2025 Santos Tour Down Under
(World Tour), Australia

25th edition: January 17 - January 26, 2025
Men's Stage 2, January 22

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Wednesday, January 22: Stage 2, Tanunda - Tanunda, 128.8 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Sam Welsford continues his winning streak by being first in stage two.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Tanunda at 11:45 AM, local time: 25C (77F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is forecast to climb to 27C (82F) by 2:00 PM.

The race: Dylan van Baarle broke his collarbone in a crash at the end of stage one and did not start stage two.

Here's the report from stage winner Sam Welsford's Team Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe:

Sam Welsford delivered an impressive performance to claim his second stage victory at the 2025 Tour Down Under in as many stages. In a sprint finish in Tanunda, he powered to a dominant win.

After a crash early in the stage that left him with minor abrasions, Welsford’s resilience was put to the test. However, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe was quick to react. Danny van Poppel, Laurence Pithie, and Ryan Mullen played crucial roles in helping the Australian rejoin the peloton. After being put in some difficulties on the third climb of Menglers Hill, his teammates were once again present to bring him back.

It's time to race. Stage 2 gets started.

While his rivals jostled for position in the finale, Welsford was perfectly set up behind van Poppel for the lead-out. In the closing meters, the Australian launched his sprint and clinched the victory. Tomorrow, he will wear the ochre leader’s jersey for the second consecutive day.

It was a hectic sprint in Tanunda, during which Danny van Poppel was relegated and received a yellow card under the new UCI rules—a decision the team respects.

Sam Welsford: “Crashing just five kilometers into the stage was far from ideal, and overall, the day was tough. The three breakaway riders were caught relatively early, and from there, the race became quite nervous. I was at my limit on the final climb, but the boys didn’t leave me behind, and together we pushed through. There were constant attacks up front, and I just hoped we’d have a chance to catch up on the descent. In the end, I’m happy I was able to take the win for the team. The guys supported me incredibly well, especially in the sprint preparation. They stayed patient and waited for the right moment. We knew the finish would be long and tough with the wind, and even though we were maybe at the front early, the boys executed perfectly. Tomorrow looks like a stage for the climbers, and I’m looking forward to supporting the guys as best I can.”

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

128.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.610 km/hr

1	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	3hr 1min 22sec
2	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
3	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
6	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	s.t.
15	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
16	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
17	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
26	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
27	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
28	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
29	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
31	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
33	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
34	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
35	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
40	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
42	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	s.t.
44	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
48	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
49	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
50	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
51	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
52	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
54	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
55	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
60	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
61	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
63	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
65	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
69	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
70	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
72	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
73	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
75	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
76	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
80	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
81	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
83	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
84	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
85	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
87	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
89	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
92	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
93	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
94	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
95	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
96	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
97	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
98	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
99	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
101	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
102	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
103	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
104	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
105	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
106	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
107	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
108	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
109	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
113	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
115	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
116	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
117	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	@ 25sec
120	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	0:50
121	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
122	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	1:03
123	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	2:08
125	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:12
126	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
128	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
130	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
131	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
132	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
133	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
134	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
135	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
136	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
137	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	8:03

 

GC after stage 2:

Classification leaders:

• Stage winner: Sam Welsford (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey: Sam Welsford (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• Sprint jersey: Sam Welsford (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• King of the Mountain jersey: Fergus Browning (ARA Australian Cycling Team)
• Young Rider jersey: Matthew Brennan (Team Visma-Lease A Bike) 
• Most Competitive Rider: Georg Zimmerman (Intermarché-Wanty)
• Winning Team: Alpecin-Deceuninck

279.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.259 km/hr

1	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	6hr 27min 40sec
2	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	@ 14sec
3	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
4	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	0:15
5	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
6	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
9	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
10	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:17
11	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:19
12	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	0:20
13	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
16	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
22	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
30	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
34	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
35	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
38	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
42	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	s.t.
43	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
44	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
45	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
46	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
52	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
53	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
56	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
59	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
60	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
61	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
62	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
65	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
66	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
67	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
68	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
70	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
72	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
74	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
77	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
78	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
79	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
82	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
83	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
86	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
88	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
89	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
91	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
92	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
93	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
97	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
98	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
99	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
100	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
101	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
102	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
103	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
104	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
105	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
107	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
108	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
110	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
113	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
114	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
115	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
116	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
117	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
118	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	0: 45
120	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:10
121	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	1:10
122	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	1:23
123	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	2:28
125	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:32
126	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
128	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
129	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
130	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
131	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
133	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
134	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	7:57
137	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	10:57

 

Stage two photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Jay Vine at the sign-in.

Trying to get away...Georg Zimmermann, Patrick Konrad & Fergus Browning.

The peloton led by Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe. Race leader Sam Welsford can be seen near the front in his orange jersey.

Hard to beat racing across palm-lined roads.

...and by vineyards under a deep blue sky.

Here they come...

Sam Welsford does it again.

Stage winner Sam Welsford just after the stage. His jersey is torn from a crash early in the stage.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Matthew Brennan is the Best Young Rider.

Sam Welsford will start stage three in the leader's orange jersey.

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map & profile