2025 Santos Tour Down Under
(World Tour), Australia

25th edition: January 17 - January 26, 2025
Also: Down Under Classic, Saturday, January 18

Tour Down Under Podium History | 2024 edition

Men's Tour Down Under: Overall course map | Start list | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

Women's Tour Down Under: Women's race | Overall course map | Start list | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

Villawood Men's Classic: Course map & complete results posted

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2025 Men's Tour Down Under

Start list | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

Men's Tour Down Under stages:

The men's Tour Down Under stages

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Thursday, January 23: Stage 3, Norwood - Uraidla, 147.5 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Javier Romo wins the stage and becomes the new GC leader.

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Weather at the finish city of Uraidla at 11:25 AM, local time: 19C (66F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 60% chance of rain.

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

Movistar’s Javier Romo’s maiden WorldTour victory stunned the favourites at the Santos Tour Down Under at the Uraidla finish line on Thursday.

The 26-year-old Spaniard conquered the efex men’s stage 3 and powered to victory over the Pound Road, Knotts Hill climb which made its debut and was the most talked about stage of the 25th anniversary of the coveted race.

It's time to race. Stage 3 gets going.

“I’m very happy, this morning I cannot imagine this day but I worked from September for this race,’’ Romo said. “My team had a lot of confidence in me, and they worked very well to help me.

“The position today was very important and in the final (to the finish line) I had very good legs and everything was perfect.”

Romo’s solo attack five kilometerrs from the finish line saw him wrestle the Santos ochre leader’s jersey from Australian sprint king Sam Welsford.

The West Australian road and track star owned the leader’s jersey for the first two stages but kept the Ziptrak sprint jersey ahead of Friday's Hahn Stage 4, Glenelg to Victor Harbor

UAE Team Emirates – XRG’s Jhonatan Narvaez finished third ahead of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull – BORA – Hansgrohe) across the finish line at Uraidla. 

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

147.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.156 km/hr

1	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	3hr 46min 1sec
2	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	@ 5sec
3	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
12	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
13	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
14	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
17	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
18	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:21
20	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:25
21	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
22	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
24	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
25	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
27	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
28	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:02
31	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
35	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	s.t.
37	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
39	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
44	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	s.t.
47	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
49	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
52	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	1:16
55	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
59	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:19
60	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:28
61	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
64	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
65	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:23
68	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
76	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
77	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	5:50
80	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
81	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
88	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	6:32
89	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	7:08
90	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:45
92	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
95	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
98	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
100	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
102	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
103	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	10:09
104	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	11:10
105	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:11
106	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:40
107	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
108	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
109	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
111	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
113	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
116	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
117	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
119	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
120	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
121	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
122	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
124	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
125	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
126	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
127	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
129	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
132	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
133	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
134	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
136	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

Classification leaders:

• Stage winner: Javier Romo (Movistar)
• Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey: Javier Romo (Movistar)
• Sprint jersey: Sam Welsford (Red Bull – Bora - Hansgrohe)
• King of the Mountain jersey: Fergus Browning (ARA Australia)
• Young Rider jersey: Albert Withen Philipsen (Lidl-Trek)
• Most Competitive Rider: Geoffrey Bouchard (Declathon Ag2r La Mondiale)
• Winning Team: Lidl-Trek

427 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.737 km/hr

1	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	10hr 13min 51sec
2	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	@ 8sec
3	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	0:10
4	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
5	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:12
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
7	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
9	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
10	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
13	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
14	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
15	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
17	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
18	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	0:30
20	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:31
22	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	0:35
23	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
27	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:06
31	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	1:12
32	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
41	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
42	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
44	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
55	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
56	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
57	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
58	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	1:29
60	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:38
61	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
62	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
63	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
64	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
67	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	4:23
68	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	4:33
69	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
70	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
75	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
77	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
79	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	5:56
80	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	6:00
81	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
86	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	6:42
88	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	6:50
89	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	7:18
90	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
91	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:50
92	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	7:51
93	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	7:54
94	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	7:55
95	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
99	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
100	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
102	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	10:19
103	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	11:20
104	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:07
105	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:30
106	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	12:44
107	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	12:50
108	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
110	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
111	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
113	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
115	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
117	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
119	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
120	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
121	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	13:15
122	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	13:53
123	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
124	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	14:58
125	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:33
126	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:02
127	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
128	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
129	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
130	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
131	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
132	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
133	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
134	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	20:27
136	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	23:27

 

Stage three photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Now-retired racer Mark Cavendish at the start.

Fergus Browning and Ben Swift try to get away.

No shortage of fans at the race.

Javier Romo takes a solo win and is the new GC leader.

Jhonatan Narvaez (white jersey) is second, followed by Finn Fisher-Black and Albert Withen Philipsen.

Mauro Schmid finished 19th, just after the first group.

Javier Romo just after winning the stage.

Fergus Browning is King of the Mountains.

Sam Welsford leads the Sprint Classification

Best young rider Albert Withen Philipsen

Javier Romo will start stage four in orange.

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map & profile

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

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

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

Results:

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.

 

GC after stage 2:

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

 

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Tuesday, January 21: Stage 1, Prospect - Gumeracha, 150.7 km

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

Sam Welsford wins stage one.

Results:

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.

 

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.

 

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Start list with back numbers. January 20, 2025

	Israel-Premier Tech
DS	Samuel Bewley, Daryl Impey
1	Stephen Williams
2	George Bennett
3	Simon Clarke
4	Pier-André Côté
5	Nick Schultz
6	Corbin Strong
7	Michael Woods
	Team Jayco-AlUla
DS	Mathew Hayman, Matthew White
11	Lucas Plapp
12	Luke Durbridge
13	Chris Harper
14	Michael Hepburn
15	Kelland O'Brien
16	Mauro Schmid
17	Campbell Stewart
	Bahrain Victorious
DS	Neil Stephens
21	Phil Bauhaus
22	Nikias Arndt
23	Roman Ermakov
24	Afonso Eulalio
25	Mathijs Paasschens
26	Daniel Skerl
27	Robert Stannard
	UAE Team Emirates XRG
DS	Fabio Baldato
31	Jay Vine
32	Rune Herregodts
33	Julius Johansen
34	Jhonatan Narvaez
35	Rui Oliveira
36	Marc Soler
37	Pablo Torres
	Soudal Quick-Step
DS	Geert Van Bondt, Dries Devenyns
41	Pascal Eenkhoorn
42	Pieter Serry
43	Andrea Raccagni Noviero
44	Casper Pedersen
45	Antoine Huby
46	James Knox
47	Junior Lecerf William
	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
DS	Nicolas Guille, Cyril Dessel
51	Paul Lapeira
52	Geoffrey Bouchard
53	Dorian Godon
54	Noa Isidore
55	Jordan Labrosse
56	Bastien Tronchon
57	Andrea Vendrame
	Intermarché-Wanty
DS	Steven De Neef
61	Francesco Busatto
62	Dries De Pooter
63	Arne Marit
64	Tom Paquot
65	Dion Smith
66	Taco van der Hoorn
67	Georg Zimmermann
	INEOS Grenadiers
DS	Ian Stannard, Carstan Jeppesen
71	Lucas Hamilton
72	Michal Kwiatkowski
73	Magnus Sheffield
74	Ben Swift
75	Connor Swift
76	Geraint Thomas
77	Sam Watson
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
DS	Bernhard Eisel, Shane Archbold
81	Sam Welsford
82	Finn Fisher-Black
83	Filip Maciejuk
84	Ryan Mullen
85	Laurence Pithie
86	Danny van Poppel
87	Ben Zwiehoff
	Team Picnic PostNL
DS	Matthew Winston
91	Tobias Lund Andresen
92	Julius van den Berg
93	Patrick Eddy
94	Alex Edmondson
95	Gijs Leemreize
96	Oscar Onley
97	Bjoern Koerdt
	Cofidis
DS	Gorka Gerrikagoitia
101	Bryan Coquard
102	Jesus Herrada
103	Ion Izagirre
104	Nolann Mahoudo
105	Jan Maas
106	Paul Ourselin
107	Alexis Renard
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
DS	Sébastien Hinault
111	Cristian Rodriguez
112	Giosue Epis
113	Donavan Grondin
114	Louis Rouland
115	Miles Scotson
116	Martin Tjøtta
117	Alessandro Verre
	Movistar Team
DS	Jurgen Roelandts
121	Carlos Canal
122	Manlio Moro
123	Gregor Mühlberger
124	Mathias Norsgaard
125	Diego Pescador
126	Natnael Tesfazion
127	Javier Romo
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
DS	Addy Engels
131	Dylan van Baarle
132	Loe van Belle
133	Matthew Brennan
134	Thomas Gloag
135	Tijmen Graat
136	Menno Huising
137	Julien Vermote
	EF Education-EasyPost
DS	Tom Southam
141	Esteban Chaves
142	Yuhi Todome
143	Lukas Nerurkar
144	Jardi Van Der Lee
145	Markel Beloki
146	Max Walker
147	Alastair Mackellar
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
DS	Gianni Meersman
151	Tobias Bayer
152	Lars Boven
153	Ramses Debruyne
154	Simon Dehairs
155	Gal Glivar
156	Henri Uhlig
157	Fabio Van den Bossche
	XDS Astana Team
DS	Mark Renshaw, Stefano Zanini
161	Alberto Bettiol
162	Nicola Conci
163	Aaron Gate
164	Martin López
165	Henok Mulubrhan
166	Ide Schelling
167	Sergio Higuita
	Lidl-Trek
DS	Kim Andersen
171	Tim Torn Teutenberg
172	Juan Pedro Lopez
173	Bauke Mollema
174	Jacopo Mosca
175	Albert Withen Philipsen
176	Patrick Konrad
177	Andrea Bagioli
	Groupama-FDJ
DS	Jussi Veikkanen
181	Lewis Askey
182	Sven Erik Bystrøm
183	Clément Davy
184	Eddy Le Huitouze
185	Quentin Pacher
186	Rémy Rochas
187	Matthew Walls
	ARA Australian Cycling Team
DS	Martin Barras
191	Damien Howson
192	Cameron Scott
193	Zac Marriage
194	Fergus Browning
195	Rudy Porter
196	Oliver Bleddyn
197	Liam Walsh

 

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2025 Women's Tour Down Under

Start list | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

Women's Tour Down Under stages:

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Sunday, January 19: 3rd & Final Stage, Stirling - Stirling, 105.9 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Chloé Dygert wins stage three.

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Weather at the start/finish city of Stirling at 11:30 PM, local time: 32C (90F), with the wind from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Chloé Dygert's Team Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto.

Chloé Dygert teased riders and spectators alike with flashes of her phenomenal power in the previous days of racing, but today, the American dual-disciplinary superstar put it all on display in the third and final stage of the Tour Down Under.

After a superb lead-out into the final 300 metres from Neve Bradbury, combined with key assistance from Alice Towers in the preceding two kilometres, Dygert rocketed away the peloton and blasted effortlessly up the final leg-sapping drag, distancing any possible challengers with every stomp on the pedals.

Dygert crossed the finish line victorious for the first time in a road race since her triumph at the USA National Road Championships in June 2023. She immediately credited her teammates for their belief, hard work, and flawless execution of the team strategy.

“Heading into the stage, we wanted to make it as hard as possible, but honestly, there wasn’t really much action going on during the whole race. It was a bit frustrating because there were so many riders still in the peloton the whole time. Going into the final lap, that’s when we wanted to have the numbers, and that’s when we wanted to make it tough, so everybody put an effort into this win. Having Alice and Neve there for that final little bit before my launch, it was exactly the plan, and I’m really happy to pull off one of our goals here, to achieve a victory.”

Stage 3 gets underway.

While the first three laps of today’s 20 kilometre Stirling circuit were ridden at a high pace, much of the aggression came from the hotly contested Queen of the Mountain and sprint points, rather than any real strategic play. A solo breakaway rider kept things from escalating for much of the middle part of the stage, with the team quick to cover any spontaneous digs or throwaway attacks.

As the laps ticked down and the peloton regrouped, the intensity went up, and the attacks became more deliberate and determined.

Along with Lidl-Trek, who appeared to share similar ambitions of creating an attritional race, Tiffany Cromwell and Maike van der Duin went into combat mode during the final lap, firing off the front and forcing others teams to chase and expend resources.

Maike put in a brilliant dig to forge ahead solo, leading until the final 10 kilometres with a maximum advantage of 30 seconds. As the race approached the final seven kilometres of gradual climbing toward the finish, other teams took control of the pace, pushing the race toward a bunch sprint.

Neve initiated a strong tempo with two kilometres to go, and after a brief lull in pace, Alice took over within the final kilometre. Neve then returned to the front for one last, crucial pull, setting Chloé up perfectly for her spectacular launch. The enormous wattage surging through her trademark pink shoes evident for all to see.

Dygert reflected on the tension of these final moments:
“It’s funny because I was really jittery going into the final kilometre, I’m like, why aren’t we going faster? Why aren’t we going faster? And I was getting a little nervous. I was thinking to myself, everybody’s recovering right now and I’m gonna get passed, so I’m really, really happy that I stayed patient, calm and attacked when I did, because it was just planned perfectly.”

The win is as much a personal triumph as it is a public one for Dygert, who faced significant challenges in unlocking her peak performance and meeting her own sky-high standards in 2024. Despite claiming an Olympic gold in the team pursuit, a bronze medal in the Olympic time trial, and two medals at the Zurich UCI Road World Championships, she struggled to reach the level she had set for herself.

“This victory has boosted my confidence in many ways because I know now that I’m not playing catch up. I feel like I’m at the level that I should be at this point in the season. It’s still early, but it’s where I should be after not having any recent injuries. Going into the spring, it’s only going to get better and better. I won’t be playing catch-up, so I won’t be risking injury because I don’t need to push the limits. Now, I’m right where everybody else is, at the same percentage level. It’s just safer for me physically, that I’m not going to be hurting myself by trying to make up for lost time.”

With her Australian training camp already deemed a success, Chloé is now focused on the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in two weeks’ time, a key target as she progresses toward peak form for her major goals this spring.

Complete results:

105.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.626 km/hr

1	Chloé Dygert	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	2hr 53min 29sec
2	Silke Smulders	Liv AlUla Jayco	@ 1sec
3	Noemi Rüegg	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
4	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	s.t.
5	Sarah Van Dam	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Elise Chabbey	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
7	Alexandra Manly	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
8	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
9	Justine Ghekiere	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
10	Josie Nelson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
11	Mie Bjørndal Ottestad	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
13	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	0:06
14	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
15	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset	Team Coop-Repsol	0:08
16	Alice Towers	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
17	Erica Magnaldi	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
18	Barbara Malcotti	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:13
20	Ella Wyllie	Liv AlUla Jayco	0:16
21	Neve Bradbury	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
22	Niamh Fisher-Black	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Amber Pate	Liv AlUla Jayco	0:27
24	Emily Watts	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:29
25	Dilyxine Miermont	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
27	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
28	Karlijn Swinkels	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
29	Greta Marturano	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
30	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	0:42
31	Amber Kraak	FDJ-Suez	0:49
32	Marie Le Net	FDJ-Suez	0:57
33	Emily Dixon	ARA Australian Cycling Team	1:12
34	Elizabeth Holden	UAE Team ADQ	1:17
35	Magdalene Lind	Team Coop-Repsol	2:14
36	Alyssa Polites	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Simone Boilard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
38	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	3:16
39	Josie Talbot	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
40	Adèle Normand	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Becky Storrie	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
42	Nicole Frain	ARA Australian Cycling Team	3:52
43	Maike van der Duin	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	4:35
44	Tiffany Cromwell	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
45	Sarah Roy	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
46	Sandra Alonso	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Rachele Barbieri	Team Picnic PostNL	6:34
48	Silvia Zanardi	Human Powered Health	s.t.
49	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	7:57
50	Kim Cadzow	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
51	Ally Wollaston	FDJ-Suez	8:09
52	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	8:52
53	Kathrin Schweinberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
54	Alberte Greve	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
55	Megan Armitage	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
56	Clara Copponi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
57	Eugénie Duval	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
58	Daniek Hengeveld	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Kristyna Burlova	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Mari Hole Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
61	Georgia Baker	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
62	Sara Fiorin	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Ella Simpson	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	13:17
65	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Alli Anderson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	15:02
67	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	15:04
68	Lauren Bates	ARA Australian Cycling Team	20:47

 

Final GC after stage 3:

• GC winner: Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly)
• Mountains classification winner: Alyssa Polites (ARA Australian Cycling Team)
• Points classification winner: Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly)
• Best young rider: Eleonora Ciabocco (Team Picnic PostNL)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team ADQ

322.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.613 km/hr

1	Noemi Rüegg	EF Education-Oatly	8hr 49min 0sec
2	Silke Smulders	Liv AlUla Jayco	@ 13sec
3	Mie Bjørndal Ottestad	Uno-X Mobility	0:37
4	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	0:40
5	Elise Chabbey	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
6	Justine Ghekiere	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:41
7	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	0:49
8	Neve Bradbury	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	0:56
9	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	0:59
10	Alice Towers	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	1:02
11	Sarah Van Dam	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	1:03
12	Niamh Fisher-Black	Lidl-Trek	1:05
13	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	1:06
14	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset	Team Coop-Repsol	1:10
15	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	1:31
16	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team Picnic PostNL	1:36
17	Erica Magnaldi	UAE Team ADQ	1:48
18	Greta Marturano	UAE Team ADQ	1:54
19	Barbara Malcotti	Human Powered Health	1:55
20	Karlijn Swinkels	UAE Team ADQ	2:05
21	Ella Wyllie	Liv AlUla Jayco	2:22
22	Amber Pate	Liv AlUla Jayco	2:43
23	Emily Dixon	ARA Australian Cycling Team	2:44
24	Dilyxine Miermont	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	2:47
25	Amber Kraak	FDJ-Suez	3:00
26	Chloé Dygert	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	3:27
27	Josie Nelson	Team Picnic PostNL	5:53
28	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	6:08
29	Alexandra Manly	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	6:23
30	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
31	Becky Storrie	Team Picnic PostNL	6:35
32	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	6:51
33	Emily Watts	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
34	Marie Le Net	FDJ-Suez	7:19
35	Elizabeth Holden	UAE Team ADQ	7:39
36	Magdalene Lind	Team Coop-Repsol	7:40
37	Simone Boilard	Uno-X Mobility	7:47
38	Alyssa Polites	ARA Australian Cycling Team	8:33
39	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	9:38
40	Nicole Frain	ARA Australian Cycling Team	10:14
41	Ella Simpson	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	10:40
42	Tiffany Cromwell	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	10:57
43	Sarah Roy	EF Education-Oatly	11:22
44	Kim Cadzow	EF Education-Oatly	11:34
45	Maike van der Duin	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	11:48
46	Adèle Normand	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	13:21
47	Josie Talbot	Liv AlUla Jayco	14:10
48	Megan Armitage	EF Education-Oatly	14:18
49	Daniek Hengeveld	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	14:25
50	Ally Wollaston	FDJ-Suez	15:13
51	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	15:14
52	Rachele Barbieri	Team Picnic PostNL	16:39
53	Alberte Greve	Uno-X Mobility	17:17
54	Eugénie Duval	FDJ-Suez	17:19
55	Silvia Zanardi	Human Powered Health	18:27
56	Kathrin Schweinberger	Human Powered Health	18:53
57	Kristyna Burlova	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	18:57
58	Georgia Baker	Liv AlUla Jayco	19:46
59	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	19:50
60	Clara Copponi	Lidl-Trek	20:45
61	Alli Anderson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	21:19
62	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	22:43
63	Sandra Alonso	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	24:04
64	Mari Hole Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	24:21
65	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	24:29
66	Sara Fiorin	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	28:21
67	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	31:48
68	Lauren Bates	ARA Australian Cycling Team	37:48

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map & profile

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Saturday, January 18: Stage 2, Unley - Willunga Hill, 115 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Noemi Rüegg wins the stage and is the new GC leader.

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Weather at the city of Willunga, on the route, 5 kms from the finish, at 11:40 AM, local time: 29C (85F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 10 km/hr (6 mph). The temperature is forecast to climb to 31C (88F) at 2:00. No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Noemi Rüegg's Team EF Education-Oatly:

Noemi Rüegg won stage 2 of the Tour Down Under after a brilliantly timed attack with 400 meters to go of the queen stage and moved into the overall lead of the race. As the Swiss champion crossed the line atop the infamous Willunga Hill, she had time to let it all soak in and savor the moment.

“I am super happy, and I still can’t really believe what happened today,” Noemi said. “We went into the race with this goal—that we would win this stage with either Kim or me. But to really finish it off is crazy. It feels really good.”

Unlike last year, when Noemi opened her season with a victory on the first day of racing at the Trofeo Felanitx, this year she waited until her second day of competition to secure her first win.

After a few cooler days down in South Australia, the habitual summer heat returned today as the riders prepared to take on the 115 kilometer stage. The team came into the Tour Down Under with a plan: to go all in for Noemi knowing that stage 2 was perfectly suited for her. Today, the squad did just that.

Women's stage 2 gets underway.

Covering moves and driving the pace in the peloton from the very beginning, the team guided Noemi perfectly to the base of the first ascent up Willunga. With a fierce pace being set by her competitors, all Noemi had to do was follow those moves and keep her composure. After the first ascent of the climb, both Kim Cadzow and Noemi had made it into the lead group.

Attacks started to come quickly from the teams with multiple riders in the pack. Kim covered several of those moves brilliantly and neutralized the group going into the town of Willunga. After a late attack from Chloe Dyggert (CSR) right before the base of the climb, the pace once again ramped up and Kim navigated Noemi to the front of the group to get her ready for the final leg of the race. 

Noemi had to work hard, right from the beginning after an attack saw a small gap open up between her and two riders.

“I knew the beginning of the climb was the hardest part for me because it’s the steepest part, so I knew I just had to do my own pace and try to close this gap in my own rhythm, which I did. And then I just tried to save energy,” said Noemi after the stage.

With the group now back together, Noemi navigated to the front and followed numerous more moves all the way up the climb.

“There were a lot of attacks going on, which I had to follow. The group got smaller and smaller, and then at one point, we were only two left. She attacked, and I just followed her, and then I went by myself. At first, I thought, ‘Oh no, this was too early; I can’t keep going like this,’ but then I looked back, and I had a gap, so I had no other choice. I just had to keep going and was able to keep it to the line.”

Noemi crossed crested Willunga ten seconds ahead of the next closest rival and moved into the overall lead of the race.

She will go into the final stage of the Tour Down Under with a fifteen second lead to defend in her lead of the Tour Down Under’s Ochre leader’s jersey. But Noemi knows she can trust her teammates to do everything they can for her.

“Tomorrow is going to be a really hard stage,” Noemi said. “It’s also going to be super hot again, so I think we just have to stay calm and in control, and follow big breakaways. The stage should suit me really well. It’s always up and down with no rest, so I’ll try to just keep staying with my team. I think we have it under control. We proved that we’re really a strong team, and if we stick together, we can do great things.”

All the jerseys:
Health Partners Stage 2 Winner: Noemi Ruegg (EF Education-Oatly)
Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey: Noemi Ruegg  (EF Education-Oatly)
Ziptrak Sprint classifications leader: Daniek Hengeveld (Ceratizit-WNT)
efex Queen of the Mountain leader: Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ)
Zwift Young Rider leader: Eleonora Ciabocco
Yamaha Most Competitive Rider: Ali Anderson (ARA Australia)
Wilson Parking Team: UAE Team ADQ

Complete results:

115 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.306 km/hr

1	Noemi Rüegg	EF Education-Oatly	3hr 10min 3sec
2	Silke Smulders	Liv AlUla Jayco	@ 10sec
3	Mie Bjørndal Ottestad	Uno-X Mobility	0:26
4	Neve Bradbury	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
5	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
6	Justine Ghekiere	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
7	Elise Chabbey	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
8	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	0:29
9	Niamh Fisher-Black	Lidl-Trek	0:35
10	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:39
11	Alice Towers	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	0:40
12	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	0:44
13	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset	Team Coop-Repsol	0:48
14	Sarah Van Dam	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team Picnic PostNL	0:53
16	Erica Magnaldi	UAE Team ADQ	1:06
17	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	1:11
18	Greta Marturano	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
19	Emily Dixon	ARA Australian Cycling Team	1:18
20	Karlijn Swinkels	UAE Team ADQ	1:29
21	Barbara Malcotti	Human Powered Health	1:33
22	Ella Simpson	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	1:40
23	Ella Wyllie	Liv AlUla Jayco	1:52
24	Amber Kraak	FDJ-Suez	1:57
25	Amber Pate	Liv AlUla Jayco	2:02
26	Dilyxine Miermont	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	2:04
27	Becky Storrie	Team Picnic PostNL	3:05
28	Kim Cadzow	EF Education-Oatly	3:23
29	Chloé Dygert	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
30	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	5:12
31	Megan Armitage	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
32	Magdalene Lind	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
33	Simone Boilard	Uno-X Mobility	5:19
34	Josie Nelson	Team Picnic PostNL	5:38
35	Nicole Frain	ARA Australian Cycling Team	6:08
36	Marie Le Net	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
37	Alli Anderson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
39	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
40	Alexandra Manly	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
41	Tiffany Cromwell	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
42	Elizabeth Holden	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
43	Henrietta Christie	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
44	Daniek Hengeveld	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
46	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
47	Sarah Roy	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
48	Alyssa Polites	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Emily Watts	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
50	Ally Wollaston	FDJ-Suez	6:59
51	Maike van der Duin	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
52	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	7:25
53	Alberte Greve	Uno-X Mobility	8:11
54	Eugénie Duval	FDJ-Suez	8:13
55	Hole Mohr Mari	Team Coop-Repsol	8:37
56	Lucie Fityus	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	9:46
57	Rachele Barbieri	Team Picnic PostNL	9:51
58	Babette van der Wolf	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
59	Adèle Normand	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Kristyna Burlova	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Kathrin Schweinberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
62	Lauren Bates	ARA Australian Cycling Team	10:09
63	Josie Talbot	Liv AlUla Jayco	10:40
64	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Georgia Baker	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
66	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	10:58
67	Nicole Steigenga	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
68	Clara Copponi	Lidl-Trek	11:39
69	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
70	Silvia Zanardi	Human Powered Health	s.t.
71	Sandra Alonso	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	12:37
72	Sara Fiorin	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Coline Raby	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	13:59
74	Maeve Plouffe	ARA Australian Cycling Team	18:34
75	Silje Bader	Team Picnic PostNL	21:10
76	Maria Martins	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	22:59
77	Isabel Sharp	Lidl-Trek	26:01

 

GC after stage 2:

216.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 36.601 km/hr

1	Noemi Rüegg	EF Education-Oatly	5hr 55min 34sec
2	Silke Smulders	Liv AlUla Jayco	@ 15sec
3	Mie Bjørndal Ottestad	Uno-X Mobility	0:33
4	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	0:36
5	Justine Ghekiere	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:37
6	Neve Bradbury	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
7	Elise Chabbey	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
8	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	0:40
9	Niamh Fisher-Black	Lidl-Trek	0:46
10	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	0:50
11	Alice Towers	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	0:51
12	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	0:55
13	Sarah Van Dam	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	0:59
14	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
15	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team Picnic PostNL	1:04
16	Erica Magnaldi	UAE Team ADQ	1:17
17	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	1:22
18	Greta Marturano	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
19	Emily Dixon	ARA Australian Cycling Team	1:29
20	Karlijn Swinkels	UAE Team ADQ	1:34
21	Barbara Malcotti	Human Powered Health	1:44
22	Ella Simpson	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	1:51
23	Ella Wyllie	Liv AlUla Jayco	2:03
24	Amber Kraak	FDJ-Suez	2:08
25	Amber Pate	Liv AlUla Jayco	2:13
26	Dilyxine Miermont	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	2:15
27	Becky Storrie	Team Picnic PostNL	3:16
28	Chloé Dygert	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	3:34
29	Kim Cadzow	EF Education-Oatly	3:34
30	Magdalene Lind	Team Coop-Repsol	5:23
31	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
32	Megan Armitage	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
33	Daniek Hengeveld	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	5:30
34	Simone Boilard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
35	Josie Nelson	Team Picnic PostNL	5:49
36	Alli Anderson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	6:14
37	Alyssa Polites	ARA Australian Cycling Team	6:16
38	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	6:19
39	Alexandra Manly	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
40	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
41	Nicole Frain	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Marie Le Net	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
43	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
44	Elizabeth Holden	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
45	Emily Watts	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
46	Tiffany Cromwell	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
47	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
48	Sarah Roy	EF Education-Oatly	6:44
49	Ally Wollaston	FDJ-Suez	7:01
50	Maike van der Duin	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	7:10
51	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	7:36
52	Alberte Greve	Uno-X Mobility	8:22
53	Eugénie Duval	FDJ-Suez	8:24
54	Henrietta Christie	EF Education-Oatly	9:24
55	Lucie Fityus	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	9:57
56	Kathrin Schweinberger	Human Powered Health	9:58
57	Rachele Barbieri	Team Picnic PostNL	10:02
58	Kristyna Burlova	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Adèle Normand	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Babette van der Wolf	EF Education-Oatly	10:21
61	Georgia Baker	Liv AlUla Jayco	10:51
62	Josie Talbot	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
63	Nicole Steigenga	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	11:08
64	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	11:09
65	Clara Copponi	Lidl-Trek	11:50
66	Silvia Zanardi	Human Powered Health	s.t.
67	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Coline Raby	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	14:10
69	Hole Mohr Mari	Team Coop-Repsol	15:26
70	Lauren Bates	ARA Australian Cycling Team	16:58
71	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	18:28
72	Sandra Alonso	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	19:26
73	Sara Fiorin	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Maeve Plouffe	ARA Australian Cycling Team	25:23
75	Isabel Sharp	Lidl-Trek	26:37
76	Silje Bader	Team Picnic PostNL	27:59
77	Maria Martins	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	29:48

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

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Friday, January 17: Stage 1, Brighton - Aldinga Beach, 101.9 km

Course map & profile

Daniek Hengeveld starts her season off with a big win.

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Weather at the finish city of Aldinga Beach at 11:00 AM, local time: 23C (74F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 18 km/hr (11 mph). The temperature is expected to climb to 26C (79F) by 2:00 PM. No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage 1 report:

It was Daniek Hengeveld’s moment of truth when she bravely rode solo to claim her most important UCI Women’s WorldTour victory at Aldinga on Friday.

Hengeveld, 22, claimed the 101.9-kilometre Ziptrak Women’s Stage 1 from Brighton to Aldinga after an unexpected solo to the end stunned the peloton about 50km from the finish.

The Dutch rider admitted doubt had consumed her thoughts as to whether she would return to bike racing after a horrendous crash at the Tour of Britain last June.

Hengeveld broke her jaw, her collarbone and fractured several ribs in the crash.

She said nerves had set in before making her debut for new Ceratizit-WNT team who joined her at the podium to celebrate the shock win on Friday.

“This is so different because it’s my first race after my crash last year on a new team and I lost a little bit of confidence after last year,’’ Hengeveld said.

“I was finally racing like I was 18 and I thought this is why I race.

“I struggled a lot, especially with the mental part of it.

“I could train and enjoy it.

“It was hard to see if I actually still like to ride my bike and how it is to ride with a team that believes in me.

“It’s nice. It’s a good feeling.”

Hengeveld claimed the stage win and holds a 43-second gap over last year’s Ziptrak Stage 1 winner: New Zealand’s Ally Wallston (FDJ-Suez).

Human Powered Health’s Kathrin Schweinberger was on the podium 45 seconds behind Hengeveld.

The 2025 bike racing season is officially underway.

Hengeveld admitted she could struggle to tackle Willunga Hill twice in Saturday’s Health Partners Stage 2, but remained optimistic that her team would stay aggressive in a bid to cause further shocks during the opening Women’s WorldTour race of the year.

“They will help me, I will help them,’’ Hengeveld said.

“I’m not a typical climber so we will see if I can stay in the lead; otherwise I’ll give it to one of my teammates. We just want to be aggressive again and hopefully it works out.

“I did Willunga Hill a few times in my training…I will see.

“I just want to race like a family. It’s small team; I really enjoy the time with them and have fun and get wins.”

Hengeveld takes control of the Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey and the Ziptrak points classification.

She is flanked by ARA Australian Cycling Team’s Alyssa Polites who will wear the efex Queen of the Mountain jersey and lead the Zwift Young Rider classification.

“It’s definitely boosted my confidence,’’ Polites said. It’s come at a good time and I’m enjoying the experience on home roads. I had a bit of a crack and it’s OK.”

All the jerseys
Ziptrak Stage 1 winner: Daniek Hengeveld (Ceratizit-WNT)
Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey: Daniek Hengeveld (Ceratizit-WNT)
Ziptrak Sprint jersey: Daniek Hengeveld (Ceratizit-WNT)
Efex Queen of the Mountain jersey: Alyssa Polites (ARA Australia)
Zwift Young Rider jersey: Alyssa Polites (ARA Australia)

Complete results:

101.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.032 km/hr

1	Daniek Hengeveld	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	2hr 45min 6sec
2	Ally Wollaston	FDJ-Suez	@ 36sec
3	Kathrin Schweinberger	Human Powered Health	s.t.
4	Sarah Van Dam	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Rachele Barbieri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
6	Noemi Rüegg	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
7	Maike van der Duin	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
8	Clara Copponi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
9	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
10	Lucie Fityus	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
11	Mie Bjørndal Ottestad	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
13	Alexandra Manly	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
14	Chloé Dygert	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
15	Karlijn Swinkels	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
16	Justine Ghekiere	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
17	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
18	Kristyna Burlova	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
19	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
20	Georgia Baker	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
21	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	s.t.
22	Niamh Fisher-Black	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Simone Boilard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
24	Silvia Zanardi	Human Powered Health	s.t.
25	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
26	Nicole Frain	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Nicole Steigenga	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
28	Josie Talbot	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
29	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
31	Magdalene Lind	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
32	Alli Anderson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Dilyxine Miermont	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
35	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
36	Ella Wyllie	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
37	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
38	Marie Le Net	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
39	Kim Cadzow	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
40	Neve Bradbury	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
41	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
42	Elizabeth Holden	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
43	Coline Raby	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Erica Magnaldi	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
45	Alice Towers	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
46	Barbara Malcotti	Human Powered Health	s.t.
47	Silke Smulders	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
48	Eugénie Duval	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
49	Greta Marturano	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
50	Becky Storrie	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Emily Watts	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Ella Simpson	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Josie Nelson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
54	Amber Kraak	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
55	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
56	Elise Chabbey	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
57	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
58	Alyssa Polites	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Megan Armitage	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
60	Tiffany Cromwell	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
61	Adèle Normand	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
62	Emily Dixon	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Alberte Greve	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
64	Amber Pate	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
65	Babette van der Wolf	EF Education-Oatly	0:55
66	Isabel Sharp	Lidl-Trek	1:01
67	Sarah Roy	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
68	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	1:36
69	Eglantine Rayer	FDJ-Suez	3:00
70	Henrietta Christie	EF Education-Oatly	3:41
71	Monica Greenwood	Team Coop-Repsol	7:14
72	Lauren Bates	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Maeve Plouffe	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Mara Roldan	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
75	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
76	Mari Hole Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
77	Maria Martins	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
78	Teuntje Beekhuis	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
79	Silje Bader	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
80	Sara Fiorin	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Sandra Alonso	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Rebecca Koerner	Uno-X Mobility	18:23

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Daniek Hengeveld	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	2hr 44min 53sec
2	Ally Wollaston	FDJ-Suez	@ 43sec
3	Kathrin Schweinberger	Human Powered Health	0:45
4	Karlijn Swinkels	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
5	Alyssa Polites	ARA Australian Cycling Team	0:46
6	Noemi Rüegg	EF Education-Oatly	0:48
7	Dominika Wlodarczyk	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
8	Sarah Van Dam	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	0:49
9	Rachele Barbieri	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
10	Maike van der Duin	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
11	Clara Copponi	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	India Grangier	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
13	Lucie Fityus	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
14	Mie Bjørndal Ottestad	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Gaia Masetti	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
16	Alexandra Manly	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
17	Chloé Dygert	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
18	Justine Ghekiere	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
19	Kristyna Burlova	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Katia Ragusa	Human Powered Health	s.t.
21	Georgia Baker	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
22	Ruth Edwards	Human Powered Health	s.t.
23	Niamh Fisher-Black	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Simone Boilard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
25	Silvia Zanardi	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
27	Nicole Frain	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Nicole Steigenga	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
29	Josie Talbot	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
30	Eleonora Ciabocco	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
31	Amanda Spratt	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Magdalene Lind	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
33	Alli Anderson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Dilyxine Miermont	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Alison Avoine	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
36	Stine Dale	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
37	Ella Wyllie	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
38	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
39	Marie Le Net	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
40	Kim Cadzow	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
41	Neve Bradbury	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
42	Sofia Bertizzolo	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
43	Elizabeth Holden	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
44	Coline Raby	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
45	Erica Magnaldi	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
46	Alice Towers	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
47	Barbara Malcotti	Human Powered Health	s.t.
48	Silke Smulders	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
49	Eugénie Duval	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
50	Greta Marturano	UAE Team ADQ	s.t.
51	Becky Storrie	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
52	Emily Watts	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Ella Simpson	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
54	Josie Nelson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
55	Amber Kraak	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
56	Julie Van De Velde	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
57	Elise Chabbey	FDJ-Suez	s.t.
58	Anya Louw	AG Insurance-Soudal Team	s.t.
59	Megan Armitage	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
60	Tiffany Cromwell	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
61	Adèle Normand	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
62	Emily Dixon	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Alberte Greve	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
64	Amber Pate	Liv AlUla Jayco	s.t.
65	Babette van der Wolf	EF Education-Oatly	1:08
66	Isabel Sharp	Lidl-Trek	1:14
67	Sarah Roy	EF Education-Oatly	s.t.
68	Lauretta Hanson	Lidl-Trek	1:49
69	Eglantine Rayer	FDJ-Suez	3:13
70	Henrietta Christie	EF Education-Oatly	3:54
71	Monica Greenwood	Team Coop-Repsol	7:27
72	Lauren Bates	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
73	Maeve Plouffe	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
74	Mara Roldan	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
75	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
76	Mari Hole Mohr	Team Coop-Repsol	s.t.
77	Maria Martins	CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto	s.t.
78	Teuntje Beekhuis	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
79	Silje Bader	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
80	Sara Fiorin	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Sandra Alonso	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
82	Rebecca Koerner	Uno-X Mobility	18:36

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Women's stage 1 map & profile

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Women's Tour Down Under start list with back numbers and team directors. January 16, 2025

	AG Insurance-Soudal Team
DS	Stijn Steels
1	Justine Ghekiere
2	Anya Louw
3	Alexandra Manly
4	Gaia Masetti
5	Nicole Steigenga
6	Julie Van De Velde
	Team Picnic PostNL
DS	Matthew Winston
11	Silje Bader
12	Rachele Barbieri
13	Eleonora Ciabocco
14	Josie Nelson
15	Mara Roldan
16	Becky Storrie
	Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto
DS	Beth Duryea
21	Neve Bradbury
22	Tiffany Cromwell
23	Chloé Dygert
24	Maria Martins
25	Alice Towers
26	Maike van der Duin
	Liv AlUla Jayco
DS	Gene Bates/Jessica Allen
31	Amber Pate
32	Georgia Baker
33	Josie Talbot
34	Ruby Roseman-Gannon
35	Ella Wyllie
36	Silke Smulders
	Lidl-Trek
DS	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
41	Clara Copponi
42	Lauretta Hanson
43	Isabel Sharp
44	Amanda Spratt
45	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden
46	Niamh Fisher-Black
	FDJ-Suez
DS	Nicolas Maire
51	Elise Chabbey
52	Eugénie Duval
53	Amber Kraak
54	Marie Le Net
55	Eglantine Rayer
56	Ally Wollaston
	UAE Team ADQ
DS	Nicolas Marche
61	Sofia Bertizzolo
62	Elizabeth Holden
63	Erica Magnaldi
64	Greta Marturano
65	Karlijn Swinkels
66	Dominika Wlodarczyk
	Human Powered Health
DS	Giorgia Bronzini
71	Ruth Edwards
72	Barbara Malcotti
73	Marit Raaijmakers
74	Katia Ragusa
75	Kathrin Schweinberger
76	Silvia Zanardi
	Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team
DS	Fortunato Lacquaniti
81	Sandra Alonso
82	Kristyna Burlova
83	Sara Fiorin
84	Daniek Hengeveld
85	Dilyxine Miermont
86	Sarah Van Dam
	EF Education-Oatly
DS	Daniel Foder
91	Megan Armitage
92	Kim Cadzow
93	Noemi Rüegg
94	Sarah Roy
95	Henrietta Christie
96	Babette van der Wolf
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
DS	Stéphan Gaudry
101	Alison Avoine
102	Coline Raby
103	Adèle Normand
104	Ella Simpson
105	Lucie Fityus
106	Emily Watts
	Team Coop-Repsol
DS	Tjarco Cuppens
111	Stine Dale
112	India Grangier
113	Monica Greenwood
114	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset
115	Magdalene Lind
116	Mari Hole Mohr
	Uno-X Mobility
DS	Anna Badegruber
121	Alberte Greve
122	Anouska Koster
123	Mie Bjørndal Ottestad
124	Rebecca Koerner
125	Simone Boilard
126	Teuntje Beekhuis
	ARA Australian Cycling Team
DS	Donna Szalinski/Timothy Decker
131	Maeve Plouffe
132	Alli Anderson
133	Nicole Frain
134	Alyssa Polites
135	Lauren Bates
136	Emily Dixon

 

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Saturday, January 18: Villawood Men's Classic: Adelaide, Australia. 1.8 km laps, 1hr plus six minutes.

Sam Welsford wins the Villawood Men's Classic.

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Course map & profile

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

Sam Welsford continues his sensational start to the 2025 season. A week after taking the Australian Criterium Championship title, he came out firing at the Villawood Classic in Adelaide, Australia, clinching the first international win of the year for Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe. With a mix of strength and smart positioning, Sam led the team to a perfect outcome on the high-speed circuit.

The team played a crucial role in today's victory, with Sam’s teammates controlling the race at the front for several laps. Their effort to set the pace and bring proceedings back together in the closing stages ensured Sam was perfectly positioned for the sprint. On the finishing stretch, the 28-year-old from Perth kept his cool and powered through, taking the win in his national champion's colours.

Sam Welsford:
We took control of the race quite early. We knew we had to be at the front as all teams looked to us to do the work. We made sure to keep the break in check and didn't let them get too far out, which took up quite a bit of our energy. With three or four laps to go, some other teams came over the top of us, but we kept our cool. We're really happy to have taken the win. Hats off to all the boys, they did a massive job to keep everything in check. It would have been quite tough otherwise, so thank you very much to the team.

Complete results:

55.20 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.656 km/hr

1	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	1hr 4min 7sec
2	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
3	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease A Bike	s.t.
4	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Samuel Watson	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
7	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
8	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
9	Carlos Canal Blanco	Movistar Team	s.t.
10	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Arne Marit	Intermarché - Wanty	s.t.
12	Corbin Strong	Israel - Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	@ 4sec
14	Ben Swift	Ineos Grenadiers	0:05
15	Danny Van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	0:09
16	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Fernando Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Dion Smith	Intermarché - Wanty	s.t.
21	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
22	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma | Lease A Bike	s.t.
24	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease A Bike	s.t.
25	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché - Wanty	s.t.
27	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
28	Pablo Torres Arias	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
29	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Michal Kwiatkowski	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché - Wanty	s.t.
32	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	0:15
33	Alberto Bettiolxds	Astana Team	s.t.
34	Tobias Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
35	William Holmes	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
36	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Simon Clarke	Israel - Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Cristian Rodriguez Martin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
40	Magnus Sheffield	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
42	Henok Mulueberhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
43	Mathias Sunekaer Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
44	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
47	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Alexander Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Zachary Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Johan Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
55	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease A Bike	s.t.
57	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
58	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Gregor Muhlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Jhonatan Manuel Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
66	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	0:24
67	George Bennett	Israel - Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease A Bike	s.t.
69	Michael Woods	Israel - Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
71	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	0:29
74	Tom Paquot	Intermarché - Wanty	s.t.
75	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	0:33
76	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
77	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Lucas Hamilton	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Geraint Thomas	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Giosue' Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:37
81	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	0:40
82	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	s.t.
84	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
86	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease A Bike	s.t.
88	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Dylan Van Baarle	Team Visma | Lease A Bike	s.t.
91	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
92	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
93	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché - Wanty	s.t.
94	Javier Romo Oliver	Movistar Team	s.t.
95	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
97	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
98	Nicholas Schultz	Israel - Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
100	Markel Beloki Fernandez	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
102	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:50
103	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
104	Chris Harper	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
105	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
106	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:52
108	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	0:55
109	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
110	Julius Van Den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
111	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	0:58
112	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Harold Martin Lopez Granizo	XDS Astana Team	1:00
114	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:05
115	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
116	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
117	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:20
118	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	1:27
119	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	1:33
120	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:54
121	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe	1:56
122	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco Alula	2:00
123	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco Alula	2:03
124	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco Alula	2:04
125	Kelland O’Brien	Team Jayco Alula	s.t.
126	Stephen Williams	Israel - Premier Tech	2:05
127	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
128	Taco Van Der Hoorn	Intermarché - Wanty	s.t.
129	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco Alula	2:10
131	Connor Swift	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
132	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	2:17
133	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:32
134	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	3:16

 

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