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2023 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia

23rd edition: January 15 - January 22, 2023

Women's Stage 2: January 16

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Monday, January 16: Women's Tour Down Under Stage 2, Birdwood - Uraidla, 90 km

Alexandra Manly takes the stage and the GC lead.

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The race: Here's the race organizer's stage 2 report.

South Australia’s Alex Manly powered to a historic Singapore Airlines stage 2 win as the Santos Tour Down Under conquered Uraidla after a Birdwood start on Monday.

Manly, 26, is in pole position, eight seconds ahead of Grace Brown from FDJ-SUEZ and Georgia Williams from EF Education-Tibco-SVB after a furious 90km.

“We just had the perfect lead out and yeah I’m so thankful,’’ Manly said. “To do this in my backyard is just so nice.”

Manly will wear the ochre leader’s jersey on the final women’s Let’s Go stage 3 Adelaide to Campbelltown on Tuesday.

She bumped Sunday’s ochre Tour Down Under leader Daria Pikulik out of the prestigious jersey after a brilliant tactical performance from her team Jayco-AlUla.

Amanda Spratt from Trek Segafredo opening a 15-second gap with just 3.5km before the Uraidla finish line was an ominous sign for her rivals.

However, Manly’s team’s stunning lead-out work vetoed Spratt’s hopes of a stage win. Spratt, a three-time Santos Tour Down Under champion, was engulfed by Jayco-AlUla and rival teams Trek-Segrafredo and FDJ-SUEZ but Manly did have concerns that her former teammate could have been too strong at the Uraidla finish line.

“I knew that (final) part of the road is always painful even when you go on a training ride,’’ Manly said.

“So, I just tried to make sure I had the momentum and of course, Spratty was going to take the opportunity to attack.

“I tried to go (catch her) but I just didn’t have the same legs as Spratty on the climb.

“I guess me being there (at the front of the race) forced the others to chase a bit and then I knew the descent and we tried to bridge back some time there.”

However, Manly’s team appeared intent to wrestle the ochre from Pikulik from the off after the Pole’s stunning Ziptrak Stage 1 victory at Snapper Point Aldinga.

Pikulik was well protected by her Human Powered Health teammates but appeared to be out of contention long before Manly’s victory.

Italy’s Ilaria Sanguineti from Trek-Segafredo beat the bunch to the first prize of the day – the Ziptrak preme sprint in front of the Kersbrook Town Hall at 34.5km.

The peloton settled into a rhythm before another short queen of the mountain challenge.

FDJ SUEZ’s Gladys Verhulst claimed consecutive efex Queen of the Mountain wins after earning the polka-dot jersey on Sunday.

Verhulst conquered North East Ridge, Chain of Ponds at 40.5km before the race was marred by a crash when Team Australia’s Nicole Frain – the 2022 national road champion - and Emily Watts from Team Bridgelane touched wheels.

Frain returned to the race, but Watts needed medical attention after hitting the tarmac hard about 30km from the Uraidla finish line.

With 20km before Manly's fireworks, Georgie Howe from Jayco AlUla marked most of the moves at the front of the peloton as teammates Amber Pate and Ruby Roseman-Gannon worked furiously in 31C heat.

Claire Steels from Israel Premier Tech then picked up three bonus seconds crossing the line first in the second Ziptrak preme sprint at Summertown, before the grand finale.

With a little more than 10km before Uraidla, reigning national road champion Brodie Chapman from Trek-Segafredo was driving the peloton hard before the second Queen of the Mountain prize at the top of Mount Lofty.

However, Spratt, 35, claimed the Queen of the Mountain title and will wear the jersey for stage 3.

Complete Results:

90 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.61 km/hr

1	Alexandra Manly	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	2hr 23min 33sec
2	Georgia Williams	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
3	Nina Buijsman	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
4	Danielle De Francesco	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
5	Grace Brown	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
6	Nicole Frain	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
7	Eugenie Duval	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
8	Abi Smith	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
9	Nikola Noskova	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
10	Amanda Spratt	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
11	Henrietta Christie	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
12	Ella Wyllie	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
13	Rachel Neylan	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
14	Krista Doebel-Hickok	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
15	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
16	Loes Adegeest	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
17	Victorie Guilman	FDJ-SUEZ	@ 24sec
18	Ally Wollaston	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+1'38''
19	Kaia Schmid	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
20	Maggie Coles-Lyster	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
21	Sophie Edwards	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	s.t.
22	Amber Pate	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
23	Claire Steels	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
24	Coralie Demay	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.
25	Dilyxine Miermont	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.
26	Mia Hayden	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+1'43''
27	Brodie Chapman	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
28	Georgina Howe	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
29	Michaela Drummond	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
30	Gina Ricardo	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+3'35''
31	Rachael Wales	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	s.t.
32	Lauretta Hanson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
33	Lucinda Stewart	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	s.t.
34	Josie Nelson	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+3'47''
35	Lauren Stephens	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	+4'12''
36	Debora Silvestri	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
37	Rylee Mcmullen	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+5'27''
38	Gladys Verhulst	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
39	Clara Copponi	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
40	Daria Pikulik	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
41	Camille Fahy	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.
42	Isabelle Carnes	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	+6'00''
43	Mari Mohr	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+7'44''
44	Tiril Jorgensen	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	s.t.
45	Caroline Baur	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
46	Alli Anderson	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
47	Bryony Botha	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
48	Josie Talbot	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
49	Jessica Pratt	TEAM BRIDGELANE	s.t.
50	Lisa Klein	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
51	Alisha Wells	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	s.t.
52	Anya Louw	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
53	Silvia Magri	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
54	Georgia Whitehouse	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	s.t.
55	Mia Griffin	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
56	Elena Pirrone	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
57	Ilaria Sanguineti	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
58	Roxane Fournier	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.
59	Lily Williams	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
60	Antri Christoforou	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
61	Tayler Wiles	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	Georgia Baker	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
63	Sandrine Bideau	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.
64	Jessica Allen	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	s.t.
65	Lillee Pollock	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+9'58''
66	Annamarie Lipp	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+10'43''
67	Kerry Jonker	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+10'58''
68	Georgia Danford	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+11'36''
69	Sylvie Swinkels	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	s.t.
70	Haylee Fuller	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
71	Prudence Fowler	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+13'48''
72	Emily Watts	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+14'14''
DNF	Thi That Nguyen	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
DNS	Simone Boilard	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

200.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 36.84 km/hr

1	Alexandra Manly	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	5hr 26min 20sec
2	Georgia Williams	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	@ 8sec
3	Grace Brown	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
4	Ruby Roseman-Gannon	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+13''
5	Amanda Spratt	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+14''
6	Nicole Frain	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
7	Loes Adegeest	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
8	Krista Doebel-Hickok	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
9	Nina Buijsman	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	+16''
10	Danielle De Francesco	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	+20''
11	Eugenie Duval	FDJ-SUEZ	s.t.
12	Henrietta Christie	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
13	Abi Smith	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	s.t.
14	Ella Wyllie	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
15	Rachel Neylan	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
16	Nikola Noskova	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	+40''
17	Victorie Guilman	FDJ-SUEZ	+1'27''
18	Claire Steels	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	+1'49''
19	Ally Wollaston	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+1'52''
20	Maggie Coles-Lyster	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
21	Kaia Schmid	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	s.t.
22	Coralie Demay	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.
23	Brodie Chapman	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+1'57''
24	Michaela Drummond	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	s.t.
25	Sophie Edwards	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	+1'58''
26	Amber Pate	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+2'15''
27	Georgina Howe	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+2'20''
28	Mia Hayden	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+2'46''
29	Lauretta Hanson	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+3'48''
30	Lucinda Stewart	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	+3'49''
31	Josie Nelson	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+4'01''
32	Gina Ricardo	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+4'18''
33	Lauren Stephens	EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB	+4'26''
34	Rachael Wales	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	s.t.
35	Dilyxine Miermont	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	+5'24''
36	Daria Pikulik	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	+5'31''
37	Clara Copponi	FDJ-SUEZ	+5'35''
38	Rylee Mcmullen	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+5'41''
39	Gladys Verhulst	FDJ-SUEZ	+5'47''
40	Camille Fahy	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	s.t.
41	Isabelle Carnes	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	+6'17''
42	Debora Silvestri	ZAAF CYCLING TEAM	+6'18''
43	Georgia Baker	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+7'54''
44	Ilaria Sanguineti	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+7'55''
45	Roxane Fournier	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	+7'58''
46	Silvia Magri	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
47	Jessica Pratt	TEAM BRIDGELANE	s.t.
48	Mari Mohr	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	s.t.
49	Caroline Baur	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
50	Mia Griffin	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
51	Alisha Wells	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	+8'04''
52	Bryony Botha	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
53	Anya Louw	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	s.t.
54	Lisa Klein	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
55	Elena Pirrone	ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND	s.t.
56	Lily Williams	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	+8'16''
57	Josie Talbot	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+8'19''
58	Alli Anderson	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+8'21''
59	Antri Christoforou	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH	+8'29''
60	Tiril Jorgensen	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+8'47''
61	Jessica Allen	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	+9'13''
62	Sandrine Bideau	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER93	+9'30''
63	Tayler Wiles	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+9'42''
64	Lillee Pollock	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+10'33''
65	Georgia Whitehouse	ARA SKIP CAPITAL	+11'31''
66	Kerry Jonker	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+11'43''
67	Annamarie Lipp	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+11'53''
68	Georgia Danford	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	+11'56''
69	Sylvie Swinkels	TEAM COOP-HITEC PRODUCTS	s.t.
70	Haylee Fuller	AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM	+12'21''
71	Prudence Fowler	NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM	+14'12''
72	Emily Watts	TEAM BRIDGELANE	+14'49''

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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