonari	UAE Team ADQ	+12'21''
77	Audrey Cordon Ragot	Human Powered Health	+12'42''
78	Elynor Backstedt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
79	Kate Richardson	Lifeplus Wahoo	+12'50''
80	Keira Will	Ara \| Skip Capital	+14'14''
81	Madina Kakhorova	Tashkent City Women Pros	+16'07''
82	Mijntje Geurts	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+17'24''
83	Darcie Richards	Australian National Team	+18'05''
84	Amanda Poulsen	Team Bridgelane	+18'15''
85	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	+20'50''

Stage 2 map & profile:

Friday, January 12: Women's Stage 1, Hahndorf - Campbelltown, 93.9 km

Course map & profile | Start list

Ally Wollaston takes the first stage. TDU photo

Bill and Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, Vol 2: 1976 - 2018 is available in print, Kindle eBook & Audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the finish city of Campbelltown, South Australia at 12:00 Noon, local time: 36C (97F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's report.

New Zealand track and now road sensation Ally Wollaston claimed a debut Women’s WorldTour major prize by winning Stage 1 of the new 2024 UCI season.

Wollaston, 23, barnstormed across the Maryvale Road, Athelstone finish line to beat a super fast bunch to earn her team AG Insurance Soudal a perfect start to the new year.

Wollaston’s efforts earned her a hat trick of wins on her most successful Women’s WorldTour day, including the Santos ochre leader’s jersey, the stage win, and the Ziptrak sprint jersey.

Wollaston beat Liv Jayco AlUla’s Georgia Baker to the Fox Oval finish line with Italy’s Sofia Bertizzolo, 26, (UAE Emirates) earning a precious third placing on equal time just ahead of Kristyna Burlova.

“I’m really proud of being patient and backing myself,’’ Wollaston said.

“Once I committed to the sprint I thought, oh hell, I could actually win this but it wasn’t until the final few metres for sure.”

Wollaston said she had trained hard in heated settings in New Zealand in a bid to acclimatise before coming to Adelaide and it paid off in 36C heat.

Wollaston last year upstaged the superstars of the Santos Tour Down Under at the Criterium Classic in the streets of Adelaide after winning New Zealand’s Criterium championship.

The day’s work probably finished as planned for most riders and their teams – a bunch sprint finish – as Italy’s Katia Ragusa entertained fans early on.

Ragusa had a brilliant start, winning the efex Queen of the Mountain jersey after riding powerfully in the breakaway during her team debut for Human Powered Health.

However, Ragusa’s day turned sour when she was forced to stop albeit briefly for a puncture and a wheel change during the fast Gorge Road descent into Campbelltown.

The peloton crests a hill. TDU photo

However, after the intermediate sprints and Queen of the Mountain polka dot jersey were decided Matilda Raynolds (Bridgeland) launched an audacious solo counterattack 58km from the finish line.

The 36-year-old set the nervous chasing bunch alight with the gap closing to 56 seconds with about 30km to go after it blew out to almost two minutes.

Raynolds was swallowed up by the breakaway group inside the final10km as it appeared that a bunch sprint was what the contenders were aiming for before the Czech Republic’s Burlova from Lifeplus Wahoo was rewarded with the Zwift young rider’s jersey on the podium.

And as teams were organising their sprint trains for the first time in the new Women’s WorldTour season Hyundai Stage 3 favourite Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) dodged a couple of nasty crashes near the back of the race.

In a beautiful gesture, the entire peloton, fans, and officials commemorated the life of Australian cyclist Melissa Hoskins who died tragically late last year.

A minute’s silence was observed for Hoskins at the Hahndorf start line before the start gun was fired to signal the 2024 Women’s WorldTour season was underway.

KEY POINTS
12km: Ziptrak Sprint 1 – Adelaide Road, Echunga
Australia’s WorldTour outfit Liv Jayco-AlUla ensured the nation’s newest road champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon earned the first bonus of the new season by taking out the Ziptrak Sprint 1 at Echunga with teammate Georgia Baker who was tipped as a potential stage winner close behind, followed by UAE Team ADQ’s Dominika Wlodarczyk.

29.7km: efex Queen of the Mountain 1: (Category 3) Hawthorn Climb: Hawthorn Road, Echunga
Italian breakaway rider Katia Rugusa (Human Powered Health) earned maximum points ahead of Coop Repsol’s French gun India Grangier and Bridgelane's Matilda Raynolds.

49.3km: Ziptrak Sprint 2 – Onkparinga Valley Road, Woodside
Rugusa was again dominant at Woodside, beating Raynolds at Woodside.

58.1km: efex Queen of the Mountain 2: (Category 3): Kenton Valley Climb: Kenton Valley Road, Lobethal

Ragusa wasn’t going to let this one slip, after doing a lot of work during the breakaway to earn a healthy 10 points for her QOM efforts. The Italian made sure the efex QOM jersey was hers to keep at the start line for the Health Partners Stage 2 Glenelg to Stirling on Saturday.

93.7km: Race Finish – Maryvale Road, Athelstone: Time: 2hr 32min 37sec
Stage Winner – Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance Soudal)

ALL THE JERSEYS
Santos Leader’s Jersey – Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance Soudal)
efex Queen of the Mountain – Katia Rugusa (Human Powered Health)
Ziptrak Sprinter’s Jersey – Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance Soudal)
Zwift Young Rider’s Jersey – Kristyna Burlova (Lifeplus Wahoo)
Most Competitive – Matilda Raynolds (Bridgelane)

Ally Wollaston sits up and enjoys her win. TDU photo

Complete results:

93.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.91 km/hr

1	Ally Wollaston	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	2hr 32min 37sec
2	Georgia Baker	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
3	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
4	Kristyna Burlova	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
5	Gladys Verhulst Wild	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
6	Francesca Barale	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
7	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
8	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
9	Soraya Paladin	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
10	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
12	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
13	Sarah Roy	Australian National Team	s.t.
14	Kaja Rysz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
15	Lieke Nooijen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
16	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
17	Nicole Frain	Australian National Team	s.t.
18	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
19	Nienke Vinke	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
20	Lucie Fityus	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
21	Grace Brown	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
22	Sophie Edwards	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
23	Alice Towers	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
24	Linda Riedmann	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
25	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Tiffany Cromwell	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
27	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Krista Doebel Hickock	Human Powered Health	s.t.
29	Heidi Franz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
30	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
31	Lily Williams	Human Powered Health	s.t.
32	Emily Watts	Australian National Team	s.t.
33	Mikayla Harvey	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
34	Yanina Kuskova	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
35	Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
36	Olga Zabelinskaya	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
37	Matilda Raynolds	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
38	Kimberley Le Court De Billot	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
39	Haylee Fuller	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
40	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
41	Neve Bradbury	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
42	Sarah Gigante	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
43	Ella Simpson	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
44	Evita Muzic	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
45	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
46	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
47	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
48	Margarita Misyurina	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
49	Ella Wyllie	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
50	Alexandra Manly	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
51	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
52	Maud Oudeman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	@ 10sec
53	Karen Soderqvist	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
54	Nienke Veenhoven	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
55	Brodie Chapman	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
57	Marion Bunel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
58	Rosita Reijnhout	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
59	Abi Smith	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
60	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
61	Coralie Demay	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
62	Camilla Bye	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
63	Alex Morrice	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
64	Stina Kagevi	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
65	Sophie Marr	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
66	Lizzie Stannard	Australian National Team	s.t.
67	Madina Kakhorova	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
68	Franziska Koch	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
69	Eleonora Ciabocco	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	+23''
70	Alli Anderson	Ara \| Skip Capital	+32''
71	Elyne Roussel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
72	Talia Appleton	Team Bridgelane	+41''
73	Ilaria Sanguinetti	Lidl-Trek	+43''
74	Anastasia Carbonari	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
75	Amber Pate	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+51''
76	Darcie Richards	Australian National Team	+54''
77	Nina Buijsman	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
78	Elynor Backstedt	Lidl-Trek	+1'04''
79	Audrey Cordon-Ragot	Human Powered Health	s.t.
80	Dylixine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	+1'30''
81	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	+1'32''
82	Georgie Howe	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
83	Keira Will	Ara \| Skip Capital	+2'36''
84	Mari Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	+4'08''
85	Mijntje Geurts	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+5'46''
86	Safia Al Sayegh	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
87	Kate Richardson	Lifeplus Wahoo	+5'49''
88	Amanda Poulsen	Team Bridgelane	+6'37''
89	Nafosat Kozieva	Tashkent City Women	+7'51''
90	Maeve Plouffe	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	+8'30''
91	Henrietta Christie	Human Powered Health	+8'44''
92	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	+9'12''

GC after stage 1:

1	Ally Wollaston	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	2hr 32min 27sec
2	Georgia Baker	Liv-Alula-Jayco	@ 2sec
3	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	+6''
4	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+7''
5	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
6	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	+8''
7	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	+9''
8	Matilda Raynolds	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
9	Kristyna Burlova	Lifeplus Wahoo	+10''
10	Gladys Verhulst Wild	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
11	Francesca Barale	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
12	Roxane Fournier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
13	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
14	Soraya Paladin	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
15	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Eugenia Bujak	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
17	Sarah Roy	Australian National Team	s.t.
18	Kaja Rysz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
19	Lieke Nooijen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
20	Alicia Gonzalez Blanco	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
21	Nicole Frain	Australian National Team	s.t.
22	Nienke Vinke	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
23	Lucie Fityus	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
24	Grace Brown	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
25	Sophie Edwards	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
26	Alice Towers	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
27	Linda Riedmann	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
28	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	s.t.
29	Tiffany Cromwell	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
30	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Krista Doebel Hickock	Human Powered Health	s.t.
32	Heidi Franz	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
33	Lily Williams	Human Powered Health	s.t.
34	Emily Watts	Australian National Team	s.t.
35	Mikayla Harvey	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
36	Yanina Kuskova	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
37	Victorie Guilman	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
38	Olga Zabelinskaya	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
39	Kimberley Le Court De Billot	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
40	Haylee Fuller	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
41	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
42	Neve Bradbury	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
43	Sarah Gigante	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
44	Ella Simpson	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
45	Evita Muzic	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
46	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
47	Gina Ricardo	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
48	Margarita Misyurina	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
49	Ella Wyllie	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
50	Alexandra Manly	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
51	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
52	Maud Oudeman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+20''
53	Karen Soderqvist	Lifeplus Wahoo	s.t.
54	Nienke Veenhoven	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
55	Brodie Chapman	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Lillee Pollock	Team Bridgelane	s.t.
57	Marion Bunel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
58	Rosita Reijnhout	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
59	Abi Smith	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
60	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
61	Coralie Demay	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
62	Camilla Bye	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
63	Alex Morrice	Canyon//Sram Racing	s.t.
64	Stina Kagevi	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
65	Sophie Marr	Ara \| Skip Capital	s.t.
66	Lizzie Stannard	Australian National Team	s.t.
67	Madina Kakhorova	Tashkent City Women	s.t.
68	Franziska Koch	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	s.t.
69	Eleonora Ciabocco	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	+33''
70	Alli Anderson	Ara \| Skip Capital	+42''
71	Elyne Roussel	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	s.t.
72	Talia Appleton	Team Bridgelane	+51''
73	Ilaria Sanguinetti	Lidl-Trek	+53''
74	Anastasia Carbonari	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
75	Amber Pate	Liv-Alula-Jayco	+1'01''
76	Darcie Richards	Australian National Team	+1'04''
77	Nina Buijsman	Fdj-Suez	s.t.
78	Elynor Backstedt	Lidl-Trek	+1'14''
79	Audrey Cordon-Ragot	Human Powered Health	s.t.
80	Dylixine Miermont	St Michel-Mavic-Auber93	+1'40''
81	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	+1'42''
82	Georgie Howe	Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.
83	Keira Will	Ara \| Skip Capital	+2'46''
84	Mari Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	+4'18''
85	Mijntje Geurts	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+5'56''
86	Safia Al Sayegh	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
87	Kate Richardson	Lifeplus Wahoo	+5'59''
88	Amanda Poulsen	Team Bridgelane	+6'47''
89	Nafosat Kozieva	Tashkent City Women	+8'01''
90	Maeve Plouffe	DSM-Firmenich Postnl	+8'40''
91	Henrietta Christie	Human Powered Health	+8'54''
92	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	+9'22''

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map & profile

Start list with back numbers, January 9, 2024:

	FDJ-SUEZ
1	GRACE BROWN (Australia)
2	NINA BUIJSMAN (Netherlands)
3	CORALIE DEMAY (France)
4	CECILIE UTTRUP LUDWIG (Denmark)
5	EVITA MUZIC (France)
6	GLADYS VERHULST WILD (France)
	LIDL-TREK
11	AMANDA SPRATT (Australia)
12	BRODIE CHAPMAN (Australia)
13	Lauretta HANSON (Australia)
14	ILARIA SANGUINETTI (Italy)
15	Elynor BACKSTEDT (United Kingdom)
16	FELICITY WILSON-HAFFENDEN (Australia)
	LIV-ALULA-JAYCO
21	ALEXANDRA MANLY (Australia)
22	AMBER PATE (Australia)
23	ELLA WYLLIE (New Zealand)
24	GEORGIA BAKER (Australia)
25	GEORGIE HOWE (Australia)
26	RUBY ROSEMAN-GANNON (Australia)
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
31	AUDREY CORDON-RAGOT (France)
32	Ruth EDWARDS (United States)
33	Lily WILLIAMS (United States)
34	HENRIETTA CHRISTIE (New Zealand)
35	KATIA RAGUSA (Italy)
36	Krista DOEBEL HICKOCK (United States)
	CANYON//SRAM RACING
41	NEVE BRADBURY (Australia)
42	TIFFANY CROMWELL (Australia)
43	ALEX MORRICE (United Kingdom)
44	SORAYA PALADIN (Italy)
45	ALICE TOWERS (United Kingdom)
	TEAM VISMA \| LEASE A BIKE
51	LINDA RIEDMANN (Germany)
52	MAUD OUDEMAN (Netherlands)
53	ROSITA REIJNHOUT (Netherlands)
54	NIENKE VEENHOVEN (Netherlands)
55	MIJNTJE GEURTS (Netherlands)
56	LIEKE NOOIJEN (Netherlands)
	UAE TEAM ADQ
61	SAFIA AL SAYEGH (United Arab Emirates)
62	SOFIA BERTIZZOLO (Italy)
63	EUGENIA BUJAK (Slovenia)
64	ANASTASIA CARBONARI (Latvia)
65	MIKAYLA HARVEY (New Zealand)
66	DOMINIKA WLODARCZYK (Poland)
	AG INSURANCE - SOUDAL TEAM
71	Sarah Gigante (Australia)
72	Kimberley Le Court de Billot (Mauritius)
73	Anya Louw (Australia)
74	Gaia Masetti (Italy)
75	Julie Van De Velde (Belgium)
76	Ally Wollaston (New Zealand)
	TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
81	MAEVE PLOUFFE (Australia)
82	FRANCESCA BARALE (Italy)
83	ELEONORA CIABOCCO (Italy)
84	ABI SMITH (United Kingdom)
85	FRANZISKA KOCH (Germany)
86	NIENKE VINKE (Netherlands)
	TEAM COOP - REPSOL
91	CAMILLA BYE (Norway)
92	STINE DALE (Norway)
93	INDIA GRANGIER (France)
94	STINA KAGEVI (Sweden)
95	MARI MOHR (Norway)
96	AIDI TUISK (Estonia)
	TEAM BRIDGELANE
101	AMANDA POULSEN (Denmark)
102	KATELYN NICHOLSON (Australia)
103	MATILDA RAYNOLDS (Australia)
104	TALIA APPLETON (Australia)
105	GINA RICARDO (Australia)
106	LILLEE POLLOCK (Australia)
	ARA \| SKIP CAPITAL
111	SOPHIE EDWARDS (Australia)
112	SOPHIE MARR (Australia)
113	KEIRA WILL (Australia)
114	LUCIE FITYUS (Australia)
115	RACHAEL WALES (Australia)
116	ELLA SIMPSON (Australia)
	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
121	SARAH ROY (Australia)
122	JOSIE TALBOT (Australia)
123	NICOLE FRAIN (Australia)
124	LIZZIE STANNARD (Australia)
125	Darcie RICHARDS (Australia)
126	EMILY WATTS (Australia)
	ST MICHEL - MAVIC – AUBER 93
131	ALISON AVOINE (France)
132	MARION BUNEL (France)
133	ROXANE FOURNIER (France)
134	VICTORIE GUILMAN (France)
135	DYLIXINE MIERMONT (France)
136	ELYNE ROUSSEL (France)
	LIFEPLUS WAHOO
141	HEIDI FRANZ (United States)
142	KAJA RYSZ (Poland)
143	KAREN SODERQVIST (Sweden)
144	ALICIA GONZALEZ BLANCO (Spain)
145	KATE RICHARDSON (United Kingdom)
146	KRYSTYNA BURLOVA (Czech Republic)
	TASHKENT CITY WOMEN PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM
151	OLGA ZABELINSKAYA (not found)
152	YANINA KUSKOVA (Uzbekistan)
153	MADINA KAKHOROVA (Uzbekistan)
154	MARGARITA MISYURINA (Uzbekistan)
155	SOFIYA KARIMOVA (Uzbekistan)
156	NAFOSAT KOZIEVA (Uzbekistan)

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Saturday, January 13: Down Under Classic: Adelaide Australia, 1 hr + 3 Laps. Each lap is 1.35 km.

Course map

Jhonatan Narvaez takes the Down Under Classic. Sirotti Photo

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The race: Here's the race organizer's report.

Ineos Grenadiers Jhonatan Narvaez issued a huge warning to Santos Tour Down Under GC contenders when he claimed the Down Under Classic on Saturday night.

However, the 26-year-old Ecuadorian Giro D’Italia 2020 stage winner predicted that new WorldTour rider, Mexico’s Isaac del Toro is the man to watch during the WorldTour stage race.

Del Toro was impressive on his debut for UAE Team Emirates winning three of the four preme sprints before Narvaez earned the major prize on the Adelaide city street circuit.

“He (del Toro) is a GC contender,” Narvaez told Seven Plus. “It was a really fast circuit. It was important to never lose the motivation to win the race. To start the season like this is really nice.”

The peloton at speed in Adelaide. Sirotti photo

While Narvaez celebrated a perfect victory, Caleb Ewan’s absence from the race was a major concern. Australia’s sprint sensation, was a surprise omission for his return to Team Jayco AlUla.

Ewan was named on the official 140 riders start list before the men’s WorldTour teams blew out the 2024 preseason cobwebs on the 1.35km circuit. However, the five-time Down Under Classic champion wasn’t on the start line after he claimed the national criterium title earlier this year.

Ewan, 29, was also a no-show at Friday night’s team presentations before team officials declared they hope to have the eight-time stage winner of the Santos Tour Down Under ready for the Ziptrak Stage 1 Tanunda to Tanunda.

Isaac Del Toro on the attack. Sirotti photo

With Ewan out of contention, the peloton eased into race mode on Wakefield Street, headed east for a left turn at Pulteney Street, onto Flinders Street, towards King William Street before another left turn towards the finish line.

Riders and officials were probably enjoying the cooler conditions of Saturday night racing but as dusk approached blustery winds tested the WorldTour riders’ bike handling skills before conditions calmed.

The podium, from left: Natnael Tesfazion (2nd), Jhonatan Narvaez (1st) & Isaac Del Toro (3rd)

DOWN UNDER CLASSIC PRIME SPRINT RESULTS:
10 minutes: Ziptrak prime sprint #1: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)

20 minutes: Ziptrak prime sprint #2: Guillarme Boivin (Israel-PremierTech)

30 minutes: Ziptrak prime sprint #3: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)

40 minutes: Ziptrak prime sprint #4: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)

Complete results:

54 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.64 km/hr

1	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	1hr 1min 33sec
2	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Isaac Del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Harrison Sweeny	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
5	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
7	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
8	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Daniel Mclay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
10	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Elia Viviani	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
13	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Sam Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
18	Mads Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
19	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
21	Emils Liepins	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
22	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
23	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
24	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
25	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
27	Ivan Garcia-Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
28	Antonio Morgado Tomas	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
31	Declan Trezise	Australian National Team	s.t.
32	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
33	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Filippo Ganna	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	@ 10sec
37	Matthias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Liam Walsh	Australian National Team	s.t.
39	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Clement Berthet	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
41	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
42	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
44	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
45	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
46	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
49	Damien Howson	Australian National Team	s.t.
50	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Biniam Girmay Hailu	Intermarché-Wanty	+16''
52	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Ben Swift	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers	+22''
55	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	+24''
56	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Nans Peters	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
58	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Luke Burns	Australian National Team	s.t.
60	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
61	Jackson Medway	Australian National Team	s.t.
62	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
64	Tristan Saunders	Australian National Team	s.t.
65	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Juri Hollman	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
68	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Franck Bonnamour	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
72	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Archie Ryan	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
74	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
76	Jonas Rutsch	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
77	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
78	Laurens De Plus	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Owain Doull	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
81	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
83	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich Postnl	+36''
84	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+40''
85	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
88	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
89	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
90	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
92	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
93	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Johan Niklas Jacobs	Movistar Team	s.t.
95	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
97	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
98	Gianmarco Garfoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
99	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Finn Fisher-Black	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
101	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
102	Chris Hamilton	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
103	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
104	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Torstein Traeen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
106	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
107	Patrick Eddy	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
108	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
109	Leo Hayter	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Alvaro Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
111	Christian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
112	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
113	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan Team	s.t.
114	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
115	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
116	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	+53''
117	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
118	Michael Storer	Australian National Team	s.t.
119	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
120	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Simon Yates	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
122	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
124	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
125	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	+1'02''
126	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
127	Roger Adria	Bora-hansgrohe	+1'04''
128	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
129	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	+1'13''
130	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+1'30''
131	Chris Harper	Team Jayco Alula	+1'34''
132	Josef Cerny	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
133	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco Alula	+1'46''
134	Vinicius Rangel Costa	Movistar Team	+3'45''
DNF	Luke Plapp	Team Jayco Alula
DNF	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco Alula
DNF	Rudiger Selig	Astana Qazaqstan Team
DNS	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco Alula
DNS	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike
DNS	Ignatus Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ

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