The Santos Tour Down Under route will characteristic some previous favourites in addition to new additions in 2025, because the South Australian race celebrates the twenty fifth operating of the occasion which began in 1999.
The racing will begin with the Women’s WorldTour opener, which units off from Brighton and heads towards a possible dash end in Aldinga on Friday January 17 after which on Saturday strikes right into a stage which finishes on the prime of Willunga Hill, the long-lasting climb which topped the winner in 2024.
“We noticed unimaginable vulnerability and emotion in so lots of the athletes this yr, specifically Sarah Gigante as she gained up Willunga Hill – a climb that we’ll see girls deal with twice for the primary time in 2025,” race director Stuart O’Grady stated in a press release.
The girls’s Tour Down Under will then conclude on an undulating stage via Stirling the place, if the general battle is tight after Willunga, might nonetheless present a possibility for some GC reshuffling.
The consideration then turns to the lads’s WorldTour race, though spectators could have already had a style of the motion with the Down Under Classic criterium on the night of Saturday January 18.
“We’ve designed the routes to each problem the riders and provides followers the very best alternatives to take pleasure in all of the racing motion up shut,” race director Stuart O’Grady stated in a press release.
“Some of the thrilling new components within the males’s race will see them journey down the face of Willunga for the primary time adopted by two ascensions and a brand-new climb up Knotts Hill, Pound Road. Smart crew techniques will likely be essential for fulfillment on this version of the Santos Tour Down Under.”
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Stage 1 on Tuesday January 21 from Prospect, will ship the primary of two phases that present a possibility for the sprinters earlier than the brand new Pound Road climb is prone to open up the GC battle on stage 3. After stage 4 to Victor Harbor, stage 5 will probably determine the general with its descent and two ascents of Willunga Hill. The ultimate providing, one for the sprinters, pays homage to the race historical past as if finishes off the lads’s Tour Down Under on Sunday January 26 on a metropolis circuit within the East End of Adelaide. This was a stage which within the first version of the race 1999 was anticipated to attract a crowd of 15,000 although finally 40,000 packed the streets.
In the intervening years, with 24 editions of the occasion and two years of a COVID-19 hiatus, the race – with the introduction of the ladies’s occasion – and crowds have grown even additional. South Australia additionally launched an evaluation of this yr’s occasion as they launched the course for 2025.
“The financial advantages this iconic race has dropped at the state throughout its 25 years is excellent,” stated the state’s Minister for Tourism Zoe Bettison. “This yr’s race injected greater than $87 million into our state’s financial system, attracting a complete attendance of 770,600 whereas showcasing South Australia’s areas to thousands and thousands extra all over the world via the published.”
Tour Down Under 2025
Women’s race
- Friday January 17 – Stage 1 from Brighton to Aldinga, 101.9km
- Saturday January 18 – Stage 2 from Unley to Willunga, 115km
- Sunday January 19 – Stage 3 from Stirling to Stirling, 105.9km
Men’s race
- Saturday January 18 – Down Under Classic, Adelaide East End, 55km
- Tuesday January 21 – Stage 1 from Prospect to Gumeracha, 150.7km
- Wednesday January 22 – Stage 2 from Tanunda to Tanunda, 128.8km
- Thursday January 23 – Stage 3 from Norwood to Uraidla, 147.5km
- Friday January 24 – Stage 4 from Glenelg to Victor Harbor, 157.2km
- Saturday January 25 – Stage 5 from McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill, 147.5km
- Sunday January 26 – Stage 6 in Adelaide, 90km