Tuesday, January 21: Stage 1, Prospect - Gumeracha, 150.7 km
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Sam Welsford wins stage one.
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Weather at the finish city of Gumeracha at 12:10 PM, local time: 83F, partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 8 mph. No rain is forecast.
The race: Manlio Moro (Movistar) & Miles Scotson (Arkea-B&B Hotels) did not start.
Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Sam Welsford's Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe.
Sam Welsford delivered a spectacular performance on the first stage of the 2025 Tour Down Under, powering to victory in the sprint finish in Gumeracha and taking the ochre leader’s jersey.
The Australian sprinter’s win came after a strong lead-out by his teammate Danny van Poppel, who kept the pace high throughout the final kilometres. Despite Welsford launching his sprint a little earlier than intended, his strong kick carried him across the line first. It was a perfect start to the season for Welsford, who already claimed victories at the National Criterium Championships and the Villawood Classic. The rest of the squad played a pivotal role throughout the stage, controlling the break and setting Welsford up for a strong sprint finish, a testament to the cohesive spirit of the team in Adelaide. They'll be looking to build on this early success in the upcoming stages in South Australia.
Stage 1 gets started
Sam Welsford:
It was hard to control the pace at the front, but the guys did an incredible job and I'm really pleased that I was able to repay their efforts with this win. It was a really hard sprint to the finish line. In every corner someone wanted to get on the inside and we had to give everything to stay up front. I think I could have actually stayed on Danny's wheel a bit longer, as he still had more left when I made my move. I was fortunate to have had just enough of a lead in the end to fend off Brennan in the end. After winning three sprint stages here last year, we definitely have something to prove this year. Nobody gave us any gifts today, but with the guys, especially Filip, riding at the front of the field for most of the day, we always had the race well under control. I'm very happy to have taken the first win of this year's WorldTour season - it's a fantastic feeling to start the year like this.
Complete results:
150.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.759 km/hr
1 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 3hr 26min 38sec |
2 | Matthew Brennan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
3 | Matthew Walls | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
4 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
5 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
6 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
7 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
8 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
9 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
10 | Jacopo Mosca | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
11 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
12 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
13 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
14 | Cameron Scott | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
15 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
16 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
17 | Carlos Canal | Movistar | s.t. |
18 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
19 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
20 | Andrea Raccagni Noviero | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
21 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar | s.t. |
22 | Campbell Stewart | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
23 | Stephen Williams | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
24 | Lars Boven | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
25 | Donavan Grondin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
26 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
27 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
28 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
29 | Dion Smith | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
30 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
31 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
32 | Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
33 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
34 | Alessandro Verre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
35 | Lucas Hamilton | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
36 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
37 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
38 | Lukas Nerurkar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
39 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
40 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
41 | Chris Harper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
42 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
43 | Diego Pescador | Movistar | s.t. |
44 | Albert Withen Philipsen | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
45 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
46 | Sam Watson | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
47 | Eddy Le Huitouze | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
48 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
49 | Rudy Porter | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
50 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
51 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
52 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
53 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
54 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
55 | Menno Huising | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
56 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
57 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
58 | Patrick Eddy | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
59 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
60 | Nolann Mahoudo | Cofidis | s.t. |
61 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
62 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
63 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
64 | Tijmen Graat | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
65 | Cristian Rodriguez | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
66 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
67 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
68 | Loe van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
69 | Jhonatan Narvaez | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
70 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
71 | Jordan Labrosse | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
72 | Damien Howson | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
73 | Zac Marriage | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
74 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
75 | George Bennett | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
76 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
77 | Martin López | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
78 | Fabio Van den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
79 | Yuhi Todome | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
80 | Kelland O'Brien | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
81 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
82 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
83 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
84 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
85 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
86 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
87 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
88 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
89 | Javier Romo | Movistar | s.t. |
90 | Mauro Schmid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
91 | Antoine Huby | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
92 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
93 | Bjoern Koerdt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
94 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
95 | Alberto Bettiol | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
96 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
97 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
98 | Roman Ermakov | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
99 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
100 | Dorian Godon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
101 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
102 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
103 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
104 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
105 | Michael Hepburn | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
106 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
107 | Nick Schultz | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
108 | Paul Ourselin | Cofidis | s.t. |
109 | Fergus Browning | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
110 | Mathijs Paasschens | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
111 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
112 | Lucas Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
113 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
114 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
115 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
116 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
117 | Oliver Bleddyn | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
118 | Louis Rouland | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
119 | Julius Johansen | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
120 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
121 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
122 | Giosue Epis | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
123 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
124 | Julien Vermote | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
125 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | s.t. |
126 | Liam Walsh | ARA Australian Cycling Team | @ 2min 34sec |
127 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 0sec |
128 | Afonso Eulalio | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
129 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
130 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
131 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
132 | Henok Mulubrhan | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
133 | Robert Stannard | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
134 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:25 |
135 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | @ 0sec |
136 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
137 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
138 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
GC after stage 1:
1 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 3hr 26min 28sec |
2 | Matthew Brennan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | @ 4sec |
3 | Zac Marriage | ARA Australian Cycling Team | 0:05 |
4 | Matthew Walls | Groupama-FDJ | 0:06 |
5 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:07 |
6 | Fergus Browning | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
7 | Jhonatan Narvaez | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 0:09 |
8 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek | 0:10 |
9 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
10 | Simon Dehairs | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
11 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
12 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
13 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
14 | Jacopo Mosca | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
15 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
16 | Henri Uhlig | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
17 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
18 | Cameron Scott | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
19 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
20 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
21 | Carlos Canal | Movistar | s.t. |
22 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
23 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
24 | Andrea Raccagni Noviero | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
25 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar | s.t. |
26 | Campbell Stewart | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
27 | Stephen Williams | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
28 | Lars Boven | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
29 | Donavan Grondin | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
30 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
31 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
32 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
33 | Dion Smith | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
34 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
35 | Max Walker | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
36 | Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
37 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
38 | Alessandro Verre | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
39 | Lucas Hamilton | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
40 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
41 | Pablo Torres | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
42 | Lukas Nerurkar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
43 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
44 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
45 | Chris Harper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
46 | Michael Woods | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
47 | Diego Pescador | Movistar | s.t. |
48 | Albert Withen Philipsen | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
49 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
50 | Sam Watson | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
51 | Eddy Le Huitouze | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
52 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
53 | Rudy Porter | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
54 | Georg Zimmermann | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
55 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
56 | Noa Isidore | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
57 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
58 | Menno Huising | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
59 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
60 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
61 | Patrick Eddy | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
62 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
63 | Nolann Mahoudo | Cofidis | s.t. |
64 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
65 | Nicola Conci | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
66 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
67 | Tijmen Graat | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
68 | Cristian Rodriguez | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
69 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
70 | Rémy Rochas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
71 | Loe van Belle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
72 | Gal Glivar | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
73 | Jordan Labrosse | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
74 | Damien Howson | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
75 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
76 | George Bennett | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
77 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
78 | Martin López | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
79 | Fabio Van den Bossche | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
80 | Yuhi Todome | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
81 | Kelland O'Brien | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
82 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
83 | Gijs Leemreize | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
84 | William Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
85 | Martin Tjøtta | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
86 | Gregor Mühlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
87 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
88 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
89 | Marc Soler | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
90 | Javier Romo | Movistar | s.t. |
91 | Mauro Schmid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
92 | Antoine Huby | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
93 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
94 | Bjoern Koerdt | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
95 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
96 | Alberto Bettiol | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
97 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
98 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
99 | Roman Ermakov | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
100 | Quentin Pacher | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
101 | Dorian Godon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
102 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
103 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
104 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
105 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
106 | Michael Hepburn | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
107 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
108 | Nick Schultz | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
109 | Paul Ourselin | Cofidis | s.t. |
110 | Mathijs Paasschens | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
111 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
112 | Lucas Plapp | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
113 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
114 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
115 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
116 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
117 | Oliver Bleddyn | ARA Australian Cycling Team | s.t. |
118 | Louis Rouland | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
119 | Julius Johansen | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
120 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates XRG | s.t. |
121 | Taco van der Hoorn | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
122 | Giosue Epis | Arkea-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
123 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
124 | Julien Vermote | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
125 | Jesus Herrada | Cofidis | s.t. |
126 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
127 | Afonso Eulalio | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
128 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
129 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
130 | James Knox | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
131 | Henok Mulubrhan | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
132 | Robert Stannard | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
133 | Markel Beloki | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
134 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
135 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
136 | Dylan van Baarle | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
137 | Liam Walsh | ARA Australian Cycling Team | 2:44 |
138 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:35 |
Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Sam Welsford at the start.
Italian champion Alberto Bettiol signs in.
Zac Marriage, Fergus Browning & Bastien Tronchon try to get away.
Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe working at the front
The peloton strung out
Sam Welsford wins stage one.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike after the stage.
Sam Welford will start stage two in the race leader's orange jersey.
Stage 1 map & profile:
Stage 1 map & profile