Tour Down Under 2025
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Tour Down Under 2025: Welsford wins in Adelaide, Narváez seals GC
Door Harmen Lustig Sam Welsford completed his hat-trick by winning the 3rd sprint stage of this year’s Tour Down Under in Adelaide. He outgunned Bryan Coquard and Phil Bauhaus, while Jhonatan Narváez’s overall victory was never in doubt.
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Tour Down Under 2025: Double victory for Narváez on Willunga Hill
Door Harmen Lustig On Willunga Hill, it comes down to a five-up sprint. Jhonatan Narváez takes a commanding win ahead of Oscar Onley, Finn Fisher-Black, Luke Plapp, and Javier Romo to moves into the overall race lead.
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Tour Down Under 2025: Coquard wins in Victor Harbor, Romo still leader
Door Harmen Lustig Pure sprinters don’t make it into the finale of the 4th stage of the Tour Down Under, leaving it to the tougher fast men. Bryan Coquard outguns Phil Bauhaus and Jhonatan Narváez, while Javier Romo retains the leader’s jersey.
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Tour Down Under 2025: Stage win and GC lead for Romo
Door Harmen Lustig The decisive move happens on a punchy climb in the finale. Most of the favourites are there, but defending champion Stephen Williams is notably absent. Javier Romo is present. The 26-year-old Spaniard slips away in the closing section and solos to…
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Tour Down Under 2025: Welsford cements lead with second sprint victory
Door Harmen Lustig Sam Welsford is dropped on the final climb of the day but regains contact with the peloton around 15 kilometres from the finish. He then sprints to his second consecutive victory in Tanunda.
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Tour Down Under 2025: Welsford takes race lead by outsprinting Brennan and Walls
Door Harmen Lustig ust like last year, Sam Welsford sprints to the first ochre jersey in the Tour Down Under. In the sprint, the home rider outpaces the young English talents Matthew Brennan and Matthew Walls.
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Tour Down Under 2025: The Route
Door Harmen Lustig The cycling season kicked off with the Tour Down Under. The race began on Tuesday, 21 January, and finished on Sunday, the 26th. The route featured two flat stages and four hilly stages, including one with an uphill finish. Jhonatan Narváez…
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Tour Down Under 2025: Riders
Door Harmen Lustig Who were riding the Tour Down Under?
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Tour Down Under 2025 Route stage 1: Prospect - Gumeracha
Door Harmen Lustig Tuesday 21 January - The Tour Down Under kicks off with a 150.7-kilometre race featuring 2,386 metres of climbing. Three KOM climbs line the route, the last of which appears 30 kilometres before the finish line.
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Tour Down Under 2025 Route stage 2: Tanunda - Tanunda
Door Harmen Lustig Wednesday 22 January - The Barossa Valley hosts the 2nd stage on the Tour Down Under. At 128.8 kilometres and featuring 1,598 metres of climbing, the race is likely to see a sprint finish in Tanunda. The race is made up of two identical laps and…
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Tour Down Under 2025 Route stage 3: Norwood - Uraidla
Door Harmen Lustig Thursday 23 January - On paper, the 3rd stage of the Tour Down Under is the hardest stage of the entire race. The riders tackle 3,236 metres of climbing over an 147.5 kilometres long route, while a punchy climb precedes a downhill run-in to the line.
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Tour Down Under 2025 Route stage 4: Glenelg - Victor Harbor
Door Harmen Lustig Friday 24 January - The 4th stage is the longest of the entire on the Tour Down Under. At 157.2 kilometres, the route features an elevation gain of 2,443 metres. The punchy Nettle Hill opens the finale with 20 kilometres remaining.
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Tour Down Under 2025 Route stage 5: McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday 25 January - The 5th stage of the Tour Down Under is expected to be decisive in terms of the GC. The 145.7-kilometre race includes an elevation gain of 2,038 metres. The finish is situated on Willunga Hill, which is a 3-kilometre climb at 7.4%.
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Tour Down Under 2025 Route stage 6: Adelaide - Adelaide
Door Harmen Lustig Sunday 26 January - The town of Adelaide hosts the ultimate stage on the 2025 Tour Down Under. At 90 kilometres, the race is made up of twenty identical laps of 4.5 kilometres with a total elevation gain of 768 metres.