Australian champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon will lead her Liv-AlUla-Jayco staff on house soil on the first UCI race of the 2025 season on the Women’s Santos Tour Down Under. After a standout 2024 highlighted by her first WorldTour victory – a stage on the Tour of Britain – the 26-year-old rider might be seeking to nab a stage win at house.
As a neo-pro in 2022, Roseman-Gannon made a giant impression by profitable a stage and the general victory on the Santos Festival of Cycling. In 2023, when the race was elevated to the Women’s WorldTour, she nabbed a fifth-place stage end and fourth total. In January 2024, Roseman-Gannon claimed one top-10 stage putting, and suffered from the warmth on the race identified for its sweltering situations.
“A spotlight of the season is all the time the Australian summer time of racing and particularly Tour Down Under. Home crowds and plenty of household and pals make it significantly particular for us,” Roseman-Gannon acknowledged in a staff launch.
“The levels this 12 months look just like final 12 months however with some added climbs, so I believe we are able to count on extra attritional racing and a few thrilling finales. I believe we may have a robust staff for the race and I’m excited to see what we are able to do.”
Joining Roseman-Gannon on the beginning line might be New Zealand champion Ella Wyllie, who completed seventh total final 12 months, together with Australians Georgia Baker, Amber Pate, and Josie Talbot, making her debut with the staff. Dutch all-rounder Silke Smulders rounds out the six-rider line-up.
“I believe we’re coming into the race with a aggressive staff, and we’ve received somebody for every of the roles have been in search of. We’re aiming for stage success and likewise total success, now we have riders able to doing each over a difficult and dynamic course. The race is simply three days lengthy, however every stage is tough in its personal proper,” famous Gene Bates, head sport director and staff supervisor.
“We will take it stage by stage and actually take the method of three one-day races and try to get the most effective consequence every day, and the general will care for itself. We’ve received excessive ambitions with an excellent staff coming collectively for this one, and we’re excited and motivated to hit the streets of Adelaide!”
Held from January 17-19 in and round Adelaide, the Women’s Tour Down Under is the opening occasion of the Women’s WorldTour.
The stage race begins with a 101.9km course from Brighton to Snapper Point on stage 1.
The second day of the race would be the most decisive of the three days because the peloton tackles 115km from Unley to the highest of Willunga Hill. The iconic climb, which has historically been used within the males’s race, was added to the ladies’s parcours in 2024.
The three-day stage race will conclude with a 105.9km stage in Stirling.
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